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In Georgia, Democrats to Decide First Female Nominee for Governor
May 22, 2018 May 23, 2018 KAYLA GOGGIN
Elections, gender, Georgia
ATLANTA (CN) — As Georgians headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in statewide primary races for a number of state offices and Congress, all eyes are on the race for governor, where Democrats will decided whether Stacey Abrams or Stacey Evans is the state's first female nominee for governor.
If Abrams prevails and goes on to win the November election, she would become the first black female governor in any state capital and a standard-bearer for the so-called "blue wave" inspired by disapproval of President Donald Trump.
In all, five Republicans and two Democrats are competing to succeed Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, who cannot run for reelection due to term limits.
Abrams, a former Georgia House minority leader Evans, an attorney and former state Representative, are competing for the change to bring home the first gubernatorial win for Democrats since Roy Barnes was elected Georgia governor in 1998.
Abrams, who has received national attention thanks to endorsements from high-profile politicians including Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, and California Sen. Kamala Harris, hopes to edge out Evans with a strategy focused on winning over left-leaning minority voters.
Evans has adopted a more conventional Democratic strategy focusing on appealing to independent voters and moderates.
According to Alan Abramowitz, a professor of political science at Emory University, Abrams' gamble may pay off.
"The Democratic primary electorate is going to be probably 60% or more African-American. That would give a significant advantage, I would think, to Stacey Abrams in the primary," Abramowitz explained. "Evans would have to win over a pretty large share of African-American votes. She'd have to make significant in-roads there… We've seen white candidates win Democratic primaries in Georgia, but whether she can do it against an African-American candidate is the question."
But Abrams and Evans are up against a formidable field of Republican challengers. Voters will choose between five Republican men: incumbent Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, former state Senator Hunter Hill, incumbent Secretary of State Brian Kemp, ex-Navy SEAL Clay Tippins, and former state Senator Michael Williams.
Republicans currently control every statewide office in Georgia and maintain a majority in the Georgia legislature.
"In terms of bench strength, Republicans currently have the advantage," Abramowitz said. "But I think Georgia is not as much of a Republican stronghold as it used to be. Trump only carried Georgia by 5 percentage points."
With three statewide election victories, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle is undoubtedly the man to beat.
Cagle, who made headlines in Feb. 2018 for threatening to kill tax benefits for Delta Air Lines after the airline ended its affiliation with the National Rifle Association, has received the endorsement of the NRA and promised to expand gun rights if elected. He has also vowed to a sign a "religious liberty" bill and promised to "sign the toughest abortion laws in the country." He maintains a significant lead in the polls.
Cagle's closest polling competitor, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, has made similar promises in his campaign to win over rural conservative voters. Kemp has adopted a "Georgia First" mantra to echo President Trump's rallying cry and pledged to crack down on illegal immigration.
It's likely that voters will be split between Kemp and Cagle and that neither candidate will receive 50 percent of the vote. Experts say that a July 24 runoff between the candidates is imminent.
Despite the efforts of Georgia Democrats energized by Sen. Doug Jones' Dec. 2017 win in Alabama and Jon Ossoff's June 2017 near-win in Georgia's 6th congressional district, Republican turnout during early voting, which began on April 30, surpassed Democratic turnout.
During the 2014 and 2016 election cycles, Republican ballots made up 61 percent of early and absentee primary votes. Democratic ballots made up only 37 percent.
Data released by Kemp's office showed that the share of Republican ballots during early voting this year shrunk to 53 percent while Democratic ballots grew to 46 percent.
The total number of early voting ballots cast was down from roughly 329,000 in 2016 to 320,000 this year.
It was Cobb County women who made up a majority of the primary voters going in and out of the Cochise Riverview Clubhouse on a hot Tuesday afternoon to cast their ballots.
Democrat Shymere Whatley said she voted for Stacey Evans for governor over Stacey Abrams and emphasized the importance of participating in primary elections.
"I think honestly it gives the community an actual opportunity to exercise what it is they feel like will bring the best type of demographics to the community, mass transit to the community as well as being able to vocalize what it is that you want to see done for the betterment of the community," Whatley said.
Wrenda Crain and her husband Ken voted for Hunter Hill in the Republican primary.
"We feel like he's served in the military and he's been a Green Beret and he stands for Christian ethics," Crain said.
Raquel Campbell, a Democrat, said she wasn't sure who she was going to vote for upon entering the precinct.
"I'm not political, I'm just doing my part," Campbell said.
A woman who asked not to be identified said she voted for "Democrats and only women."
According to the Cobb County elections office, just under 13,000 county residents voted early as of May 18, and 1,7000 voted by mail.
Young Democrats turned out in Chatham County in force.
"It's a pivotal moment in the state of Georgia in terms of elections and leadership. There's a lot on this ballot," says Katie Willoughby, 31, whose background is in public administration.
Willoughby is from Savannah but lived in Washington for several years. She's a Stacey Abrams advocate for governor since Stacey Evans "went negative towards the end," she said.
"We used to be really red [in Georgia] and now there's a direction towards blue for a number of reasons: there are lots of people moving into Georgia because of industry change, also there's more local engagement in rural areas. We need to change gerrymandering because that's a big issue here," she said.
"There's a lot of actual competition in the primaries now. But I feel like there's not enough engagement in the primaries [with voters]."
Lauren Middleton, a 31-year-old doctor, said she doesn't think Trump is going to be impeached.
"For the same reason that we're commenting that not many people are here [at the polls], there's not enough of an active movement to make it through," Middleton said. "This is the first primary I've ever voted in, I'm embarrassed to say. We're closer to a black woman being governor than Trump being impeached."
Travis Easterlin, 34-year-old boat captain, believes Trump will be impeached. He said he was a Republican but became a Democrat after learning more about the party from his fiancée and her family.
"Nationally, I believe it's [the Democratic party] a little more fair for the people," he said. "I never really followed politics because of the drama, but then my fiancée got me into it."
Easterlin is originally from South Carolina and moved to Savannah.
NBC News freelancer Doug Suttle, 39, says it's his duty to vote in the primaries and he's grateful to have the opportunity to vote. He said he has voted in the primaries since 2008.
"We need to utilize this right. It's more important now than ever. I've had issues in the past about voting and felt like it didn't matter. At primaries there's not a high turnout but it's important to vote and show we care," Suttle said.
"Things have changed with this administration. Things are so crazy right now that Pence doesn't make me nervous at all. Where we are now makes me nervous. They're not doing enough for the American people. If someone is accountable for illegal actions, we need to hold them to that, just like with Bill Clinton."
Alexander Brown, 32, is an arborist originally from North Carolina who just moved from California to Georgia.
"This is my first time voting in Georgia. In California, it's so easy because there's just a ton of information sent to you and there's such a giant conversation. I don't think any of my co-workers voted today. They asked me if today was election day."
One of Brown's primary concerns in the state's mass transit system.
"How money flows around and how people are able to move around is very important – this is why there's a giant economic disparity in Georgia. Money and people need to be able to move around."
Brown said he also wants political leaders who support the LGBT community.
Aimee Sachs in Cobb County and Eva Fedderly in Chatham County contributed to this report.
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By: Zeus Kerravala | September 05, 2019
eWEEK PRODUCT-ANALYSIS RESOURCE PAGE: NVIDIA vComputeServer makes GPU accelerated workloads as easy to manage as CPU VMs.
Last week virtualization giant VMware held its VMWorld 2019 user conference in San Francisco. The 23,000 or so attendees were treated to notable innovation the virtualization from the host company as well as its many partners. One of the more interesting announcements that I believe flew under the radar was the joint NVIDIA–VMware initiative to bring virtual graphics processing unit technology (vGPU) to VMware's vSphere and the VMware cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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Virtual GPUs have been in use for some time but weren't available to run on virtual servers. Now businesses can run workloads, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, using GPUs on VMware's vSphere.
IT needs to step up and own GPU-accelerated servers
Historically, workloads that required GPUs had to run on bare metal servers. This meant each data science team in an organization had to buy its own hardware and incur that cost. Also, because these servers were only used for those GPU-accelerated workloads, they were often procured, deployed and managed outside of IT's control. Now that AI, machine learning and GPUs are going somewhat mainstream, it's time for IT to step up and take ownership. The challenge is that IT doesn't want to take on the task of running dozens or hundreds of bare metal servers.
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GPU sharing is the top use case vGPUs
The most obvious use case for vComputeServer is GPU sharing, where multiple virtual machines can share a GPU--similar to what server virtualization did for CPUs. This should enable businesses to accelerate their data science, AI and ML initiatives because GPU-enabled virtual servers can spin up, spin down or migrate like all other workloads. This will drive usage up, increase agility and help companies save money.
This innovation should also lead to companies being able to run GPU-accelerated workloads in hybrid cloud environments. The virtualization capabilities combined with VMware's vSAN, VeloCloud SD-WAN and NSX network virtualization create a solid foundation for a migration to running virutual GPUs in a true hybrid cloud.
Customers can continue to leverage vCenter
It's important to understand that vComputeServer works with other VMware software such as vMotion, VMware Cloud and vCenter. The extended VMware support is important because this lets enterprises take GPU workloads into highly containerized environments. Also, VMware's vCenter has become the de facto standard for data center management. At one time I thought Microsoft might challenge here, but VMware has won this war. Thus it makes sense for NVIDIA to enable its customers to manage the vGPUs through vCenter.
NVIDIA vComputeServer also enables GPU aggregation
GPU sharing should be game changing for most businesses interested in AI / ML, which should be almost every company today. But vCompute Server also supports GPU aggregation, which enables a VM to access more than one GPU, which is often a requirement for compute intensive workloads. vComputeServer supports multi-vGPU and peer-to-peer computing. The difference between the two is that with multi-vGPU, the GPUs can be distributed and not connected; with peer-to-peer, the GPUs are connected using NVIDIA's NVLink, which makes multiple GPUs look like a single, more powerful GPU.
A few years ago, the use of GPUs was limited to a handful of niche workloads performed by specialized teams. The more data-driven companies become, the more GPU-accelerated processes will play a key role in not just artificial intelligence but also day-to-day operational intelligence.
Together, VMware and NVIDIA have created a way for companies to get started with AI, data sciences and machine learning without having to break the bank.
Zeus Kerravala is an eWEEK regular contributor and the founder and principal analyst with ZK Research. He spent 10 years at Yankee Group and prior to that held a number of corporate IT positions.
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You may have seen the match that I am running in the tourney forum between rybka and houdini. It is at long time control and has been running for over a month. I would like to do some windows updates and reboot the pc but I am afraid of messing up the match.
I know that you have the buttons for pausing (I use all the time) and interrupting. The question is if I "interrupt" it stops after the current game; do I need to do anything special like saving something before closing the program?
After a restart can I just "resume" and it will know where it was (openings, stats, etc.) or do I need to "point it" to something?
If this is in the help, I have not seen it, so just point me there and I will re-read it.
Just press the interrupt button and close down ChessGUI. When you start back up you just press "resume" after you go into "Game/Engine Tournament/Normal Chess" and the next game in the match will start up. All settings are saved.
This is unlike the Fritz GUI where interrupting a match basically finishes the match.
Can the windows be resized in this version?
as Graham has already said, you can resume at any time.
I think you hold the record for longest run of ChessGUI, if Graham has not exceeded that.
Maybe nobody should exceed 48 days, but I'm too lazy to look closely at eventual issues when a Windows timer "overflows" on the 49th day.
I think ChessGUI shall offer only resize of whole GUI, not of individual windows.
BTW, if you don't want to "interrupt" a running game, just shutdown ChessGUI and GUI will cancel the game.
Matthias Gemuh wrote: BTW, if you don't want to "interrupt" a running game, just shutdown ChessGUI and GUI will cancel the game.
Thanks for the information Graham I really like this feature of being able to pause (if you just need to do something intensive for a few minutes) or even interrupt and restart the whole pc. I had not seen this before in any other GUI.


This page (last updated ) contains all planning applications received by the Parish Council during 2013 and the subsequent decision by the planning authorities.
The planning authorities for this parish are Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) and North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC). From early 2013, we are no longer sent paper copies of applications or plans. We have to access the plans through the Borough Council's planning website. The Parish Council's comments on an application are taken into consideration when the authorities make their decision.
If any further information is needed, such as the cut off date for letters to the Planning Inspectorate regarding appeals pending or the date of a public appeal hearing, you can contact the Clerk.


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package edu.hnu.ethereum.utils;

import java.io.File;

import org.dom4j.Document;
import org.dom4j.Node;
import org.dom4j.io.SAXReader;

import edu.hnu.ethereum.bean.EthereMethods;

public class EthereMethodsUtils {
	public static final String METHODS_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "ethereumethods.xml";	//以太坊接口方法名程

	/**
	 * 获取以太坊api接口方法名字配置
	 * @return EthereMethods对象
	 */
	public static EthereMethods getEthMethods(){
		File configFile = null;
		Document document = null;
		try {
			String configFilePath = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("").toURI().getPath() + METHODS_CONFIG_FILE_NAME;
			configFile = new File(configFilePath);
			SAXReader saxReader = new SAXReader();
			document = saxReader.read(configFile);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		Node ethgetBalanceNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/eth_getBalance");
		Node ethereumRPCNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/ethereumRPC");
		Node ethblockNumberNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/eth_blockNumber");
		Node ethgetBlockByNumber = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/eth_getBlockByNumber");
		Node ethgetBlockByHash = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/eth_getBlockByHash");

		Node ethsendTransactionNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/eth_sendTransaction");
		Node ethgetTransactionByHashNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/eth_getTransactionByHash");
		Node ethgetTransactionReceiptNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/eth_getTransactionReceipt");
		Node ethMiningNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/eth_mining");
		Node minerStartNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/miner_start");
		Node minerStopNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/miner_stop");
		Node adminAddPeerNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/admin_addPeer");
		Node adminNodeInfoNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/admin_nodeInfo");
		Node adminPeersNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/admin_peers");
		Node newAccountNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/personal_newAccount");
		Node unlockAccountNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/personal_unlockAccount");
		Node sendTransactionNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/personal_sendTransaction");
		Node lockAccountNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/personal_lockAccount");
		Node listAccountsNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/personal_listAccounts");
		Node importRawKeyNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/personal_importRawKey");
		Node txpoolContentNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/txpool_content");
		Node txpoolInspectNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/txpool_inspect");
		Node txpoolStatusNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/methodsConfig/txpool_status");

		Node privateKeyfileNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/SystemConfig/privateKeyfile");
		Node publicKeyfileNode = document.selectSingleNode("/ethereuapp/SystemConfig/publicKeyfile");

		EthereMethods ethereMethods = new EthereMethods();

		ethereMethods.setEthGetBalance(ethgetBalanceNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setEthereumRPC(ethereumRPCNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setEthBlockNumber(ethblockNumberNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setEthgetBlockByNumber(ethgetBlockByNumber.getText());
		ethereMethods.setEthgetBlockByHash(ethgetBlockByHash.getText());

		ethereMethods.setEthSendTransaction(ethsendTransactionNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setEthGetTransactionReceipt(ethgetTransactionReceiptNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setEthGetTransactionByHash(ethgetTransactionByHashNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setEthMining(ethMiningNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setMinerStart(minerStartNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setMinerStop(minerStopNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setAdminAddPeer(adminAddPeerNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setAdminPeers(adminPeersNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setAdminnodeInfo(adminNodeInfoNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setNewAccount(newAccountNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setUnlockAccount(unlockAccountNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setLockAccount(lockAccountNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setListAccounts(listAccountsNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setSendTransaction(sendTransactionNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setImportRawKey(importRawKeyNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setTxpoolContent(txpoolContentNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setTxpoolInspect(txpoolInspectNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setTxpoolStatus(txpoolStatusNode.getText());

		ethereMethods.setPrivateKeyfile(privateKeyfileNode.getText());
		ethereMethods.setPublicKeyfile(publicKeyfileNode.getText());

		return ethereMethods;
	}

}

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I want to talk briefly about dietary proteins, or
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Now, if you're raising children, you're probably aware, or
you've probably heard that proteins are a really important
part of a balanced diet, because they form, sort
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An example of that is
the fact that protein make up a large portion
of the muscle in our children's bodies and our own.
But proteins also play a whole bunch of other
important roles in our bodies and our children's bodies.
So, for example, when we get sick, our immune system is activated.
And, I don't know why my mother used to always make
me wear a scarf when I had a cold, but [LAUGH].
So immune function, proteins are a very important part of that whole system.
And then proteins act as transporters in a variety of different roles in the body.
Proteins also help us maintain the right fluid distribution in our bodies.
So the fluid stays where it should be because of
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If we're thinking of proteins as the building blocks of our children's bodies,
then we can think of amino acids as the building blocks of the proteins.
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Dairy products are also a good source of protein.
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I would like to change a line like this one endless line:
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  "GameDataObjects": [
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      "$type": "Game.GameData.GlobalGameSettingsGameData, Assembly-CSharp",
      "DebugName": "GlobalGameSettings",
      "ID": "eddfc852-ccb9-4884-b901-e77e8ca31b48",
      "Components": [
        {
          "$type": "Game.GameData.CharacterStatsSettingsComponent, Assembly-CSharp",
          "BasePlayerLevelCap": 20,
          "MaxCharacterLevel": 30,
          "AttributeAverage": 10,
          "MaxPerceptionDistance": 7,
          "MaxStealthRadius": 4,
          "DefaultWalkSpeed": 2,
          "DefaultRunSpeed": 4,
          "DefaultAnimalCompanionWalkSpeed": 2,
          "DefaultAnimalCompanionRunSpeed": 5.5,
          "CombatHealthRechargeRate": 1,
          "NormalHealthRechargeRate": 10,
          "HealthRechargeDelay": 3,
          "ModalRecoveryTime": 3,
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Generex Biotechnology Signs Clinical Trial Agreement With the NSABP Foundation, Inc. for Phase II Clinical Trial of AE37 in Combination With Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) for Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Generex Biotechnology Signs Clinical Trial Agreement With the NSABP Foundation, Inc. for Phase II Clinical Trial of AE37 in Combination With Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) for Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer NSABP to Provide Clinical Trial and Site Management Services for Antigen Express and Research Partner Merck on AE37/Keytruda® Combination Trial
MIRAMAR, Florida, November 27, 2018
MIRAMAR, Florida, November 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Generex Biotechnology Corporation (OTC: GNBT) has signed a clinical trial agreement (CTA) with the NSABP Foundation, Inc. (NSABP), to manage a Phase II clinical trial of Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) in combination with the AE37 Peptide Vaccine in Patients with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
The clinical trial, sponsored by Generex and conducted in conjunction with Merck, is currently being reviewed by the FDA, and clinical operations including site qualification, drug shipment and packaging, and IRB review and approval are underway, with plans to enroll patients in the first quarter of 2019.
Eric von Hofe, President of Generex's wholly-owned subsidiary Antigen Express, commented, "We are very pleased to be working with the NSABP Foundation on this important trial combining AE37 and Keytruda® in triple-negative breast cancer patients. The extensive expertise of the NSABP Foundation and their network of sites and investigators will be a great asset in this development effort."
Generex EVP of R&D Richard Purcell commented, "This contract with our research partners at the NSABP Foundation provides cost and timeline certainty to our AE37 development program in combination with Keytruda®. We look forward to our continued collaboration with Merck and the NSABP Foundation research team."
Previously, the Company reported that it filed an investigational new drug application (IND) with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate A Phase II Clinical Trial of Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) in Combination with the AE37 Peptide Vaccine in Patients with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
About AE37
AE37 is an investigational therapeutic cancer vaccine being developed to treat cancer in women with certain types of breast cancer. It is a combination of portions of two proteins that together stimulate the immune system to fight cancer cells.
Up to 80 percent of breast cancers express some level of a protein called HER2. While treatments exist to target HER2 in breast cancer patients with the highest level of HER2 expression (roughly 25%), the majority of patients who have lower levels of expression have more limited treatment options. AE37 consists of a protein derived from the HER2 protein combined with a portion of the MHC class II associated invariant chain which has been termed Ii-Key.
AE37 does not directly target HER2, but instead acts as a vaccine to activate the immune system to recognize the HER2 protein that is expressed on cancer cells as foreign.
AE37 ensures activation of CD4-positive lymphocytes, immune cells that are important in stimulating both the antibody response (antibodies against HER2) and cellular responses directed against the HER2 protein in breast cancer cells. The Ii-Key peptide is coupled with the HER2 protein to ensure a more robust and long-lasting response.
About the NSABP Foundation, Inc.
The NSABP Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to improving the survival outcome and quality of life of patients with breast or colorectal cancer. The Foundation has a long history of developing new treatments that have improved the standard of care for cancer patients worldwide both through NCI-sponsored studies and in collaboration with industry.
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Do systems of industrial relations – the interaction of labor unions, employers' organizations, and the state – vary between post-communist nations? How can we explain this variation, if there is any? And what political role do industrial relations perform in post-communist nations? These are the guiding questions of our research project. In the established democracies of the OECD country group, industrial relations vary between nations. Much of this variation is due to historical decisions and political power distribution that determine the extent and mode of state intervention in labor relations. Here, systems of industrial relations are related to production regimes and to political systems. These labor relations are of paramount importance for the working of the democratic system: they isolate industrial conflict from political conflict; integrate employees and employers into the political system; release government from intervention by private self-regulation of working conditions and by providing vocational training through social partners; and influence the formulation and implementation of economic and social policies by providing expertise and by assuming tasks in the enforcement of laws and other public regulations. On the flip side, systems of industrial relations produce constraints, burdens, and challenges for the economic and political system. According to the most recent analyses, none of these functions do apply to industrial relations in post-communist countries. There, trade unions are weak, employers' organizations are without much clout, collective bargaining is widely irrelevant, and union and employers' participation in economic and social policy making and implementation is largely ineffective. Instead of many different industrial relations systems, in the former Eastern bloc we find evidence of only one type of system, characterized by feebleness and irrelevancy. Instances of temporarily strong labor movements—such as the Romanian miners' movement—represent deviant cases. One could summarize these findings with the thesis that industrial relations hardly matter in post-communist nations.
The proposed project will test this proposition. It will do so by systematically comparing the national systems of industrial relations in post-communist countries and by analyzing the political role of industrial relations systems in the post-communist world. In order to gauge the range of variation and the effect of industrial relations systems, Western types of industrial relations systems are used as points of reference. We will start from a quantitative configurational analysis of all 28 post-communist industrial relations systems, based on a few selected indicators. This analysis will be deepened based on a larger set of indicators for the 10 countries that joined or will join the EU within the next few years. Provided data are available, this more detailed study will be done for two to four of the economically and democratically most advanced post-Soviet states. Finally, based on the results of the quantitative analysis, a sample of four to six countries, representing a typical range of inter-country variation, will be selected, and a qualitative analysis of the role of industrial relations in economic and social policy making will be conducted.


Is a Wedding a Worship Service?
Is a wedding a worship service? What is the position of the OPC and of the historic Reformed Church?
Thank you for your question. The answer is fairly simple. To the first part I answer, No and Yes. No, it is not considered a stated or called worship service, the non-attendance of which would be sinful, i.e., neglecting the assembling together of the brethren. There is no command in Scripture that a wedding be held in a formal worship service. And yet, it should be a worship service because we are celebrating the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, vows are being made, and all of this had better be to the glory of God! (1 Cor 10:31).
The position of the OPC and the historic Reformed Church is stated in the regulative principle—whatsoever God has not commanded in a worship service is forbidden. God has not commanded us to hold a formal wedding service. But we encourage a public declaration of vows for the glory of God and the edification of his people, not to mention to fulfill the commands to rejoice with one another and encourage one another in love and good deeds.


Nothing is better than hand delivered Flowers on your birthday.
Our Birthday Wishes Flowers can be delivered the same day so it makes the perfect last minute birthday present. Make their birthday wish come true with this soft display of pink carnations, alstromeria, and lavender or pink roses accented with a touch of white stock in a stylish bubble bowl. way to send flowers for an illness, thank you, baby girl congratulations or just because. This flower bouquet is arranged in the local delivery area and the flowers and vase included are based on season and availability in the local gift delivery area.


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Q: Python Re: How to match any string that has at least 1 letter? I just want to match any string that has at least 1 letter. See example below. Thanks
import re

string1= "23  2021Sep Oct2021 Pte. 9K8 Ltd,"

Desired Outcome --> ['2021Sep' ,'Oct2021', 'Pte', '9K8', 'Ltd']

A: You could do without re like this:
[''.join(cc for cc in w if cc.isalnum()) for w in string1.split() if any(c.isalpha() for c in w)]

that outputs
['2021Sep', 'Oct2021', 'Pte', '9K8', 'Ltd']


Joseph Cardijn, founder of the Young Christian Workers (YCW) movement, later a Cardinal and Council Father at the Second Vatican Council, was probably the first global figure of Catholicism.
With his dozens of European trips and 24 intercontinental tours from 1946 until his death in 1967, he became the friend and confidant of popes, bishops, priests, theologians and above all young workers and lay people from around the world.
On this website, we record testimonies from some of those who lived, worked with and knew him.


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• Named by National Law Journal as one of the "Top Fifty Women Litigators in the United States" in December 2001.
• Named by National Law Journal as one of the "Top Forty Litigators Under Forty," in the United States, in September 2002.
• Named by Texas Lawyer in the Texas Lawyer "Go To Guide" as one of the " Texas Top Notch Lawyers," in October 2002 and 2007.
• Profiled by National Law Journal in June 2, 2003 issue in "Obsessive Preparation Pays Off" as part of feature, "Ten of the Nation's Top Litigators Tell How They Prevailed in the Big Case"; also the only woman featured.
• Named by Texas Monthly magazine as a Criminal Prosecution "Super Lawyer", 2003, 2004.
• Awarded Girls Inc.'s "Strong, Smart and Bold" Award in June 2005.
• Awarded the NCDA's Homerun Hitter's bat in April 2006.
• Tried case of State v. John Ernest Christ, profiled in book, "Under the Knife", written by Karen Roebuck.
• Tried case of State v. Robert Alan Fratta, profiled in book, "No Safe Place", written by Bill G. Cox.
• Tried case of State v. Anthony Allen Shore, profiled in book, "Strangler", written by Corey Mitchell.
• Tried case of State v. Susan Lucille Wright, profiled in book, "A Wife's Revenge", written by Eric Francis.
• Tried case of David Mark Temple, profiled in book currently being written by Kathryn Casey.
• Profiled in "People" magazine article entitled, "Drama Queen", December 13, 2004.
• Texas District and County Attorney's Association
• South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, J.D. Degree; May 1987
• University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A. International Business; May 1984
• Tidehaven High School, El Maton, Texas; Valedictorian, 1981
• State Bar of Texas, Licensed November, 1987
• Harris County District Attorney's Office (1986-2008)
• Bureau Chief, Special Crimes Bureau (2006-2008) Responsible for the prosecution of capital murder cases and most egregious felonies along with advising and assisting police officers in all areas of the law on a round-the-clock basis; responsible for supervising approximately seventy employees including lawyers, investigators, secretaries, fraud examiners and interns.
• Hiring/Screening Committee member (1991-2006) Responsible for the screening of candidates for Assistant District Attorney positions.
• Major Offenders Chief (2000-2006) Responsible for handling more complicated and serious cases including all old, unsolved (cold case) murders, as well as advising law enforcement on a round-the-clock basis; also supervised approximately ten employees.
• District Court Chief (1992-1999) Responsible for handling all capital murder cases and most egregious felonies along with supervising two junior prosecutors and handling the court's docket.
• Deputy Chief of Misdemeanor Division (1991) Responsible for the supervision, training evaluation and promotion of all misdemeanor prosecutors and investigators, approximately ninety employees.
• Instructor (1991-Present) Taught many in-house and statewide Texas State Bar approved Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses as well as in other states regarding various aspects of jury trial.
• Tried approximately 150 first chair jury trials.
• Tried twenty death penalty capital murder cases. - Includes being appointed as a special prosecutor to a death capital in Wharton County, Texas in 2008.
• Tried approximately twelve cold case murders.
• Texas District and County Attorney's Association (1991-Present)
• Taught as a faculty advisor as well as a speaker to prosecutors from all over the State on topics covering various aspects of jury trials.
• National College of District Attorneys - Taught as a faculty advisor at capital murder seminars across the country on topics of capital jury selection/punishment in death penalty trials and on the subject of Final Argument.
COLD JUSTICE


Hi Jennifer! I'm new to your blog, but have already read several posts, and wanted to say how helpful I am finding them! I'm an American college student, graduating in May, but was just accepted into TESL program in Alghero that starts in July, so I'm moving to Sardinia!! I'm so excited, and so thankful for your blog about life on the island, because you can't find much information on it.
Hi Shelby! You will love Alghero! Have a great time and good Luck! If you need any help while you're there, just drop me a line.


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Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities;
A Business Case Update for Employers
National Business Group on Health
Introduction: The Growing Diversity of the U.S. Workforce
The U.S. Census Bureau projects that race-based minorities, including Hispanics, African Americans and Asians, which currently represent one-third of the U.S. population, will become a majority in 2042. The working-age population is projected to become more than 50 percent minority in 2039 (up from 34 percent in 2008). By 2050, the working-age population in the United States is projected to be:
• More than 30 percent Hispanic (up from 15 percent in 2008);
• 15 percent black (up from 13 percent in 2008); and
• 9.6 percent Asian (up from 5.3 percent in 2008).
Employers need to be aware of these demographic shifts and to understand that in this new environment, a "one-size-fits-all" approach to employee health benefits will not be effective.
Some employers go to great lengths to attract a diverse workforce. But they may not realize that these populations have diverse health needs and may experience different treatments when they seek health care. Such employers are well intentioned: they want to improve the health of employees and their dependents, and to that end, they provide a wealth of health benefits. In so doing, however, they assume that their investments will produce equal outcomes for all employees in terms of access to care and overall health status. Research is proving otherwise. Disparities in health and health care exist, even among employees with equal benefits.
Ensuring equal health care for all members of today's workforce is imperative. But the issues are complex, and achieving success will require an active strategy, rather than a reactive approach. Waiting until health problems created by disparities occur and ignoring health care disparities, rather than addressing them in advance, will be costly to the employer and less than ideal for the employee.
This Issue Brief will:
1. Explore key causes of health disparities in the U.S. and its workforce;
2. Make a case for why it is more important than ever for employers to address disparities in health and health care; and
3. Present steps employers can take to address health disparities.
Full Resource/Source: National Business Group on Health
Health Disparities & Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)


- Issues in collecting, accessing and storing the data for large samples, across the general population.
- Additional value of Big dData in combination with survey data. How do combined data show a better picture of core variables of interest?
Measuring physical activity presents methodological challenges for survey research. Most large-scale population based studies use self-reported data to measure physical activity which is subject to both recall and social desirability bias. The use of devices that measure physical activity directly can offer a solution to these problems. Activity monitors, also known as accelerometers, are capable of capturing a wide range of movements as well as the differing intensity of activities. And increasingly, accelerometers are also being recognised for their ability to measure sedentary activities.
The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) follows over 19,000 children born in the UK in 2000/1. The sixth sweep of the survey collected data from cohort members when they were 14 years old and included the collection of physical activity data using activity monitors.
Findings from this development work informed the approach taken at the MCS Age 14 Survey, which resulted in the successful collection of objective physical activity data from nearly 5000 young people, alongside more traditional social survey data. This paper highlights a number of considerations for the implementation of objective physical activity data collection in large-scale social surveys.
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of micro data on health, socioeconomic status and social and family networks of individuals aged 50 or over covering 27 European countries and Israel (www.share-project.org). SHARE's main aim is to provide data on individuals as they age in order to analyse the process of individual and population ageing in depth. One key area covered by SHARE is health.
Health in large-scale population surveys is typically measured by self-report questions. Such items are likely to suffer from "differential item functioning" (DIF), the interpersonal and intercultural variation in interpreting and using the response categories for the same question. From the first wave (2004) on, SHARE therefore combined self-reported health with objective health measurements in the form of physical performance measurements, such as the measurement of grip strength, peak flow and chair stand measures. Such measures minimize DIF of self-reported measures, facilitate the comparison across countries, and permit adjustments of self-reported measures of health.
One important element well-known to be correlated to an individual's health is activity. In SHARE, activity is measured so far by two self-report items on the frequency of moderate respectively vigorous activity—variables that are likely to suffer from DIF. In its eighth wave, SHARE therefore will extend the ojective measures with the collection of objective physical activity data by using accelerometry.
Accelerometer data will be collected in a subsample of SHARE, in 10 pre-chosen countries, aiming at full activity data from 200 respondents per country. In a first step, this collection of activity data will be tested during SHARE's Wave 8 pretest taking place in summer 2018. The gained data and experiences will be used to evaluate and optimize the fieldwork procedures. SHARE data are collected using face-to-face interviews admitted by trained interviewers at the respondents' homes. The interviewers will not have the accelerometers with them on the day of the interview, so logistics will include shipment of the accelerometers, self-attachment of the device by the respondents, downloading the data at different survey agencies, and finally the linkage of the data to the original interview data which is collected using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI).
As this project includes 10 different countries (and 11 survey agencies), all data collection has to be harmonized ex-ante. This presentation summarizes the experiences made in this setting of a large-scale population survey and will point out solutions to harmonizing the collection of accelerometer data in a multi-national setting.
Sensor data offers great potential for social scientists interested in studying attitudes and behaviors. Participants carry their smartphone everywhere, enabling scientists to collect GPS data and track, for example, how much participants move around and where they go. These kind of data are particularly interesting when they can be linked to and compared with other data sources.
As GPS data incorporate information about people's time use, linking GPS data to self-reported time use surveys can be valuable for understanding how people spend their time. First, we may use GPS data to inform missing data in the Time Use Diaries. We can get a more detailed view of when, where and for how long activities take place, and can finally use both data sources to investigate errors of measurement.
In 2015, as part of the CILS4EU cohort study (Kalter et al., 2013), a large cohort of adolescents was invited to complete a time use study. Respondents filled out their activities for 10-minute intervals in a smartphone diary-app. On top of this, respondents were asked to share GPS data. This yields a unique and rich database of both time use and time location data.
In this paper, we show how to use sensor (or GPS) data as auxiliary data in time use research. First, we link the GPS and time use data. Second, we use these GPS data to inspect the quality of the time use data. We show, for example, how travel times measured by GPS correspond with self-reported travel episodes. We examine which codes match, and which ones don't. Third, we explain why and when episodes are more likely to be reported or observed incorrectly. Finally, we give implications from this study for time use research in general. To our knowledge, this is the first study that has examined concordance of real-time GPS data with self-reported time use data, and uses GPS data as auxiliary data to review data quality.
The measurement of consumer expenditure is one particular area that could benefit from new data collection opportunities using mobile technologies. Existing surveys use diary methods to collect data on expenditure, which are long and burdensome to complete and rely heavily on the respondent's ability to recall information. Alternatively, respondents can be provided with a mobile app to scan shopping receipts or report purchases. In this paper, we assess the quality of spending reported by a general population sample using an app, by comparing total and category spending against benchmarks.
N = 2,432 members of the Understanding Society Innovation Panel, a probability household panel in the United Kingdom, were invited to download an app on their mobile device to record their expenditure on goods and services for one month. Participants were asked to scan their shopping receipts, to record their spending in the app, or to report a day without a purchase. They received incentives for downloading and using the app. 10% of sample members used the app at least once in each of the five weeks. Fieldwork was carried out from October 2016 until January 2017. We compare the data reported in the app against benchmark data from the UK Living Costs and Food Survey spending diaries as well as against survey data collected in the Innovation Panel annual interviews.
First, we will gauge the level of total and category spending reported in the app compared to benchmarks. Second, we will assess the importance of offering participants the option to report spending directly in the app instead of scanning receipts: we will examine for which spending categories the 'direct entry' option provides data that are more comparable to benchmarks than scanned receipts only. Third, we will investigate which types of participants report spending data that are more comparable to benchmarks, considering socio-demographic characteristics, patterns of mobile device use and financial behaviours.
This paper provides novel evidence on the quality of expenditure data collected using mobile technologies as well as on the scalability of app-based data collection in the context of a probability household panel of the general population.
With the expansion of Internet and mobile devices, new measurement opportunities appear for supplementing survey data, which could allow to reduce respondent burden, improve the quality of the measurement and/or measure new things.
Passive data collection can take different forms. We focus on the use of a tracking application (a ''meter'') installed on the participants' devices (PC, tablet and/or smartphone) to register their online behavior. The meter provides information about the URLs of the web pages visited by the participants, the time and length of the visit, and ad exposure. If the meter is installed in addition by members of an online access panel, it allows to collect from the same individuals what they are doing online (via the meter) as well as their opinions (via surveys). Thus, it can provide very rich information.
However, metering data collection still faces several challenges. First, the large amount of data generated per respondent makes the analysis complex. Second, individual navigation may be spread across different devices which would require installing a meter in all the individual's devices to get the full picture. Finally, the meter can be installed on devices used by multiple users, not only the panelists.
This last issue is the focus of this presentation. One potential solution is limiting the data collection to non-shared devices, but it may hurt representativeness. Another is to add a "login dialog" to the meter, so each time the user starts a browsing session a pop-up message asks about his identity. However, there is then a risk to distort the passive nature of the data, since participants need to be "active" and identify themselves each time.
Having these concerns in mind, we propose a completely different approach: separate individuals' navigation by looking at the data, using advanced data analysis. The idea is that browsing information is a personal trait, something unique that unequivocally identifies each individual the same way a fingerprint does. For instance, if Mr. X always starts by opening the newspaper webpage when he connects to the internet on the shared PC at home, while Ms. X always starts by connecting to her Facebook account; in that case, by looking at the first webpage opened in each new session, we could identify the user.
Using data from the Netquest online opt-in panel, where panelists have installed a meter on their devices, we have developed a machine learning technique to separate browsing streams without asking users, preserving the passive nature of the data.
In order to do so, we artificially mixed individual navigations coming from single-user devices and tried to separate them again using an algorithm based on grouping URLs in sessions, evaluating URLs correlations within sessions and mapping correlations into distances using a Multidimensional Scaling algorithm.
Our first versions of this algorithm properly separate URLs with around 90% of accuracy. We compared this performance to a "login dialog" solution, proving how the supposed reliability of asking for identities fails in practice.


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Supplì - New 2020 collection
Designed by Luca Nichetto 2020
Supplì, designed by Luca Nichetto, is an inviting and elegant armchair; the soft and sinuous curves give off heat and embody a spatial anchoring, almost perfect for rest and relaxation.
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Supplì, designed by Luca Nichetto, is an inviting and elegant armchair; the soft and sinuous curves give off heat and embody a spatial anchoring,...
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Sigmund 47 x 36
Designed by Studio Asaï 2019
To remain faithful to this search for interior honesty, the design of this collection reveals its constructive method.
Goya service - New 2020 collection
Designed by arflex 2020
Goya is a small table with round and square, essential and simple lines, but with a great visual impact.
Luca Nichetto was born in 1976 in Venice, where he studied at the Art Institute. Afterwards he attended the University Institute of Architecture of Venice (IUAV), where he earned a degree in Industrial Design. He began his professional career in 1999 by designing his first projects in Murano glass for Salviati. In the same year he began his collaboration with Foscarini, for whom he not only designed products, but also worked as a consultant on new materials research and product development (2001–2003). In 2006 in Porto Marghera, near Venice, he launched his own design studio, Nichetto&Partners, which specializes in industrial design and offers its services as design consultancy. In 2011 he decided also to open a new professional office in Stockholm, Sweden
Over the course of his career, Nichetto has been awarded a number of international prizes, including the Gran Design Award 2008, the Chicago Atheneum Museum of Architecture's Good Design Award (2008), the IF Product Design Award (2008) and the Elle Decoration International Design Awards' (EDIDA - 2009) as designer of the Year award in the Young Designer Talent category.
He held numerous lectures and workshops at various universities, both in Italy and abroad and taught at the Iuav of Venice, Faculty of Design and Arts. Apart from participating in various design exhibitions in Europe, in the U.S.A. and in Japan, Nichetto has also been the subject of important retrospective shows mounted in prominent European cities, including Venice, London, Paris and Stockholm and he served, as art director, for a number of international design events. In addition, he has been invited to sit on prestigious juries for a variety of design competitions, held both in Italy and abroad. Today, Nichetto collaborates with a wide variety of Italian and international companies, including arflex, Bosa, Casamania, Cassina, David Design, De Padova, Discipline, Established & Sons, Fornasarig, Foscarini, Fratelli Guzzini, Gallotti & Radice, Glass, Globo, Italesse, La Chance, King's, Kristalia, Mabeo, MG Lab, Moroso, Offecct, Ogeborg, Petite Friture, Salviati, Skitsch, Skultuna, Tacchini and Venini.
Armchairs Supplì - New 2020 collection
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package org.jbehave.examples.core.model;

import static org.jbehave.examples.core.model.Stock.AlertStatus.OFF;
import static org.jbehave.examples.core.model.Stock.AlertStatus.ON;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Stock {

    public enum AlertStatus {
        ON, OFF
    }

    private String symbol;
    private double alertPrice;
    private AlertStatus status = OFF;
    private List<Double> prices = new ArrayList<>();

    public Stock(String symbol, double alertPrice) {
        this.symbol = symbol;
        this.alertPrice = alertPrice;
    }

    public String getSymbol() {
        return symbol;
    }

    public void tradeAt(double price) {
        this.prices.add(price);
        if (price > alertPrice) {
            status = ON;
        }
    }

    public List<Double> getPrices() {
        return prices;
    }

    public void resetAlert() {
        status = OFF;
    }

    public AlertStatus getStatus() {
        return status;
    }

}


I found an interesting web site called Thru Hiker that has a few useful how-to sewing articles. You can read about how to use continuous zipper (although I'd recommend a top and bottom buffer of 3/4″ as per the zipper tutorials on my site to allow for top stitching and turn of cloth at necklines). Similarly, there's an article on french seams which is useful for materials that fray easily. Regarding the latter, seam allowances are not mentioned. For the first seam, the allowance is 1/4″. The allowance for the second seam is 3/8″ making for a total allowance of 5/8″. The top stitching portion is optional. You may also find this site useful if you're sourcing hardware and fabrics for outdoor gear prototypes.
Also in the vein of outdoor sewing, visit my friend Penny's site at Specialty Outdoors. Penny specializes in the development of outdoor type prototypes and projects. You can find some of her tips here. Peruse her tips section for an outdoor fabrics glossary as well as many other kinds of resources. She is really a great resource if you need help in the product development of outdoor gear and active wear. I've known her about 10 years so I can't say enough good things about her.


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package org.spongepowered.api.event.entity.living.human;

import org.spongepowered.api.event.Cancellable;
import org.spongepowered.api.world.Location;

/**
 * Called when a {@link org.spongepowered.api.entity.living.Human} interacts with a bed.
 */
public interface HumanSleepEvent extends HumanEvent, Cancellable {

    /**
     * Gets the location of the human before entering the bed.
     *
     * @return The location of the human
     */
    Location getLocation();

    /**
     * Gets the block of the bed being used.
     *
     * @return The block of the bed
     */
    Location getBed();

}


Pusat Pembangunan Kemahiran Sarawak (PPKS) or Sarawak Skills Development Centre (SSDC) was established in June 1994 under the Societies Act 1966 with the objective of producing well-trained, skillful and competent workforce by offering training programmes which are practical and skills-based, and technical competence in all professional areas. To ensure its existence, it has embarked on smart partnership with existing training institutions and institutions of higher learning locally and abroad to jointly conduct training courses and programmes to enhance and upgrade the skills and competence of employees in the private sectors especially in the industrial field to increase productivity in their respective organisations.
PPKS is led by the industrial sector with the support of both the Federal and State governments. The State Government will provide the necessary infrastructure and annual grant (operational costs) for the Centre while the Federal Government will finance the purchase of training equipment (submission on annual basis). The industrial sector will be taking the leading role in managing and determining the direction of the centre, i.e. industrial driven through its representatives in the Management Council.


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Q: Laravel 7.28 "the file does not exist error i'm building a project with laravel 7.28. i list all of documents with foreach without a problem. then i listed and linked all of the documents like this
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        @endif
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        @endif
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        @endif
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            id) }}">

        @endif

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then i wrote route like this;
Route::get('downloadDocument/{id}', 'CustomerController@downloadDocument')->name('downloadDocument');

downloadDocument function is;
    public function downloadDocument($id)
    {
        $path = '/assets/uploads/customers/';

        $file = Upload::findOrFail($id);

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        return response()->download($pathToFile);
    }

i'm sure that i have that file on database and on server or local. although i get error;

is there anyone to help me?

A: URL Path vs System Path
I believe you're confusing URL path from system path.
Browser see files with URL paths like this (http://foobar.com/assets/uploads/customers/xxx.png). When you print things to the template, the files are referenced in HTML as URL path. A path like /assets/uploads/customers/xxx.png is simply
URL with implicit domain.
From the server program perspective, the file is stored in your harddisk with system paths like:

*

*C:\My Websites\foobar\public\assets\uploads\customers\xxx.png (Windows); or

*/home/foobar/web/public/assets/uploads/customers/xxx.png (Linux or Macos).

So, although these paths look different, they might be referencing the same file. Just from different perspective.
How to correctly build $pathToFile?
The $pathToFile parameter of download needs to be the system path to the file. I don't believe the png file is at /assets/uploads/customers/xxx.png in your system (Putting an assets folder in system root / or C:\ is quite unusual).
If the assets/ folder is in your Laravel's public/ folder, you can rewrite your method with public_path() like this:

    public function downloadDocument($id)
    {
        // Note: remove leading slash
        $path = 'assets/uploads/customers/';

        $file = Upload::findOrFail($id);

        // Note: apply public_path() helper function
        $pathToFile = public_path($path . $file->media);

        return response()->download($pathToFile);
    }

Documentation about public_path() in Laravel 7.x:

public_path()
The public_path function returns the fully qualified path to the public directory. You may also use the public_path function to generate a fully qualified path to a given file within the public directory:
$path = public_path();

$path = public_path('css/app.css');


Re: How to compare B-factors between structures?
would like to compare mutants to a wild-type structure.
show that this is significant if the average B-factor is also higher?
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Operator Kelah Handley answers calls at Sandy Springs' 911 dispatch center Wednesday, April 17, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
Photo: Steve Schaefer
5 Things to Know: Sandy Springs' false alarm law starts today
Today's Explainer: Alarm Ordinance
Ben Brasch, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Starting today, if you can't prove a crime is happening, Sandy Springs police will not respond to your burglar alarm.
After eight years trying, tweaking and traveling, it's time to test the city's new guidelines, which include steep fines on alarm companies for repeated false alarms. Experts say this is the first city in Georgia whose police will not respond to home and business burglary alarms without video, audio or in-person verification that a crime is occurring.
Here's what you need to know as the law takes effect:
The police will ignore some alarms
Of the 8,000 alarm calls last year, 99% were false alarms, said Sandy Springs police Chief Ken DeSimone. That accounted for 17% of all calls to the 911 dispatch center.
City leaders worry those false alarms distract police and dispatchers from actual emergencies. The city estimates it spent $750,000 in manhours and equipment responding to false alarms last year.
Why should I care if I don't live there?
This law currently only affects the 14,080 registered alarms in the city of 100,000 residents, but it could set a legal precedent for other cities to follow. The law is being challenged by a group of alarm companies.
Frank Rotondo, executive director of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, previously said that, if the courts vindicate Sandy Springs, "you may see more cities or municipalities accept the Sandy Springs type of ordinance."
City says it's ready even if you're not
City spokeswoman Sharon Kraun said she doesn't know how many alarm owners or alarm businesses are prepared for the new law because it is not the city's responsibility to get everyone in compliance.
"Hopefully this will reduce the call volume like it's intended to do," she said.
Kraun said on Monday said that they were still getting calls from people asking basic questions about what to do.
Businesses hope they're ready
Confusion has been a theme of the law's rollout. Despite a year of discussion about the city's plans to cut back on responding to home alarms, one alarm company owner feels not all city residents believe it will actually happen.
Vince Raia, president of EMC Security, said less than half of his 325 Sandy Springs customers contacted him to take the steps needed to get their home alarm system into compliance. That's why he built in a 60-day buffer: EMC will send a guard to EMC's homes to confirm an emergency is taking place. It's up to each company to make sure their systems are in compliance so police will respond.
Sandy Springs Chief Ken DeSimone answers questions from residents about the city's new alarm law at City Hall on May 20, 2019.(Ben Brasch/AJC)
Why are some people mad?
Residents don't like hearing that officers won't show up to possible emergencies at their homes or businesses.
The truth is that the cops weren't rushing there anyway. DeSimone said the department's average burglar alarm response time is 40 minutes, basically useless because a criminal is almost always gone by then.
A coalition of alarm companies claim the new fines are unfair, saying they punish businesses for having customers who don't know how to use their devices. The Security Industry Alarm Coalition's lawsuit against the city is pending in the 11th District Court of Appeals.
Stan Martin, head of the group, said Tuesday that the law is "a giant step backwards for public safety in the community and is not in keeping with nationwide best practices in alarm management and public safety."
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They now want proof that there's an emergency before they'll respond.


There will be a lottery bill before the Legislature next week, and there will also be a bill combining a lottery with expanded gambling.
They share two traits: the lottery component, and the sponsor, Sen. Jim McClendon, R-Springville.
The senator, who sponsored a lottery bill in the last legislative session, will carry Gov. Robert Bentley's proposed lottery bill in the special session that begins next week. The governor's bill, if approved before Aug. 24, would allow voters to decide in November whether to allow a lottery in Alabama, currently one of six states without a lottery.
Proceeds from the lottery would go to shore up the state's perpetually troubled General Fund budget, which pays for most noneducation services in the state, including Medicaid.
McClendon's second bill, which he hopes to file next week, would go further on gambling. Along with the lottery, the senator's bill would allow the state to negotiate a gaming compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, who operate casinos in Atmore, Montgomery and Wetumpka.
The bill would also authorize lottery terminals — a type of machine resembling a slot machine but considered noncasino Class II gambling, like electronic bingo. The bill would restrict the machines to pari-mutuel betting facilities in the state: VictoryLand in Macon County; GreeneTrack in Greene County; the Birmingham Race Course and the Mobile Greyhound Park.
McClendon's bill, like Bentley's, would authorize a lottery commission to oversee gaming in the state. It would also allow Alabama to borrow $75 to $85 million against future proceeds from the lottery, which could shore up Medicaid and sidestep a divisive fight over a settlement from the 2010 Gulf oil spill, which split legislators along regional lines last spring.
In all, McClendon said his lottery proposal would raise $285 million to $310 million annually, with lottery machines adding another $127 million. His bill, unlike Bentley's, would earmark $100 million of the proceeds for education, with the remainder going to the General Fund.
"What's in my bill is what senators say they would like to see in my bill," McClendon said.
The chances of a state lottery have increased as Medicaid's funding woes have mounted. The program, which plays a critical role keeping the state's hospitals and pediatric offices open, received $700 million from the General Fund in the 2017 budget approved by legislators last spring. That was $85 million less than the agency says it needs to maintain services for its 1 million recipients — most of whom are children — and allow the implementation of regional care organizations (RCOs), aimed at slowing cost growth in the program.
Medicaid has cut physician reimbursements, which could limit access to care for both the privately insured and Medicaid recipients, and has warned other cuts might follow.
The lottery will face a steep gradient before passage, but the path might turn vertical if gambling tags along. Bentley said last week he kept gambling out of his proposal because "if you put the two of them together, you've probably lost everything." An email seeking comment on McClendon's proposal was sent to Bentley's office Tuesday afternoon.
Bentley says his lottery proposal would bring in at least $225 million annually. While that injection of cash could help the General Fund, lotteries generally post flat revenue growth, and the lottery alone may not be able to keep up with cost growth in the General Fund.
McClendon — who said he has not discussed his lottery machine proposal with the Poarch Band or pari-mutuel facility operators — acknowledged the challenges for his bill. He said that the Poarch Band, who have electronic bingo at their facilities, "will have strong objections to lottery terminals." An email seeking comment on McClendon's comment was sent to a Poarch Band spokeswoman Tuesday afternoon.
But the senator argued that the bond and the lottery machines would provide an immediate return to the state and the General Fund. Lottery revenues will likely not be available until 2018, and would not give immediate help to Medicaid.
McClendon also said he wanted to see a vote on any lottery proposal Nov. 8, and not in a special election. "I want it to be on Nov. 8 because that's when voters will be at the polls," he said.
The special session will begin Monday.


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The impressive turnout at the recent launch of the RSA's Inclusive Growth Commission is testimony to the high levels of interest in the question of how, in a brave new world of city region devolution, we can create growth which benefits those in our communities who are furthest away from economic opportunity.
The need to address this challenge is clear. At the launch, Cllr Claire Kober, leader of Haringey, described a familiar paradox of high levels of economic growth taking place against a backdrop of entrenched and growing inequality in her borough.
This is a scenario I recognise from my time at Lambeth LBC, a 'booming borough' in which rapid gentrification of town centres like Brixton meant that some teenagers from neighbouring estates would not even go to 'Brixton New York'.
At the commission launch, ideas about the components of an inclusive growth strategy were discussed. Connectivity – the transport solutions that enable people to access jobs; skills and training – the right skills in the right place; housing – the ability to determine solutions at a local level in response to the local market along with demand and land availability.
All of this is worthy of enquiry, but I couldn't help feel something was missing. While contemplating the image of a shiny skyscraper on the event backdrop I realised what this was – people.
This commission is not about growth, it is about inclusive growth. Experience should teach us that merely putting the right components in place isn't enough. Young people from estates around Brixton can walk to Brixton town centre in 10 minutes; there are no 'transport connectivity' barriers.
If they go there they may find jobs or apprenticeships, low cost workspaces, people who could help them start their own enterprises, not to mention Lambeth is a borough within a growing global city: leading cultural, economic, retail and academic industries are just a few miles away. At least to some extent, opportunities and infrastructure exist.
So the question is: why do some young people think none of this is for them? And how can public services help make sure they do?
To achieve inclusive growth, public institutions and services need to understand and respond to the underlying social and cultural determinants that make people able and ready, or not, to access economic opportunity – the 'psychology of inclusion'.
The commission, which is guided by an interesting set of commissioners with a range of perspectives, should provide some answers to these questions.
However, to do so, it will need to look beyond a traditional economic viewpoint, and at Collaborate we have a few ideas about what this could mean.
First, public agencies need to understand the wider drivers which lead people to feel able, or not, to access opportunity and where these can be influenced.
A wide range of services and other influencers are relevant: families, neighbours and social networks, schools and colleges, employers and local businesses.
The role of the local authority should be to recognise this system and influence its contribution towards the shared aim of access to economic opportunity with schools which help to prepare students for work, employers who take their responsibility to the local community seriously and so on.
We should be thinking about how we change our public service model, moving away from public services which respond narrowly to presenting needs, create dependency and reinforce, however inadvertently, low expectations among communities and towards public services that build resilience, community connections and networks and which grow independence.
Public services are part of the answer to how public agencies can help people feel confident, able to influence their environment and lives, secure and rooted in a community, valued and recognised. These are essential pre-conditions for the ability to access and benefit from jobs and growth.
This requires us to re-think the roles of frontline public sector staff and the potential they have to help people through a different relationship and a different conversation.
In my experience, we are wedded to an idea of services as a 'thing' that is 'given' – a sausage-factory model in which the theory tells us people have a problem, receive a service and pop out at the other end. We know this isn't true, so why don't we change it?
Some places are starting to do this. The Ignite programme in Coventry, funded by the Early Action Neighbourhood Fund, is working alongside a housing association and children's services teams in two neighbourhoods to help them re-purpose the capacity of the front line and support people to make community connections and build local participation, creating a web of resilience which may lead to sustainable change in people's lives.
The potential is huge. For example, how can housing officers identify the warning signs of problems in families and engage with them earlier to understand what help they need?
What might the conversation between the GP and patient look like if it was about creating sustainable wellbeing?
This public service ethos is directly relevant to inclusive growth. I think part of the solution is about good engagement with people who don't, or can't, currently access economic opportunity – face-to-face, going to where people live to understand their perspective and help to broker the connections between where they are now and where they want to be.
This is almost certainly not a classic job centre conversation, but perhaps more akin to a mentoring approach.
alongside people who may not be able to do this alone. New Lambeth social enterprise Raw Talent is a good example of this. The question must be how we shift from many small projects to wider system and culture change in public services and institutions – and I think the commission should address this.
In order to grow public services that contribute to inclusive growth, big shifts in culture, behaviour and collaboration are required across the system of public services in a place.
However, this layer of activity, hyper-local but created with strategic purpose by public bodies and services, can help create the pre-conditions in which the other components – skills, training, transport, housing and so on – of an inclusive growth strategy can be effective.
This is why public service reform and growth are two sides of the same coin and why devolution is such a huge opportunity.
Perhaps inclusive growth isn't really about growth at all.
This article was written by Anna Randle, Collaborate's Head of Practice: Public Services. It was published on the MJ website on the 7th of June 2016. Click here to access the original article.


Valletta Football Club has acquired the UEFA Semi Professional License for season 2014/2015.
The Member Clubs Licensing Board examined the application submitted by the club's general secretary and decided to grant a UEFA Semi Professional License to the club. The club will now have to undergo a Monitorig process in order to participate in UEFA Competitions.
This year six Premier League clubs have applied for a UEFA license. Next season, Malta will be represented once again by four clubs in UEFA competitions.
Valletta FC would like to thank the Member Club Licensing Board for their help.


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Zahid Askani: An Oasis in Desertous Peninsula of Gwadar
Mariyam Suleman Baloch
Taking a stand in a remote community of fishermen is never undemanding where proper education system is merely a dream, the multinational language of English seems something unapproachable, the concept of co-education is unwelcomed and rational thoughts are socially restricted.
Often in such situations few self-driven individuals dare to initiate journeys overflowing with challenges and turbulences to begin with. Such journeys are not only similar to circles that don't posses any stopping points but they're also examples of innovations without any borders for males or females, for rich or poor, for children, youth or adults and for agnostics or believers. Individuals with such innovative journeys remain immortal for centuries in hearts of millions.
Up until early 2000s the peninsula of Gwadar was among the most disadvantaged vicinities. The people were still deprived of several basic rights and education was one among those. But just after a decade and a few years, a radical change seemed to expand its horizon to different parts of the town uplifting the souls of youth with the rays of knowledge.
Many things in Gwadar were happening for the first time ever for instance children were being taught with activities and latest methodologies, co-education started to be acceptable, talent shows by students were being common, girls were being encouraged to actively participate in national and international educational and employment opportunities if not equally but yet a magnificent number of them could be seen in every sector.
There are very few people and several events in the history of this emerging coastal town that have indeed contributed for the positive social change one can experience here today. One among those extraordinary intellectuals is Sir Zahid Askani, who emerged like an oasis in the desert of Gwadar when the ocean surrounding it even couldn't end its thirst.
Although his contributions for Balochi literature are admirable but perhaps his major contribution for the nation is "The Oasis Institution", with four campuses in Gwadar. Being one of the very first co-education schools, English, Computer and Arts institutions, it has benefitted a large number of population in Gwadar since its inception in 2002, despite several barriers.
Basically belonging to the Iran-bordering district Panjgur of Makran division, he brought a wave of change with silence in the harbor town as he arrived and left with an echoing resilience and vision.
It has been a year to 4th December 2014 when two unknown gunmen shot him in front of his school in the light of day. Both of the culprits succeeded in fleeing from the scene. Perhaps until today his three to four year old innocent daughter Mehlab feels the everlasting absence of her great father. His absence will indeed be felt forever but his countless efforts will continue inspiring the upcoming generation.
Published in The Balochistan Point on December 5, 2015
Disclaimer: Views expressed in this article are those of the author and The Balochistan Point not necessarily agrees with them.
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The baby on the left is my oldest son at a few months old.
The baby on the right is his daughter.
Big thank you to my daughter-in-law who sent it to my e-mail this morning.
Oh wow they are dead ringers for one another!!!
I have a picture of DH when he was about 2 years of age. When DS son was little, we would show him that picture and ask him who is that? He would say, "Me". DS was definitely a dead ringer for his daddy at that age. Even now, he looks very much like his dad only now he's taller & larger version. No doubt, he inherited his height & size from his great-grandpa Kennedy because DH is average size guy. Thanks for sharing on WW!
Lovely pictures Rosey! Your granddaughter resembles her father. I thought the picture on the left was of your your youngest son. Am I right when I say he resembles his big brother? Have a good day Rosey.
These are great photos and at first I thought it was the same baby, different times. Your right, your granddaughter looks like her dad!!
Thanks for stopping by this week to share your blog, wishing you a great week.
Awww, this is adorable. I love this idea. Wish I would have thought of doing the same thing.
Very nice pictures, portraits full of tenderness ...!!
Oh I love photos like that. My ydd and her baby boy LL are almost twins in their photos. We showed the comparison to the ones that attended his 1st birthday party and they were all shocked and amazed!
They do look alike! Both are so cute!
Look at them both! So cute with their little chubby cheeks!
Wow! There is definitely a strong resemblance. Thanks for joining the party at Tales of a Pee Dee Mama.
He is a handsome little rascal, whereas his daughter is a little beauty!
They sure do look a lot alike don't they. You can tell he had a hand in creating her.
Oh how precious! You can definitely see the family resemblance!
Oh My Goodness...they are like 2 drops of water...lol..soooo adorable! He can't say she didn't take after him! Beautiful Rosey!
They look alike so much! What beautiful pictures of your son and grandaughter!
I just want to squish them both!!! so cute.
They are dead ringers for each other ... and your oldest son and youngest look a lot a like too!!
See what apps can do Rosey! That is TOOOO cute. She's got her daddy's essence totally.
Wow she is like her daddy isn't she!
So you're saying there's a few years between those photos?
That is awesome, they look so much alike..
Aw, those pictures are adorable. Those years sure flew by, didn't they?
Aww, that matching crooked smile is priceless! Love it!
Both adorable and they look SO much alike!
Aweeeeeeeeeeee that is so cute and so nice of your DIL. I think they look a bit like each other!
Wow do they look alike! That is crazy! Like daddy, like daughter! Soooo sweet!
Like father, like daughter. Thanks for sharing these photos and for linking up this week. Sorry I am late.
What a keeper. They look so much alike!
Can definitely see a resemblence!


Week 3, Day 19: Insanity stays insane - Ren Curry - Blog.
WOot woot, today was Cardio Power & Resistance and boy what a workout. In all honesty this workout felt slightly easier for me. In the sense that I took less breaks and could do things even when I thought my legs and arms would fall off. Right now my shoulders and biceps are burning!
I love when I'm working out and I feel like my legs are just going to fall off. I have to slow down a bit or stop and shake them out, but then I get back in it. I'm done with excuses of why I can't do things. I can do whatever I put my mind and heart into and I will!!
Now I have been having some weird issues lately. The left side of my back was hurting earlier this week and today the right side of my lower back was hurting. I thought that was weird. It didn't affect my workout, it was more like an uncomfortable feeling then pain. My knee still has issue, but it is fine during the workouts. It's just when I walk down my stairs afterwards it hurts.
I really wish I had a larger tub with jets. That would make working out much more worth it. lol.