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Professor Gavin Frost
MB BS MPH FRACMA FAFPHM FHKCCM (Hon)
Acting Dean of Medicine, Sydney
Professor Frost is the Executive Dean of the School of Medicine at the Notre Dame School of Medicine, Fremantle and acting Dean of the School of Medicine, Sydney. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor and Domain Head in Population and Public Health in the new Notre Dame University School of Medicine Sydney. Before his appointment to the Sydney campus he was General Manager (Business Development) with Aus Health International in NSW, developing overseas health projects including innovative community participation and community development models. Prior to this he was the Chief Medical Officer with MBF Australia, the nation's largest private health insurance company for seven years.
Professor Frost is a medical graduate of Sydney University and the Sydney Hospital Clinical School, and holds a Masters degree in Public Health. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, was its Censor-in-Chief from 1999 until 2005 and was recently President of the College. He is also a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He was recently presented with an honorary fellowship of the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine for his work in developing administrative medicine training in Hong Kong.
In 1997-98 he was the CEO of Royal North Shore Hospital, a 750 bed teaching hospital of Sydney University.
For 2 ½ years prior to that he was the Senior Medical Advisor in the AIDS and Communicable Diseases branch of the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health. Before this secondment, he was the Deputy Chief Health Officer in the NSW Health Department for four years, acting as Chief Health Officer for part of that time.
He has also served as senior medical advisor in the office of the NSW Minister of Health, and as Director of Community Medicine at Sydney Hospital.
He has undertaken locums with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Broken Hill and in remote centres in Australia.
In his Government roles, he has made numerous visits to China, and to Indonesia. He has also undertaken consultancies in Papua New Guinea, Romania, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Libya and the Indian Ocean Territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Christmas Island.
Professor Frost was appointed to the Board of the Australian Respiratory Council (ARC) in 1980 and served as a Director till 2005. During this time, he was Director of Preventive Medicine and Director of the Health Information and Screening Service at Sydney Hospital. The ARC, in conjunction with the Sydney Hospital's Health Information and Screening Service maintained a health screening programme targeting the workforce in and around the Sydney metropolitan area. The partnership commenced in 1978, continuing until 1992 and focused on detection of certain disorders requiring treatment, eg high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and bowel cancer.


Before the measles vaccine was introduced to the world over 50 years ago, 9 of every 10 kids would contract the disease before age 15, and 2 million people would parish from the sickness each year. As a part of the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the vaccine is one of the most effective and safe medicines in existence. The 95% effective vaccine lowered measles deaths by 75% between 2000 and 2013. So why, in 2019, in a developed country like the United States where measles was eliminated in the year 2000, are stories of measles outbreaks surfacing?
While all 50 states require vaccines for students, most allow parents to opt out due to religious beliefs, and 18 due to moral beliefs. Washington and Oregon are very lenient when it comes to requiring parents to vaccinate their children. In Clark County, almost 8% of kindergarteners were excused from vaccinations entering the 2017-2018 school year, while the national average of unvaccinated children due to nonmedical reasons hovers at 2%. Why are we putting lives in jeopardy for something completely preventable? Somewhere along the way, vaccinations transformed from hailed as one of the top ten accomplishments of public health in the 20th century to the enemy.
Looking for the answers to what sparked this movement is difficult. There's no clear leader, and while anti-vaxxers have always existed throughout history, such a movement like this is unheard of in recent times. In general, a rise in mistrust of Western medicine and the motivations of modern drug companies lead many parents to believe that the vaccines recommended by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are just a ploy for money. Natural mom bloggers claim the drugs don't work and relate to the rise in autism, stating that the CDC has lied about its studies. Even more surprisingly, though, several pediatricians around the country urge parents to forego or delay vaccinations for their children to prevent autism and other negative side effects. Our very own president has tweeted on over 20 different occasions about the link between vaccines and autism as his government's leading public health institute and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network both shake their heads in disapproval.
The debate has created a media firestorm as anti-vaxxers loudly demand institutional change and everyone else wonders how much hard evidence is needed to change their minds. As comical as the issue can be portrayed online, this is a serious public health issue that deserves immediate action.
The fact of the matter is that, as a parent, you are free to make many decisions for your child. To feed them organic food or not, to teach them religion or not, to enroll them in public school or not—the list goes on. However, when a decision affects other parents' children, that is when you no longer have the autonomy to choose your own selfish ways. For the children who cannot be vaccinated for legitimate medical conditions (such as cystic fibrosis), one parent's decision to not vaccinate their child could be a completely preventable and irresponsible death sentence for another defenseless victim.
Just like the Keto diet, or running barefoot, or "intuitive eating," or yoga, if you asked me, I'd say this is another trend that someone whipped up, unaware of how it would catch fire. However, unlike these trends, this one has real-life, dire consequences for everyone. Counterculture hipsters can profess their love for strictly organic, grass-fed food and turmeric instead of Advil and Waldorf schools where children learn in flower pastures as freely as their hearts desire, but to put innocent bystanders' lives in jeopardy is a different story.


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Bill Zartler
Chris Work
Amanda Brock
Midstream Solutions
Water Infrastructure Systems & Services
Stephen Martinez
Sr. Vice President of Drilling
Stephen Martinez serves as Sr. Vice President of Drilling at Solaris Midstream and brings to the organization over 25 years of Petroleum Engineering experience. Prior to joining the Solaris team, Stephen served as Vice President of Operations for Resource Rock Exploration, LLC.; overseeing oil and gas development of reserves within the Northern Delaware Basin of Southeast New Mexico. Before his endeavor with Resource Rock, Stephen spent 11 years with Bass Enterprises (BOPCO, L.P.), starting as Drilling Engineer and ending his tenure as Division Manager of Drilling and Completions. In 2015, he received the Society of Petroleum Engineer's Distinguished Engineer Award for Outstanding Achievement in leading his teams in setting two world records in the field of oil and gas, extended reach, horizontal drilling. His team at BOPCO, L.P. was also recognized as an industry leader in the field of hydraulic fracture stimulations using crosslinked, produced water fluid systems. Stephen was a small business owner prior to joining the Bass Family as the founder of Minc. Digital; providing data management consulting and IT solutions to businesses within the Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico areas. With a strong background in software development and data management, Stephen worked as Manager of Business Development for Peloton Computer Enterprises and Landmark Graphics Corporation; two globally recognized oil and gas software companies based in Calgary, AB, Canada. Stephen started his career within oil and gas by working for Amoco Corporation and spent almost 6 years working as a Drilling and Completions Engineer in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is a 1993 graduate of Texas Tech University earning a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering. He is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Association of Drilling Engineers.
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Commercial Officer
Gregory Mullin
Senior Vice President, Commercial
Michael Incerto
Vice President Water Sourcing and Reuse
David Tuerff
Vice President of Corporate Development
Drew Dixon
Vice President Land, Regulatory, and Permitting
Matt Garlington
Vice President of Commercial
Joseph E. Rothbauer
Executive Vice President of Operations
9811 Katy Freeway, Suite 700
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FBI Agent Accidentally Shot a Man after Break Dancing
Courtney Kirchoff
Whoever said all FBI agents were black-suited tight asses? Not this guy. He was burning up the dance floor over the weekend when his weapon came free while cutting footloose. Hey, who among us hasn't been doing the Macarena when our government issued piece pops out to pop a cap in someone's knee? I'm sure it could happen to anyone.
An FBI agent is under investigation after he accidentally discharged his firearm as he performed a backflip at a Denver nightclub.
The off-duty agent was dancing when the handgun fell from his waistband holster. It fired as he went to pick it up, wounding another customer in the leg.
The man, who was not badly injured, was taken to a local hospital, a Denver police spokesman said.
You know the FBI agent is praying it's not an unarmed black man, who just wanted to cowboy up in a little hoedown cultural appropriation. Only to be capped by an overenthusiastic whitey doing the honky tonk.
Second, we're not sure if the FBI agent was trying to impress a chick. But if so, best he sticks with the Maverick and Goose option of serenading her with bad singing. Next time. It's an appropriate reference with the announcement Top Gun 2 is filming. Get caught up and be a real American.
To be fair, whatever holster model the FBI issued their agents, it probably wasn't designed to perform backflips. Or contain a man's inner dumbass. Design flaw.
There really is no moral to this story, other than when you're performing the history of dance, make sure your weapon is securely fastened. With your douche in the full, upright position. Lest you shoot an innocent bystander who was just watching a dingus show off.
Gun-safety means you use a gun safely. This includes not grabbing the trigger when you drop your gun in a public place. Though hopefully this won't inspire more dangerous versions of spin the bottle. A gun spinning on the dance floor might give people the wrong idea.


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using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Claims;
using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
using HETSAPI.Models;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace HETSAPI.Authentication
{
    #region SiteMinder Authentication Options
    /// <summary>
    /// Options required for setting up SiteMidner Authentication
    /// </summary>
    public class SiteMinderAuthOptions : AuthenticationSchemeOptions
    {
        private const string ConstDevAuthenticationTokenKey = "DEV-USER";
        private const string ConstDevDefaultUserId = "TMcTesterson";
        private const string ConstSiteMinderUserGuidKey = "smgov_userguid";
        private const string ConstSiteMinderUniversalIdKey = "sm_universalid";
        private const string ConstSiteMinderUserNameKey = "sm_user";
        private const string ConstSiteMinderUserDisplayNameKey = "smgov_userdisplayname";

        private const string ConstMissingSiteMinderUserIdError = "Missing SiteMinder UserId";
        private const string ConstMissingSiteMinderGuidError = "Missing SiteMinder Guid";
        private const string ConstMissingDbUserIdError = "Could not find UserId in the HETS database";
        private const string ConstInactivegDbUserIdError = "HETS database UserId is inactive";
        private const string ConstInvalidPermissions = "HETS UserId does not have valid permissions";

        /// <summary>
        /// DEfault Constructor
        /// </summary>
        public SiteMinderAuthOptions()
        {
            SiteMinderUserGuidKey = ConstSiteMinderUserGuidKey;
            SiteMinderUniversalIdKey = ConstSiteMinderUniversalIdKey;
            SiteMinderUserNameKey = ConstSiteMinderUserNameKey;
            SiteMinderUserDisplayNameKey = ConstSiteMinderUserDisplayNameKey;
            MissingSiteMinderUserIdError = ConstMissingSiteMinderUserIdError;
            MissingSiteMinderGuidError = ConstMissingSiteMinderGuidError;
            MissingDbUserIdError = ConstMissingDbUserIdError;
            InactivegDbUserIdError = ConstInactivegDbUserIdError;
            InvalidPermissions = ConstInvalidPermissions;
            DevAuthenticationTokenKey = ConstDevAuthenticationTokenKey;
            DevDefaultUserId = ConstDevDefaultUserId;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Default Scheme Name
        /// </summary>
        public static string AuthenticationSchemeName => "site-minder-auth";

        /// <summary>
        /// SiteMinder Authentication Scheme Name
        /// </summary>
        public string Scheme => AuthenticationSchemeName;

        /// <summary>
        /// User GUID
        /// </summary>
        public string SiteMinderUserGuidKey { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// User Id
        /// </summary>
        public string SiteMinderUniversalIdKey { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// User Name
        /// </summary>
        public string SiteMinderUserNameKey { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// User's Display Name
        /// </summary>
        public string SiteMinderUserDisplayNameKey { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Missing SiteMinder UserId Error
        /// </summary>
        public string MissingSiteMinderUserIdError { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Missing SiteMinder Guid Error
        /// </summary>
        public string MissingSiteMinderGuidError { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Missing Database UserId Error
        /// </summary>
        public string MissingDbUserIdError { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Inactive Database UserId Error
        /// </summary>
        public string InactivegDbUserIdError { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// User does not jave active / valid permissions
        /// </summary>
        public string InvalidPermissions { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Development Environment Authentication Key
        /// </summary>
        public string DevAuthenticationTokenKey { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Development Environment efault UserId
        /// </summary>
        public string DevDefaultUserId { get; set; }
    }
    #endregion

    /// <summary>
    /// Setup Siteminder Authentication Handler
    /// </summary>
    public static class SiteminderAuthenticationExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Add Authentication Handler
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="builder"></param>
        /// <param name="configureOptions"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static AuthenticationBuilder AddSiteminderAuth(this AuthenticationBuilder builder, Action<SiteMinderAuthOptions> configureOptions)
        {
            return builder.AddScheme<SiteMinderAuthOptions, SiteminderAuthenticationHandler>(SiteMinderAuthOptions.AuthenticationSchemeName, configureOptions);
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Siteminder Authentication Handler
    /// </summary>
    public class SiteminderAuthenticationHandler : AuthenticationHandler<SiteMinderAuthOptions>
    {
        private readonly ILogger _logger;

        /// <summary>
        /// Siteminder Authentication Constructir
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="configureOptions"></param>
        /// <param name="loggerFactory"></param>
        /// <param name="encoder"></param>
        /// <param name="clock"></param>
        public SiteminderAuthenticationHandler(IOptionsMonitor<SiteMinderAuthOptions> configureOptions, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory, UrlEncoder encoder, ISystemClock clock)
            : base(configureOptions, loggerFactory, encoder, clock)
        {
            _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger(typeof(SiteminderAuthenticationHandler));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Process Authentication Request
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        protected override Task<AuthenticateResult> HandleAuthenticateAsync()
        {
            // get siteminder headers
            _logger.LogDebug("Parsing the HTTP headers for SiteMinder authentication credential");

            SiteMinderAuthOptions options = new SiteMinderAuthOptions();

            try
            {
                HttpContext context = Request.HttpContext;
                IDbAppContext dbAppContext = (DbAppContext)context.RequestServices.GetService(typeof(DbAppContext));
                IHostingEnvironment hostingEnv = (IHostingEnvironment)context.RequestServices.GetService(typeof(IHostingEnvironment));

                UserSettings userSettings = new UserSettings();
                string userId = "";
                string siteMinderGuid = "";

                // **************************************************
                // If this is an Error or Authentiation API - Ignore
                // **************************************************
                string url = context.Request.GetDisplayUrl().ToLower();

                if (url.Contains("/authentication/dev") ||
                    url.Contains("/error") ||
                    url.Contains("/hangfire") ||
                    url.Contains("/swagger") ||
                    url.Contains(".map") ||
                    url.Contains(".png") ||
                    url.Contains(".css") ||
                    url.Contains(".ico") ||
                    url.Contains(".eot") ||
                    url.Contains(".woff") ||
                    url.Contains(".ttf") ||
                    url.Contains(".js"))
                {
                    _logger.LogInformation("Bypassing authentication process ({0})", url);
                    return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.NoResult());
                }

                // **************************************************
                // Check if we have a Dev Environment Cookie
                // **************************************************
                if (hostingEnv.IsDevelopment())
                {
                    string temp = context.Request.Cookies[options.DevAuthenticationTokenKey];

                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(temp))
                    {
                        _logger.LogInformation("Dev Authentication token found ({0})", temp);
                        userId = temp;
                    }
                }

                // **************************************************
                // Authenticate based on SiteMinder Headers
                // **************************************************
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(userId))
                {
                    _logger.LogInformation("Parsing the HTTP headers for SiteMinder authentication credential");

                    userId = context.Request.Headers[options.SiteMinderUserNameKey];
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(userId))
                    {
                        userId = context.Request.Headers[options.SiteMinderUniversalIdKey];
                    }

                    // if we still don't have an id - then we cannot authenticate this user
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(userId))
                    {
                        return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail(options.MissingSiteMinderUserIdError));
                    }

                    // check if the AD name is in the credential - and remove
                        int start = userId.IndexOf("\\", StringComparison.Ordinal);

                    if (start > -1)
                    {
                        userId = userId.Substring(start + 1);
                    }

                    userId = userId.ToLower();

                    siteMinderGuid = context.Request.Headers[options.SiteMinderUserGuidKey];

                    // **************************************************
                    // Validate credentials
                    // **************************************************
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(userId))
                    {
                        _logger.LogError(options.MissingSiteMinderUserIdError);
                        return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail(options.MissingSiteMinderGuidError));
                    }

                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(siteMinderGuid))
                    {
                        _logger.LogError(options.MissingSiteMinderGuidError);
                        return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail(options.MissingSiteMinderGuidError));
                    }
                }

                // **************************************************
                // Validate credential against database
                // **************************************************
                _logger.LogInformation("Validating credential against the HETS db");

                userSettings.HetsUser = hostingEnv.IsDevelopment()
                    ? dbAppContext.LoadUser(userId)
                    : dbAppContext.LoadUser(userId, siteMinderGuid);

                if (userSettings.HetsUser == null)
                {
                    _logger.LogWarning(options.MissingDbUserIdError + " (" + userId + ")");
                    return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail(options.MissingDbUserIdError));
                }

                if (!userSettings.HetsUser.Active)
                {
                    _logger.LogWarning(options.InactivegDbUserIdError + " (" + userId + ")");
                    return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail(options.InactivegDbUserIdError));
                }

                // **************************************************
                // Update the user back to their default district
                // **************************************************
                string tempSwitch = context.Request.Cookies["HETSDistrict"];

                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(tempSwitch) && userSettings.HetsUser != null)
                {
                    UserDistrict userDistrict = dbAppContext.UserDistricts.AsNoTracking()
                        .Include(x => x.User)
                        .Include(x => x.District)
                        .FirstOrDefault(x => x.User.Id == userSettings.HetsUser.Id &&
                                             x.IsPrimary);

                    // if we don't find a primary - look for the first one in the list
                    if (userDistrict == null)
                    {
                        userDistrict = dbAppContext.UserDistricts.AsNoTracking()
                            .Include(x => x.User)
                            .Include(x => x.District)
                            .FirstOrDefault(x => x.User.Id == userSettings.HetsUser.Id);
                    }

                    // update the current district for the user
                    if (userDistrict != null && userSettings.HetsUser.DistrictId != userDistrict.District.Id)
                    {
                        _logger.LogInformation("Resetting users district back to primary ({0})", userSettings.HetsUser.SmUserId);

                        userSettings.HetsUser.DistrictId = userDistrict.District.Id;
                        dbAppContext.Users.Update(userSettings.HetsUser);
                        dbAppContext.SaveChanges();
                    }
                }

                // **************************************************
                // Validate / check user permissions
                // **************************************************
                _logger.LogInformation("Validating user permissions");

                ClaimsPrincipal userPrincipal = userSettings.HetsUser.ToClaimsPrincipal(options.Scheme);

                if (!userPrincipal.HasClaim(User.PermissionClaim, Permission.Login) &&
                    !userPrincipal.HasClaim(User.PermissionClaim, Permission.BusinessLogin) &&
                    !userPrincipal.HasClaim(User.PermissionClaim, Permission.ImportData))
                {
                    _logger.LogWarning(options.MissingDbUserIdError + " (" + userId + ")");
                    return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail(options.InvalidPermissions));
                }

                // **************************************************
                // Create authenticated user
                // **************************************************
                _logger.LogInformation("Authentication successful: " + userId);
                _logger.LogInformation("Setting identity and creating session for: " + userId);

                // **************************************************
                // done!
                // **************************************************
                ClaimsPrincipal principal = userPrincipal;
                return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Success(new AuthenticationTicket(principal, null, Options.Scheme)));
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                _logger.LogError(exception.Message);
                Console.WriteLine(exception);
                throw;
            }
        }
    }
}

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Michoucas Design Cards, made in France with Love!
Carole Birou founded her studio in 2012 in Bordeaux France after graduating from Ecole supérieure des Arts Decoratifs in Strasbourg with a masters in graphic design and visual communication.
Michoucas Cards are inspired by nature, animals, everyday life and love and looking at vintage children's books and poster art and with a special interest in typography. The card designs are hand drawn first or put together with paper cuts before being refined on the computer.
All cards are imagined and drawn in the studio in Bordeaux and are printed in France.


GLENN P LOBO; Identification and Functional Characterization of RBP4 binding domains on the Vitamin A transporter Rbpr2 for Vision. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2018;59(9):4508.
Purpose : We recently showed that the retinol-binding protein receptor 2 (Rbpr2) is highly expressed in tissues devoid of Stra6, and has high affinity binding for RBP4 for the intracellular uptake of vitamin A. Loss of the Rbpr2 receptor in zebrafish manifested in severe eye phenotypes. The purpose of this study was to map the extracellular sites on Rbpr2 for RBP4 binding and to confirm both in-vitro and in-vivo the functionality of RBP4 binding domains on this vitamin A transporter.
Methods : Sequence alignment of STRA6 and RBPR2 among various species was performed to identify and map previously proposed RBP4 binding sites/ domains. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to alter these sequences in zebrafish rbpr2 gene. Transient transfection of rbpr2-mutants affecting the proposed RBP4 binding sites was performed in HEK293 cells and membrane localization patterns of recombinant Rbpr2 was assessed using immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy. Rbpr2 mutant zebrafish lines affecting the RBP4 binding sites were obtained from ZIRC to study the in-vivo functional effects on intracellular vitamin A transport for vision.
Results : A three amino acid RBP4 binding site (Serine268-Tyrosine272-Lysine273) on STRA6 was found to be partially conserved in zebrafish Rbpr2 sequence. Immunohistochemical and confocal analysis revealed that all three rbpr2-mutants, affecting the RBP4 binding sites, had altered membrane expression patterns, when compared to WT-Rbpr2. At 5.5 days post fertilization only zebrafish rbpr2-mutants affecting the RBP4 binding domains, showed smaller eyes, cardiac edema and hydrocephaly; phenotypes associated with decreased systemic vitamin A. Histological analysis showed disrupted retinal lamination layers, and loss of rod and cone photoreceptor proteins, associated with suboptimal ocular retinoids.
Conclusions : In-vitro analysis of mutated RBP4 binding sites on rbpr2 resulted in improper membrane localization patterns and in-vivo led to a decrease in systemic vitamin A levels, manifesting in severe ocular phenotypes in zebrafish. Collectively our data suggests that zebrafish Rbpr2 contains functional RBP4 binding sites, which play an important role in vitamin A transport.


Fast trains from Amersfoort to Cologne take around 2 hours and 32 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 174 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Amersfoort and Cologne.
1. Are there direct trains from Amersfoort to Cologne?
Journeys between Amersfoort and Cologne usually involve one change of train.
We usually find around 23 departures on the route from Amersfoort to Cologne every weekday that leave enough time to change trains without waiting around for longer than necessary.
2. How long is the train journey from Amersfoort to Cologne?
The Amersfoort to Cologne train travel time is normally about 2 hours and 32 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
3. What are the Amersfoort to Cologne train times and schedule?
On weekdays the earliest train to Cologne is usually scheduled to depart Amersfoort around 06:39 and the last train is around 00:28. At weekends the first train of the day leaves Amersfoort around 05:38, and the last at 00:50.
When to book Amersfoort to Cologne train tickets?
Trains for this journey usually open for booking around 6 months in advance. If booking is not yet open for your dates then you can set a booking alert to receive an email on the day that the cheapest tickets are released for your journey from Amersfoort to Cologne by train.
Which train companies operate between Amersfoort and Cologne?


Nailcote Hall is a beautiful wedding venue near Birmingham, a great place to get married and have an amazing wedding reception!
There are some stunning locations in and around Warwickshire and the West Midlands where I am based, but none are as charismatic as Nailcote Hall. Its like getting married in Shakespeare's lala-land.
I really enjoyed my day here, great staff, a wonderful collection of rooms and grounds (including a mini golf course and lakes) to die for.
Another important factor for a wedding photographer is that everything can be held in one place, owing to the civil marriage licence they hold.
Following a brilliant day, photographing the gorgeous wedding of Gemma and Stuart, the party moved to a sumptuous marque for the wedding breakfast, speeches and toasts. After the traditional cutting of the cake and the happy couples first dance, I hung around and took a few grip and grin pics and more so, caught the bride in her full party mode!


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Ben Bolton is a social media producer at MNN. He covered sports and news throughout Georgia and Alabama. Ben has experience covering local and national news for FOX 5 Atlanta, Alabama News Network, and other news stations. He spent several seasons covering University of Georgia, Auburn University and University of Alabama athletics. Ben has also done media work for brands like Tropical Smoothie Café, Tin Drum and the Center for Health and Healing.
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بالصور* طريقة استعمال لودر اصلاح المشاكل الخاص بمعالجات sunplus 1512/ 1502 كاجهزة tiger z والاشب - sunplus الكاتب: hamid dzz. 2N39ACTQ00 U1A POFK 43 pF R8 R9 R11 C8 HCS. If this datasheet link 1502 is broken, the datasheet may still be available at nteinc. This part is the equivalent replacement for the 2n3904 following:. ويتم تحميل السوفت باللودر الخاص بالشحن وبالمرفقات عدد 2 لودر للشحن 1- Sunplus Uart ISPSunplus 1506 Uart ISP وإليكم بعض الأجهزة المتشابهة الفوكس سات الأفاتار7500 القديم اسم 2n3904 القناة. 5Amp Adjustable Voltage Regulator.
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Q: How to display data with value '0' in chart with chart.js? I have a chart of 3 data-Chinese Book, English Book, Malay Book.
Chinese book has 300, English Book has 400, Malay Book has 0.
It works fine when I only display Chinese Book and English Book.
When I add in Malay Book for display, it doesn't return errors but displays nothing.
Here is my function for bar chart,
function setChart(){
    var ctx = document.getElementById("avgPageCount");

    var avgPageCount = new Chart(ctx, {
    type: 'bar',
    data: {
        labels: {{ chartdata_labels|safe }},
        datasets: [{
            label: '# of votes',
            data: {{ chartdata_data }},
            backgroundColor: {{ chart_bg | safe }} ,
            borderColor: {{ chart_bd | safe }},
            borderWidth: 1
        }]
    },
    options: {
        scales: {
            yAxes: [{
                ticks: {
                    beginAtZero:true
                }
            }]
        }
    }
});
}

window.onload = setChart;

Malay book will return 0 since there is no new register book for this month.
malay_book= Book.objects.filter(reg_date__range(current_month_first_day,today)).aggregate(Sum('total'))['total_sum']
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Is the chart won't display value with '0'?

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Bengaluru FC will host NorthEast United in the Indian Super League on Monday, 21st October. The match will kick off at 7.30 pm local time.
India Bet Highlights
Bengaluru are the most successful club in the history of the Indian Super League (ISL), having won the tournament in 2013 – 2014, and 2015 – 2016, and been runners-up in 2017 – 2018.
They are also the defending champions, having beaten Goa 1 – 0 in last season's final.
NorthEast United have a new manager this season in the form of Croatian Robert Jarri, replacing Eelco Schattorie who has moved to the Kerala Blasters.
The last time these two sides met was in the play-offs in March, with Bengaluru winning 4 – 2 on aggregate. NorthEast won the home leg 2 -1, but went down 3 – 0 in the away tie.
Bengaluru start favourites to win the ISL Super League again. They are widely regarded as having the best coach in the form of Spaniard Carles Cuadrat, and in tactics and strategy they are ahead of their rivals, employing a Spanish style of possession-based football thanks to Cuadrat, who came through the Barcelona youth system.
They are regarded as having the league's best goalkeeper in Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, whilst Rahul Bheke and Albert Serran are very effective defenders. Their midfield offers creativity, particularly Udante Kuman, and Ashique Kuruniyan, whilst upfront they boast the talents of current Indian captain Sunil Chhetri.
Their biggest problem they potentially face comes because Venezuelan striker Miku, who scored the majority of their goals last season, has now departed the club to join the Cypriot side Omonia. In his place, they have signed Kuriniyan from FC Pune City for €88,000, and they will be hoping he can form an effective partnership with Chhetri upfront.
Other new arrivals at the club are Prabhsukhan Singh and Suresh Wangjam (from Indian Arrows), Manuel Onwu (from CAM Murcia), Etgenson Lyngdoh (from ATK), and Raphael Augusto (from Chennaiyin).
NorthEast not only lost coach Schattorie in the close season, but also one of their biggest stars in the form of Bartholomew Ogbeche, who followed him to Kerala Blasters. However, they have signed former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan, the Ghana international who is best remembered as the man who missed the penalty that would have taken his country through to the World Cup final in 2010. He joins an all foreign forward line, with the experienced Argentine Maximiliano Barreiro, and the pacy young Uruguayan Martin Cháves, set to start alongside him. NorthEast hope that the three can help improve on their tally of just 21 goals last season.
One area of concern for the team is their defence, which conceded 18 goals last season, and new coach Jarri will be looking to strengthen that area of the team. However, they are vulnerable in the event that either of their two foreign players, Mislav Komorski or Kai Heerings, get injured, because they lack quality local replacements. And by choosing to concentrate their foreign resources up front and in defence, they lack strength in midfield.
Bengaluru will be looking to get off to a strong start in defence of their league title. The last campaign they usually beat opponents with ease, particularly at home, and will be hoping that their new look forward line can click immediately. Northeast will also be expecting much from their strikers, but do not have the same strength as their opponents in midfield or defence. Bengaluru put three past them in the home leg of last season's play-offs, and will be hoping for an equally comfortable win this time round.
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Had Suede continued releasing music instead of breaking up in the early 2000s, an album like former frontman Brett Anderson's Black Rainbows could easily have been the band's current offering. This isn't a bad thing, though. Anderson's solo work in these intervening years honors his former group.
With Black Rainbows, Anderson carries on many of the structural and aesthetical elements that characterized Suede's songs and set the band apart from its '90s Britpop contemporaries. His high, clear vocals come to the forefront of each track but are never in opposition to the music.
The arrangement of songs on Black Rainbows is like the ebb and flow of waves, taking listeners up to the peak of joy or anger before sliding into troughs of introspection or sorrow.
The end comes in the resonant embrace of "Possession." Anderson's voice, and the harmony vocals, rise one last time in the repeated, climatic refrain of, "For her….," before falling away into single notes on a piano. This is the true emotional peak of the album and I was moved literally to tears by this song.
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GE Offers Citi Starting Point for Fixing CEO Pay
By Agnes T. Crane and Antony Currie
While a majority of Citigroup shareholders voted against the CEO Vikram Pandit's pay package at this week's annual meeting, there's still a way to incentivize him while also benefiting investors.
Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Citi
All is not lost for Vikram Pandit. While a majority of Citigroup shareholders voted against the chief executive's pay package at this week's annual meeting, there's still a way to incentivize him while also benefiting investors. General Electric, which faced similar unrest over pay last year, offers a good starting point.
A number of the Connecticut conglomerate's owners last year told the company they weren't happy with the long-term incentive plan it had given chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. In response, GE changed two of the absolute and relative targets the company needed to hit before awarding Immelt his full whack of two million options over GE shares.
Immelt will only get half of the options if GE's industrial operations generate at least $55 billion of cash flow over a four-year period ending in December 2014. That's no simple feat: based on last year's showing, GE would fall $6.6 billion short. To receive the other half, GE's total shareholder return has to meet, or exceed, the S&P 500's. Again, that's no foregone conclusion: GE has underperformed since 2008.
Similar fixes could be made to Pandit's package. For instance, he's slated to receive 0.55 percent of whatever Citi's core business cumulatively earns over 2012 and 2013 as long as it's at least $12 billion - meaning a minimum of $6.5 million for Pandit. Yet Citicorp raked in just over half the target amount in the first quarter alone and $30 billion over the previous two years. The pay wasn't the problem - the target was just too low.
Similarly, Citi set touchy-feely targets for Pandit in return for a $10 million award of deferred stock. Ensuring the bank has adequate capital, decent people, good risk management and exercises responsible finance are basic tasks for the boss. Replacing these with a less subjective metric, like hitting a certain return on equity or beating the KBW banks index would better align the interests of the CEO and shareholders.
Indeed, Citi could even one-up GE by inserting a sliding scale that would award Pandit even more riches if he exceeds his goals. Of course, that would require robust oversight and risk management to ensure the boss doesn't sacrifice long-term sustainability for short-term profitability. But paying Pandit handsomely for doing an excellent job is a luxury problem Citi's shareholders might be willing to welcome.
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A young transit funding supporter at today's press conference. Photo: RTA
As state legislators get ready to vote on the first budget under Governor J.B. Pritzker, Chicago-area transit officials and other local leaders gathered for a press conference at Union Station to urge the General Assembly to provide long-term, sustainable funding that would, at the very least, allow them to complete $37.7 billion in necessary capital projects.
This was just one of several events being held by transit agencies across Illinois this morning. During the press conference held at Union Station's Burlington Room, officials argued that the funding would ensure they can keep the regional transit system running more smoothly and make it more accessible to people with disabilities, which would ultimately benefit the state's economy.
Last summer, the Regional Transit Authority, the CTA, Metra, and Pace released an extensive wish list of projects that they would like to do as soon as possible. About $19.4 billion of the funding would go to "state of good repair" projects. These include buying new vehicles to replace ones nearing the end of their useful life; fixing up infrastructure such as bus stops and rail embankments; and repairing and building new rail stations and bus terminals. But the transit systems are also looking to expand. CTA, for example, is asking for money to build the long-discussed Red Line extension, do track reconstitution on the Blue Line's Forest Park branch to address slow zones. Pace wants to buy buses and expand garages so it can offer expanded service.
Pace spokesperson Maggie Daly Skogsbakken said that one major example of how financial constraints are holding back service is the bus-on-shoulder service along I-55 corridor. As I reported earlier this year, the transit agency recently reshuffled the service, eliminating low-performing Route 856 and shifting the freed-up buses to other routes. But even after this, Daily Skoggsbakken said, the buses are overcrowded.
"We don't have the vehicles to support [increasing service]," she said. "We also don't have the space to maintain and house them. The Heritage garage is bursting at the seams. We have to store [some] buses outside, which is not ideal."
The agencies' original proposal called for the state to contribute $2-3 billion a year – which would generate between $20 billion – $30 billion in funding over the next decade. During the press conference, RTA chair Kirk Dillard said that he knew that convincing the state to commit anything close to that would be a challenge — but one that's worth taking on.
"As chairman of the RTA and a lifelong transit rider, I know firsthand the importance of transit to our region and state," he said. "And a former state senator, I appreciate the multitude of issues facing our statewide elected officials. But, as today's speakers show, public transportation affects us all, and its funding is critical to our regional and statewide economy."
When asked where the funding would come from, Dillard said that this was something he would leave for state legislators to figure out. But he said that it had to be from a source that would be sustainable on the long run.
The new administration has shown some willingness to revive long-stalled transit projects. It recently released funding for two new city Metra stations: the Peterson Ridge station in Edgewater, and the Auburn Park station in Auburn-Gresham.
CTA president Dorval Carter argued that his agency doesn't get nearly as much state subsidy per ride as peer systems in New York City and Boston. And while he described the CTA as a great system, he argued that it needs more investment to keep it running and make it even better. "Today, I urge everyone who cares about public transit to get on board and [urge the state] to finally pass the budget," Carter said.
Karen Tamley serves as the Chicago's Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities and represents Chicago paratransit users on the Pace Board of Directors. She said that one of the major upsides of increasing capital investments would be to make the regional transit system more accessible to wheelchair users like herself, and other people with disabilities. While she said there has seen substantial progress since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, Chicago area transit still has plenty of room for improvement when it comes to accessibility.
"There are still 41 CTA stations that aren't accessible," Tamley said. "There are 44 Metra stations that aren't accessible. There are a lot of passengers with disabilities that rely on public transit to get to work, to get to medical appointments."
As she later told me, one of the issues with Metra stations is that they may be "partially accessible." For example, all Metra Electric line stations have high-level platforms, so wheelchair users don't need lifts to get on and off the train – but many of those platforms don't have elevators or ramps to get down to street level.
"We can become the first legacy rail system [in United States] to be fully accessible," Tamley said during the conference.
Business leaders at the presser voiced support for investing in transit. Matt Goebel, spokesman for North Chicago-based AbbVie Inc biopharmaceutical company, praised the recently launched Metra reverse commute service pilot.
"Our employees commute everyday from Chicago and Wisconsin," he said. "The new express trains had a significant impact on travel times, making their commute manageable and less stressful. That is why we're here today to show support for long-term consistent funding."
RTA Executive Director Leanne Redden. Photo: Igor Studenkov
RTA Executive Director Leanne Redden framed the capital funding as an investment in the state's future. "People and businesses around the state count on public transit, and it contributes mightily to our economy," she said.
The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, which operates the South Shore Line, finds itself in an interesting position. The South Shore primarily serves four counties in northwestern corner of Indiana, but it also provides the only rail service to Chicago's Hegewisch neighborhood, and it stops at Hyde Park and downtown Chicago. The agency receives RTA funding to support the Chicago portion of the service.
Redden told me that NICTD has been supportive of the RTA's push, and she noted that, in contrast to Illinois, Indiana has been investing in transit. The Indiana General Assembly recently approved $200 million in funding to help secure secure matching federal funds for two major South Shore Line capital projects – building the brand-new West Lake branch to serve cities south of Hammond and double-tracking the currently largely single-track segments between Gary and Michigan City.
"I want to point out that Indiana raised revenue to invest in transit," Redden said. "And we [at the RTA] worry that Illinois is going to be left behind."
The RTA press release noted that Chicago area transit agencies are hardly alone in their capital needs. Other Illinois transit agencies "have more than $1.5 billion in reinvestment needs."
Mayor Stephanie Acri of Moline was at the press conference to support the RTA and to bring attention to the capital needs in her own region. Moline is one of the eight Illinois municipalities in the Quad Cities region served by the MetroLINK bus transit system. She told me that she personally appreciates the bus system's impact.
"MetroLink is a wonderful services," she said. "I run a repair shop and my employees use the system every day. [But] it is in need of investment, to [allow it] to continue to operate and the level we need them to operate at." Acri added that she would welcome the long-stalled Amtrak project to connect Chicago to Quad Cities, which would bring economic investment to the region. "That's what's most important to us."
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In the last month, I've taken a several trips on the Forest Park. There are significant slow zones, especially between Medical District and Forest Park. A trip that would have taken about 20 minutes back when the tracks were in good condition took twice as long. Even at extremely slow speeds (5-10 mph), the train was rocking noticeably in the worst sections. Repair work is urgently needed there.
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With Ridership on the Rise, Will Congress Step Up and Invest in Transit?
By Tanya Snyder	| Mar 11, 2014
Yesterday the American Public Transportation Association reported that Americans made more transit trips in 2013 than in any other year since 1956. Of course, per capita ridership is still low compared to the 1950s, and we're nowhere near the ridership peaks of the 1940s. But when transit trips increase 1.1 percent while population rises 0.7 […]
Final State Task Force Report Dives Into Transit Reform Details
By Steven Vance	| Apr 1, 2014
Governor Pat Quinn's northeastern Illinois task force released its final report [PDF] yesterday, detailing recommendations from its mid-March draft. The task force launched last year, after former Metra CEO Alex Clifford resigned to protest the commuter rail operator's long-running patronage culture. The task force of transit experts, business and union leaders spends most of the report writing about how […]
Three Transit Campaigns: Do They Compete or Complement Each Other?
By Steven Vance	| Apr 23, 2015
As the Chicago region grows in population, we're going to need to provide efficient and affordable transportation options in order to compete in the global economy, and that's going to require more and better transit. People who live near transit pay less in transportation costs as a portion of their household income, and have better access […]
More State Control Over Chicagoland Transit Is a Bad Idea
On Tuesday, the Northeastern Public Transit Task Force, created after former Metra CEO Alex Clifford's abrupt resignation and the ensuing severance package scandal last summer, issued four different options for restructuring regional transit governance [PDF]. While there's a lot of variation among the four options, they would all hand more power to the governor. This is […]
No Surprise: International Report Says Region's Transit Not Up to Par
By Steven Vance	| Oct 6, 2014
Last month, a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development validated what Chicago researchers, a task force convened by the governor, and millions of customers have all said for years: Transit in Chicagoland is fragmented, inefficient, and far from adequate to serve the region's transportation needs. The OECD, a "club of rich countries" that counts the […]


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About Malmsturm
Malmsturm – The Foundations
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The world of Malmsturm was designed as a setting for fantasy roleplaying games. Malmsturm belongs to a specific subtype of fantasy that is mostly referred to as »Sword and Sorcery«, a term coined by Fritz Leiber. Sword and Sorcery had its origins in the »pulp« magazines of the 1920s and 30s, in which fantastical tales appeared along with »normal« crime and adventure stories. These short stories were either horror, science fiction or or fantasy, according to todays understanding, although the writers rarely payed attention to a strict separation of these genres. The boundaries between magic and science or betweeen aliens and supernatural monsters were often deliberately blurred. At the same time, the starring roles were mostly reserved for humans, while intelligent non-human races did either appear as dangerous monstrosities or not at all – an exception to this rule where tragical characters that made an appearance as the last of their kind. The genre of Sword and Sorcery originated with the fantasy stories by Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, C. L. Moore and Fritz Leiber. In later decades their tradition was picked up by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, Michael Moorcock and Karl Edward Wagner.
"What happened to fantasy for me is what also happened to rock and roll. It found a common denominator for making maximum money.
As a result, it lost its tensions, its anger, its edginess and turned into
one big cup of cocoa."
– Michael Moorcock –
There is a overlap with elements of Sword and Sorcery in the so-called »Dying Earth« genre, which revolves around ancient and dying civilizations. Especially Clark Ashton Smith, Jack Vance and Gene Wolfe come to mind. In this spirit, Malmsturm deliberately presents a world that combines many typical aspects of classic Sword and Sorcery and Dying Earth stories: A mazy history full of lost cultures and empires, humans as the dominant intelligent species, remnants of forgotten technology and science, a grand empire sinking into decadence, wilderness roamed by barbarians, monstrous animals and plants, exotic city states and so forth. But real Sword and Sorcery adventures require not only a suitable world, but most of all suitable characters and conflicts! The heroes of Sword and Sorcery shape this genre by their – often little heroic – idiosyncrasies and adventures: Classic fantasy heores determine the fate of the world in grand wars and with epic efforts. Their fate is the fight against evil. The scope of the stories of Conan, Kane, Jirel, Elak or Fafhrd are usually much smaller and more personal. Even when those characters battle demigods their motivations are mostly mundane. The greatness in Sword and Sorcery lies in its heoroes: We meet them when they are already experienced champions. They show willpower and emotions, bear personal codes of honour, aims and desires. Exceptions can be found in the characters of later authors like Michael Moorcock or Gene Wolfe: Those are involved in decisions of a cosmic scale, but they still act out of personal motives and often only grasp the whole meaning of their fate at the end of their respective stories. However, actual destiny and the helplessness of a hero in the face of his fate do not belong in classic Sword and Sorcery stories – and Malmsturm in particular, due to its individually susceptible reality, is hardly suited for it.
"Better freedom and a chilly road than a warm hearth and servitude."
– Fritz Leiber–
Sword and Sorcery heroes would do anything to reach their goals. Any blow taken they will meet with an immediate riposte. Instead of entangling themselves in a long-lasting guerilla war they go through hell, in order to take what they need to kill their enemy. Others eke out a living as thieves or mercenaries for years and almost become the victim of some political intrigue as seemingly expendable scoundrels – only to begin a bloody vendetta against the noble high priest and originator of the plot. These characters are anti-heroes: Instead of using their extraordinary abilities to help the weak, they mostly only serve themselves. This is not unintentional, however, and is in line with the origin of Sword and Sorcery, since even contemporary early heroes, private eyes and masked avengers from pulp magazines – The Shadow, Domino Lady, The Continental Op, The Spider – were often anti-heores or moved in rather individual moral grey zones. Therefore, many Sword and Sorcery protagonists are lone wolves. Yet there are also example for longtime companions, whose friendship is particularly close due to the fervour of these characters. Hence, in the creation of a player character for Malmsturm one should not shy away from extreme events in the characters backstory or dramatic-sounding aspects – quite the contrary!
Many Sword and Sorcery protagonists are distinguished by bravery and a strong will to stay true to themselves, and in the world of Malmsturm this is exactly what capacitates them to gread deeds.
So timidly designed characters with cautiously phrased aspects will rarely go well with Malmsturm. It is often our co-players that help us to releases the brakes in our heads during character creation.
"My characters are more like men than these real men are, see.
They're rough and rude, they got hands and they got bellies.
They hate and they lust; break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed."
– Robert E. Howard –
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Meet the trading star who just made associate at Goldman Sachs, aged 20
by Sarah Butcher 09 August 2018
If you're good at Goldman Sachs, you will get promoted fast and you will get promoted early. - The archetype is Kunal Shah, the Goldman Sachs macro trader who joined the firm aged 21 and became partner aged 27. Now it looks like another young macro trader is following in Shah's footsteps.
Wajih Ahmed, a trader on Goldman's London inflation desk has just been made associate in this year's junior promotion round. Ahmed, who joined Goldman Sachs two years ago is just twenty years old.
Making associate after two years on Goldman's securities programme is unusual - although the firm usually promotes after two years in the investment banking division, promotions in the securities business are made on merit. In securities, advancement after three years is more common. Ahmed is therefore special, but this has long been the case.
Ahmed was notable for his exceptionalism long before Goldman Sachs. Aged 10, he scored 99% in his maths A level. Aged 11, he scored 97% in further maths A level. Aged 13, he got an A in his chemistry A level. Aged 14, he got an A* at physics A level. He began studying economics at Southampton University aged 14, and aged only 17 was the university's youngest ever graduate, with a first class degree and an 86% overall pass rate. He then completed a masters in finance at the London School of Economics, all before his 18th birthday.
Ahmed's first encounter with Goldman was in the summer of 2015 when (aged 17), he was an intern in the London securities division. In those three months he managed to achieve a mythical status among other interns and analysts after completing a project that was supposed to have taken an entire week in only two hours.
Ahmed is still only an associate at Goldman. If he wants to emulate Shah, he'll need to become a vice president, executive director, managing director and then partner. None of this is easy. But if the past is any indication of the future, Ahmed is definitely someone to watch - particularly around the time of the 2024 partner promotion round.
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Our groundbreaking study guide focusing on Ghost The Musical has been created in a manner that gives amazing insights into various aspects of the show, including its themes, numerous issues treated within the story and the creative process that went into developing the musical. There are features that no other Broadway study guide has ever before had.
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This study guide offers sections on issues such as Loss, Grief, Belief and the Paranormal; Bullying and Communication and Relationships and on artistic areas that include the book, lyrics and music; performance style and orchestrations and arrangements. There's also an entire section devoted to each character in the show.
There are 21 projects focusing on various topics. Each project contains a description of the topic, project and process for students, worksheets and appropriate links to various materials and video interviews and teacher instructions that include Core Standards addressed in a particular project.
The Ghost The Musical Interactive Study Guide fosters learning through communication, creativity and collaboration. There's no single way to utilize it. You may use it prior to seeing Ghost The Musical to introduce topics, after experiencing the production to investigate different areas in-depth or without ever seeing the show, studying the process and style through written materials and video clips and using audio selections from a CD of the show. In fact many of the exercises may be adapted to the study of other works, such as novels, films, plays or musicals. Be as creative as you would like with this free study guide. It is a great tool to be used in fostering learning.


Anton Harber is the Caxton Professor of Journalism at Wits University. He was a founding editor of the Mail & Guardian, editor-in-chief of eNCA, executive director of Kagiso Media and director of Africa Check. He co-edited the first two editions of The AZ of South African Politics (Penguin, 1994/5), and Troublemakers: The best of SAs investigative journalism (Jacana, 2010). He was executive producer of the television series, Ordinary People and Hard Copy. Harbers book Diepsloot was published by Jonathan Ball in May 2011.


It has been observed that city trees grow more quickly and robustly than their forest-dwelling cousins. The abundance of airborne carbon dioxide in urban environments is absorbed and stored by our arboreal architectures and, in effect, act as a recording device for the city's changing environment. When, where, and which trees were planted has always been directed by the dominant theories of modern urban life and by who ruled the streets. In this way, like the study of changing architectural styles, a tree in the city is a document of the actions of human inhabitation.
Collected portraits of the Dresden trees will tell a story about the city. Over the course of a week we will be gathering tree-portraits, both through our own research and with help from participants' documents and stories. Amassed in a video installation, the collection of portraits will aggregate over the week to make a new forest for the city of Dresden.
Die beiden Architekten sammeln über eine Woche Material zu ausgewählten Bäumen im Stadtgebiet. Die Bewohner sind dazu aufgerufen bestimmte Bäume mit Hinweisen, Fundstücken und Dokumentationsmaterial vorzuschlagen und die Sprechstunden aufzusuchen. Schlagen Sie Ihren Baum vor!
Claire Wood and Gabriel Fries-Briggs were trained as architects. Their work shies away from novel form-making in favor of uncovering unfamiliar forms in everyday rituals, experiences, and environments. Refusing to believe that urban life is as rigid as it can appear, their projects try to make the city more flexible, looser, squishy, and slow. Working through drawing, video, text, web, and built work, they create projects that can fit hundreds of people, fit in a pocket, or barely exist at all.
Claire Wood (*1980) lives and works in New York. Gabriel Fries-Briggs (*1986) lives and works in San Fransico.