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The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly known as "Obamacare," in 2010 was so contentious that we continue to see the ripple effects. The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has voted to repeal the law more than four dozen times. The Senate, also controlled by the GOP, has passed its own version of repeal. Legal challenges have made their way to the Supreme Court on several occasions, leading to three decisions that have affirmed or augmented the law. One of these, in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, arguably caused the most harm by depriving low-income individuals of access to Medicaid and creating a coverage gap in some states, with people who don't qualify for Medicaid but can't afford private coverage.
But so far, no one has succeeded in destabilizing the implementation of the law quite like Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination.
How did he do it? By slipping a provision into the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015. Rubio added the provision, which limits the federal government's ability to cover expense overages for insurance companies during the initial rollout of the ACA, into the appropriations bill in 2013. It was accepted into law in December 2014 and intended to fund the government through September 2015. Because it was snuck in, no one could really anticipate how destabilizing the law would be until the end of 2015, when insurers began reporting on projected and actual losses for the year. In effect, any insurer, whether privately owned or part of a cooperative, will receive significantly reduced federal assistance to cover expenses during the first few years of insuring new policyholders through state exchanges.
While this may not seem like a big deal, consider this scenario: Imagine you are a parent trying to encourage your children to be independent. You agree to help cover budget deficits for them during their first two years of independent living. They need to learn how to be responsible, but you know some mistakes will be made. You want to ensure a learning curve, but you also want to insulate them from catastrophic failure.
At the end of the year, when accounts are being finalized and balances are being determined, your boss cuts your salary. You are now limited in your capacity to help your children. Meanwhile, they have bought household items, such as furniture, kitchenware, cookware, toiletries and a bed. These are big purchases and are outside your children's budgets, but they are necessary and will have many years of utility. Yet you can no longer cover their deficits as planned.
This is essentially what Rubio has done to the federal government's capacity to cover insurers' overages.
Rubio and others in the GOP often insist that the government should not engage in crony capitalism by bailing out failing companies. However, that is not what the law is intended to do. Rather, it seeks to eliminate risk corridors — a provision to smooth out over time the intense initial utilization of health insurance by the previously uninsured — in favor of tax credits. After all, people lacking coverage for medical care will want to determine their health status, and medical providers will need to provide services to establish health baselines for future monitoring. When patients are stable, they use insurance less and are more likely to be healthier in proceeding years. Therefore, while costs may be high during the initial years of the health mandate, they should eventually fall as demand decreases.
It is impossible to talk about insurance without talking about moral hazard, the idea that people take greater risks if they are protected from the consequences of those risks. In his Web series "Health Triage," Dr. Aaron Carroll recently argued, citing the Rand Corp.'s study on health utilization behaviors, that unhealthy people should be insulated from risks associated with accessing care because it encourages them to see the doctor more. By extension, risk corridors insulate insurers from risk associated with covering care services for those sick people. Rubio wants to remove that security.
While his actions may be controversial, the use of risk corridors is not. As the American Action Forum notes in its primer on risk corridors, "The ACA's exchanges are not the first federal entitlement program to use risk-spreading mechanisms to protect participating health insurance issuers." Medicare Part D, Medicaid Managed Care and Medicare Advantage programs, for example, have also benefited from government insulation of risk. Such practices acknowledge the inherent risk of providing a new service and the uncertainty that it brings.
The potential fallout from Rubio's maneuver is significant. While the provision had the initial impact of preventing highly affected insurers from gaining federal relief (with funds collected from high-performing insurers), the program is now under threat. The latest $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, passed by the House of Representatives last week, contains legislation that would eliminate the program. Instead, Republicans in Congress are offering $12 billion in tax breaks to health insurance companies as a means of helping offset the costs that would then be incorporated into future premiums. The risk is that the economic relief will be spread across the entire insurer market, while the former program targeted those that were affected most. Furthermore, such a change carries a $10 billion increase in federal spending compared with the previous program, funded by future losses in tax revenue, whereas the original program was self-funded.
Smaller insurers that would contribute greater competition to the insurer market are leaving the exchanges, are decreasing their involvement or have folded. People with policies from these organizations are experiencing disruption in their coverage. The long-term stability and effectiveness of the ACA have been compromised because of a twisted variation of the populist rhetoric against companies considered too big to fail. The government had targeted mechanisms in place to help, but one presidential hopeful decided to play politics instead.
Smaller insurance companies were under capitalized and had no business being in the health insurance business. Kari you are releasing White House press releases that make no sense. Why the shock that so many of them are now bankrupt?
When I was buying more insurance last year, I made definite care to keep away from those no name companies like Health Republic. The fact that they were so cheap should have been a signal that something was wrong with them.
Health costs in the USA are much higher than they need to be and the ACA does little to resolve this problem, because it assumes that the only cost component is the health insurance.
Medicaid is riddled with inefficiency and corruption. They ought to focus on fixing it, before they expand it. You should hear stories of waste in Medicaid, combined with the fact that only corrupt doctors can survive providing services under that plan.
There is a need for a whole sale discussion on why healthcare in the USA is so expensive, and yet provides mediocre out comes. Neither the GOP, nor the Democrats seem interested in that topic, because both are beholden to certain stakeholders in the medical industry.
This nonsense about "competition" is the crap which both the GOP and the Democrats sell to people. If a company collects $100 they have to pay out $80 to healthcare providers. That is the LAW, which is why I actually received a refund on my premiums a few years ago.
The law removes the incentive for companies to earn "excess" profits. The law in fact forces companies to manage their underlying costs. As companies cannot control those costs, they do so by reducing the size of their networks, and insisting on higher deductibles and other out of pocket charges.
Until underlying costs are dealt with health insurance will remain expensive.
Rubio and Cruz are trying to out do each other on who is more anti-immigrant. This ediot pack of Republican Presidential hopefuls make George W Bush look like Dilip Kumar.


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POLITICS | Race for the 25th – A Not So Special Anniversary: Liberal Smith's Signature Bill AB5 Having Her Desired Effect – Decimating Gig Economy, Killing Jobs in Midst of Pandemic
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Smith doubles down on support of disastrous law crushing California's families and small businesses
Valencia, CA – One year ago, jobs-killing AB5 was signed into law in California.
Liberal Christy Smith and her allies in Sacramento knew when they passed it that AB5 would force at least 75,000 Californians out of work, but now we know that its effects are even more disastrous as Smith and her pals go attack even more businesses.
Since AB5 went into effect in January, freelance workers across the state have lost their livelihoods, and that was before a global pandemic hit. With small businesses on life support and many of their workers unemployed due to the Coronavirus shutdowns, Christy Smith and her liberal friends in Sacramento refused to hand them a lifeline. In fact, they've doubled down on their support. They even appropriated $20 million in taxpayer dollars during a budget crisis to go after those very workers and small businesses.
"One year later and Liberal Christy Smith couldn't be prouder of her signature bill AB5, despite the fact it's literally putting hundreds of thousands of California jobs on the chopping block," said Congressman Mike Garcia (CA-25). "What's worse is the fact Assemblywoman Smith knew her bill would destroy at least 75,000 jobs when she supported it, but now we know those estimates are even higher and she's even expanding her reach into other businesses."
Smith and her allies are using her signature legislation to attack Uber and Lyft, pushing them to the brink of closure and ensuring the elimination of services that provide hundreds of thousands of jobs and critical transportation for Californians while giving seniors a means for doctor's appointments and reducing DUI's.
But eliminating hundreds of thousands of jobs does not seem to be enough for Smith and Sacramento liberals. Reports surfaced this month that on-demand grocery and food delivery services may be next to go. These services have become crucial for Californians during this pandemic, with seniors using them as a safer alternative to leaving the house and restaurants coming to rely on the apps to stay afloat with in-person dining restricted or shut down altogether.
Smith promised her constituents that her bill wouldn't slash California jobs. We know that was a lie, but instead of reversing course and bringing relief to Californians, she and her liberal Sacramento pals set their sights on other industries.
Christy Smith: AB5 will not "slash California jobs"
Mike Garcia believes in a strong national defense and is a pro-business, pro-taxpayer, political outsider with nearly 20 years of service to this country as one of the first Super Hornet strike fighter pilots in the Navy and is a highly decorated US Naval Officer. Garcia is a first-generation American whose father immigrated to the US in 1959 and has lived in the 25th district for nearly all of his life. Garcia lives in Santa Clarita with his wife and two sons. He was elected to Congress on May 12, 2020, winning a Special Election with 55% and becoming the first California Republican to flip a Democrat seat since 1998.
The 25th district encompasses the cities of Santa Clarita, Simi Valley, Palmdale, Lancaster and the northern part of the San Fernando Valley. The median income is $76,866 and the ethnic breakdown is 45.8% White, 8% Black, 7.7% Asian and 35.3% Hispanic.To learn more about Mike and his campaign for Congress, visit https://ElectMikeGarcia.com.

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Families of Philippines DVD
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Families of Philippines DVD Master Communications Release date 9/2011 Synopsis: Travel to the tropical Philippines with 13-year-old Khim and 7-year-old Shahani. Khim lives with his grandparents on Cebu, one of the country's 7000 islands. He is a freshman at a school with 10,000 students. Besides school, his day includes taking care of the family's goats, playing […]
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Cuba: Island of Music MVD Entertainment Release date 7/26/11 Description: The film is a behind-the-scenes look at Afro-Cuban music's role in the daily life of Cubans. Filmmaker Gary Keys (Memories of Duke and Dizzy's Dream Band) brings the audience into the heart and soul of Havana, through a vibrant mosaic of street musicians, big bands, […]
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/**
 * @file
 *
 * ODP configuration
 */

#ifndef ODP_PLAT_CONFIG_H_
#define ODP_PLAT_CONFIG_H_

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/** @ingroup odp_config ODP CONFIG
 * Platform-specific configuration limits
 * @{
 */

/**
 * Maximum number of pools
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_POOLS 16
static inline int odp_config_pools(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_POOLS;
}

/**
 * Maximum number of queues
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_QUEUES 1024
static inline int odp_config_queues(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_QUEUES;
}

/**
 * Number of ordered locks per queue
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_MAX_ORDERED_LOCKS_PER_QUEUE 2
static inline int odp_config_max_ordered_locks_per_queue(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_MAX_ORDERED_LOCKS_PER_QUEUE;
}

/**
 * Number of scheduling priorities
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_SCHED_PRIOS 8
static inline int odp_config_sched_prios(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_SCHED_PRIOS;
}

/**
 * Number of scheduling groups
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_SCHED_GRPS 256
static inline int odp_config_sched_grps(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_SCHED_GRPS;
}

/**
 * Maximum number of packet IO resources
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_PKTIO_ENTRIES 64
static inline int odp_config_pktio_entries(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_PKTIO_ENTRIES;
}

/**
 * Minimum buffer alignment
 *
 * This defines the minimum supported buffer alignment. Requests for values
 * below this will be rounded up to this value.
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_BUFFER_ALIGN_MIN 16
static inline int odp_config_buffer_align_min(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_BUFFER_ALIGN_MIN;
}

/**
 * Maximum buffer alignment
 *
 * This defines the maximum supported buffer alignment. Requests for values
 * above this will fail.
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_BUFFER_ALIGN_MAX (4 * 1024)
static inline int odp_config_buffer_align_max(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_BUFFER_ALIGN_MAX;
}

/**
 * Default packet headroom
 *
 * This defines the minimum number of headroom bytes that newly created packets
 * have by default. The default apply to both ODP packet input and user
 * allocated packets. Implementations may reserve a larger than minimum headroom
 * size e.g. due to HW or a protocol specific alignment requirement.
 *
 * @internal In linux-generic implementation:
 * The default value (66) allows a 1500-byte packet to be received into a single
 * segment with Ethernet offset alignment and room for some header expansion.
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_HEADROOM 66
static inline int odp_config_packet_headroom(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_HEADROOM;
}

/**
 * Default packet tailroom
 *
 * This defines the minimum number of tailroom bytes that newly created packets
 * have by default. The default apply to both ODP packet input and user
 * allocated packets. Implementations are free to add to this as desired
 * without restriction. Note that most implementations will automatically
 * consider any unused portion of the last segment of a packet as tailroom
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_TAILROOM 0
static inline int odp_config_packet_tailroom(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_TAILROOM;
}

/**
 * Minimum packet segment length
 *
 * This defines the minimum packet segment buffer length in bytes. The user
 * defined segment length (seg_len in odp_pool_param_t) will be rounded up into
 * this value.
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_SEG_LEN_MIN 1598
static inline int odp_config_packet_seg_len_min(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_SEG_LEN_MIN;
}

/**
 * Maximum packet segment length
 *
 * This defines the maximum packet segment buffer length in bytes. The user
 * defined segment length (seg_len in odp_pool_param_t) must not be larger than
 * this.
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_SEG_LEN_MAX (64 * 1024)
static inline int odp_config_packet_seg_len_max(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_SEG_LEN_MAX;
}

/**
 * Maximum packet buffer length
 *
 * This defines the maximum number of bytes that can be stored into a packet
 * (maximum return value of odp_packet_buf_len(void)). Attempts to allocate
 * (including default head- and tailrooms) or extend packets to sizes larger
 * than this limit will fail.
 *
 * @internal In linux-generic implementation:
 * - The value MUST be an integral number of segments
 * - The value SHOULD be large enough to accommodate jumbo packets (9K)
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_BUF_LEN_MAX (ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_SEG_LEN_MIN * 6)
static inline int odp_config_packet_buf_len_max(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_PACKET_BUF_LEN_MAX;
}

/** Maximum number of shared memory blocks.
 *
 * This the the number of separate SHM areas that can be reserved concurrently
 */
#define ODP_CONFIG_SHM_BLOCKS (ODP_CONFIG_POOLS + 48)
static inline int odp_config_shm_blocks(void)
{
	return ODP_CONFIG_SHM_BLOCKS;
}

#include <odp/api/config.h>

/**
 * @}
 */

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif

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Girls d-shape hollow round bangle, it is patterned and opens with a hinge. It has a safety chain and is delivered in a Cherubs Jewellery Box. This makes a lovey birthday or christening gift. Let me know if you need it gift wrapped. I can do it complimentary with a hand written gift card. Just let me know what you want it to say.


The act of passing time, without waste or regret, is a cause well worthy of lifelong study.
The obituary made me smile. Ellis Ray of Moundville passed away Saturday...he was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, who loved to fish and piddle. He will be greatly missed.
I mean no disrespect. Quite the contrary, I smiled because Ellis, whom I never met, is my brother, bound to me not by blood but by a shared habit. We are piddlers.
Or we were. Now I am left here, an earthbound piddler, to piddle alone. What is a piddler? It is hard to explain to begin with, because piddling is neither one thing or another, but something in between. It is not rest, not something that can be done with your feet on an ottoman or as you recline in a Posturepedic. But then neither is it work, something that one toils at, sweats at, something one needs a break from, for lunch, coffee. It is certainly not something for which one should ever be paid, and absolutely not something that one does while watching a clock.
The whole idea of piddling is to kill time, but without any great effort at all, or even really meaning to. If one piddles correctly, time just goes away, without regret on the part of the piddler, or even any particular notice. One does not march off to piddle. One meanders. And even when one heads off to do it, one may not go to piddling right away, because one might have to loafer a little first. But loafering is another story.
A piddler does not fix a leaky washing machine, or a slipping transmission, or a hole in a roof. Such work is necessary, and the more necessary a labor is, the farther from piddling it becomes. A piddler may use tools, but only small, light ones, and only on things that are not needed right then. Changing out a car battery in the dead of winter is not piddling, because it is a necessity. But tinkering with a lawn mower in the middle of February is, especially if the grass is deader than Great-Aunt Minnie's house cat and buried under a foot of snow. Doing a load of laundry is, of course, not piddling. Organizing one's sock drawer by color and fiber is.
Fishing is not piddling. That is why Ellis Ray's survivors made that distinction in his obit. But sharpening hooks and respooling line is, especially if the bass boat is covered in sheet ice. Going to a baseball game is not piddling. Retying the laces on your cleats is, but only if the only way you will ever again go fast down the first-base line is if someone shoots you out of a cannon.
Some people have to retire to piddle. Dr. David Sloan, a venerated college professor who worked across the hall from me, seemed one of the least piddling men I ever knew. But he said he fully intended to spend at least some of his retirement piddling. I am not so disciplined. I rearrange books, sharpen knives–the ones I am certain not to use–and change knobs on dressers and cabinets, but only if the ones I am replacing were perfectly fine. I rearrange pictures on the wall, and re-rearrange them because my wife makes me. I spackle holes left from the first rearranging, but only the holes that are hidden by the paintings and do not really have to be spackled at all. To spackle a hole in plain sight would be necessary and therefore illegal under piddling guidelines.
My wife does not piddle, and this is how I know she is from another solar system. She reads, gardens (successfully), and uses her time wisely. No one, no one born on this planet, is purely piddle free. But when I try to interest her in my own piddling she looks at me with disdain and says she does not have time to waste.
Ellis Ray of Moundville was 68 when he died. I bet he never wasted a second.


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A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, Josh Sundquist tells us about people who are missing body parts in honor of April being National Amputee Awareness Month! You can find Josh's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/JoshSundquist
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Hi, I'm Josh Sundquist, from this channel hopping in for John this week to host Mental Floss on YouTube.
1. Did you know that actor Robert David Hall, famous as CSI lead doctor Albert Robbins, is missing both of his legs due to a car accident? Interestingly, he's only 5-feet 8-inches tall, and you have to respect his restraint, because, if I had two fake legs, which means you can basically choose to be any height you want, I would make myself at least a foot taller.
And that's the first of many famous people who are missing body parts that I'm going to tell you about today in honor of April being Amputee Awareness month.
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2. I'm going to broadly define "amputee" in this video to include not only limbs, but also appendages, like fingers and ears, mostly because I want to mention that painter Vincent van Gogh cut off his own ear. He then wrapped it up and gave it to a prostitute. If only the Doctor could have changed his timeline.
3. Adventurer Aron Ralston cut his own arm off with a dull pocket knife after being trapped for 127 hours under a rock. Fortunately for Hollywood, he looks exactly like James Franco and he happened to have a video camera with him.
4. Speaking of traumatic amputation stories that have been made into inspirational movies, soul surfer Bethany Hamilton returned to competitive surfing after losing her arm in a shark attack. Dunnanunnanunnanunna. That's probably copyrighted music...
5. Due to an unfortunate accident involving a roast beef slicer at Arby's, former White House Chief of Staff and current Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel is missing his right middle finger.
6. Speaking of people who are unable to give the bird, legendary outlaw Jesse James lost his middle finger while cleaning his gun. After his death, his body was positively identified by that missing finger.
7. Also missing part of his finger, in this case due to an unfortunate door-slamming incident: actor Matthew Perry. Now you have an excuse to watch that rerun of Friends for the 10th time. You're welcome.
8. Ted Kennedy Jr., son of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, had his leg amputated due to childhood cancer.
9. Actor Eric Stolhanske, best known for playing Rabbit in the movie Super Troopers, was born without his right leg from the knee down. He also played Todd in Beerfest, which kinda makes you wonder if Das Boot was actually just his prosthesis filled up with beer.
10. Turns out there's lots of amputee musicians, including jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who lost both legs below the knee to diabetes.
11. And Rick Allen, the drummer for Def Leppard, who lost an arm in a car accident.
12. The lead guitarists of both Black Sabbath and The Grateful Dead were missing fingers. Respectively, they were Tony Iommi, who lost two fingers in an industrial accident, and...
13. ...Jerry Garcia, whose brother chopped off his finger with an ax, but that didn't stop him from inventing a delicious Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor.
14. Although she wasn't a musician, she married one. I'm talking about super model Heather Mills, who lost her leg in a collision with a London police officer on a motorcycle.
15. Confederate General Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson got his nickname for standing stoically like a stone wall in the face of battle. But, he ended up losing a part of that wall, specifically an arm, after he was shot by friendly fire.
16. Actor James Doohan lost a finger at D-Day before portraying Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on Star Trek. Hey look, these guys were on Star Trek, too!
17. And finally, we return to the salon--and not a moment too soon, my hands are getting very cold. Ah, so much better--to tell you about Galileo. He lost three of his fingers after his death, after which time they changed hands--no pun intended--for several centuries before two of them disappeared for over 100 years. But in 2009, they were discovered in a jar and they now orbit the sun together from a museum in Italy.
Thanks for watching Mental Floss on YouTube, which is made with the help of all these very nice people. Also, I'm Josh Sundquist, please check out my channel for more amputee-related humor.
Every week we endeavor to answer one of your mind-blowing questions. This week's question comes from Conglore who asks, "Why do fingernails grow so much faster than toenails, or so it seems?"
Well, Conglore, you're right. Fingernails actually grow three times faster than toenails, but nobody knows why. Here's what we do know: your fingernails will grow fastest in your teens and 20's, and they also grow faster in the summer. Thanks for asking that mind-blowing question and leave more mind-blowing questions in the comments below.
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The 2015 Badminton Crew was pretty intense!
The 2015 cheer season came and went in a snap. Good thing is, some of those snaps were captured.
Here is a collection of snaps from some of the 2015 WHS football games.
There are a few swimming snaps from the 2015 season.


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Talend Raises $95M in IPO: A Boost For Others Waiting in the Wings?
Bernadette Tansey
The pricing of data integration company Talend's IPO shares late Thursday, and its instant jump in trading Friday, delivered a booster shot for the optimism following fellow Silicon Valley company Twilio's successful market debut last month.
Talend sold 5.25 million shares at $18 apiece, above its anticipated range of $15 to $17, to raise $95 million. That total could rise above $100 million if underwriters exercise 30-day options to buy as many as 787,500 more shares.
Trading in the new public company (NASDAQ: TLND) opened at $27.66, a bump of more than 50 percent over the IPO price. Although later trading hovered around $25, that still maintained a market boost of more than 40 percent.
Talend, founded in France in 2005, now has co-headquarters in Redwood City, CA, and Suresnes, near Paris. The company offers software products designed to help businesses derive useful conclusions by analyzing the masses of data they collect from Web-based applications, devices, in-house servers, and other sources. Talend is one of the companies trying to lower the cost and increase the speed of integrating all that data, while minimizing the need for businesses to pay developers for custom coding.
Talend is competing in a data integration and management market estimated at $16 billion in 2015 by International Data Corp. (IDC), which predicts a rise in that market to $21 billion in 2019.
Tech heavyweights IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP, which offer data integration as part of their services, compete with Talend. In the registration statement for its IPO, Talend also identified competitors among pure-play data integration companies: Ab Initio, Informatica, and Tibco.
Market watchers have been looking for signs that public investors will still back tech companies that aren't yet profitable. Talend increased its revenues from $62.5 million in 2014 to $75.9 million in 2015. But its net loss in 2015 was $22 million, close to its 2014 net loss of $22.5 million.
Talend offers businesses free access to a limited slice of its data integration platform, which is based on open source software. Once developers inside a business take Talend's tools for a spin, they often influence their employers to sign up for paid subscriptions, Talend said in its SEC filing. With its IPO capital, Talend plans to expand its product offerings and beef up sales and marketing efforts to expand the use of its products by existing clients and attract new customers worldwide.
Among Talend's 1,300 current customers are General Electric, Air France, Siemens, Lenovo, and Sony. The company has more than 550 employees in ten countries. It is led by CEO Mike Tuchen, a Microsoft veteran who previously led Rapid7, a Boston-based cybersecurity company that had an IPO last July.
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Fig. 8.8a The margins of this bone lesion (arrows) are very irregular and ill defined. The cortex has clearly been destroyed. This is a typical giant cell tumor. b On MRI the same lesion shows a fluid-fluid interface. You can also appreciate a focal defect of the cortex.
the smaller foramen spinosum directly posterolateral to it) is clearly smaller than the left: in fibrous dysplasia the cranial nerves passing through the skull foramina may eventually be compressed. c Shown is the drastic alteration of the skull in fibrous dysplasia. The famous "Elephant Man" who lived in London in the late 19th century could very well have been a case of fibrous dysplasia. Discussion continues, though.
b Aneurysmal bone cyst bone fragment are due to the fracture, which rendered this simple bone cyst symptomatic. b This aneurysmal bone cyst has expanded the tibia and destroyed the cortex, and also contains a fluid-fluid interface. This is a typical finding, which nonetheless requires histological confirmation.
Fig. 8.11 This patient has trained for the New York marathon for four months. The pain in his foot began at the beginning of the training, which is why he blamed it on a new set of running shoes he got for the occasion. The fracture line in the metacarpal bones is frequently barely visible, quite unlike the hypertrophic formation of callus that is regularly seen.
Stress fracture: Stress fractures of the metatarsal bones ("insufficiency fracture," "march fracture," Fig. 8.11) or in the long tubular bones such as the tibia and the femur develop in the context of chronic excess physical strain. Reactive periosteal and endosteal bone formation occurs together with repetitive microfractures that can become visible as fine fracture lines. The bone scan shows a very high bone turnover.
Bone infarct: A bone infarction may lead to popcorn or snakelike (serpiginous) calcifications in the cancellous bone (Fig. 8.12). It occurs with greater frequency in steroid therapy, alcoholism, and diver's disease (decompression sickness). In the large bones it can resemble a cartilaginous tumor.
• Diagnosis: Paul decides that this is a nonossifying fibroma that needs no further work-up. He is right. It is a so-called "don't touch me" lesion. Boris may return to the center court.
Primum nihil nocere (First, do no harm)! If a definitely benign lesion is not recognized as such and further superfluous studies are performed, the patient suffers—psycho-logically and potentially even physically.


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The All One Foundation offers what we believe to be different to the usual offerings. We have no teachings, and definitely no dogma, so this may not leave much to talk about!
With us not telling you how you should think or run your life, you might feel it's all too simple. But what if beliefs and doctrines get in your way? What if a direct spiritual experience might be what you really seek? What if you might come to see, that information you have sought elsewhere, might actually be inherent inner knowledge of another self?
Our trainings, based on your direct experience and our open-ended approach, provide simple tools that move you towards upliftment and transcendence.
During the journey, there is ongoing potential and possibilities.
The All One Foundation was founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1979 by its Spiritual Director, Adam Davis. The Foundation evolved from Adam questioning the limitations of emotional and mental based change whilst he was working as a psychotherapist in the seventies. From his open-ended process of enquiry and ensuing experiences, emerged the spiritual, experiential and non-dogmatic basis of the All One Foundation.
It is well documented that meditation and a positive focus of any kind contributes to a person's physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, enhancing their ability to manage stress, gain greater mental clarity and a positive attitude, assisting them in their personal and working lives. Groups that we have worked with include Cansurvive, and indigenous youth. 7Second is a new training.
The All One Foundation has been a registered not-for-profit organisation since 1987. It is governed by a Board of Directors who are accountable for the financial management of the organisation and that it abides by its articles. The administration of the Foundation is handled voluntarily through regional offices throughout Australia by Foundation members, training participants and volunteers. We are an approved Centrelink Volunteer Centre, and provide work experience opportunites, training and support into paid employment for the unemployed.
The All One Foundation is committed to keeping its operating costs at a minimum, so that the price for its services and trainings can remain free, by donation, or on a cost recovery basis. We are generously supported with donations that assist in covering our ever increasing operating costs.
We acknowledge the active support of Connecting Up IBM, Microsoft, Symantec, IT Next Generation, Practical Applications Pty Ltd, Mojito Consulting Pty Ltd, Jaycar Electronics and Harris Technology, as well as our many committed volunteers.


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San Antonio de Palé ist der größte Ort auf der zu Äquatorialguinea gehörenden Insel Annobón im Golf von Guinea sowie Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen Provinz. Sie liegt an der Nordküste der Insel und beherbergt etwa 2500 Einwohner, rund die Hälfte der Inselbevölkerung. Unmittelbar westlich der Ortschaft befindet sich der Flughafen Annobón.

Siehe auch
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Asha Campana
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 Queen of [[Antiva]] |family = Alonzo Campana (husband)
 Divine Rosamund (granddaughter) |race = [[Human]] |appearances = Historical }}</onlyinclude> '''Asha Subira Bahadur Campana''' was Queen of [[Antiva]] during the [[Black Age]]. She is often referred to as the "Queen Mother of Thedas". == Background == Asha Campana was a minor princess<ref name="codex">[[Codex entry: Queen Asha of Antiva]]</ref> of Rivain who grew to become one of the most important women in the history of [[Thedas]] by dint of her skillful politics. Asha was born in 4:30 [[Black Age|Black]] to wealthy [[Rivain|Rivaini]] merchants who had been elevated to nobility. She rose within society and eventually assumed the role of Gana of Ayesleigh, presumably a position of authority given Rivain's matriarchal nature.<ref>{{cite wot|80}}</ref> Later in the Black Age, the matriarchs of Rivain arranged for her to be married to the crown prince of [[Antiva]], Alonzo Campana. The match went unnoticed and unremarked by their contemporaries, who believed Asha a minor princess and Alonzo a weak king.<ref name="codex" /> Most people also believed that the advantage of the match fell to the princess, though in retrospect the advantage was entirely on the crown prince's side<ref>{{cite wot2|42}}</ref>. Their marriage would later prove to be one of the most important events in Thedas' history since the blackening of the [[Golden City]].<ref name="codex" /> Possessed of strong ambition, Asha desired that her adopted home of Antiva hold a greater position within Thedosian politics. She knew that her new kingdom was becoming dangerously prosperous, and would soon be unable to avoid attracting the attention of its stronger neighbors. It was only a matter of time before [[Tevinter]], the [[Free Marches|Marcher States]], [[Nevarra]] and [[Orlais]] began trying to claim a share of Antiva's wealth, and Antiva's armies would be no match for any of them. Queen Asha planned to outmaneuver her enemies before it could ever come to war.<ref>{{cite wot2|42}}</ref> Before Alonzo Campana even took the throne, Queen Asha had already arranged marriages in rival countries for three of their children. Over the next decades, in keeping with Rivaini tradition, she continued to arrange marriages for her children and grandchildren in strategically selected families across the continent. Within thirty years, Antiva was so well connected that any hostile act would force half of Thedas into warfare.<ref name="codex" /> Her bloodline is said to flow through the ruling families of [[Orlais]], [[Nevarra]], [[Starkhaven]] and the [[Anderfels]], as well as within some [[Magister|Magisters]] of the [[Tevinter Imperium]]. As a result, Queen Asha is sometimes referred to by historians as the "Queen Mother of Thedas."<ref>{{cite wot|64, 93}}</ref> Asha is remembered in Antiva through a colossal statue over the entrance of the Palace of the Kings in [[Antiva City]].<ref name="codex" /> It portrays Asha dressed in Rivaini royal garb. == References == <references /> {{BlackAge}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Campana, Asha}}
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Home Africa AMA Brand Africa to recognize and rank the "Best Places in Africa" for...
Brand Africa to recognize and rank the "Best Places in Africa" for tourism, investment and citizen mobilisation in Africa.
DURBAN, South Africa ,16 November 2021-/ African Media Agency (AMA)/- Brand Africa today launched "Brand Africa | Africa's Best Places," the pan-African initiative to recognize and rank the best places for tourism, investment and citizen mobilisation in Africa. The goal of the initiative is to inspire pride, raise the standards and grow the competitiveness of African places – countries, cities and destinations. The inaugural awards and rankings of the "Brand Africa | Africa's Best Places" will be celebrated and published on 1 September 2022.
The "Brand Africa | Africa's Best Places" initiative builds on the inaugural Brand Africa Forum in 2010 which convened African and global place branding decision makers and thought leaders to reflect on how African nations individually and the continent collectively can develop a supranational competitive advantage. Every year since then, Brand Africa has announced the "Brand Africa 100 | Africa's Best Brands" the widely referenced pan-African survey and ranking of brands in Africa, which over the past 10 years, has established that only 20% of the most admired brands in Africa are African.
The initiative was announced by Brand Africa Chairman, Thebe Ikalafeng, on the sidelines of the Intra-Africa Trade Fair 2021 (IATF2021) which is taking place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 15 to 21 November 2021.
"Despite being rich in valued mineral resources, enviable indigenous fauna and flaura, a youthful population and being the second most populous continent accounting for 17.5% of world population, Africa attracts roughly only five percent of the world's inbound tourism and FDI," says Ikalafeng.
"Recognizing Africa's Best Places will inspire pride in African places, enhance their reputations and competitiveness, grow tourism and investment, and ultimately contribute to the greater development and image of the continent," he concludes.
Thebe Ikalafeng Founder and Chairman of Brand Africa
The "Brand Africa | Africa's Best Places" initiative is structured into two primary categories: (1) adjudicated awards and (2) rankings.
In the adjudicated awards category, African private and public institutions, agencies and practitioners can submit entries for initiatives and campaigns for tourism, trade and investment, economic development and citizen mobilization implemented internally in Africa or externally for Africa.
In the rankings category, an independent pan-African survey among citizens, visitors and investors will be undertaken to determine the best places for tourism, investment and to live.
Reflecting on the pandemic and the context of the IAFT2021 whose theme is focused on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which aims to accelerate intra-Africa investment and trade from 18% to 50% in 2030 through a single market for goods and services across 55 countries, Ikalafeng, who's been to every country in Africa, believes that by highlighting "Africa's Best Places" and championing "made in Africa brands," will inspire and mobilize African entrepreneurs, grow tourism, trade and investment, and accelerate industrialization, which ultimately will contribute to Africa's growth, competitiveness and distinctiveness in a post-pandemic world where nations are increasingly having to look internally for sustainability.
Dr. Keith Dinnie, the global authority in city, region and country brand management and author of the world's first textbook on nation branding: 'Nation Branding – Concepts, Issues, Practice' and editor of the book 'City Branding – Theory and Cases,' Kwame Senou, Vice-President at Opinion & Public in Benin and Ivory Coast and Vice-Chairman for Brand Africa Francophone Africa and Central Africa, New York based Eloine Barry, the CEO of Africa Media Agency, Kwakye Donkor, the CEO of Africa Tourism Partners, and broadcaster, actor, traveller, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Masego Maponyane are the inaugural members of the advisory council.
The awards are open to global and African private and public institutions, agencies and practitioners. Entries open 1 January 2022 and close 30 April 2022. The adjudication, by a diverse and representative global African panel of eminent of place branding experts, thought leaders, academia, policy and decision makers and practitioners. The inaugural awards will be presented live 1 September 2022. Interested parties can register at www.brand.africa/places to receive further information. This portal will also be the channel to enter the awards.
Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of Brands Africa
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League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine
Protecting the interests of the insurance market League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine
Contacts of the League
About LIOU
Statute of the League
Presidium of the League
Our activity
The work plan for 2020
Advisory bodies LIOU
News LIOU
LIOU Digest
Memo client of insurance company
Insurance Open
Laws of Ukraine
Code of ethics in insurance activity
List of Insurance Companies of Ukraine Insuring People Traveling to EU/Schengen Area States
IC "Arsenal Insurance" compensated by insurance event 1.8 million. UAH
Date: 11.12.2015. Section: Insurance News, Ukraine
In December, IC "Arsenal Insurance" paid to other customers 1.8 million. UAH at risk of "theft." Insured company car Toyota Land Cruiser 2014 release was abducted by unknown persons from the parking lot next to the capital's cafes in November this year. The abduction of a criminal case, the thieves have not been found.
Land Cruiser car was insured under CASCO insurance conditions included an insurance payment in case of theft, regardless of time and place. Since the car was registered in the region, and hijacked in the capital, the company's specialists from Kyiv and one of the regional centers to pay promptly responded to the appeal of the client. Recall that the IC "Insurance Arsenal" has more than 50 offices in all regions of Ukraine.
During 11 months of 2015 the company repaid more than 10 mln. UAH at risk of "theft."
"Hull is the most reliable way to protect against such risks as theft of the vehicle. High-quality and flexible insurance programs, as well as timely payment of indemnities make our company one of the leaders of the insurance market of Ukraine ", – said the director of the Department settlement losses IC" Arsenal Insurance "Zaurbek Hetagurov.
According to statistics from the Metropolitan Traffic Police in 2015. The car brand Toyota – the second in the ranking of the stolen cars. Only 5 months in Kiev was recorded 89 cases of thefts of cars of this brand.
Alexander Filonyuk,
President of the League
UNIQA UKRAINE INCREASES PREMIUM COLLECTION BY 27.1% IN NINE MONTHS
UKRAINE'S INSURERS SEE INSURANCE RESERVES RISE BY 15% IN NINE MONTHS
NON-LIFE INSURERS PARTICIPATING IN OPEN INSURANCE PROJECT RAISE PREMIUMS BY 19.6%, PAYMENTS BY 31.1% IN JAN-SEPT – LIOU
League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine (LIOU) — the most influential association of insurance market of Ukraine, which was established in 1992 to protect the interests of its members and other participants in the insurance market.
Over the years, the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine has made considerable progress and has authority and respect among insurance companies, public authorities and partner organizations LIOU.
League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine acts on the principles of legality, transparency, autonomy and independence from government agencies, equality of the League members, trust and mutual aid between members of the League.
LIOU Address: Ukraine, 02660, Kyiv, str. Sverstyuka Evgeniya, 11A, office 500. Tel: +38 (044) 516-82-30, 516-85-28
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Our current intermediate papa kamaʻilio (conversational skills class) is offered three times a year with Kumu Nāʻilima. This video-conference class is for anyone who wants to strengthen their speaking skills in a safe and nurturing online setting. All video-conference classes are recorded live and are then archived online for easy access and review by all participants.
This class is especially valuable to those who live abroad and who have no one to practice speaking Hawaiian with as well as for those who reside in Hawaiʻi but are not able to take upper-division classes at the university, or are not able to attend Hawaiian events where ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi is frequently used. For the general public, finding a consistent, in-person hui kamaʻilio (an informal Hawaiian-speaking get together) can sometimes be hard to find. The Niuolahiki Distance Learning program of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo hopes to fill that gap with these online papa kamaʻilio.
Past and present haumāna in our online kamaʻilio classes, who hail from as far away as Kelemānia (Germany), Lākana (London), Konetikuta (Connecticut), Nūioka (New York), Keokia (Georgia), Kaleponi ʻĀkau (Northern California), Wakinekona (Washington state) to Kunia on Oʻahu, are now putting the grammatical concepts that they have learned over the years into practice and are having fun along the way.
An introductory papa kamaʻilio is currently being put together for anyone who has attained a basic level of proficiency and who would like to practice their speaking skills in a safe and nurturing online setting. This class is great for anyone who has taught themselves Hawaiian via books, tape cassettes, DVDs, videos or via other basic online language classes. This class is also great for former adult night school, community college, university students who want to review or pick up where they left off and strengthen their speaking skills. This class will also be offered three times a year. A minimum of at least three (3) semesters with a B grade or higher at the introductory level is required prior to moving on to the intermediate level class.
These topic-based, conversational classes are held online on Saturday mornings at 9am HST for 1.5 hours and meet 12 times during a session at a cost of $340 per session. The cost pays for the instructor's time and the continuation of the Niuolahiki Distance Learning program. Due to the nature of this online class, seating is limited to nine (9) students per class.
No financial aid or grants are available for these non-credit, self-enrichment kamaʻilio classes, but payment plans may be considered on a case-by-case basis so that more people can take part in this wonderful opportunity to focus on strengthening their speaking skills helping to support ʻAha Pūnana Leo's vision of E ola ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi–The Hawaiian language shall live.
Please email us at niuolahiki@ahapunanaleo.org if you are interested in creating a payment plan.
The current intermediate-level class with Kumu Nāʻilima is ongoing.
Future sessions will be marked like so: S18 (Spring 2018), K18 (Summer 2018), F18 (Fall 2018), etc.
A Gmail/Google+ account is necessary to participate in our conversational class. If you don't already have a Gmail/Google+ account, you can learn how to set up a free account HERE.
If you are new to the Hawaiian language, however, and would like to start learning today via our online program, we offer self-directed lessons starting at $30 per chapter, pay-as-you go. Enroll into Mokuna (Chapter) 1 by following the four easy steps HERE.


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Q: .day Component returns "incorrect" day in Swift My date object returns "incorrect" day from some reason, I have no idea why.
This output is taken from the debugger:
(lldb) po date
▿ Optional<Date>
  ▿ some : 2022-05-13 21:06:55 +0000
    - timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate : 674168815.716091

(lldb) po date.get(.day)
14

The get function:
extension Date {
func get(_ components: Calendar.Component..., calendar: Calendar = Calendar.current) -> DateComponents {
    return calendar.dateComponents(Set(components), from: self)
}

func get(_ component: Calendar.Component, calendar: Calendar = Calendar.current) -> Int {
    return calendar.component(component, from: self)
 }
}

Any ideas what am I missing?

A: formatter.timeZone = TimeZone(identifier:"GMT")

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Can people really be addicted to sex?
Is sex addiction real? That is, is it really a disorder, involving diminished control over behaviour?
Questions such as these are difficult to answer because it's always difficult to distinguish diminished capacity to resist a temptation from a diminished motivation to resist. People who tell us they literally can't resist might be deceiving themselves, or they might be looking for a convenient excuse.
There are two ways we can attempt to discover whether people who say that they can't control their behaviour really are suffering from some kind of diminished capacity.
First, we can gather as much behavioural evidence as possible: with enough evidence, we might be able to build an overwhelming case that a group of people genuinely suffer from diminished capacity.
When we see the costs – social, financial, physical and psychological – that drug addicts pay to continue using, we have good reason to think they have a diminished capacity to resist.
The second way we can proceed is to use scientific evidence that bypasses people's reports about what they can and can't do. Again, the case of drug addiction is a good example: some of the neurological changes in the brain of addicts seem to be changes in areas involved in self-control.
Recently, a group of researchers at UCLA attempted to resolve the question whether sex addiction is genuinely an addiction, utilising the second method.
Using EEG, which measures electrical activity on the surface of the brain, they determined that people who met the diagnostic criteria for "hypersexuality" did not find sexual stimuli any more compelling than did control subjects.
This is unlike the response seen in drug addicts, who find drug-related stimuli much more attention-grabbing than do unaddicted controls.
This research has been interpreted as showing that sex addiction isn't real. In the terms I used above, it might be taken to show that purported sex addicts do not lack the capacity to control their behaviour.
They simply lack the motivation; they might be morally condemned (if they are harming their families, say) rather than given a medical excuse.
But we shouldn't place too much weight on this study. The researchers looked for a likely correlate of a difficulty controlling behaviour, but there are many others possible correlates.
All we can conclude from the study is that sex addiction is different from drug addiction, not that it isn't real. Much more evidence is needed before we conclude that there is no diminished control.
Neuroscientists know a great deal about the mechanisms involved in control, attention regulation and conflict management. Most of these mechanisms are better studied with other methods, such as functional brain imaging, than with EEG (which was used in the study).
Before we conclude that sex addicts have no impairment in their capacities, we should conduct appropriate studies using these methods.
Addiction on the mind
Still, there are reasons to be sceptical that sex addiction will turn out to be an addiction that's anything as powerful as drug addiction. Drug addiction is so intractable in part because our brains are not designed to cope with drugs' pharmacological action.
There's evidence that addictive drugs drive up a dopamine value signal artificially, every time they are ingested. This makes it impossible for the brain to assign the appropriate value to the actual rewards drugs deliver.
As an aside, gambling may also cause a dysfunction in the dopamine system by delivering rewards in an unpredictable manner that's wildly different from the reward schedule our brains evolved to predict and understand.
That's how addicts can find themselves wanting a drug much more than they really like it.
Sex isn't like that: it's powerfully rewarding but the reward is one that our brains were designed to seek. For that reason, it's unlikely that the rewards of sex would ever become pathological in the way or to the degree that drugs can.
And anyway, addictions are diseases of persons, not brains.
Some people may genuinely experience a diminished capacity with regard to control over their sexual desires, even if there's no evidence that they lack the neural capacity for control. They might lack requisite skills, for reasons to do with their learning history or psychological history.
Not all self-control problems are best understood as neural problems: well-functioning brains can drive pathological behaviour. The recent research is one more piece of evidence, but the jury remains out on whether sex addiction is real.
Source: The Conversation, story by Neil Levy
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Q: Assign enum property in xaml using silverlight I have a property of datattype enum : like
public BreakLevel Level
{
    get { return level; }
    set { level = value; }
}

And enum defined :
  public enum BreakLevel
    {
        Warning, Fatal
    }

I want bind the neum property to the visibility of my border , somewhat like this:
Visibility="{Binding BreakLevel.Fatal}"
so is it possible?
<Border CornerRadius="4" BorderThickness="1"  BorderBrush="#DAE0E5"
Visibility="{Binding DataContext.IsError, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVisibilityConverter}, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" >

A: Scott has a good answer to the actual question, however its always a good idea to ask yourself "How might I need code like this in the future? How can I avoid creating yet another class and instead re-use what I have already got?".
Here is a more general variation of Scott's solution:-
public class EnumToVisibilityConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        if (Enum.GetName(value.GetType(), value).Equals(parameter))
            return Visibility.Visible;
        else
            return Visibility.Hidden;
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        return null;
    }
}

Xaml:-
<TopLevelWindowOrControl.Resources>
    <local:EnumToVisibilityConverter x:Key="EnumToVisibilityConverter" />
</TopLevelWindowOrControl.Resources>

<Border Visibility="{Binding Path=BreakLvlProperty, Converter={StaticResource EnumToVisibilityConverter}, ConverterParameter=Fatal" />

In this approach we can converter any enum to a Visibility value by using the ConverterParameter to specify the enum value (in string form) that constitute the "Visible" state.
Its tempting to take this further to allow more than one enum value to be equated to "Visible".  However currently the code isn't much more complicated than Scott's more specific implementation.  Hence this enhancement should be left until needed.

A: I think you can just create a BreakLevelToVisibilityConverter and bind just like the example you provided.
I'm assuming that the DataContext of your border is set to an instance of a class that has a property of type 'BreakLevel' (we'll call this property 'BreakLvlProperty').
The code below will then show the border if the value of BreakLvlProperty is BreakLevel.Fatal
Converter:
public class BreakLevelToVisibilityConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        if ((BreakLevel)value == BreakLevel.Fatal)
            return Visibility.Visible;
        else
            return Visibility.Hidden;
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        return null;
    }
}

XAML:
<TopLevelWindowOrControl.Resources>
    <local:BreakLevelToVisibilityConverter x:Key="BreakLevelToVisibilityConverter" />
</TopLevelWindowOrControl.Resources>

<Border Visibility="{Binding Path=BreakLvlProperty, Converter={StaticResource BreakLevelToVisibilityConverter}" />

A: public class EnumToVisibilityConvertor : IValueConverter
{
    private bool chk;
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        if ((value != null) && (value is BreakLevel) && (targetType == typeof(Visibility)))
        {
          chk =   ((((BreakLevel) value) == (BreakLevel) Enum.Parse(typeof (BreakLevel), parameter.ToString(), true)));
          return (chk==true) ? Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;
        }

        throw new InvalidOperationException("Invalid converter usage.");
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
    {
        return null;

    }
}

      <Border CornerRadius="4" BorderThickness="1"  BorderBrush="#DAE0E5"
Visibility="{Binding Path=Level, Converter={StaticResource enumToVisibilityConvertor},ConverterParameter=Fatal}" >

A: I know it's a bit old question but all of you focused on converters and there's much better (in my opinion) way of doing it without involving code-behind:
    <ContentControl>
        <ContentControl.Template>
            <ControlTemplate>
                <Grid>
                    <!-- Here is the border which will be shown if Object.Level has value Fatal -->
                    <Border x:Name="PART_Border"
                        Visibility="Collapsed"
                        BorderThickness="3" BorderBrush="Red"
                        CornerRadius="4">
                    </Border>
                    <TextBlock>Interiors of the border</TextBlock>
                </Grid>
                <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                    <!-- This is the code which turns on border's visibility -->
                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Level}" Value="{x:Static local:BreakLevel.Fatal}">
                        <Setter TargetName="PART_Border" Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
                    </DataTrigger>
                </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </ContentControl.Template>
    </ContentControl>

I assumed that in DataContext resists an object which has a property Level which is of your BreakLevel type.


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Венеційська Албанія або «Албанія-Вене́та» () — назва володіння Венеційської республіки у південній частині Далмації, яка існувала з 1420 до 1797. Охоплювало узбережжя сучасної Чорногорії і тимчасово — північні райони сучасної Албанії. Останні до 1571 року аж по місто Бар відійшли під контроль Османської імперії.

Назва і географія
Венеція використовувала термін «Венеційська Албанія» для своїх володінь в прибережній Албанії, які простягалися від південних кордонів Республіки Рагуза до Дураццо. Назва Венеційська Албанія використовувалось для розрізнення території Албанії під владою Венеції від території Албанії під владою Османської імперії, яка приблизно відповідала території сучасної держави Албанія. Початково найважливіші території венеційських володінь в регіоні були зосереджені переважно на території сучасної північної Албанії (зокрема навколо Дураццо, Алессіо, Скутарі та Дрівасто) але до 1571 року підконтрольна Венеції територія скоротилась до невеличкого володіння вздовж Чорногорського примор'я і навколо Которської затоки. З 1420 по 1797 рік ця територія міцно перебувала в руках Серенісіми і протягом кількох століть була оплотом проти експансіоністських цілей Османської імперії.Венеційські володіння простягалися переважно не більше ніж на 20 км вглиб материка від узбережжя Адріатичного моря. Спочатку Венеційська Албанія межувала на півночі з Республікою Рагуза, але в 1699 році Рагуза, побоюючись зазіхань зі сторони Венеційської республіки, добровільно передала Османській імперії дуже вузьку смугу території, яка поєднувала османську Боснію з морем поблизу Суторини, таким чином відділивши свою територію від території Венеційської Албанії і зробивши останню повноцінним ексклавом серед османських територій. У період між захопленням Скутарі у 1479 році і захопленням Ульциня і Бара у 1571 році, усі венеційські володіння на території сучасної Албанії були втрачені.

Внаслідок османських завоювань Скутарі (Шкодер), Дрівасто (Дрішт) і Алессіо (Лежа) в 1478—1479 роках, Дураццо (Дурреса) в 1502 році, Дульчіньо (Ульцинь) і Антіварі (Бар) у 1571 році, після 1573 року південна межа Венеційської Албанії перемістилася на північ до села Куфін (що албанською означає кордон) поблизу Будви.

Відтоді територія Венеційської Албанії була зосереджена довкола Которської затоки і включала сучасні міста Котор, Рисан, Пераст, Тиват, Херцег-Нові, Будва і Сутоморе.

Історія

Створення венеційського володіння в Албанії
Венеція мала час-від-часу владу над невеликими південно-далматинськими поселеннями з X століття, але до 1420 року не мала повного контролю.

Починаючи з Дураццо (1392) і Скутарі (1396), протягом наступних 50 років венеційці заволоділи всіма прибережними містами до Которської затоки: Каттаро, Рісано, Перасто і Теодо (1420/21), Будуа (1442) , Дульчіньо, Сан-Стефано, Антиварі із Спіцою і Кастелластуа та Алессіо (1443). Іноді венеційцям належали також місця всередині країни, такі як Скадарське озеро, Дрівастум або замок Круя.

У 1393 році князь Зети Джурадж II Балшич, заради свого звільнення з османського полону визнав над собою сюзеренітет Османської імперії і передав османам свої міста Дрівастум, Светі-Срдж і Скутарі. Однак після виходу на волю, Джурадж за допомогою венеційців відвоював міста, які він здав османам лише кілька місяців тому. У 1395 році, усвідомлюючи, що він не зможе самостійно опиратись нападу Османської імперії, він передав Дрівастум, Светі-Срдж і Скутарі Венеційській республіці в обмін на сплату 1000 дукатів на рік.

Перед загрозою вторгнення Османської імперії, в 1420 році народ Которської республіки відповідно до рішення Великої міської ради () добровільно перейшов під управління та захист Венеційської республіки. В цьому ж році під Венеційське правління потрапила Будуа (Будва).

На початку XV століття підконтрольні Венеції території включали землі від сучасної прибережної Чорногорії до до Дурреса  в Північній Албанії. Венеційці швидко асимілювали місцеве населення, що розмовляло на спорідненій з італійською далматинській мові. Коли османи почали завойовувати Балкани в XV столітті у Венеційській Албанії значно зросла кількість слов'янського християнського населення, яке втікало від османів. Згідно з Оскаром Ранді в його книзі Dalmazia etnica, incontri e fusioni, до кінця XVII століття романське населення історичної Венеційської Албанії було вже в меншості.

З 1418 року володіннєм керували венеційський граф і капітан, з 1420 року ним управляла Венеційська республіка через спеціальний орган під назвою Бокче ді Каттаро, і лише в 1687 році воно стало автономною адміністративною одиницею під керівництвом генерального та ординарного суперінтенданта Далмації та Албанії, зі штаб-квартирою в Зарі.

Територіальні втрати
Вже в 1479 році, в результаті Першої османсько-венеційської війни (1463—1479), крім захоплених під час війни османами Авлони (Вльори), Дрівасто (Дрішт) і Алессіо (Лежа), Венеція вимушена була також передати османам Скутарі (Шкодер), який на момент підписання мирної угоди ще утримувався венеційсько-албанською залогою, хоча вже багато місяців знаходився в османській облозі. Таким чином Дураццо (Дуррес) став ексклавом в далекому османському тилу і в 1502 році, під час Другої османсько-венеційсської війни, також був захоплений османами.

В 1571 році, під час Четвертої османсько-венеційської війни (так званої «Кіпрської війни» (1570—1573)), османи захопили також Дульчіньо (Ульцинь) і Антіварі (Бар) і згідно мирної угоди 1573 року, південна межа Венеційської Албанії перемістилася на північ до села Куфін (що албанською означає кордон) поблизу Будви.

В 1699 році, за рішенням Карловицького конгресу після порази Османської імперії у війні зі Священною лігою, під владу Венеції перейшла більша частина прибережної Далмації. Таким чином, Республіка Рагуза опинилась оточеною з півдня і півночі венеційськими територіями — з півночі Венеційською Далмацією, а з півдня — Венеційською Албанією. Відтак, побоюючись можливої агресії зі сторони Венеції, на цьому ж конгресі Рагузька республіка добровільно віддала османам дві невеличкі ділянки землі, що з'єднували османську Боснію з морем на півночі і на півдні республіки і, відповідно, відокремлювали Венеційську Албанію і Венеційську Далмацію від території Рагузької республіки. Таким чином Венеційська Албанія з Каттаро (Котор) і Будуа (Будва) залишалась анклавом, оточеним з усіх сторін територією Османської імперії.

Після ліквідації Венеційської республіки
Після завоювання Венеційської республіки в 1797 Першою Французькою імперією, теріторіальна належність Венеційської Албанії змінилася багато разів: у 1805 році вона була приєднана до наполеонівського Королівства Італія, а потім в 1809 стала частиною французьких Іллірійських провінцій і, нарешті, в 1815 році була передана під контроль Габсбурзької Далмації в складі Австрійської імперії.

У 1878 році (на Берлінському конгресі) до цієї території були додані ще 40 км² довкола Сутоморе.

Галерея

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Держави і території, засновані 1420
засновані в Європі 1420
Новоісторична Чорногорія
Новоісторична Албанія
Венеційська республіка
Держави і території, зникли 1797


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I'd like a change of fortune, I'll tell you that. So ignoring Prisha and her friends did NOT work. Now everywhere we go, people are pointing at us and saying, "Jungle Janes" and making monkey noises.
"Ape," she said. I kid you not. SHE CORRECTED ME. Like making ape noises is so much better than monkey noises?
So I gave her an earful. I'm sure her mama will be calling mine soon, and my mama won't listen to my side of the story and I'll be having another, "time out with my thoughts".
Believe me, if I do, YOU will be hearing all about it.
Tell us: Does it really matter if the children are making "ape" noises instead of "monkey" noises? Or is just mean, regardless?