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Q: Javascript : How to process function's argument even if it undefined I am creating a function to check if given value is empty or not, if it undefined, equals to empty string, or has zero length it will returns true. Here is what i'm done
isEmpty(value){
    if(typeof(value)=='undefined'){
        return true;
    }
    else if(value==''||value.length==0){
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

but when i evaluate some undefined variable for example isEmpty(foo) it will throw an uncaught reference error, but i want return true, how to do that?

function isEmpty(value) {
  if (typeof(value) == 'undefined') {
    return true;
  } else if (value == '' || value.length == 0) {
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

console.log(isEmpty(value))

A: You are understanding Undefined wrong

Undefined means a variable has been declared, but the value of that
  variable has not yet been defined(Not assigned a value yet). For example:

function isEmpty(value){

// or simply value===undefined will also do in your case
  if(typeof(value)==='undefined'||value==''||value.length==0){
        return true;
    }
  return false;

}
let foo; // declared but not assigned a value so its undefined at the moment
console.log(isEmpty(foo))

Add On -What is Uncaught  ReferenceError: "x" is not defined.

There is a non-existent variable referenced somewhere. This variable
  needs to be declared , or you need make sure it is available in your
  current script or scope.

So clearly you are not referencing your variable anywhere in the context ,so you get that exception.Follow Up Link
This is how you can check that variable is in the scope or it is declared or not ,by catching the reference Error

// Check if variable is declared or not

//let value;
try {
  value;
} catch (e) {
  if (e.name == "ReferenceError") {
    console.log("variable not declared yet")
  }

}

// or the function approach

function isEmpty(value){

// or simply value===undefined will also do in your case
  if(typeof(value)==='undefined'||value==''||value.length==0){
        return true;
    }
  return false;

}

try {
  isEmpty(value);
} catch (e) {
  if (e.name == "ReferenceError") {
    console.log("variable not declared yet")
  }
}

A: This is what you are looking for, a test of value===undefined first fixes.

const isEmpty = (value) => value===undefined||typeof(value)==='undefined'||value===''||value.length===0;

let foo;
let bar = 'test';

console.log(isEmpty());
console.log(isEmpty(foo));
console.log(isEmpty(bar));

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"We believe that school sport should be about having fun together. "The motto of School Sports Clubs Association of Czech Republic follows the rule of an enjoyable and inclusive sport.
This year ASSK CR (Asociace skolnich sportovnich klubu) hosted the World Schools Championships in volleyball, an international competition for youth players of age 15-18. The association stuck to their vision of organising events in a way the whole school and its youth get engaged in the process: from competing to helping with organisation, and most importantly, to learn from it.
Youth is also included in all media and Opening Ceremony related activities, such as performing the anthem, reporting, interviewing, etc. They encourage the students to cheer on and support each other regardless of the school they come from.
"We believe school sport is a cornerstone which determines child's future attitude towards the sport, and by doing all of this we want to bring fun back to schools and give school sport a better image."
ASSK CR strategy to develop school sport further is to focus on engaging pupils in sport throughout the whole school period. They organize diverse sports competitions for youth of different age categories.
The goal is to focus more on unification of the overall program of chosen national competitions: all of the events having a sport celebrity as a patron/ambassador which will motivate the youth, all of them having similar opening ceremonies and being broadcasted to Czech national sports television, etc.
By unification and raising the quality, ASSK CR wants to give school sports activities a more prestigious profile.
Furthermore, they want to focus on providing better service to school sport coaches and PE teachers, for example by preparing easy tips for diverse and fun activities with children (such as "5 ways how to do an unusual and fun warm up", etc).
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One of Wildern's aims is to maximise the opportunities students have to access the arts and culture alongside ensuring our learners experience 'real life' opportunities. This was no more apparent than a unique opportunity offered to the Wildern Dance Department to perform in the BBC 'Ten Pieces' Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in July. Wildern was one of 5 schools to be invited to perform at this prestigious event following participation in the BBC Ten Pieces project. Wildern's passion and drive for the arts ensure opportunities like this take place and highlight Wildern as a flagship school for the arts.
Wildern's journey has also had even more of a positive impact on the arts provision of the local community and primary school cluster than we had envisaged. An example of this is through timetabled primary outreach time we have been able to regularly support our cluster schools to provide high quality arts provision and establish strong roots to build outstanding arts education from non-specialist teachers at a primary level. This has also enabled the primary schools to begin their own Artsmark journey and embed our ethos of valuing the arts across all subject areas.
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Wildern actively promotes and encourages participation in arts and culture as well as providing students guidance in these areas as a career choice. Students participate in arts careers days with local colleges and theatres and have opportunities to meet and work alongside people from arts and culture industries such as actors, dancers, choreographers, artists, musicians, composers, and directors.
Wildern's Artsmark journey has triggered a review of what we can offer to other secondary schools and feeder primary schools to support their growth and development in the arts.
Wildern has begun to support feeder primary schools by offering them the opportunity to have teachers of music and dance lead lessons focussing on building specialist skills in these subjects. As well as providing primary children with high quality teaching and learning in the arts it has developed as a CPD opportunity for primary staff to enrich and build on their ability to teach across the arts. Primary staff have been able to reflect on their pedagogy and apply the methods and techniques used in these sessions to enhance their own teaching and learning in the classroom and beyond.
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Those interested in children's literature will find some of the best recommendations for reading and reading aloud throughout this website. Age or grade categories usually cover a broad period in a child's life, however, please consider our ratings by grade as a recommendation, not a rigid limitation on the use of the books.
Reading Aloud is one of the most important gifts a child can receive. A special bond is created between an adult and child in sharing a book. It indicates to the child that someone cares enough to spend time sharing a good book. There is also a sense of security that comes from the physical closeness in sharing a story.
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Television may be a great babysitter, but it is a huge obstacle to family togetherness. Television deprives a child of asking questions. It encourages deceptive thinking and stifles their imagination. It overpowers and desensitizes a child's sense of sympathy for suffering. It is a passive activity and discourages creative play.
Most American children do minimal reading. They do not know very much about history, unless they have seen it on television. This is ignorance, not illiteracy.
Our society offers so many distractions and negative role models that most children either cannot read, will not read, or hate to read. What does this say about their choices in the voting booths, how they choose to spend their money and leisure time, how they raise their children, or the value systems they adopt and whom they emulate?
Make sure the readings are interesting and exciting enough to hold their interest while building up their imagination. Use plenty of expression when you read aloud and have fun with the language. Whisper, laugh, oink, meow, or speak gruffly or softly. Read slow or fast to fit the story and allow time for children to point to everything in a picture and discuss it.
For children who are not used to listening to stories, keep the initial readings short enough to fit their attention spans, and gradually increase the reading time as well as the length of the book. Do not turn every reading session into a question and answer session. Be sensitive to the times when your child simply wants to enjoy the story.
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Children hear stories on at least three different levels: intellectual, emotional, and social. Their listening skills are at least two full years ahead of their reading levels.
Around the eighth grade, the listening levels and reading levels converge. Therefore, children can listen to, understand, and enjoy books that are too difficult for them to read independently. These stories are needed because they are far more exciting, enriching and challenging than anything children could read on their own. These are the stories that eventually raise reading levels.
Sadly, many parents stop reading aloud when their children begin to read for themselves. Parents should realize that children who listen to books that are beyond their reading skills will be introduced to an increased variety of words and the complex structure of language patterns.
Most children's books are rated based on age because it better reflects a child' interests, emotion and social development. Usually the age or grade rating covers a broad period and should be considered only as a guide, not a rigid rule on the use of the book.
There are two categories of classics: early classics like the fairy tales of Andersen, Grimm, and Perault; and modern classics like Charlotte's Web and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Both were written by people who never lost their love of childhood.
Classics should make a major contribution to a child's education, merriment, and appreciation of literature. Many good stories provide clear standards of right and wrong, show the ethics of human behavior, and evoke natural and wholesome laughter.
Classics contain those unique qualities that surpass time and appeal to listeners and readers of every generation.
A classic is the rare book that has a special element, which enables it to endure the test of time and appeal to children from every generation. It stands out because it has the ability to touch the heart and cross the boundaries of culture, nationality, religion, race, gender, and status.
Classics should make a major contribution to a child's education, merriment, and appreciation of literature. Classics should provide clear standards of right and wrong, show the ethics of human behavior, and evoke wholesome laughter.
A sense of honor and value surround great literature. Laughter, pain, hunger, satisfaction, love, and joy are found in classics. When our children become familiar with this kind of writing, they have a foundation for making comparisons. Not everything they read will be excellent, but they will know a story's possibilities.
Read stories in their original versions, not the watered-down ones without any drama of life. They may retell the classic stories, but the basic elements that make the stories classics are omitted.
With the influx of new books for children flooding the market each year, old favorites are in danger of being crowded out. Generations of children are missing the opportunity of listening to classical children's literature. This is unfortunate because classics are the cornerstone to building a life-long relationship with literature.
Of the two types of literature, fiction and non-fiction, it is fiction that brings children the enchantment of storytelling and ultimately a future love of reading.
The best children's books contain imaginative stories, memorable characters, beautiful illustrations, and lyrical language. Well-written stories should contain heroes and role models to imitate. Children need to fall in love with stories that entertain and arouse their curiosity.
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Well-written stories have good themes, valid characters, and should always be believable. Well-written stories should be people centered, not problem centered. Too many stories have society's problems dumped into them.
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Children need to fall in love with stories that entertain and arouse their curiosity. They need stories for pleasure, laughter and fun; imaginative and nonsensical stories that may not have any useful information or lesson, only cheerful and delightful fun.
Born in rural Indiana in 1915, Bill Peet began drawing at an early age, traipsing through the woods looking for animals to sketch. In school, Bill doodled and drew in the margins of textbooks. Fascinated by the mechanical workings of trains, he often sneaked into the local station to draw them.
As a teen he loved the circus and sketched as much of it as possible, usually from memory. Successful in art classes at high school, he eventually won a scholarship to The John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis.
Following college, Disney Studios in Hollywood hired him as a sketch artist. During the next twenty-five years, Bill began to write children's stories, based upon ideas from bedtime stories told to his children. Bill enjoyed great success in writing 36 books for children, dealing with ambition, arrogance, aging, bravery, bullying, compromise, conceit, courage, environment, hope, loyalty, vanity, and helping others. We hope that you enjoy the following samples of his marvelous stories.
Katy is a caboose who is tired of being the last car in the freight train. It's too noisy, smoky, and jerky to her way of thinking. She longs for the simple, quiet life, but has little hope of achieving it, until one day an accident releases her from the train. "When Katy hit the curve she took off like a kite, \ High over the treetops on her first and last flight, \ That would quickly have ended poor Katy caboose \ If it hadn't been for two towering spruce." Watch how Katy spends the rest of her days with plenty of fresh air, peace, solitude, and a great view.
A young, innocent mountain goat learns to adapt to a serious handicap—overgrown horns. Unable to keep up with the other rams and forced to leave his mountain home, Buford takes refuge with cattle to avoid roving hunters. Discover how Buford escapes danger to become a great skier and "the star attraction at the Little Big Pine winter resort."
"Hubert the Lion was haughty and vain / And especially proud of his elegant mane. / But conceit of this sort isn't proper at all / And Hubert the Lion was due for a fall." Embarrassed by accidentally setting fire to his beautiful mane, Hubert hides in a hollow tree. His friends suggest various remedies (hair-growing seeds, needle and thread), but Elephant remembers a remedy (crocodile tears) and begins a dangerous journey to locate them. Kids will enjoy how Elephant cleverly collects the tears, how Hubert experiences a strange transformation, and how Barber Baboon creates an artistic and unforgettable haircut. Young and not so young will enjoy this rhyming tale of vanity, humility, and hilarious nonconformity.
When urban development begins to encroach and destroy their forest home, the animals decide to search for another shady glade. To the old raccoon, leader of the animals, the world was a mystery, but he knew it was time to leave. Jumping onto a moving train was dangerous, but "they jumped, each one in a perfectly flat four point landing. Everyone but the roly-poly raccoon who hit with a big bounce and nearly rolled off before he caught himself." They travel by meadows, through polluted towns, past forests, and hundreds of shady glades, but jumping off a moving train proves challenging. When the train is forced to stop, they discover a new shady future. This story of friendship, working together, environmental pollution, and preservation of the natural world should be shared with every child.
A greedy, cranky, selfish, old crab lives alone and battles seagulls for food each day. "And he'd have been greedy the rest of his days / If an odd twist of fate hadn't changed Kermit's ways." When a young fisherman saves him from disaster, Old Kermit decides to mend his ways. By accident, he discovers buried treasure, and with the help of a pelican friend, Kermit repays the boy's act of kindness. Children need to hear more messages about the importance of kindness and helping others.
Sir Galavant is a brave knight. His war-horse, Clyde, is not. When a menacing ogre terrorizes local farmers, Sir Galavant eagerly begins a search. Clyde has reservations, when the knight locates the ogre and decides to give the monster a fighting chance. Terrified, Clyde runs away leaving the knight behind, but has second thoughts. "'If there's even a slim chance,' thought Clyde, 'that I could do something to save him, then I must take a chance. If I'm not half brave enough, then I must pretend to be brave! I'll put on a big act!'" Discover how Clyde finds his courage, tricks the monster, receives help from an unexpected source, and rescues his friend. Elegant, magical, and full of wonder, most contemporary books cannot complete with Bill Peet's excellence in storytelling.
Old, weak, and unable to hunt for food, Eli shares his meals with a flock of noisy, squabbling vultures. Vowing to ignore them and never make friends, Eli finds himself rescuing one from a fox. Suddenly a hero and dismayed at their devoted companionship, Eli tries to turn the vultures away with insults. "We will do as you wish, and leave you be. But no matter what you say, we are still your friends, and in some way we old birds might prove to be useful someday." When tribesmen hunt Eli, the play-acting vultures save their friend from certain death. Respect and friendship are sometimes hard to achieve, but they are so rewarding when attained.
Prewitt is different from the other peacocks. Instead of a multi-eyed beautiful tail, his scraggly tail consists of a few feathers that grow into a creepy, scary, two-eyed face. Chased away from the jungle by the flock, Prewitt becomes a hero after a remarkable encounter with Travis, a scrawny old tiger, who stalks the peacocks. "From that day on, wherever Prewitt went the other peacocks followed close behind. Very close."
Eleanor is a great circus performer. "But great circus stars can't keep going forever, no matter how clever they are, and after performing her act for over forty years, the old elephant was getting weak in the knees and was fearful of falling." Taken to the city zoo to live out her days, Eleanor feels useless and lonely, until one day she watches an artist sketch one of the rhinos. Intrigued by concept, Eleanor tries drawing a clown with her trunk. Suddenly, she is the star of the zoo and a performer once more.
"Once upon a time there was a giant sea serpent named Cyrus. Even though he was a horrible looking monster he wasn't the least bit fierce." When called a sissy, he decides to sink a ship to prove his bravery. Following the Primrose, Cyrus reconsiders his decision when the ship encounters the doldrums, storms, and is attacked by pirates. Blowing the ship across quiet seas, using his body as a flotation devise during storms, ramming the pirate ship, and pulling the damaged Primrose to safety, Cyrus becomes a mighty hero. Children and adults will enjoy the marvelous message of courage, self-sacrifice, and protecting life.
As a circus performer, Pamela is a flop. "She was a scrawny scraggly camel who was much too clumsy and awkward to be a performer in the big top." Disgusted, depressed, and dejected, Pamela runs away. Following a train track, she discovers a broken rail and decides to stand on the tracks hoping to prevent an accident by the approaching train. Declared a hero, Pamela returns to the circus as its star. Pamela is no longer ordinary but very special, as we all are in our own way.
An abandoned, newly hatched baby ostrich is adopted and raised by a maternal zebra, Zelda. Perched on her back Zack listens as she instructs him on survival in the wild. "You wouldn't last a minute if I dumped you on the ground. / There're too many dangerous beasts prowling all around. / There're lions and hyenas and then, for heaven sakes, / Roving packs of jackals and big, creeping, crawling snakes." Growing to around nine feet tall, Zack towers above the herd. When Zelda's baby is born, Zack repays her and takes on the job of protecting Zodiac from lions and hyenas. The message of repaying kindness and doing the right thing should resonate in the hearts of all who read and listen to this charming tale.
Ambitious and determined to avoid his fate at the dinner table, Chester leaves the farm and joins the circus. Resolving to fit in, he demonstrates a talent for balancing on his nose. "He was dressed in baby clothes with a lace bonnet tied under his chin, and Roscoe the clown in a frilly skirt and flowered hat wheeled him around the big top in a doll buggy." Embarrassed and humiliated, Chester escapes the circus and searches for acceptance and recognition in a dangerous, cold, and harsh world. His happy ending arrives when a passing carnival discovers his uniqueness. Kids also receive a great geography lesson about the seven continents.
Known for his spectacular crowing each morning, Dudley has the power to make the sun rise, or so the farmyard animals think. Gunther, a bad-tempered goose, who in a fit of jealousy, chases Dudley into the dark and dangerous forest. Ol Sol, the sun, declares, "If my favorite rooster doesn't crow in the morning, I'm not comin' up! There'll be no day tomorrow." Rescued after a frightening night in the forest, Dudley realizes that true friends go the extra mile to help one another. This was Bill Peet's last story before succumbing to cancer in 2002.
The Children's Hour was created to promote and encourage reading to children. We believe that reading aloud not only creates a special bond between parents and children, but it is important to the development of their imagination and curiosity. Our books are also great choices for children to read.
Read to your child on a regular basis. In addition to stories, read labels on cans and boxes, street signs, receipts, coupons, etc. Be available to answer questions and praise your child's efforts.
Make available a wide variety of printed material—books, magazines, newspapers, comics, etc. Have paper and pencil available for scribbling and drawing, and display their artwork where everyone can admire it.
Establish the habit of reading aloud everyday, and try to schedule it around the fewest interruptions. For a busy parent, usually bedtime is chosen. At this time, children often look for security and appreciate the physical closeness. They are also tired enough to stay in one place.
Some hyperactive children listen best while they are soaking and swishing in the bathtub. Water is magically calming and enables them to enjoy a story better.
A big, comfortable chair or recliner may be the ideal place for children who have physically outgrown their lap sitting and bed sharing days.
Make sure the readings are interesting and exciting enough to hold their interest while building up their imagination. Use plenty of expression when you read aloud and have fun with the language. Whisper, laugh, oink, meow, or speak gruffly or softly.
Read slow or fast to fit the story and allow time for children to point to everything in a picture and discuss it.
For children who are not used to listening to stories, keep the initial readings short enough to fit their attention spans, and gradually increase the reading time as well as the length of the book.
Do not turn every reading session into a question and answer session. Be sensitive to the times when your child simply wants to enjoy the story.
To create a nation of readers, parents need to read to children early in their child's life and continue well past the point when their children learn to read. No education reforms or laws will matter unless parents do their job and teach children at an early age to love reading. Parents need to create an atmosphere in the home that nurtures reading. Children get the impression that reading is valuable when they see their parents take time to enjoy reading quality books, magazines, and newspapers.
Parents set a powerful example of the importance of reading when they check out library books for themselves, as well as for their children. It is a sad reflection on American life when less than ten percent of the American people regularly use the public library system.
Begin a child's home library. For young children, divide books into two categories: expensive (place up and out of reach, but in sight) and inexpensive (place on lower shelves within easy reach).
Every child should own a book with his or her name inscribed inside—one that cannot be returned to the library or shared with a sibling. Place a bookrack where it can be used often by a child, no matter how large or small it is.
If parents wish to raise a reader, they should invest in a bed lamp, when their child is old enough to stay up at night and read in bed.
A child's home library should have a least one good nursery rhyme book by a good illustrator. Purchase one that is beautiful, one the child will want to pass on to the next generation.
They need picture books that say "good-night" or talk about their world in a way that makes them feel safe and loved. Include at least one good poetry book, and purchase a new one for each major shift in the child's comprehension.
A good dictionary is a must, one with large enough print to invite reading.
Finally, a good atlas needs to be part of a standard child's library. Ask the children's librarian at your local public library or check with your local children's bookstore for a good recommendation.
Because of their flexibility, older children like paperback books. If a book is read a few times and then forgotten, paperbacks are fine, but if the book becomes special, an investment in the hardcover edition is recommended.
Books make perfect gifts. Make a list of favorite titles for grandparents or relatives and friends to give as gifts. Use holidays, seasons, or any other fun experiences as an excuse to give a child a good book.
Unlike toys, books are difficult to break and are ready-made with no assembly or batteries needed. Portable, they can be enjoyed anywhere, at any time of the day, take up less space than most toys, and never go out of style.
The greatest bargain in America today is still found in the libraries. Patronize bookstores that either specialize in children's books or have a large children's section. Many parents also take advantage of school book fairs that offer paperback selections. Books also can be purchased secondhand at garage sales, thrift shops, and used bookstores.
Students are usually introduced to a variety of book clubs offered through their school. Most of these offer paperbacks, and the prices are good. Children like paperbacks and often choose them over hardcover editions because they are soft and more flexible. If a book will only be read once or twice and then forgotten, a paper edition will do.
Begin a children's home library. For young children, divide books into two categories: expensive (place up and out of reach, but in sight) and inexpensive (place on lower shelves within easy reach).
Books make perfect gifts. Make a list of favorite titles for grandparents or relatives and friends to give as gifts. Use holidays, seasons, or any other fun experiences asan excuse to give a child a good book.
John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott are men in whose names awards are given annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
The Caldecott Medal has been awarded annually since 1938 to the most distinguished illustrator of a children's book during the preceding year. The Newbery Award has been awarded since 1921 to the author of the most distinguished contribution to children's literature during the preceding year.
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal is presented everythree years to an author or illustrator who has, "made a substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature."
The Coretta Scott King award is, "given to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstanding inspirational and educational contribution."
As prestigious as they are, do not let awards or medals dictate a choice in children's books. Awards are given for the quality of the writing or the illustrations and do not guarantee that a book will be successful. The parent's interest, good taste, and discretion should be the influencing factor in choosing a book.


Cyprus has always been known for its theatres, long ago when there were no Netflix or DVD players people used to come from all over the world to experience the theatres in Cyprus.
Theatres at Cyprus are running well even in this era of technology. Ahead, What's on in Cyprus theatre this winter.
"Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne, and directed by Maria Kyriakou.
The story focus on the life and marital struggles of an intellectual and smart young man working-class origin who is married to an upper-middle-class insensitive woman.
The writer of the play got influence from his personal life experiences and a failed relationship while looking back in anger. If you are seeking to enjoy a realistic play then this play perfectly describes the harshness of realism.
The Children's Stage of Dionysos Theater presents "A Trip to Space!" by Natalia Panagiotou, directed by Leda Karagianni and Natalia Panagiotou.
Looking for a play for children? "A Trip to Space!" can be a perfect choice this winters. The story revolves around Yolanda and Gogo who had a dream of becoming astronauts. They worked hard to become a part of the NASA space program and succeed in experiencing their first trip in space. In this great journey, they will pass through galaxies, planets, nebulae and many stars, overall, it's a great way to learn and entertainment at the same time.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo is a story of a hunchback bell ringer at church, the whole story revolves around him and his struggles to gain the acceptance of society.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the well-known and multi-award winning novel by Victor Hugo.
If you are looking for a sci-fiction thriller drama then this can be the best choice. The story revolves around two random passengers a man and a woman, who got stuck into a wagon because of the power failure. The beginning of a fatal play of life, death and eternity, No one knows how the game will end.


Juan Miguel Petit (Uruguay) is a Doctor in Law and Social Sciences. He has been involved in social policies and journalism, specialising in penitentiary reform, preventive social policies and the combat against the trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation.
He has been the Director of the National Children Institute of Uruguay (1985-1990), Technical Coordinator of the National Rehabilitation Centre of Uruguay for young offenders (2001-2005), and human rights advisor of the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office in Uruguay. In his actual post, he is involved in penitentiary reform matters and follow-up of the international human rights system.
He has also been a journalist, editor of local magazines and radio producer and conductor.


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Golfer Jyoti Randhawa held for poaching in UP's Bahraich, police recover rifle from possession
Golfer Jyoti Randhawa held for poaching in UP's Bahraich, police recover rifle from possession
A point 22 rifle was also recovered from him and was arrested in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve protected area.
Randhawa is an ace golfer, who was ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 and 2009. (File photo: Reuters)
Ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa was on Wednesday arrested on charges of poaching in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich. A point 22 rifle was also recovered from him, news agency ANI reported. He was arrested in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve protected area.
A vehicle bearing a Haryana registration number and other equipment were also recovered from him. Another person, identified as Mahesh Virajdar, was arrested with Randhawa near Motipur range of Katarniaghat, field officer Ramesh Pandey told PTI and added that interrogation and further legal action against Randhawa are being initiated by the Katarniaghat DFO.
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Randhawa is an ace golfer, who was ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 and 2009. According to Official World Golf Ranking, Randhawa has played in a total of 14 events in 2018, including Afrasia Bank Mauritius Open at Anahita, Honma Hong Kong Open, Panasonic Open India, Royal Cup, Hero India Open. He is the ex-husband of Bollywood actress Chitrangda Singh.
Meanwhile, Randhawa had even supported forest officials in catching man-eater Pandharkawda tigress T1, Avni'. The operation came to an end in November after the tigress was shot dead. It was reportedly one of the biggest search operations in the country, top forest officers and over 200 personnel armed with trap cameras, drones, sniffer dogs and a hang-glider were trawling the forests of Yavatmal district of Maharashtra.
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Owned by Delhi-based Randhawa, a pair of Italian Corso-breed dogs, Carlos and Buster were taken to Maharashtra in October to pick the tigress's scent from her pug-marks. However, the attempt was not successful. Reportedly, Randhawa is also a dog trainer who had handled the dogs during the operation. The Cane Carso is an old Italian breed of dogs and was developed to guard property and hunt big game such as wild boars. It is known a powerful freed and known for not fearing tigers also.
The case of the tigress, nicknamed 'Avni', had gone all the way up to the Supreme Court, pitting villagers, who wanted the tigress taken down against wildlife activists who said there was no reason to believe T1 was a habitual human attacker.
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My Nana, My Mom's Mom (The Adoptive Parent and Adoption)
This is another post written by Jenn, Susan's daughter. Susan passed away in April of 2014, eight months after meeting her sisters for the first time.
I have been thinking a lot lately about my grandmother, Grace Elizabeth Bissex Thomson. I called her Nana, which is where my mom got her name when my children were born. My Nana's mom, Josephine Hinchman Bissex (1884-1971), nearly died, back in 1914, bringing my grandmother into this world. She would never have another child, so my grandmother was an only child and an only grandchild. "It was lonely sometimes," she told me, "There is nothing like family."
My grandmother, on the right, in a 1936 picture with her friends.
Her parents loved her well, though, and she was happy. When she was fifteen years old, in 1929, her father (Paul Bissex, 1886-1973) helped build a house for the family on Chestnut Street in Haddonfield. Years later, my best friend and I spent hours upon hours playing in the woods at the end of this street. We both lived only a few blocks away. Sometimes in our games we would come upon the crumbling cement remains of an enormous swimming pool, surrounded by trees, and so reclaimed by the earth that you had to have great imagination to picture its original use. This was Mountwell Pool, created by a dam in 1913, a year before my grandmother's birth (the cement pool was added in 1937 as a public works project, and the whole thing was closed in 1971). My grandmother spent her childhood days here. Later, as a teenager, she met my grandfather, Clarence Thomson (1911-1984), though everyone called him Tommy. "I still remember how he would run by me on his way to the pool, tap me on the head and say 'Hey shorty,' before jumping in," my grandmother told me several times, "It made me so mad! (my grandmother was especially tall). But he sure was handsome."
They married in 1938. Knowing how important family was to my grandmother, I can only imagine how she suffered as she tried to have a baby for nearly ten years. I am not sure how they came to consider adoption. She never talked about it. She only talked about how much she loved my mother and her brother, and how lucky she was to have them. That was her way. After my grandfather died suddenly, in 1984, my mom took her back to her house from the hospital. She was devastated. Still, she told my mom, "I am just going to go to bed and pretend that never happened." Years later, my mom told me this story and said, "Living that way worked for her, and I admire her for it. But it just never did for me."
But I will get to that later. For now, my grandmother. She taught first grade and was known as a "loving but firm" teacher. From what I have heard, that was her style as a mother, too. She relaxed as
"Window Box, 1995"
she aged. She loved beautiful things - her window box with its trailing vines, a collection of glass bottles in the sun, a view of the water -- and was overly proud of her family. My sister and I still laugh about the time my grandmother was in the hospital after having a stroke and a nurse walked in while my sister, a doctor, was visiting. "Nurse, this is my granddaughter," my grandmother proudly said, introducing Kate, "She's a doctor." When the nurse didn't react, my grandmother literally starting tugging on the lanyard around her neck. "Nurse! Nurse! Nurse! Did you hear me? She's a doctor!" It was embarrassing and heartwarming at the same time.
Nana was in her 80s then, and eventually it was another stroke that forced her to move from her Haddonfield home on Jefferson Avenue, where she and my grandfather had raised my mom and my uncle (and where she always had an oatmeal cookie for me, held in the canister above the refrigerator, when I biked over to visit her as a child). She didn't want to go, but she handled the move with her trademark cheer and stalwart heart. The most I ever heard her complain was, "This growing old isn't for the weak." Then she would laugh.
Nana died in April of 2003, a few months before my oldest daughter, named for her, was conceived.
Grace Elizabeth, named for my Nana, looks a lot like my mom's sister
It was that daughter's picture, slipped into a letter in 2013, that convinced my mom's sister that my mom was for real. "I saw that picture and I knew, I just knew," she said, "She looks just like me."
And that knowing led to some of the sweetest moments of my mom's life, even as she battled for her life. She learned she had a younger sister, too, and then the three of them started corresponding daily, catching up on a lifetime apart. Sixty-five years of separation.
"Selfishly, I wish my mom had kept your mother," my one aunt told me, earlier this year, as we reflected on how it all unfolded. There is such sadness in the years that were lost to secrecy, and how little time they had in the end. "Yet I know that then your mom wouldn't have had the good life she had. She and your dad would never have been married. You wouldn't be here. Your children wouldn't be here. And those are all good things." She paused, "I just wish I had gotten a letter when I turned 18 that I had a sister." We were both silent with this thought.
My grandmother and grandfather on their wedding day.
All these thoughts, of course, bring me to my grandmother. She often spoke of how she couldn't begin to imagine life without my mom and her brother. Without all of us. She was extremely grateful, and she loved us well. I can hardly imagine an alternate life for her in which my mother and my uncle were not her children, for they belong to her and she belongs to them. It is love that cements that.
Yet when you are adopted, there are also others to whom you belong, and who belong to you, even if you never acknowledge them. When, at age 47, my mother let my grandmother know that she was searching, my grandmother supported her, though I know it was difficult for her (she had once told my mom, "I just like to think that you came right from me"). And I know that if Nana had known of the humiliation my mom had to suffer in searching--then pleading-- for the truth of her life, she would have done everything in her power to help her. If she had known what it would mean to my mom to know her sisters, she would have helped her. She loved her, after all.
Yet she didn't know (perhaps because she didn't want to know, but whatever the reason, she didn't know). There is nothing that can be done about this now, because she has died. My mom has died. Time beats on. Still, those of us who are still living are left to speak for those of us who are not (and those of us who cannot speak up). The stories matter. Right now, both New York and Pennsylvania (and I'm sure others, though those are the states I know of) are fighting to change laws that seal adoptees' birth certificates from them forever. They are not having an easy time of it. Over the years, justification for sealing records have ranged from "It protects the adoptee from the stigma of being born out of wedlock" to "It protects the adoptive parents from interference from the birth mother." The current justification is that "It protects the birth mother."
I've read enough of these arguments and learned enough about adoption over the years to believe none of these. I've learned that there are other, terrible reasons behind sealed records. Sometimes, adoptive parents even side with the opposition (though to be fair, there are also many adoptive parents who support adoptee rights). I imagine those fighting for sealed records are motivated by the same fear my grandmother had; or perhaps it is a desire. "I just want to pretend you came right from me," she told my mom. And my mom loved her, so she listened, and she tried. This hurt her. In the end it may have cost her life, though of course we'll never know for sure.
I know this would have been terribly upsetting to my grandmother. It is tough now even to write it. But I also know that had the laws been different -- had society been different -- my grandmother would have followed suit. She would have done what was right. She was a good person. And perhaps then my mom would have met her sisters in her 20s, and they would have known and loved my grandmother, and she them. I would have grown up knowing my aunts and my cousins, and I would have met my uncle, instead of just hearing about what a wonderful man he was. Perhaps my mom would have learned about the family history for melanoma and been diagnosed sooner, and saved. Perhaps. For now, I'll take a page from my grandmother's book and just make the best of what I have, which is a lot. But for those adoptees still living, and for those future adoptees, there is a better way. I hope all those involved in adoption can overcome their fears, and their pain, to do the right thing and make it happen.
My Nana's parents - Josephine Hinchman Bissex (1884-1971) and Paul Bissex (1886-1973) with my uncle soon after he was adopted. Haddonfield, NJ (1949?).
A postcard from my grandmother to her parents at 312 Chestnut Street in Haddonfield (August, 1937). She was on a cross-country train trip with her friends. It reads, "Just had breakfast at Williams, Arizona. Last night as we went to sleep we were in the flat prairies. This morning we awakened in the mountains. It's beautiful. - Betty"
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รวม ทาง เข้า sboEverton head into the 15th league game of the campaign in seventh place in the table following six wins, four draws and four losses so far in 2018-19.The Toffees can get their fifth successive home win this season in Wednesday night clash with Newcastle United at Goodison Park, and manager Marco Silva will hope his men can respond after weekend's unfortunate 1-0 loss to Liverpool.
The home crowd will surely get behind the players tonight after an impressive showing at Anfield, andรวม ทาง เข้า sboSilva believes the connection between the fans and his side will continue to grow stronger going forward."This confidence we are seeing between our players and our fans, this connection is getting stronger all the time," the Portuguese told Everton's official website."That is the most important thing I have felt since the beginning of the season.
"With the big work of our players and all of us, it is something we are achieving more and more."Everton aim to finish in top six this season and also establish themselves as one of the bigwigs going forward.From the look of things, the Merseyside outfit are moving in the right direction both on and off the pitch, and the fans continue to show their massive support towards the cause.
Silva will be keen to keep entertaining the fansรวม ทาง เข้า sbowith his brand of football and getting the desired result, and should things continue to go this way, Goodison Park could soon become a fortress in the Premier League.That could be a great foundation Everton can build on as they look to become a big side on a permanent basis.


Amy Conroy, Aoife Duffin and Genevieve Hulme-Beaman in The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare's Globe. Photo by Marc Brenner.
Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is one of his most difficult: watching the breaking of an independent woman by spousal abuse after a forced marriage.
The Globe's new production, directed by Caroline Byrne, transports us to 1916 Ireland — and 50% of the roles are performed by women. Byrne challenges the sexism of this complex and controversial play by stressing the harmful oppressiveness of its patriarchal world.
The production remembers women's role in the Easter Rising, when a Proclamation was written that included demands for equal status for women in society. These demands have subsequently been ignored, giving a historical context that intensifies the play's already stark message.
This is very much a play of two halves, however, and the power and poignancy of the second act far outweigh the first, which feels a bit frivolous in comparison.
The Irish setting is evoked by Irish music; upbeat jigs and dances energise the audience and haunting vocals punctuate poignant scenes. Aoife Duffin, who plays 'shrew' Katherine, sings in a low voice that captures her defiance and her desperation.
Duffin's performance is fearless; her Katherine is initially rough, furious and ready to fight, and her tragic portrayal of a woman being beaten and finally broken in the second act is, at times, difficult to watch.
Edward MacLiam as Petruchio is dominating and brutal, his imposing character matching and eventually crushing Duffin's fierce fight for independence.
Byrne's decision to put onstage what is generally left off — Petruchio's systematic abuse of his wife — makes her message impossible to ignore. By the end of the play, Kate is an empty shell; starved, still wearing her now tattered and stained wedding dress, and covered in dirt.
Duffin delivers Kate's final speech as the words of a woman destroyed by the society in which she lives, her performance leaving a bitter taste as the jollity of the final jig strikes up awkwardly around her.
This is an uncompromising, confrontational production that does not let you forget how unacceptable it is that its themes are still relevant today.
The Taming of the Shrew continues at Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside SE1 9DT, until 6 August. Tickets £5-£45. Londonist saw this production on a complimentary ticket.


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DNC, Democratic Alliance Confabulate in Style to Discuss Income Inequality You Guys
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Democrats have long railed against the lack of transparency in political funding, but security was airtight this week as a hush-hush network of progressive moneymen and activists held a closed-door conference to map out their plan to shift U.S. policy to the left.
At the elegant Ritz Carlton hotel in downtown Chicago, wealthy donors, Democratic politicians, and representatives from left-leaning activist groups met for a conference hosted by the Democracy Alliance, a progressive donor network that funnels millions of dollars to undisclosed activist groups and political causes.
The four-day conference, which was closed to the public and media, drew high-profile Democrats including DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and White House adviser Valerie Jarrett.
Access to the conference was invite-only and tightly controlled...
Most attendees were not allowed in the �Partners Only� room.
Partners in the Democracy Alliance are reportedly required to contribute a minimum of $200,000 per year to activist groups approved by the organization and pay annual dues of $30,000.
Why does this keep happening to them?
David Axelrod dined at the hotel�s restaurant Deca, which had a sign outside advertising its $100 grilled cheese sandwich filled with �40-year aged Wisconsin cheddar infused with 24K gold flakes.�
Picture at the link.
Incidentally, the Free Beacon has published a picture of its Income Inequality Venn Diagram, I assume by popular demand.
This is completely unrelated, I'm certain.
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Englishman Barry 'Jack 8 Potato' Denson is aiming to break the Longest Marathon Playing Poker By An Individual world record when he sits down at midnight on Sunday, July 1, this year at the G Casino in his home town of Manchester for what will be five gruelling days.
Denson plays the majority of his live poker in The Nuts Poker League – which is a British-based pub tournament – and has teamed up with Help For Heroes, which is a charity that was set up to assist the servicemen and women wounded in Britain's recent conflicts, to raise funds while hopefully setting a new Guinness World Record.
His record-breaking attempt won't come easy, though, as he is chasing down the mark set by Dublin-born American poker star Phil 'The Unabomber' Laak back in June of 2010.
The 39-year-old one-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner notched 115 hours at The Bellagio in Las Vegas to surpass the previous year's 78 hours, 25 minutes and 45 seconds mark set by London poker professional Paul Zimbler that raised £35,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation UK.
Guinness World Records do permit a five-minute break every 60 minutes, although these rests can be held back to accumulate longer breaks. However, Denson does have one concern – that he'll be able to attract enough opponents to target the new record as opponents are restricted to the number of hours they can face up to the test.
If you are interested in helping Denson by giving up four hours – as well as Britain's veterans with donations – or just fancy watching this momentous occasion, then get on over to www.justgiving.com/poker-marathon.


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Advanced information: There is a 'root' user in the AP's Linux shell. It cannot be used to login to the AP's web page. You may wish to use the Access Point Controller (APc) to change the password of the 'root' user to a password of your choice. Following that, you can access the AP's Linux shell by using a serial cable or by SSH.
The PuTTY software can be used for either method. The Compex APc software is offered free of charge.
A wide area network (WAN) is a network that covers a broad area. The world's most popular WAN is the Internet. In a commonly used setup, the WAN port of an access point connects to a modem via an Ethernet cable. A modem can be a cable, digital subscriber line (DSL), or fiber optic modem. A modem translates the signal from the internet service provider (ISP) to Ethernet signals that the access point can understand. This allows the access point to have internet connection.
Other devices called stations connect wirelessly to this access point. These devices can be mobile phones, printers, IP cameras, laptops, or even other routers. The stations obtain internet connection from the access point.
An access point WDS and a station WDS together extend the wireless coverage, like a repeater. More information on the setup can be The Status Tab.
The buttons are described here.
Save: Saves the changes. Currently please do not use this button.
Save & Apply: Saves and applies the changes. Please use this button instead of the 'Save' button so that the changes would be applied immediately. It is recommended to click this button before moving to a different page.
Logout: Logs out of the router's web page.
The Logout button is circled.
Note: At the top right corner of the router's configuration web page, there may be either of the following texts displayed.
Changes: 0: Means that all changes on the configuration web page have been applied to the router.
Unsaved Changes: Shows the number of changes that have not yet been Save & Apply.
The reset button is a physical hardware button on the board. Please refer to Reset Button.
The light emitting diodes (LEDs) on the board are described in LEDs on the Board.
End of Firmware Loading: Beep twice.
Alignment: Beep according to signal thresholds defined. The alignment buzzer is described in Section Link Status (for Station Mode).
A serial console makes it easy to flash the firmware and to debug potential problems. A serial adapter may be purchased from Compex. It plugs into a row of 4 pins on the board. More information can be found in the document 80-Y1005-2 CompexWRT Firmware Upgrade.
With the proper tools, the CompexWRT source codes can be modified. The router functions and the configuration webpage can be redesigned. More information can be found in the document 80-Y1004-1_CompexWRT Build Instructions and FAQ.


GINGER ZEE - A TRUE MOM'SPIRATION!
She's beautiful, smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as they come! Good Morning America's Ginger Zee was beyond generous to take some time out of her busy schedule to talk to The Mom Report about balancing mom life with an amazing career. She discusses mom guilt, challenges we face as mothers, the beauty of motherhood, mental health and even snacks that keep us going! You'll quickly see why she is a true Mom'spiration! Check out The Mom Report's interview with the lovely Ginger Zee!
Any moms out there in DESPERATE need of a sweet treat but not wanting to hide in a closet to snack in peace? This mom hack is for you! Clarissa (also known as @munchkins_and_moms on Instagram) was having one of those moments. So, she Mom'Gyvered a vegetable soup can and turned it into an undercover chocolate treat so the kids would steer clear! This genius mom-hack made our day! Thanks for sharing Clarissa!!
If chocolate happens to be your drug of choice, eating the right kind of dark chocolate can apparently help us with things like stress, brain function, immunity, and even heart health. Newly released research looks at the benefits of cacao in the chocolate we eat and researchers say the greater the concentration of cacao, the more positive effects the chocolate has on our health.
BOTTOM LINE: Researchers say we should be eating dark chocolate that is 70% cacao and 30% organic cane sugar, to reap the most health benefits.
Hallelujah! The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is out with dramatic new recommendations for women's postpartum care, bringing new hope to just about every woman who has ever had a baby. Instead of having just one postpartum visit with your doctor six to eight weeks after giving birth, the new guidelines recommend women see their doctor three days to three weeks after birth, depending on your pregnancy and delivery. The new guidelines also include as many follow-up appointments as needed to assess physical health, monitor any complications that may come up, answer questions, address mental health concerns, etc. Wouldn't that be great!?
BOTTOM LINE: Think for a moment about all of the physical and mental changes we face when we become mothers. Our babies are seen frequently and monitored very closely, which is amazing. Unfortunately, most women only get a single postpartum visit two months after birth and for many of us that really isn't enough. Keep in mind, the new guidelines are just recommendations at this point. Hopefully the ACOG will continue their push for improved postpartum care and have success rallying the physicians and insurance companies to get behind this critical effort.
After major concerns over inappropriate content on the YouTube Kids app, Google is making changes to give parents more control over what shows up in the app. The tech giant says many of the disturbing videos show up because of the algorithms that are in place to pick the recommended content. To resolve this issue, Google made changes to ensure parents that any displayed content is content approved by actual humans.
BOTTOM LINE: This isn't going to be a 100% catch-all for every bad video that may populate YouTube, but it is certainly is a step in the right direction. Parents will have to "opt in" to these new features and turn the settings on for each profile. YouTube plans to add even more updates that will allow parents to specifically choose the videos and channels their children can access.
For those of you who are easily offended, you may want to skip this one. If you found it absurd that the Duchess of Cambridge had to walk out of the hospital looking royally flawless just hours after giving birth to dutifully debut the newest member of the royal family, then this social media post will likely crack you up.
Cinco de Mayo is this weekend. If you're looking for a good margarita or alcohol-free Mama'rita to celebrate with, here are some recipe favorites compliments of The Mom Report! Cheers!
A precious moment was captured by a mom who had just stepped out of the shower to see her daughter singing with her baby brother who has Down Syndrome. The moment was significant to her because of her son's limited vocabulary. She says this is proof music therapy works.


Smoking is one of those habits which are very difficult to quit. Chain Smokers all around the world have tried to give a boot to this dangerous addiction of theirs but t5o no avail. Smoking can cause a lot many diseases ranging from lung cancer, asthma and even impotency. Also the second hand smoke is so dangerous that it may cause almost the same diseases if subjected to the smoke for a relatively long time. Expecting mothers should never some as it might cause their babies to be born with severe handicaps.
There are many devices available in the market to help addicts curb this habit. There are chewing gums available which can help to stop cigarette smoking too. Nicotine patches are also available which help to remove the addiction. However, recent technological advancements have shown a new device doing rounds in the market since three years. This is the E cigarette which is also known as an electronic cigarette. It is same as that of a conventional cigarette except that it doesn't have the damaging effects caused by the cigarette. The e cigarette simulates the smoking of an actual cigarette, minus any of the fitness, wellbeing or permitted issues involving the normal kind of cigarettes: Second Hand Smoke, allergies, Bans etc. There are many E cigarette store UK which sell these at a reasonable and affordable price.
The Electronic cigarettes' functionality is very different and unique. It is in fact an original brain child and there is an accessibility of e cigarette refill cartridge too. An electric cigarette doesn't basically burn any tobacco but instead when an e-cigarette is breathed in, a thing called the "flow sensor" is initiated which is then used to release a jet of liquid gas containing the chemicals nicotine, an alcoholic substance propylene glycol, and an aroma of smoke which can simulate the smoking of a normal cigarette. This means that an electronic cigarette can very well allow a smoker to get his or her need of nicotine while at the same time dodging and preventing all of the carcinogenic agents found in normal cigarettes. Electronic cigarette cartridge is also available at many shops for further use.
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Q: Set file's html reponse headers cache-control on IIS via powershell I'm trying to set cache-control: max-age on the http response header on IIS to a specific file. I'm trying to do that using a PowerShell script or a CMD command. can I do that? if yes, how?

A: Too late to answer this question, might be helpful for those who are still looking for the solution.
I used "appcmd.exe" in Powershell.
Below is how I used in Powershell:
# path to appcmd.exe
$appCmd = "C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe"

# Path to the folder where we want to set the cache max-age
# in this case its a "scripts" folder in "Default Web Site" site
$env:folderPathScripts = "Default Web Site/scripts"

# sets the max age to 2 days
& $appCmd --% set config "%folderPathScripts%" -section:staticContent -clientCache.cacheControlMode:UseMaxAge -clientCache.cacheControlMaxAge:2.00:00:00

or
#To disable the cache
& $appCmd --% set config "%folderPathScripts%" -section:staticContent -clientCache.cacheControlMode:DisableCache

I referred following links:
https://forums.iis.net/t/1174801.aspx?How+to+Remove+and+Add+custom+headers+convert+from+appcmd
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635852(v=ws.11).aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770661(v=ws.10).aspx


Gold coin necklaces will always be in trend, it's an essential in every woman's jewellery collection. This Étoile necklace is inspired by the polar star, preferably bright, closely aligned to the axis of rotation of an astronomical object. Because of it's position over the North Pole, it's the only star that doesn't appear to move. It also is used to assist humans in finding north - since it's stays in the same place all through the night and year. It reminds us that we are always heading in the right direction, no matter what path we decide to go down.


We're going animated today for the latest instalment of our Christmas Movies A to Z.
For N we've selected Tim Burton's animated classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Released in 1993, the Academy Award nominated film perfectly combines Halloween with Christmas for a very unique adventure.
Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon) the "Pumpkin King" and leader of Halloweentown becomes bored of living through the same routine and stumbles across Christmas Town. After trying to sell the idea of Christmas to Halloweentown, Jack decides they will take over Christmas for the year.
What follows is a very funny adventure that the whole family can enjoy. There's music, incredible stop-motion animation and an engaging story that reels you in.
Pick up a copy of The Nightmare Before Christmas on Blu-ray!
How about 1989 classic comedy National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki. The Griswold family return and this time they're hosting Christmas for their very difficult families. It's very funny, a lot sharper than it should be and has solid performances all round.


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Early Design Decisions on Warships and their Unintended Consequences (follo
by RINA & IMarEST Southern Joint Branch
This talk analyses the Design Decisions which affected the performance and in many cases resulted in losses of ships in action (follows AGM)
The Southern Joint Branch AGM will start at 18:30 with the lecture starting at 19:15. Members are encouraged to attend both the lecture and the AGM.
This talk seeks to analyse the unexpected consequences of Design Decisions which materially affected the performance and in many cases resulted in the unnecessary loss of ships in action. As an example, two decisions taken in 1889 sealed the fate of at least nine British ships, not all of these losses occurring whilst the ships were in action. Naval architects can build well designed and protected ships, but chance hits in vulnerable areas can still result in unexpected losses.
The most noteworthy Naval Action in WWII was undoubtedly the sortie into the Atlantic and the eventual destruction of KS Bismarck, and the loss of two of the major participants in the action, namely HMS Hood, KS Bismarck, were both caused by or contributed to by chance hits. Even more surprising is that another two of the ships involved in the action, HMS Ark Royal and HMS Prince of Wales were crippled by lucky hits resulting in their sinking later in the war.
Ian Taylor is a retired Naval Architect and gained his early shipbuilding experience on the River Clyde in Wm Denny Bros Ltd, Dumbarton and John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank. After the decline in shipbuilding, Ian went into the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry, participating in the topsides facilities design of several major North Sea oil and gas production platforms and thereafter spent many years in the oil industry overseas.
Ian was brought up in Orkney and inherited a large archive of cine film, photos and technical diaries on the 'Salvaging of the Ex-German high Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow' from both his late grandfather who was Chief Salvage Officer on the operation and his late father. As a small boy he descended into the upturned hull of the German Battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger whilst she was kept afloat by compressed air, the last person alive to have had that unique experience. Ian has since lectured extensively on this subject, and naturally gravitated to an in-depth analysis of the losses at the Battle of Jutland, and also to an analysis of Naval Losses in WWII.
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Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series was filmed and financed by Desilu Productions, and aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973. The series was reprised in in 1988 ... more on Wikipedia
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FBI Blocked From Investigating the Awan Espionage Case By Obama Holdover
Federal agents believe the Justice Department is meddling in the FBI's efforts to expand the Imran Awan and Hina Alvi investigation in what appears to be a blatant attempt to shield Democratic members of Congress entangled in the burgeoning criminal case.
That's because the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia — Channing Phillips — who is running point on the case is likewise a Democrat, appointed by President Barack Obama. Phillips was appointed just months before the grand jury convened to weigh evidence in the Awan case.
FBI agents feel they have amassed crucial evidence to expand the Awan case into a wider investigation of possible espionage and blackmail but the Bureau is getting push back from the US Attorney's Office in D.C., federal sources confirmed.
President Donald Trump has nominated Jesse Liu as the new US Attorney to replace Phillips, the Obama holdover. However, Sen. Chuck Schumer and senate Democrats have stalled Liu's confirmation. This has provided Schumer de facto control of the Awan investigation which otherwise could implicate dozens of his fellow Congressional Democrats, including Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former chairwoman of the DNC. Wasserman hired the Awans as IT specialists and shared the four Awans with other Democrats for classified computer work.
In essence, Schumer can currently dictate whether any charges are brought against members of Congress linked to Awan-related crimes, sources said. Until either Liu is confirmed or Phillips is forced out by President Trump.
Awan and Alvi, husband and wife, were indicted on bank fraud and financial crimes on August 17, but federal agents believe this case is much larger than mortgage-related crimes. There is growing evidence, for instance the Awans could have sold classified information to foreign governments outside the United States. Then there is growing talk that the Awans may have blackmailed Congress with damaging emails and photos. FBI sources also believe someone in Congress tipped the Awans off months before their grand jury indictment.
truepundit.com/fbi-investigation…der-lynch/
This case has dragged on because it would expose 40 Democrat House and Senate members as part of the espionage case. The main fight is over the incriminating laptop belonging to Wasserman Schultz. Cadres of lawyers are trying to prevent the obviously criminal revealing laptop from getting a look at:
www.forbes.com/sites/frankminite…f436521675
The affidavit from the FBI used to attain the indictment very clearly laid out their alleged bank fraud and related crimes. If this were only a case about bank fraud, however, U.S. attorneys wouldn't need the data on the laptop or the other evidence left in the congressional building for a conviction. They could just press on with only the evidence they need for those charges.
As anyone following this case knows, there is a lot more here than possible bank fraud. Nevertheless, though Capitol Police have been investigating, along with the FBI, for well over a year the only charges filed so far are these bank fraud and related charges—even though prosecutors and defense attorneys are wrestling over evidence that appears to have to do with other things besides bank fraud.
Meanwhile, the media has mostly ignored the much more salacious elements of this case; quite possibly because the 40-plus members of Congress the Awans and their associates worked for were all Democrats.
For these reasons and more this case feels like a ticking bomb. It's speculation to say just what it's loaded with, as everything from massive procurement thefts to espionage have been mentioned in relation to this investigation, but it does appear that a lot of people are begging for time to defuse it before it goes boom!
www.forbes.com/sites/frankminite…4c21055d74
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Political Relative
The older daughter of President Barack Obama
Malia Ann Obama is the oldest daughter of Barack Obama, who was president of the United States from 2009-2017. She entered Harvard University in 2017. Malia Obama was born in 1998 to Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, who were married in 1992. Malia and her younger sister Sasha attended the private University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Chicago. Malia Obama entered the fifth grade in 2008; she and her sister began attending Sidwell Friends School in January of 2009 after her family moved to Washington, D.C. for her father's inauguration. In 2012, her father was re-elected for a second four-year term as president, and he served in the office until being succeeded by Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. Malia Obama was 18 years old when her father finished his second term. She graduated from high school in May of 2016; that same month, the White House announced that Malia would attend Harvard University beginning in the fall of 2017, saying in a statement: "The President and Mrs. Obama announced today that their daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in the fall of 2017 as a member of the Class of 2021. Malia will take a gap year before beginning school." Malia's gap year included an extended trip to Bolivia and Peru in 2016, and The Hollywood Reporter reported in January of 2017 that she would work as an intern for Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein that spring. She arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts in August of 2017 to begin her studies at Harvard.
In the past, many sources listed Malia Obama's birth year as 1999. However, 1998 is the correct year. She was widely reported to be celebrating her 10th birthday in July of 2008, while her father was campaigning for president. In a video interview with Access Hollywood that year, Barack Obama can be heard joking with Malia that she "started in a hospital on [the] Fourth of July ten years ago."
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