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Irrfan Khan Offers to Donate His Organ to Vinod Khanna | Here's Why
Yamini S. Verma 07/04/2017
Actor Irrfan Khan is in the news everywhere for the noble cause. He is being the good Samaritan of the tinsel town for extending his support in donating the organ to the veteran actor, Vinod Khanna, who is suffering from cancer.
A few days back the social media was flooded with the latest images of frail and weak looking Vinod Khanna in the hospital. Though his son, VJ- turned- actor Rahul Khanna had confirmed his recovery to the media but his latest pictures show his deteriorating health. Irrfan Khan was very shocked to see his idol actor is such a condition that he announced to donate his organ if needed.
Why is Irrfan Khan ready to donate organ
Though Vinod Khanna and Irrfan Khan had never shared the screen together but they share a good relation of a mentor and a student. The 49-year old Bollywood and Hollywood actor, Irrfan Khan considers Vinod Khanna and Dharmendra as his heroes and worships them for what they have achieved in the Indian Cinema. Watching his idol (Vinod Khanna) terribly sick has taken him aback that he couldn't resist himself from hushing up people on social media to stop sharing pictures of the unwell actor. He had even made an appeal to the public and media to respect the privacy of the family that is required at this sensitive time. He has also extended his prayers for Vinod Khanna's speedy recovery.
More about Irrfan Khan's noble heart
Earlier this year, Irrfan Khan had come forward in support to an organ donating campaign, 'More to Give' and had mentioned that what else could be beautiful than giving a life to a dead person. He believes that the body is mortal and will get destroyed with the last ritual of the human's life journey. By donating organs, a human can live into this world forever and feel good by contributing to the noble cause. Irrfan Khan is now the brand ambassador of the campaign and promotes organ donation among the masses.
Life and career of Vinod Khanna
Born on October 6, 1946, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Vinod Khanna is a Bollywood actor and a producer. He is also sitting member of parliament from Gurdaspur, Punjab. Till date he has done over 150 films and is known for giving Bollywood's superhit blockbusters like Amar Akhbar Anthony, Qurbani, Mukaddar Ka Sikandar and much more. Off lately, he had played the father of Chulbul Pandey (Salman Khan) and Makhanchand Pandey aka Makkhi (Arbaaz Khan), Prajapati Pandey in Dabangg and Dabangg 2 and was appreciated by the audiences as well as the critics.
At this point of time, the entire nation has joined their hands together in prayers to the almighty for Vinod Khanna's speedy recovery and good health. We also appreciate the intent of Irrfan Khan who had come forward to actually help the Khanna family in their time of distress.
Also, Check out
National Film Awards 2017 | Winners List (64th National Film Awards) India
Yamini S. Verma
A dreamer and a go-getter, this is how she defines herself. With seven- plus years of experience in Journalism, Yamini has worked with various publications in print and online. With an inclination towards photography, she dreams to go on around the world tour someday and capture the beauty of nature through her lens. You can write to her at hello@chandigarhmetro.com


I've been reading the forum posts and you are all doing so well. While February is a spending freeze month, you can still buy essentials (food for your families is essential, don't stop feeding them!).
I had a giggle to myself at Debby's post. I can only imagine that hacking back the jungle aka garden would exhaust you enough to take away the desire to shop.
And then janes posted about needing a new kitchen sink, and how she comes to be needing it. Are you sure you didn't help the crack along? Just a little? Perhaps subconsciously?
Don't forget that this spending freeze is just a challenge and meant to be fun, don't worry about slipping up. I did this afternoon. After a particularly trying day dealing with a particularly difficult service provider and getting nowhere very slowly, I dashed into Coles to get milk (does it annoy anyone else that Coles has the most expensive fresh milk? 33c/3 litre bottle more expensive than my local Safeway or Aldi, anyway I digress) and made the mistake of going through the bakery dept. Left with the milk, a packet of ginger kisses and a honey roll.
We had the honey roll sliced and topped with ice-cream and homemade caramel sauce for dessert tonight, very yummy. The ginger kisses have gone into the freezer for quick treats. Talk about emotional buying under stress! All I can say is thank goodness I skipped the chocolate aisle - all those yummy Valentines chocolates would have really done me in.


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Golf Live is excited to announce its return to the PGA Show, which is being held January 24th to the 27th at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
After debuting its patent pending "Live Replay" technology to the golf industry in 2022, Golf Live will introduce world-renowned coach Chris Como as an official partner at the 2023 Show.
Those attending the PGA Show will have the opportunity to meet Chris on Thursday, January 26th at 10AM at Booth Number 3413.
The annual trade show is the largest gathering of golf industry professionals in the world. The response to Golf Live was overwhelming, as the booth was one of the busiest on the floor all week.
"The growth and networking opportunities provided by the PGA Show are second to none and Golf Live is excited to be back in person for 2023," said Keith Scioli, founder of Golf Live. "We are very excited to return in 2023 knowing that the numbers and traffic will be exponentially higher than last year. We look forward to building on the momentum that was created last year as we continue to build a one of its kind golf lesson virtual application. New golfers need access to qualified coaches and existing golfers want to connect with their coaches even when they cannot meet in person. Golf Live provides the solution that the golf industry has been waiting for that allows golfers and coaches to not be hampered by logistics or geography," Scioli said.
Golf Live's patent-pending technology allows your coach to record your live swing remotely to enhance the virtual lesson experience. Verbal feedback is helpful, but having the ability to visually analyze your live swing with a certified Golf Live Coach is a game-changer. The Golf Live platform connects you with a coach immediately, making scheduling a lesson 2 to 4 weeks in advance a thing of the past.
Here's what real Golf Live users are saying:
"Golf Live has helped me learn how to golf. As a new golfer with a busy schedule, this is so helpful for me. I have been able to practice my swing in the backyard and gain the confidence to go golf with friends. I barely golfed before using this app. My coach was super friendly and knowledgeable and I loved being able to get a lesson and feedback instantly at home, instead of having to schedule and go somewhere. Highly recommend Golf Live!" – Jimmy H.
"One of the challenges for golfers is continuity with their favorite instructor. The Golf Live app solves the problem. For those of us who winter in warmer climates, having the ability to have a virtual lesson as a tune up and reinforcement of proper fundamentals solves the issue. The technology is superb and the app and interface is very user friendly. I'm a believer!" Jim S.

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SAN ANTONIO, TX, UNITED STATES - Jan 8, 2019 - SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. (Seno Medical), the leader in new technology for breast cancer diagnosis using opto-acoustic ultrasound (OA/US) imaging to differentiate benign from malignant masses, today provided a summary of key 2018 data publications and presentations that demonstrate the clinical utility and healthcare economic benefits of its proprietary, cutting-edge technology.
"Multiple publications and presentations over the course of 2018 substantially strengthen the body of evidence emphasizing the economic costs of unnecessary breast biopsies and the power of our Imagio® Breast Imaging System to potentially reduce the number of these procedures," said Thomas Umbel, President and CEO of Seno Medical. "This growing evidence base further advances the compelling value proposition that Seno Medical offers to patients, physicians, and payers. We believe this robust body of evidence will help to position the Imagio system as a sound diagnostic tool for the breast imaging community. The selection of Imagio as a finalist for the 2018 Medtech Insight Awards in the 'Best Proof-of-Value of an Innovation' category demonstrates widespread recognition of our value proposition."
A publication in Radiology of a European prospective, multi-center study evaluating OA/US in downgrading suspicious breast masses in 209 patients with 215 breast masses classified as BI-RADS 4a or 4b.2 Results show that 47.9% of benign masses classified as BI-RADS 4a and 11.1% of masses classified as BI-RADS 4b were correctly downgraded to BI-RADS 3 or 2 with OA/US. Two of seven malignant masses classified as BI-RADS 4a at US were incorrectly downgraded, and one of 60 malignant masses classified as BI-RADS 4b at US was incorrectly downgraded for a total of 4.5% false-negative findings. The study authors conclude that benign masses classified as BI-RADS 4a could be downgraded in BI-RADS category with OA/US, which could potentially decrease negative biopsies for cancer and short-interval imaging follow-up examinations, with the limitation that a few masses may be inappropriately downgraded.
A publication in Photoacoustics describing how OA/US imaging combined with US enables functional and anatomic mapping of the breast.3 The authors conclude that the OA/US co-registration technology enables increased accuracy of radiologist assessment of malignancy by confirming, upgrading and/or downgrading US BI-RADS categorization of breast tumors.
A publication in the American Journal of Roentgenology that compared OA/US to histology in the evaluation of potentially malignant breast masses.4 A total of 92 masses (BI-RADS categories 3, 4 or 5) in 94 subjects were imaged with OA/US and assessed for three features internal to the tumor and two external features in the boundary zone and periphery. Mean OA/US scores were compared with histologic findings for masses that were biopsied and with benign masses. Results show that high OA/US scores, especially those based on the external features, have a high positive-predictive value (PPV) for malignancy, while low OA/US scores correlate with a low PPV for malignancy. The authors conclude that the functional component of OA/US may help address some of the limitations in discriminating between benign and malignant masses.
A publication in the American Journal of Roentgenology that reports the outcomes of a pilot study assessing the potential of OA/US to improve BI-RADS categorization of breast masses.5 In this study, breast masses assessed as BI-RADS category 3, 4A-C, or 5 by radiologists underwent gray scale ultrasound (US) and OA/US and were then re-categorized. Of 94 total masses, 39 were proven by biopsy to be malignant, 44 were benign and 11 BI-RADS category 3 masses were stable at 12-month follow up. The sensitivity of OA/US and US was 97.1%, while specificity, was 44.3% and 36.4%, respectively. OA/US enabled downgrading of masses stable at 12-month follow-up (41.7% downgraded from 3 to 2; 36.6% of 4A downgraded to 3 or 2; 10.1% downgraded from 4B to 3 or 2). OA/US also resulted in upgrading of 75.0% of the malignant masses classified as category 4A, 4B, 4C, or 5, and 49.4% of the malignant masses were classified as category 4B, 4C, or 5. These results demonstrate that OA/US enables the potential downgrading of benign masses and upgrading of malignant masses compared with US.
A presentation at the Radiological Society of North America 2018 Annual Meeting describing the results of a study investigating the potential role of functional OA/US imaging-derived hemoglobin de-oxygenation and angiogenesis feature scoring combined with conventional gray-scale US in non-invasively diagnosing breast cancer molecular subtypes.7 The data demonstrate that functional OA/US features provide a non-invasive approach to helping distinguish breast cancer molecular subtypes. The study authors conclude that data from such subtype analyses may help facilitate clinical management decisions.
A publication in ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research that found the annual U.S. cost of false-positive breast biopsies exceeds $2 billion.8 The study also found that nearly $8 billion is spent annually on follow-up breast diagnostic procedures (mammograms, ultrasound and biopsies). The study authors emphasized the need for highly effective tools that can exclude patients whose suspicious breast masses are benign before they are subjected to invasive diagnostic procedures.
A publication in the American Journal of Roentgenology describing a novel advanced statistical method for downgrading the risk classification of breast masses to reduce the need for unnecessary breast biopsies.9 This method, the NLR, can be used with diagnostic imaging output to downgrade breast mass risk classification. The use of the NLR along with BI-RADS 4 subcategories can help to reduce the number of false-positives without experiencing excessive negative results that would lead to cancer going undiagnosed.
Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. is a San Antonio, Texas-based medical imaging company committed to the development and commercialization of a new modality in cancer diagnosis: opto-acoustic imaging. Seno Medical's Imagio® Breast Imaging System fuses opto-acoustic technology with ultrasound (OA/US) to generate fused real-time functional and anatomical images of the breast. The opto-acoustic images provide a unique blood map around breast masses while the ultrasound provides a traditional anatomic image. Through the appearance or absence of two hallmark indicators of cancer - angiogenesis and deoxygenation - Seno Medical believes that the Imagio OA/US breast imaging system will be a more effective tool to help radiologists confirm or rule out malignancy than current diagnostic imaging modalities - without exposing patients to potentially harmful ionizing radiation (x-rays) or contrast agents. To learn more about Seno Medical's OA/US imaging technology and applications, visit www.SenoMedical.com .


Shortly after Phoebe Trask's fourteenth birthday, her mother accepts a new position with Bee Beautiful Cosmetics that keeps her away from home indefinitely. Left to fend for themselves, their once picture-perfect family is on very shaky ground as each member reacts to the hole left by her mother's absence. When she finally returns—and reveals that she has cancer—the Trasks must push aside their pain to rally around the woman who hurt them. As Phoebe and her family learn to accept the changes in their lives, they discover love and forgiveness in a whole new way, making for a hopeful and unforgettable read.


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Q: Can't see WordCloud in Spyder Plot Windows I am trying to plot a WordCloud on Anaconda-Spyder. My code runs without error, but I don't see the WordCloud in the Plot Window. How do I correct this? Thank you
from wordcloud import WordCloud
wordcloud = WordCloud(background_color="white", max_words=5000, contour_width=3, contour_color='steelblue')# Generate a word cloud
wordcloud.generate(cleaned_text)# Visualize the word cloud
wordcloud.to_image()

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CWN Editor's Note: Thirteen people were killed and at least 25 injured in the Thousand Oaks shooting. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the USCCB, called for prayer and changes in public policy. Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles lamented the violence and led a prayer vigil at a local parish.


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'Boulevards of death': why pedestrian road fatalities are surging in the US
Study cites population growth, driver distraction because of increased phone use and the growing popularity of SUVs as deaths reached an almost three-decade high last year
A fluorescent pink banner taped to the street light at a dangerous intersection in the New York City borough of Queens is framed with flowers. "Rest In Peace Sherena," it reads. "Killed by a reckless driver."
Passersby stop to read the poster, which serves as a temporary memorial for Sherena Hundalani, 26. She worked in her father's restaurant but was struck and killed by a taxi while waiting at the intersection of the infamous boulevard on 24 February. Police are still investigating the tragedy.
Queens Boulevard has been known locally as the "Boulevard of Death", the site of more than 130 pedestrian deaths since 1990. Such accidents sharply decreased after the city invested $4m to redesign the street, however, creating bicycle and bus lanes.
And although it's the most densely populated city in the US, with a reputation, perpetuated in thousands of movies, for crazy streets jammed with honking cabs, roaring trucks and feisty pedestrians, New York City has become a national poster child for pedestrian safety. In 2017, it had its lowest number of pedestrian deaths since 1910. Yet Hundalani's death serves as a reminder of the continued carnage on America's roadways. Nationally, pedestrian deaths are rising and reached an almost three-decade high last year, according to new figures.
The tragedy plays out 17 times a day on average in the US. The latest study shows an estimated 6,227 pedestrians were killed in traffic in 2018. The report, from the Governors Highway Safety Association, found that while overall US traffic deaths fell 6% from 2008 to 2017, pedestrian deaths increased by 35% – and continue to rise.
"This was a total reversal of the progress that we've made in the past 30 years," Richard Retting, a transportation engineer and author of the report, told the Guardian.
Although 23 states achieved decreases in pedestrian deaths in 2018, 25 saw increases. Five states – Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia and Texas – accounted for 46% of all pedestrians deaths in the country.
The study cannot point to a lone factor in the surge, but cites population growth, driver distraction because of increased phone use at the wheel and the growing popularity of SUVs over smaller family cars. Other issues such as poor street lighting, alcohol and drugs on the road and speeding are cited as factors in the increasing death toll because they have been largely unaddressed, Retting added.
He called for more effort with relatively simple but effective policies such as improved street lighting and stricter enforcement of traffic laws. For example, Florida is spending $100m for street light improvements to address a persistent problem of nighttime pedestrian fatalities.
Increasing the legal consequences for hitting a pedestrian could make drivers more alert, Retting said, while stricter standards for obtaining a driver's license, especially after it's suspended, could keep more bad drivers off the road.
Globally, the flagship initiative to end traffic-related deaths, adopted by many countries, is known as "Vision Zero". The concept was developed in Sweden in 1997 and focuses on re-engineering streets, along with enforcement and education, with the ultimate goal of eliminating all traffic-related deaths.
In the US, more than 30 cities have adopted Vision Zero policies over the last five years, said Veronica Vanterpool, deputy director of the Vision Zero Network, a non-profit that helps cities design safety policies and shares data.
"We [need] to really account for the inevitability of human behavior," Vanterpool said. "Designing our roadways so that if we make an error … that's not necessarily a death sentence."
Vision Zero plans have brought mixed success. Despite implementing Vision Zero policies in 2015, pedestrian deaths in Los Angeles spiked in 2017. The city has responded by identifying dangerous streets and modifying crosswalks and traffic lights, but political pushback from commuters halted some bolder provisions.
Comparatively, New York City, the first in the US to adopt Vision Zero in 2014, has seen success after gathering data about its most dangerous streets, redesigning some, and lowering the standard city speed limit from 30mph to 25mph, with $1bn further investment promised by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
"I don't think it's a coincidence that New York, which has the largest Vision Zero program, also had the largest drop in pedestrian fatalities," Retting said.
Joseph Cutrufo, communications director for Transportation Alternatives, a city pedestrian and bicycle advocacy group, said adjusting street design had the most impact.
"They've taken some of the more complicated intersections and the most dangerous and simplified them," he said.
One so-called "priority corridor" lies between Bushwick and Ridgewood in Brooklyn, where three two-way streets once came together to form a six-legged intersection. After three pedestrian deaths there and more than a dozen injuries over a five-year period, the city permanently closed a leg of the intersection in December 2016 to form a pedestrian plaza.
Though the now-five-legged intersection still buzzes with vehicles, locals say it's now easier to be a pedestrian.
Local resident Nymia Espinosa, 18, said: "It used to be more hectic … cars coming in from every street. "Re-engineering like this is very helpful … Now there are more people coming into this area."
Back on Queens Boulevard, crossing the vast street is still stressful. Pedestrians have just 40 seconds to dash across 10 lanes of traffic.
"I've had multiple times crossing where [drivers] just don't watch, where I've seen people been nearly hit or I've also nearly been hit," said Vicky Straszak, 30, who works at a coffee shop on a corner overlooking the intersection.
Prakash Hundalani, the bereaved father of Sherena, who runs the restaurant in Manhattan where she was a floor manager, told the Guardian his daughter's death proves that cities must focus on pedestrian safety.
"My daughter was just standing there" when she got hit, Hundalani said.
He sighed, clearly devastated after losing his child. "It's so sad. Very, very painful," he said.
by Lauren Aratani and Hazar Kilani in New York
Labels: automobile fatalities, crosswalks, death by car, pedestrians
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Q: como evitar que el programa finalice Hola estoy realizando un menu de usuario, en el cual se puede agregar jugadores, mostrar de a un
jugador, editar un jugador, y mostrar todos los jugadores, pero no se como puedo hacer para que al
entrar en el case 3 "que es para modificar" el programa no se
detenga, si no que vuelva a mostrarme el "menu" con las 5 opciones, y a si poder verificar si se
modifico el jugador con el case 2 que es para buscar al jugador por el id.
tuve que reducir el codigo por que no se me deja poner todo el codigo.
    Scanner entrada = new Scanner(System.in);

    int contador = 0;
    int opcion;

    Jugador [] jugadores = new Jugador[5];

    do{
        System.out.println("1. Agregar un Jugador");
        System.out.println("2. Mostar un Jugador");
        System.out.println("3. Editar un Jugador");
        System.out.println("4. Mostrar toda la convocatoria");
        System.out.println("5. Salir");

        System.out.println("Digite una opcion");

        opcion = entrada.nextInt();

        switch(opcion){
            case 1:

                jugadores[contador]= new Jugador();

                System.out.println("Digite el id del jugador:");
                jugadores[contador].setId(entrada.nextInt());

                System.out.println("Digite el nombre:");
                jugadores[contador].setNombre(entrada.next());

                System.out.println("Digite el apellido:");
                jugadores[contador].setApellido(entrada.next());

                contador ++;

                break;

            case 2:

                System.out.println("Digite el id del jugador");
                int id = entrada.nextInt();
                for (int i=0; i<jugadores.length;i++){
                    if (id == jugadores[i].getId()) {
                    System.out.println(jugadores[i].getNombre());
                    System.out.println(jugadores[i].getApellido());
                    }else{
                        System.out.println("El id no esta registrado");
                    }
                }
                break;

            case 3:
                System.out.println("Digite el id del jugador a modificar");
                int idSearch = entrada.nextInt();
                for (int i=0; i<jugadores.length;i++) {
                  if (jugadores[i].id == idSearch) {

                    System.out.println("digite el nombre");
                    jugadores[i].nombre = entrada.next();

                    System.out.println("digite el apellido");
                    jugadores[i].apellido = entrada.next();
                       }else{
                      System.out.println("El id no esta registrado");
                  }

                }
                break;
        }
    }while(opcion != 4);

A: De esta forma te debería funcionar :
public static void main (String[] args) {
        Scanner entrada = new Scanner(System.in);
        int contador = 0;
        int opcion = -1;

        Jugador[] jugadores = {new Jugador(1,"Alex","APELLIDO",1,2,3,"a")};
        do{
            System.out.println("1. Agregar un Jugador");
            System.out.println("2. Mostar un Jugador");
            System.out.println("3. Editar un Jugador");
            System.out.println("4. Mostrar toda la convocatoria");
            System.out.println("5. Salir");

            System.out.println("Digite una opcion");

            opcion = entrada.nextInt();

            switch(opcion){
                case 1:
                    System.out.println("Tu código en caso 1");

                    break;

                case 2:
                    System.out.println("Tu codigo en caso 2");
                    break;

                case 3:
                    System.out.println("Digite el id del jugador a modificar");
                    int idSearch = entrada.nextInt();
                    for (int i=0; i<jugadores.length;i++) {
                      if (jugadores[i].id == idSearch) {

                        System.out.println("digite el nombre");
                        jugadores[i].nombre = entrada.next();

                        System.out.println("digite el apellido");
                        jugadores[i].apellido = entrada.next();
                           }else{
                          System.out.println("El id no esta registrado");
                      }

                    }
                    break;
            }
        }while(opcion != 4);
    }

A: Le he estado dando vueltas a tu código, y el uso de estructuras de datos simplificaría el problema. En Java tienes la clase:

*

*HashMap: Estructura de datos que organiza la información en forma clave/valor.

Teniendo en cuenta esto, podemos modificar un poco el código, aunque le falte controlar algunos casos, como que no haya usuarios con el mismo id, pero esto debería compilar perfectamente, además que puedes añadir más de 5 jugadores:
    Scanner entrada = new Scanner(System.in);

    HashMap<Integer, Jugador> jugadores = new HashMap<>();
    boolean salir = false;
    int opcion;
    while (!salir) {
        System.out.println("1. Agregar un Jugador");
        System.out.println("2. Mostar un Jugador");
        System.out.println("3. Editar un Jugador");
        System.out.println("4. Mostrar toda la convocatoria");
        System.out.println("5. Salir");

        System.out.println("Digite una opcion");

        opcion = entrada.nextInt();

        switch (opcion) {
            case 1:
                Jugador new_jugador = new Jugador();
                System.out.println("Digite el id del jugador:");
                int id = entrada.nextInt();
                new_jugador.setId(id);

                System.out.println("Digite el nombre:");
                new_jugador.setNombre(entrada.next());

                System.out.println("Digite el apellido:");
                new_jugador.setApellido(entrada.next());
                jugadores.put(id, new_jugador);
                break;

            case 2:

                System.out.println("Digite el id del jugador");
                int id_search = entrada.nextInt();
                if (jugadores.containsKey(id_search)){
                    System.out.println(jugadores.get(id_search).getNombre());
                    System.out.println(jugadores.get(id_search).getApellido());
                }else{
                    System.out.println("No se enbcontró jugador");
                }
                break;

            case 3:
                System.out.println("Digite el id del jugador a modificar");
                int idSearch = entrada.nextInt();
                if (jugadores.containsKey(idSearch)){
                   Jugador updated_jugador = jugadores.get(idSearch);
                    System.out.println("digite el nombre");
                    jugadores.get(idSearch).setNombre(entrada.nextLine());

                    System.out.println("digite el apellido");
                    jugadores.get(idSearch).setApellido(entrada.nextLine());
                    jugadores.replace(idSearch, updated_jugador);
                } else {
                    System.out.println("El id no esta registrado");
                }
                break;
            case 4:
                salir = true;
        }
    }

A: Hola estaba viendo la estructura de tu problema y te muestro en mi opinion otra opcion para poder realizar esta practica manteniendo los estandares que sugiere el problema. A continucacion muestro la clase Jugador, respetando los principios de encapsulamiento.
public class Jugador {
    private int id;
    private String nombre;
    private String apellido;

public Jugador(int id, String nombre, String apellido) {
    this.id = id;
    this.nombre = nombre;
    this.apellido = apellido;
}

public String getNombre() {
    return nombre;
}

public void setNombre(String nombre) {
    this.nombre = nombre;
}

public String getApellido() {
    return apellido;
}

public void setApellido(String apellido) {
    this.apellido = apellido;
}

public int getId() {
    return id;
}

public void setId(int id) {
    this.id = id;
}

@Override
public String toString() {
    return "Jugador [id=" + id + ", " + (nombre != null ? "nombre=" + nombre + ", " : "")
            + (apellido != null ? "apellido=" + apellido : "") + "]";
}

}
Ahora te muestro la clase principal la que contiene al metodo main, esta clase cuenta con metodos correspondientemente en base a lo que solicita el ejercicio, manejando ciertos errores basicos en el ingreso de datos, los datos del jugador son registrados de manera dinamica dentro de una lista de juagadores.
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    public static Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    public static ArrayList<Jugador> jugadores = new ArrayList<Jugador>();

public static void main(String[] args) {
    int opcion = 0;
    do {
        opcion = menu();
        realizarOperacionesDelMenu(opcion);
        System.out.println();
    } while (opcion != 5);
    System.out.println("\nPrograma Finalizado");
}

public static int menu() {
    int opcion = 0;
    do {
        System.out.println("*********MENU*********");
        System.out.println("1. Agregar un Jugador");
        System.out.println("2. Mostar un Jugador");
        System.out.println("3. Editar un Jugador");
        System.out.println("4. Mostrar toda la convocatoria");
        System.out.println("5. Salir");
        System.out.print("Elija una opcion del menu: ");
        try {
            opcion = scan.nextInt();
            scan.nextLine();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            scan.nextLine();
            System.out.println(
                    "Error!, debes ingresar un valor numerico entero perteneciente a las opciones del menu.");
        }
    } while (opcion < 1 || opcion > 5);
    return opcion;
}

public static void realizarOperacionesDelMenu(int opcion) {

    switch (opcion) {
    case 1:
        agregarJugador();
        break;

    case 2:
        buscarUnJugador();

        break;
    case 3:
        modificarJuagdor();
        break;
    case 4:
        mostrarTodaLaConvocatoria();
        break;
    }
}

public static void agregarJugador() {
    boolean encontrado = false;
    System.out.println("\n\tREGISTRO DE JUAGADORES");
    Jugador obJugador = registroDatosJugador();
    for (int i = 0; i < jugadores.size(); i++) {
        if (jugadores.get(i).getId() == obJugador.getId()) {
            encontrado = true;
            System.out.println("\n\tYa existe un jugador registrado con este ID.");

        }
    }
    if (!encontrado) {
        jugadores.add(obJugador);
        System.out.println("**********Jugador registrado con exito.***********");
    }

}

private static Jugador registroDatosJugador() {
    int id;
    String nombre, apellido;
    id = agregarIdAlJugador();
    nombre = agregarNombreAlJugador();
    apellido = agregarApellidoAlJugador();
    Jugador obJugador = new Jugador(id, nombre, apellido);
    return obJugador;
}

public static int agregarIdAlJugador() {
    int id = 0;
    System.out.print("Ingrese el id del jugador: ");
    do {
        try {
            id = scan.nextInt();
            scan.nextLine();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            scan.nextLine();
            System.out.println("Recuerda el Id del jugador debe ser un valor numerico entero y positivo.");
        }
    } while (id <= 0);
    return id;
}

public static String agregarNombreAlJugador() {
    String nombre;
    do {
        System.out.print("Ingrese el nombre del jugador: ");
        nombre = scan.nextLine();
    } while (nombre.isEmpty());
    return nombre;
}

public static String agregarApellidoAlJugador() {
    String apellido;
    do {
        System.out.print("Ingrese el apellido del jugador: ");
        apellido = scan.nextLine();
    } while (apellido.isEmpty());
    return apellido;
}

public static void buscarUnJugador() {
    int idBuscar = 0;
    System.out.println("\n\tVAMOS A BUSCAR A UN JUAGADOR A TRAVES DE SU ID.");
    idBuscar = agregarIdAlJugador();
    for (int i = 0; i < jugadores.size(); i++) {
        if (jugadores.get(i).getId() == idBuscar) {
            System.out.println();
            System.out.println(jugadores.get(i).toString());
        }
    }

}

public static void modificarJuagdor() {
    int idBuscar = 0;
    System.out.println("\n\tVAMOS A MODIFICAR A UN JUAGADOR A TRAVES DE SU ID.");
    idBuscar = agregarIdAlJugador();
    for (int i = 0; i < jugadores.size(); i++) {
        if (jugadores.get(i).getId() == idBuscar) {
            System.out.println("\n\tINGRESE LOS NUEVOS DATOS");
            Jugador obJugador = registroDatosJugador();
            jugadores.get(i).setApellido(obJugador.getApellido());
            jugadores.get(i).setId(idBuscar);
            jugadores.get(i).setNombre(obJugador.getNombre());
            System.out.println("\n\tJUGADOR MODIFICADO CON EXITO");

        }
    }
}

public static void mostrarTodaLaConvocatoria() {
    System.out.println("\n\tJUGADORES CONVOCADOS");
    for (Jugador jugador : jugadores) {
        System.out.println(jugador.toString());
    }
}

}
Espero te sirva de algo, cualquier duda me la haces saber.


were greeted by Jake and Lindsay in Founder Park and Lindsay had cookies in hand! My kind of girl!! These weren't "break and bake", they were homemade, custom decorated cookies that looked like they came straight from the bakery! They were beautiful! (And I say "were" because they are no longer with us…. they were delicious). Jake and Lindsay were all smiles and their laughter made their shoot so joyful and so much fun! We walked the streets of Old Town Alexandria and found little nooks and crannies to shoot in!
It's a very exciting feeling to walking into a bridal suite and find out that all of the bridesmaids follow your blog! I knew Patricia had followed my work for a while but I had no idea that her friends did as well and so that was such a fun surprise! I love wedding days like Evan and Patricia's! They know me and my work and so they ROLLED through their portraits because they trusted me! Their bridal party rocked and rolled through my cheesy poses in record time and that meant that Evan and Patricia had an amazing amount of time for their portraits! Talk about an ideal wedding day!! It was beautiful. 70 degrees in November? You can't ask for a better wedding day! The leaves in central Virginia hit their peak this past week and so the colors were just amazing for Evan and Patricia's big day!
may just be one of my most favorite senior shoots to date! Beautiful girl, beautiful light and some fun locations and outfits made for a GREAT shoot on Monday! Kelsey is just the sweetest girl you'll ever meet. I remember thinking that as soon as I met her at youth group a couple of years ago. Her smile and her personality can make anyone love her instantly!! I have been looking forward to her portraits because I knew they would be a blast! … And they were! I can't wait to share my favorites and let you see some gorgeous portraits of this amazing girl!


MT. WASHINGTON'S ONE OF A KIND WINTER CHALLENGE!
The Ski, Shoe & Fatbike to the Clouds is in it's 23nd year! Started in 1996 as "Ski to the Clouds", a nordic event, the race now includes snowshoes and fatbikes. Held at the base of Mt. Washington on Rt. 16 in Pinkham Notch, 8 miles south of Gorham, NH and 30 minutes north of North Conway, NH.
Long referred to as "North America's Toughest 10K", the Ski, Shoe & Fatbike to the Clouds course uses 4k of the Great Glen Trails system, and then 6k on the snow covered Mt. Washington Auto Road with an average grade of 12% and an elevation gain of 2,200 feet.
Ski, Shoe & Fatbike to the Clouds is considered a true freestyle event (there will not be separate classes for classic and skate skiing); entrants are required to complete 10 KM using one pair of skis, snowshoes, or one fatbike (no switching allowed). Participants must be able to comfortably ski, snowshoe, or fatbike the six kilometers down the Mt. Washington Auto Road after they finish the race. This is NOT an event for the inexperienced!
All competitors should be at the start area by 9:45 for pre-race announcements. Official timing will end 2 hours after the fatbike start, at 12:10 pm.
Registration closes on Saturday, March 2rd at 4:00 pm. There will NOT be day-of registration.
Sunday - March 3th, from 8:00-9:00 am (NO Registration; bib pick-up and warm clothing drop ONLY).
Cannon fires at 10:00am for skiers, 10:05am for snowshoers and 10:00am for fatbikes.
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsor, Dion Snowshoes, snowshoe racers may reserve a complimentary pair of Dion racing snowshoes for use during the event. This benefit is offered on a first come first serve basis and quantities are limited. You will be asked during registration, if you'd like to reserve a pair of snowshoes for the event.
The first 4 km of the course that winds around Great Glen Trails will be skate groomed in the middle with one classic track set on the outside edge. The Auto Road will be flat groomed; there will not be classic tracks set on the Auto Road.
All racers must bike, ski or snowshoe down from the finish line. If you would like to have warm clothes at the finish, you need to bring the items to Bib-pick up and Warm Clothing Drop-off at Great Glen on Saturday by 4:00pm or by 9:00am on Sunday morning. The support vehicles (SnowCoaches) will head up the Auto Road with clothes bags shortly after. Bags and tags will be provided by Great Glen but you can bring clothes in your own bag with your name on it if you choose. All racers must bike, ski or snowshoe down from the finish line. It can be quite cold and windy near treeline (finish area) on race day.
Fatbikes ONLY-Both tires must be wider than 3.7 inches and tire pressure must be less than 10 psi.
The mass starts will be self-seed, please judge your ability honestly so as not to hinder other competitors' progress.
Competitors must stay on race course and follow signs.
Competitors may wax their skis during the race. Competitors may be handed tools and wax but must do this outside of the track and without the help from any other people.
When over-taking another competitor whether biker, skier or snowshoer, it is up to you to make the other competitor aware of your presence.
Snowshoers and bikers must stay out of the groomed ski tracks and warn skiers if they are overtaking them.
A competitor who is overtaken must give way on the first demand. When overtaking, competitors must not obstruct each other.
Racers who have finished may slowly and in control, bike, ski or snowshoe down the Auto Road but may not hinder an uphill biker, skier or snowshoers way.
When biking, skiing and snowshoeing down the Auto Road please stay to the right.
Great Glen Trails is an outdoor recreation facility, and as such, weather can dramatically impact events and activities taking place at the site. Events/activities that you are registering for, will only be cancelled for extreme and unsafe weather conditions at the site, not for uncomfortable or seasonal weather events or driving conditions to/from Great Glen Trails.
Severe weather, lack of snow or unsafe conditions may force cancellation or modification of the Ski, Shoe & Fatbike to the Clouds. In the event of a cancellation there will not be a weather date and a 50% refund on individuals' registration fees will be given. The Mt. Washington Summit Road Co. dba Great Glen Trails reserves the right to modify Ski, Shoe & Fatbike to the Clouds to accommodate weather or course conditions. No refunds will be given if the race is held in a modified form.
If you choose to not participate Ski, Shoe and Fatbike to the Clouds, after your registration has been completed and your fee has been caputured, you forfeit your registration fee to Great Glen Trails, regardless of the circumstances of your cancellation.
Your registration is non-transferable, without the expressed written permission of staff at Great Glen Trails.


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Why Is Black Market Weed Still Doing Well in Canada?
by Eric Stober
While recreational cannabis has been legal in Canada for over six months, black market weed sales are still significant in the country.
In the first half of 2019, Statistics Canada reported in August that 42 percent of cannabis consumers bought the drug from illegal sources, up from 38 percent in the first three months of 2019.
That is a significant number of cannabis users turning to the black market, despite legal purchasing options available.
It may seem harmless that the black market is still doing well, but it does provide its own risks, such as no clear indication of THC levels in cannabis, or no testing for pesticides and other contaminants.
Why are Canadians still turning to the illicit market for cannabis? Is legalization really working?
Read on for a look at how Canada's legal market is progressing so far, and what hurdles it may have to overcome to truly compete with the black market.
Lack of legal stores
A large reason people may be turning to the black market for cannabis is the lack of legal cannabis dispensaries in Canada.
"There's simply not enough [stores]," Dan Safayeni, the director of policy at the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC), told Greencamp. "People aren't going to simply stop smoking cannabis because they can't buy it at a legal store, they're going to go with the most convenient option," indicating that option might be the black market.
Ontario began opening legal dispensaries on April 1, but limited the number to 25. This left whole jurisdictions, such as Kitchener and Waterloo, without a legal store, according to Safayeni.
The province also used a lottery system for the 25 licenses that didn't take into account retailers' ability to effectively open a store.
"The results were that [Ontario] was not able to capitalize on the most knowledgeable retailers with the requisite skills, experience, and capital to actually open stores when it came to April 1," Safayeni said.
Only 10 stores were ready to open on April 1 across the province.
Ontario will move to a merit-based system moving forward, which the OCC recommended in an April report.
As of this writing, there is currently one province-run cannabis dispensary in British Columbia, in Kamloops, and six legal private dispensaries in Vancouver. Late summer is the earliest that more legal stores will open.
Preference for physical stores
While every province has an online store, data shows that customers are more inclined to go to a physical store, according to Allan Rewak, VP of communications at Emerald Health Therapeutics' VP of communications and the former executive director at the Cannabis Council of Canada.
"In the jurisdictions that had a decent network of stores, for example, Alberta and on the east coast, we saw over 80-95 percent of sales in those legal marketplaces took place at those physical store locations as opposed to online retailers," he said. "I think a lot of that speaks to the consumer experience the people want and expect.
"[It is] the convenience of being able to go in, make your purchase and leave, as opposed to waiting between two business days and two weeks [with online purchases]."
Provinces with more legal stores are also outselling provinces with fewer stores on a per capita basis, according to Simon Fraser University Criminology Professor Neil Boyd, who is researching the effects of cannabis legalization.
"The big difference between the amount of legal cannabis sold in Alberta relative to other provinces can be traced to the number of retail outlets in that province," he said.
Rewak points out, though, that it is still early in the game.
"Legalization is ongoing … we're still building out a retail network," he said, "Until those networks grow out, we truly won't be in a truly competitive footing against the illicit market."
Short on supply
Not only do cannabis consumers have a limited number of legal stores to go to, but there is also no guarantee those stores will have enough supply of cannabis, even if they are open.
The Ontario provincial government cited a serious cannabis supply issue as the main reason it was limiting the number of initial cannabis store licenses to 25.
Cannabis producer Aphria Inc. called out supply shortages as a reason for low sales in its first quarter in 2019.
There are also reports that some cannabis stores, such as the ones in New Brunswick, have not been able to open for usual business hours due to cannabis shortages.
The problem for low supply may not be the supply itself, though, but inefficiencies in the supply chain.
"Health Canada is aware of reports of localized shortages of cannabis products in some markets and for some product lines," Health Canada spokesperson Tammy Jarbeau told the Toronto Star in April. "The supply of cannabis is not the issue. The issue is the supply chain, in other words, converting raw product into packaged goods and moving it to distributors or retailers and to customers."
Rewak agrees with this, saying "initial supply challenges of packaging and logistics played a role in limiting supply in the retail store rollout."
The logistics of meeting sales demand
Government data shows that there is a huge discrepancy between "finished" and "unfinished" product — there was four times more unfinished than finished product in March alone.
Safayeni says this discrepancy could be due to some inefficient processes, such as putting excise stamps on finished products by growers to show duty has been paid.
"Each of those stamps has to be specific to the jurisdiction [the cannabis is sent to], so that can be a cumbersome process," he said.
While logistics are being worked out, for now, inventory of finished supply is slowly improving.
According to Health Canada, finished inventory of dried cannabis increased 32.8 percent between February and March, 2019, going up from around 23,000 kilograms to over 30,000 kilograms.
This inventory is enough to meet sales demand, which stood at 7,627 kilograms in March, 2019, according to the agency.
However, Health Canada's sales numbers don't take into consideration supply stresses skewed by consumer preferences, such as for high-THC cannabis, Rewak told the Calgary Herald.
Health Canada is also making moves to streamline its approval process for new suppliers.
The agency recently changed its policy to only allow suppliers that already have a fully built processing facility to apply for a license.
Before the change, over 70 percent of applicants who passed Health Canada's paper-based review over the last three years did not have a completed facility, according to the agency.
The agency says it is approving new licenses almost every week. There are now a total of 179 licensed suppliers across Canada as of the time of this writing, up from 132 when cannabis was legalized last year.
Price may be another factor that has some cannabis users turning to the black market.
Statistics Canada reported that the average price for a gram of cannabis in the legal market was $9.70 between October 17 and December 31 last year, compared to $6.51 on the black market. The numbers were determined from 385 price quotes submitted.
The price difference might be what is drawing people to black market cannabis. The agency said that people bought double the cannabis from an illegal supplier compared to legal — 17.2 grams vs. 8.3 grams.
Not only is legal cannabis seemingly more expensive, but some people also do not seem impressed with its quality.
Reviews on cannabis website Weedmaps for The Hunny Pot, the first legal cannabis dispensary that opened in Toronto, called its cannabis "dry."
"Buds were all overpriced, dry and I'd be nice to not call their weed bush," wrote user Highroller239, who gave the site a one-star rating.
"This weed was very dry and packaged from February 2019… I'm going back to the black market," wrote the user Saderoh, who also dolled out one star for the store.
While quality is a different issue, the black market may not have the price advantage forever.
Safayeni noted that as the retail market gets its footing over time, increased competition and supply in the legal market will bring prices down.
Boyd agrees with this, saying that in other legalized jurisdictions, such as Colorado, prices have declined over a span of three years.
Boyd also argues that the price to get high is relatively cheap, compared to alcohol, for example, making the price not a huge factor over the long term. He says a joint can be purchased for $5 and can be split among three people, giving someone a high for little over $1.5 – a price you can never get drunk with.
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Integration into the legal market
So what can be done about the black market?
To Rewak, it is not so much a matter of "fighting" the black market, but instead of integrating it into the current legal market.
This means working with people in the so-called "grey market," such as illicit dispensaries, and using their skills in the legal market.
"There are a lot of great budtenders who work in [illegal] marketplaces who are just passionate about the plant. There need to be places for them in the legal economy," Rewak said.
In order to attract that talent, though, the legal market still needs to be developed, according to Rewak, which includes building out the retail network, supply chains and creating the right kind of regulations.
"By and large, as the industry scales up and matures and more retail outlets [open], [there will be] more economic opportunities for individuals," Rewak said. "It becomes almost a natural process, and that's really what's intended."
Rewak says that the benefits of the legal cannabis market may win out those turning to the illicit market in the end.
"By legalizing cannabis and regulating it, we bring an industry that was in the shadows into the sunlight, and that gives the workers, staff, retailers, and cultivators more protection. They're governed by human rights laws, employment laws, they're given appeals if they're mistreated at work," he said. "These are all positive things."
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The mystery, federal officials say, is why Wal-Mart is fighting so hard against such a modest fine.
It is not as if Wal-Mart has not already taken action to address any missteps and prevent another such accident. Three weeks before the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered the fine, Wal-Mart, seeking to avoid criminal charges, reached a settlement with the Nassau County, N.Y., district attorney that called for the company to adopt new crowd management techniques in all 92 of its stores in New York State. At the time, Wal-Mart also agreed to create a $400,000 fund for customers injured in the stampede and to donate $1.5 million to various community programs in Nassau County.
More recently, the company announced improved crowd-control policies for all its United States stores to try to prevent such an accident from happening again.
But in fighting the federal fine, Wal-Mart is arguing that the government is improperly trying to define "crowd trampling" as an occupational hazard that retailers must take action to prevent.
Wal-Mart's all-out battle against the relatively minor penalty has mystified and even angered some federal officials. In contesting the penalty, Wal-Mart has filed 20 motions and responses totaling nearly 400 pages and has spent at least $2 million on legal fees, according to OSHA's calculations.
The dispute has become so heated — and Wal-Mart's defense so vigorous — that officials at OSHA, an arm of the Labor Department, complain that they have had to devote huge numbers of staff time to the case, including 4,725 hours of work by employees in the legal office.
The company has made so many demands that Labor Department officials said they would not discuss the case except on condition of anonymity because they feared being subpoenaed about their discussions with a reporter.
On Wednesday, the dispute will reach a climax of sorts: Wal-Mart's lawyers are scheduled to contest the fine before a federal appeals commission.
OSHA officials acknowledge that the agency is seeking to establish for the first time that an unruly crowd is an occupational hazard that can cause death or serious injury — and that employers must therefore develop plans to protect workers against such a hazard.
But federal officials say that in its settlement with Nassau County prosecutors, Wal-Mart had in effect already admitted that it had that responsibility and agreed to three years of monitoring. So OSHA officials question why the retailer is putting up such a fight.
In its settlement with Nassau County prosecutors, Wal-Mart did not admit any wrongdoing.
Wal-Mart officials worry that if the OSHA Review Commission upholds the $7,000 penalty and concludes that surging crowds are an occupational hazard, then OSHA will then be free to look over Wal-Mart's shoulder whenever it has a big sale to make sure that it has taken adequate steps to control crowds.
The company is also concerned that it could face far larger fines if OSHA ever concluded that it again violated its crowd-control responsibilities. Under OSHA rules, $7,000 is the maximum fine for a serious violation, but it can impose a $70,000 fine for a willful violation.
Labor Department officials complain that over the last five months 17 percent of the available attorney hours in the department's New York office have been devoted to the case, consuming the equivalent of five full-time lawyers.
OSHA officials say they have rarely seen a company mount such a huge and expensive defense to a fine of less than $10,000.
Wal-Mart has filed motions that sought to block the penalty by claiming inconsistent enforcement by OSHA and by questioning the constitutionality of using the "general duty" clause in this case. Wal-Mart also sought to subpoena witnesses to explore the exact cause of Mr. Damour's death when OSHA said the main issue was the unmanageable crowd.


The Coppersmith Hotel's bar and restaurant is all about showcasing the best of Victorian produce, with head chef Andrea Papapostolou at the helm.
The new winter menu features raw and cured starters like freshly shucked oysters; share tastes including ricotta and goat's curd agnolotti, sage butter; mains like duck neck sausage, caramelised leek soubise, charred leeks, apricot gastrique; and hearty numbers like a braised lamb shoulder. Pop in for an express lunch Monday to Friday, with one course with a glass of wine for just $35.
After a drink? Head to the rooftop to enjoy the intimate surrounds while overlooking Melbourne's skyline with a glass of pinot noir or shiraz from the extensive wine list. Every Thursday evening you can kick back and enjoy $10 cocktails.
Find out more about the Coppersmith Hotel.


The Experience travels to Denver, Colorado and performs a set at Red Rocks Park with support from Vanilla Fudge, Eire Apparent, and Soft Machine.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience head back to the West Coast and stop by the offices of Warner Bros. Records in Los Angeles, California. In the evening, The Experience performs at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernadino with support from Vanilla Fudge, Eire Apparent, and Soft Machine. After their performance, Jimi, Mitch and Noel hang out at the Whiskey A Go Go in Hollywood with Eric Burdon.
Jimi travels from Seattle to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to ready for a performance that night at the Pacific Coliseum. Again, Vanilla Fudge, Eire Apparent, and Soft Machine support The Experience. Included in the performance are renditions of "Foxey Lady," "Fire," and "Red House" among several others. Before the show, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell are interviewed by Terry David Mulligan for Good Rockin' Tonight on CBC Television.
The Experience travels to Spokane, Washington where John Bates interviews Hendrix for the September 9 issue of The Spokane Daily Chronicle. The group later performs at the Coliseum with support from Vanilla Fudge, Eire Apparent, and Soft Machine. The Experience's performance includes "Foxey Lady," "Little Wing," "Red House," and "Fire" among others.
The Experience returns to Los Angeles, California.
The Experience participates in a photo session for Life Magazine.
With support from Vanilla Fudge, Eire Apparent, and Soft Machine, The Experience performs a show at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California.
The highly anticipated third release by The Jimi Hendrix Experience titled, Electric Ladyland is released in the United States, (Reprise, 2RS 6307). Although Hendrix had originally submitted his own artwork for the cover, which featured a photograph by Linda McCartney with The Experience and some young kids sitting on the Alice In Wonderland statue in New York's Central Park. In the end, only his designs of the inside of the cover were used. This landmark two-album collection featured: "…And The Gods Made Love," "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)," "Crosstown Traffic," "Voodoo Chile," "Little Miss Strange," "Long Hot Summer Night," "Come On (Part One)," "Gypsy Eyes," "The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp," "Rainy Day, Dream Away," "1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)," "Moon, Turn The Tides…Gently, Gently Away," " Still Raining, Still Dreaming," "House Burning Down," " All Along The Watchtower," Voodoo Child (Slight Return)." Hendrix rents a house at 2850 Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills, California where a birthday party for Eric Barrett is held.


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An affordable housing development is getting a much-needed boost in southwest Atlanta, with help from Invest Atlanta and the Department of Community Affairs. Phoenix House is a 69-unit affordable housing development in the Capitol View Neighborhood of southwest Atlanta, located near the Westside Trail and in the Atlanta BeltLine Tax Allocation District (TAD). The supportive-living environment provides long-term housing for those who are formerly homeless and have mental illnesses.
The Phoenix House facility in Capitol View.
The redevelopment is funded through Low Income Housing Tax Credits from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, philanthropic donations and grants, and Housing Opportunity Bond dollars from Invest Atlanta. The project is joint venture between Tapestry Redevelopment Group, 3Keys (formerly Project Interconnections) and National Housing Trust/Enterprise Preservation Corp. By 2030, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) and Invest Atlanta (IA) aim to create 5,600 units of affordable housing in the TAD. To date, more than 500 units have been funded by ABI/IA dollars. Construction closing has been completed on the Phoenix House, and renovations are expected to be finished by December 2017.
Phoenix House is a 69-unit affordable housing development for the formerly homeless.
The housing is situated near the Oakland City MARTA station, as well as being in proximity to the Atlanta BeltLine's Westside Trail and the future Atlanta Streetcar network. Access to transportation is a vital part of the equitable development along the Atlanta BeltLine, and affordable housing is a key part of long-term development goals.
Get more information about Phoenix House here, and read more about affordable housing on the Atlanta BeltLine on our dedicated page.


Angela: signs that you might be drinking too much?
OK. So I made my monthly trip to the liquor store today to stock up on essentials. I went to the same checkout lady as last month. Obviously not remembering me, she asked me if I was having a party. I replied "Nah, I'm just thirsty." I sort of clarified that comment by explaning that I was stocking up on stuff. There was more banter along these same lines. Then, as I'm leaving the store, the clerk says "Have a great summer!" And I'm thinking, "See you next month!"


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Domestic Violence Bill will lead to broken homes- Participants
Tamale, May 14, GNA- Some Muslim women in the Northern Region at a forum on the Domestic Violence Bill in Tamale on Wednesday spoke against the bill saying that it is against the principles of Islam. They said the bill would create disrespect in Muslim families because it sought to give more powers to women than men. They said passing the bill into law would not change violence against women and called for intensive public education against violence to enable both men and women to know their rights and responsibilities.
They contended that the bill could also bring broken homes among spouses and unruly behaviour among children towards their parents. Traditional rulers, civil society organisations, including women's associations, officials of government departments, NGOs and the security agencies, attended the forum.
The forum was to solicit views from stakeholders on the Bill, which seeks to adopt non-violent means of resolving inter-gender and spousal relations misunderstanding, and to prescribe appropriate sanctions and remedies for perpetrators and victims. Some of the women suggested the establishment of structures at the local level, such as safe homes for victims of domestic violence since in most cases, women who are battered by their husbands are not welcomed in their fathers' homes. They also called on traditional rulers and the government to look critically into the dowry system saying the practice in some parts of the country had made some men to enslave women.


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Bán je titul regionálního správce či vládce, používaný v některých státech střední a jihovýchodní Evropy v období od 7. století do 20. století.

Etymologie
O původu tohoto slova nepanuje jednotný názor.

Podle jednoho se uvádí, že slovo pochází z jihoslovanského ban "pán, panovník, vládce", příbuzné perskému ban "princ, pán, velitel, vladař", spojované se sanskrtským pati "stráž, ochrana".
Jiní věří, že pochází ze sarmatského bajan; nese také určité podobnosti s turecko-mongolským chán. Toto slovo je uchováno v mnoha současných místopisných názvech.

Další alternativní teorie uvažují o původu illyrském, protože illyrské jméno banius bylo nalezeno v illyrských pozůstatcích v Bosně. Podle další teorie je tento titul odvozen od avarského titulu kagan, bajan.

Užití titulu
Tento titul byl v období raného středověku používán pro lokální správce v jihoslovanských oblastech Chorvatska a Bosny. Později byl užíván v Chorvatském království. Slovo bylo také používáno v Uherském království a jeho državách.
Od 14. století až do roku 1831 byl tento titul užíván ve rumunském Valašsku pro správce územních celků zvaných banáty. Titul byl také používán v středověké Moldávii, Srbském království a mezi lety 1929 a 1941 v Jugoslávském království, kde označovalo správce administrativních jednotek nazývaných bánovina.
Význam titulu bán se postupem času měnil. Významem se blížil titulu vicekrál nebo vévoda.

Další významy
 János Bán – maďarský herec, v Česku známý zejména z filmu Vesničko má středisková.

Související články
 Banát
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 Seznam chorvatských bánů
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Samsung Galaxy A3 review (2017): An impressively affordable alternative to the flagships
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Stray away from the Samsung Galaxy S8 and you'll find a fantastic budget alternative in 2017's Galaxy A3
Affordable flagship alternative
Fantastic camera
Long list of similarly-priced rivals
Should you buy a Galaxy A3 in 2019?
It's been almost two years since we last saw Samsung's Galaxy A3. Sure, you can still pick one up through third-party resellers on Amazon or eBay, but should you?
Considering I can't seem to find the phone any cheaper than around £280, I'm going to suggest that your money is better spent elsewhere. For that price, there are some much-better (and newer) alternatives that are more worthy of your wallet, including the excellent Moto G7 Plus. Best of all is the Xiaomi Pocophone F1, though, which offers flagship-level features without the exorbitant price tag.
Still curious about how we rated the Galaxy A3 back in the day? My original review continues below.
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) review
Samsung's Galaxy S8 flagship is great and all, but setting aside £700 for a new smartphone is far from ideal. Yes, it might be the best Android phone to date but that's an absurdly steep asking price for what is, essentially, a big black rectangle of glass and silicon. There are alternatives, though, and if you want the bling without the sting in the tail, Samsung's A3 (2017) offers flagship-like design and features at a fraction of the price.
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Samsung Galaxy A3 review (2017): What you need to know
Samsung's Galaxy S8 might be the firm's flagship, but this year's Samsung Galaxy A3 proves you don't have to pay top dollar for a first-rate Android handset. Launched just before MWC earlier in the year, it's a 4.7in smartphone with an AMOLED 720p screen and looks that wouldn't be out of place on something far more expensive. It's an excellent option for those in search of a competent, compact phone that doesn't break the bank.
Samsung Galaxy A3 review (2017): Price and competition
The Samsung Galaxy A3's price is the key part of this phone's appeal, though. At only £237 the A3 is a mid-price smartphone and it undercuts most recent flagships by a significant chunk.
However, the competition in this sector has been stiff this year and the A3 sits in a smartphone realm saturated with mid-range alternatives. The Lenovo P2 (£200), Honor 6X (£225), LG G5 (£280), the Huawei P9 Lite (£210) and Motorola Moto G5 Plus (£250) are all excellent choices at around the same price.
And that's it - the majority of these mid-range options have been impressive thus far; especially the Lenovo P2 with its monstrous near 30-hour battery life. It's hard to recommend much else, and it'll be tricky for the Samsung Galaxy A3 to really stand out.
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Samsung Galaxy A3 review (2017): Design and key features
For £237, however, you are getting a significant cosmetic upgrade over previous A3 offerings. For starters, this year's A3 (and its pricier A5 brother) borrows that curved-edge glass front from its flagship siblings and it's a pleasant thing to hold with its all-metal body and clean, 7.9mm-thin chamfered edges sitting comfortably in the palm. It's a classy, compact and lightweight phone.
As with all of Samsung's smartphones this year, the rear camera bump has been completely eliminated. It's a small thing but the Samsung Galaxy A3 now rests completely flat when you pop it down on a desk or table, which means it doesn't rock back and forth when you tap the screen. The phone also has the same IP68 certification for protection against dust and water as the Samsung Galaxy S8. At the price, that's mighty impressive.
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As for colours, Samsung offers four pretentiously named paint jobs: Blue Mist, Black Sky, Gold Sand and Peach Cloud. I was sent the former for review, but it looks a touch grubby and grey for my liking.
Samsung Galaxy A3 review (2017): Display
The A3 is a compact phone and that's down to its 4.7in 720p, Super AMOLED display. Now, you might recoil at the mention of anything except Full HD these days – the Honor 6X has a Full HD display and costs less, after all – but don't let that fool you. The Galaxy A3's screen still presents a perfectly sharp picture and quality is among the best you'll find at this price.
That's thanks in the main to the use of Samsung's Super AMOLED technology, so it should come as no surprise that the contrast ratio is effectively perfect and that sRGB colour gamut coverage sits at a perfect 100%. As a result, images look wonderfully punchy colours seem to leap out of the screen at you.
And brightness, as ever, is on point, too. With auto-brightness disabled the screen reaches a maximum of only 359cd/m2, which is usable in most environments, but not outdoors on the brightest days. If you want to able to read the screen when the sun is beaming down, you need to turn on auto-brightness, which sees the screen boosting up to 468cd/m2.
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Samsung Galaxy A3 review (2017): Performance and battery life
This year's Galaxy A3 is powered by an Octa-core Samsung Exynos 7870 chip clocked at 1.6GHz, an improvement on the 2016 A3's 1.5GHz Exynos 7580, and this is accompanied by 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Given the price, this is a pretty decent lineup.
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A score of 3,711 in the Geekbench 4 multi-core benchmark isn't too shabby either, and neither is its single-core score of 734. In retrospect, last year's A3 is considerably slower; you'll see a decent 50% multi-core performance boost if you choose to upgrade to this year's model. Take a look at the chart below, and you'll see it outperforms its rivals, too.
Subjectively, performance is snappy as well. The phone dispatches UI animations with effortless ease, zooming and panning around Google Maps is slick, and it's more than capable of a little gaming, too.
As for battery life, the A3's stamina is similarly impressive. It's not a patch on the Lenovo P2's ridiculous longevity but its 2,350mAh battery still lasted 23hrs and 25mins in our video playback test. That's just shy of a bronze medal in our battery life hierarchy, lagging 15mins behind the Moto Z Play. Sadly, there's no fast-charging support via the A3's USB-C port, so you'll be waiting roughly 1hr 30mins for the phone to charge.
Samsung Galaxy A3 review (2017): Camera
The A3's front-facing camera has seen a nudge from 5 megapixels to 8 megapixels in 2017, but its rear f/1.9 snapper remains unchanged. Still, its 13-megapixel camera proved to be a respectable performer during my stint with it, and it's one of the better phone cameras you can pick up on the cheap.
It produced some truly lavish, detail-rich shots of Millwall Dock and its surrounding buildings on a clear, sunny morning. Reflections in the water were crisp and natural-looking, while some of the more difficult areas – intricate brickwork and trees – were captured with solidity and accuracy. Enabling HDR mode gave significant improvements to snaps, too, lifting the shadows on overcast buildings and capturing a touch more cloud detail.
The whole shooting experience is helped along by Samsung's updated camera UI, which in particular makes things easier for one-handed selfie addicts. Similar to Huawei's camera app, specific shooting modes and general settings can be toggled through with quick swipes across the screen, rather than having to dig through labyrinthine menus.
There's also an adjustable on-screen shutter button and a new food filter that tinkers with colour saturation while applying a false depth-of-field effect to backgrounds. This works well enough and does help minimise Instagram editing, but as with most such built-in filters, it's likely to be something you'll forget about once you've used it a couple of times.
Samsung Galaxy A3 review (2017): Verdict
With the world's gaze directed toward the Samsung Galaxy S8, this year's A3 might have been in danger of falling by the wayside. But, while it may not be as eye-catching as its flagship alternative or as headline-grabbing, 2017's A3 is a worthy contender for phone of the year.
It has a great screen, top battery life, an excellent camera and, most importantly, a very reasonable price indeed. The competition may be stiff, with Honor, Motorola and Lenovo already pushing out impressive, low-priced alternatives, but at £237, 2017's Samsung Galaxy A3 comes highly recommended.
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Stop us if you've heard this before, but the Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly deep into talks with the New Orleans Pelicans about trading for Anthony Davis.
This time, though, there's reason to think the Lakers won't strike out in painfully public fashion. In fact, a deal could well come together fairly quickly, particularly if Los Angeles is willing to meet the asking price of David Griffin, New Orleans's recently hired head of basketball operations.
According to the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, the sticking point could be Kyle Kuzma. The newspaper cited people familiar with the trade discussions in reporting that while New Orleans "covets Kuzma the most" out of the players on offer, Los Angeles "does not want to trade" the young forward, who has "ingratiated himself with the organization both on the court and off."
ESPN also reported that the Lakers are "trying to hold on" to Kuzma, while proposing a package "centered on" forward Brandon Ingram and guard Lonzo Ball.
Both ESPN and the New York Times, citing league sources, reported that the No. 4 pick in next week's draft would also be a part of the trade, but that the Pelicans would want a third team to take the pick and send them an established player whom they highly regard.
New Orleans could be motivated to make a deal before next week's draft, particularly if it ends up accepting the No. 4 pick as part of a trade or a different pick in a trade with another team. ESPN reported that the Boston Celtics are also in negotiations for Davis, despite comments from his agent that they would only be sure of having him for one season before Davis hit the open market.
"They can trade for him, but it'll be for one year," Rich Paul said in remarks published Wednesday by Sports Illustrated. "I mean: If the Celtics traded for Anthony Davis, we would go there and we would abide by our contractual [obligations] and we would go into free agency in 2020. I've stated that to them."
Paul is also LeBron James' agent and close friend, and Davis has been reported to have the Los Angeles high on his list of potential destinations, including the possibility of joining the Clippers. Other teams eyed by Davis, per The Athletic, include the New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks.
Boston's willingness to take a risk in trading for Davis, per ESPN, stems from its desire to keep all-star guard Kyrie Irving from bolting this summer. The Athletic cited league sources in reporting Wednesday that Irving was not going to exercise the opt-in clause in his Celtics contract, thus enabling him to become a free agent, but the potential addition of his close friend might convince him to re-sign with Boston.
Irving has increasingly been linked to the Brooklyn Nets, and other reports Wednesday will hardly quell that speculation. According to ESPN, he has fired his longtime agent, Jeff Wechsler, and is set to replace him with Roc Nation Sports, an agency founded by hip-hop superstar and New York native Jay-Z, who had to sell off his ownership stake in the Nets to do so.
The Nets, if they are confident of landing Irving, would have all the more reason to pursue Davis themselves, but Brooklyn has not been able to "gather traction" in talks with New Orleans. Nor have the Clippers, per ESPN.
As for the Knicks, they could one-up the Lakers' No. 4 pick with their own No. 3 selection in the draft, but they would face the same challenge of bringing in a third team to turn the pick into a player the Pelicans want. In addition, New Orleans is reportedly not as enthused about New York's array of young talent, including Kevin Knox, Mitchell Robinson and Dennis Smith Jr.
All that could have the effect of putting the Lakers in the driver's seat for a Davis trade. Their fans could only have been heartened by other comments Paul made to Sports Illustrated, including an assertion that even if the Lakers did not have James, they would be "a great destination" for Davis, if only because of their stellar lineage of big men "from George Mikan to Wilt Chamberlain to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Shaq."
"So now, when you add LeBron, that's what? The cherry on top," Paul added. "LeBron's 34 years old. Anthony Davis is 26. So when LeBron's done playing, the Anthony Davis trade is still rolling. What better place to do it than L.A.?"
If the reports on the back-and-forth over Kuzma are accurate, it's hard to imagine that the Lakers would ultimately let him get in the way acquiring a transformative superstar. Davis would immediately create a formidable tandem with James and the Lakers might have enough salary-cap room left to add a solid complementary piece.
The Lakers have all the more incentive to make a deal with the Pelicans because of how their talks in February wound up leaking. Those negotiations appeared to indicate that some combination of all of the Lakers' young players were on the table, which reportedly created tension in the locker room.
As it turned out, the Lakers' season degenerated into a disaster in which president of basketball operations Magic Johnson abruptly quit, head coach Luke Walton was fired and James personally missed the playoffs for the first time since 2005.
Snaring Davis could instantly lift much of the cloud that has hung over the storied franchise and turn it into a contender next season. That said, NBA fans could be forgiven for thinking they'll only believe the Lakers have traded for Davis when they see him actually donning the purple-and-gold.
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