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Julian Alaphillipe sprints to glory in Tirreno-Adriatico 2019 stage two
The Frenchman held back until the final moment to take a tense stage win in Italy
Alex Ballinger March 14, 2019 3:38 pm
Julian Alaphilippe takes victory on the first road stage of the 2019 Tirreno-Adriatico (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Tirreno-Adriatico
Julian Alaphilippe waited until the perfect moment to out-sprint his rivals in a tense Tirreno-Adriatico stage two.
The Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider was invisible in the bunch until the final climb of the day, and held back as attacks threatened to tear the race to pieces in the final.
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As a reduced group reached the final 200m, Alaphilippe went head-to-head with Greg Van Avermaet and held off the better sprinter to take the stage.
Adam Yates took the overall lead of the race and sits on the same time as Mitchelton-Scott team-mate Brent Bookwalter thanks to the team's victory on the stage one team time trial. Yates finished fifth on the stage and now sits seven seconds ahead of Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) on general classification.
The first road stage of the 2019 Tirreno-Adtriatico saw the peloton tackle an undulating course over 195km from Camaiore to Pomarance.
A mid-way categorised climb in Castellina Marittima softened up the racers before the real challenges in the closing 50km.
Another climb to Serrazzano followed 148km into the race, before the peloton descended to the foot of the final test – a 12km ascent with gradients hitting 16 per cent on the road to Pomarance.
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That punchy finish has previously been won by Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) in 2017 and Zdeněk Štybar (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) the previous year.
The day's breakaway, which formed in the opening 20km, consisted of Natnael Berhane (Cofidis), Stepan Kurianov (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Sebastian Schönberger (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia), Mirco Maestri (Bardiani-CSF) and Markel Irizar (Trek-Segafredo).
A relatively sedate pace in the peloton saw the escapees build up a five minute advantage with 100km left to race, as race leader's Mitchelton-Scott headed up the chase.
That easy speed continued as the bunch slowly started to narrow down the breakaway gap, which dropped to 3-30 with 50km left on the clock.
Race leader Michael Hepburn contributed to the pace setting in the peloton, haven taken the blue jersey after Mitchelton-Scott's team time trial victory on stage one.
The action was sparse until the 20km mark, when Deceuninck – Quick-Step hit the front and started to drive the pace on a descent, causing a momentarily split in the peloton.
Jumbo-Visma closed down the gap as the peloton was strung out in a line, with the breakaway's advantage tumbled to 45 seconds.
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), who has been suffering from illness, was dropped from the peloton in the closing stages and was out of contention for a stage that may have suited his dynamic style.
The break was eventually caught with 13km to go, after a day of battling for King of the Mountain points between them.
An enticing mix of teams lined up at the front of the bunch 10km from the line, including Mitchelton-Scott for GC hope Adam Yates and CCC Team, who hoped to fire Greg Van Avermaet to stage glory.
Jumbo-Visma also make their intentions clear for their leader Primož Roglič, who is looking to take a second consecutive stage race victory.
The road ramped up to 16 per cent at the 8km mark, sparking Mitchelton-Scott into action as they drove up the pace to test their rivals.
But the bunch stayed together as the line approached, with puncheur Alaphilippe appearing at the front of the race for the first time.
Bora-Hansgrohe's Daniel Oss was the first launch an attack 5.9km from the finish, holding a slim advantage for less than a kilometre before being swept up by the driving peloton.
Tension prevailed as Astana rode up alongside Mitchelton-Scott at the head of affairs, with no rider willing to risk an attack.
A solo move from Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck – Quick-Step broke the stalemate. He was quickly caught but Jakob Fuglsang and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) immediately fired off the front, followed by Simon Clarke (EF Education First).
The attacks finally split the peloton, as a small group formed at the head of the race.
Roglič made the cut and quickly launched a counter-attack, followed only by Lutsenko and Clarke.
Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) utilised his time trial prowess to bridge across to the front, with Stybar (Deceuninck – Quick-Step also joining.
The impetus fell away with 1.4km as the remains of the peloton caught up.
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Roglič clearly had matches to burn as he drove the pace on the front, once again causing a split. This time Lutsenko and Alaphilippe stuck to his wheel.
But this attack stalled, as the main group once again regrouped.
It was all together into the final 400m, setting up a reduced bunch sprint to the line.
Alaphillippe and Van Avermaet struck out in the final 200m, but it was the Frenchman who had held enough back to sprint to glory on stage two.
Van Avermaet held on to second, followed by Clarke who was right on the wheel of the Belgian.
Tirreno-Adriatico stage two: Camaiore to Pomarance (195km)
1 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quick-Step, in 4-48-09
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
3 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First
4 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto-Soudal
5 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
6 Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
7 Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
8 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
9 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
10 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal, all at same time
General classification after stage two
1 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott, 5-10-34
2 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Mitchelton-Scott, at same time
3 Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, at 7s
4 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, at same time
5 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Sunweb, at 22s
6 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
7 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb, all at same time
8 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quick-Step, at 27s
9 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-Quick-Step, at 37s
10 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky, at same time
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A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions.
Title A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions.
Authors Vilizzi L, Copp GH, Hill JE, Adamovich B, Aislabie L, Akin D, Al-Faisal AJ, Almeida D, Azmai MNAmal, Bakiu R et al.
Journal Sci Total Environ
Date Published 2021 Sep 20
The threat posed by invasive non-native species worldwide requires a global approach to identify which introduced species are likely to pose an elevated risk of impact to native species and ecosystems. To inform policy, stakeholders and management decisions on global threats to aquatic ecosystems, 195 assessors representing 120 risk assessment areas across all six inhabited continents screened 819 non-native species from 15 groups of aquatic organisms (freshwater, brackish, marine plants and animals) using the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit. This multi-lingual decision-support tool for the risk screening of aquatic organisms provides assessors with risk scores for a species under current and future climate change conditions that, following a statistically based calibration, permits the accurate classification of species into high-, medium- and low-risk categories under current and predicted climate conditions. The 1730 screenings undertaken encompassed wide geographical areas (regions, political entities, parts thereof, water bodies, river basins, lake drainage basins, and marine regions), which permitted thresholds to be identified for almost all aquatic organismal groups screened as well as for tropical, temperate and continental climate classes, and for tropical and temperate marine ecoregions. In total, 33 species were identified as posing a 'very high risk' of being or becoming invasive, and the scores of several of these species under current climate increased under future climate conditions, primarily due to their wide thermal tolerances. The risk thresholds determined for taxonomic groups and climate zones provide a basis against which area-specific or climate-based calibrated thresholds may be interpreted. In turn, the risk rankings help decision-makers identify which species require an immediate 'rapid' management action (e.g. eradication, control) to avoid or mitigate adverse impacts, which require a full risk assessment, and which are to be restricted or banned with regard to importation and/or sale as ornamental or aquarium/fishery enhancement.
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147868
Alternate Journal Sci Total Environ

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Q: Firebase "Child_added" not returning data on initial read I've got a mobile app using React JS & Firebase Realtime DB.
App retrieves data using "child_added" feature in firebase.
When the app fires up the first thing it does read in objects from firebase and push them into a local JS array.  Then it uses listeners to push any deltas to existing local array.
ISSUE
The initial read returns no data (but it used to up to some months back). It's only when I actually add a new object does "child_added" start retrieving data. My understanding is that "child_added" on initial read will return the full object list and only return deltas thereafter?
I've also tried "value" instead of "child_added" but this returns noting at all
CODE
Const firebaseConfig = {
      apiKey: "nnnnnI",
      authDomain: "nnnnn",
      databaseURL: "https://nnnn",
      projectId: "nnnnn",
      storageBucket: "nnnnn"
}

const firebaseApp = firebase.initializeApp(firebaseConfig)
const database = firebaseApp.database().ref('items/')

database.on('child_added', snap => {
  shoppingList.push({
    id: snap.key,
    shoppingItem: snap.val().shoppingItem
  })

Any help on the above would be appreciated, thank you/.

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The first President of Russia was conferred posthumously with a highest Lithuanian state decoration for his personal contribution to strengthening Lithuania's statehood and exclusive merits in promoting interstate relations between the Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Federation.
Boris Yeltsin - a committed fighter for changes in Russia and outstanding supporter of democracy and freedom - was a staunch advocate of independence aspirations of the Baltic countries. During his presidency, in 1991 Lithuania and Russia signed the bilateral treaty on basic principles of interstate relations recognizing Lithuania as a sovereign state. Later on, a joint bilateral communiqué on the withdrawal of the Soviet armed forces from Lithuania and the bilateral treaty on the state border were signed in 1992 and 1997, respectively.
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By recent email, Engel Australia says 5 hours per month, minimum. Many keep them running 24/7/365 for decades.
Most of the entire country east of the Rockies is privately owned. I guess the crooked speculators and grifters that took most of the homestead act lands weren't that interested in burning deserts and steep mountainsides.
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The MoU is for enhancing the close and friendly relations between Nepal and India. As per the MoU Nepal Academy of Fine Arts of Nepal and the Lalit Kala Akademi of India will work hand-in-hand to further enhance mutual understanding and friendly cultural relationship between the Fine Arts academicians, creative artists, culture administrators, scholars and intellectuals of the two countries through the exchange of delegations relating to various fine arts and cultural issues, and art exhibitions and exchange program on a reciprocal basis.
According to a press release issued by Indian Embassy, in addition, NAFA and Lalit Kala Akademi will conduct art exhibitions, support translation and publish books related to fine arts of both the countries. These two organizations will organize seminars and symposia on contemporary art practices and conduct art workshops and related activities between two countries. They will carry out exchange programs for enhancing the relationship between the intellectuals, art critics, artists and other related to fine arts.
On the occasion, Ambassador of India, Ranjit Rae said, "Art is one of the crucial areas that bring India and Nepal closer. This was much awaited MoU. The Embassy of India in Kathmandu will lend all support to promote exchange of art and culture between our two countries."
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How Do We Make Public Transport Personal?
Ticketer Founder John Clarfelt and Group CCO Solveig Ellila Kristiansen, were delighted to recently discuss expanding our portfolio and upcoming plans for Ticketer Group with Passenger Transport.
Read the full feature written by Robert Jack, Managing Editor below, or visit Passenger Transport.
It was 12 years ago that Ticketer burst onto the scene, providing Electronic Ticket Machines (ETMs) and associated technology to Britain's bus operators. Relishing the role of underdog, and spurred on by its charismatic founder, John Clarfelt, the company quickly gained market share from established players who many perceived as complacent.
Today Ticketer is a major player in the UK's bus ticketing systems market. The expansion minded company continues to grow, diversifying and targeting new markets. This ambition was demonstrated by its 2019 acquisition of FARA, a Norwegian company which also has offices in Poland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. FARA (an old Norse word for travel) also offers ticketing systems – and much more besides.
FARA shares the same core philosophy as Ticketer, of making travel easier for passengers. Through electronic ticketing machines, back office software and passenger facing apps, it focuses on providing real time information for use on board, online and on mobile to increase the use of public transport.
Last month I had an online chat with John Clarfelt, who these days has a roving role with the job title of 'Ticketer Founder'. While Ticketer is no longer the underdog, he's eager to show that complacency is not creeping in. "I tell everyone 'never get complacent, because the day you get complacent is the day you're dead'", he says. "It's really easy to help the underdog. Our operators helped us grow to this stage and we will be forever thankful for that. And we owe it to them to still be the underdog, to still strive to be better, to still keep developing."
Ticketer prides itself on its record as an innovator. Clarfelt says it was a very emotional day last year when the company received the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise, Innovation. And he says that the need to keep innovating and improving its offer to customers was one of the reasons it bought FARA.
He explains: "I think we are good at what we do over here, and that comes down to having a great relationship with our operators who tell us what really is needed, and we try to deliver it for them."
"We've had that, but our view was that there were going to be connected cities and MaaS [Mobility as a Service], and all of those things. And, rather than grow into that organically like we did with Ticketer, we decided to go out there and find a really good mirror supplier who already had experience of that. That's why we went for FARA, because they've got great experience of connected cities."
He continues: "We want to expand abroad because we have got a lot of coverage in the UK. International markets have different requirements, something we feel would really benefit the UK as this is the way the sector looks to be going."
Ticketer's mission is now to "make public transport personal", and this requires the company to be ever mindful of the needs of the end user. "My greatest strength is a complete lack of knowledge of anything," Clarfelt declares. "So I just sit there thinking 'what would I want as a passenger?' And what I want as a passenger is absolute ease. I want to know where my public transport is."
He cites the example of bus loading data during the pandemic as an example of what can be achieved when people focus on the needs of passengers: "When I first joined Ticketer, I said that my dream is that you should have on a bus, 'this bus is 80% full but don't worry because there's one behind and it's four minutes away and it's got space'. Everyone laughed at me. You know what, during Covid, we developed an occupancy feed and were displaying live on the front of those buses, and on apps, 'this bus has got four seats left'."
Clarfelt hasn't stopped dreaming up ways to improve the supply of information to passengers. For example, London Hammersmith Bridge is currently closed to traffic and he'd like to see e-scooters help bus users to complete the final leg of their journey, with real-time information on their availability fed to bus passengers like himself via apps and on-vehicle displays. "That's what helps make people travel on public transport and we've got to co-ordinate at all," he says. "FARA have a huge experience of that and that will come to the UK."
FARA's portfolio is much broader than Ticketer's. It also offers ticketing solutions – but in addition to that it provides complete solutions to Real Time Information. The client base is different too. Whereas Ticketer's customers are private sector bus operators in the UK, FARA's are predominantly municipalities in the Nordic region.
Today, the combined group employs around 270 people. FARA, which employs around two-thirds of them, is based in the Norwegian city of Trondheim. Ticketer's HQ is in Hungerford, Berkshire, although its people are scattered around the country. "We actually discovered we could be more efficient distributed than wandering into an office," Clarfelt explains.
Ticketer and FARA continue to operate under separate brands. Ticketer Group is happy to let them merge steadily over time rather than force the process.
We are joined on our Teams call by Solveig Ellila Kristiansen, Ticketer Group's Chief Commercial Officer. Kristiansen blends engineering expertise and commercial experience having held senior roles at a number of international IT companies, including general manager for Dell Norway and Iceland.
Explaining the role of the bus in connected cities, she says: "The bus is like a detector. It's sending data, receiving data, communicating to the passenger, to the bus driver, to the traffic control – and that live thing is even becoming much more now with 4G and 5G. We actually have a superhighway of communication to the bus … You can think of the bus as part of a big network. The bus is going to be the centre, and I think that's going to take more cars away from the streets."
Ticketer aims to provide operators with the solutions they need to fully participate in this hyper-connected world. "Our job is to stitch public transport together for the passenger," says Clarfelt. "You put it all together and you give your operators the tools to run more efficiently."
For example, he says that Ticketer will tap into the vast amount of data it collects in order to provide new services to its customers. This could enable them to put a system in place that takes a vehicle off a high frequency route on a sunny day, when people are happier to walk, and reallocates it to a beach-bound service that is experiencing increased demand.
"If we can squeeze 3% more operating benefit out by knowledge of data and so on, that's going to add 50% to some people's margin," he says. "So it's taking this wealth of data and actually feeding it back in a way that people can use, rather than leaving it for data scientists. It's there now but you can't use it. If I'm a small operator sitting in an office I need something quick and easy that I can look at, and we've got to serve it up in that way. We're looking at very much utilising the knowledge on our hub."
Kristiansen shares this goal. FARA bills itself as an innovative partner, ready and willing to fulfil any requirements its clients have in relation to data. "All that needs to work every day for the passengers to be happy," she says. "It's quite an exciting journey to be on for us because they test us. I think we will see big changes in this industry in the coming years."
Recent innovations that have been demanded by FARA's clients include integration with e-scooters, alarms that alert students when they have arrived at their stop, and a ticketing system for autonomous buses.
Ticketer and FARA believe they can offer seamless solutions for multi-operator, multi-modal travel and MaaS. In Clarfelt's view, MaaS as a concept has been "oversold", but he believes that a multi-modal transport utopia can be achieved over time, through incremental improvements and integration.
"I never understood what MaaS was," he says. "It was this great, amorphous thinking … But we are getting there because things are starting to come together." Clarfelt believes that tapping a card on a reader as part of a multi-modal solution (Tap On / Tap Off) is one of the foundation blocks of MaaS. Kristiansen agrees, pointing out that capping fares can give users confidence by ensuring that they receive the best vale fare for the journeys they have made. "I think that's where we have to go," she says. "Really motivate people back to public transport."
Ticketer is meanwhile keen to help integrate Demand Responsive Transport with mainstream public transport. Clarfelt observes that there are different types of DRT. Some are more like a shared taxi, offering point-to-point journeys. Others require users to meet at a nearby 'stop' and feed into mainstream public transport. Clarfelt says this approach minimises the cost of providing DRT (shorter services, fewer vehicles) while boosting the viability of public transport (more passengers). But this requires a seamless ticketing and information proposition that instills faith in its users. Can they purchase a single ticket that covers both legs of their journey, and can it be done on a system that is easy to administer for the operator(s)? Can a bus be held up a minute to enable a partner DRT service to integrate with it? Ticketer, working with DRT tech firms Via and Padam Mobility, is seeking answers to these questions.
Clarfelt explains: "It's those sort of small things that aren't expensive that make a difference and get you towards what we all want, which is more people on bus."


People manage their health and care on their own, or with the support of their family and carers, the vast majority of the time. Understanding this role and developing their knowledge, skills and confidence (also called patient activation) to take it on is key, and this can have positive impact on their health and social outcomes, personal experience and use of services.
In his blog, Dr Alf Collins, national policy advisor in person-centred care, explains the important role clinicians have to play in building people's skills, knowledge and confidence, and supporting them to self-manage their conditions.
With the help of some Royal Colleges and other organisations, NHS England did a survey of over 1750 clinicians to understand their support for patient activation. The survey explores clinicians' attitudes and beliefs, their self-reported behaviours and practices, and provides insight into their perceived barriers and support needs.
The findings of this survey are now available in our report, 'How much do clinicians support patient activation?' We will continue to work with our partners to address the issues and barriers identified by clinicians to help them to work in a person-centred way.


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Investing in Infrastructure during the First 100 Days in Office - May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016— Orange County, California
Hey, it is great to be here with all of you, and I am thrilled to be in Orange County. I've got to tell you—I've got to tell you, it was a treat to be introduced by Jamie Lee Curtis. I am thrilled that she is here with us, and I really did like A Fish Called Wanda, and Freaky Friday.
But I like her enthusiasm, her energy, her heart. And I'm so pleased, too, to be here with my longtime friend, someone who is—I'm going to put this back in here. It's clearly—it's okay. It's okay. That's fine. We don't mind. We don't mind. Because you got everybody all revved up. But I want to also thank my friend, my former colleague, both in the Congress and in President Obama's cabinet, Hilda Solis. Hilda has been a Congresswoman, the Secretary of Labor, and is now LA County Supervisor. And in every job she's had, she has performed magnificently, and helped so many people. And she's a dear, dear friend of mine.
Now, we are here at the home of the UFCW Local 324. I want to thank Greg Conger and Rick Eiden and Greg … for welcoming us here, and all of the UFCW family. And thank Andrea Zinder for appearing on the free program. Thanks also to Art Brown and everybody from Buena Park who has made us so welcome.
And mostly, I want to thank all of you. One of the great things about campaigning across the country is to stand where I'm standing and look out at this audience and audiences like it, and really see America. Seeing what we are as a nation—I have this old-fashioned idea that we are stronger together. Stronger together when we make the economy work for everybody, not just those at the top. Stronger together when we knock down all the barriers that stand in the way of any American getting ahead and staying ahead.
And I love all of you too. So you know what's at stake in this election, because here you are. You understand, we have a big, big choice. As you just heard from Jamie Lee, this is a point in our history where there are not just one, but several hinges here at home and around the world. The decisions we make, who we are as a people, whether we're going to continue moving forward together or we're going to build walls instead of bridges.
We have decisions to make. And I've talked a lot in this campaign about what's at stake, and I'm going to continue talking about it, because I don't want anybody to be surprised.
When people run for office and they tell you what they want to do, you should believe them. One of my great friends, and one of our great American icons, Maya Angelo, said, when somebody shows you who they are, believe them. And that's why I've gone across the country now for more than a year, ending up here in California. Talking about what kind of country I want for all of us, not just some of us. A country where we are creating more good jobs with rising incomes. A country where we are not only growing the economy, but making it fairer by raising the minimum wage, and guaranteeing equal pay for women's work. A country where an education system works for everybody, starting with early childhood education so every single child can be better prepared to succeed.
… We have a big decision in this election. And it does have to do with the economy. It is a historic fact, our economy does better when we have a Democrat in the White House. And we don't have to go back 100 years. Let's just go back 25. When my husband was president, we had 23 million more jobs. Incomes went up for everybody, not just people at the top. That's what we want again. During those 8 years, median family income went up 17 percent. Median African American family income went up 33 percent. We were all rising together. We lifted more people out of poverty. We ended up with a balanced budget and a surplus. We were on the right track, my friends. And what happened? The Republicans got the White House back.
Now, look, they do have—they do have a point of view. I know and respect, they are consistent. Consistently wrong, but they are consistent. They believe that if you just keep cutting taxes on the wealthiest, it will all trickle down. So they did. They took a machete to the tax system and cut taxes on the wealthy. They took their eyes off the financial markets and the mortgage markets. And we know what happened. And California was especially hard hit. 9 million Americans lost their jobs. 5 million homes were lost. And we could have had a Great Depression, not just a Great Recession. Anybody who thinks back to how scary those times were knows that. And I don't think President Obama gets the credit he deserves for digging us out of the ditch the Republicans dropped us into.
So listen carefully. Because when Donald Trump talks about the economy, he is talking about trickle down on steroids. He has put forth an economic plan that is by a billionaire, for billionaires. And it is going to hurt a lot of people. He doesn't seem to actually care about making America great so much as he seems to care about making himself look great. And here's what I want you to know. Because I bet everybody in here knows somebody or knows somebody who knows somebody who lost their home. Right? And I want you to know that Donald Trump actually rooted for the housing crash that caused 5 million families their homes. I'm not making this up. We called him out on it yesterday using his own words. And you know what he said in response? He bragged about what he did. He said, and I'm quoting now, "That's the kind of thinking our country needs."
He said, profiting off of working people losing their homes would be a quote, "Good result." So a good result in Donald Trump's world is he gets his, and you get hurt. So instead of dividing Americans, we need to unite Americans. And one of the ways I'm going to do that is by promoting more infrastructure jobs, because the state of our infrastructure is a national emergency. We have bridges that are right now too dangerous to drive on, although people take a deep breath and drive across them. We have roads that are so riddled and pitted and potholed that people driving them are having to pay hundreds of dollars to repair the damage. We have airports that are stuck in the mid-20th century instead of the 21st century. We have water systems that are unsafe for children to drink the water from.
So we have to rebuild the infrastructure we have, and we have to build a stronger future together because every community in our country, every single one of them, deserves clean water, clean air, clean energy, and think of the millions of people we can put to work, including some of those laborers right down there in the front.
Every kid in our country deserves a good school with a good teacher—no matter what ZIP code that child lives in. So we're going to make investments that will put people to work, will fix the infrastructure, including a lot of our schools that are literally falling down around our students and teachers. I have visited schools, my friends, that are filled with mold, ceiling tiles falling down, water damage everywhere … in America. That's exactly right. That is wrong, and we're going to put people to work fixing our schools as well as everything else.
And I want you to compare this. See, I want to fix our schools, our bridges, our roads, our ports, our airports, our water systems. Donald Trump wants to build a wall. A great big wall, as he says. A huge wall. And he says he's going to make Mexico pay for it.
Now, the best estimates I have seen is that this wall would cost, oh, at least $25 billion. That is enough to build 16 Golden Gate Bridges or 1,500 new elementary schools. It is enough to send more than 300,000 veterans to college—or install enough renewable energy to power 5 million homes. We sure could help a lot of hardworking Americans if we took that money and invested it here and made a real difference in the lives and the jobs and the schools and the opportunities that Americans have.
So we have a real choice in this election. And, of course, you know one of the biggest choices is about immigration. I support comprehensive immigration reform as a path to citizenship. I have said in my first 100 days I will send a plan to Congress. We will still working immediately because I want us to get this issue behind us.
And, you see, I have this I guess old-fashioned idea that if we do comprehensive immigration reform, and we invest in infrastructure, the biggest infrastructure investment since Dwight Eisenhower built the interstate highway system—we are going to have more than enough jobs for everybody. That is what we want in America because I want everybody to have jobs with purpose and dignity. And I want incomes to start going up again, the way they did in the 1990s. I want people to get the raise for their hard work. I want more companies—and I've got a plan to incentivize this—I want more companies to share their profits with their workers, not just their CEOs.
I also believe that we can make investments in advanced manufacturing, and one of the best areas for that is fighting climate change. Climate change is real. It is not a Chinese hoax, like Donald Trump says. It is affecting parts of our country right now. You can look at villages in Alaska that are being battered and some people being forced to move. You can go to Miami and on sunny afternoons you can see daylight flooding because the tide is so high. You can see the results right now.
Now, this can either be something that we wring our hands over and ignore, or something we say, you know, not only is it important we do this, but we can create a lot of jobs. Some country is going to be the 21st century clean energy superpower. I think it is going to be China, Germany, or us. I intend for it to be us. I intend for it to be us.
I have a plan to install a half a billion more solar panels by the end of my first term—and enough clean renewable energy to power every home by the end of my second term. And these are jobs that can't be exported; they've got to be done right here in California and across America.
You see, I am tired of people running for president who just do nothing but criticize America. I am tired of people who are so negative about our country. Do we have problems? Well, of course we have problems. If you've been alive longer than an hour, you've got a problem. I speak from experience.
So what do Americans do? Do we either power down and moan and groan about how bad things are? Or do we make promises we can't keep and get people even more frustrated and angry? Or do we roll up our sleeves and get to work? I have no doubt that we are going to create the jobs of the future, enough jobs that people who do their part and work hard are going to be able to get ahead and stay ahead. I have no doubt that we are going to have an education system that provides the skills and the training that our young people and our not-so-young people need, because the job market is so churning people need to get new skills from time to time. Now, you could say, "Well, I don't want to get any new skills; I want to keep doing the job I did 30 years ago." We are not living in the world of 30 years ago. We have all got to pull together. We are stronger together.
So starting with early childhood education, going into elementary and secondary education, where I want to be a good partner with the teachers of America, not pointing fingers and scapegoating them. Getting more technical education available to high school students, so that they can get the skills that will make them employable in the job market. Making community college free, so that everybody—who wants to continue or come back and acquire skills can do so. I want to make college affordable.
I want to work to help you pay down your debt, so that you are not crippled by it. We can do all of this. We know how to do it.
Because we're here in a union hall, I want to say a special word about the great work unions do with apprenticeship programs. I want more businesses to work with unions to do more apprenticeship training, and I want more businesses to start their own apprenticeship training. I am willing to give them a tax credit in order to train young people to be able to do the jobs that are needed today. We have to do a better job linking up people with where jobs are available. We can do this. We can make this happen.
And then, when it comes to healthcare because, think about it, what are the three things that keep you up at night? Jobs, education costs, training skills, and healthcare. I will continue to improve the Affordable Care Act. I will work to get the costs down, premiums, co-pays, deductibles, prescription drug costs. Before there was something called Obamacare, there was something called Hillarycare. And, you know, I had to work—I had to work really hard to get this done, and we didn't. But then I turned around and created the Children's Health Insurance Program—which insures 8 million kids. So we made progress, but I was thrilled when President Obama passed and signed the Affordable Care Act.
And I meet somebody every week around the country, often as I shake hands after an event like this, who says, "Thank you for defending the Affordable Care Act. I don't know what my family would have done without it. Thank you, because I didn't have insurance. I worked, but I didn't have insurance. I finally got it, I went to the doctor, I found out I was sick, but I'm going to be okay because I got there in time."
So when somebody like Donald Trump or other Republican says, "Hey, we're going to shut down the Affordable Care Act," and don't tell you what they would substitute for it, be wary, because they want to go back to the insurance companies calling the shots, so that people with preexisting conditions, like being human—wouldn't be able to afford their health insurance. So we do have to make improvements in the Affordable Care Act, but we're going to continue our march toward universal healthcare coverage in America.
And there are two areas where we don't pay enough attention, and I'm serious about this: mental health and addiction. We have too many people who are suffering from one or both. We have too many people going to jail or prison because of one or both. We still have a stigma about mental health, don't we? If you have diabetes, you tell people. If you have depression, you worry, what will they think of you if you tell them? The more we are learning about how our bodies work and our genetic makeup, and all of that, we have to treat all health problems, whether they are above or below your neck, the same way. People deserve to get the medical care they need. And when it comes to addiction, we need much more treatment and recovery, and diversion from the criminal justice system to help people who are addicted.
So we've got work to do that will bring us together, not divide us. And that may be as important as anything to getting the work done. You see, I think there are three big tests that anybody asking for your vote should meet. Number one, can you produce positive results for somebody? And as Jamie Lee said, what is your track record doing that? Have you helped other people? Have you made a difference in their lives? Have you lifted up the concerns that people have and tried to work with them, so that they could break down the barriers that stood in their way? That's why I have been specific about what I would do because I want you to hold me accountable. I'm not going to just stand up here and give you platitudes and rhetoric. I'm going to tell you what I want to do because I need you to be part of how we do it together.
And the second big task is, when you vote in the California primary, when you vote in November, you're voting for the commander in chief as well as the President, right? And here is where I'm especially concerned about Donald Trump.
You know, just in the last few weeks, he's attacked our closest ally, Britain; he has praised the dangerous dictator of North Korea—he has advocated pulling out of NATO, our strongest military alliance; he has suggested it's okay with him if more countries get nuclear weapons. He's even gone so far as to say, well, maybe he would use nuclear weapons against ISIS, which is not even a state. He has said we should return to torture, and he wants to ban all Muslims from coming into our country—a country founded on religious freedom. I mean, and that's just the beginning.
Picking fights with everybody? Pointing fingers and scapegoating? That may be good for reality TV, but when you are the President of the United States, you don't say to heads of government—in fact, you don't even say to Senators and Members of Congress—"you're fired." They'd look at you like you were crazy. You've got to work with people. You've got to make everybody feel that they've got a stake in solving the problem.
Let me give you a quick couple of examples. All this loose talk about Muslims, it's not just heard in the United States, it's heard around the world. And I said months ago, what Donald Trump is saying is going to be used to recruit terrorists by ISIS. I knew it was already going on but that wasn't public yet, so they said, "Oh, no, no that can't be."
Well now, just recently, we have absolute evidence—oh, yes it is. They're taking his words out of his mouth, denigrating Muslims, and putting them into propaganda videos. Why are we making the world more dangerous for Americans? For our friends and our allies and partners around the world?
When I was secretary of state, I was in Cambodia in November 2012. And I got a phone call from the Israeli government saying Hamas, the terrorist group that's next door in Gaza, is shooting missiles again into Israel, and we've tried to talk to people to get them to stop but if they don't stop, we're going to have to invade to stop them. I said, "Wait a minute, I'll be right there."
That's the kind of thing you can say when you're secretary of state, right? You get on a plane, and you fly all night, and you end up in Tel Aviv, and then you get in an armored car, and you drive to Jerusalem. And then I began dealing with the Israeli security cabinet.
And they were saying, the Middle East has changed so much because of the so-called Arab Spring; we don't know who to talk to. We keep trying to reach out to have somebody say, you've got to stop this, and the most likely person to be able to do that is the then-President of Egypt, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood; a man by the name of Morsi. I said, "Okay, well let's talk through what we want, what is the best outcome, and I will fly to Cairo and negotiate with President Morsi."
And we did and I did.
And I want you to think about, here's a guy who's the president of Egypt—not just a Muslim, but a member of the Muslim Brotherhood—and I'm trying to negotiate a cease fire to prevent another war. My life would have been miserable, and I'm not sure we would have gotten it done, if we'd had the kind of language, the rhetoric, being used about Muslims coming from somebody running for President of the United States—or heaven forbid, being President of the United States.
So these words have consequences. You know? The reality show doesn't end and the new show come on. People remember. They listen. And the decisions that get to the situation room in the White House are the hardest decisions. If they weren't hard, somebody would have decided them as they came up the ladder. Hilda was in the cabinet, she knows that; she made a lot of tough calls on behalf of labor rules and regulations. And she could make most of them but if they were particularly contentious, she had to go to the White House and they had to have a meeting about it. Well, the same with foreign policy and national security.
So I was one of the small group of people asked to advise the President about whether the intelligence we had was strong enough about where maybe Bin Laden was to take action. And I had a particular personal interest in this because I was a senator from New York on 9/11. And I went—I was at Ground Zero 24 hours after we were attacked. I saw what as the closest I hope I ever come to seeing hell. I just can't even tell you. Even think about it now just upsets me. Standing on the street where there was a black cloud of dust, and toxins, and a horrible wall, and through the wall were breaking fire fighters dragging their axes after having been on the pile 24 hours trying to find somebody alive. Iron workers and other construction trade workers, labor workers, and the like dropped what they were doing and rushed to be helpful—rushing toward danger. So I took the hunt for Bin Laden personally on behalf of the 3,000 people, many of them my constituent's families.
So when we began to evaluate that evidence, it was—there's no flashing light which says, "He's here, he's here, go get him."
You look at it, you evaluate it, you get more information, you ask skeptical people to take a look at it, you talk to the Military about what the options are. And then at the end, the President asked every one of us in that room what we thought he should do. And people who I deeply respect, we disagreed. Some people said, "You know what, the intelligence is not strong enough, we can't take the risk." Others said, "Well, it's strong but probably not strong enough, but I think we could launch a missile and take out the compound."
And then others, including myself, said we would never know if we got Bin Laden, we have to send in a SEAL team.
And at the end of that conversation, this is my point, even the President's advisors—secretary of state, secretary of defense, head of the CIA, head of the Joint Chiefs of the military—the president has to make the decision. And President Obama, who is a thoughtful, deliberative decision maker—you can agree or disagree—but he studies it, he thinks about it, and he tries to make a logical, responsible decision. And he said he was going to retire, and he was going to review it all, and make his decision. Now, he made the decision to send in the SEAL team and we did bring Bin Laden to justice.
It all comes down to who the president is. It all comes down to how thoughtful, careful, experienced the president is. And this will be a big part of the election this year because we live in a dangerous world. We have a lot of people who are out there making it their business to disrupt the world, to disrupt Europe, the Middle East, America, to cause problems like that dictator in North Korea. We need a steady, strong hand in order to make the best decisions.
And the final test is will the President unify us or further divide us? I see a lot of evidence that Donald Trump is a divider, not a uniter. I don't know whether it makes him feel good to insult people; I don't understand the motivation. He's insulted immigrants, he makes a habit of insulting women. Last night he insulted the Republican Governor Martinez of New Mexico, gratuitously. I don't know, he seems to have something about women. I don't know.
I do love—one of my favorite Trump comments in the last couple of weeks is, he does have foreign policy experience dealing with Russia because he staged the Miss Universe Pageant in Moscow. That was a particular favorite.
Regardless of why he says what he says, insulting John McCain's war heroism, insulting a person with disabilities, obviously denigrating Muslims, whatever reason he does it, it is setting Americans against Americans. It is a recipe for more divisiveness at a time where we must be united, and where I believe Americans want us to get things done that will actually help them and help our country, strengthen our economy, create better opportunities. And remember I said, when somebody tells you what they do believe in? Think of what he has said about our rights.
So here's where I stand. I will defend a woman's right to make their own … decisions. I will defend Planned Parenthood against these …. I will defend marriage equality and end discrimination against the LGBT community. I will defend voters' rights, which are under attack from North Carolina to Texas, and I will appoint Supreme Court Justices who will overturn …. I will protect the right to organize and bargain collectively, and be a member of a union. And I will take on the gun lobby to get common sense gun safety reform….
But I can't do any of this without your help. You know that this primary in California on June 7th is really important because California is always about the future. California is where the future starts in America. So I need you, if you can, vote my mail—some of you already have. Be sure to vote on June 7th, bring your friends, bring your colleagues, your family members. Because I promise you this, if you go and vote for me in this primary, I will stand up and fight for you and fight for the country we love, and fight for the future we deserve. Let's go out and win the future. Thank you.


The normal school timetable is complemented by a variety of extra curricular activities designed to discover or further develop children's individual interests. There are numerous clubs which provide the pupils with opportunities to explore new interests and abilities.
Outings to the theatre are organised and also to places of educational or sporting interest.
The School Choir and Recorder Group provide musical accompaniment and entertainment for different occasions such as our Christmas Carol Service and Leavers' Service, both of which are held each year at St Alphege Church. Children are also offered the opportunity of learning to play various musical instruments with peripatetic teachers. These include piano, drums, violin, guitar, flute and clarinet. All children partake in ensemble playing during music lessons.
Pupils from Nursery to Year 6 participate in staging various school concerts where children and staff work together as a team to produce entertainment which is always a sell-out.
Children are encouraged to take part in extra curricular games and activities. Matches are organised against teams from local school and the School participates in the annual Independent Schools Association Athletics Meeting held at the Alexander Stadium, the Art Competition, Swimming Gala, Football, Netball and Cricket Tournaments. Inter-House matches are organised with the aim of developing children's skills in competition, fair play and co-operation.
A residential week is offered during the Summer Term to children in Year 6. This exciting and challenging week of outdoor activities is aimed at building the children's self-confidence and helps them to achieve a fulfilling level of independence.


My squahhh and I decided to go on our very first trip for this year (2018) to the beautiful state of Arizona and Nevada. We came there specifically to snowboard in Mt. Humpreys, Arizona Snowball. That was probably one of the most coolest thing I've ever done in my life so far!
Overall, it was an amazing trip w/ the homies and my best friend's family.
Don't ever forget to keep enjoyin' this journey that we call life.


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Garab-e Olya (, also Romanized as Garāb-e 'Olyā; also known as Garāb-e Bālā) is a village in Ludab Rural District, Ludab District, Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 38, in 8 families.

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Populated places in Boyer-Ahmad County

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This German Shepherd nicknamed Rellik sold and went to a new family.
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It continues to be developing and growing environment at Rough Edges. Stock is being generously donated at the same rate we are able to sell it, volunteer numbers are steadily increasing. We are taking our first volunteers from one of the hostels we have a close association with at Zac's Place, so it's great to see different aspects of our efforts crossing over. Along with volunteer support from older retired folk, it is creating a great environment – thanks for your support and interest.
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Meet the women making waves in AI ethics, research, and entrepreneurship
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Women in the AI field are making research breakthroughs, launching exciting companies, spearheading vital ethical discussions, and inspiring the next generation of AI professionals. And that's why we created the VentureBeat Women in AI Awards — to emphasize the importance of their voices, work, and experiences, and to shine a light on some of these leaders.
We first announced the six winners at Transform 2021 in July, and ever since, we've been catching up with each of them for deeper discussions around their work and emerging challenges in the field. Our conversations have touched on everything from regulation and dealing with messy real world data to how to approach AI more responsibly. The winners — who span the globe — also talked us through successful efforts and initiatives they've launched, from groups focused on increasing diversity in the field to a machine learning bootcamp upskilling workers.
Now, we're bringing all these discussions to one place. Enjoy the summaries below, and click through to read the full conversations.
Think of an AI technology, and Dr. Nuria Oliver was likely working on it decades ago when it still felt like science fiction.
Her research and inventions have ignited advancements across the industry and now drive many of the products and services we use every day. But while Oliver, the winner of our AI Research Award, has published more than 150 scientific papers and earned 41 patents, she doesn't believe in technological advancement for the sake of it. Above all, she is today focused on responsible AI and "developing technology that's on our side, that really has our interests and our well-being as the main objective function."
Read the full interview with Oliver, a true AI research pioneer, where she details her impact on the technologies we use today, the need for responsible AI, and how she thinks we should redefine "progress."
Briana Brownell didn't enter this field to earn accolades. She set out to create an AI that would do her job for her — or at least that's the joke she likes to tell.
Really, Brownell, winner of VentureBeat's Women in AI entrepreneur award, set out to build a company that would combine her data analytics background with AI. In 2015, she launched Pure Strategy, which uses an Automated Neural Intelligence Engine (ANIE) to help companies understand unstructured data. She and her team invented algorithms from scratch to make it happen, and the system has been used by doctors to communicate with patients and with each other across cultural knowledge, for example. She also moonlights as a science communicator, inspiring not just young children — especially girls — but everyone around her.
Read the full interview with Brownell, where we discuss how to work with messy real-world data, the importance of science communication, and how AI research and entrepreneurship can best come together.
DataRobot says it builds 2.5 million AI models a day, and Haniyeh Mahmoudian is personally invested in making sure they're all as ethically and responsibly built as possible.
Mahmoudian, a winner of VentureBeat's Women in AI responsibility and ethics award, literally wrote the code for it. An astrophysicist turned data science researcher turned DataRobot's first "global AI ethicist," she has raised awareness about the need for responsible AI in the broader community. In this past year of crisis, Mahmoudian's work found an even more relevant avenue. The U.S. government tapped her research into risk level modeling to improve its COVID-19 forecasting, and Moderna used it for vaccine trials. Eric Hargan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' deputy secretary at the time, said, "Dr. Mahmoudian's work was instrumental in assuring that the simulation was unbiased and fair in its predictions." He added that the impact statement her team created for the simulation "broke new ground in AI public policy" and is being considered as a model for legislation.
Read the full interview with Mahmoudian, where we dive into her impact, as well as AI regulation, "ethics" as a buzzword, and her advice for deploying responsible AI.
When you hear about AI ethics, it's mostly about bias. But Noelle Silver has dedicated herself to an often overlooked part of the responsible AI equation: AI literacy.
After presenting to one too many boardrooms that could only see the good in AI, Silver, also a winner of VentureBeat's Women in AI responsibility and ethics award, started to see this lack of knowledge and ability to ask the important questions as a danger. Now, she's a consistent champion for public understanding of AI, and spends her days educating everyone from C-suites to teenagers about how to approach AI more thoughtfully. She's also established several initiatives supporting women and underrepresented communities.
Read the full interview with Silver, where we chat about the inspiration for her work, the misconceptions about responsible AI, and how enterprises can make sure AI ethics is more than a box to check.
Arezou Soltani Panah has made significant strides using machine learning to tackle complex social problems, clearing up any ideas that AI is only about tech.
From loneliness to family violence and social stigma, Soltani Panah, winner of VentureBeat's Women in AI rising star award, is showing that the marriage between AI and social science has already been established and is evolving. She's even created novel machine learning techniques for this work specifically. An immigrant to Australia from Iran, Soltani Panah's work focuses on social inequality and disempowerment. And it's cross-discipline in every way, often requiring collaboration with government policy advisors and subject matter experts like social scientists.
Read the full interview with Soltani Panah, where we discuss how social science and AI come together, her favorite projects, and future hope for the field of AI.
No one got more nominations for a VentureBeat AI award this year than Katia Walsh, a reflection of her career-long effort to mentor women in AI and data science across the globe.
For example, Inna Saboshchuk, a current colleague of Walsh's at Levi Strauss & Co, said, "A single conversation with her will show you how much she cares for the people around her, especially young professionals within AI." In particular, these nominators highlighted the efforts of Walsh, winner of VentureBeat's AI mentorship award, to upskill team members. Most recently, she launched a machine learning bootcamp that allowed people with no prior experience to not only learn the skills, but apply them every day in their current roles.
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The Andong Dam is an embankment dam on the Nakdong River,  east of Andong in Gyeongsangbuk-do province, South Korea.

The purpose of the dam is flood control, water supply and hydroelectric power generation. Construction of the dam began in 1971 and was complete in 1976. The  tall rock-fill, central clay core dam withholds a reservoir of  and provides water to an 90 MW pumped-storage power station. The lower reservoir (afterbay) for the power station is created by a  high and  long weir. The power plant is operated by the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) organisation.

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List of power stations in South Korea

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home Biography Caitlin Morrison
Caitlin Morrison
Facts of Caitlin Morrison
Full Name Caitlin Morrison
First Name Caitlin
Last Name Morrison
Profession Celebrity half-sister
Father Name Keith Morrison
Father Profession journalist, author and actor
Mother Name Suzanne Perry
Mother Profession writer, political fundraiser, consultant, and former press secretary
Sibilings Willy Morrison, Emily Morrison, Madeleine Morrison, Matthew Perry, Mia Perry
Caitlin Morrison is the half-sibling of Matthew Perry. She was born to mom Suzanne Perry and dad Keith Morrison.
She was raised along with numerous siblings. Matthew's real name is Matthew Langford Perry, who professionally serves as an actor, executive producer, and comedian. Originally, he belongs to Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States.
Who are Caitlin's parents?
As mentioned above, we have known her parents' names. Going through their description, her mom Suzanne professionally serves as a writer, political fundraiser, consultant, and former press secretary to none other than then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
On the other hand, her dad Keith serves in numerous fields. He is a journalist, an author, and an actor. Moreover, he also recently joined podcast.
Caitlin is surrounded by many siblings
Caitlin isn't a single child but is blessed with many siblings. Her brothers and sisters' names are Willy Morrison, Emily Morrison, and Madeleine Morrison.
Caitlin is the eldest, followed by Emily, Willy, and then Madeleine being the youngest.
From her dad's side, she has a half-brother named Mia and Matthew from her mom's side. Her dad adopted Matthew while he tied the knot with Suzanne.
At that time, Matthew was just 12 years of age. Caitlin has five siblings in total.
Matthew split up from his fiancée Molly Hurwitz before the wedding?
Caitlin Morrison brother Matthew Perry and ex-fiancé Molly. Source: Pinterest
Beginning from the top, Matthew and girlfriend Molly Hurwitz got officially engaged in 2020.
Sadly, the pair decided to separate their ways recently. Matthew announced to have called off his engagement.
Later on, Matthew said that sometimes things don't go as planned, and his relationship was one of them. Furthermore, he wished Molly the best in the coming future.
Many of you might not know, but they started dating in 2018.
From his past dating history, has anyone become his wife?
Everyone knows the role Matthew has played as a Chandler Bing. In reel life, Chandler married his best friend, after struggling to find dates.
But in real, Matthew has been into lots of relationships with actresses and models but didn't find his better half.
The names of the ladies he dated were Julia Roberts, Yasmine Bleeth, Neve Campbell, Maeve Quinlan, Lauren Graham, Rachel Dunn, Lizzy Caplan, and others. But neither of them became his wife.
Caitlin Morrison brother Matthew Perry with his ex-girlfriend. Source: Pinterest
Throwback to Matthew's earlier life
Going back to his earlier life, he was born to dad John Bennett Perry and mom Suzanne. His dad served as an actor, but sadly his parents separated while Matthew was young.
Nevertheless, he went with his mom to live in Ottawa, Canada. While growing, young Matthew had two passions grown inside him, i.e., acting and playing tennis.
He moved out to his dad's place in Los Angeles in his teenage years. Moreover, he got an opportunity to be a part of his first movie while attending high school.
It was a supporting role opposite River Phoenix.
Since Caitlin's financial details aren't given, we will rely on her half-brother Matthew's net worth details.
As we know, he came into the limelight after his appearance on the series "Friends". Nevertheless, he did become part of numerous films.
Matthew's income is estimated to be $120 million as of 2021. No doubt, he has earned huge respect for his character.
Income source Actor, screenwriter, TV producer, and a comedian
Her half-sibling Matthew Perry born on August 19, 1969, is 52 years old.
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Q: Finding the minimum of a function of two variables
Find the smallest value of $\displaystyle \sqrt{49+a^2-7{\sqrt{2}}\ a}+\sqrt{a^2+b^2-{\sqrt{2}}\ ab}+\sqrt{50+b^2-10b}\quad \quad$ for $a,b$ real and positive.

What I've done so far:
Let $F(a,b)=\displaystyle \sqrt{49+a^2-7{\sqrt{2}}\ a}+\sqrt{a^2+b^2-{\sqrt{2}}\ ab}+\sqrt{50+b^2-10b}$
Then
$$\begin{align}
\displaystyle F_a=\frac{2a-7{\sqrt{2}}\ a}{2\sqrt{49+a^2-7{\sqrt{2}}\ a}}+\frac{2a-\sqrt{2}\ b}{2\sqrt{a^2+b^2-{\sqrt{2}}\ ab}}=0\\
\displaystyle F_b=\frac{2b-{\sqrt{2}}\ a}{2\sqrt{a^2+b^2-{\sqrt{2}}\ ab}}+\frac{2b-10}{2\sqrt{50+b^2-10b}}=0
\end{align}$$
I then tried to simplify the two equations as follows:
$$\begin{align}
\left({2a-7{\sqrt{2}}\ a}\right)\left(\sqrt{a^2+b^2-{\sqrt{2}}\ ab}\right)+\left({2a-\sqrt{2}\ b}\right)\left(\sqrt{49+a^2-7{\sqrt{2}}\ a}\right)=0\\
\left({2b-{\sqrt{2}}\ a}\right)\left(\sqrt{50+b^2-10b}\right)+\left(2b-10\right)\left(\sqrt{a^2+b^2-{\sqrt{2}}\ ab}\right)=0\\
\end{align}$$
But then I'm stuck.
Do I need to include a constraint?(i.e $a$ and $b$ are positive and real); if so what will the constraint equation be?
Is there an altogether different way to do this other than using Lagrange??

A: Hint: Consider vectors $X, A, B, Y$ where $|X| = 7$, $|A| = a$, $|B| = b$, $|Y| = \sqrt{50}$ and $\angle XOA = 45^\circ$, $\angle AOB = 45^\circ$, $\angle BOY = 45^\circ $.
How does your expression relate to these vectors? Think of distances. Apply Cosine rule.
Hence, the minimum is $ \sqrt{7^2 + (\sqrt{50})^2 - 2 \times 7 \times \sqrt{50} \times \cos 135^\circ} = \sqrt{49 + 50 + 70} = 13 $.

A: Comment to the earlier hint: Consider a triangle XOY where $|OX|=7$ and $|OY|=\sqrt{50}$. Then that expression is equal to $|XY|$. The minimum for $|XY|$ is achieved when $∠XOY=135^∘$.
Then the law of cosine give you the  minimum for $|XY|$ namely the minimum value for the original expression.


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Mr. Robinson has more than 35 years experience as a practicing attorney in Orange County and Los Angeles County, California. He focuses on business and real estate litigation, as well as advising clients in corporate and commercial matters.
He has handled an extensive spectrum of commercial litigation, including disputed commercial contracts, uniform commercial code claims, corporate co-ownership disputes, construction, securities, commercial lease disputes, and other matters. From a transactional perspective, Mr. Robinson has advised clients on business sales and acquisitions, commercial and real estate finance, real estate sales, and other matters.
Prior to founding the Firm, Mr. Robinson received excellent legal training at Smith & Hilbig, of Torrance, California from 1984-1987, including business deals, trial and appellate work. That firm's founding partner, Milan D. Smith, Jr. was appointed as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Robinson relocated to Orange County in 1987 and joined the midsize firm of Drummy, Garrett, King & Harrison. From 1987 to 1994, he worked on commercial transactions, primarily real estate and finance-related. He left to found Groh, Carroll, Stern & Robinson in Irvine in 1994, where he continued his transactional practice and also handled litigation matters. Mr. Robinson left that firm to bring his business law expertise to the Firm as a founding partner in 1997.
Mr. Robinson is a past Chair of the Business and Corporate Section of the Orange County Bar Association. He has served as an instructor/panelist for the California Continuing Education of the Bar ("CEB"). He has successfully qualified and testified as an expert witness in the California Superior Court.
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Manolo Blahnik International Limited was established in 1970 when the first boutique was acquired in Chelsea, London. Now a globally recognised brand, its headquarters remain in London with offices and partners around the world.
A privately owned and family run company, Manolo Blahnik still heads the brand as Creative Director and Chairman. He worked with his sister Evangelina Blahnik as Managing Director from 1981 until his niece Kristina Hulsebus Blahnik took over as CEO in 2013. Kristina is currently working on expanding and optimising the business worldwide and manages all aspects of the family venture.
Currently the brand holds more than 300 points of sale including 20 flagship stores across the globe in New York City, Hong Kong, Madrid and Geneva to name a few. The company has also undergone a transformation in Asia in partnership with the Bluebell Group to expand in Japan, Malaysia and most recently a brand-new flagship store in the heart of Singapore.
In July 2018 Manolo Blahnik launched his first dedicated men's boutique in London which sits adjacent to the women's store in Burlington Arcade.
With four women's collections a year as well as bags and a men's collection, Manolo still sketches every shoe himself and works with his niece to bring the collection to fruition. He retains a close relationship with the artisans in the factories and travels to Italy each season to personally work on the lasts and heels, choosing materials and accessories and overseeing the development of each prototype. In addition to more than 150 seasonal pieces created across the pre and main collections, are the permanent classics and enduring favourites including the iconic Hangisi, BB and Chaos.
The brand is known for its original, creative flair as well as timeless classic styles which sees loyal customers, from film stars to leading editors, to women who simply trust his perfectionism, come back again and again.


cTAKES 3.0 User Install Guide - Apache cTAKES - Apache Software Foundation for your Wiki!
These instructions are for end users. With these instructions you can install Apache cTAKES, configure it, and use it to process text (typically text associated with a medical record). If you were planning to expand, change, or modify the code within cTAKES, refer to the cTAKES 3.0 Developer Install Guide.
4. Download cTAKES 3.0 Dictionaries and models. These resources are required to operate cTAKES.
Due to licensing considerations and easy of installability, one download from an external location was established with all the resources you will need. Licensing for these resources is found within the download.
Go to cTAKES resources and download the ZIP file with a matching version from the ctakesresources project.
Unzip the files into a temporary location such as C:\temp.
Obtain the URL of the version matching ZIP file from cTAKES resources, get the file, and unzip to a temporary location.
2. Edit the following files. Add the ctakes.umlsuser and ctakes.umlspw parameters to the java command found in the file.adding in your UMLS. Make sure you substitute your actual ID and password if you cut and paste the example.
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cTAKES 3.0 binary distributions did not include test data. Loading the CPE descriptors into the CPE tool will require resetting the input and output directories. Test files could be obtained from the cTAKES 2.5 release binary distribution. Look for a testdata directory in cTAKES_HOME.
The cTAKES 3.0 Component Use Guide will help you to understand, in great detail, each of the cTAKES components that have been installed. In some cases you can learn how to improve the components.
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This episode of Need to Know explores the coalition government's policy on the National Curriculum, and what this means for secondary schools who have been promised greater freedoms from the current National Curriculum and a new flexibility in their choice of exams.The government has announced a commitment to slimming down the curriculum, but it is unclear how they propose to do so. Chris Husbands from the Institute of Education's Department of Learning, Curriculum and Communication explains the ways that this could be achieved.Freedom from the curriculum could also mean a greater choice in the qualifications that schools offer, such as the IGCSE which is not currently offered by state schools as it was not been approved for funding by the DCSF, despite having been approved by Ofqual. Mike visits Parkside Community School in Cambridge who previously offered their students the IGCSE and are planning to re-introduce the qualification under the new proposals.
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