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Read it carefully and one will find specific instruction that deals with the daily concerns of life's basic needs. It has provided simple but workable solutions to what ails humanity at its core, i.e., worry and fear. Jesus described this kind of attitude as unjustified and unnecessary especially when we reflect carefully on some simple illustrations of care that God has done to other created beings in our planet. We must not lose sight of what God has done in the past and what He will do today and tomorrow as soon as we fill ourselves with unbelief and doubt. The outlook of better things is hindered by our "little faith." Thus, we see worst things and hopelessness rather than holding on to God's promises of better things.
1. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
2. Look first, and then act.
3. When you do act, act aggressively.
5. Don't get locked on a detail.
6. No matter how bad things get, be truthful.
The silver lining can never be found on our own ways and means. When we have exhausted all means possible and still nothing happened that favors our way, then it is time to apply the biblical principle stated above, "Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you." Let it become a proven principle when applied deliberately and consistently in our daily life.
Remember that crises are part of our life and they are here to stay whether we like it or not. However, we have a choice in dealing with them that includes God in the equation or to depend on our own ways and know-how. God guarantees His words and promises with complete success especially when we fully obey His will at all times. Otherwise, we will be left with uncertainties without any guarantees but more anxieties. Being anchored in God's promises might be the best option at this time of crisis, pandemics, political upheavals and many other related events. Trust God more than anything else in his world and you are in a very good hand. If you remember the Sunday school song that says, "He's got the whole world in His hands" then everything will always be better ahead.


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SE 1.6 TDI
By Maggie Barry on 2020-03-07 - Experienced car journalist.
VOLKSWAGEN is the world's top selling marque. Last year it beat all comers and provided more vehicles to more people across the world than any other brand.
With its problems apparently safely behind it, the company is now looking to the future with two production lines working in tandem - one for internal combustion engine cars and the other for its new ID electric car range.
So organised is VW, that should demand increase in either sector, it will simply shift focus from one to the other.
"Our scale is our strength," commented Mike Orford of Volkswagen.
So too is their line-up with Golf and Polo regularly in the top ten cars in the UK but models like T-Roc, Tiguan and the one I am driving today, the T-Cross, increasing in popularity.
The T-Cross is a small crossover slightly bigger than the Polo but smaller than the T-Roc which of course makes it an ideal car for city driving.
It is also more than a step away from the image of VW as a no nonsense car manufacturer that focuses particularly on reliability for the T-Cross is fun and perky to drive.
It is less than a year old and is the smallest SUV in the company's line-up with a vibrant palette of colour choices to match its personality. It sits cheekily on the driveway with a neat nose, pretty alloys and a sporty antenna at the rear.
Inside there are five seats and the rear three fold down for extra luggage space - a total of 1,281 litres.
The dash is clean and uncluttered with simple controls that mask the fact the T-Cross comes well equipped in the tech department. There is Bluetooth, DAB, an eight-inch colour touchscreen, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and not only USB and aux-in charging in the front but two USB ports in the rear too. For an extra £725 you get VW's excellent sat nav.
Until now, the T-Cross has been exclusively petrol-driven but the company have recently added a 1.6-litre turbocharged diesel engine which fairly pushes this little car along.
The five-speed manual gearbox is slick and easy to use and the T-Cross is just a joy to throw around country roads. Its size, however, means it is also easy to park and manoeuvre even in the tightest of spaces.
It also boasts a load of driver assistance features like blind spot detection, front assist and pedestrian monitoring, city emergency braking, hill start assist and many more.
There's adaptive cruise control and emergency e-call, an emergency alert should you get into trouble.
While the diesel engine is certainly a boon for anyone expecting to do long distances in this car, for those who just want to use it as a city runner, there are two turbo charged 1.0-litre petrol engines with particulate filters to keep down emissions.
The T-Cross is fun and stylish and offers enough load flexibility to make it attractive to singletons, young families or those who are downsizing.
Volkswagen T-Cross SE 1.6 TDI
Mechanical: 95ps, 1,598cc, 4cyl diesel engine driving front wheels via 5-speed manual gearbox
Max Speed: 111mph
0-62mph: 11.9 seconds
Insurance Group: n/a
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La Iglesia Luterana Apostólica de América (ALCA) es una iglesia luterana establecida en Estados Unidos por estadounidenses de origen finlandés en el siglo XIX.

Historia
Los finlandeses que llegaron principalmente desde el norte de Noruega , fueron absorbidos por la Iglesia Luterana Estatal. Sin embargo, hubo un número de ellos que se unieron a una fracción liderada por el clérigo Lars Levi Laestadius, de Pajala , Suecia. Finalmente, había demasiadas discusiones entre estos y los otros luteranos y algunos de los seguidores de Laestadius fueron excluidos de los sacramentos. Bajo la dirección de Salomon Korteniemi los excluidos formaron en Cokato, Minesota una congregación propia en diciembre de 1872, bajo el nombre de la Salomon Korteniemi Lutheran Society (En español: Sociedad luterana Salomon Korteniemi). En 1879 el nombre fue cambiado por Congregación Luterana Apostólica finlandesa, se organizaron congregaciones de finlandeses en Massachusetts, Míchigan, Minnesota y Oregón, uniéndose con el nombre de Iglesia Luterana Apostólica de Finlandia o como se le suele llamar, la Iglesia Luterana Apostólica.

Doctrina
En general, el ALCA acepta los credos de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana, aunque pone énfasis en la necesidad de la regeneración y la importancia práctica de la absolución del pecado. La mayoría de la doctrina de la fe luterana apostólica se basa en el Catecismo Menor de Lutero, una colección de enseñanzas de Martín Lutero.

Organización
Esta Iglesia tiene un poco más de 50 congregaciones en Estados Unidos distribuidas en los Estados de Míchigan, Minnesota, Washington, New Hampshire y Dakota y en varios otros países, como Canadá (principalmente en la Provincia de Saskatchewan) y Finlandia. La organización nacional se rige por un consejo electo (la Junta Central), que se reúne periódicamente en diversos lugares en todo Estados Unidos y Canadá, y las iglesias miembros de manera individual se rigen por los consejos electos. El ALCA no tiene instalaciones de sede central.

Membresía
En 2009, se estimó que pertenecían a la denominación un total de 6.000 miembros bautizados. Sus ministros son en su mayoría predicadores laicos.

Notas

Referencias
 Página oficial

Denominaciones luteranas

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Q: Typescript generics. Easy case of a type system break Why does the following code is accepted by TypeScript:
export let repeat = <a> (a: a, n: number): Array<a> => {
  return [...Array(n).fill(a), 1] // <-- no error here (but should)
  // return [...[a], 1] // <-- an error here (as should)
}

console.log(repeat("x", 4))

tsconfig.json
"strict": true,
...

The , 1] is added to check the case. It's not meant to be a part of repeat logic.

A: The issue is you are introducing an any[] when you use Array(n). Array(n) will return an any[] so the result of the array spread will also be an any[] regardless of whatever else you put into the array. By definition any is assignable to anything including a generic type parameter, so the assignment succeeds.
Using the generic constructor you will get the error you expect:
export let repeat = <a> (a: a, n: number): Array<a> => {
  return [...new Array<a>(n).fill(a), 1] // <-- error now
}

You might also consider enabling the tslint rule no-unsafe-any  which would have probably caught this.

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Business and Administrative studies
Level: University Degree
Subject: Business and Administrative studies
The marketing concept at BMW.
Company Profile BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft) was founded in 1916 and has been publicly traded since 1969. The company produces, and markets, a varied range of higher end sporty cars and motorcycles. BMW has also manufactured the first passenger car running on hydrogen ready for common use, although the production figures are limited by the lack of a respective filling station net. In addition to cars and motorcycles, BMW operates an aircraft engine division under the brand name of Rolls Royce. The company has worldwide subsidiaries and manufacturing plants in Germany, Austria, the UK, the USA, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Egypt, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. The company also operates its own financing company, which offers financing for vehicles. Automobiles accounted for 78% of 2003 revenues; vehicle finance leasing 18%; motorcycles 3% and other 1%. Introduction The marketing concept is a management plan that views all marketing components as part of a total system that requires effective planning, organization, leadership and control. It is based on the importance of customers to a firm, and states that: All company policies and activities should be aimed at satisfying customer needs. One could hypothesis that in order to conduct successful marketing program organizations must be able to answer the following questions: 1. What type of business is BMW in (manufacturing, merchandising or service)? 2. What is the nature of its product(s) or service(s)? 3. What market segments do BMW intend to serve? (Describe the age, sex, income level and life-style characteristics of each market segment.) 4. What strategies does BMW use to attract and keep customers? * Product * Price * Place * Promotion 5. What is BMW's unique selling proposition (USP)? 6. Who are BMW's competition, and what they do to control their share of the market? This report would answer all the questions mentioned above in the context of BMW's marketing policy. ...read more.
It is clear from the time scale chart above, that BMW has staggered the lifecycles of three products. These are the 3, 5, and 7 Series saloons. This staggering not only helps to ensure a more constant income, but also allows for the development of replacement products, such as the imminent replacement of the 7 Series. BMW has also been expanding its portfolio recently and this can be seen by the presence of some new product launches in the last few years. The Mini being the most recent, and the Mini Cooper convertible still to be launched. In order to classify BMWs products, an analysis of the portfolio is needed. The first formulated, and most simple is the Boston Consulting Group Growth-Share Matrix. The Boston Matrix shown over the page consists of four quadrants derived from Market Growth rate and Market Share. BMW has a fairly settled portfolio of products. Each product is more a family of slightly different models, varying by specification. The BMW 3 Series is placed within a very crowded sector of the automobile industry; the 'Luxury small saloon'. The 5 and 7 Series are larger and more expensive saloons than the 3 series, and are placed within slightly less volatile sectors of the market. The 3 Series is positioned just below the Star, in the Cash Cow quadrant in the matrix. The current 3 Series model is a market leader in a mature market sector. Its high market share leads to a high cash flow rate, and its position in a mature market means that investment supports in areas such a product and process development is low. The 5 series too, is comfortably positioned as a Cash Cow. It is a mature product, placed and sold in a less volatile market than the 3 series. This means that the 3 and 5 series family of products have extremely high profitability, due to their high level of sales, and the low level of expenditure needed to maintain the sales levels. ...read more.
As the adverts tell us all, a BMW is 'The Ultimate Driving Machine'. The Mini is also a brand. The Mini brand is built on personality, eccentricity, and being British. BMW cannot just re-badge, re-engineer and re-sell the brand as the 'BMW Mini'. The very appeal of the Mini brand would be lost. Conclusions The BMW Group is a broad scope of investigation, its widespread distribution of production plants and the supreme after service besides the one-up technology, the future for BMW Group is very optimistic. As a car producer, the BMW Group has to be ware and be wise to the current situation of car market. At recent day, cars are becoming one of the most primary transports in the society; this condition indicates that the car market will become more furious. As long as the prevalence of private cars, car sales are increasing sharply, this could be good or be bad for the BMW Group. The BMW Group can gain more profit from the increasing sales if it produces its cars with high quality and good service constantly, people will be loyal to the BMW and wish to purchase its cars even though there is various different brand cars can be chosen. A good reputation is the principle of business. Otherwise, if the BMW Group fails to be high quality of its cars but produce overfull cars, it may harm its prestige and affect its stock control. Moreover, the BMW cars are considered as the high-class cars, most products are applied to rich people but not the poor people. If it can produce some normal car that can apply to the middle-class people, its market share can be expanded. On the other hand, its accessories and hardware of cars are expensive for maintenance, which can reduce the desire of people purchasing its cars. In conclusion, the BMW Group has an efficient management and high standard production; its future depends on the external environment and internal activities. The potential opportunities are not just from outside environment but also the internal factors. 1 www.bmweducation.co.uk/statistics 2 see fig1 3 www.bmweduction.co.uk/companyfacts/competitors/fact1.shtm 4 www.bmw.co.uk/models 5 www.bmweducation.co.uk/companyfacts/fact13.shtm ...read more.
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Communication is key to establishing good relationships. In the world of business, it's not only the key but the core. When you have business partners all over the world, it's the biggest challenge you'll ever face too.
International phone calls are pretty expensive. Some firms just can't afford the high costs and it eats up into their profits. Fortunately, businesses now have plenty of choices when making international calls. A lot of apps on the market offer free calls to anyone around the world. But we are talking about business calls here. You need to call international landline numbers from time to time. Sadly, those free-call apps don't allow you to dial landline numbers or even mobiles for that matter.
So what's an entrepreneur to do? They could try one of the cheap international call services we recommend below.
Skype is the online messaging and calling service of Microsoft. It gained its reputation from offering free voice and video calls online. To avail of the free calls, both the caller and the person they're calling needs to have a Skype account.
It works across a multitude of devices and also allows you to send in-app messages. It also allows you to call mobile and landline numbers but at a premium. You have two options in paying for the call: subscription or Skype Credit.
If you don't often make landline calls, you might as well go for Skype Credit. It's the pay-as-you-go option from Skype . You only have to pay when you call. Just download the app, buy credits and dial the number you want to call.
If you're calling abroad on a regular basis, you'll save more with subscription plans. It's automatically renewed every month and lets you make unlimited calls to landlines.
Apart from the direct and subscription payments, Skype also charge a connection fee. It varies depending on the country but ranges from $0.049 to $0.089.
Call rates also vary per country. When you go to the Skype website, they'll ask you to enter the country you want to place your call in. Only then they will give you the rates for each country but it can go as high as $2.46 a minute.
When you sign up for a Google account, you can avail of all Google services including Google voice. Like Skype, it also works in Android, iOS and windows devices. So you can call from your smartphone, iPhone or even your PC.
It's only available in the US though. So if you want to try calling abroad using Google voice and you're outside the US, you can try Google Hangouts instead.
To start, you can download the app if you're using your phone. If you're calling through your PC, you can log-on to the Google Voice website. Then key-in your Google ID and password and click the sign-in button. At the bottom of the left panel, you can see your calling credits. Make sure you have enough to last through the entire conversation. You don't want to be cut-off mid-sentence.
After this, you can then dial the number you wish to call. Don't forget to prefix it with the exact country and area code. Google will also give you a special Google phone number. This number will be the one reflected as your caller ID in the device of the person you're calling. You can also use this to receive phone calls from abroad.
Call rates also vary per country. The country where you're calling from also plays a role in determining the rate. When you're calling from the US, it can be as expensive as $2 per minute.
They have the cheapest international calling rates in the market today. MyLine used to offer the cheapest calls to India but now it has expanded to serve customers around the world.
The company uses the latest in international communications technology to bring businesses closer. Like the other two, it also works across a multitude of devices. You can even call via Skype, Gmail and MagicJack.
MyLine app, which is available in both the App Store and Play Store, makes it easier to call abroad. It's packed with features designed to ensure user convenience. The one-touch dialing feature lets you call any international number even without country codes. You can just pull-up any contacts from your phone and then dial it in the app.
To dial using your iPhone or Android phone, download the app then enter your MyLine username and password. If you haven't got one yet, sign-up for an account. It's free and won't take longer than five minutes. After logging in, dial the number you want and you'll get connected. It's that easy. Same process goes for when you're using your PC to call except that you need to download the PC Softphone software instead of the app. You can also use it to make cheap international calls from a landline device. Just copy the PIN and follow the dialing instructions on their site.
The best thing about this service is they don't charge anything apart from the per minute call rate. You don't even have to sign up for a plan. Just top up your call credits and you're good to go. Rates vary per country and can be as cheap as $0.001 per minute.
There's nowhere on this planet you can find a better deal than that. So if you're looking to save great on international calls for your business, MyLine is the obvious way to go.


Bored Cricket Crazy Indians (BCC!) - play with cricket: Bored in Dubai - Live update 9 - or Salam Pakistan !
Bored in Dubai - Live update 9 - or Salam Pakistan !
Salam Pakistan ,! what were the odds when the WC started ? No game in 2008 , no IPL in 2009 , near pariahs since 2006 - perhaps no Indian can very TRULY enjoy a Pak win (and vice versa) but I grant you this Q - take a big bow on behalf of your boys , no one can ever equal your guys when it comes to fighting with your backs against the wall , none - salute n admire this peformance - no one deserves this slot more - in our deepest hearts , all indians know it - and how many have I had ?
Awesome Bhaskar! going through all the updates right now made me relive the atmosphere that was there at Time C. Just too f*cking awesome!
Thanks for turning up and thanks for capturing it here on bored!
from delhi...bored has now moved on to D-the-dubai...com'on you chennai...mumbai guys what are you waiting for...?
cracker of series bhaskar...great show!!!
Thanks SP ! and you NC - glad the coordination came out right ...Q : are you regreting all those Colas now ? It was great fun ...took me back to WC 2003 when we followed almost the whole tourney and certainly all the india games at the seaman club next door....that used to have one sri lankan bartender and around 75-80 sloshed indian fans cheering every win ...SP , you have a point ..maybe we can coordinate on some match with Bored members for different places putting updates..


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Q: How to reprocess failed events from Kinesis? I have a lambda producer which putRecords to a kinesis steam. Sometimes while writing to kinesis I get Internal service failure. What is the best way to handle such cases where lambda fails to write to kinesis ? I have a retry mechanism on my producer lambda but even after retry attempts it fails to write in some cases.

A: A good approach could be to use the DeadletterQueue with Lambda functions. You can configure SNS/SQS to create a queue and write all the failed events there and retry to process.
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#include <math.h>
#include "cdcn.h"

/************************************************************************
 *   Dummy routine to convert from suitcase to sane varibles
 ***************************************************************************/

void block_cdcn_norm (float z[][NUM_COEFF+1],  /* The input cepstrum */
		      int num_frames,          /* Number of frames in utterance */
		      CDCN_type *cdcn_variables)
{
    /* Multidimensional arrays in C suck, so we have to
       forward-declare-hack this. */
    static void block_actual_cdcn_norm();
    float *variance, *prob, *tilt, *noise, *codebook, *corrbook;
    int    num_codes;

    /*
     * If error, dont bother
     */
    if (!cdcn_variables->run_cdcn)
        return;

    /*
     * If the variables haven't been intialized, dont normalize
     * else results may be diastrous
     */
    if (cdcn_variables->firstcall)
        return;

    /*
     * Open suitcase
     */

    variance	= cdcn_variables->variance;
    prob	= cdcn_variables->probs;
    tilt	= cdcn_variables->tilt;
    noise	= cdcn_variables->noise;
    codebook	= cdcn_variables->means;
    corrbook	= cdcn_variables->corrbook;
    num_codes	= cdcn_variables->num_codes;

    block_actual_cdcn_norm(variance, prob, tilt, noise, codebook,
			   corrbook, num_codes, z, num_frames);
    return;
}

/*************************************************************************
 *
 * cdcn_norm finds the cepstrum vectors x for the whole utterance that minimize
 * the squared error.
 * This routines cleans up a block of data
 * Coded by Alex Acero (acero@s),  November 1989
 *
 *************************************************************************/

static void
block_actual_cdcn_norm(float variance[][NUM_COEFF+1], /* Speech cepstral variances of modes */
		       float *prob,  /* Ratio of a-prori mode probs. to mod variance */
		       float *tilt,  /* Spectral tilt cepstrum */
		       float *noise, /* Noise estimate */
		       float means[][NUM_COEFF+1], /* The cepstrum codebook */
		       float corrbook[][NUM_COEFF+1], /* The correction factor's codebook */
		       int num_codes, /* Number of codewords in codebook */
		       float z[][NUM_COEFF+1], /* The input cepstrum */
		       int num_frames) /* Number of frames in utterance */
{
    float       distance,  /* distance value */
                den,       /* Denominator for reestimation */
                fk,        /* Probabilities for different codewords */
                difference;     /* stores z -x -q -r  */
    int         i,              /* Index frames in utterance */
                j,              /* Index coefficients within frame */
                k;              /* Index codewords in codebook */

    float x[NUM_COEFF+1];

    /* Reestimate x vector for all frames in utterance */
    for (i = 0; i < num_frames; i++)
    {
        /* Initialize cleaned vector x */
        for (j = 0; j <= NUM_COEFF; j++)
            x[j] = 0.0;

	difference = z[i][0] - means[0][0] - corrbook[0][0] - tilt[0];
	distance = difference*difference / variance[0][0];
        for (j = 1; j <= NUM_COEFF; j++)
        {
	    difference = z[i][j] - tilt[j] - means[0][j] - corrbook[0][j];
	    distance += difference*difference / variance[0][j];
        }
        fk = exp ((double) - distance / 2) * prob[0];
        den = fk;

        /* Reestimate vector x across all codewords */
        for (k = 1; k < num_codes; k++)
        {
            /* Find estimated vector for codeword k and update x */
	    difference = z[i][0] - means[k][0] - corrbook[k][0] - tilt[0];
	    distance = difference*difference / variance[k][0];
            for (j = 1; j <= NUM_COEFF; j++)
	    {
		difference = z[i][j] - tilt[j] - corrbook[k][j] - means[k][j];
		distance += difference*difference / variance[k][j];
	    }
            fk = exp ((double) - distance / 2) * prob[k];
            for (j = 0; j <= NUM_COEFF; j++)
                x[j] += (z[i][j] - tilt[j] - corrbook[k][j]) * fk;
            den += fk;
        }

        /* Normalize the estimated x vector across codewords
         * The if test is only for sanity. It almost never fails
         */
	if (den != 0)
            for (j = 0; j <= NUM_COEFF; j++)
                z[i][j] = x[j]/den;
        else
           z[i][j] -= tilt[j];

        /*
         * z[][] itself carries the cleaned speech now
         */
    }
}

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En la mitología escandinava, Skíðblaðnir (Skidhbladhnir) es el barco de Frey. Fue hecho por Dvalin, Brok y Eitri, todos enanos hijos de Ivaldi. Originalmente pertenecía a Loki, pero este se lo dio a Frey en modo de disculpa por el robo del cabello rubio de Sif. La nave era bastante grande para soportar a la gran multitud de Asgard, y siempre que las velas eran alzadas, un buen viento lo seguía. Podía viajar por mar y tierra. Según la saga de los Ynglings, Skíðblaðnir estaba hecho de tantas piezas y con tal ingenio que podía ser doblado como una servilleta y llevado dentro de una bolsa.

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Box is square, with moderate wear. Set contains: Rules booklet, Planes (still on their sprues), Map sheet. Even the dice are present. ~ Features a step-by-step rules system that allows players to learn as they go. The introductory game, titled Pensacola, The Flight School, teaches players the basics of fighter combat. After gaining experience, they will learn the advanced game, Miramar, The Top Gun School. After that, they will be ready for the expert game, Off The Flight Deck.


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With an election months away, Matt Bevin again ranked least popular governor in the US
A new list of rankings from a high-profile polling organization is giving a big red thumbs down to Gov. Matt Bevin.
Kentucky's governor is the least popular in the nation among voters in their own state, according to Morning Consult's Q2 rankings, with a 56% disapproval rating to just 32% who approve.
Bevin notably has ground to make up among voters in his own party, with an election looming in November. The governor faces a 40% disapproval rating among fellow Republicans in Kentucky, a number that comes after a May primary election where GOP challenger Robert Goforth, a state representative, scored 39% of the in-party vote to Bevin's 52%.
His net approval among Kentucky voters, according to the Morning Consult poll, sits at -24 overall, which breaks down to +11 among Republicans, -63 among Democrats and -26 among Independents.
The rankings do not measure how Democratic gubernatorial challenger Andy Beshear is rated, or how he stacks up against Bevin among voters in the commonwealth. Beshear and Bevin are engaged in a bitter campaign, after years of conflict during Beshear's time as Kentucky's attorney general.
Bevin's campaign did not respond to a Courier Journal request for comment. But the governor has made it clear over the years that he's not concerned about how he's rated in polls — he's never scored highly, he's said, and still won the gubernatorial election in 2015.
"Have any of you ever seen a poll ever done — ever — in which I was more popular than unpopular? Any of you, ever? There has never been one," Bevin told reporters in April, after a similar poll was released. "And I won 106 out of 120 counties (in 2015) while being the most unpopular candidate in the history of America, apparently. And so my point is this — it's irrelevant."


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Q: Routing issues with multi-part forms on Heroku This is a very bizarre problem, and unfortunately I can't provide a ton of information since I don't even know where to begin diagnosing the problem.  I'm hoping somebody hear magically knows what to do, and I'm happy to clarify as necessary.
For some reason, anytime I submit a new multi-part form with a file attachment on Heroku using Chrome, I am sent upon submitting to the default "index" action--that is, the page I would be sent to if I had submitted a GET instead of a POST.
I'm using standard RESTful routes in Rails, so I have the following in my routes.rb:
resources :documents do
  member do
    get :download, :follow
  end
end

My forms are pretty standard:
<%= form_for @document, :html => { :multipart => true } do |f| %>

<% end %>

But again, this is being treated as a GET rather than a POST request, so I am simply redirected to /documents.  This is true even if I manually specify :method => :post in the form definition.
The really, really bizarre thing is that this is only happening on Heroku and only happening with Chrome.  The forms work fine on my local dev version using Chrome or on Heroku using Safari.
There is no redirect occurring anywhere in the code, and when I check the Heroku logs it's only reporting a GET to /documents, never a POST with subsequent processing that could explain this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I really don't know where to begin trying to solve this.
UPDATE:
I am using Chrome for Mac, version 12.0.742.53 beta.
Here is the form output.
<form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/documents" class="new_document" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="new_document" method="post">

<input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" /><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="q8Qv4q9BXdV4yWzsPx9cgZoFGhJHxj6Nzje/SSnYsYo=" />

  ....
  <input type="file" name="document[file]" />
  ....
</form>

Nothing seems amiss with the routes, which include the following:
POST   /documents(.:format)   {:action=>"create", :controller=>"documents"}

A: Could you confirm that you have <%= csrf_meta_tag %> in your view


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Artists from the UK.
RYA Interview: "Music is so male dominated it's hard for womxn to rise up the career ladder"
"When you're working in the studio hours on end with sometimes just one other person it can be tiring trying to maintain professional boundaries."
Shaima Interview: "Women now have the freedom to say whatever they like"
"I would like women to be viewed less as sexual objects in selling music."
NAHLI Interview: "It's sometimes really impossible to be a woman in the music industry"
"I'm forever seeing women lift each other up and it's so special. Women are accepted in the way that we can challenge any man at any role and feel equal."
Eloise Viola Interview: "I wish that my image wasn't so central to who I am as an artist"
"It just doesn't seem that the image of male artists are so central to their brand and path to success as it is for women."
Hot Minute Interview: "Women in music are 'female musicians' – whereas males are just 'musicians'"
With their sinister 80s synths, pounding beats and emotionally loaded melodies, there's no reason why emerging British band…
Interview: Foxgluvv Talks Debut EP and Queer Representation
"I find it very frustrating to see queer musicians not getting enough recognition for their work."
Julia Church Interview: "There are much higher expectations from women"
"I have often felt overshadowed by the men in the room during writing sessions, especially if there are two or more men."
Feel the Burn: Cat Burns Talks Being a Black, Female Pop Star
London-based singer-songwriter Cat Burns shines with maturity as she expresses her personal experiences in her pop tinged music….
Lauren Aquilina: "Don't Take Any Shit From Men"
If you look at Lauren Aquilina's Wikipedia page, you'll see a sizable two year gap between 2016 and…
Cat Delphi: "Every woman has felt like the lesser sex"
Previously nominated for Best Songwriter and Best Female Solo at the Best of British Unsigned Music Awards, and…
Caitlyn Scarlett: "Female musicians are amazing and wonderful and some of the greatest entertainers this world has ever seen"
"Keeping up an illusion of 'we might sleep together someday' is expected and opens a lot of doors career wise."
Alice Pisano: "A woman has to make good music and be good-looking – a man has to make good music"
"I see lots of male artists who are simply themselves and it's ok."
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Find out the Turnbull government's stance on innovation, and how developments such as the new Federal Budget can benefit IT professionals.
For people whose work relies on constant change and evolution such as those in professionals in IT careers, the Turnbull government's commitment to promoting innovation in Australia is creating a positive outlook.
With the latest Federal Budget showing continuing support for innovation, people in the technology sector will want to be aware of where this backing is focussed.
The Turnbull government has made it's penchant for innovation clear from the beginning. As a result, startups and companies looking to harness new technology are likely to see a lot of support. Peter Bradd, CEO of StartupAUS, predicts there will be advantages for both business and the economy in general.
"It's fantastic to have this at the top of the political agenda. Both sides of politics are now recognising the critical importance of innovation to Australia's economy – and the vast opportunities we can harness if we are smart and act quickly," he said.
With the government boosting Australia's ability to pursue technological developments, the country will likely remain a global leader in innovation.
One of the major areas that the Budget targets, which will impact both the IT industry and many other sectors, is financial technology (FinTech).
According to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, Scott Morrison, the Budget aims to help make Australia's FinTech sector competitive worldwide, as well as encouraging entrepreneurs to invest in it.
"A strong and vibrant FinTech industry will play an important role in the transition underway in Australia's economy. Australia already has a competitive financial services sector and the Turnbull Government will ensure our policy settings remain relevant for a modern, digital economy," he said.
He said that it's important for the country's systems to embrace innovation to enable greater flexibility and agility, such as through developments like Blockchain. In addition, users of BitCoin will no longer be double-taxed, making digital currency a more viable option for individuals and business.
"The benefits of this technology could be profound – extending right across our economy. We are looking to position Australia as a leading global player in this exciting new area," said Mr Morrison.
As a result, there is the potential for a lot more IT&T job opportunities to be available not only in the technology sector, but in industries such as the financial sector that are making the most of the government's position on innovation.
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OCLC's EZproxy available as a hosted service in Europe
EZproxy, the leading authentication and remote access software for libraries is now available as a hosted solution in Europe.
Birmingham, UK ( 1 June 2012 )
Beginning in June 2012, University of the Arts London will be piloting an EZproxy authentication service hosted in OCLC's new data center in London. The service will go live for libraries in Europe, Middle East and Africa, once the pilot has concluded in the summer.
EZproxy is the most widely used authentication and remote access software for libraries in the world. It manages institutional data about staff and users, domains and IT settings plus libraries' electronic collections to facilitate access to online materials both inside and outside institutional IP ranges. The service ensures that a user's interaction and engagement with their library's e-resources can be the same, wherever they happen to be when accessing them.
The growth in investment in e-resources by libraries and the increasing numbers of users who choose to connect with these resources remotely has put even greater emphasis on the need for robust and trusted technology to manage increasing levels of access requests. EZproxy has been available for libraries to deploy for 12 years, attracting over 4,000 customers worldwide.
The hosted service is expected to attract interest from libraries that are looking for a fully managed service where all aspects of its setup and configuration--plus its ongoing maintenance including IT monitoring, security, backup and recovery--will also be provided.
Paul Mellinger, Electronic Information Manager at University of the Arts London said,
"The reason we chose hosted EZproxy was because University of the Arts London required a quick and simple replacement for our existing hosted proxy server. Since EZproxy is the most widely-used proxy server for libraries, it was the obvious choice. The ease of set-up and ongoing maintenance of the hosted version replicated our previous experience of using a hosted proxy server and therefore made it the ideal choice for integration with our library discovery service. We very much look forward to full implementation".
Hosted EZproxy is also being offered as part of OCLC WorldShare License Manager, OCLC's wider solution for electronic resource access and management. The service, announced earlier this year, addresses the needs of electronic services teams who are on the frontline in managing user requests and troubleshooting access issues. License Manager combines a robust access and delivery mechanism for e-resources with an easy-to-build search and manage subscription and licence repository, hosted in the cloud and populated by data from the WorldCat knowledge base.
To find out more about hosted EZproxy, OCLC are running a free-to-attend online introduction to the service on Friday 27th July at 2:00pm BST (3.00pm CEST). To register to attend please go to www.oclc.org/info/hostedezproxy.
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Q: How to update the Windows 10 version on a custom ISO image So my company has a custom Win10 boot image for provisioning new computers. However a new image hasn't been created recently. I am looking for a way to keep all the custom parameters like the PowerShell scripts that run with it, etc. I found there is a way to add update packages, but does it actually update the ISO image to that version of Windows, or does it just run the update package. It take's forever to have to have to update each new computer after imaging them.

A: The file you need to edit is not an .iso it is boot.wim You should be able to edit the file using after mounting using DISM. The process is here.
Customize boot images with Configuration Manager
You can the place this on a WinPE bootable USB or CD.
This is also may be relevant to you.
Create a custom Windows PE boot image with Configuration Manager


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Records of Sigma Pi Phi, first fraternal organization for African American men, now open at Emory
Elaine Justice
elaine.justice@emory.edu
Holly Crenshaw
holly.crenshaw@emory.edu
Pictured in this undated photo are members of the Kappa Boulé, the Atlanta chapter of Sigma Pi Phi, which was established in 1920. Sigma Pi Phi records, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
The records of Sigma Pi Phi, the first post-graduate fraternal organization for African American men, have found a home at Emory's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Sigma Pi Phi, also known as the Boulé, was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May 1904 by Edwin Howard, Algernon Jackson, Henry McKee Minton and Richard Warrick. It was the first Greek-letter fraternity to be founded by African American men. Unlike undergraduate fraternal organizations, membership is limited to men who have already achieved some degree of success within their chosen profession.
"This is an important organization within the African American community, especially for the professional members who find mutual support and social interaction," says Randall K. Burkett, research curator of African American collections at the Rose Library. "This collection helps us realize a fuller dimension of the richness of African American life and culture. And we'll be able to make available to the public a deep photo archive — including black physicians, attorneys, CEOs and others at the top of their professions — that can't be found anywhere else."
Rose Library Director Rosemary Magee notes that Emory "is truly honored to have been selected to house the papers of this significant fraternal organization."
"These materials are significant additions to the extensive array of materials that chronicle the African American experience," she says. "Scholars, students and faculty will benefit immensely from their presence here."
The Sigma Pi Phi papers
The collection at the Rose Library consists of more recent administrative records (1941-2013) related to the fraternity and the Boulé Foundation, as well as the Boulé Journal archive (1926-2015) and photographic collection of members and events (1987-2015). The historical records will remain with the archive at Fisk University.
"We selected Emory because of its outstanding reputation," says James O. Cole, immediate past Grand Sire Archon (president) of the Boulé. "The staff has the modern equipment and advanced methods to protect the rich history of our fraternity. They also expressed strong interest in working with Fisk University."
Cole adds he is looking forward to interested persons learning more about the Boulé through the Rose Library archive.
"In the past, the organization has been somewhat closed, and people were not aware of who was a member of the Boulé and the important role they played in our communities," Cole says. "Our members have played an important role in many issues of the day since 1904. We believe it is important for these facts to be known. We will continue to be active on the public issues of today."
After its founding in 1904, Sigma Pi Phi quickly grew into a national organization, with chapters set up in Chicago, Baltimore and other cities. Chapter representatives met in Philadelphia in 1908 to establish the Grand Boulé to provide central leadership. The first edition of the Boulé Journal was published in 1912 to facilitate communications among its members.
Today, the Boulé has 133 local chapters and more than 5,000 members across the U.S., in the United Kingdom and in the Caribbean. Notable members throughout the years have included W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Vernon Jordan, Benjamin Mays, Whitney Young and many others.
Among the Rose Library collections are the papers of other Sigma Pi Phi members, including Horace Mann Bond, James Weldon Johnson, Kelly Miller, James A. Porter and Carter G. Woodson.
The Atlanta chapter, Kappa Boulé, was established in January 1920. Members well known in the Atlanta area over the years include former Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador Andrew Young, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson, and Braves baseball player Hank Aaron, to name a few.
Members with an Emory connection include Robert M. Franklin Jr., author, former Morehouse College president and Laney Professor of Moral Leadership at the Candler School of Theology; and James R. Gavin III, Emory University trustee, clinical professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and former president of Morehouse School of Medicine.
The Boulé Foundation, founded in 1980, is the social action arm of the organization, used to fund scholarships for deserving youth and to make contributions to disaster aid efforts such as Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti. Both the fraternity and the foundation made a substantial donation toward the building of the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian, says Samuel Bacote, Grand Grammateus (executive secretary).
The collection is open and available to researchers and the public; electronic records are undergoing processing and are unavailable at this time. To learn more about working with the collection, please visit the Using Rose Library page.