Oii-Chinese was built as a gift for celebrating the 4th Intersex Solidarity Day Nov. 8th 2008 and it is also an intersex information website for global Chinese readers to share and communicate.
Our Vision is to create a world that intersex people can be self-love and beloved freely as who they are without any discrimination from the bias of fear, ignorance, stigma and gender-binary social norm.
Our Mission is to build up a spiritual intersex movement, to share the intersex love as a precious essence of humanity and to help people to learn, enjoy and benefit from a world of intersex people being acknowledged and embraced.


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package org.apache.reef.wake.time.runtime;

import org.apache.reef.tang.InjectionFuture;
import org.apache.reef.tang.annotations.Parameter;
import org.apache.reef.wake.EventHandler;
import org.apache.reef.wake.impl.PubSubEventHandler;
import org.apache.reef.wake.time.Clock;
import org.apache.reef.wake.time.Time;
import org.apache.reef.wake.time.event.Alarm;
import org.apache.reef.wake.time.event.StartTime;
import org.apache.reef.wake.time.event.StopTime;
import org.apache.reef.wake.time.runtime.event.*;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * Default implementation of clock.
 *
 * After invoking `RuntimeStart` and `StartTime` events initially,
 * this invokes scheduled events on time. If there is no scheduled event,
 * `IdleClock` event is invoked.
 */
public final class RuntimeClock implements Clock {

  private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(RuntimeClock.class.getName());
  private static final String CLASS_NAME = RuntimeClock.class.getCanonicalName();

  /**
   * Injectable source of current time information.
   * Usually an instance of RealTimer that wraps the system clock.
   */
  private final Timer timer;

  /**
   * An ordered set of timed objects, in ascending order of their timestamps.
   * It also serves as the main synchronization monitor for the class.
   */
  private final TreeSet<Time> schedule = new TreeSet<>();

  /** Event handlers - populated with the injectable parameters provided to the RuntimeClock constructor. */
  private final PubSubEventHandler<Time> handlers = new PubSubEventHandler<>();

  private final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<StartTime>>> startHandler;
  private final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<StopTime>>> stopHandler;
  private final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<RuntimeStart>>> runtimeStartHandler;
  private final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<RuntimeStop>>> runtimeStopHandler;
  private final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<IdleClock>>> idleHandler;

  /**
   * Timestamp of the last client alarm in the schedule.
   * We use it to schedule a graceful shutdown event immediately after all client alarms.
   */
  private long lastClientAlarm = 0;

  /**
   * Number of client alarms in the schedule.
   * We need it to determine whether event loop is idle (i.e. has no client alarms scheduled)
   */
  private int numClientAlarms = 0;

  /** Set to true when the clock is closed. */
  private boolean isClosed = false;

  /** Exception that caused the clock to stop. */
  private Throwable exceptionCausedStop = null;

  @Inject
  private RuntimeClock(
      final Timer timer,
      @Parameter(Clock.StartHandler.class)
          final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<StartTime>>> startHandler,
      @Parameter(Clock.StopHandler.class)
          final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<StopTime>>> stopHandler,
      @Parameter(Clock.RuntimeStartHandler.class)
          final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<RuntimeStart>>> runtimeStartHandler,
      @Parameter(Clock.RuntimeStopHandler.class)
          final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<RuntimeStop>>> runtimeStopHandler,
      @Parameter(Clock.IdleHandler.class)
          final InjectionFuture<Set<EventHandler<IdleClock>>> idleHandler) {

    this.timer = timer;
    this.startHandler = startHandler;
    this.stopHandler = stopHandler;
    this.runtimeStartHandler = runtimeStartHandler;
    this.runtimeStopHandler = runtimeStopHandler;
    this.idleHandler = idleHandler;

    LOG.log(Level.FINE, "RuntimeClock instantiated.");
  }

  /**
   * Schedule a new Alarm event in `offset` milliseconds into the future,
   * and supply an event handler to be called at that time.
   * @param offset Number of milliseconds into the future relative to current time.
   * @param handler Event handler to be invoked.
   * @return Newly scheduled alarm.
   * @throws IllegalStateException if the clock is already closed.
   */
  @Override
  public Time scheduleAlarm(final int offset, final EventHandler<Alarm> handler) {

    final Time alarm = new ClientAlarm(this.timer.getCurrent() + offset, handler);

    if (LOG.isLoggable(Level.FINEST)) {

      final int eventQueueLen;
      synchronized (this.schedule) {
        eventQueueLen = this.numClientAlarms;
      }

      LOG.log(Level.FINEST,
          "Schedule alarm: {0} Outstanding client alarms: {1}",
          new Object[] {alarm, eventQueueLen});
    }

    synchronized (this.schedule) {

      if (this.isClosed) {
        throw new IllegalStateException("Scheduling alarm on a closed clock");
      }

      if (alarm.getTimestamp() > this.lastClientAlarm) {
        this.lastClientAlarm = alarm.getTimestamp();
      }

      assert this.numClientAlarms >= 0;
      ++this.numClientAlarms;

      this.schedule.add(alarm);
      this.schedule.notify();
    }

    return alarm;
  }

  /**
   * Stop the clock. Remove all other events from the schedule and fire StopTimer
   * event immediately. It is recommended to use close() method for graceful shutdown
   * instead of stop().
   */
  @Override
  public void stop() {
    this.stop(null);
  }

  /**
   * Stop the clock on exception.
   * Remove all other events from the schedule and fire StopTimer event immediately.
   * @param exception Exception that is the cause for the stop. Can be null.
   */
  @Override
  public void stop(final Throwable exception) {

    LOG.entering(CLASS_NAME, "stop");

    synchronized (this.schedule) {

      if (this.isClosed) {
        LOG.log(Level.FINEST, "Clock has already been closed");
        return;
      }

      this.isClosed = true;
      this.exceptionCausedStop = exception;

      final Time stopEvent = new StopTime(this.timer.getCurrent());
      LOG.log(Level.FINE,
          "Stop scheduled immediately: {0} Outstanding client alarms: {1}",
          new Object[] {stopEvent, this.numClientAlarms});

      assert this.numClientAlarms >= 0;
      this.numClientAlarms = 0;

      this.schedule.clear();
      this.schedule.add(stopEvent);
      this.schedule.notify();
    }

    LOG.exiting(CLASS_NAME, "stop");
  }

  /**
   * Wait for all client alarms to finish executing and gracefully shutdown the clock.
   */
  @Override
  public void close() {

    LOG.entering(CLASS_NAME, "close");

    synchronized (this.schedule) {

      if (this.isClosed) {
        LOG.exiting(CLASS_NAME, "close", "Clock has already been closed");
        return;
      }

      this.isClosed = true;

      final Time stopEvent = new StopTime(Math.max(this.timer.getCurrent(), this.lastClientAlarm + 1));
      LOG.log(Level.FINE,
          "Graceful shutdown scheduled: {0} Outstanding client alarms: {1}",
          new Object[] {stopEvent, this.numClientAlarms});

      this.schedule.add(stopEvent);
      this.schedule.notify();
    }

    LOG.exiting(CLASS_NAME, "close");
  }

  /**
   * Check if there are no client alarms scheduled.
   * @return True if there are no client alarms in the schedule, false otherwise.
   */
  @Override
  public boolean isIdle() {
    synchronized (this.schedule) {
      assert this.numClientAlarms >= 0;
      return this.numClientAlarms == 0;
    }
  }

  /**
   * The clock is closed after a call to stop() or close().
   * A closed clock cannot add new alarms to the schedule, but, in case of the
   * graceful shutdown, can still invoke previously scheduled ones.
   * @return true if closed, false otherwise.
   */
  @Override
  public boolean isClosed() {
    synchronized (this.schedule) {
      return this.isClosed;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Register event handlers for the given event class.
   * @param eventClass Event type to handle. Must be derived from Time.
   * @param handlers One or many event handlers that can process given event type.
   * @param <T> Event type - must be derived from class Time. (i.e. contain a timestamp).
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:hiddenfield")
  private <T extends Time> void subscribe(final Class<T> eventClass, final Set<EventHandler<T>> handlers) {
    for (final EventHandler<T> handler : handlers) {
      LOG.log(Level.FINEST, "Subscribe: event {0} handler {1}", new Object[] {eventClass.getName(), handler});
      this.handlers.subscribe(eventClass, handler);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Main event loop.
   * Set up the event handlers, and go into event loop that polls the schedule and process events in it.
   */
  @Override
  public void run() {

    LOG.entering(CLASS_NAME, "run");

    try {

      LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Subscribe event handlers");

      subscribe(StartTime.class, this.startHandler.get());
      subscribe(StopTime.class, this.stopHandler.get());
      subscribe(RuntimeStart.class, this.runtimeStartHandler.get());
      subscribe(RuntimeStop.class, this.runtimeStopHandler.get());
      subscribe(IdleClock.class, this.idleHandler.get());

      LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Initiate runtime start");
      this.handlers.onNext(new RuntimeStart(this.timer.getCurrent()));

      LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Initiate start time");
      this.handlers.onNext(new StartTime(this.timer.getCurrent()));

      while (true) {

        LOG.log(Level.FINEST, "Enter clock main loop.");

        try {

          if (this.isIdle()) {
            // Handle an idle clock event, without locking this.schedule
            this.handlers.onNext(new IdleClock(this.timer.getCurrent()));
          }

          final Time event;
          final int eventQueueLen;
          synchronized (this.schedule) {

            while (this.schedule.isEmpty()) {
              this.schedule.wait();
            }

            assert this.schedule.first() != null;

            // Wait until the first scheduled time is ready.
            // NOTE: while waiting, another alarm could be scheduled with a shorter duration
            // so the next time I go around the loop I need to revise my duration.
            while (true) {
              final long waitDuration = this.timer.getDuration(this.schedule.first());
              if (waitDuration <= 0) {
                break;
              }
              this.schedule.wait(waitDuration);
            }

            // Remove the event from the schedule and process it:
            event = this.schedule.pollFirst();

            if (event instanceof ClientAlarm) {
              --this.numClientAlarms;
              assert this.numClientAlarms >= 0;
            }

            eventQueueLen = this.numClientAlarms;
          }

          assert event != null;

          LOG.log(Level.FINER,
              "Process event: {0} Outstanding client alarms: {1}", new Object[] {event, eventQueueLen});

          if (event instanceof Alarm) {
            ((Alarm) event).run();
          } else {
            this.handlers.onNext(event);
            if (event instanceof StopTime) {
              break; // we're done.
            }
          }

        } catch (final InterruptedException expected) {
          LOG.log(Level.FINEST, "Wait interrupted; continue event loop.");
        }
      }

      this.handlers.onNext(new RuntimeStop(this.timer.getCurrent(), this.exceptionCausedStop));

    } catch (final Exception e) {

      LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error in runtime clock", e);
      this.handlers.onNext(new RuntimeStop(this.timer.getCurrent(), e));

    } finally {
      LOG.log(Level.FINE, "Runtime clock exit");
    }

    LOG.exiting(CLASS_NAME, "run");
  }
}

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After seven years with LyondellBasell, Kevin Brown, executive vice president – manufacturing and refining and a member of the company's management board, has announced he will be retiring in mid-February.
Kevin will be replaced by Daniel Coombs, who currently serves as the executive vice president – global olefins & polyolefins (O&P) and technology and is a member of the company's management board. In addition to manufacturing and refining, in his new role, Mr. Coombs will have additional responsibility for the company's technology business, global projects, global engineering services and procurement functions. Mr. Coombs has more than 38 years of industry experience, including 22 years in manufacturing in the United States and the Middle East as well as major capital project management.
"Since joining the company in 2009, Kevin has played a key role in our company's success and development. His work has helped to establish a solid foundation for sustainable performance over the longer term and I want to thank him for his hard work and significant contributions," said Bob Patel, LyondellBasell CEO and chairman of the management board. "I am also very pleased that Dan will be taking on this important role. Having a deep bench of quality talent like Dan ensures a seamless transition of responsibilities."
As a result of these changes, Paul Augustowski, currently senior vice president – O&P Americas, will no longer report to Mr. Coombs and will report directly to Mr. Patel. Similarly, Richard Roudeix, currently senior vice president – O&P Europe, will report directly to Mr. Patel as well. Mr. Roudeix will expand his responsibilities to include the entire O&P Europe, Asia and International segment, which includes joint ventures and related marketing and PP compounding. In connection with these responsibilities, Mr. Roudeix's title will change to senior vice president – O&P Europe, Asia and International.


KUALA LUMPUR, 2 November 2015 – The 11th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), themed "Building Resilience for Equitable Growth", returns to Kuala Lumpur as the region prepares to come together with the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at year end. The envisioned single market and production base, competitive economic region, equitable economic development and full integration into the global economy resonate with the WIEF Foundation's aim of Building Bridges through Business to drive economic and social progress.
With this aim, WIEF Foundation endeavours to explore ways to ensure that economic progress benefits all members of the business communities both in ASEAN and across the world, through the annual WIEF and other initiatives.
"In the wake of the global economic slowdown, it is important to close the deepening income gap for economies to sustain their growth. We believe the way forward is to develop an enabling ecosystem for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector as SMEs form the backbone of most industries in many countries," said Tun Musa Hitam, Chairman of the WIEF Foundation.
He added, "It is the reason why this year's Forum has a particular focus on SMEs, which is very relevant for the region in view of the realisation of AEC by the end of this year. SMEs form a strong backbone for ASEAN economies contributing 30 to 53 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product of ASEAN.
To this end, we have created several platforms for SME business owners and entrepreneurs to learn new skills, to foster cross-border collaborations, to pitch their ideas and to seek funding and business opportunities. Even MOCAfest, our creative arts arm, is designed to help the artistic and creative community develop their skills and talent into a sustainable business. The main platforms are our SME Business Pavilion, IdeaPad and Business Exchange.
The 11th WIEF will be officiated by the Honourable Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia and Patron of the WIEF Foundation on 3 November 2015.
The debut of SME Business Pavilion at the 11th WIEF will be witnessed by YB Dato' Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on 4 November 2015. The 14 countries participating in the SME Business Pavilion are from ASEAN, Africa, Central Asia, Europe and North America, with UK leading with a contingent of 11 companies.
There will be 44 start-ups from 24 countries pitching on stage, showcasing their innovative ideas to an international audience of angel investors, venture capitalists, business leaders and other start-ups at IdeaPad.
While the Business Exchange will see 42 corporations presenting a three-minute pitch, designed for emerging business ideas to extend their reach to the international business community. It will serve as a gateway for new businesses to galvanise support, raise funds and recruit collaborators. Delegates will be able to network with these corporations at the country desks.
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The three-day Forum will cover topics in the Muslim world including Islamic finance, halal industries, green technologies, education, sustainable living and development, women and youth development, and the Creative Arts.


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Non-disclosure agreements are pretty simple documents really.
Two entities get together and agree not to reveal what they share between them with anyone else. Oh, and they agree not to share this information with anyone else for a specific period of time, called the "term" of the agreement.
Common "terms" are 2, 3, and 5 years.
From the date of termination of the agreement.
Doesn't the agreement "terminate" at the end of the "term"?
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OS X Yosemite giving you Java-Fits? — "You need to install Java" Uh??
Annoying and disquieting. So installed Java 8 for OSX. NO JOY. Furthermore, Java 8 is a 64 bit Java which is supported by Firefox and Safari, but not Chrome (believe it or not, Chrome is still a 32 bit program…).
Turns out, the good folks at Apple maintain a 32 bit version of Java (v6) that should solve this annoying popup.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Java, OSX, OSX 10.10, Software, Yosemite on October 19, 2014 by EasyNDA.
F. Tim Knight writes an illuminating post, "It's the 6 D's Not the '60's: Machine Processing and the legal Profession", about machine processing of legal assistance.
Non disclosure agreements (NDAs) more often than not fall into the category of simple "legal processing." Most firms assign paralegals and junior attorneys to deal with NDAs. And why not? NDAs are fundamentally simple agreements. Most outside counsels will give their clients a "standard" mutual non-disclosure agreement and tell them to have at it. The attorneys don't want to see the docs – there's not enough value derived from the attorneys' review for their clients' dollars.
And non-disclosure agreements are a just a tiny step in the business process. Necessary? Yes. Worth stopping the business process to await processing NDA paperwork? Not often. And unless you're negotiating a complex non-disclosure agreement with unusual terms, don't pay for mere "legal processing" by expensive and time consuming humans. Let a machine handle the process.
Do business, not paperwork. EasyNDA is one service that lubricates the business process of non-disclosure agreements without the costs of legal processing. For standard non-disclosure agreements, creating, signing, and sending NDAs from any device at any time will keep your business moving. Make sure you're focused on businesses processes not legal processes.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2014 by EasyNDA.
Put the hex on Mac OS X's Color Picker.
This is a lifesaver for creating your own marcom content. Creating a color palette for use on your Mac can be a real headache because Mac OS X provides no Hex code management of color. So once you've painstakingly created your beautiful web and print compatible company color palette, you have to convert all those nice hex colors into RGB color codes to build them into your Mac palette.
Following Jeff Porter's simple instructions will put Hex codes into the Mac color picker – ba-da-bing!
This entry was posted in Developer on October 10, 2014 by EasyNDA.


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Home 1 › Julio Larraz by Edward Lucie-Smith 2
Julio Larraz by Edward Lucie-Smith
square 4to. pp. 251. profusely illustrated. biography. bibliography. hardcover cloth. dw. [Milan]: Skira, [2003].
A master of realism, Julio Larraz stands out strongly on the American contemporary art scene. Throughout his artistic career he has indefatigably pursued a line of expressive and thematic research out of which an unmistakable style has gradually emerged.
Deaf to the allure of fashions and the blandishments of critics, Larraz has never abjured his figurative vocation, recreating it freely in every picture. Fruit of the tension between creative autonomy and a vast and heterogeneous pictorial culture, his work cannot be ascribed to any particular current, even though it does not fail to reflect tendencies in contemporary art and is always making ironic references to the colours and motifs of the Caribbean.
Through a series of splendid illustrations, this book examines Larraz's thirty-year dialogue with painting, making it an indispensable means of understanding the work of a leading exponent of contemporary art.

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Tyler Houle Makes Plans To Return To Montana
Being in Helmville, Montana the first weekend of September was not exactly on Tyler Houle's list of to-do things.
He was more likely to get in a few steer wrestling practice runs with his Odessa College teammates and hang out with friends the rest of the time, trying to stay cool in the west Texas heat.
But when the Northern Rodeo Association and Northern Women's Rodeo Association board of directors decided to cancel the 2020 NRA/NWRA Finals because of the financial impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, Houle's plans took a dramatic change.
"I will be in Helmville," said the 21-year-old cowboy from Ronan.
And he has a good reason to return to his home state and make his way to the small unincorporated community in western Montana.
Houle will be trying to hold on to his lead the steer wrestling standings and win his first NRA year-end championship.
Powell County will be the center of the NRA/NWRA universe the last two weekends of the regular season.
Deer Lodge hosts a rodeo this weekend, followed by Helmville – 49 miles north -- Sept. 6-7 to finish 2020.
With leads of less than $1,000 separating first from second in six events, both rodeos will play pivotal roles in determining this year's champions.
Houle hopes one of those titles will be his.
He carries a lead of $282 over Ty Everson of Helena in the tightly bunched standings. Less than $600 separates the top four and less than $900 the top five.
"I was going to hang around in Texas and come back for the Finals," said Houle of his original schedule. The NRA/NWRA Finals were scheduled for mid-October in Kalispell. "Then the Finals got canceled.
"But when I saw they were still going to hand out a championship saddle and buckle that changed my plans."
He plans to fly from Texas to Montana and get ride to Helmville for the final rodeo. Houle did not enter Deer Lodge.
Houle last competed in the NRA in 2016 while in high school. The state steer wrestling champion in 2017, the Ronan High School graduate was the reserve champion at the 2018 Indian National Finals Rodeo.
With rodeos across the region being canceled, he turned his attention to the NRA this summer. "I saw the NRA was putting on some rodeos and I decided to get my card again and give it a whirl," he said.
"The NRA is a good association. It has great stock."
A solid two weekends put him in the title hunt. He tied for third at Big Timber to close out June then earned the bulk of his money with a second place at Harlowton and a third at Ennis.
But he almost didn't make Big Timber. Houle's rig broke down on Porcupine Pass and he had to call team roping partner Kermit Clary for a ride.
"He was about 45 minutes ahead of me," said Houle. "He turned around real quick. We got there just as the grand entry was starting."
The Big Timber field included reigning world champion Ty Erickson of Helena who won with a time of 3.1 seconds. It is believed to be the fastest steer wrestling time in Montana regardless of organization.
"I like seeing that kind of stuff," Houle said of matching talents with the world's best. "It drives me to do better. It was a cool opportunity."
Houle also picked up a third place check at Malta. The money won will now go toward a plane ticket to bring him to Helmville.
"Flights are cheap now," he said. "If I'm that close to winning something, I sure plan to give it a try."
With every ride, every throw of a rope taking on added importance in the NRA and NWRA standings, the team roping pressure will be racheted up an additional notch or two.
Three former National Finals Rodeo qualifiers – Kyle Lockett, Buddy Hawkins II and Aaron Tsinigine – are entered. Tsinigine won the world title in 2015.
The NRA and NWRA is guaranteed to crown new champions in seven events this year: steer wrestling, breakaway roping, tie-down roping, team roping header, team roping heeler, all-around cowboy and all-around cowgirl.
J2 Bridges of Dillon is on pace to win his fourth consecutive bareback title while Payton Fitzpatrick of Polson is chasing his third bull riding crown in a row. Shai McDonald of Gardiner will need to close out strong to become the first barrel racer to win four straight titles.


A place that lends itself to ecotourism therefore, because the lodging of La Valette is located in the middle of the 3 Regional Natural Parks located in the Massif Central.
It is a house of the 18th century, in stones, located in a village of 3 houses. It has two very beautiful windows with sculpted lintels. Restored according to traditional methods, it has preserved its authenticity, and offers all the comfort, in a very green environment and an absolute calm.
Its undeniable charm and its antique furniture make it a very pleasant place to live.
Capacity two to 4 adults, two large bedrooms upstairs.
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The RSS Feeds tree on the left side is fully customizable via an XML file (feeds.xml file in the same folder as RSSConnect.exe). It can include feed nodes, folder nodes, or OPML nodes. The OPML nodes are dynamically expanded at run time. You can add, rename, and delete nodes by right clicking on the tree and selecting appropriate menu items. The built-in caching mechanism caches the feed XML locally. You can right click on the node and select Refresh to get the latest version of the feed. The Tools | Options | On Exit tab allows you to control the caching behavior. You can do drag-and-drop to move nodes, and drop a RSS Feed URL from the Internet Explorer address bar into RSSConnect feed tree to add subscribe to that feed. Press F11 to hide/show the Feeds tree. Press F12 to show/hide the status bar.
RSSConnect includes three views in which you can read RSS Feeds. Just create an XSLT stylesheet file and drop it in the style folder – your new RSS Feed reader skin should be available in RSSConnect View menu.
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RSSConnect includes a Microsoft Access database that you can use to export and search. To connect to SQL Server or MSDE, create a new database and run the script in the SQL Scripts folder. This script will create two tables: [tblFeeds] and [tblIndex].
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When viewing a RSS Feed, press Ctrl+D or select Favorites | Add to Favorites or select similar menu item from right click menu on the feed node, to add the selected feed to your favorites. Favorites are saved in fav.xml in the same folder. You can remove entries from Favorites menu using Tools | Options | Environment | Favorite panel.
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The second tab on left frame in RSSConnect is "Web Sites", which shows your Internet Explorer favorites, enabling you to browse your favorite Web sites inside RSSConnect.
Press Ctrl+0 (or select View | Browser Navigation Bar) to view the panel that allows you to type a Web address and do browsing; or do searches on various sites.
RSSConnect allows importing feeds from a local OPML file; and exporting the selected feed listings as an OPML file.
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National Geographic photographer Nathan Benn's beautiful Kodachrome photos are on display at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond in Richmond, VA. The show, Kodachrome Memory American Pictures 1972-1990, is in it's last week and closes April 3rd. Benn also has a book of photographs from the show available on Amazon.
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What is the flight attendant interview like?
Each airline has their own way to conduct interviews for flight attendants. These examples are just a few of the many ways interviews can be done. But most airlines will have some that are similar to these interviews.
A large open interview of about 30 or so. Then broken down to groups of about 10 in front of about 5 interviewers. They might ask you to say your name each time that you speak as well as read and answer a question from a card that you picked out of a stack.
If you make it through the first cut, then you may be required to take a test. The test is just to show that you are mentally capable for the job.
After the test, if you pass, you can expect to get a one on one interview. One on one might be you alone together with one or a few of the interviewers.
A large open interview of maybe a hundred applicants. After a short introduction, the big group is broken down into groups of five.
The group of five might sit in front of two or three interviewers and take turn answering the questions one by one.
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A one on one interview with one or more interviewer and yourself.
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The 28-year-old, who was part of the club's 2014/15 League One title-winning team, will oversee the Under-13 to Under-18 age groups under the guidance of director of youth Derek Anderson.
Current Brechin City centre-half Crighton has worked within the academy as a coach since its inception in 2012 and will combine his part-time playing duties and work at the SFA Holyrood Performance School with his role.
The post is effective immediately, and the UEFA A, UEFA B, and Youth Elite A licence holder will also assist with the development squad.
Speaking to media officer Jonathan Mitchell, board member Anderson said: "I've worked with Sean for the last five and a half years in the youth academy.
"From day one, I've had Sean in. He knows what we're trying to do in the academy: he undertstands it, he gets it, and I think he thoroughly deserves the post.
"He's done really well and it was the logical next step in his personal progression and development. The timing was right for him.
"The role will see him assist me and put on sessions at different age levels in the Under-13 to Under-18 bracket, as well as taking a team himself and supporting the new 20s coach when he's appointed in the summer.
"Sean is a young coach, up and coming, but he has proved over the years that he is a good coach. He is also currently playing, which is a big bonus for me.
Chief executive Warren Hawke added: "Sean's appointment underlines the board of directors' commitment to our youth development programme as a long-term strategy for the club's future sustainability and success.


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Notes, Quotes and Comments: UVa. Sweet 16 press conference
Published Thursday, Mar. 27, 2014, 4:33 pm
THE MODERATOR: We'll take questions for the student‑athletes.
Q. Akil, can you talk about Adreian Payne and the sort of the matchup trouble he creates because he's got the size inside, but can shoot from the outside.
AKIL MITCHELL: Yeah, he will be a tough matchup. He's been a tough matchup for teams all year because he can stretch the floor, he's got good touch and he can also put the ball on the floor and post‑up also. So he'll be a good matchup for us, but I think we'll be prepared.
Q. Joe, talk about what you've seen of Michigan State's defense and how you guys plan to go against it?
JOE HARRIS: We watched a little bit of film this morning, actually right before we came over here. Just saw some of their defensive tendencies. They're not like an overly pressure‑oriented defensive team, they keep guys in front, they play very good help defense but they collapse on the ball quite a bit whenever you try and get any dribble drives or penetration.
So nothing new for us. We're not going to change up anything that we do offensively. We have no new sets, nothing like that. What we have done to get us to this point has worked up to this time, and there's nothing new or nothing changes for us.
Q. Joe, I know this would be exciting no matter where were you playing, but is there anything different or anything distinctive about being able to play here at Madison Square Garden?
JOE HARRIS: Oh, yeah, I would just say that as a basketball fan just growing up, Madison Square Garden has always been the arena where you see big time players come in here, they go off for huge games, all the history and tradition that this arena has. It's the world's most famous arena and just the fact that we have the opportunity to play here. I mean like you said, regardless of where the Sweet 16 would be, it would be exciting, but the fact that we're playing in MSG, I mean it adds a little bit more something to it and it's very exciting, but at the same time we're just thankful and grateful to have the opportunity to even make it to the Sweet 16 and play in a venue like this.
Q. Akil, Michigan State likes to run, obviously, and they're averaging about 20 points a game on fast breaks, how do you guys keep them from getting out in transition like that?
AKIL MITCHELL: That's been one of our keys all year is to make sure we limit transition points, and it's something we focused on against Memphis was getting back in transition. So it will be something that we have to focus in on again, getting the ball stopped, keeping them out of the paint, and then making them play against a set defense.
Q. Coach Izzo was just in here and he said his team can be either racehorse or smash mouth. If you guys had to describe your team, what would you pick as a way to describe it?
JOE HARRIS: I would say smash mouth, I guess, if you're going to be taking from those two categories. We don't really get up and down a whole lot. We can, but we prefer to play half‑court kind of a grind‑it‑out, smash‑mouth type of game.
THE MODERATOR: Akil, do you agree?
AKIL MITCHELL: Yes.
THE MODERATOR: Well said.
(Laughter.)
THE MODERATOR: All right. Thank you, guys. We'll have an opening statement from Coach and then take questions.
COACH TONY BENNETT: Looking forward to playing tomorrow certainly. Any time your team can advance to the Sweet 16 and have an opportunity to go further, it's exciting.
Obviously we know what's in front of us with the quality of Michigan State, but just want to be as ready as we can and put our best foot forward.
THE MODERATOR: Take questions for coach.
Q. Wondering when you went about film study for Michigan State, they spend a lot of time with their incomplete roster, a lot of injuries and things, then over the last two and a half weeks have had the full team. Did you have to kind of pick and choose which Michigan State you watched?
COACH TONY BENNETT: Yeah, I know which Michigan State team we're going to play and that's the important thing. How they played in the Big‑10 Conference Tournament, how they I don't want to say breezed through it but how they really were at times dominant and certainly in the NCAA Tournament. That's who they are. That's the expectations at the start of the year where they were projected has kind of come to fruition. The level of basketball they're playing is showing. That's who we're preparing for. You watch those other games to see if there's some consistencies, but there is their full roster and certainly they're playing at a high level.
Q. You guys have been really good against stopping other people's transition this year, what concerns you most about Michigan State? They seem to be very successful at that.
COACH TONY BENNETT: Yeah, they have always been as long as I've watched Coach's team, boy, this year they can really spread the floor with their ability to shoot, their speed getting up the floor. They have some bigs that can trail and shoot it as well.
Someone asked me before, are there any teams you've played against that have prepared you that play similar to Michigan State? And certainly Carolina runs, even Memphis, their speed in transition, but what I think is unique or very good about Michigan State is that they're very complete when they run. It's not they have one guy who can buzz up the floor off the dribble, and they go to the rack. They will do that, they can get there with their players, but they also will kick it up, spread it with their shooters, they got rim runners and it's what they do when they drill it. And that's something he's always done, and I think this is one of his best teams in transition that I've seen.
And we're not going to change who we are, we're just going to have to probably do it a little better to try to stop that. I think every team who plays them or teams like that, that's got to be a focus if you want to certainly have a chance against a Michigan State team.
Q. When Coach Izzo was here he was talking about how familiar he is with you and your family certainly. What's it like vice versa, just knowing what you do about the profession, how is someone like that able to get to this level and beyond so many times in a row?
COACH TONY BENNETT: Yeah, he's a special coach. I have the utmost respect for him and yeah, just going back from the experiences I've had watching him, certainly my father, he does it the right way. He builds his program the right way. They're tough, they're sound, they embody him. My father told me, he coached at Stevens Point, Coach Izzo was playing at Northern Michigan at the time, and he said, how he played was similar to how he coaches. And that's actually my father ‑‑ my dad wasn't a great player, and I don't know if Coach Izzo was a great player or not, but my dad said, "I wasn't a great player but I was going to play as hard as I could and defend and all that." And you can see that about Coach Izzo, how his teams are. He was assistant when I played against him at Green Bay, but then when I was on staff at Wisconsin, his teams, they were as sound and tough as you would find.
He's great for the game. He really is. And he's advanced because his teams, they're efficient offensively and they don't take possessions off and they're tough‑minded. And that's a model that a lot of good teams have, that you're always trying to aspire to.
So certainly he's been great for us younger coaches. I'm not that much younger now, but to see that and that's how you want to build your program.
Q. In a sense, because of the style that you play, do you feel that your team is especially well equipped to match what they're going to do?
COACH TONY BENNETT: It's going to be a war of attrition. There's definitely some similarities, obviously they probably run more. We'll try to opportunistically, but it will be a battle at who can execute best.
Certainly there's going to be ‑‑ hopefully it will be a physical game, it will be a sound game, and you're going to have to play that way to beat a Michigan State team the way they're playing.
I think that our guys understand that, and just watching them, this Michigan State team, as the first question suggested, where they're at right now, we understand that. But are we equipped to play against them well? I think when we're playing at our best, our style gives us a chance to beat the best. We always talk about that. That's how you prepare your team, so when you play against high, high‑level opponents, does your system, does your style give you that chance? And that's what we have tried to build and build and we'll get our chance tomorrow.
Q. As your team kind of rose slowly in terms of recognition throughout the year to be the last team to grab a No. 1 seed, whereas they were No. 1 early on in the year. How do you use that mentally with your team? Do you feel like you guys still are kind of not under the radar at this point, but have an underdog mentality, I guess, against a team like Michigan State?
COACH TONY BENNETT: Yeah, underdog mentality but we have to have a hungry mentality. And they will, we do, and we know again how we have to play. I think our guys, they have been steady all year since we have gotten into conference play. I think that they know what's in front of them, and again it's not changing anything, it's just doing it probably a little bit better.
But they're hungry to play and who wouldn't be in the Sweet 16? I mean, I've been fortunate enough to be here twice now, as a head coach, to be a part of staffs a few times. And again, the NCAA Tournament is the greatest sporting event going, in my opinion, being biased, of course, but every round you advance to you just feel the excitement, you feel the intensity and you get to step into this and that's ‑‑ whether you're talking about seeding, underdog, you just got to be hungry and ready, and that's what we're going to find out.
Q. What's it been like for your team to be here? I know some of them said, I don't guess any of them have ever played in the Garden. A lot of guys have never been to New York. What's been their reaction being here?
COACH TONY BENNETT: We got in late last night because of the high winds. We couldn't fly in, so got in and had a great meal. Had our breakfast. Did some film. It's kind of business as usual. I'm actually fascinated to see the floor out there because I played and we played the Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals in '93. Played there, so I can't wait to see this.
But they know it's special, but I think that they're just looking forward to it. So we haven't gone to a play or anything like that or done anything too amazing, but I think it will be enjoyable to be out there, and then I know there will be great excitement tomorrow.
Q. I always like to ask coaches this: I know you're busy with your team and preparing for every game, but during the Tournament do you get a chance to watch other games? And if you do, what are your overall impressions of the Tournament this year?
COACH TONY BENNETT: Yeah, in bits and pieces certainly you do. I don't know if you can sit down and watch the whole thing. You got your laptop probably watching film, but certainly you do. I think every year ‑‑ the excitement's great and just the parity in college basketball, that's what makes this so good that there's different styles, different systems, and different teams can advance.
But again, the seeding, you're seeing more and more you don't even call them upsets, but that's what makes this exciting because you have to be so ready, everybody's capable. I think that's been trending that way, but maybe even more this year. I don't know the stats if there's more upsets this year than in years past, but that's why I think people love it. And there's such joy in this. It really is.
I was fortunate my first year with my father, I was just a volunteer with them and the year they went to the Final Four, to be a part of that run, and having played in it just captivated me. I'm not going to mention who beat them in the Final Four. I think we all know that. But I just think there's such a time of excitement and it makes it very special. I really appreciate this, but certainly am very hungry to carry this thing forward.
Q. I know you're busy with preparing for Michigan State, but I was wondering if you were aware of the Northwestern ruling yesterday about the football team being able to unionize.
COACH TONY BENNETT: Yeah, I mean, a little bit. I'm probably the wrong guy to ask. My SID said "They might ask you this question," and I'm like, well, I don't really have a good response.
So look, the NCAA as a player it's been great to me. I know there's a lot of things going. I can remember doing a speech in front of my class as a freshman when I was a college, explaining why I think college athletes should get a stipend to the class. I remember the class looking at me at the time like, you're crazy. What are you talking about? And I tried to explain.
But it's a wonderful game. The players do a lot for the game. Hopefully there's going to be some good things coming, but as far as the specifics on that, I really truly would be the wrong guy to ask. I would need to study it a little better and give you a more sound answer to that.
Q. I apologize if you addressed this already but that 2008 trip to the Sweet 16 at Washington State, curious, what do you glean from that experience? Can you use anything this weekend from 2008 to help you guys?
COACH TONY BENNETT: Yeah, I remember how that Carolina team how good they were in transition with Lawson and Hansbrough. That was a real good team. Every team's different. Certainly you have, but all of your past experiences shape what you're trying to do, little adjustments and how you prepare.
So yeah, certainly I'll take some of the lessons we learned, and use those in how we prepare for this, and some things to maybe even talk to our players about. But again, different team. We're playing, we're obviously in a different program and all those things, but there is some wisdom from it.
THE MODERATOR: All right. Thank you, Coach.


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Prof. Wachyu Sundayana graduated from the English Education Department of IKIP Bandung (now UPI Bandung) in 1983 and earned his Master's degree in Elementary Education from the University of Iowa in 1996. He earned his doctoral degree in the field of curriculum development from the School of Graduate Studies of the Indonesia University of Education (UPI) Bandung in 2009. In addition to being the head of UPI Language Center, a position he has held since 2011, Prof. Wachyu Sundayana is currently a lecturer at the English Language Education Study Program of the School of Graduate Studies of UPI.
Prof. Sundayana is a prominent curriculum development expert and prolific textbook writer. He has written English textbooks for junior high school, senior high school, and vocational school levels. He is also a member of Teacher Education Curriculum Development Team of the Ministry of Research and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia and a member of UPI Curriculum Development Team, and has helped a number of universities develop their curriculum.
Eri Kurniawan, M.A., Ph.D. graduated from the English Language and Literature Education Department Indonesia University of Education (UPI) in 2004, and earned his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Linguistics from the University of Iowa in 2009 and 2013 respectively. His field of expertise is grammar, particularly that of English, Indonesian, and Sundanese, which he has extensively researched both for his doctoral dissertation and post-doctoral works. While pursuing his doctoral degree, Eri Kurniawan was also a teaching and research assistant at the Linguistics Department and English as a Second Language Program of Iowa University.
He is currently a lecturer at the English Education Department (both at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and the secretary of UPI Language Center, the position he has held since 2015.
Andrian Permadi completed his Bachelor's degree in 2008 and Master's Degree in 2014 at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Andrian has been Head of Language Training Division since 2010 whose main responsibility is to manage various language training programs, specifically tailored English courses held in cooperation with various ministries, government institutions, private companies and many others. Andrian has taught different kinds of courses since he joined UPI Language Center in 2008. IELTS Preparation, IBT / ITP TOEFL Preparation, and TOEIC Preparation are his forte.
But he has also taught other courses such as English for Academic Purposes, General English, etc. His research interests and publications lie in the areas of TESOL and Language Testing. Andrian is also a certified ISO Internal Auditor and has been holding the position as the Quality Management Representative (QMR) for UPI Language Center's ISO Quality Management System for more or less 7 years.
Ari Arifin Danuwijaya is the head of Language Testing Division of UPI Language Center. He is also a lecturer at the English Education Study Program. He completed his Master's degree in Educational Research, Assessment, and Evaluation from Flinders University, South Australia in 2012. He attended a short term award program in Educational Assessment: National Examination and Computer-based Testing hosted by Australia Awards Indonesia and The University of Adelaide in 2017 and obtained a Graduate Certificate in Education. He earned his bachelor degree in English Education from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) in 2008.
Currently, he teaches at English Education Department, specializing in English Language Teaching and Learning, and serves as a member of editorial board of Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (IJAL). Some of his major interests are language assessment, language teaching methodology, and educational measurement.
Lukman Hakim graduated from English Education Study Program of UPI in 2011 an earned his master's degree from the same program in 2016 As the Head of General Affairs Division and Coordinator of Academic Publication, Lukman is, among others, the person behind the publication of the Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (IJAL) – a Q2 Scopus-indexed and nationally accredited journal – and the maintenance of its website. He also administratively helps its editorial board in the reviewing and editing process of the submitted articles.
Lukman has worked for UPI Language Center for seven years, first as an English instructor teaching various courses, then as French language course coordinator and caretaker of the Language Testing Division before holding his current position. His main research interests are in EFL methodology and language learning strategies.


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North Carolina is aggressively going after the vaping industry for what the state sees as its role in getting kids hooked on nicotine. On Tuesday, State Attorney General Josh Stein announced that his office would be filing lawsuits against eight e-cigarette companies, arguing that each purposefully targeted underage customers. The lawsuits follow a similar one filed by Stein's office against the vaping giant Juul in May.
"At the same time as our kids are headed off to school, we are hearing new stories about the health risks associated with e-cigarettes on a daily basis," said Stein in a press conference on Tuesday. "Our complaints allege that these eight e-cig companies are helping to fuel an epidemic of vaping among high school and middle school students."
According to Stein, the eight named companies—Beard Vape, Direct eLiquid, Electric Lotus, Electric Tobacconist, Eonsmoke, Juice Man, Tinted Brew, and VapeCo—all ran afoul of the state's Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices Act. They're alleged to have used colorful labeling and sweet flavors in their products to knowingly entice kids into buying them. They're also accused of failing to take even meager steps to prevent children from getting their hands on these products, such as instituting age verification checks on their websites.
"One look at their marketing materials demonstrates just how egregious their sales tactics are—with flavors like cotton candy, gummy bear, unicorn, and graham cracker, they're clearly targeting young people," Stein said. "To teenagers, the health and addiction risks of vaping are simply too high. That is why my office is asking the court to protect our kids by shutting down these operations in our state."
It's estimated that as many as 3 million teens and school-age children in the U.S. used e-cigarette products in 2018, though it's unclear how many were regular users. Regardless, the number represents a substantial jump from previous years. And it's prompted the Food and Drug Administration and Congress to go after Juul and other companies for their marketing practices.
Juul has defended itself by citing efforts to educate teens about not using its products and removing certain flavors from stores. But these efforts have run into their own stumbles. And as this recent lawsuit illustrates, the problem goes far beyond Juul and its trendy pods. A whole swathe of copycat companies, complete with their own pods, have emerged following Juul's attempts at self-regulation.
Meanwhile, health officials in multiple states are investigating separate clusters of severe lung illness and seizure that have been linked to vaping.
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Tra le sue opere più famose, vi è la Havis Amanda, statua della Piazza del Mercato di Helsinki e "simbolo" della città.

Altre sue opere sono Christ, La Douleur, Méditation e Mediante, conservate al Museo della Gare d'Orsay di Parigi, "Topelius e figli" (1909), ecc.

Biografia

Opere (lista parziale)
 La Douleur
 Mendiante et son enfant ou Misère, 1892, Parigi, Museo d'Orsay
 L'Écho, 1887, Helsinki, Museo Ateneum
 Christ, ca. 1889, Parigi, Museo d'Orsay
  Vase en feuille de lotus, 1893, Helsinki, Museo Ateneum
 Havis Amanda, 1908
 Topelius e figli, 1909

Note

Voci correlate
 Arte finlandese

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
  Opere di Ville Vallgren su Yle.fi
  Biografia di Ville Vallgren su 03.edu.fi
  Biografia di Ville Vallgren su Art Fact

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The DIY foreign policy president: Bolton ouster confirms it
Warhawk John Bolton has been turfed out as Trump's national security adviser, leaving the US president to handle some very difficult situations largely alone.
September 12, 2019	by Matthew Lee, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bolton is a hardliner with well-known hawkish views. PHOTO: John Bolton/Twitter
WASHINGTON—Donald Trump has said he doesn't mind if the U.S. is on its own in the world. Now, it seems he doesn't mind running American foreign policy on his own as well.
With the ouster of John Bolton as his national security adviser, the president has again pushed away an experienced hand in international affairs and a counter-weight to his DIY approach to Iran, North Korea, China and more.
Trump told reporters Wednesday that Bolton had made "some very big mistakes," did not get along with others in the administration and was out of step with him on policy. "John wasn't in line with what we were doing," the president said.
Bolton is a hardliner with well-known hawkish views, working for a president known more for improvisation than ideology. His departure, as world leaders prepare to converge on New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly this month, produces new uncertainty in international affairs already clouded by Trump's do-it-yourself instincts.
"The president doesn't have any fixed views on anything, so that people around him are constantly trying to get into his good graces by playing to his whims, and because his whims are all over the map, their policy positions end up being all over the map," said Stephen Biddle, a professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University.
Bolton is just the latest in a parade of seasoned foreign policy hands leaving the Trump administration as the president has grown more comfortable in his own decision-making and resistant to internal dissent. Bolton's ouster leaves Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the top of the foreign policy chart, but he is only nominally at the wheel of an apparatus that is driven by the president alone and to which he accommodates.
With nearly all of the administration's international initiatives incomplete or stalled, Trump faces a series of critical decisions without a national security adviser, an experienced defence secretary or permanent director of national intelligence.
He said Wednesday he's considering five people to replace Bolton.
With the exception of Pompeo, Trump has dispatched experienced top aides at an unprecedented rate. In less than three years, he's run through three national security advisers and is on his second secretary of state and secretary of defence. The national security adviser and director of national intelligence posts are now vacant and being handled by officials in "acting" capacities.
Nearly all of those who have left have had significant policy differences with Trump, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defence Secretary James Mattis, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and now Bolton.
Early in his tenure, Bolton succeeded where his predecessor, H.R. McMaster, failed in managing-up to Trump, dropping McMaster's formal and professorial stylings for smaller, free-wheeling meetings that Trump found more engaging. But that process, more ad hoc, steamrolled elements of the vast security bureaucracy and earned him few friends in other agencies.
Trump had recently come to believe, with the prodding of Bolton opponents, that his national security adviser had crossed the line between adviser and principal, and that he was trying to use the NSC bureaucracy to implement his own, rather than Trump's, foreign policy. Some administration officials have sought to use Bolton's internal differences with the president's national security team to pin the NSC as the source of embarrassing leaks in recent weeks—including Trump's musings about buying Greenland or using nuclear weapons to break up hurricanes.
Pompeo has persevered, however, as Trump considers him more of a loyalist, willing to carry out his decisions without protest.
As for U.S. foreign policy, Bolton focused on principles, Trump on personality, namely building relationships with foreign heads of state. Bolton repeatedly balked at Trump having meetings with leaders of troublesome nations like North Korea, which Trump has now done three times.
In addition, the president has abruptly backtracked or shifted course so many times it's led to confusion among friends and foes as they seek coherence in the policies of the world's superpower.
Bolton and Trump sparred on a variety of issues from Afghanistan and Iran to North Korea, Russia and Venezuela .
On Wednesday, Trump blamed Bolton for scaring North Korean leader Kim Jong Un away from negotiations by mentioning the "Libya model" in an interview last year about what a successful agreement to denuclearize North Korea might look like. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed in 2011, eight years after renouncing weapons of mass destruction and turning over chemical and nuclear-related weapons material to the United States and Britain.
Trump said Kim wanted "nothing to do with John Bolton."
But, of all the urgent issues confronting Trump ahead of the U.N. General Assembly, Iran is the one over which the president and Bolton most vehemently disagreed.
White House officials suggest Bolton's opposition to Trump's consideration of hosting the Taliban at Camp David was the precipitating cause of his ouster. But Republicans and officials familiar with the many policy divergences between the two say Iran policy and Trump's desire for a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, possibly at the U.N., was the core issue.
Two administration officials said Bolton was deeply resistant to the idea of offering Rouhani anything to encourage him to a meeting that French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed. The officials, who were not authorized to discuss internal deliberations publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said one of Bolton's concerns was that Macron might try to lure Trump into a "spontaneous" three-way meeting with Rouhani on the sidelines of the General Assembly.
Trump on Wednesday would not rule out the possibility of easing sanctions on Iran in order to get Rouhani to the table, something Bolton fiercely opposed.
"We'll see what happens. We'll see what happens," Trump said.
Bolton had also strongly resisted a proposal from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to which Trump had initially assented, to invite Iran's foreign minister to Washington last month, the officials said.
Indeed, Bolton's departure has already sparked near-panic among hawkish lawmakers and others, particularly those opposed to the Iran nuclear deal who fear Trump may now make concessions to Tehran.
"I sincerely hope his leaving the White House does not mean that the deep-state forces at State and Treasury-who have been fighting tooth and nail to preserve the Obama Iran nuclear deal-have finally convinced the president to go soft on Iran," said Sen Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a leading hawk on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
That question and others are still to be answered. Michael O'Hanlon, a defence and national security expert at the Brookings Institution, said Bolton's exit does not necessarily portend a less hawkish U.S. foreign policy, given that Pompeo is hawkish, too. O'Hanlon said he believes Bolton's departure "has more to do with internal chemistry and Trump's own style – and his relative lack of loyalty to people."
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I am very sorry that there has been no activity on the blog since the beginning of September, the simple fact is that we arrived in Huddersfield, moored up in Aspley Marina and basically hit the floor running and haven't stopped since! Its been a constant flow of visitors; visiting; dining out; parties; Christmas; New Year, etc etc We are back in our hometown, the one we left in 1985 when we moved to Scotland. After 5 years in Scotland we moved to Port Stewart on the North West Coast of Northern Ireland and two years later we moved to Cambridge, where we remained until 2008 when we moved aboard our narrowboat, Lady Arwen. All through the years we have only ever made flying visits to Huddersfield for one or maybe two nights at the most. Those of you who have followed our blog from the beginning will know that our maiden voyage back in September 2008 brought us to Huddersfield and we stayed here in the marina for two weeks. That was a great opportunity to catch up with family and old friends. We have been doing the same since arriving here on September 26th 2011. It has been really great to just hop on a bus and go and visit Clive's parents and other family members and we have had lots of visitors to the boat as well.
We had a lovely time at Christmas with the whole of Clive's family - I cooked Christmas dinner for 13 of us at Clive's parents' house and it all went down very well apart from the fact that I was not very well, I had a shocking cough and would have been better staying in bed all day! The other thing that made Christmas great was that our six year old granddaughter, Indy, flew over from Colorado Springs to spend two weeks with us, which was lovely.
I said this was to be a short blog and I mean it, it is just to let you all know that we are still afloat and alive and kicking but I will resume the blog in a few weeks time when we finally leave Huddersfield and set off on our travels once more, probably some time mid March when all the Winter stoppages on the canal system have reopened. Our intention is to head onto the Leeds Liverpool canal, make our way to Leeds, then we wil negotiate the Bingley Five Rise (a big lock flight!) and on up to Skipton, the furthest North we will have reached by boat! After that we will head West and hope to reach Liverpool! After that - well we don't really know, we haven't planned that far ahead!
One little snippet of news is that we currently have a ship's dog! Well a borrowed one really! Her name is Jesh, she is a Wesh Terrier and belongs to a lovely lady, our great friend, Pat Britton, the mother of Lindsey and Philippa, our pals in New Zealand. Pat is currently in New Zealand visiting her daughters and had left her dog with a good friend of hers who unfortunately fell and broke her hip whist on a shopping trip to Huddersfield! Needless to say she couldn't care for Jesh whilst recovering so we offered to have her on board. She is an absolute sweetie and we are really enjoying having her on board. She has taken to the role of ship's dog admirably, though it is not the first time she has been aboard, Lindsey and Pat came to stay with us in August 2010 and Jesh came too. The only problem we have is that she is very uncommunicative - she doesn't bark, at all! (That's a lie - she actualy barks in her sleep when she's dreaming but never when she is awake!) So knowing when she wants a pee is all down to guesswork and reading her body language or basically just taking her out every 3 or 4 hours! Other than that she has been no bother whatsoever. We are really going to miss her when Pat gets home at the beginning of March so I am hoping to persuade Cap'n Clive to let us have a ship's dog of our own - watch this space!
We have two family birthdays this week, our son Gareth will be 32 on Wednesday then on Thursday it is Clive's birthday but his is a special one, its got a nought at the end!! Yes Clive is going to be 60 and he was really looking forward to getting his bus pass but unfortunately the Government have moved the goal posts and he won't now get it until he is 63 - how mean is that! We are having a family party on Saturday to celebrate this milestone and will be dancing the night away to the sounds of the 60s - very appropriate don't you think!
Right, well that is all for now folks. As I said earlier, the blog will resume on a more regular basis once we have set off on our travels again.


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Promise is a very lightweight and simple to use object that allows you to run code asynchronously,
and get the result whenever and anywhere your needs fit or when you wish. Promise is thread-safe.

## Usage
Promise is designed to hold and run immediately a block of code. You always start a Promise by using .run() in many ways. For example:
```
Promise.run {
    // here goes some asynchronous code.
}
```

If you want to use this promise somewhere else in the future, for example for taking the result, that could be like that:
```
let myPromise = Promise.run {
    //some method that returns 3
    return 3
}

...
// somewhere in the future

var myPromiseResult = 0
if myPromise.isCompleted {
    myPromiseResult = myPromise.result as! Int
}
```

You can also provide an error handler for the Promise:
```
Promise.run(task: {() throws -> Void in
    // some meaningful code that might throw an error
}, errorHandler: {(error) -> Void in
    // your own error handler
})
```
The above error handler might not be too useful if you prefer to use the swift way of handling errors, for example by using do...catch inside the block itself.
However, it shows very powerful in the next sections.

As a great part of the Promise flexibility, there comes the magic of chaining tasks. They can depend one upon the other.
You chain them by using .then():
```
Promise.run {
    // some important task that returns "lala lones"
    return "lala lones"
}.then {(previousPromiseResult: Any?) -> Void in
    // previousPromiseResult contains the value "lala lones" that came from the previous Promise.
    // you can extract it by many Swift ways, for example:
    let importantString = previousPromiseResult as! String
    ...
    // some important use for the importantString
}.then {
    // notice that the previous Promise doesn't return anything. As so, this block doesn't receive
    // any parameter. In fact, you can also use the previousPromiseResult overload, however the
    // value passed to this parameter is an object of type Void. You can't do anything meaningful
    // with Void.
}
```

You can also handle errors at any point in the Promise chain. All blocks are throwable, so you can safely use try or throw your own exceptions
```
Promise.run {
    // some meaningful code
}.then {
    try someMeaningfulMethod() //let's say this method threw an error
}.then {
    // some meaningful code. This code won't be executed because the
    // previous 'Promise' threw an error.
}.then({
    // some meaningful code. This code won't be executed because the
    // previous 'Promise' threw an error.
}, errorHandler: { (error) throws -> Void in
    // the 'error' parameter contains the error thrown at the second Promise.
    // notice that this block is also throwable, which means that you if you don't want
    // to make this the end, you can rethrow the error, or forward another error if you will.
    // the error that this method throws will continue down the chain in the same way
    // that .then() does.

    // let's say that the error was fully handled here
}).then {
    // as you can see, you can continue the chain even if there was an error handler before.
    // this method WILL be executed, because the previous Promise contained the 'errorHandler'
    // which fully handled the error.
}.then({
    // some meaningful code
}, errorHandler: {(error) -> Void in
    // another last error handler.
    // if you don't provide an error handler and an error is thrown, the error is
    // simply discarded and the following Promises after the error are not executed.
})
```

Finally, you can execute many Promises concurrently. Actually, every Promise that you intantiate will already run concurrently,
but you can know when all of the desired Promises have finished with the use of .when(). And, of course, you can also have an `errorHandler`.
```
let promise1 = Promise.run {
    // some asynchronous and concurrent task.
}

let promise2 = Promise.run {
    // some asynchronous and concurrent task.
    return 3 // a dummy value just for representation
}.then {(previousPromiseReturn: Any?) -> Void in
    // some asynchronous task, but serial with the previous chained 'Promise'
    // notice that variable 'promise2' refers to THIS Promise. Equality opertor
    // always to refers to the last promise in the chain.
}

let promise3 = Promise.run {
    // another asynchronous and concurrent task.
}

Promise.when([promise1, promise2, promise3], errorHandler: {(error) -> Void in
    // some block of code that will handle the error.
})
```

For the purpose of giving you more control, you can know when a Promise already has a result available by consulting the `result` property.
If `result` is nil, the Promise hasn't yet a result available.
Alternatively, you can also consult the boolean `isCompleted` and `hasErrors` methods to check whether the Promise is still running.
In case any of them are true, the Promise is already stopped and, as Promises can't be reused, this Promise can be discarded.
However, as using these three properties manually is more error-prone, their use is discouraged.

## Requirements

It can run at any operation system that is programable with Swift. This library is for Swift programming language only.

## Installation

Promise is available through [CocoaPods](http://cocoapods.org). To install
it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:

```ruby
pod "Promise"
```

## Author

Movinpixel, info@movinpixel.com
We are open for any suggestions! Please send a pull request, or alternatively you can email the suggestion to julio@movinpixel.com

## License

Promise is available under the BSD license. See the LICENSE file for more info.


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Q: Unity2D Tile Physics I have some tiles that the Player can navigate on and interact by hitting them with his head from below them. Basically when jumping they can hit a tile, that tile will go up a bit and come back down to it's initial position.
Since the tiles don't have a RigidBody2D because they need to be suspended in air, I took the following approach to the Tile moving up and down:
Current functionality
Tile.cs
Detect collision with Player's head
private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
{
    if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Player Head")
    {
        collidedPlayer = true;

        Vector2 upperPosition = new Vector2(transform.position.x, transform.position.y + .40f);
        StartCoroutine(MovingBlock(0.35f, transform.position, upperPosition));

        isLethal = false;
    }

}
Move Tile
IEnumerator MovingBlock(float time, Vector2 startpos, Vector2 endpos)
{
    float elapsedTime = 0;

    while (elapsedTime < time)
    {
        transform.position = Vector2.Lerp(startpos, endpos, (elapsedTime / time));
        elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
        isLethal = true;

        yield return null;
    }

    elapsedTime = 0f;

    while (elapsedTime < time)
    {
        transform.position = Vector2.Lerp(endpos, startpos, (elapsedTime / time));
        elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
        isLethal = false;

        yield return null;
    }

    isLethal = false;
}

The Problem
There are cases where multiple tiles are stacked on top of each other, when Player jumps and hits one tile, that tiles must also hit the tile on top of it and so on for eventual other tiles on top.

*

*I've tried detecting the tile on top and eventually triggering the Coroutine for it as well but it doesn't seem to detect the collision:

Layer 8 being Tile layer - I'm checking for isLethal since I now that's when the tile below is jumping
 private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{
    // print("Layer: " + collision.gameObject.layer);
    // print("Name: " + collision.gameObject.name);
    // print("Is lethal: " + isLethal);

    if (collision.gameObject.layer == 8 && isLethal)
    {
        print("tile to tile");
        Vector2 upperPosition = new Vector2(collision.transform.position.x, collision.transform.position.y + .40f);
        StartCoroutine(MovingBlock(0.35f, collision.transform.position, upperPosition));
    }
}

I can't seem to figure this out, I've even experimented with adding a RigidBody and no Gravity Scale but that has it's issues. I'm open to any kind of fix, even a different logic.

A: are you building levels or randomly generating them? If you're building them you should be able to just make a longer collider down to the lowest hittable tile for each tile you want to be affected. If you're randomly generating maybe try sending a raycast from each tile checking for other hittable tiles and sending a function call between them selves when the hit occurs to start the move block coroutine.

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The polls and the government resources!
- Thinakkural Editorial
(July 12, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardain) Although the law prohibits the utilization of government resources, those in the seats of power, flout the law and abuse the government resources for election campaign. As it is customary, the Commissioner of Elections has issued directives on the eve of the election to caution that the government resources should not be used for election campaign.
Dayanda Dissanayaka, the Elections Commissioner, has laid down that helicopters, planes and government tourist houses should not be used at government expenses for election campaign at the forth coming polls for two provincial councils. This is, in fact, a salutary step.
An official of the department of elections has pointed out that the government resources were utilized during the recent eastern provincial council polls. According to the law, these election malpractices are punishable offenses. Yet, some politicians continue to flout the law and the relevant authorities do not take action.
Most of the allegations of misuse of the State resources for election purposes are against those in power. It is alleged that the Chief Minister and ministers of the North Central Province Council use government vehicles despite the dissolution of the council. We point out the need to take action against such offenders.
It is true that the commissioner of elections has issued a directive. In fact, he had made similar statements earlier, too, that he would not permit such mal practices, but they were never implemented. Let him tell us whether he had given effect to it at least once.
All are equal in the eyes of law. If the laws are not implemented impartially, people will lose faith in the law.
(An English translation of the Editorial in Thinakkural, a Tamil daily, based in Colombo)
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Just one week after he became only the third contestant in Jeopardy! history to win more than $1 million, Matt Amodio took ownership of another record. Tonight, he became the player with the second-highest number of consecutive wins in the show's history.
Amodio's streak is now 33, placing him behind only Ken Jennings, who remains number one with a massive 74 wins.
"Ken's always been the face of Jeopardy! to me, so when I think of Jeopardy!, I think of him," Amodio said when asked about Jennings. "To [be] right behind him is a surreal experience."
The only other contestants to win more than $1 million in regular season games are Jennings, whose 74-game streak yielded $2,520,700, and James Holzhauer, who earned $2,462,216 over the course of 32 victories.
The Ph.D. student from New Haven, Conn. will next play on Monday.
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