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Front Guillotine Choke. Many times this technique may be used as a counter to the double leg takedown.
(1) Step 1. As the enemy shoots in toward the fighter's legs, the fighter should ensure that the enemy's head goes underneath one of his arms. The fighter wraps his arm around the enemy's head and under his neck. The fighter's palm should be facing his own chest.
Front guillotine choke, step 1.
(2) Step 2. With the other hand, the fighter grasps the first hand, ensuring that he has not reached around the enemy's arm, and pulls upward with both hands.
Front guillotine choke, step 2.
(3) Step 3. He now sits down and places the enemy within his guard, and finishes the choke by pulling with his arms and pushing with his legs.
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The Free, Restricted Media
Posted on July 1, 2018 April 27, 2020 by Gianluca Vella
The media's power has greatly increased over the past few decades due to technological advancements. Globalization and accessibility to the internet have both had a hand in amassing the power that the media has nowadays. But with all that power, it is up to the media whether it will inform the public with precise, informative news that stems from multiple, trustworthy sources, or whether it will push its own agenda to the general population. The news anchors cannot really do anything about what they say, as they are paid to read off a script, but it is the news outlets and the people in charge of them (who write the scripts the news anchors read off of) who have the responsibility to check facts and see if the news isn't fake.
"Fake news is also spread faster and significantly more than truthful news on media. Research conducted by Soroush Vosoughi and colleagues of his at MIT showed that truthful tweets on Twitter took roughly six times as long as fake ones to be shared to 1500 people across Twitter. This is due to the fact that falsehoods were 70% more likely to be retweeted than the truth, even after variable factors such as number of followers, person's account age and the user's activity level were taken into consideration. And what is interesting is that unlike what is widely believed, people are more likely to spread false news than automated accounts." (Taken from New Scientist no. 3169, 17th March 2018, pg 18)
As of lately, the term "fake news" has first been coined by the current US president Donald Trump during his electoral campaign in 2016. Although his views, ideologies and various actions he has done or will do in the future are extremely divisive, one must admit that he has a point in this matter. Although there are a few news outlets that provide information that is backed with legitimate sources, many nowadays are either biased towards a political party, or strive to push their own agendas to the public.
People all have different opinions and views on certain matters, and so they all need a source that provides them with information about what is currently going on in their country or around the world (but from the same perspective as the people watching). After all, the end goal of the news is to make a profit by reeling in as many people as it can, so to a few news outlets, whether the news is fake or not doesn't really matter (unless they are called out on it), as long as they are the first to report it or if it can increase the viewers watching them. This ideology is not morally right, and is tremendously undemocratic, ironic given that the free media is said to be one of the main factors of democracy.
It is vital, in a democracy, for the news not only to be unbiased and not to have an ulterior motive (such as push the agenda of a political party or the agenda of the business running the news company), but for facts being presented by them to the people to be precise and correct.
Elon Musk has been targeted by many journalists a few weeks ago after he announced on Twitter that he would be making a website dedicated to the fact checking of the articles and news that the media is giving to the public, along with giving journalists ratings based on how accurate their articles are. This backlash from the journalists undermines the core value of democracy, since what Musk is doing is completely legal, and the website's intention is to serve as a watchdog as to what information the media is providing to the population. A few journalists have attacked Musk when he announced this website (in some cases even personally attacking him and saying that he disrespects women), and many people think that they have done this because they will be called out for the fake news they have published in the past, which will ruin not only the journalist's reputation, but also the reputation of the news outlet.
The link below shows an example of a Twitter thread of the journalists attempting to throw Musk's reputation under the bus, with the man himself replying to show what hypocrites these journalists are.
[twitter.com/elonmusk/]
Nowadays, with the internet being saturated with content, one cannot know for sure whether the news they are viewing is real or fake. The trust the general public has for the media and the news outlets in general has recently plunged dramatically, as many people have opened their eyes and realized that much of the news being reported is undeniably fake. Trust in media plunged from 51% to 43%, with the sharpest falls in Ireland, Australia, Canada and Colombia [Source: Financial Times, Anna Nicolaou and Chris Giles].
The reasons for fake news are many, but it can be mainly summarized to pushing a specific agenda regarding a favoured political party or beliefs and to get as many viewers as possible. The idea of a website which can help one to determine if an article is fake or not will have massive repercussions in the trust of the media. It is up to the future generations of this world to decide on whether it wants to listen to lies but maintain profits, or to listen to the truth.
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Pupa of the Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)
Pupa (plural: pupae or pupas) is the non-feeding, typically externally inactive life stage between the larva and the adult in holometabolous insects, that is, those insects undergoing a complete metamorphosis through four life stages: embryo, larva, pupa, and adult or imago. The pupa stage is part of the life cycle of such diverse insects as beetles, flies, bees, wasps, ants, butterflies, moths, fleas, and caddisflies.
The pupa of different groups of insects may be referred to by more specific names. Chrysalis is the name for butterfly pupa and tumbler is the name for the pupa of a mosquito.
Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons, nests, or shells (Borror et al. 1989). A cocoon is the silk protective covering that moth caterpillars and other insects spin prior to becoming a pupa. Silk harvested from the cocoon of the silkworm species Bombyx mori has been a source of fine and beautiful fabric for more than two millenniums.
The butterfly pupa, or chrysalis, is rarely enclosed in a cocoon, but the caterpillar of some butterfly species may spin a silk thread to suspend the chrysalis.
Although the pupa of most species appears externally to be an inactive stage, a great deal of metabolic activity is taking place as the insect is transformed into an adult, with some organs deteriorating and new structures and organs developing.
2 Structure and development
4 Chrysalis
5 Cocoon
In addition to this stage's practical value for the insects themselves, as it prepares them for a remarkable transformation from the worm-like larva to the winged adult, it also adds to the great diversity of life, contributing to the fascination that nature holds for people.
The pupal stage is found only in holometabolous insects. Holometabolism, also called complete metamorphosis and complex metamorphosis, is a term applied to those processes in which the larvae differ markedly from the adults. Insects that undergo holometabolism pass through a larval stage, then enter a non-feeding state as a pupa (Latin pupa for doll), and finally emerge as adults (imago). This is in contrast to insects that undergo hemimetabolism or incomplete metamorphosis, in which the larvae resemble the adults somewhat, as they have compound eyes, developed legs and wing stubs visible on the outside, but the juvenile forms are smaller and, if the adult has wings, lack wings. In this mode of development, there are three distinct stages: the egg, nymph, and the adult stage, or imago; there is no pupal stage.
In the life cycle of an insect, the pupal stage follows the larval stage and precedes adulthood (imago). It is during the time of pupation that the adult structures of the insect are formed while the larval structures are broken down. Pupae are inactive, and usually sessile (not able to move about). Some have a protective covering. Most moth caterpillars spin a cocoon made of silk within which they metamorphose into the pupal stage. Most butterflies, on the other hand, form an exposed pupa, which is also termed as a chrysalis.
Pupation may be brief, for example two weeks as in monarch butterflies, or the pupa may enter dormancy or diapause until the appropriate season for the adult insect. (In temperate climates, pupae usually stay dormant during winter, while in the tropics pupae usually do so during the dry season.)
Insects emerge (eclose) from pupas by splitting the pupal case, and the whole process of pupation is controlled by the insect's hormones. Most butterflies emerge in the morning. In mosquitoes, the emergence typically is in the evening or night. In fleas, the process is triggered by vibrations that indicate the possible presence of a potential host.
Structure and development
Exarate pupae of the Western honey bee.
During the pupal stage, the insect's larval tissues break down and groups of cells known as imaginal disks develop into the adult tissues, using the nutrients from the broken down larva (Towle 1989). This process of cell death is called histolysis, and cell regrowth histogenesis.
In some insect orders, the appendages such as legs and proboscis are free and visible in the pupal stage. Such pupae are termed as exarate and examples are seen in the Hymenoptera. In many other orders, the pupa is a tight and compact shell with all the appendages tightly packed within and these pupae are termed as obtect. The familiar lepidopteran chrysalis is obtect.
Another form has the appendages visible, but covered within a shell. In some cases the covering is formed by the integument of the last larval instar. Such pupae are termed as coarctate and are found in many of the diptera. Some exarate pupae, such as those of the neuroptera, also have movable mandibles attached to the head. Such pupae are termed decticous. In most other insects the mandibles are immovable and such pupae are termed adecticous.
The wings or wing pads, which are not visible on the outside of the larva, become apparent in the pupal stage. However, tiny developing "wing disks" actually can be found in the larval stage. In butterfly caterpillars near pupation, the wings are forced outside the epidermis under pressure from the hemolymph (the fluid in the open circulatory system), and although they are initially quite flexible and fragile, by the time the pupa breaks free of the larval cuticle they have adhered tightly to the outer cuticle of the pupa (in obtect pupae). Within hours, the wings form a cuticle so hard and well-joined to the body that pupae can be picked up and handled without damage to the wings. To transform from the miniature wings visible on the outside of the pupa into large structures usable for flight, the pupal wings undergo rapid mitosis and absorb a great deal of nutrients.
Stages of development of the honeybee pupa.
Pupae are usually immovable and are largely defenseless. To overcome this, a common feature is concealed placement. Some species of Lycaenid butterflies are protected in their pupal stage by ants. Some species of pupae are capable of making sounds or vibrations to scare potential predators. A few species use chemical defenses including toxic secretions. The pupae of social hymenopterans are protected by adult members of the hive.
Common crow or Oleander Butterfly (Euploea core) chrysalis illustrating the Greek origin of the term : χρυσός (chrysós) for gold
A chrysalis (plural: chrysalides) or nympha is the pupal stage of butterflies. The term (Latin chrysallis, from Greek χρυσαλλίς = chrysallís) is derived from the metallic gold-coloration found in the pupae of many butterflies referred to by the Greek term χρυσός (chrysós) for gold.
Because chrysalids are often showy and are formed in the open, they are the most familiar examples of pupae. Most chrysalids are attached to a surface by a Velcro-like arrangement of a silken pad spun by the caterpillar and a set of hooks (cremaster) at the tip of the pupal abdomen.
Like other types of pupae, the chrysalis stage in most butterflies is one in which there is little movement. However, some butterfly pupae are capable of moving the abdominal segments to produce sounds or to scare away potential predators. Within the chrysalis, growth and differentiation occur. The adult butterfly emerges (ecloses) from this and expands its wings by pumping haemolymph into the wing veins.
When the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, usually it will sit on the empty shell in order to expand and dry its wings. However, if the chrysalis was near the ground (such as if it fell off from its silk pad), the butterfly would find another vertical surface to rest upon and dry its wings (such as a wall or fence).
Moth pupae are usually dark in color and either formed in underground cells, loose in the soil, or their pupa is contained in a protective silk case called a cocoon. Very few butterfly larvae spin a cocoon.
The term chrysalis sometimes is used similarly to the term cocoon, as a protective covering, with moth pupa enclosed in a cocoon and butterfly pupa in chrysalis (Towle 1989). However, properly, the chrysalis is the term for the butterfly pupa itself, and cocoon is a silk protective covering.
Aurelia is an old synonym of chrysalis from which is derived the term aurelian; one who studies the emergence of butterflies from chrysalids.
The tough brown cocoon of an Emperor Gum Moth
A cocoon is a casing spun of silk by many moth caterpillars and numerous other holometabolous insect larvae as a protective covering for the pupa.
Cocoons may be tough or soft, opaque or translucent, solid or meshlike, of various colors, or composed of multiple layers, depending on the type of insect larva producing it. Many moth caterpillars shed the larval hairs (setae) and incorporate them into the cocoon; if these are urticating hairs then the cocoon is also irritating to the touch. Some larvae attach small twigs, fecal pellets or pieces of vegetation to the outside of their cocoon in an attempt to disguise it from predators. Others spin their cocoon in a concealed location—on the underside of a leaf, in a crevice, down near the base of a tree trunk, suspended from a twig or concealed in the leaf litter (Scoble 1992).
Insects that pupate in a cocoon must escape from it, and they do this either by the pupa cutting its way out, or by secreting fluids that soften the cocoon. Some cocoons are constructed with built-in lines of weakness along which they will tear easily from inside, or with exit holes that only allow a one-way passage out; such features facilitate the escape of the adult insect after it emerges from the pupal skin.
An Emperor Gum Moth caterpillar spinning its cocoon.
Luna moth cocoon and pupa.
Assortment of Luna moth cocoons.
Luna moth emerging from silk cocoon.
Luna moth pupa removed from cocoon.
Chrysalis of Gulf Fritillary in Georgetown, South Carolina
Pupation of Inachis io
Monarch Butterfly chrysalis
Borror, D. J., C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1989. An Introduction to the Study of Insects. Fort Worth: Harcourt College Pub. ISBN 0030253977.
Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH). n.d. Butterfly Q+A. Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
Scoble, M. J. 1992. The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540310.
Towle, A. 1989. Modern Biology. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 0030139198.
Pupa history
History of "Pupa"
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package ftc.electronvolts.test.util;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

import org.junit.Test;

import ftc.electronvolts.util.DigitalInputEdgeDetector;
import ftc.electronvolts.util.InputExtractor;

public class DigitalInputEdgeDetectorTest {

    private static final InputExtractor<Boolean> trueIE = new InputExtractor<Boolean>() {
        @Override
        public Boolean getValue() {
            return true;
        }
    };

    private static final InputExtractor<Boolean> falseIE = new InputExtractor<Boolean>() {
        @Override
        public Boolean getValue() {
            return false;
        }
    };

    private static InputExtractor<Boolean> flipFlopIE(final boolean startState) {
        return new InputExtractor<Boolean>() {
            boolean state = !startState;

            @Override
            public Boolean getValue() {
                state = !state;
                return state;
            }
        };
    }

    @Test
    public void testDigitalInputEdgeDetector() {
        new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(trueIE);
        new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(falseIE);
        new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(true));
        new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(false));
    }

    @Test
    public void testUpdate() {
        assertEquals(true, new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(trueIE).update());
        assertEquals(false, new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(falseIE).update());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetValue() {
        DigitalInputEdgeDetector d;

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(trueIE);
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.getValue());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(falseIE);
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.getValue());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(false));
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.getValue());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.getValue());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(true));
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.getValue());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.getValue());
    }

    @Test
    public void testIsPressed() {
        DigitalInputEdgeDetector d;

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(trueIE);
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.isPressed());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(falseIE);
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.isPressed());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(false));
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.isPressed());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.isPressed());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(true));
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.isPressed());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.isPressed());
    }

    @Test
    public void testJustPressed() {
        DigitalInputEdgeDetector d;

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(trueIE);
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justPressed());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(falseIE);
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justPressed());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(false));
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justPressed());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.justPressed());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justPressed());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(true));
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justPressed());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justPressed());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.justPressed());
    }

    @Test
    public void testJustReleased() {
        DigitalInputEdgeDetector d;

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(trueIE);
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justReleased());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(falseIE);
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justReleased());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(false));
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justReleased());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justReleased());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.justReleased());

        d = new DigitalInputEdgeDetector(flipFlopIE(true));
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justReleased());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(true, d.justReleased());
        d.update();
        assertEquals(false, d.justReleased());
    }

}

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Q: VMware Consolidated Backup - Availability in Essentials Bundle I would like to know whether VCB is available in the essentials bundle version or I have to install the standard or advanced versions of ESX.
Thanks.

A: You don't say what version of ESX you mean but if you're talking about vSphere/v4 then 'Data Protection' features come with every version except 'Essentials' and 'Standard'.

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7GC Co-Leads Because Market's $35M Series B Alongside Khosla and Index Ventures
In November, 7GC made its first investment out of the newly announced Fund II, in the The Because Market, a direct-to-consumer personal care company focused on older adults. We participated in a $35M insider-led round alongside Khosla Ventures and Index Ventures, both existing co- investors, and key partners for 7GC.
The Bay Area-based company was founded with the sole purpose of delivering the first true direct-to-consumer personal care company focused on older adults, a dramatically underserved and stigma challenged market worth $7 billion today.
We were fortunate to be connected with the Italian co-founders Alexi Suvacioglu and Luca Gualco early in the Summer 2021. Prior to Because, Alexi founded and sold two venture-funded companies, the most recent one of which was acquired by RetailMeNot – the world's largest digital coupon marketplace. Alexi also led eBay's North American AdCommerce, a pay-per-click advertising program in the U.S. and Canada. Luca has spent the last 10 years accelerating growth for some of the most renowned VC-backed businesses of the decade, leading growth teams at Uber (when there were less than 100 employees when he joined), WeWork (less than 50 employees when he joined), and finally Acorns, a financial technology micro and robo-investing company.
Alexi and Luca's backgrounds rooted in technology, retail, and GTM strategy became evident very early on when evaluating what they have built for Because. This, combined with their unswerving drive for branding and product differentiation, allowed us to gain conviction in their mission to disrupt an enormous $7 billion market that is rarely discussed public forums.
Not unlike 7GC's prior investment into hims and their first product for erectile dysfunction, The Because Market's entry point into their target category leveraged an awkward and not frequently talked about need: bladder protection products. The result is that incontinence carries a sigma, leaving a major gap in care and resources for the consumer. The sales process is challenging and poorly designed legacy products remain the leaders in the market. The large market size for incontinence is fragmented and gapped, with 43% of older adults needing incontinence products and 27% never going to see a doctor for the problem. Given that the product is not widely talked about and often dealt with privately, 50% of adults are looking for a new solution built on limited customer service, poor selection, and e-commerce oftentimes being challenging to navigate for older demographics.
As a result, the company has seen its monthly active users triple and revenue double in the last year, all while continuing to innovate by launching new product lines outside of bladder protection products. The company now has multiple products across skincare and supplements, with a total of 7 different product categories and over 80 products.
The Series B round brings The Because Market's total funding to over $65 million, and the new funds will be used to leverage the company's go-to-market playbook and to build out its team.
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    % Get the location of the m file to instigate the search for subclasses
    if(isdeployed())
        spectralAnalysisPath = [ctfroot() filesep 'src' filesep];

        if(~exist(spectralAnalysisPath, 'file'))
            spectralAnalysisPath = [ctfroot() filesep 'SpectralAnal' filesep 'src' filesep];
        end
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        spectralAnalysisPath = [fileparts(mfilename('fullpath'))  filesep '..' filesep];
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        disp(['Couldn''t find the SpectralAnalysis path: ' spectralAnalysisPath]);
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        spectralAnalysisPath = [spectralAnalysisPath 'processing' filesep 'preprocessing' filesep 'axistransform' filesep];
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    % and start the search
    fileList = getmFilesFromAllFolders(spectralAnalysisPath);

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    % used in some preprocessing lists
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        classNames = {'None'};
        classFiles = {'None'};
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                        className = eval([filename '.Name']);
                    catch err
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                        % the class name
                        if(strcmp(err.identifier, 'MATLAB:subscripting:classHasNoPropertyOrMethod') || ... % For MATLAB R2010a and later
                                strcmp(err.identifier, 'MATLAB:noSuchMethodOrField')) % For MATLAB R2009a
                            className = filename;
                        else
                            rethrow(err)
                        end
                    end

                    classFile = filename;

                    if(isempty(classNames))
                        classNames{1} = className;
                        classFiles{1} = classFile;
                    else
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                        classFiles{end+1} = classFile;
                    end
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            end
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TEEN TOUR OF NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK CITY -- We didn't go to the top of the Empire State Building. We didn't climb the Statue of Liberty or visit Ellis Island. We didn't go near the much-touted, brand-new Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History.
``No museums!'' my 14-year-old tour guides decreed. So we skipped them. And we had a blast, exploring the city lights -- those they wanted to see -- from Times Square to Soho to the Lower East Side.
New York is enjoying a much-deserved resurgence as a tourist mecca, especially for families and teens. This is, after all, the city where thousands of kids crowd Times Square outside the MTV studios every afternoon to cheer their favorite bands -- and try to get on TV when the hit show ``TRL'' (Total Request Live) is taped. (Check out www.mtv.com to see who will be there when you visit. The show is taped 3:30-4:30 p.m. weekdays.)
Sixteen percent of Big Apple tourists now are families -- more than 3.3 million a year and growing fast, New York tourism officials say, their numbers helped by the booming economy and New York's safer, friendlier image.
That was underscored when parents surveyed around the country for Yesawich Pepperdine & Brown's Portrait of Family Travel ranked New York as one of the top five places they want to take their children on vacation.
Even better, this is one destination that won't get a glassy-eyed look from your teens. The reaction was just the opposite when I suggested a whirlwind tour of the Big Apple to my daughter Reggie and her two camp buddies, Chicagoans Samantha Nisenboim and Kirby Mages, who were planning a visit East.
The same kind of short adventure would work in any city -- a night or two in a hotel, glitzy restaurant dinners, a play and lots of shopping if girls are along or pro sports events for boys. The key: allowing the kids to set the itinerary.
I made two decisions. I chose the hotel, opting for the Avalon, a lovely newly renovated small downtown hotel between Fifth and Madison avenues not far from Macy's and the Empire State Building (wishful thinking that we'd squeeze in one tourist site). Most of the rooms are spacious junior suites. Even better, breakfast was included in the price. The girls loved the marble bathroom and the terrycloth bathrobes -- one for each of them.
The best deal is the $450 two-night Key to the City Package that includes breakfast for the gang and two adult City Passes with entrance to six top attractions, including the Guggenheim Museum, the Empire State Building and the American Museum of Natural History. Call the Avalon at 1-888-HI-AVALON or www.theavalonny.com.
The Fitzpatrick Grand Hotel (on East 44th Street at Lexington Avenue) is another small family-friendly enclave with special amenities for kids along on parents' business trips. Rates start at $229 in the summer for a suite. Call 800-367-7701 for rates.
My second right decision: I chose ``The Lion King'' for our foray on Broadway. These oh-so-sophisticated teens weren't persuaded I'd made the right choice until the curtain came up and they were wowed. The girls loved everything about the spectacular prize-winning production -- the staging, the costumes, the puppetry, the terrific voices. ``This would be wasted on younger kids,'' Kirby said. She was right.
(The downside: You must book tickets to ``The Lion King'' months ahead. Call 212-307-4747 or www.disneyonbroadway.com. This fall, ``The Lion King'' will begin performances at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Tickets go on sale in May.)
As much as my gang enjoyed the theater, that was about all the culture they could take. The next morning, they were ready to shop till they dropped. But not uptown. Instead, we wound our way through Soho, which is far more mainstream than avant garde these days but proved perfect for my young trio. The most important stop: Sephora. Among Europe's largest beauty retailers, these shops are favorites with the young crowd because they can sample all the products. (There's an even bigger store at Rockefeller Center. Visit www.sephora.com.) Who needs museums when you can spend all morning deciding the exact shade of pink lip gloss to buy?
We browsed our way down Broadway, in and out of tiny boutiques and stores such as Urban Outfitters, to lunch at Balthazar, the popular brasserie on Spring Street. (The phone is 212-965-1414.) The girls didn't spy any celebrities -- at least any they recognized -- but gobbled terrific burgers and fries.
After lunch, I figured I'd sneak a history lesson into our shopping excursion. We made our way through Chinatown to the Lower East Side's Orchard Street, where generations of immigrants started their quest for the American Dream. I remember coming here as a kid to get bargains. Today there are still bargains -- some 400 stores within a 10-block radius where you can buy everything from lamps to socks.
While we were in the neighborhood, I should have insisted we stop at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum on Orchard which re-creates the way immigrant families lived here. (Call the museum at 212-431-0233 or www.tenement.org. Visit the Lower East Side's Business Improvement District Web site at www.lowereastsideny.com or call 888-VALUES4.)
The kids were too busy bargaining and shopping to stop anywhere but a store. They were thrilled with their ``fake'' Kate Spade purses (less than $20) and their bargaining prowess at the perfume store where they got the hapless clerk to knock $5 off their favorite scent.
Next trip, they vowed, as we headed back to the hotel laden with shopping bags, they'll spend more time uptown.
``At the Metropolitan Museum?'' I asked innocently.
No way. They'll go straight to Bloomingdale's.
IF YOU VISIT:
Call NYC&Company, the city convention and visitors bureau, at 800-NYC-VISIT or www.nycvsit.com. Ask about special KIDSIDER tours of area museums and special YOUR TICKET TO SUMMER discounted hotel packages.
(c) 2000, Eileen Ogintz. Distributed by Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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There is a crisis in our health services and in the Government. The Taoiseach and the Minister for Health have proved utterly incapable of resolving the various issues before us.
Yesterday, we had general practitioners outside Leinster House due to the lack of Government investment in primary care. Our hospitals have the worst waiting lists right across Europe. Last month, there were 10,000 on hospital trolleys. Last year was the worst year on record in terms of the constant trolley crisis. The debacle surrounding the national children's hospital is beyond farcical now and we are no further along in it being resolved.
The issue I want to talk about, and the question I want to put to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs today, surrounds the issue of 37,000 nurses and midwives who have engaged in another day of industrial action. It is a 24 hour stoppage as a result of a complete and utter failure on the part of the Government to deal with the issues of recruitment and retention that have gripped our health service for many years.
I met nurses this morning and I have met them on many occasions since this industrial action started in late January. Their message is very clear. Their message is crystal clear to Government. None of them wants to be out on the picket line. All of them want to do what they do best, that is, caring for patients in our hospitals. Their actions are not selfish because they are taking their action and their stand on behalf of every one of us. The public, the people at home, know that. That is why their actions have the support of people throughout every community in the State, because they know that nurses are fighting for a better health service for all of us. That is at the core of it. That is what the people understand. That is why they are standing with the nurses and midwives in this battle.
The Government has, to this point, refused to engage on levels acceptable to the nurses and midwives. Earlier this week we had the Minister for Health and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform issuing a joint press release stating that they were willing to engage in talks at the Workplace Relations Commission. They said they would engage in talks on everything bar what is at the core of this issue, which is the issue of pay. The Government has spouted that line time and again and it has been rejected by nurses and midwives and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, and rightly so.
It is time now for the Government to get real. It is time for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, as a Cabinet colleague, and the rest of her Cabinet colleagues to get their heads out of the clouds and deal with the issue at hand. The Minister said the Government will engage with the nurses but what the Government needs to accept and act on is the urgent need for that engagement without clauses or preconditions.
The approach that the Government has taken so far has failed utterly and dramatically. Let me be clear on this and let me spell it out to every Cabinet colleague. The Cabinet is putting patients at risk because nurses never put their patients at risk. The refusal and intransigence of the Government to deal with this issue on the basis of no preconditions is putting patient safety at risk. That is not surprising given this Government's record on health and the record of the Minister for Health. Despite this, within a number of days we will have industrial action involving a three-day stoppage planned for next week.


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Home COVER STORY I worked hard to acquire education and become successful inspite being abandoned...
I worked hard to acquire education and become successful inspite being abandoned by my family due to disability—Gloria Nwafor
LIFE HISTORY OF MRS. GLORIA NWAFOR, A WOMAN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY, FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CARE FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED AND DESTITUTE FOUNDATION (CAPCADF) BASED IN ANAMBRA STATE OF NIGERIA.
Cause of Disability
According to Mrs. Gloria, a very energetic and industrious woman, her story change when she got sick at the age of 3 and her parents took her to a Nurse who administered an injection on her. Unknown to the nurse and her parents that it was polio so the injection paralyzed her two legs.
Immediate family challenges
Her parents tried all they could to get her back on her feet including taking her to the Orthopedic Hospital at Enugu, but all their efforts proved abortive. They finally brought her back to the house with a lost hope that she would no longer be useful in life.
Within that period, she couldn't sit or balance well on the ground because her paralysis was from her waist down to her legs to the extent that she couldn't crawl nor stand up. Infact, two of her legs seem dead as that time.
But God intervened in her life situation miraculously by using her age mates to pose mobility challenges to her which eventually paid off because it served a therapy to her and today, she can walk about majestically with only right leg paralyzed, she walks without using neither crutches nor wheelchair.
"How did this miracle happened"
Their compound used to be a playing ground for children. Whenever they came to play, they would expect her to come out to join them but she couldn't because she couldn't sit nor stand.
One day, God inspired those Children and gave them wisdom on how to handle her case because it was painful to them that she was unable to come out and play with them. They went to where she was lying and carried her out to their playing ground. They used broom stick to measured her legs and they dug a hole to the length of the broom and they put her 2 legs inside the hole and they used Sand to cover them to my hip. After they will leave her to stand upright on the hole without anybody supporting her. When they saw that she could stand firm on the hole without anyone supporting her, they would be singing and dancing for me which she usually dance to the beating of the song. After their experiment with her for some time, her legs started to regain life and whenever they brought her out of the hole, they would discover that she could stand up by holding something to support herself.
My parents realizing that she could walk with a movable object, they constructed a wooden bicycle for her which she used to walk with someone helping her. With this, her legs began to get stronger on a daily basis until she started walking without holding anything to support myself till date. "Was it not a miracle".
Then her Parents enrolled her in Primary School during UBE system, when she was in Primary 3, her mother died. That was when she learnt the importance of a mother in the family.
School Challenges
After the death of her mother, her schooling was disrupted, but thanks to UBE program which gave room for free education, which made it possible for her to complete her Primary School. She took and passed the Secondary school Entrance Examination and was admitted to enter Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1 in 1982. Both in her Secondary and University Education, her fellow students finds it difficult to associate with her because of her Disability. Some of them were running away from her because they thought disability is infectious. That was height of the segregation, it reached to the extent that some students started avoiding the only girl who accepted her as her friend because she was associating with her. The teachers were not left out in discriminating practices against her.
Her family members discontinued sponsoring her education after the death of her mother in her Primary 3.
Through the help of UBE, she managed to complete Primary School.
Life in school was not easy to her, people did avoid her as if she would infect them with disability.
When she shared with her father and her siblings about her intention to further her education to secondary school, they told her that it was of no use, since she is a person with disability, it would be a waste of money sending her secondary school because of the belief that she wouldn't amount to anything meaningful because of her disability.
She hoped that they would change their mind, but they never did instead they abandoned her. The action did not deter me rather it strengthened her to begin to think on what to do rewrite the mindset of her family members.
According to her, she cried to God to help her out of that situation and provide resources to take care of her education.
God answered her prayers. "God always comes to my dream to teach me how to weave and plait hair during long holidays". During that time, she was going to the market to weave and plait hair and from there, she was making money to go back to school at resumption and that was how she sustained herself in Secondary School till she completed her SSCE Examination.
Through her hard work, she lacked nothing in School to the extent that she used to give pocket money to my elder sister who was also schooling. During Christmas season, people would be booking for their turn to weave their hair from November and that was how nice and lucrative her plaiting business was that saw her through school.
Employment Challenges
She was offered employment at the Local government with grade level 03 on charity basis because of her disability even when she was qualified more than her counterparts without disabilities who were offered employment from grade level 04. During her confirmation of appointment after 2 years of service as in the scheme of work, she was denied but was considered in the 3rd year of her appointment.
How she overcame her disability
Her above life stories, starting from her family, how she overcame her educational challenges without depending on anybody because she believed in herself, she trust in God, self determined, she depended on what she have so that she wouldn't mess herself up with men.
She also secured employment without any god father. From her office work performances, she was given study leave with pay to do OND in Social Development by Orumba North Local Goverment Area of Anambra State. After that, She was given Scholarship by Orumba North Local Goverment Area to study Vocational and Adult Education with Economic option at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Anambra State. She further proceeded to do Post Graduate in Peace and Conflict Resolution at the National Open University, Awka Study Center, Abagana also with God's help. That how she use education to overcome disability.
Her Achievement
She have published two books:
My vision for persons with Disabilities in Anambra State and beyond first published in 2008. Edited in 2014.
I am discriminated because of my Disability (cries of Persons living with Disabilities in Nigeria.
2018.\
She have also published two reports:
situation by generating and analyzing data of Persons living with Disabilities to identify and publishing the situation reports of the existing gap on Persons living with Disabilities in Anambra State. 2011 and 2014 respectively.
Other Achievement
She founded and established an NGO named: Care for the Physically Challenged and Destitute Foundation (CAPCADF) and a Micro Finance Institution (CAPCADF MFI)
Through CAPCADF MFI, she have initiated, mobilized and formed 235 cooperative groups with a minimum of 10 members and a maximum of 20 members.
She have extended soft loan to nearly 1000 beneficiaries and grant opportunities to some of our beneficiaries.
Through my efforts in the management of CAPCADF projects, CAPCADF as an MFI have received an Award of Best Micro Finance Practioner from IFAD/CBN/RUFIN in Abuja on 16/03/2017. I have received an Award of Honour from Anambra State through Local Goverment System as the best staff of the year 2019/2020 on 03/12/2020.
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Age Concern Slough & Berkshire East offer FREE information & advice sessions in a number of different venues throughout the area. Information and advice can be sought on a wide range of issues including support services, help with benefit applications, housing issues, council tax, blue badge applications, Pensions problems and tax matters.
These sessions are drop-in only (no appointment necessary), but do operate on a first come, first served basis.
See below for more details on venues and times for our information & advice services:-
Venue - Age Concern Slough & Berkshire East, St Andrews Methodist Church, Merton Road, Slough, SL1 1QW.
Monday, and Friday - 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon - General information & advice (Benefits, Blue Badges, etc.)
Wednesday - 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. - Help with tax and pension queries (Paula)
Venue - Windsor Library, 9 Bachelors Acre, Windsor SL4 1ER. Held 3rd Thursday in month 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon - General information & advice.
Venue - Old Windsor Day Centre, 27b Straight Road, Old Windsor, SL4 2RW. Held 3rd Friday in month 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon - General information & advice.
Venue - St John's Church, Eton Wick Rd, Eton Wick, Windsor SL4 6JA. Held 2nd Thursday in month 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon - General information & advice.
Venue - Eton Wick Library, Village Hall, Eton Wick Rd, Windsor SL4 6LT. Held last Thursday in month 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon - General information & advice.
Venue - Maidenhead Town Hall (Rendezvous Cafe), Maidenhead, SL6 1RF. Held 2nd Monday in month (excluding bank holidays) 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. - General information & advice.
Venue - Maidenhead Library, Saint Ives Road, Maidenhead SL6 1QU. Held 4th Friday in month 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. - General information & advice.
Updated: 16th April, 2019
Author: Kevin Griffiths
Advocacy in all its forms seeks to ensure that people, particularly those who are most vulnerable in society, are able to have their voice heard on issues that are important to them, defend and safeguard their rights, have their views and wishes genuinely considered when decisions are being made about their lives.
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Earlier this year, I listed 10 Reasons to Hate the Kindles, including this one on the downside of reading e-books in public: Beautiful Russian ballerinas won't introduce themselves upon noticing your copy of Secrets of Nijinsky.
As someone who often carries a book around Baltimore, the inwardness and anonymity of the e-book reading experience seems very odd. I don't mean that we should brandish the latest "hot" book in public like some designer handbag. "Look, the new Pynchon!" It's sad if books become just another way of broadcasting our feelings, like T-shirts or bumper stickers.
We should approach books with intellectual honesty and not use them simply as a signal for companionship and conversation. But I'm happy to chat about a book with fellow readers - strangers even. Consider it an impromptu book club.
As Molly Flatt said on the Guardian's book blog: "Novels aren't just sources of solitary cogitation. They are social objects. ... Thanks to the intimate connection between story and reader, they impact upon us very personally, and can drive otherwise undemonstrative folk to feel they have a right - nay duty - to confront complete strangers with their zeal, and have thus been responsible for some of the most unexpected human encounters I've had."
Have you had a close encounter with a stranger over a book? Let me know in an e-mail or a comment on Read Street.


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Year 4 English
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Similes Activity 13
Similes Activity 13: Choose the correct word to complete each simile.
Read the lessons Examples of Similes, Lists of Similes, Similes Examples
A simile is a type of idiom. We use similes to compare things which are alike. Similes are used in everyday conversations, written works or compositions such as poems, essays, song lyrics, plays etc. because, they show typical qualities of creatures and things. Similes help you to convey the meaning of your message in an interesting, effective and a quick way.
Following are some examples of similes regularly used in writing to compare things. Kids can have fun using this list of similes examples that begin with "as". Use these great examples of similes in every day speech.
Click here to try more examples of similes for kids activities.
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4th Grade English 17
English Activities 161
English Grammar 155
English Quizzes 99
Similes 20
Year 4 26
Year 4 English 16


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Smartphones, Publics and OPR: Do Publics Want to Engage?
Avidar, Ruth; Ariel, Yaron; Malka, Vered; & Levy, C. Eilat (2015). Smartphones, publics, and OPR: Do publics want to engage? Public Relations Review, 41(2), 214-221.
Smartphones offer new opportunities for public-organization engagement. The current study focuses on the actual usage of smartphones, as well as users' willingness to engage with organizations via smartphones. A survey among a representative sample of 515 Israeli smartphone users, and sixty personal, in-depth interviews with undergraduate students were conducted. The findings show that interaction between organizations and publics through smartphones exists, but at a lower rate compared to other activities, and that users perceive engagement as beneficial primarily for organizations but as less beneficial to themselves. The findings also emphasize the importance of practicing participatory engagement rather than one-way engagement.
Both qualitative and quantitative analyses were employed. First, a survey among a representative sample of 515 Israeli smartphone users was conducted. Second, sixty personal, in-depth interviews with undergraduate students were conducted.
Smartphones are largely used for interaction-based purposes, including interacting with friends and family through voice calls, text messaging, social networks and e-mails, as well as for Internet-surfing and entertainment.
Interaction between organizations and publics through smartphones exists, but at a lower rate compared to other activities.
More than half (54%) of the respondents "never" or "rarely" use their smartphones to engage with businesses and nonprofit associations.
Nearly half (48%) of the respondents completely ignore or immediately erase messages sent by businesses or nonprofit associations.
Users perceive engagement as beneficial primarily for organizations.
The findings emphasize the importance of practicing participatory engagement rather than one-way communication. We suggest that practitioners offer valuable content to the public via their organizational applications aiming to benefit users and encourage them to view themselves as equal partners and co-creators of engagement in an optimal situation. It is recommended that public relations practitioners use various engagement strategies that enhance users' ability to interact with their immediate environments and to gain personal benefits.


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Available today for $119, we went hands-on with the Osmo Mobile 3, and it looks like a nice iteration on a proven design.
As opposed to the Ronin, which is designed for use with DSLR and mirrorless cameras, the Osmo is meant to help content creators relying on a mobile phone get more stable and usable video footage.
Now DJI releases the third generation - DJI Osmo Mobile 3. There will also be a $US140 ($206) bundle that comes with a mini tripod that screws into the bottom of the Osmo Mobile 3. An intuitive design meets functionality with Osmo Mobile 3, featuring simplified operation and adjustments. DJI's gimbal accepts a standard 1/4-inch threaded screw instead of something like GoPro's proprietary mounting system, so if you already have a travel-friendly tripod, you don't need DJI's add-on stand. Instead, the Osmo Mobile 3's biggest improvements lie in its hardware, which combines the best features from earlier versions in a newly re-engineered body.
The trigger on the back can be used to lock rotation for "slider" shots, rotate the gimbal for selfies and for re-centring your subject when tracking.
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Reliance Jio Has Over 340 Million Subscribers, Claims Mukesh Ambani
The Jio International Calling pack costs Rs 500 a month and it offers unlimited free calls to the U.S. and Canada. The Indian conglomerate's debt stood at $32 billion at the end of December, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Osmo Mobile 3 is expected to be available in South Africa by mid-September. Once Gesture Control is enabled, show a "peace sign" or put up your palm and Osmo Mobile 3 will begin a photo timer countdown. After shooting, Mimo automatically generates your own professionally edited short video, ready to be shared. Apart from being foldable, DJI has also added several features.
You can then pair this with the Slow Motion feature to slow your scene down by 4x or 8x.
We'll bring you a review of the Osmo Mobile 3 shortly once we've finished testing it.
With this latest piece of DJI yet to be officially unveiled by the firm, it's good to hear that South African content creators are being catered for. It3 is available in two packages starting at $119 Dollars for the standard version which includes Osmo Mobile 3, a wrist strap, storage pouch and anti-slip pads.
They plan to sell shows to third-party channels - Netflix, Disney+, and the like - and beef up their own subscription services. The companies have sought a merger several times in recent years, but their management teams' differences were never bridged.
The new rule will go into effect October 15, and only government aid used after that point will be assessed, Cuccinelli said. Citizenship and Immigration Services, speaks during a briefing at the White House on August 12 in Washington.
Eddie Jones Confirms Who Will Cover As England's 'Third' Scrumhalf
The All Blacks will retain the number one spot in World Rugby after England ended Wales' 14-test unbeaten run overnight. "We've got processes for our performance and we are well aware of where we went wrong in the first half".
Olive Garden offering Never Ending Pasta Passes
Pasta fanatics will have to act fast because the 2018 Annual Pasta Passes sold out in less than one second. These special new passes will offer the same perks for the rest of the customers' lives.
Jamie Chadwick: "best year of my career so far"
It meant that Chadwick, who had started the race from pole before being passed by Powell, Kimilainen and Visser, won the title by 10 points from Visser.
Hur wins Ladies Scottish Open
Hur finished joint second behind her compatriot, Mi Hyang Lee , at Dundonald Links two years ago in similar foul weather. Carly Booth, the 2012 victor , finished as leading Scot in joint-ninth after a closing 71 for 274.


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Q: How to deserialize the Json response and store it into List? I'm working on a webService app for the first time. I have an http api that I am using to get the list of URLs to download Sample.xml files. I have created an object class that contains the list of urls and I am trying to DeSerialize the jsonString directly into the List of URL. Any idea why DeserializeObject method is not working?
Here's my Code:
public class StoreGetXmlUrl
    {
        public bool Flag{ get; set; }
        public List<String> Urls { get; set; }
        public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }
    }

public static List<String> CheckForNewXmlFile(string storeKey)
        {
            StoreGetXmlUrl result = new StoreGetXmlUrl();
            result.Status = true;
            _logger.Info($"Fetching new file URL for storekey:{storeKey}");
            try
            {

                var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://execute-api.us-west-2.com/default/param?=" + storeKey);

                var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

                var responseString = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();

                result.Urls = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<String>>(responseString);

            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                result.Status = false;
                string errorMessage = ex.Message;
                HttpWebResponse httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)ex.Response;
                using (WebResponse response = ex.Response)
                using (Stream data = response.GetResponseStream())
                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(data))
                {
                    errorMessage = reader.ReadToEnd();
                }
                #pragma warning disable 4014
                _logger.Error($"Verification of store key failed with message: {errorMessage}");
                #pragma warning restore 4014
                result.ErrorMessage = errorMessage;
            }
            return result.Urls;
        }

This is what the json response looks like:
responseString = "{\"urls\": [\"https://uswest2.abc.com/sample.xml\"]}"

A: result.Urls = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<String>>(responseString);

The above line is trying to deserialize a string array from json below which is a JSON object that has a property named urls that is actually a string array :
"{\"urls\": [\"https://uswest2.abc.com/sample.xml\"]}"

So you should be deserializing like this :
result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<StoreGetXmlUrl>(responseString);


Black end panel Craftmaster issue. Features movable rudder, elevator and ailerons, crew and cockpit, movable propeller and wheels and British markings. Never started. Inventoried and 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
High quality armor kit as you would expect from Fujimi. Molded with very fine detail. Includes flexible treads, full decals and painting guide. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Still factory sealed. Out of production. Large and highly detailed kit of the famous Italian Navy training sailing ship. Includes vacuform billowing sails, rigging material and full rigging instructions.
Type three logo issue from the 1960s. Has markings for two air forces, pilot figure, optional position speed brakes, optional position landing gear, optional high-speed wingtip drop tanks or two AIM-9 Sidewinders mounted in the same position. Molded in silver and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
The kit is very well detailed and consists of 227 parts. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Still factory sealed. Very highly detailed and widely considered the finest 1/48 Jug available.
Don't build your rare Aurora kit or spend hours restoring a junk kit! This is an ideal builder from the original Aurora molds.
Still factory sealed. 1991 issue of perhaps the finest 1/24 scale kit of the first legendary Corvette. Kit is very finely molded in chrome, clear, white, red and rubber rires. Features full rolling chassis with complete suspension and exhaust detail, "Blue Flame" 6 motors for 1953 and 1954, detailed interior, opening hood and optional soft convertible top.
This is one of Renewal's famous Aeroskin kits, and a rare large one in 1/48. Features markings for the aircraft of "High Hat Squadron," VF-1B commander Seligman aboard the USS Saratoga in the early 1930s. The model has an injection molded inner structure of ribs and stringers like a real aircraft, then the modeler covers it with provided authentic pre-colored Aeroskin fabric. There is no painting needed as elaborate finishes are printed directly on the Aeroskin covering. This results a very realistic and colorful model. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including Aeroskin and instructions.
Very highly detailed kit for use with 1/350 scale aircraft carriers or dioramas. Molded in clear and includes full decals. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions on the back of the box.
1967 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of their kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. In some cases, the specific car and owner is on the box. This car is an exact reproduction of the car owned by Ralph T. Buckley, owner of the Antique Auto Shop of New Jersey. This shop specialized in rebuilding Mercer automobiles to factory new condition. The car was part of the Gene Zimmerman display of over 150 such cars in Holiday West PA. The model includes rubber tires, brass plated parts, colored injection molded parts and clear parts. Features detailed chassis, complete motor and interior and a removable hood or 'bonnet.' Molded in deep red, brass plating, clear and with rubber tires. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Still factory sealed. Very finely molded with 68 parts, all very fine recessed panel lines, full cockpit, two piece canopy, drop tanks and a painting guide and large, colorful decals sheet for aircraft 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Air Proving Wing JASDF.
Still factory sealed. Limited edition injection molded kit includes both gliders and full decals.
Very nicely molded vac kit with very fine recessed panel lines. Complete model with all needed parts. Includes interior detail, clear vac canopy, full decals, optional position landing gear, building instructions and full size drawings with marking guide. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Most likely from the late 1950s or very early 1960s. Includes all seven item in mint, NOS condition. Never used. The SR 'Singl Servo Carry' is still in the original factory clear bag and packing material. The OS Escapement is still in the factory clear bag and packing material. The other escapement box appears to contain an NOS receiver - that is my guess since it has a significant antenna. The Perfect gas tank is the #23 Long Senior Wedgetank with a 2 oz capacity; this is a soldered metal tank. The three 'Clunk Tanks' are all new in the box. I believe they are fuel bottles.
Large and highly detailed kit with 249 parts and metal anchor chain. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The Zara was very fast at over 35 knots and well armed with 8 x 8" guns. She has the misfortune to be at Matapan with her sisters Pola and Fiume. All three were sunk at very close range by the Warspite.
1960s issue with dramatic artwork. Well detailed and molded small scale (near 1/72) tank kit; ideal for dioramas. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Rare. Still factory sealed. Includes precision cast metal details, a fret of PE parts, extensive decals and vacuform parts that are of higher quality than many injection molded kits. Includes full instructions. Requires base 1/72 scale kit; Airfix is recommended. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Rare kit dated 1949. Very well detailed for that time. Big-scale model features numerous die-cut, machined and saw-cut wooden parts, excellent plastic wheels, grill, steering wheel, lanterns and horn, other metal parts and metal stock and die-cut cardstock parts. Come with superb, large fold out plans that show four elevations drawings, many various detail drawings, a photo of the finished model and extensive text instructions. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still factory bag sealed and the parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete. Fador was another maker of big 1/16 classic cars, like Hudson Miniatures. The full name was Fador Mfg. Company and the address was 501E. Clinton St., Elmira, NY. It appears that Hudson beat Fador to the scene by a year; Hudson's spectacular product line growth starting in 1948 may have influenced Fador in the choice of subject and scale. Fador called the line 'Smallersters' and the design of the kits is very similar. Fortunately, Fador chose completely different vehicles. Because of their great decisions, these are often the only model kits ever made of these historical cars. There is no record of Fador making any plastic kits; the introduction and overwhelming popularity of the Highway Pioneers and the other kits that quickly followed may have driven them out of the market as it did many other wood manufacturers.


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<TITLE>Mark Guzdial Information Page</TITLE>
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Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center

Mark Guzdial

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Mark Guzdial is an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing at Georgia
Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in education and computer science
(a joint degree) at the University of Michigan in 1993, where he developed <!WA3>Emile,
an environment for high school science learners programming multimedia
demonstrations and physics simulations. He is also the designer of <!WA4>MediaText, a
multimedia composition environment used in elementary and high school classrooms.
  Mark is a member of the <!WA5>GVU Center,
  the <!WA6>Cognitive Science program, and
  the <!WA7>EduTech Institute.

Mark recently co-organized a workshop with Rick Weingarten of
Computing Research Association for the National Science Foundation.
The charge of the workshop was to set a research agenda for Computer
Science in Educational Technology.  The <!WA8>draft report from
that workshop is available on-line.

Current Areas of Interest

Educational computing, software-realized scaffolding,
construction and design environments for
students, constructionism, collaboration support, log file analysis
and visualization, computational science (computer modeling,
simulation, and visualization) for students

Mark Guzdial's current research centers on facilitating student
learning through student design, construction, and analysis of
artifacts.  Philosophically, he is a constructivist, even a
constructionist, but he sees a need for support to enable and
facilitate a student's construction of artifacts and knowledge.

His goal is to provide to students similar kinds of
opportunities that professional scientists and engineergs
have for learning and exploring through
computation.  He has developed simulation environments for learning
science through construction, and is now exploring visualization and
collaboration environments to facilitate science and engineering learning.  To
evaluate the usability and learnability of the environments he
creates, Mark is developing techniques for analysis of user event
traces (log files).

Recent Classes with Interesting Home Pages

<!WA9>CS 2390 Modeling and Design, Winter '96
which is where, WebCaMILE was first used in CS 2390.

<!WA10>CS
2390 Modeling and Design, Spring '96 where
<!WA11>STABLE was first used.

<!WA12>CS
6398, Design and Evaluation of Educational Software

<!WA13>CS
2390 Modeling and Design, Fall '96

Current Research Projects

<!WA14>
NSF Multimedia Courseware Project: With John Stasko and Jim Foley,
I am working on creating effective multimedia courseware for Computer
Science courses using WWW.

<!WA15>Software-Realized
Scaffolding and Learner-Centered Design:  The design of Emile
revolved around providing software-realization of what educators
called scaffolding, support which enables students to perform
activities and to learn through those activities.  In collaboration
with Elliot Soloway, Kenneth E. Hay, and Yasmin Kafai, an interface
design emphasis on learner-centered design is evolving, part of
which is software-realized scaffolding.

<!WA16>CaMILE
(Collaborative and Multimedia Interactive Learning Environment) is
a new learning environment designed to support students in
collaboration with multimedia annotations.  CaMILE can be seen as
MediaText on a network.

<!WA17>DEVICE
(Dynamic Environment for Visualization in Chemical Engineering:
DEVICE is an environment in which Chemical Engineering students learn
through a process of design in a simulated world.
DEVICE is being
developed by Noel Rappin. The eventual goal is to merge DEVICE-like
simulation support with CaMILE-like collaboration tools to create broad-based
support for learning in Chemical Engineering -- SCOPE,
Scaffolded and COntextualized Programming Environments for Engineering Education.  This
project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

<!WA18>Log
file analyses and visualizations are used to understand the
effectiveness of the supports provided in these environments.

<!WA19>Cognitive
Multimedia: A project with John Stasko, Richard Catrambone,
Ashwin Ram, and Mike Byrne, sponsored by ONR, focuses on trying to understand the most
effective ways to construct interactive multimedia.

Generalized Scaffolding: <!WA20>STABLE is a first attempt at creating generalized
scaffolding -- not modifying the environment, but providing
scaffolding, multiple representations, generic "plan" libraries (a la
GPCeditor or Emile), and collaborative environments in support of an
existing work environment (VisualWorks Smalltalk).  STABLE is being
tested in CS 2390 during Spring '96.  <!WA21>Instructions on how to
create STABLE cases are available.

 Research Projects from the University of Michigan

Working with Elliot Soloway and Elliot's Highly
Interactive Computing Environments group, Mark was primarily involved
in three projects at the University of Michigan.

 <!WA22>GPCeditor
(Goal Plan Code Editor) is a Pascal programming environment that
provides explicit supports for student design.

<!WA23>MediaText
is a multimedia composition environment for grades 6-12 students.
Mark designed MediaText with Elliot, and MediaText is now a commercial
product developed by Constructive Instruments and distributed by Apple
Computer and Wings for Learning.

<!WA24>Emile
is a programming environment for science students exploring physics by
creating simulations.  Emile was Mark's dissertation work.  Emile
implements software-realized scaffolding which provides
adaptable levels of support.

Copies of recent <!WA25>AERA '95 papers
are available in WWW formats.

Contact information:

<ADDRESS><!WA26>Ma
rk Guzdial</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>College of Computing</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>801 Atlantic Drive</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>Georgia Institute of Technology</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>Atlanta, GA, 30332-0280</ADDRESS>
<address>404-894-5618</address>
E-mail :
<ADDRESS>guzdial@cc.gatech.edu</ADDRESS>

P.S.

<!WA27>My family album. (Updated
October, 1996)


Founder, D Y Patil Group, India.
"Ego is death of life, death of ego is real life. If you follow this principle in life you are bound to succeed" – Dr D Y Patil.
Dr. D Y Patil is a well known Educationist and Philanthropist from an agricultural town Kolhapur in the state of Maharashtra. He strongly believed that youth in India needed a greater platform that offers multiple opportunities to educate themselves across the geography. He envisioned a goal of spreading education across the length and breadth of India by taking steps in a direction to craft each and every institute. He founded the first engineering college called Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai offering bachelors degree in engineering in the year 1983. There was no turning back from there and today Dr D Y Patil has founded more than three deemed universities with more than 150 independent institutions in India.
Another area that India needed leadership and investment was healthcare, where Dr Patil believed every Indian should be able get basic healthcare facilities free of charge in order to sustain standard livelihood. In the last 35 years Dr D Y Patil has been successful in creating multiple healthcare facilities catering to the lower income group and hosting several charitable health & education schemes for the general population.
Dr. D. Y. Patil was appointed as the Governor of Tripura, Governor of Bihar and Governor of West Bengal in the last three years where his role has been instrumental in spreading the vision of education, healthcare and sports.
· Government of India conferred the prestigious "Padmashree" award in recognition of his work in the field of education in 1991.
· Arizona University, United States awarded honorary doctorate degree in 1988.
appreciation of his contribution of the cause of education in 1996.
· Awarded the 'Man of the Year 2005' by the American Biographical Institute, U.S.A.


The Ind. F Series is designed to meet the rigorous requirements of industrial environments while providing users with superior ergonomic support. Features such as the 14 gauge steel tube 26" multi-level and 22" bi-level industrial bases with an extra polyurethane coating and traction grit on footrests make the Ind. F series a durable solution for harsh factory environments.
The Ergo F ESD Series provides the comfort of foam-fabric/vinyl chairs combined with the dependable performance of ergoCentric ESD seating. To allow electrical charge to pass through the chair, conductive fabric/vinyl is secured to copper bands within the seat where metal t-nuts are installed on the copper bands. Metal screws are used to connect the mechanism to the t-nuts which allows the charge to continue through the entire down to the conductive floor.
The Industrial Spider Stool features a 22" Bi-Level spider base with an extra polyurethane coating and traction grit on footrests for extra durability making it ideal for harsh factory or industrial environments.
The Wipe-Down Bench stool includes a polyurethane seat to resist damage from water, chemical and grease spills in addition to punctures and tears. The easy-to-access handle, located in the seat, make re-locating the stool hassle-free. The Wipe-Down Bench Stool is ideal for wash-down and food manufacturing environments.


The Live Your Dream Award involves three levels of cash awards. The program begins at the local Soroptimist club-level, where award amounts vary. Local-level award recipients become eligible for region-level awards of either $3,000 or $5,000. Region-level award recipients then become eligible to receive one of three international-level awards of $10,000.


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UPDATE 3-Best Buy CFO departing, company to look for replacement
Published 3:01 PM ET Sun, 11 Nov 2012
(Adds details of the separation agreement)
Oct 9 (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc's chief financial officer, James Muehlbauer, is leaving the embattled retailer after more than a decade, the company said on Tuesday.
Best Buy, which appointed a new chief executive in late August, said it was looking for a replacement.
"Given the unique relationship between a CEO and CFO, it is not uncommon for a new CEO to bring in his own person," said Best Buy spokesman Matt Furman. Furman could not say where Muehlbauer would go next.
Muehlbauer, 50, has been CFO at the company for four years and joined the company in 2002. He will stay through fiscal 2013, which ends on Feb. 3, unless both parties agree to an earlier termination.
Muehlbauer will get a lump sum of $1.4 million, including two years of his base salary, and other benefits, according to a regulatory filing detailing his separation package.
Best Buy, the world's largest consumer electronics store chain, replaced its chief executive after former CEO Brian Dunn left abruptly due to an ethics probe.
The new CEO Hubert Joly, a Frenchman, is trying to turn around a company whose stores are often showrooms for online retailers like Amazon.com Inc , as shoppers go there to check out products like high-definition televisions then buy them elsewhere for less.
The company's founder, former CEO and largest shareholder Richard Schulze and at least four private equity firms have begun to look at Best Buy's books, early steps toward a potential $11 billion buyout, sources told Reuters last week.
(Reporting by Martinne Geller in New York, additional reporting by Phil Wahba; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Gunna Dickson)
((martinne.geller@thomsonreuters.com)(646 223-6023)(Reuters Messaging: martinne.geller.reuters.com@reuters.net))
Keywords: BESTBUY CFO/
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When visiting McKinley Health Center keep in mind that parking your car can have its challenges. Although there are many metered spaces, they sometimes fill up.
If possible, take the bus. The 21 Raven or 21 Quad will let you off at the corner of Gregory and Dorner Drive - just a short walk NW of McKinley. The Red or 22 Illini will drop you off in front of McKinley on Lincoln. Check the CUMTD Website for times and stop locations.
Schedule your appointment for the morning - there's often more available parking places than in the afternoon.
If McKinley's metered parking is full, look for spaces on Dorner Drive just 1 block West of McKinley - a short walk.
Be sure to bring change for the meters. If you need change, go to the Business Office (1st floor, East Building). Do not forget to feed the meters! McKinley cannot void parking tickets. For more parking rules and regulations on the University campus, see the Campus Parking web page.
Allow extra time to find a place to park or to get to McKinley. You don't want to be late for your appointment!
If you're not sure where McKinley is, see our "Location" page.


Is your beloved greyhound at risk?
There is a growing body of evidence that short-haired dogs or those with pale skin are subject to sunburn and skin cancers. Greyhounds fall into this category – many have areas of minimal or no hair and sensitive pale skin.
Why take a chance? We have a solution.
We all know the thinning ozone layer is allowing more of the harmful UVA and UVB light rays through our atmosphere. The incidence of skin cancer in humans is increasing. But do dogs have the same problems? Unfortunately, the answer is yes.
We usually only hear about the three different types of skin cancer that are linked to sunlight exposure: basal cell, squamous cell, and malignant melanoma. The good news is that most cancers in canines are squamous cell carcinomas that, when treated early, have a good survival rate.
The bad news, however, is that there is also evidence that light-colored dogs or those with thin haircoats have a higher risk of developing another cancer known as hemangiomasarcomas.
Worse news is that Whippets and Italian Greyhounds are among those which have a higher than expected incidence of these cancers induced by sun exposure.
Sources have differing percentages but it appears that 20-40% of skin growths in dogs are cancerous. Note that malignant melanoma in dogs is extremely aggressive but is more frequently found in the mouth, eyes and toes. Whether there is a connection to sun exposure is unclear – these melanomas may be inherited mutations. But as we said above, why take any chances?
The solution is sun-protection. Pet sun screen is only a partial solution. Therefore, we have designed a "Sun Coat" made from the same UVA / UBA protective fabric used to protect humans from the dangerous rays.
Why a Gilding the Greyhound suncoat?
· The fabric will prevent the harmful rays from reaching your pet's skin.
· It's loose enough to be comfortable on a hot day.
· The unique closure keeps it in place through romping or outdoor napping.
· It is stylish, comes in beautiful colors and classy trims.
Click here to see our research on this subject.
"UVA" is the term for the long wavelength ultraviolet rays from the sun – sometimes called the "aging" rays. UVA rays have greater potential to cause damage in the early morning and late afternoon.
"UVB" is the term for the medium wavelength ultraviolet rays from the sun – sometimes called the "burning" rays. UVB rays have greater potential to cause damage during the late morning and early afternoon.
"Sun protection cloth" is any fabric that provides adequate protection from the dangerous rays of the sun. Generally a UPF value of 15 to 50 and above blocks 93 – 98 % of UV radiation.
"UPF" is the Ultraviolet Protection Factor. It is a measure the amount of ultraviolet radiation that a fabric blocks.
Our sun protective fabrics are at least 30 UPF; most are rated 40-50 UPF.


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Killer driver, 18, admits causing deaths of dad and daughter in high-speed horror crash
Mario Dzhambazov, 18, from Bulgaria, pleaded guilty at Teesside Crown Court to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving
Keane Duncan
A teenager faces a lengthy prison sentence after admitting killing a father and daughter in a horror crash.
Mario Dzhambazov , 18, from Bulgaria, pleaded guilty at Teesside Crown Court to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
He was driving a 2002 BMW 330i along the A171 near Guisborough , on June 13, when he collided with a black Hyundai I30.
Police say he drove at high speed towards the roundabout, where the crash happened.
The force of the crash was such that the Hyundai's passenger Michael Liddell, 68, from Moorsholm, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene .
His daughter, 41-year-old Sarah Liddell, from Marske , who was driving it, suffered serious injuries and died later at James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough.
The pair had been driving home from a medical appointment at the time.
Dzhambazov, of Abbots Road, Whitby , appeared via video link from HMP Durham.
Speaking via a translator, he spoke only to confirm his age, date of birth and guilty pleas as his tearful family looked on from the gallery.
He also pleaded guilty to driving without insurance.
The accident occurred on the roundabout junction with Middlesbrough Road and the A171 at Guisborough, near to the Co-Op petrol station.
Dzhambazov was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on September 9.
Judge Simon Bourne-Arton QC said: "You will appreciate you're facing a substantial sentence of imprisonment."
Lead investigator, Temporary Inspector Darren Breslin from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit, said: "Mario Dzhambazov drove dangerously and with little regard for others on the day of this crash, which has left a family heartbroken.
"He had no insurance and drove at excessive speed towards the roundabout where the collision happened.
"Michael Liddell and his daughter, Sarah, were driving home from a medical appointment when they were hit by his BMW and were fatally injured.
"The whole family, including Sarah's partner and young children, are utterly devastated by their loss.
"Nothing will ever make up for the loss of Michael and Sarah, however, I hope that today's guilty plea can provide some comfort to them.
"He should now face a lengthy prison term and be prevented from hurting anyone else in the same way."
Met Office issues another weather warning for rain and thunder across parts of Teesside
The FULL inside story of how a Liverpool drugs lord targeted Teesside - and lived to regret it