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How The Pandemic Changed The World Of Business Networking
Networking is a crucial skill if you want to get ahead in your career or run a successful business. There are always other people in the business world that can help you in some way, and you have lots to offer other people too. Creating mutually beneficial relationships helps everybody move forward.
But if you want to make those connections, you need to get your networking skills right. However, networking has been completely transformed in the last few years due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, a lot of people are still stuck in the old way of doing things and this is harming their chances of getting ahead.
It's All About Digital Communication
Before the pandemic, platforms like LinkedIn were already popular for networking. However, when the pandemic forced everybody to stay at home, digital communication became more important than ever. Companies needed to be able to get work done from home, whether that was by using the telephone or email.
In the past, people would go out to networking events and meet colleagues in person. But that was no longer possible so everything was moved online. Although things are opening up, the focus on digital networking is here to stay. That doesn't just apply to the way that people meet either, it also applies to the way that people share information.
Instead of giving out old-fashioned paper cards, people are networking with digital business cards instead. Presentations can easily be shared on cloud platforms instead of being given in person. The digital tools that we all became more familiar with during the pandemic have made networking a lot more efficient, and that's a change that is here to stay. Unless you are willing to adopt these new practices, you will soon fall behind.
Geographical Barriers Are Disappearing
Digital tools have also removed geographical barriers. It is now possible to share information with somebody across the world as easily as you would somebody that lives next door. You can join groups and forums that bring you into contact with people from all over the globe, and it's also possible for you to collaborate remotely on a project.
You are no longer limited to meeting people at local business events, you can easily network with people across the globe.
People Are More Precious With Their Time
One thing that the pandemic did was force people to rethink their priorities. A lot of people are now networking to find new jobs and there is a strong sense that we shouldn't waste our time because we don't know what is around the corner. This is evident in the world of networking and people are a lot more precious with their time than they were before.
Networking is about creating mutually beneficial relationships, but it's also about getting the best value out of your time. People don't want to go back and forth, they want to get straight to the point and find out what you can do for them. So, be upfront and always keep communications short and to the point.
If you don't adapt to the new way of networking, you will find it difficult to keep up in the modern business climate.
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This week Phil and Paul return to the Destiny of The Doctor audio series with a review of the seventh Doctor story Shockwave. In fact this has to be one of their shortest reviews they've ever done! This usually means one of two things - they both hated it or they both loved it!
But what takes up all their time this week? Two weeks worth of news and a chat about the Doctor Who Prom they went to last week that's what! DVD blu-ray boxsets, BBC financial reports and comments made about the 50th Anniversary Special the Moff himself. But not only that, there is a bumper edition of Omega's Tat Corner featuring cake and potato based tat!


The spirit of entrepreneurship is a phenomenon in our world today – this is especially true in the contemporary economies we reside in today. There are reasons why certain careers are more sought after than others, and reasons why people choose to work for one company for the other.
When it comes to coaching, whether it be business coaching, life coaching or executive leadership coaching – there are those coaches – whether they belong to executive coaching companies or run their own coaching practice – who generate well over six-figures (USD) annually in their coaching business.
Regardless of the niche the coaches' operate in, and having been part of a wide and extensive coaching network, I have observed some common factors that worked in driving the high levels of success for their coaching practice.
1. These coaches choose one niche and stick to that niche only. This one sounds quite obvious, however it isn't. For example, choose to be either a life coach or an executive coach, but not both. I think this principle applies to other factors of life as well, as sticking to one thing and specializing in that by truly devoting your time, energy and resources will help the yield the highest results for your coaching success. Working in more than one specialty – especially if they're not so closely related can be distracting and may not work so great for your coaching image also – think about it, what would you be known for – in my previous example, would you be known as that great life coach OR that great executive coach? Establishing a clear distinction is a great start.
2. The motivation to provide employment for yourself. Another great thing about the field of coaching is that you don't need to join a specific coaching company to find work. However, whether you have an executive coaching certification, life coach certification, etc – and any other knowledge requirements is a different aspect. But given that you have the required skills, you can easily start your own practice by establishing a few dedicated clients at a time. I still believe that within coaching in-person referrals are the best way to gain more clients. The motivation to succeed is a big factor in those coaches who earn over six-figures, since they are governed by high levels of achievement motivation. These psychological and personality traits are prevalent in these coaches'.
3. Strategy. A lot of coaches, when it comes to the business aspects of running their practice have a distinct, clear-cut strategy in place. A majority of the financially successful coaches I meet agree that they like to only work with their ideal clients. any client who isn't in their ideal client list is a waste of time. Who are these ideal clients for them? They are those clients that are results-driven, hungry for change and success – and for whom price isn't an option. Please however do note that, every coach has their own version of an ideal client. The focus should be on quality of work and not on the quantity. The pricing strategy is also accurately set to meet their year-end goals.
Typically, it is known that executive and business coaches tend to earn the highest levels of annual income – however, this can also be true of life coaches or any other coaches in any field where there exists a solid demand. You are after all, working to solve a person's problem. And given that you can convince others that YOU are the one that can provide the solution – then at the end of the day, you are the true master of your coaching practice and future.
Remember: as long as you have a sound reason beyond profit, you will be successful. In coaching culture, that reason is a strong desire to bring meaningful change in to the lives of the client. Don't give up.
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Excellent points, Iftikhar! And if a coach wants to stand out in the crowd of coaches who offer a specific type of coaching, target a specific audience in the larger niche and become their champion. That's what you've done, Ifti! Best wishes.
Agreed. Thank you so much for your feedback, Rhonda!


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Feuerstein: The Hypocrite Women at the Golden Globes Were "Dressed Like Hookers" January 10, 2018 Hemant Mehta
Feuerstein: The Hypocrite Women at the Golden Globes Were "Dressed Like Hookers"
You knew evangelical bigot Joshua Feuerstein was going to chime in after many of the actresses attending the Golden Globes over the weekend wore black to protest sexual harassment in their industry (and beyond it).
But what could he possibly complain about? Is he now in favor of harassment? No, he claims. He just thinks all the women at the ceremony — or at least "70, 80 percent of 'em" — were hypocrites because they dared to show cleavage on the red carpet.
Hollywood, your hypocrisy is showing. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, last night at the Golden Globes, a bunch of actresses donned black and walked the red carpet in order to fight sexual harassment.
Now, normally, I'd be right there fighting alongside them because sexual harassment is bad. Here's the only irony, is that they were — 70, 80 percent of 'em — dressed like hookers. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, their chest, their cleavage, all over the place. Their gowns were cut all the way down to their belly buttons, and here they are saying that they don't want to be sexually objectified.
Then why do you dress sexually provocative?
I mean, think about it. You're out here condemning the fruit when you're the root. I mean, how many of you guys take your clothes off for money in movies? Think about it.
You get paid to take your clothes off and perform sex acts on other actors. That doesn't make it art or entertainment. That makes you a porn star. An overpaid porn star. So while you guys sit up there on your righteous — self-righteous — high horses, the reality is, while you guys are condemning things like gun violence, you make billions off of gun violence in your movies, Hollywood.
Your hypocrisy is showing. Why, you say you don't want to be sexually objectified? Your movies would make us think differently.
People say, "Josh," I mean, "how is it that you can judge somebody based on the way that they're dressed. I mean just because they're dressed provocative — provocatively — doesn't make them a slut."
Well here's the reality: If you're going to walk around town in your McDonald's uniform, don't get mad when people assume you work at McDonald's.
So, for the rest of us here in America, we hate sexual harassment, too. In fact we hate it more than you. I'll tell you what else we hate, is you guys sexualizing our children, our society.
So, until next time, share the video, comment below. God bless. Have a beautiful day.
He went even further, turning his own statement into a meme, proving yet again that he knows how to turn the cockiness dial up to 11.
Since he has a habit of talking out of his ass, it should go without saying that Feuerstein is once again speaking with confidence about a topic he's completely ignorant about. And that's before we even talk about how he conflated harassment with objectification.
He ignores the fact that some men in Hollywood like Harvey Weinstein pressured women into having sex with him if they wanted to be in his movies. In one case, even when Weinstein gave actress Salma Hayek some power, he threatened to take it away unless she added a gratuitous sex scene in her film.
That's the sort of industry-wide harassment the women were protesting at the Golden Globes.
But all Feuerstein noticed was their boobs. Because of course he did. You think he's going to start listening to women now?
Feuerstein is the sort of person whose reaction to hearing that a woman was raped would be to ask, "What was she wearing?" And he would ask that before ever condemning the man. (It's scary to think of what he might say to his daughters if they ever go through something that traumatic.)
He's the sort of guy who thinks "porn stars," who decide when and with whom to work with, can't possibly have any self-respect. Which is why he feels the urge to degrade them, too.
He's the sort of guy who makes a dumb video chastising women who speak out against sexual harassment without even once mentioning the men who have been outed as harassers.
He's the sort of guy who thinks if you talk openly about sex, or make a movie that depicts it, then you have no business talking about consent and power dynamics.
He's the sort of guy who wishes he could force women to wear burkas, but he'll settle for calling them "sluts."
He's the sort of guy who mocks gay men, fights against civil rights for LGBTQ people, tells women what they're not supposed to wear, and treats all criticism as a form of "Christian persecution."
It's no coincidence that this video came out the same weekend that a pastor who assaulted an underage girl years ago issued a half-hearted apology to his congregation, without going into any of the pertinent details about how he coerced her into giving him oral sex, and got a standing ovation for it. Because he was the real victim in all this.
Way to go, Christianity. You churned out some real winners with these men.
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One of the biggest concerns is whether detox process could be bad for us. This could happen when someone adopts a detox program without having a consultation with their doctors. There are herbal products that can be used for detox process. We should know that some prescription drugs could actually interfere with our detox program. After a long holiday, it is quite possible that we have loaded our body with a lot of toxins. We may overindulge ourselves on a lot of food and they may contain bad substances, such as preservatives, food coloring, flavor enhancers and others.
A huge concern among many health experts is whether a specific detox regime could provide us with the proper amount of vitamin and mineral. Some herbal components can be unproven and untested. In fact, it is possible that our health will be compromised. Before following a detox regime, we should know whether we really need it. The detox process could take place in our liver. Detox may not be necessary, if our liver isn't under heavier pressure due to the presence of toxins. In reality, our body already has it's own detox mechanism and our body can be flushed more easily if we have enough selenium, zinc and magnesium.
There's no guarantee that we will be healthier if we perform detoxification process, but it will prevent future illnesses and speed up the recovery process. Although the detox process uses very healthy, natural ingredients; we should make sure that we should use moderation. In fact, some natural ingredients could cause severe side effects and they will subside if we reduce it to the normal level. About five portions of vegetables and fruits each day could provide us with the necessary detoxification process. Fish, lean meat, pulses and protein could also be consumed regularly.
If possible, we should also eat whole grain brown rice, noodles, pasta and bread. The amount of sugar that we consume should be restricted, both in pure form or from pre-packaged products. Processed food should be avoided if we plan to follow a detox program, because it could be loaded with legally approved toxins. It is always better to cook with natural ingredients from scratch. If we need to eat ready-made food, we should read any label. We should know whether detox process is really necessary and people should feel better about what they eat.
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She's All That
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Western
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The Scooby Gang go to the grand reopening of Grimsly Mansion and find themselves in a mystery to find a lost treasure.
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Actor: Grey DeLisle, Matthew Lillard, Kate Micucci, Phil Morris, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Sean Schemmel, Jason Spisak, Frank Welker
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It's pedal to the metal as Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the gang team up with the superstars of WWE in this hi-octane, all-new original movie! When ...
Genre: Mystery, Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family
Actor: Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle, Matthew Lillard, Kate Micucci, Michael Coulthard, Edward Colón, Orlando Colón, Mascarita Dorada, Dustin Runnels, Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah, C.J. Perry, Stephanie McMahon, Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, Saraya-Jade Bevis, Dusty Rhodes
Scooby-Doo! Ghastly Goals
Genre: Short, Comedy, Animation, Family
Actor: Carlos Alazraqui, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle, Gabriel Iglesias, Andrew Kishino, Christian Lanz, Matthew Lillard, Mina Olivera, Rob Paulsen, Danny Trejo, Frank Welker
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
When the Scooby Doo gang encounters the horrible Phantosaur, they investigate to find out what's really behind this prehistoric haunting.
Genre: Mystery, Animation, Family
Actor: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle, Matthew Lillard, Cathy Cavadini, John DiMaggio, Michael Gough, Matthew Gray Gubler, Finola Hughes, Maulik Pancholy, Kevin Michael Richardson, Fred Willard, Dave Wittenberg, Gwendoline Yeo, Nick Palatas
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Actor: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle, Matthew Lillard, Diedrich Bader, Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Gregg Berger, John DiMaggio, Nika Futterman, Kevin Michael Richardson, Mindy Sterling, Tara Strong, Fred Tatasciore, Billy West
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gang visits a Science Expo in Houston, Texas, only to find that another mystery is waiting for them. It seems that a giant robot dog ...
Genre: Short, Animation, Family
Actor: Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey DeLisle, Mindy Cohn, Julie Bowen, Lacey Chabert, Phil LaMarr, Alan Rachins, Paul Reubens
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The mystery inc. head to Chicago for a show called Talent Star, hosted by Brick Pimiento. Upon arrival, they discovered that the opera house in ...
Actor: Isabella Acres, Troy Baker, Eric Bauza, Jeff Bennett, Wayne Brady, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle, Vivica A. Fox, Kate Higgins, Matthew Lillard, Peter MacNicol, Candi Milo, John O'Hurley, Cristina Pucelli, Kevin Michael Richardson
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package org.apache.rocketmq.spark.streaming;

import org.apache.rocketmq.spark.RocketMQConfig;
import org.apache.rocketmq.spark.RocketMQServerMock;
import org.apache.rocketmq.spark.RocketMqUtils;
import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel;
import org.apache.spark.streaming.Durations;
import org.apache.spark.streaming.api.java.JavaInputDStream;
import org.apache.spark.streaming.api.java.JavaStreamingContext;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.Properties;

public class ReliableRocketMQReceiverTest {
    private static RocketMQServerMock mockServer = new RocketMQServerMock(9878, 10003);

    private static final String NAMESERVER_ADDR = mockServer.getNameServerAddr();
    private static final String CONSUMER_GROUP = "wordcount2";
    private static final String CONSUMER_TOPIC = "wordcountsource";

    @BeforeClass
    public static void start() throws Exception {
        mockServer.startupServer();

        Thread.sleep(2000);

        //prepare data
        mockServer.prepareDataTo(CONSUMER_TOPIC, 5);
    }

    @AfterClass
    public static void stop() {
        mockServer.shutdownServer();
    }

    @Test
    public void testReliableRocketMQReceiver() {
        SparkConf conf = new SparkConf().setMaster("local[2]").setAppName("NetworkWordCount");
        JavaStreamingContext jssc = new JavaStreamingContext(conf, Durations.seconds(5));
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        properties.setProperty(RocketMQConfig.NAME_SERVER_ADDR, NAMESERVER_ADDR);
        properties.setProperty(RocketMQConfig.CONSUMER_GROUP, CONSUMER_GROUP);
        properties.setProperty(RocketMQConfig.CONSUMER_TOPIC, CONSUMER_TOPIC);
        JavaInputDStream ds = RocketMqUtils.createJavaReliableMQPushStream(jssc, properties, StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY());
        ds.print();
        jssc.start();
        try {
            jssc.awaitTerminationOrTimeout(10000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        jssc.stop();
    }
}

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How The Diffusion Of Globalization Is Impacting Urbanization
The future in the Sun Belt is looking dire. The dramatic restructuring of the global economy going on now is picking a new round of winners and losers. The dark side of globalization is taking aim at the metros of the South:
The types of manufacturing for export that grew most rapidly in China during that time included the production of textiles, clothes, shoes, leather goods, rubber products — and one notable high-tech area, computer assembly. Most of these production activities involve soft materials and hands-on finishing work. "These are labor-intensive, low-value-added [forms of] production," Autor says. "Certainly the Chinese are moving up the value chain, but basically China has been most active in low-end goods."
In conducting the study, the researchers found more pronounced economic problems in cities most vulnerable to the rise of low-wage Chinese manufacturing; these include San Jose, Calif.; Providence, R.I.; Manchester, N.H.; and a raft of urban areas below the Mason-Dixon line — the leading example being Raleigh, N.C. "The areas that are most exposed to China trade are not the Rust Belt industries," Autor says. "They are places like the South, where manufacturing was rising, not falling, through the 1980s."
The Sun Belt is the new Rust Belt. As for the old Rust Belt, globalization is now working in favor of those cities:
The Great Lakes demographic and economic turnaround does not mean that growth has occurred in the pattern of the early 20th Century. Instead we see the emergence of a new set of leadership cities. If Akron, Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago paced the region's early 20th century ascendency, the new "winners" appear to include affordable, attractive cities, many of whom are home to major universities, state capitals and key research institutions.
These areas have done well in attracting many people from the less successful metropolitan areas of the region. Columbus, for example, evidenced strong growth from the rest of Ohio and other parts of the Midwest, notably Michigan and Illinois. But perhaps more importantly, the area enjoys strong in-migration from those parts of country -- notably the Northeast and California -- that have traditionally dominated knowledge-intensive industries.
A similar pattern can be seen in Indianapolis. In recent years, as urban analyst Aaron Renn notes, the Indiana capital has enjoyed "a profile closer to the Sun Belt than the Rust Belt." It grew its population at a rate 50 percent greater than the national average, and also had strong net inmigration, with almost 65,000 net people deciding to pack up and move to the Indiana capital.
There is a sorting going on within the Rust Belt, changing the look of the urban economic landscape. But Joel Kotkin (see above) also highlights a rebirth of prosperity in traditional manufacturing hubs. The entire Rust Belt is benefiting from globalization. I agree with Kotkin that we will see a shift in focus from the coasts to the interior. The same thing is happening in China:
A big change is now coming. Jintang is administered by Sichuan's capital, Chengdu, which like other inland cities is beginning to boom, thanks to a flood of government investment in recent years and the transfer of some manufacturing away from the coast in search of cheaper land and labour. In Fuxing walls and lampposts are plastered with job advertisements, not for work in distant coastal factories but for positions in and around Chengdu. Some of them offer jobs with Foxconn, a huge Taiwanese firm which makes Apple's iPads and other computer products at a plant near the city (for pay of more than 2,000 yuan—$320—a month, says one pink poster). Foxconn's largest factory is in Guangdong, but it opened a huge, modern operation in Chengdu in October 2010, and has talked of expanding to an astonishing 500,000 staff within five years. Chengdu officials have been scrambling to make sure that as many jobs as possible go to locals (who appear undeterred by a number of unexplained suicides at Foxconn's huge plants in China).
I blogged about this trend back in 2010. It's greenfield urbanism, an abundance of frontier opportunities in a city environment. Talent gets the same benefits of density without the steep costs you find on the coast. The Creative Class is fleeing cool cities in droves. Globalization is diffusing.
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Football player Barney Shirrel begins his first semester at Mid West University and works his way up in the fraternity with the help of Tex Roust and Mondrake, an alcoholic football star with a permanent five o'clock shadow. Barney is equally enamored of engineering as he is of law, and between his varied studies and the fraternity, he neglects his girl friend Amber. During Barney's second term, Mondrake gives his class sweater to Barney's sister Barbara, but his drinking problem intensifies when he discovers that Barbara is falling in love with Professor Danvers, the singing drama teacher. The school's reputation hinges on a football game against another university, and when Mondrake does not show up on time, Danvers finds him in jail, has him released, and takes him to the football field just in time to play the game. Although Mondrake previously tried to fight Danvers over Barbara, Danvers stands up for him to the dean, who expels Mondrake for drunkenness and forces Danvers to resign because of his involvement in the matter. Feeling guilty, Barbara proposes marriage to Mondrake, but is forced to admit she is not in love with him, but with Danvers. Mondrake bows out, and Barbara rushes to Danvers' side before he leaves without her. During the new term, Barney has taken on the persona of Mondrake; he has stopped shaving, and taken up drinking and smoking, which puts off Amber. By the time of the big game, Barney is in sorry shape. Mid West is losing until he receives inspiration from Tex, who has returned to watch the game. Despite being knocked out, Barney wins the game for Mid West. Barney marries Amber and returns to his father's dairy, starting in the lowliest position and working up, while he and Amber listen to Danvers singing his song on the radio.


There are no less than 40 beaches now on our list! A few are crowded, a lot are quiet, some are hidden, and some are still secret. There are so many beautiful beaches where you can walk alone for kilometres, even during high season.
Here is our updated list of Beaches by alphabetical order. Some are easy to find; some are hidden. Surprisingly the most beautiful beaches, long and deserted, are just next to the main road! There are two more amazing secret beaches, but we prefer to keep them secret 🙂 So get a bike or a car and start exploring! Stay away from the crowd and discover Phuket!
Friendship Beach is not a swimming beach since it is on the east coast but offers beautiful views on the islands. The name of Friendship probably originated from the small resort built there as it is a trendy hangout for expats.
Nakalay beach is another case of beach surrounded by private land which makes makes it difficult for outsiders to access it. In this case, only the guest from Thavorn beach resort can enjoy it. It might not be the most amazing beach in Phuket but it's large and very good for snorkeling.
Trisara Beach is just a tiny strip of sand on the west coast, just between Bangtao Bay and Naithon beaches and only accessible from the exclusive Trisara Villas.
Thavorn Beach, like the three other 'private' beaches are not private, but the entire land you would need to cross beyond to the immense Thavorn Beach Village, one of the oldest hotel in Phuket.
Yae Beach is not a great beach, but since it is hard to find, weI wanted to see it. It's on a cape between Patong and Kamala, and you won't see much there, just a small hut selling drinks when it's open.


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Q: A functional C++ program that doesn't use these characters: ';'. '{', '}', '\' This is a problem that was given at a regional contest last year. Basically, you need to make a simple program in C++ that can print the result of several strings of the format(digit, operator, digit), until EOF is reached. The operators are the usual +, -, *, \.
For example
3+5
2+2
4*3
9/3

Results in
8 4 12 3

The catch is obviously that I can't use the characters ; {  } \
I tried something like this (it just adds 2 integers but that's not the focus)
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define dummy ;
#define slashDummy '\\'
#define curlDummy {
#define curlDummy2 }
using namespace std dummy

int main() curlDummy
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false) dummy
    cin.tie(0) dummy
    int x = 4 dummy
    int y = 5 dummy
    int c = x + y dummy
    cout << c dummy
    return 0 dummy
curlDummy2

But by using the characters in the #define I fail the task. However, if I try to replace { with char(123), the compiler won't run it (I figured it out in the end). This means that this approach is completely wrong.
I also tried to #define everything, but I soon realized that I'm not that good of a programmer and I don't know what I am doing.
#include <iostream>
#define bAcc char(123)
#define rAcc char(125)
#define div char(92)
#define smcolon char(59)
#define unite2(a, b) a##b
#define unite3(a, b, c) a##b##c
#define Acc unite2(bAcc, rAcc)
#define program "while(cin.get()) if(int a = 'a') if(char b = 'b') if(int c = 'c') while(std::cin >> a && a != EOF && std::cin >> b && std::cin >> c) if(b == '+' && std::cout << a + c << std::endl) Acc else if(b == '-' && std::cout << a - c << std::endl) Acc else if(b == '*' && std::cout << a * c << std::endl) Acc else if(b == char(47) && std::cout << a char(47) c << std::endl) Acc"
#define run unite3(bAcc, program, rAcc)

int main() run

The main function won't let me progress with this task, I tried to circumvent it but it always require { }.
How can I solve this problem? Thank you for your time.

A: Trigraphs and if statements could achieve this.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

int main(void)
??<
        if (std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false))
        if (std::cin.tie(0)) ??< ??>
        if (int x = 4) ??<
                if (int y = 5) ??<
                        if (int c = x + y) ??<
                                if (std::cout << c << std::endl) ??< ??>
                        ??>
                ??>
        ??>
??>

Compile with -trigraphs flag.

A: Simply use the digraphs <% and %> instead of { and }.

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Matthew Chabe
Writer | Editor | Traveller | Doer of Things
Posted in Travel, Maine, Published
The Winter Summit
Mike Blanchard started hiking in junior high school. Guidance counselors there had started an outing club, and one of the excursions was a hike up Mount Katahdin, Maine's highest peak at 5,267 feet. The trips became a regular thing, and he liked it.
After junior high Blanchard kept hiking Katahdin, adding other peaks along the way. Meanwhile, the reel of life sped along, as it does—college days, jobs, family. But still he hiked.
Blanchard still hits Katahdin regularly, but now it's with a twist: for the past 11 years, he's been one of the hundred or so brave souls a year who seek Katahdin's icy peak in the dead of winter.
Like its distant cousin Mount Washington to the southwest, Katahdin's not known for its forgiving ascent or pleasant weather. Northbound AT thru-hikers regard it with a blend of elation and dread. As the final hurdle on their journey, it sports about 4,200 feet of steep elevation gain and notoriously rocky terrain. To tackle it in the winter takes a special kind of brass.
"When we climb up there, it seems to a lot of people like, 'Wow, you guys are crazy' and all that," said Blanchard. "You know, maybe so, in a certain way."
First, some semantics: hiking is not climbing, and neither of them are mountaineering. They all share similarities, but purists will tell you that hiking is essentially walking over terrain and climbing is essentially literally climbing it. Mountaineering can involve both, but almost always involves traversing snowy and icy terrain in the pursuit of some high peak.
While hiking and climbing involve specialized equipment—boots, packs, and ropes come to mind—mountaineering tends to conjure images of the most extravagant. Indeed, it takes a lot of equipment to mountaineer: the Baxter State Park website recommends ice axes, crampons, avalanche gear, ropes, and more for winter ascents. Then there's the clothing, the boots, the packs, and the sleds to carry it. In all, it could weigh up to, and over, 100 pounds.
If you're going to tackle Katahdin in winter, you need to be prepared.
Prior to 2010, a winter summit of Katahdin involved a lot more red tape. Baxter State Park required a minimum of four people per party and a strict list of equipment. Rangers would review each party's equipment upon arrival; those not prepared were turned away.
Today, a winter ascent of Katahdin is more accessible. Taking a cue from trends in western parks, Baxter State Park relaxed their regulations in 2010. Group sizes were eliminated (making solo attempts possible) and the equipment list is now "recommended" rather than "required." Parties must still register with the park (solo hikers, in particular, must complete a detailed itinerary). Responsibility for the trip's safety and success, however, now rests much more squarely on the party's planning ability.
Mike Winslow, an enforcement ranger at Baxter State Park who supervises Katahdin's Chimney Pond region in the winter, said some prospective mountaineers are still unprepared for the effort it takes just to reach the base of the mountain. Because roads aren't maintained in the winter, access to Katahdin starts at Abol Bridge, a 13 mile trek under full load to Roaring Brook campground, Katahdin's popular summer trailhead. There begins a 3.3 mile ascent to Chimney Pond, Katahdin's waypoint, before tackling the approximate 2.5 mile scramble to the summit.
"There's a lot of education required," Winslow said. "People are coming in, they've been to the White Mountains, they do a couple of hikes or whatever, they think, 'Let's go do Katahdin [in the winter],' and the next thing you know they get in and they're like, 'I am in so far over my head.'
"There's really nothing else on the east coast that's got an approach like that, to get that sort of alpine environment."
Mike Blanchard is quick to downplay the undertaking: "It's not like we're in the Arctic, where we have to survive," he said. "We have a cabin with a wood stove, warm bunks, great food...so when you go out in these blizzard conditions and you have goggles on and it's thirty below zero...if you've had enough, you can get back to the cabin."
Indeed, Blanchard and other Katahdin mountaineers enjoy comforts that wouldn't be found in harsher environments. His own party frequently comprises members of his family, including his children. It's reasonable to surmise he prioritizes safety. Still, he acknowledges you've got to have a firm grasp on your limits: "If you push it and you're on [Katahdin's notoriously precarious] Knife's Edge or you're on the summit, it may take hours to get back. You have to watch yourself and...the weakest link in your group."
Winslow concurs. He said about 2,315 people spent the night in Baxter State Park last winter. Out of those, somewhere between 100 to 200 attempted to summit Katahdin. Due to various factors, only about half succeeded.
"A lot of people attempt it," he said, "and they'll get above tree line and they'll be like, 'No way.' It's either way over their head, weather conditions aren't what they want, winds are too high, maybe a storm rolled in."
Blanchard recalled a trip three years ago where the weather turned bad. "We were ice climbing on the wall, and the ranger said it was 49 below with wind chill," he said. "Yeah, that's really cold. Any exposed skin is freezing in seconds. You have to be completely covered. But it's also quite fun to be in conditions like that."
Baxter State Park doesn't maintain a dedicated search and rescue team. Park rangers themselves typically compose the emergency response team, said Winslow, with support from volunteer search and rescue teams when needed. Fortunately, it's not often. The most typical emergency situations aren't really emergencies at all—a hiker's family hasn't heard from them on schedule, for instance (usually due to spotty connection), and rangers hike in to check on them. Basic stuff.
Winslow said the park's relaxed regulations haven't resulted in an increase in rescue calls. "People are coming in with less experience, but they also know their limits. They get to a point where it's enough, they don't get in over their heads. You give them the information they need and they make their own decisions. Self-preservation is an amazing thing."
When The New York Times asked George Mallory in 1923 why he'd want to climb Mount Everest, his famous reply was "Because it's there."
Katahdin is no Everest, yet the sentiment rings true for many who, like Blanchard, look toward peaks and feel a peculiar call.
"I guess it's the adventure," said Blanchard, a Winthrop native and the owner of a cabinetry business there. "It's exciting to get out into the wilderness. It's completely stunningly beautiful, I think far more beautiful than in the summer, in its own way. We climb the mountain, there's camaraderie, and every year...we know that we do this challenging thing together."
After 11 years, he hasn't experienced a serious incident on the mountain. He knows it's dangerous. Not Everest-level dangerous, but he acknowledges similar risks—avalanches, falling, freezing, even show-stopping blisters. And there, somewhere in the risk, lies the beauty:
"Why do people ride a motorcycle really fast?" he said. "It can be really dangerous. But they get something out of the exhilaration that you can't get in any other way. It's like that."
This article originally appeared in BDN Outdoors Winter 2017.
Matt Chabe
© 2020 Matthew Chabe. All rights reserved.
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A monarch is the sovereign head of state in a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the most and highest authority in the state or others may wield that power on behalf of the monarch. Typically a monarch either personally inherits the lawful right to exercise the state's sovereign rights (often referred to as the throne or the crown) or is selected by an established process from a family or cohort eligible to provide the nation's monarch. Alternatively, an individual may become monarch by conquest, acclamation or a combination of means. A monarch usually reigns for life or until abdication. If a young child is crowned the monarch, a Regent is often appointed to govern until the monarch reaches the requisite adult age to rule. Monarchs' actual powers vary from one monarchy to another and in different eras; on one extreme, they may be autocrats (absolute monarchy) wielding genuine sovereignty; on the other they may be ceremonial heads of state who exercise little or no power or only reserve powers, with actual authority vested in a parliament or other body (constitutional monarchy).
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The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names depending on region include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species. Its wings feature an easily recognizable black, orange, and white pattern, with a wingspan of 8.9–10.2 cm (3½–4 in) The viceroy butterfly is similar in color and pattern, but is markedly smaller and has an extra black stripe across each hind wing.
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Layers of squirming black soldier fly larvae fill large aluminum bins stacked 10-high in a warehouse outside of Vancouver. They are feeding on stale bread, rotting mangoes, overripe cantaloupe and squishy zucchini. Read more.


Icons for locations in Project Caerus.
I wanted to hand-draw them in order to help communicate the atmosphere of the game through its interface. The styling is inspired by woodcut illustrations, though it is also simplified and cleaned up to aid recognition at a glance. The arrangement of black and white is significantly different in each icon, to make them quickly distinguishable from each other, but they are also tied together visually by the roughly twenty degree slant present in each composition.
To learn more about Project Caerus, visit www.damonwakes.wordpress.com.
I've not had much time to write anything about Codename Caerus – despite some really great progress with the project itself – but here's an update from artist Joe Wright that I think you'll love!


The downscaling will generate gridded time series of future air pollution in the urban background.
The SUDPLAN Scenario Management System user interface allows the user to execute a downscaling for a certain geographical domain, for a certain year within the period covered by the Pan-European input data and with a particular set of emission grids for the local area of interest (link to input).
Simulation period: Up to one calendar year (no change in year allowed).
Geographical area and spatial grid: Resolution down to 1x1 km, preferably not more than 100x100 cells (calculation time depends strongly on the number of grid cells).
Each downscaling result will contain averaged ground level concentration data (in µgm-3) according to the following table. Data can be visualized spatially (gridded data over map layer) and time series can be generated by clicking in the map.


A delightful garden pattern, Abby's Garden Placemat measures 13" x 19" from Park Designs. Apple Green with a white stenciled floral print and geometric border for your table. Be sure and check out the coordinating Garden Fretwork Candle Holders and Garden Fretwork Lantern. This pattern also comes in a Lined Valance. Lovely!
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Public urgency about the threat of North Korea developing a reliable long-range nuclear weapon capable of striking the US was sharpened by news of what Pyongyang and outside analysts say was a successful intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Any immediate US response must take into account the ability of North Korea to instantly launch a devastating strike against allies in Japan and South Korea, including the almost 30,000 US troops stationed on the Korean peninsula, with chemical, biological or possibly nuclear weapons. Conflict with China lurks as an additional grave concern.
What should or can the US do? Over the past two weeks, judging by his Twitter account, Donald Trump appears to have abandoned his original policy on North Korea, which was to rely on China to pressure its neighbor and trading partner to scrap its nuclear program.
While some experts stated clearly months ago that Trump's policy would not work, other influential voices, such as an independent taskforce convened last year by the Council on Foreign Relations, strongly supported such a policy, urging US officials to "undertake a major diplomatic effort to elevate the issue to the top of the US-China bilateral relationship".
The options currently on the table for the US break down roughly into four categories: sanctions and embargoes; diplomacy and concessions; cyber sabotage; and other military options. Here is a summary of expert opinion and analysis on each.
North Korea has been the target of various financial and trade sanctions, including sanctions targeting the country's key coal exports and an oil embargo, since it conducted its first nuclear test in 2006.
After the death of American exchange student Otto Warmbier following his detention in North Korea last month, the US expanded its sanctions policy to include secondary sanctions on a Chinese bank and two Chinese individuals for providing North Korea with access to international markets.
But North Korea's economy has not been crippled by sanctions, thanks in part to the continued trade with China.
The US has been keeping up a secret program of cyber attacks and other nonconventional warfare against North Korea since 2014, David Sanger and William Broad first reported in the New York Times in March.
The problem with cyber attacks, electronic warfare and industrial sabotage, the authors noted, is that the arsenal "carries no guarantees" of effective prevention, as the world saw on Tuesday.
In response to the North Korean provocation, US and Korean forces undertook a joint live-fire missile exercise on Wednesday. A joint statement afterwards warning of possible military action.
The military options on the table range from beefing up the South Korea-based THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense), a wider attack on North Korea or even an attempt to assassinate the North Korean leader.
Summarizing the situation in the Atlantic, Mark Bowden breaks down military options into either the complete devastation of Pyongyang or a "turn the screws" approach to hit selected reactors or nuclear test sites – attacks designed somehow to avoid all-out war. Bowden spoke with experts who said the "devastation" scenario was politically not feasible on a global scale and maybe not militarily doable anyway.
Suppose that US forces could be positioned secretly, and that President Moon were on board. Suppose, further, that Pyongyang's nukes could be disabled swiftly, its artillery batteries completely silenced, its missile platforms flattened, its leadership taken out—all before a counterstrike of any consequence could be made. And suppose still further that North Korea's enormous army could be rapidly defeated, and that friendly casualties would remain surprisingly low, and that South Korea's economy would not be significantly hurt. And suppose yet further that China and Russia agreed to sit on the sidelines and watch their longtime ally fall. Then Kim Jong Un, with his bad haircut and his legion of note-taking, big-hat-wearing, kowtowing generals, would be gone. South Korea's fear of invasion from the North, gone. The menace of the state's using chemical and biological weapons, gone. The nuclear threat, gone.
What would be left? North Korea, a country of more than 25 million people, would be adrift.
In lieu of straightforward solutions to the North Korea conundrum, the US leadership has at times reverted to silence.


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Яков Алексеевич Хоменко — советский хозяйственный, государственный и политический деятель.

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Родился в 1909 году в селе Городище. Член КПСС с 1931 года.

С 1929 года — на хозяйственной, общественной и политической работе. В 1929—1946 гг. — на политической работе в Рабоче-Крестьянской Красной Армии, секретарь Смелянского районного комитета, заведующий Отделом пропаганды и агитации Киевского областного комитета КП(б) Украины, 1-й секретарь ЦК ЛКСМ Украины, член ЦК КП(б) Украины, член нелегального ЦК КП(б) Украины, в партизанском движении.

Делегат XVIII съезда ВКП(б).

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This exclusive estate is proudly situated on six acres in the parish of St.Thomas. It commands a magnificent view across the countryside, all the way to the water and Bridgetown Harbour.
Ayshford Great House consists of an entrance hall, living room, dining room, three galleries, a large kitchen, half bathroom and a remarkable 30 x 40 game room on the first floor. There is also a beautiful patio, Jacuzzi and swimming pool just outside the game room. Below the patio is an exercise room, dressing room, double showers and sauna.
The second floor, which can be reached by an elevator if so desired, has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Inclusive of this, there is a pagoda just below the swimming pool for outdoor dining which can accommodate sixteen people or more. And past the pagoda, a guest cottage is located which contains a living room, two large bedrooms and four oversized bathrooms.
On the grounds there is a tennis court and three large buildings which could be used for business or converted into other living areas.


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Upcoming strikes: What are your rights if your flight is cancelled?
The board of flight departure in Brussels Zaventem airport. Credit: Belga/ Herwig Vergult
From the national strike on Monday which will paralyse operations at Brussels and Charleroi Airport to the personnel and pilot strikes that will affect Brussels Airlines and Ryanair flights, many passengers are expected to see their trips cancelled in the coming days.
In light of any possible cancellations, State Secretary for Consumer Protection Eva De Bleeker reiterated the rights of passengers who were not able to board their flights as expected.
"Consumers whose flight would be cancelled due to the announced strike at Brussels Airport on Monday 20 June, at Brussels Airlines on 23, 24 and 25 June, or at Ryanair on 24, 25 and 26 June, have the right to an alternative flight or a refund," she said in a statement.
Around 525 flights are scheduled to depart Belgium when the pilots and the cabin crew of Brussels Airlines will be on strike later this week. This figure is expected to rise as Ryanair staff will also go on strike around the same time.
People who booked a package holiday including a flight that will be cancelled are advised to contact the organiser of the package holiday (for example, a travel agent), who will offer an equivalent alternative or an alternative with a corresponding price reduction, including hotels or other accommodation.
"You can also cancel the trip free of charge and obtain a full refund if the proposed changes have a substantial impact on the package holiday that you booked," De Bleeker said.
For those who have bought a separate airplane ticket, the right to compensation or refund depends on the exact inconvenience experienced as a result of the cancelled flight under the EU 261 regulation.
Anyone arriving at their final destination with a delay of more than three hours is entitled to compensation unless there is a case of "force majeure," or "exceptional circumstances," meaning the cancellation is beyond the airline's own control.
This includes bad weather or a strike, for example by air traffic control, such as those scheduled for Monday. Strikes by an airline's own staff due to working conditions are not considered force majeure.
A 24 hour-strike of the flying staff of Brussels Airlines, at Brussels Airport, Zaventem in December 2021. Credit: Belga/ Jonas Roosens
If the departure time of the flight is delayed for at least five hours or the flight is cancelled, the passenger has the right to an alternative flight or a refund, and will also be entitled to compensation, unless there is a case of force majeure.
Right to compensation and care
Depending on the distance of the flight, passengers will be given €250, €400 or €600 in compensation, which must cover other costs incurred by the traveller, such as overnight stay booked separately from the flight ticket and any cancellation costs.
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Travellers who are faced with substantial delays are also entitled to care, regardless of the reason for the delay.
For delays of two hours or more extra waiting time from the departure time, airlines are obliged to offer passengers meals and refreshments in proportion to the waiting time, an overnight stay in a hotel and transport to the next hotel, if the airline transfers the passenger to a flight on another day.
"Exceptionally, the airline may decide not to offer any or less care if it causes additional delay," De Bleeker said.
Claim your rights
De Bleeker urged consumers to claim their rights if they are eligible for any form of compensation, care or refund by contacting the airline they booked with directly.
"There are also private initiatives that can help. If the airline refuses, travellers can turn to the FPS Mobility to lodge a complaint. They can also turn to the Consumer Ombudsman Service (for problems with Belgian companies) or the European Consumer Centre (for problems with foreign companies) to find an amicable solution free of charge."
Importantly, passengers who cancel or re-book a flight themselves cannot claim refunds or compensation as stated above, and instead, the normal cancellation or rebooking rates of the airline apply.
"It is crucial that consumers demand these rights and know that they will lose them if they cancel or rebook their ticket themselves."


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Macron resists Trump's 'America first' in speech to US Congress
Washington: French President Emmanuel Macron has sharply contrasted with US President Donald Trump's world view, laying out a firm vision of global leadership that rejects "the illusion of nationalism" in a counterweight to Trump's appeal to put "America first".
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to a joint meeting of US Congress.
In the spotlight of a speech to the US Congress on Wednesday, US time, Macron was courteous but firm, deferential but resolute as he traced the lines of profound division between himself and Trump on key world issues: climate change, trade and the Iran nuclear deal.
A day after the French leader had put on a show of warmth and brotherly affection for Trump at the White House, his blunt speech prizing engagement over isolationism reinforced the French leader's emerging role as a top defender of the liberal world order.
"We can choose isolationism, withdrawal and nationalism. This is an option. It can be tempting to us as a temporary remedy to our fears," Macron said.
"But closing the door to the world will not stop the evolution of the world. It will not douse but inflame the fears of our citizens."
Issuing a bleak warning, he urged against letting "the rampaging work of extreme nationalism shake a world full of hopes for greater prosperity."
It was a marked shift from the simpatico Macron of only a day earlier during his state visit at the White House.
Emmanuel Macron pauses as he receives a standing ovation during his address to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
In his first year as president, Macron has carefully cultivated as close a relationship to Trump as any world leader can boast. But addressing a joint meeting of Congress – an honour granted only occasionally to leaders of close US allies – Macron confronted his differences with Trump head-on.
US President Donald Trump, right, greets Emmanuel Macron, on Tuesday.
As Trump weighs pulling out of the 2015 Iran accord, Macron made clear that France will not follow his lead.
"We signed it at the initiative of the United States. We signed it, both the United States and France," Macron said. "That is why we cannot say we should get rid of it like that."
Macron later told French reporters he has no "inside information" on Trump's decision on the Iran deal but noted that it was clear the US president "is not very much eager to defend it."
Outgoing US House Speaker Paul Ryan, right, and Vice President Mike Pence talk on the floor of the House after Macron's speech.
Macron saved some of his most pointed comments during the speech on Trump administration policy on climate change, implicitly lamenting the President's moves to withdraw from the global emissions pact reached in Paris. Macron said humans are "killing our planet" and added: "Let us face it: There is no Planet B."
"On this issue, it may happen we have disagreements between the United States and France. It may happen, like in all families," Macron said. "But that's for me a short-term disagreement."
Asked by French reporters about his comments Macron said he didn't expect Trump to rejoin the Paris accord but did expect that America will.
Macron stops to take a selfie with Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, after addressing the US Congress.
Macron's hour-long speech to Congress, delivered in English, provoked obvious delight from congressional Democrats, who erupted repeatedly in cheers and standing ovations for the visiting Frenchman – a contrast to the mostly silent reaction from Republicans in the House chamber.
Domestically, however, Macron faces a different audience.
A centrist, he's currently criticized more from the left than the right, notably for ending France's famed worker protection, and he's often derided as the president of the rich.
"Mobilised, Paris resists", screams a giant banner painted with a great red clenched fist in Paris.
"Railway workers, students, teachers – together," says another.
For weeks train drivers, airline workers, students and teachers have joined rolling strikes across France, against economic and a myriad other reforms. Millions of commuters have already been affected by the protests, as has freight between France and its European partners.
The latest to don red flags and loud hailers were lawyers, clerks and magistrates, dressed in their robes for a midweek protest on Wednesday.
The strikes' impact on the economy will be noticeable, say analysts, and the risk of them spreading to more sectors is the first big challenge facing Macron, who marks one year on the top job next month.
"Much freight is moved by rail in France, not road, so it will have an effect on the economy," says economist Jonathan Fenby at TS Lombard.
"Macron will probably have to say to [EU partners] Germany and to Brussels, 'we'll not do as well this year as last year'. But he has been buoyed by the eurozone economy. Also he does not have a coherent political opposition."
So far he has been lucky. Some would say the same in relation to his three-day visit to the US.
AP; Telegraph, London
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PULLMAN, Wash. – When Justin Denney was still an aspiring, young sociologist, he strove to understand the dynamic forces that shape and perpetuate social inequality.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Following is a list of concerts and performances offered Nov. 6-11 through the WSU School of Music. Mark your calendar and make plans to attend.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Award-winning comedy writer, director and producer Ted Tremper will be the featured Visiting Writer Series speaker 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, in Daggy Hall's Wadleigh Theatre.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University Common Reading Program hosts "The Future has Always Been Female: Mary Shelley, Ada Lovelace, and the Origins of Science Fiction and Computing," a lecture by Roger Whitson, 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, in CUE 203.
RICHLAND, Wash. – Peter Christenson, assistant professor of fine arts at Washington State University Tri-Cities, has received the Governor's Arts & Heritage Young Arts Leader Award from the Washington State Arts Commission.
RICHLAND, Wash. – "The Huminal," an interactive, kinetic sculptural installation featuring an autonomous, mobile robot that senses and responds to changes in its environment, was completed this month by an interdisciplinary team at Washington State University Tri-Cities.


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Double delight for star Sandra as Hollywood unveils award season
Bob Tourtellotte
Sandra Bullock entered Hollywood Awards season in high fashion last night, winning two People's Choice honours for the relationship comedy The Proposal and for favourite movie actress.
The Twilight vampire romance series took home four People's Choice trophies: favourite movie, favourite franchise, top on-screen team for its actors, and one of its stars, Taylor Lautner, landed the award for breakthrough movie actor.
Other key movie winners were Johnny Depp, who was named favourite movie actor, and Hugh Jackman, who claimed the trophy for top action hero for his role in the comic book movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Television honours went to House for best drama and The Big Bang Theory for top comedy. Music trophies were claimed by Carrie Underwood for favourite country singer and Taylor Swift for top female artist, while Keith Urban was named top male singer, and Mariah Carey named favourite R&B artist.
But it was Bullock who had a big night with a People's Choice honour in each hand following two major hits in 2009, The Proposal and The Blind Side, in which she plays a woman who helps transform a homeless youngster into an American football star.
Her work already has earned the actress Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award nominations, and she is among the favourites for an Oscar nod for her work in Blind Side.
On stage, she became tearful when accepting her second People's Choice award, which are voted for by fans in an online poll, and thanked her family, father, husband and fans. She told reporters her recent success with critics, awards and at box offices was "unreal".
"I've had two wonderful experiences this year, and I think most actresses will tell you if you had one in five years you'd be lucky," she said.
The People's Choice awards are considered less serious by Hollywood watchers than the Oscars or Screen Actors Guild honours, which are voted upon by industry groups, but they are widely watched because they kick off about two months of awards in film, television and music that will be given out.
Moreover, actors, musicians and other artists consider them an honour because fans do the voting.


Everyone wants to bring home a souvenir of their visit to a park, and Great Adventure has offered a plethora of merchandise locations over the years featuring a wide variety of gifts and trinkets.
Added as a part of the Adventure Rivers section of the park in 1991, the River's Edge Trading Post was strategically located where guests would be looking for towels, sunscreen, t-shirts and other things that people coming off wet attractions would need.
Wet guests often quickly discovered that they didn't want to have wet feet or clothes for the rest of the day, so things like flip-flops and shirts were very popular items, along with other more typical theme park souvenirs and sundries. With the exit of Skull Mountain emptying right next to the shop, the Trading Post continued to be a fairly busy store even after the rest of Adventure Rivers was removed in 1999. The merchandise selection changed a great deal over time, with the shop becoming a temporary tattoo stand for a time.
In 2007 the Trading Post took on a new identity with the arrival of The Wiggles and the creation of Wiggle's World. The once rustically themed building was painted in bright colors, and was renamed The Wiggles Gift Shop.
Inside was a wide array of Wiggles merchandise as well as a photo area where the Wiggles characters would pose with guests throughout the day.
For the 2011 season the former Wiggles World became the Safari Kids area of the park and the former Wiggles Gift Shop became Wild Things. The building remained just as colorful, but was fitted with new signs and a new selection of merchandise.
Easy to spot, this once rustic stand now causes guests exiting Skull Mountain to squint as their eyes adjust from the dark caves of the "mountain" to the glaring hues of this vibrant merchandise location.
t-shirts, drinkware and lots of plush animals. For a time the shop was also selling the leftover Wiggles merchandise from its prior seasons.


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A group of neonatologists - Peter Gray and his colleagues examined 212 Australian hospitals in which 200 or more babies a year are delivered about their knowledge and use of techniques that bring pain-relief for minor procedures in infants born at term or near term. Dr Gray of Mater Mother's Hospital in Brisbane declared that inspite of good evidence that giving infants a breast milk or a sucrose (a sugar solution) during procedures could lessen or deaden the pain, they were not commonly used in Australian hospitals. "We were surprised, given the wealth of information that's available. Newborn babies in Australia, certainly the vast majority, are not being given any ." - Gray said. The scientists discovered that before taking blood from babies, only 11 per cent of units used sucrose, 24 per cent gave breast feeding and 10 per cent used breast milk in order to relieve pain.
According to researchers, the results concerned procedures that were common in babies who routinely get a hepatitis B injection and the heel prick screening test before leaving hospital. "One might say: 'Oh well, what's one injection or one blood test?. And indeed that may be a valid statement" - Dr Gray noticed. "But other babies might have a number of tests for jaundice or they might have an infection and need blood taken for other reasons as well. Indeed, there's some evidence now that past experiences of pain have been associated with altered brain development and behavioural problems in older children.
We really need to address this issue and to minimise the pain. I'm not saying that giving sucrose or putting the baby to the breast will abolish the pain altogether - but it certainly will minimise it and this has to be good." - Gray expressed. The study appeared recently in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. The researchers obtained the information in a telephone interview with the most senior persons from special care nurseries or the maternity units. Dr Gray emphasized that the scientists found significant differences between states, with few hospitals in Tasmania, Queensland and South Australia giving pain relief to infants having blood taken. "The awareness and use of Pain relief in Western Australia, NSW and Victoria was probably the highest and the other states didn't so well" - he stated. Last October, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians brought out guidelines for doctors managing pain in children. The guideline include a 24 page section on newborn babies.


Fort Worth's Zoo started off quite humbly in 1909 with one lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock, and a few rabbits. Since then the zoo has grown and is now ranked as one of the top five in the United States, home to more than 5,000 animals living in natural habitat settings like Raptor Canyon, the Koala Outback, and Asian Falls.
A recently opened new eight-acre section called Texas Wild takes visitors on a journey through the state to see indigenous animals like swift foxes, ocelots and white-tailed deer. This section includes a mock-up of a Texas town with a restaurant, store, saloon, and jailhouse. Another popular diversion here is the chance to try managing a computer-simulated ranch.
Even more recently, a Parrot Paradise, Great Barrier Reef display, Penguins exhibition and a Museum of Living Art (MOLA) have been opened. In addition to wildlife focused attractions, there are further entertainments available, such as a rock-climbing tower, a movie theatre, a carousel, a small express train, a weather theatre, and a shooting gallery.
Admission: $14 adults, $10 children.


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Sat Jan 16 2021, 10:25 AM
Sultan Shahin
Naseer Ahmad
Ghulam Ghaus
Ghulam Rasool
Arshad Alam
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Islam and the West ( 27 March 2019, NewAgeIslam.Com)
After New Zealand Massacre and String of Birmingham Mosque Attacks, UK Muslims Concerned Over Community's Safety
By Arwa Ibrahim
In the early hours of Thursday, five mosques in the English city of Birmingham were damaged - the latest in a string of Islamophobic attacks in the UK.
The spate of vandalism came just days after a gunman killed 50 worshippers during Friday prayers at two mosques in New Zealand, placing Muslim communities in the UK and around the world on heightened alert amid concerns over the safety of their communities.
While security has been stepped up at mosques across Britain amid a police investigation into the incidents in Birmingham, Muslims in the UK say more needs to be done to prevent such attacks from happening.
Al Jazeera spoke to members of Britain's Muslim community on Friday to get their views.
Abdullah Saif, 33, Birmingham resident
As bad as the Birmingham attacks were, they are a continuation of previous incidents, many of which were much worse. With the incidents being on the back of the New Zealand attacks, people's fears are more heightened.
Every single one of us who goes to the mosque could picture themselves in that mosque in New Zealand, living those exact moments. With guys going around Birmingham smashing up mosques, it brings it a bit [closer to] home.
People will continue to join congregational prayers at their local mosques, but conversations about increasing security have become more urgent. Since these incidents, several Birmingham mosques have beefed up their security and are holding conversations about what more needs to be done.
Nasar Mahmood, 68, trustee at Manchester Islamic Education Trust
There is a big concern among parents with regards to the security of their children at schools. They want to make sure we have measures in place to avoid what happened in New Zealand repeating itself here.
We have since increased security and CCTV on our premises and are looking with the police at other protective measures we can take ensure everyone's safety and security.
As a woman who is visibly Muslim, I've felt somewhat apprehensive and vulnerable over the past week. People need to understand that what they say has an impact on what happens on the streets - and the media has a huge responsibility to play in that regard.
Also, while the response in New Zealand has been overwhelming support for the Muslim community, the response in the UK seems to be more clinical, and there are always explanations to justify what happened.
Following the [2017] attack at Finsbury Park Mosque in north London for example, we did get support but there wasn't an outpour of sympathy and an understanding for what we were experiencing as a community.
One of the things that people are waking up to [since the incidents] is that Islamophobia exists and is growing. People are starting to ask where is it [Islamophobia] coming from and what is going to be done about the anti-Muslim narrative in the media and rhetoric among politicians.
Such incidents are not going to go away until these issues are addressed.
Samayya Afzal, 27 community engagement manager at Muslim Council of Britain
Muslim communities around the UK have long been complaining about the rise of Islamophobia and fears of attacks like this.
This fear isn't just restricted to the rise of the far right; it's also about mainstream media outlets reporting inaccurately and unfairly about Muslims; it's about 31 percent of schoolchildren thinking Muslims are taking over the UK; it's about the fact that over 50 percent of hate crimes in the UK are directed towards Muslims.
Wider societal Islamophobia dehumanises and readies Muslim communities as targets for hate.
The government has made some commitments to increase funding, but this is not proportional to the risk that Muslims are feeling.
As Ramadan approaches, Muslims will be hyper-visible and will visit mosques in more numbers and more frequently. The funding needs to be increased, it needs to be immediately available and more easily accessible for mosques and other Islamic community centres to apply for.
Arwa is a journalist specialising in the Middle East and North Africa.
Source: aljazeera.com/indepth/features/uk-muslims-feel-series-islamophobic-attacks-190322154341808.html
URL: http://www.newageislam.com/islam-and-the-west/arwa-ibrahim/after-new-zealand-massacre-and-string-of-birmingham-mosque-attacks,-uk-muslims-concerned-over-community-s-safety/d/118146
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Even though both elements are calling methods on definition, the first is safe because the queryset is not evaluated at that time, whereas the second is not safe because it is evaluated at that time, and therefore remains the same for the duration of the current process (which can be many days). For the record, you should always pass the callable: initial=datetime.datetime.now, without the calling brackets.
Clearly, this is an attempt to create a manager that automatically filters items which have been published. In the normal course of calling this in a view, it will work exactly as expected. But if you passed it into the queryset parameter of the form field, the same thing will happen as with the date field: the cut-off point will always be set when the form is first imported, and will persist for the life of the process.
This is because there's nothing magical about manager methods that makes them lazy. The laziness comes further down, inside the QuerySet class itself. This method, which is called automatically by the all() method, will be evaluated when it is called - ie when the form is first defined. At that point, the right-hand-side of the query expression will also be evaluated, and passed into the main Manager get_query_set method. So no matter when you instantiate your form after this, during the lifetime of the process you will never see any objects whose published_date is greater than the first time.
But note that if you change the published_date of an existing object to before that time - or even create a new object with that date - you will see it. The queryset is still lazy, and the database will be queried each time the form is instantiated: but that published_date parameter is fixed.


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Upgrades and enhancements in DSE 4.8 include, Production certification for Spark 1.4, providing customers with trusted and enhanced analytics for production systems, Support for the Spark job server, which helps manage and monitor Spark activities, upgrades to DSE Search's "Live Indexing" feature that makes incoming data available for faster search, User Defined Type (UDT) support in DSE Search, which reduces the coding effort for developers and allows for easy storage and search for various data formats (e.g. JSON) that are stored in Cassandra, Packaging and deployment ease-of-use improvements via support for Docker.
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