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"Going back to the place you love is a memorable experience." Colin Hay on going home and still being a man at work
By Murray Scougall
COLIN HAY enjoyed huge music success in the '80s, but says every day he feels like he's just starting out.
As singer for Men At Work, the Scot sold more than 30 million albums and had a string of hits, including Who Can It Be Now?, Overkill and, of course, Down Under.
That song was a mega-hit for the Australian band, scoring them a No. 1 single and album simultaneously in the American charts.
They also achieved top-of-the-chart doubles in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
The 63-year-old could have had an easy life in Los Angeles, the city he's lived in for 28 years, but instead he remains a hard-working, touring singer-songwriter.
His latest album, Fierce Mercy, is out now and he's playing three dates in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen this week.
Colin will perform songs from throughout his extensive solo career, as well as the Men At Work hits.
"There's a way you can play the old songs and let them be, breathe new life into them," said Colin about those early '80s numbers.
"They are big songs and you can't ignore them. I wrote them in my bedroom just like I continue to do now.
"If they were the only songs people were coming along to see, if those were the only ones I had, I would probably just stay at home.
"I wouldn't want to tour for the rest of my life just doing songs I wrote 30-odd years ago. Then you just become a nostalgia act.
"That's fair enough, there's nothing wrong with it, but I have people who come to the shows wanting to hear the latest songs I've done.
"I still feel like I'm starting again every day. I was playing to no one years ago.
"Even now it is humble, between 500 and 1500 in a room – it's good, I'm not complaining, but it's taken two decades to get to the point I'm at now."
That wasn't the case for Men At Work, who achieved incredible success within a few years of forming in Melbourne.
"I enjoyed myself – too much," Colin continued.
"We toured the world, played to hundreds of thousands, made music and even played the Apollo in Glasgow.
"That was one of our best gigs. The Apollo was one of the great venues and Glasgow one of the top towns to play in.
"The show had a dream-like quality to it. I hadn't been home in 16 years.
"Going back to the place you love was a memorable experience."
Colin was just a teenager when his parents decided to move to Australia.
"When you're 14 you're still trying to figure out stuff.
"I had a great upbringing. My mum and dad had a music shop, so there was always music around, but going to Australia was a mindblower.
"Everything seemed huge compared to Scotland. I remember it felt like everyone had cars. And I would go to the beach and see these massive waves.
"Even now when I go back to Melbourne, I'll go for a drive and you can have the beach to yourself. It's truly an awesome place.
"I felt I dealt OK with the move. When your parents say you are going to Australia, you don't really question it.
"I come from a very small family. My parents had already left Glasgow to go to Saltcoats, and those 30 miles were like the other side of the world to the rest of the relatives.
"So when we left for Australia in 1967, our family became even smaller."
Colin previously wrote a song about his dad and the new album features a track called She Was The Love Of Mine, an elegy for his mum who died three years ago.
"I didn't plan it," he admitted. "I was working on another song and this just popped out.
"Obviously they were very important people in my life and it's big stuff, something I couldn't prepare for, when they are no longer here."
Colin is back in Scotland after a successful Edinburgh Fringe run last August.
"That was the third or fourth time I've done it, starting back in 1993," he added.
"I played the Adelaide Fringe and the producer said I should come to Edinburgh.
"You don't go there to make money, it's just for the experience and to have a laugh."
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Inclusive cities: a smart city adapted to all capabilities
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Publicada el 7 de Mayo de 2018
Most of us think of ourselves as normal because we are part of the norm. Nicely installed in the majority, we often don't realize that cities must be designed for all, and not only for the majority of "normal" citizens. For the small percentage of people who are born deaf, who cannot move about on their own, or who need a stick to 'see' the streets; these are citizens who also need cities adapted to their particular needs.
Smart cities are the cities of the future, perhaps a rather utopian reference towards which we should move and target the design of our cities. Smart cities are, obviously, inclusive cities adapted to all capabilities, and not only to the 90% making up the norm. This article looks at some initiatives which make cities more accessible for all.
Eliminating architectural barriers to make life easier for older people
If you are a young, healthy 35-year-old, the expression architectural barrier will make you think of a wall, a fence, a railing or perhaps a large pit or trench. Something which prevents you getting through. However, for someone with reduced mobility, such as most older people, three steps without a handrail to hold on to can already be a considerable architectural barrier.
A road with no zebra crossings, or with zebra crossings with no ramps to access them, are also a barrier for people in wheelchairs, whether motorised or not. Which is why in recent years pavements are being built with a gentle slope towards the road.
In the beginning, the difference in level was acute, with the use of a block placed at 45º to replace the kerb. Later on, longer ramps started to be used: these took up part of the pavement (and required certain building works). Today, the road surface is usually built up to the pavement level, so that both are on a level and thus make pedestrian mobility and the delivery of goods to local businesses easier.
In addition to initiatives for level pavements, there have been others, such as, for example, the possibility of crossing single-lane streets at any point, or placing speed limits at 30 km/h. When we drive, we tend to get impatient at what we consider an excessively large number of zebra crossings, or traffic lights that take too long to change. However, we rarely consider just how difficult it must be for an elderly person to cross at a traffic light, especially in cities designed to favour use of private vehicles.
Source Pexels / Author Kaique Rocha
Current traffic lights have been designed for comfortably crossing a road at a walking speed of 1.2 m/s. The problem arises when the average walking speed in cities falls to around 0.9 m/s for men and 0.8 m/s for women. In the case of the elderly, nearly 35% have trouble adapting to these times, or covering the distance to a zebra crossing.
This means that many times elderly people are obliged to run (with the risks this implies), and so many opt to stay at home, with traffic lights becoming yet another barrier which deprives them of the city and condemns them to the solitude we tend to associate with old age. This is not the case in villages with few inhabitants and little traffic, where elderly people are out and about most of the time.
Another barrier is the lack of ramps, lifts or elevators in public areas, be it council buildings or transport services such as buses or the underground. Nowadays, walking with a rollator or using a wheelchair or children's pushchair has become a disability in most Spanish cities, especially when catching a bus as a group. Most buses only take one of these aids per bus, which means that, say, an elderly couple where both use a rollator would not be able to travel together. In other words, for inclusive architecture we also need an inclusive regulatory framework.
How a smart city adapts to different degrees of visual impairment
Some European cities have restaurants where you can experience what it feels like to eat in the dark. You don't need to close your eyes to do this, simply the restaurant has no light. It is an incredible way of experiencing first-hand the frustration that visually impaired people must feel in our society, where they increasingly come up against barriers that they cannot overcome without help, such as construction works that force them to take a long detour over unknown territory.
Having said this, we have made progress in adapting smart cities to visual disability, for example by using tactile paving to mark the perimeter of the pavement, or the end of the platform at underground stations. The yellow strip on the image below, with its uneven surface, is tactile paving, and allows visually impaired people to know, through their feet, that there is danger ahead: a road, a drop, etc.
Source Wikimedia / Author Benjamín Núñez González
In 2013, architect Chris Downey, who went blind suddenly in 2008, explained in a TED talk the advantages of architecture when designed by a blind person. During the talk, Downey said that "before losing my sight I was more focused on how I saw a particular space. Now I think of what material textures feel like, of temperature and sounds. I try to design using more of my senses." More inclusive cities are not those which are more adapted to blind people, but rather those that are shaped by them. Permeable cities.
In this sense, public platforms such as those provided by some city councils for their citizens are crucial. In 2016, the whole of Europe was talking about the renovation of Madrid's Plaza de España, a project which was initiated through citizen demand a few years earlier and which the city council approved through one of such platforms.
Private investment is also important and can be used to solve technical problems. A few years ago, Wayfindr developed hardware and software to help visually impaired people to navigate inside buildings and systems such as London's underground. Supported by a system of beacons with Bluetooth connection working through an app, this is a step-by-step guide through specific facilities to aid the mobility of visually impaired people:
Inclusive smart cities need tools of this type to empower people who now depend on others. It is hoped that Bluetooth guiding systems such as this will be widespread in city centres in the next few years, and perhaps by 2020-2025 no blind person will need to be accompanied by a sighted person to move within their city.
Social events open up to people with hearing impairments
Paradoxically, blind people are more visible than those with hearing problems, and especially deaf people. A blind person normally uses dark glasses, a stick, or has a dog or another person to guide them. Deaf people, however, are hidden behind the appearance of normality of which we talked at the start: they are invisible while in full view, and barriers only appear when they try to interact with their surroundings.
And so, we were pleasantly surprised when systems such as hearing loops appeared in smart cities. These loops, also called audio induction loops, allow people with hearing problems, and even deaf people with an adapted cochlear implant, to hear in high definition.
The induction loop is a technology using magnetic fields to operate, rather like a loudspeaker which, instead of using air pressure waves, generates magnetic waves. When these reach the receiver in the hearing device (whether headphones, hearing aids, cochlear implants, etc.), they generate a sound or vibration within the ear.
Source Ilunion.com
The above image shows the hearing loop logo at a cashier line, but it can also be found in public buildings, museums, cinemas, at sporting events, etc. According to the Spanish Confederation of Deaf Persons, 2.3% of the population suffers from some type of hearing impairment, a figure that grows as the population ages.
Even if for selfish reasons alone, we need to adapt our cities to our "future new deaf", and the same applies to visual disability, which is more common in elderly people, as is lack of mobility. Even people with no health problems or disability at present will grow old with time. And that is something that none of us can avoid.
Asthma sufferers, invisible in the midst of pollution
A new invisible minority has emerged in large cities in the last few years: people with asthma, who are prevented from using public spaces due to high levels of pollution, or those who must use medication all year round to be able to lead a normal life.
Estimates indicate that 10% of all adults develop asthma as a result of pollution in cities; and it is a well-known fact that asthma gets worse when the number of particle parts per million in the atmosphere increases (CO, CO2, NOx, CH4, O3…). Mobility and heating and air conditioning in cities continue to emit huge quantities of toxic particles into the atmosphere, which us citizens then breathe in.
Source Flickr / Author Esparta Palma
Asthma is a debilitating condition, and therefore we can talk of incapacity due to pollution: not being able to do sports like other people, or not enjoying a sense of smell, are some of the less profound consequences. For these and other reasons, we need inclusive smart cities where clear skies are valued more than in our current cities.
Clear signage for people with learning difficulties
A well-known condition, though many times ignored, is intellectual incapacity, which can make people have problems communicating and understanding their environment. If we add to this environments where signage is confusing or uses large amounts of text, we will end up with highly confused people who find it impossible to communicate. Isolated amongst the masses, or infoxicated (intoxicated by information, or information overload).
Influenced perhaps by smartphone language, cities are increasingly using pictograms for guiding citizens, thus doing away at a stroke with language barriers for tourists, dyslexic people and people with learning disabilities. Something as simple as an arrow painted on the ground can substitute a sign reading "Keep to the right":
Source Pixabay / Author 8016072
Traffic signals are optimised to avoid confusions whilst driving, but city signage still has a lot to learn in this respect. A clear example are hospitals, where large boards announce the various medical specialisations with not very large text; this could be coupled with icons to simplify the message, in the same way as we use the male and female icons for identifying toilets.
If there is no constructive criticism in the way we design our cities, they will stop being smart. And this means designing them to take into account all capacities. Failing this, our smart cities will turn into dumb cities.
Written by Marcos Martínez the 7 de Mayo de 2018 con las etiquetas: Discapacity Health and Safety Mobility Smart city Social action Urban innovation
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Roland ist ein männlicher Vorname.

Herkunft und Bedeutung
Der zugrundeliegende germanische Personenname (protogermanisch *Hrōþilandą) ist zusammengesetzt aus den Elementen *hrōþiz (ahd.
hruod) "Ruhm" und *landą (ahd. lant) "Land" und ergab u. a. altfränkisch *Hruodland (belegt in der latinisierten Form Hroudlandus), ahd. Hruotland und mittelniederländisch Roelant. Roland stellt zunächst die altfranzösische Namensform dar, die dann in weitere Sprachen entlehnt wurde.

Der bekannteste Namensträger ist der als Rotlandus in der Vita Karoli Magni attestierte Graf der bretonischen Mark unter Karl dem Großen, der am 15. August 778 bei Roncesvalles im Kampf gegen ein baskisches Heer fiel. An dieser Figur entzündete sich später das altfranzösische Rolandslied (um 1100), das den Namen in weitere Literatursprachen trug, indem es u. a. den italienischen Orlando furioso (1516) des Ariost anregte. Während das zweite Element, ahd. lant, in Personennamen vergleichsweise selten ist – zu nennen sind allenfalls niederdeutsch Lambert und seine hochdeutsche Variante Lamprecht –, hat sich ahd. hruod daneben auch in den schon mittelalterlichen Namen Rüdiger, Rudolf, Roswitha sowie im normannischen Robert und dem ursprünglich französischen Roger (< altfranzösisch Rogier, entsprechend wiederum dem deutschen Rüdiger) erhalten.

Namenstag
 15. September: Roland von Salsomaggiore († 1386), Einsiedler
 14. Juli: Roland von Chézery († 1200), Abt des Klosters Chézery
 9. November (Kirchenkalender)

Varianten
Die weibliche – äußerst selten vorkommende – Form des Vornamens ist Rolande. Varianten in anderen Sprachen umfassen:

 englisch: Rowland, Rolland oder Roland, auch verkleinert zu Roly und Rowley
 italienisch: Rolando, Orlando
 litauisch: Rolandas
 niederländisch: Roeland, verkleinert zu Roel
 portugiesisch: Rolando, Roldão
 russisch: Rolan
 spanisch: Rolando, Roldán, Rolán sowie Orlando
 ungarisch: Lóránt oder Loránd

Bekannte Namensträger
 Roland, Rotlandus oder Hruotland (≈736–778), Markgraf im Frankenreich, Held der Rolandssage und des Rolandsliedes
 Roland, Lord of Galloway († 1200), schottischer Magnat
 Roland von Parma (12./13. Jahrhundert), italienischer Chirurg

 Roland Bausert (* 1942), deutscher Schlagersänger
 Roland Benz (* 1940), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Roland Benz (* 1943), deutscher Biophysiker und Elektrophysiologe
 Roland Berger (* 1937), deutscher Unternehmer und Berater
 Roland Bothner (* 1953), deutscher Philosoph und Kunsthistoriker
 Roland Braun (* 1972), deutscher Nordischer Kombinierer
 Roland Braun (* 1953), deutscher General a. D. der Luftwaffe
 Roland Büchner (* 1954), deutscher Domkapellmeister in Regensburg, Leiter der Regensburger Domspatzen
 Roland De Wolfe (* 1979), britischer Pokerspieler
 Roland Dickgießer (* 1960), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Roland Dressel (1932–2021), deutscher Fotograf und Kameramann
 Roland Dupont (1909–2004), US-amerikanischer Jazzposaunist
 Roland Düringer (* 1963), österreichischer Kabarettist
 Roland Dyens (1955–2016), französischer Komponist und Gitarrist
 Roland Emmerich (* 1955), deutscher Filmemacher
 Roland Graf von Faber-Castell (1905–1978), deutscher Aristokrat und Großindustrieller
 Roland Freisler (1893–1945), deutscher Jurist und Politiker (NSDAP)
 Roland Garros (1888–1918), französischer Luftfahrtpionier
 Roland Gööck (1923–1991), deutscher Sachbuchautor und Herausgeber
 Roland Hattenberger (* 1948), österreichischer Fußballspieler
 Roland Henz (1949–2017), deutscher Politiker (SPD), MdL, Oberbürgermeister von Saarlouis
 Roland Herrmann (* 1967), Schweizer Schauspieler
 Roland M. Horn (* 1963), deutscher Sachbuchautor, Amateur-Astronom, UFO-Phänomen- und Atlantis-Forscher
 Roland Huber (20. Jahrhundert) deutscher Mathematiker
 Roland Hug (1936–2019), Schweizer Jazzmusiker
 Roland Jankowsky (* 1968), deutscher Schauspieler
 Roland Kaiser (* 1952), deutscher Schlagersänger
 Roland Koch (* 1958), deutscher Politiker (CDU)
 Roland Koch (* 1959), Schweizer Schauspieler
 Roland Köhler (* 1955), Schweizer Verleger
 Roland Kopf (* um 1960), deutscher Motorradrennfahrer und Unternehmer
 Roland Leitinger (* 1991), österreichischer Skifahrer
 Roland Linz (* 1981), österreichischer Fußballspieler
 Roland Matthes (1950–2019), deutscher Schwimmer
 Roland Peil (* 1967), deutscher Schlagzeuger und Percussionist
 Roland Pfaus (* 1968), deutscher Schauspieler
 Roland Pröll (* 1949), deutscher Pianist
 Roland Putsche (* 1991), österreichischer Fußballspieler
 Roland Resch (* 1984), österreichischer Motorradrennfahrer
 Roland Schimmel (* 1966), deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler
 Roland Schnell (1921–1980), deutscher Motorradrennfahrer
 Roland Topor (1938–1997), französischer Autor, Schauspieler und Maler
 Roland Trettl (* 1971), deutsch-italienischer Koch und Autor
 Roland Evelyn Turnbull (1905–1960), britischer Generalgouverneur von British North Borneo
 Roland W. (1941–2009), deutscher Schlagersänger
 Roland Wille (* 1961), liechtensteinischer Marathonläufer
 Roland Wöller (* 1970), deutscher Politiker (CDU)
 Roland Wohlfarth (* 1963), deutscher Fußballspieler

Siehe auch
 Roland (Begriffsklärung)
 Roland (Statue)

Einzelnachweise

Männlicher Vorname
Germanischer Personenname

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After ISIL, is there any hope of Iraqi National Unity?
The fight against the [so-called] Islamic State [group, or IS] has united Iraqis. Details of a new Shiite-sponsored plan that will try and make that unity last leaked in Baghdad last week.
If the extremist group that caused Iraq's current security crisis starting mid-2014, have done just one good thing, it would be to engender a feeling of national unity among Iraqis – something that is extremely unusual outside of a football game featuring the Iraqi team. A common enemy appears to have brought the country together as no other force has been able to for 13 years.
The different demographic sectors of Iraq have been engaged in conflict for years – firstly, exacerbated by the divide-and-conquer tactics used by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, then split again as oppressed locals took revenge on those they considered their oppressors after 2003 and finally, over the past few years, the different sectarian and ethnic groups have been fighting over power and money.
But now there are moves afoot to try and ensure that, somehow, some way, this unity lasts.
The planned reconciliation project consists of four major articles, according to the leaked details. These specified that all parties needed to abide by the deal, that all parties would be considered equal in the deal, that any conflict between political blocs should be annulled and that violence would be rejected as a means of achieving political goals.
Which all sounds wonderful. And – unfortunately – also a little bit like wishful thinking. None of these commitments are new to Iraqi politicians. Nor is the idea of holding a conference for reconciliation. There have been more than 30 similar conferences held over the past 10 years; each of these cost a lot of money, none achieved the stated goals.
The first problem with trying to achieve anything of this kind is the division in each of the three main demographic groups in Iraq. Under current conditions it would be hard to say that the Shiite Muslim forces, both political and military, are united in Iraq. The same problem applies to the Sunni Muslims and Iraq's Kurds. Probably the most fractured group though, are the Sunnis – the . . . IS, group has wrought havoc on any alliances that existed, causing the destruction and isolation of areas with a mostly Sunni population.
To this day, the Baath party and how to deal with it remains a problem. However, the new reconciliation initiative attempts to deal with this thorny issue. The outline of the project confirms that the Baath party will never be able to return to power and that there will be no real dialogue with any dedicated Baathists. However, there are also some major concessions, a Shiite Muslim politician who had to remain anonymous as he was not supposed to comment on the leaked details, told NIQASH.
This has been one of the major sticking points, and one of the reasons for the level of Sunni dissatisfaction that the IS group were able to exploit at first.


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If this is what you're thinking, it's time to shift your perspective. Sharing your wisdom with the people around you is not an activity born from the ego. It's about being of service. It's about them, not you. Giving, not gloating.
Offer to present on a topic of interest at a local industry conference or meeting of your professional association. Present what you know with confidence, in a way that engages and enlightens your audience. Remember not to talk "down" to people; as the instructor, part of your role is to tap the wisdom in the room. Open the conversation so others can share their expertise as well. Don't presume you're the only one with something to say.
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Amazing Pair of Edwardian Antique English Display Cabinets.
This is a superb pair of English antique display cabinets that feature bowed glass sides with opening doors, that open oppsite ways, so a true pair. Still in the original paint finish and lined inside with blue velvet, this attractive pair of antique display cabinets are in great condition. The are floor standing, but could be wall mounted, inside each are four adjustable shelves that are supported by high quality chromed shelf supports. Very well made and a super design, dating from around 1900, lovely having the original bowed glass.


Georgia Tech defensive line coach Mike Pelton will not be retained for the 2018 season.
All of the positions on the Tech defensive staff were under review with the hire of new defensive coordinator Nate Woody, who has come to lead the Yellow Jackets defense from Appalachian State. It is not clear if Woody will make more changes with his defensive staff.
Pelton further said he was understanding of the change, saying that Woody wanted a line coach with experience with the 3-4, the alignment (three down linemen, four linebackers) that he uses. Pelton's background is with the 4-3.
Pelton just finished his fifth season as Tech's defensive line coach. He was hired when Ted Roof became defensive coordinator in 2013; the two worked together at Auburn in 2011. Roof left Tech in December to become co-defensive coordinator at N.C. State.
Perhaps Pelton's greatest successes as a position coach were the development of defensive end Jeremiah Attaochu into an All-American in 2013 and defensive tackle Adam Gotsis into an All-ACC selection in 2015. Both were second-round draft picks following their senior seasons. They were two of six Tech linemen tutored by Pelton who have signed NFL contracts. Two more, KeShun Freeman and Antonio Simmons, could have a chance later this year.
However, Tech's linemen were limited in their productivity in rushing the passer. After the Jackets ranked 25th nationally in 2013 in sacks per game, they did not rank higher than 108th in the four following seasons.
Tech now has two openings to fill – Pelton's vacated spot and the newly formed 10th assistant coaching position.
The job change was first reported earlier Thursday by Rivals.


Our Annual Town Meeting will be held on March 28th & 29th. The Election of Officers is Thursday from 10 am to 7 pm. The Business meeting is Friday at 7pm at the Fire Station. See you there!
The annual Town Meeting Election will be held on March 24th from 10 am to 7 pm, ant the business meeting will be held March 25th at 7 pm at the Fire Station. We will be discussing the fate of the Kenduskeag Elementary School, and Solid Waste Disposal.
The Republican Caucus will be held March 5th at 2pm at Husson University in the Peabody Room at the Campus Center. Registration will be from 1pm to 2pm.
The Democratic Caucus will be held at the Glenburn Town Office on March 6th at 1 pm, registration will be at 12:30pm.
If you haven't registered to vote in Kenduskeag yet, you can do so at the caucus. Please bring a photo ID and if your ID does not have Kenduskeag listed as your address, bring a piece of mail with your physical address on it.
We have recently discovered damage done to some of the older stones at the cemetery. Bleach has been used to try and clean them, this will damage the stone, a special cleaner must be used. Please remember, the grave stones are private property and belong to the family of the deceased. We understand that you would like to do a good deed, but we don't want to damage property that does not belong to us.Thank you!
The office will be closed July 3rd in observance of Independence Day. Have a great holiday and BE SAFE!
The Town of Kenduskeag will holding our annual Clean Up Day on June 21, 2014 at the Cole Memorial Ball Field, 536 Kenduskeag-Levant Road. You will need to pre-register at the Town Office. We will need to know what you will be bringing so we have enough containers to handle the waste. We will accept furniture, white goods (appliances), mattresses, freon items ($15) and metal. If you have something not on the list, just ask the Town Office. We will NOT be accepting tires, propane tanks, brush, household trash and hazardous waste. If you are new to town, please bring some ID so we know that you live in Kenduskeag. Again, any questions, please call the Town office at 884-7947.


The Hoboken Italian Festival gets underway on in Sinatra Park on the Waterfront Thursday night, featuring a feast for the senses—rides, games, live music and of course, FOOD.
All of this is firmly centered around the traditional procession of the Madonna Dei Martiri on September 10. Madonna Dei Martiri (Madonna of the Martyrs) is the patron saint of sailors, stemming from the occasion in the 12th Century when Italian sailors returned from the Crusades to the town of Molfetta to find an icon of the Madonna in the harbor.
Throughout the years, many of Hoboken's Italian immigrants have maintained a strong connection to Molfetta, and the traditional Feast of the Madonna Dei Martiri was first celebrated here in 1927.
These days, the 800-lb statue is carried from St. Francis Church through the streets of Hoboken down to the Waterfront—boards a ferry for a trip along the Hudson, then back through the Festival.
7:00 – 11:00 pm – "FREESTYLE FRIDAY & FRIENDS" featuring Live Performances by George Lamond, Cynthia, Lime, and More!
6 :15 – 8:00 pm – Two Gents and a Lady starring Elio Scaccio, Vincent Ricciardi and Julie Anna Gulenko.


West Bengal Government has launched new portal for Consumers Affairs. The portal has been made to make you knowledgeable regarding Consumer protection laws and to lodge your complaints online, by filling-up a simple registration form.
The portal has step-by-step guide to lodge online complaints, related departments, publications, contact numbers of officials as well as lots of informative PDF formatted documents to make you knowledgeable regarding "Khadya Dushan – food adulteration", Standard marks, "Upovokta Sahaika – Consumer affairs know how" etc.
It's a must have portal to visit, become knowledgeable and lodge online grievance if you have.
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Q: Android: How can I force a facebook auth by mobile web I want to develop the android app with facebook authentication. But if the phone has facebook application in it, I cannot auth on my app, if not, it works well.
so, i want to force a facebook authentication by mobile web without facebook application.
Only if I use authorize(. , .)in application, it uses facebook app directly.
How can I fix this problem??
additionally, Hackbook(https://developers.facebook.com/docs/mobile/android/hackbook/) also doesn't work if I auth by facebook app. I cannot login on app.
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I found the answer by myself
Change the authorize function in facebook.java in facebook sdk.
public void authorize(Activity activity, final DialogListener listener) {
    authorize(activity, new String[] {}, FORCE_DIALOG_AUTH,
            listener);
}

/**
 * Authorize method that grants custom permissions.
 *
 * See authorize() below for @params.
 */
public void authorize(Activity activity, String[] permissions,
        final DialogListener listener) {
    authorize(activity, permissions, FORCE_DIALOG_AUTH, listener);
}

now it works!

A: When you use Facebook SDK 3.0 and the login button the best way to force this is setting a LoginBehavior to the LoginButton. This can be done like this:
LoginButton authButton = (LoginButton) view.findViewById(R.id.authButton);
authButton.setLoginBehavior(SessionLoginBehavior.SUPPRESS_SSO);

Source: Android - Force Facebook connexion - Stack Overflow

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Life Achievement Award 2018
On April 13, 2018, managerSeminare awarded Prof. Dr. Fredmund Malik with the Life Achievement Award 2018 in Bonn, Germany. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented for the twelfth time by a panel of leading representatives of the continuing education industry. Around 420 trainers and personnel developers followed the award ceremony for the economist at the Petersberg Trainer Days industry event in Bonn. Walter Krieg, co-founder of the St. Gallen management model, gave the laudatory speech.
"Fredmund Malik combines scientific foundation with practical application and applicability. His approach is based on enabling an organization to function properly and well according to its purpose and to use complexity rather than simply reducing it," Malik's long-time companion praised the 73-year-old's achievements.
"Malik's work stands for the teachable and learnable standard of professional management and at the same time for a holistic view. He recognized early on that business administration alone was not enough for the management and leadership of organizations," emphasized committee member Nicole Bussmann.
Fredmund Malik was deeply moved by the award and the standing ovations at the award ceremony: "I am moved and touched. I am encouraged to continue. The Life Achievement Award is only a midlife award for me," the Austrian promised with a wink in his acceptance speech.
The Life Achievement Award (LAA) honors the life's work of a trainer, coach, speaker, author, scientist or educational organization and is considered one of the highest awards in the continuing education industry. The nomination of the award winner is the responsibility of the LAA committee. The prize is awarded annually during the Petersberg Trainer Days. The previous LAA prize winners are: Nikolaus B. Enkelmann, Prof. Dr. Lothar Seiwert, Prof. Dr. Friedemann Schulz von Thun, Prof. h.c. Wolfgang Mewes, Dr. Gunther Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Geert Hofstede, Tony Buzan, Dr. Bernd Schmid, Robert Dilts, Prof. Manfred Kets de Vries and Friedrich Glasl.
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Video Credits: www.managerSeminare.de
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About the Person
Austrian Award of Honor
Heinz von Foerster Prize
Malik Special Professor at Chinese Top Universities
People's Republic of China Friendship Award 2016
Speakers Hall of Fame
Malik on Mountains
Mountain tours and pictures
Andes: Aconcagua – January 6, 2001 – Travel report
Extreme Skiing on Langkofel – March 16, 2001
First Sella Tower: Report and pictures
Monte Agner, north ridge: Report and pictures
Mount McKinley, Alaska: Report and pictures
Soldá route: Report and pictures
The North-East Face of the Langkofel in the Gröden Valley – 2000
Fredmund Malik and Peter Drucker
Global Peter F. Drucker Forum
Peter Drucker and Fredmund Malik
Malik is the world's leading company for holistic general management, leadership and governance solutions. Internationally renowned corporations and institutions have had their management systems tailored by us – to ensure the optimal functioning of their organizations.
DIGICON 2018—Speech by Prof. Fredmund Malik
New edition by Springer publishing house "Visionäre von heute – Gestalter von morgen"—with an interview with Prof. Fredmund Malik
Creating the Future of Brainport Smart District
New Publication: Rettet die Medizin – with a foreword by Professor Fredmund Malik
The systemic thinker from St. Gallen, Harvard Business Manager (DE)
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31 March, Thursday Luxor to Aswan
I cannot tell you too much about Aswan other than it is one of Egypt's southern most cities and its life is built around the Nile. We arrived here from Luxor Thursday of last week – the 31st March. Our first stop was the Sudanese Embassy. We were full of hope that the permission from Khartoum was faxed to Aswan as was told to us, but there was no fax. This was the beginning of such an up and down ride for us.
Willie called "our man" in Khartoum ("our man and the information he had was that the permission was granted and faxed!) Since the embassy was closing and it was Muslim weekend, there was not too much more that we could do before Sunday.


"Negative," "noncontributory," "not significant," "unknown," or "reviewed in chart" are not considered sufficient to support these history components.
** For "unknown" you must clearly indicate a high acuity caveat or document if the patient is adopted.
*** Our coders do not reference nursing notes for "reviewed in chart." These must be imported into your power note for the coder to see it.
**** It is ok to say "No past medical history"


New Books for Sale at the Antique Radio Attic!
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The Ford Fiesta ST is a great "hot hatch" in the European tradition.
But while Europe has had a Fiesta ST since 2005, this 2014 model is the first for North America.
Unlike Europe, our Fiesta only comes in four-door sedans and five-door hatches, so our new five-door ST doesn't look quite as cool as Europe's new three-door ST coupe, or for that matter, the three-door factory Fiesta rally car, which is piloted by racer and YouTube stunt driver sensation Ken Bock.
But four doors or not, this thing rocks.
The exterior bits that make ST more visually sporting — one-of-a-kind grille and chin spoiler, rear diffuser and spoiler, dual exhaust tips, and unique 17-inch wheels — are agreeably understated.
It feels more racy on the inside, primarily because our tester was flaunting the optional leather-trimmed RECARO seats — in "hurt your eyes" red. These seats are super firm and have huge side bolsters.
The ST is the most expensive Fiesta you can buy, so the rest of the inside is packed with stuff, like SYNC with MyFord Touch, a 6.5-inch LCD screen and the 80-watt stereo.
But ST is all about the driving experience. First thing you notice is how much torque this thing has, and how easily it launches. Ford says 177 lb-ft is available from just 1,600 rpm and that maximum torque (214 lb-ft) can be had by 3,500 rpm — and you can believe it.
The engine is exclusively mated to a slick-shifting six-speed manual transmission. No automatic. Rowing through the gears is a motivational and audible treat. Powertrain sounds are actually fed directly into the cabin to enhance the sporty experience. ST features upgraded braking and suspension and steering, compared to regular Fiesta models. It also features electronic Torque Vectoring Control, to reduce understeer during hard cornering, and a three-mode stability system (off, standard, sport).
This translates to a very entertaining experience through traffic and in twisty bits along your journey. It has virtually no body lean and can change lanes with a flick of the steering wheel. The stiff "summer" performance tires can't help smooth out the bumps very much, but that would be one of the few caveats of this very engaging little beast.
Thor Motors in Orillia offers both new and used cars and trucks, reliable service, and low interest financing. Visit us today!


I don't think that anyone would break up the tag team honestly. I mean who would want Miz or Morrison separate that is just messed up.
Can you just break a rule once I mean look how good he does on ETW. Also I may be wrong but he might not want to play just one but both so he might change characters then.
Super duper then. I guess I'll start posting. Thanks, and if somebody really really wanted one of them I'd give them up. But maybe you should just experience my excellence first. Haha, get it? Becasue I'm awesome. Its fuuny. Aw, you don't care.
alright but don't make changing characters a habit.
I'm gonna change this whole thing to make it easier, o.k. I'll cross out whoever is taken or simply remove them and make a separate section that shows the roster. I will also edit everything necessary and make everything better and easier.
I also deleted most of the posts here because they had nothing to do with the topic. Now I know some of you might be angry because your posts count went down but it was all clutter so it was necessary. And my post count went down by 15 so I erased mine too and made it fair.
Can I be Triple H please?
Might I take the Master and Ruler of the World in Syco Sid?
Uh... you're telling me you don't know who Sycho Sid aka Sid Justice is? He's been WWF Champion multiple times as well as WCW Champion.
you didn't know who physco sid is? I think you need my help I'll stay.
So are you quiting or are you staying?!?
I'll stay for now, but if this thing tanks any more badly i think i may leave.


Written by a close comrade of Hitler who served in the same courier unit for three years!
Translated from the rare German original, Meldegänger Adolf Hitler: 1914-1918, published in 1931. It was written by one of Adolf Hitler's closest war comrades, Balthaler Brandmayer, who served in the same courier squad from 1915 to 1918. This first-hand account by a man who fought at Adolf Hitler's side on the bloody western front – published before Hitler came to power – is certainly of historic interest to any student of the most influential man of the twentieth century or, for that matter, of the First World War. 48pp. Softcover.
At the moment there was great fun, because Hitler entered the dugout. He returned from a courier task and was tired. I saw him for the first time in my life. We stood across from each other, eye to eye. A pleasant greeting, then his sharp gaze looked me over from top to bottom. He asked me where I came from and rather I was to remain permanently in the group. Hitler himself was emaciated down to a skeleton, his face color pale and faded. In the deep eye sockets stuck two penetrating, dark eyes; I especially noticed them at the time. His mustache was strong and not well groomed. Forehead and facial expression betrayed high intelligent. It seems to me as if I can still see him standing in front of me, and how he loosened his belt during our conversation. Adolf Hitler, along with Mund Max, became my inseparable comrade.


A wonderful collection of great songs for 4-7 year olds which can be easily related to topic work and national curriculum subjects.
No music reading or instrument playing is required to learn the songs.
The songs appeal especially to young children and are short enough to learn by rote.
Sung versions and instrument-only versions of the songs, suitable for accompanying your own performances are provided on the recording.
Includes advice to help you improve your singing.


I spent a good chunk of the day replacing a toilet at home, and was therefore inspired to make this photo today's selection.
These are waterless urinals at the Maier Festival Grounds, where Summerfest and other major festivals are held. While the concept is interesting, I don't know how they work. A plaque near the facilities explained that each fixture can save up to 40,000 gallons of water per year.


London, 7 June 2018: Global Engineering Software Services and Solutions Provider, Hughes Systique will be demonstrating its NFV Testing framework and capabilities at the 5G World Show. Meet our team at booth # 5G214 at ExCel, London between 12-14 June 2018.
This year the show is based on the theme "Define the Network. Connect the Future". In accordance with the theme, Hughes Systique will be showcasing its innovative solutions in the areas of SDN/NFV, IoT Security, and Connected Cars. Hughes Systique has a comprehensive suite of services and solutions which will help harness the power of 5G in a connected world. Hughes Systique has vast experience in OpenStack based Management and Orchestration which enables it to seamlessly set up NFV based platform for System Integration testing of MEC based services. With HSC's extensive experience using SDN controllers such as OpenDaylight, Floodlight and ONOS and in setting up OpenFlow based networks, migrating and testing an MEC enabled network to an SDN environment can be easily fulfilled.
How to integrate your existing test environment in a virtual network environment and scale it along with the product?
How to measure the performance of your node in a virtual deployment environment?
How to provide the right level of infrastructure abstraction and automation, regardless of the system scale expected?
How to utilize the same test environment for functionality testing of the virtual functions as well as system performance under load conditions?
How to go from emulating 10s or 100s of users to 100,000s of user emulation without substantially rewriting your test scripts?
How to capture and verify the outcome of 100,000 endpoints from 1000s of virtual endpoints in near real time?
How to provide detailed logging in near real-time in scaled virtual environments?
CMMi Level 5, PCMMi Level 3, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certified Hughes Systique Corporation (HSC) is an award-winning software solutions and services company that has been instrumental in steering the digital transformation journey of its clients from the forefront. With its innovative solutions and solution accelerators in the areas of Retail, Automotive Multimedia, IoT and Security, HSC has helped its clients significantly reduce their Time-to-Market, optimize their business processes and successfully adapt to the changing business landscape. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland USA with development centers in Gurgaon and Bengaluru, India, Hughes Systique is a leading technology provider with best-in-class domain experts, system architects, and engineering teams. Being a part of the HUGHES group and yet being a medium sized company brings the best of both worlds to our customers in terms of cutting edge technology expertise, quality and flexibility to meet their needs.
The industry's largest 5G event of its kind in the UK, there are expected to be over 2,000 telecoms professionals present each day, representing over 80 operator companies. The event agenda that includes over 175 visionary speakers providing their insights on 5G and what it means. This is the 14th edition of the event and is the only global event to focus on defining the next steps towards 5G and examining the ways to optimize LTE networks. It will be held between 12-14 June 2018 at ExCeL, London.


Four stars Hotel Prague Inn situted on the Wenceslas Square offers 34 luxury and spacious rooms.
Hotel Prague Inn is very suitably located, immediately in Wenceslas Square in the very central position in Prague. Wenceslas Square and its pedestrian zones guarantee all our guests the required peace for rest at the hotel. At the same time, its location makes it possible to reach on foot without exerting too much efforts most of the best favoured tourist sights.
It will take you 2 minutes to reach the Old Town Square with its historic Old Town Hall.
If you take Na Prikope Street from the Hotel PRAGUE INN, within minutes you see the Powder Tower and further a short and pleasant stroll through the picturesque Prague alleys.
There are in total 34 spacious rooms, including 1 suit and 1 residential apartment. All rooms have been built within the original walls of the old buildings, now in a state-of-the-art style and luxuriously furnished.
Massive furniture has environment friendly finishing without using varnishes. You can sleep on comfortable beds measuring 180 × 200 cm. All rooms offer the utmost comfort with accent on security - chip cards guard access to the individual zones and a new generation fire alarm system is employed. Some rooms can be interconnected, thus turned into family suites.
The single apartment and above all the residential apartment can help you spend your pastime in a pleasant way.
The room service offers a selection of gastronomic specialities, mainly of the regional cuisine, as well as washing and dry cleaning, errands and deliveries of your shopping to the hotel, and/or shipping services.
When booking your room, feel free to order also some additional services, such as an extra bed, a child cot, half board, and/or full board, transfers from both local and international flights, sightseeing tours of Prague and Bohemia, tickets to cultural events, car hire, any many others, according to your appetite.
Hotel Prague Inn offers you the possibility to join the smartest and best-equipped fitness center in the Prague, 100m from hotel.
The hotel concierge will help you prepare your daily programmes, get tickets to the theatre, hire a tour guide as well as arrange for changes in your itinerary, organise even major conferences in the neighbouring palaces or conference halls complete with muti-media equipment.


The 2018 RSM Classic golf tournament on the PGA Tour is taking place this week from November 15-18, 2018, on the Seaside Course at the Sea Island Golf Club located in Saint Simons Island, Georgia. Here is a list of the prize money up for grabs this week for the PGA golfers at the 2018 RSM Classic.
The RSM Classic dates back to 2010. The last four winners of this event, Mackenzie Hughes, Kevin Kisner, Robert Streb and Austin Cook, have each recorded their first PGA Tour win here.
Total prize money up for grabs at the 2018 RSM Classic is $6.4 million. That's up 3.23% over the $6.2 million in prize money that was up for grabs in this PGA Tour event last year.
The winner of the 2018 RSM Classic will earn $1.152 million. That's up 3.23% over the $1.116 million that Mackenzie Hughes earned when he won this event last year.


People, who were born on the 24th, are ideal family-persons. Relationships with close people are on the first place for these persons. They build and maintain strong, understanding, harmonious relationships and they are ready for everything to keep them balanced. They don't shy to show their feelings. They are always ready to hear out others and to empathize with them. They are good and reliable friends.
These people are very sensitive, they are overflowing with emotions. Sometimes such people can be too expressive and exaggerate their emotions, especially when they are criticized or hurt by others. Their dramatic character and sensitiveness helps in cultural arts. They have a gift to be an artist. If you were born on this day, playwriting is the area of your success. It seems like dramaturgy was created especially for you.
What is interesting, your emotionality doesn't prevent your ability to make a business. You are organized, patient and prudent in approach to business tasks. You are faithful and reliable companion. In rare cases when you are impractical and you feel it, you may ask for advice of person you believe and respect.
It is necessary to know limits in your sympathies and affections. Your over emotionality may cause problems. Try to use your talents and gifts in proper way, don't forget to control yourself. You are active, liable and ready to lend a hand, but don't let to use yourself.


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Q: Gremlin: removing duplicate values while using as() This is my graph example:

The picture shows my example for graphdb, the question is: I wanted to get the suggestion friends for jetse ?
Here is the vertices and edges creation for this example
I tried different queries. Sometimes I get column reference error, but I found a solution, but I'm sure its not optimal solution.
Starting Vertices: jetse
all vertices have property called: fname
edges: Works,KNOWS,Teaches,Enroll
what im trying to do is: 1- jetse works in itph, get people who work with jetse which STEF, people who know stef is Remsy, remsy teaches a course where there studendts.
the problem is when i output the result:
stef
remsey
Omar
stef
remsey
ufuk1
becuase they both have the vairables with them.
I want the result like
Stef Remsey Omar ufuk1 ufuk2
My solution is:
g.V('jetse').as('exclude').
  out('works').
  in().as('sug').
  where(neq('exclude')).
  in('knows').as('b').
  out('teaches').
  in('enroll').as('std').
  union(select('sug').by('fname'),
        select('b').by('fname'),
        select('std').by('fname')).
  dedup()

Do you have a better query for this solution ?

A: thanks for tiny-wa for giving me confidence about my answer.
    g.V('jetse').as('exclude').
  out('works').
  in().as('sug').
  where(neq('exclude')).
  in('knows').as('b').
  out('teaches').
  in('enroll').as('std').
  union(select('sug').by('fname'),
        select('b').by('fname'),
        select('std').by('fname')).
  dedup()


Christmas crackers: a link | Notes from the U.K.
Anyone interested in learning about the British tradition of Christmas crackers (stop–you don't eat them), not to mention how it came into being, can read about it on Bit about Britain's post.
Does this mean christmas crackers are no universal… I think I glossed over that in my mind when I read your last post?
Is this like boxing day? a thing that I assumed happened everywhere but is actually a wierd British thing?
Not only does the U.S. not celebrate Boxing Day, we don't actually recognize Dec. 26. We just sleep through it and leave it off the calendars. Really. It's not well known, but that's because everybody but me is asleep.
As for crackers, no they're not universal either. Funny world out there, isn't it?
There's something about surprises in shiny packages that gets to us–even sensible adults. When I was a kid, I used to buy Crackerjacks–which I hated the taste of–because each box had a stupid toy inside. I can still remember the moment when I realized I didn't like the toy either. I was sitting in Central Park, on a bench. But crackers? Hey, there's no horrible candied popcorn to eat, you just pull your end.
I've never really trusted fortune telling fish. If they knew the future, wouldn't they avoid getting caught?
You would. It's not fish-friendly space.
I love the tradition of Christmas crackers and am happy they seem to be catching on a bit more on this side of the pond!
I hate to sound cynical (that's not actually true), but if it can be sold, someone will come along and sell it. So we shouldn't be surprised.
It coincides too neatly to ignore.


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Q: Chrome Extension: Programmatically inspect element and "copy xpath" or "copy css path" I want to know if it's possible to programmatically access an element, say the current element I am hovering over, and perform the equivalent of right clicking it, going to "inspect element", selecting it in the Elements tab, right click "copy xpath" or "copy css path".
Additionally, I would like to know if it's possible to get xpath or css path of similar elements. Say all the links on the side of this website, how to make chrome get an xpath or css path expression that represents that group of links under Similar Questions?
My purpose is to write an extension that lets me easily grab xpath or css path of elements on page that is accurate enough for automating web applications for testing.

A: One possibility is to use
document.querySelectorAll(":hover");

Which will return a NodeList of elements in deciding order from parent => child => ... => last child. So the last element in the NodeList will be most "specific", and it would (most of the time) be possible to construct a css path to that specific element by working backwards through the NodeList.
For your second question, you are veering into extremely difficult territory! In general, if you are trying to extract information from an unknown html page it is simply not feasible to do so automatically/programmatically without knowing the page structure before hand.
If you want your extension to only extract paths from a certain (small) number of sites then great...you can (manually) see if the sites have well structured markup and hard code those paths into your code. Otherwise, for any general site, finding similar paths should be left as an exercise to the user (perhaps using the hover method as mentioned above :))


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Q: Android project build failed on project creation When I first build project in Android Studio 3.0.1 I always have build failed

I know the solution for that particular error when I need to change "compileSdkVersion" to 28 and few others issues like add word "Base" before "Theme" to be UI elements visible.
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

My build.gradle file
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 26
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.dodge.timerapp"
        minSdkVersion 28
        targetSdkVersion 26
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:2.0.1'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'
}

But, that error start occuring week before, till that time everything was fine.

A: minSdkVersion <= targetSdkVersion <= compileSdkVersion
midsdkversion must be less make 19 or 21

A: 1-) Try checking your internet connection , gradle download dependencies from servers whenever a new project is created.
2-) If internet connection is good then try invalidating cache and restart Android Studio File => Invalidate caches/Restart => click on invalidate caches and restart
3-) If first and second steps don't help try , from Android Studio toolbar select
Build => Clean Project => Rebuild project by going in build menu again
4-) You might want to check your antivirus software setting and your computer's firewall rules to see that they are not affecting Android Studio project build.
5-) If you see that Android Studio is not allowed through firewall , click on allow an app through firewall and mark the checkbox saying android studio and click on apply and try again.
For antivirus check the android developers website documentation for locations to be excluded from security scan on
https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/studio-config#optimize-studio-windows


Former prime minister late Benazir Bhutto is being remembered on her 11th death anniversary on Thursday. The Pakistan Peoples Party has organised a central congregation in her hometown Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in Larkana district of Sindh.
Benazir took oath as the first female prime minister of Pakistan on December 2, 1988. She was also the first woman to lead a Muslim state and twice served as the prime minister of Pakistan.
The former premier was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007.
The preparations of a public gathering with regard to her death anniversary lay finalised.
The provincial government of Sindh announced a public holiday on account of the death anniversary of former premier.
A large number of PPP leaders, activists and supporters have been arriving to pay homage to the late leader on her death anniversary.
Her son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari among other party leaders will be paying tribute to the former premier in their addresses with the participants at the gathering.
Earlier on Wednesday, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari also chaired a meeting of the party's central executive committee (CEC).
The participants of the meeting paid glowing tributes to Benazir Bhutto. Her sister Sanam Bhutto was also in attendance at the meeting.


I have been with Vision Personal Training for over 2 years and keep being surprised at the ongoing progress I have made. When I first joined it was mainly to help with my mental wellbeing, but I have gone on to enjoy being a much fitter and stronger version of myself. Together with my trainer Jonno, I have worked hard at my running. And I am proud at the gains I have made - I even ran my first marathon last year and am planning to run another one this year.
I have lost weight and am fitter than I have ever been in my life. Jonno keeps pushing me to try things that I would never think of, or be confident to do, on my own. I love the support, what I have learnt and the accountability I get through the Vision team. Even though getting out of bed for early morning PT sessions can feel hard, I never regret it once I am there.


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MATCH PREVIEW: DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA 0-0 SEVILLA (SPAIN: LALIGA) FREE BETTING PICKS FOR TODAY, APRIL 17
League: SPAIN: LaLiga – Round 33
Match: 18:30 Deportivo La Coruna – Sevilla
Prediction: BTS – Yes
Result: 0:0 LOST
Eighteenth-placed Deportivo (W2, D2, L1) meet seventh-placed Sevilla (D3, L2) with the home side now just five points from safety whilst the visitors lay just behind the European qualification spots.
After two giant wins in their last two fixtures, 'Depor' (DEP) have six key fixtures ahead to achieve safety from relegation following a long spell of winless games. The Galician side have scored six goals in their last two games – more goals than in their previous 12 games. Furthermore, they are unbeaten in the last four home games (W1, D3), scoring five and conceding four.
With the Champions League keeping Sevilla busy with midweek clashes, and with the Copa del Rey (CDR) final this coming weekend, Sevilla have had the more active season. They have not won a game in all competitions since their 2-1 away win to Manchester United, and their last La Liga (LL) victory came in a 2-0 win against Bilbao, both in March.
The 'Sevillistas Los Rojiblancos' (SEV) have conceded 12 goals in five games and need to get back to winning ways to ensure European competition for next season. Dropping two places in their last two games, Sevilla still have the top six within their reach, and also face Barcelona in the final of the CDR.
Could Deportivo grab a shocking late-season win over a team winless in five league games? Or will Sevilla's five-game undefeated streak at the Riazor see them through?
Players to watch: Adrián López has stepped up for Deportivo with four goals in the last two wins – he has nine league goals and four assists this season.
'Nolito' missed a penalty last Saturday against Villarreal but bounced back with a goal one minute later.
Stat attack: Deportivo have failed to beat Sevilla in the last 12 LL clashes.
Ten of the last 14 H2H meetings have seen both teams score.
Sevilla (eight) and Depor (six) have scored 14 goals in the last three games at the Riazor.


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List of Careers in Apparel Merchandising & Textile
by Linda Ray
Get hands-on experience by working on the factory floor.
The list of all the careers you might pursue in apparel merchandising and textiles is exhaustive. You can do anything from working the retail side of the industry in sales and working as a buyer or store manager to creating designs or working on the line for a manufacturer. Follow your passions and take your career to whatever level suits your tastes in the clothing industry.
Attend the big fashion shows, meet with buyers and designers, and check out all the latest fashions as a purchasing manager for a boutique or retail store. You can get into the field with just a high school diploma and get on-the-job experience for the retailer while you finish your degree in business to move into the manager's role. You'll evaluate the quality of the apparel and textiles you're buying and negotiate prices, place orders and monitor deliveries. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2010, purchasing managers earned a median income of approximately $58,360.
Put your creativity to work as a clothing designer. You don't need a degree to get started, although studies in textiles and fabrics and computer-aided design techniques will help you land a post. In 2010, the BLS reported fashion designers earned a median salary of $64,530. In the role, you'll sketch designs of clothing, shoes and accessories; choose the materials for their creation; and oversee production. Produce samples to get investors, or join a team of designers in a fashion house that appreciates your tastes and talents.
Textile Factory Worker
If you're just getting started in the industry, it wouldn't hurt to cut your teeth on the manufacturing floor where you get to see how the actual products are made and shipped. You could learn how to operate sewing machines and add the finishing touches to designer garments. Sewing machine operators earned a median annual income of $19,320 in 2012, according to the BLS. Stay on the job for a few years and get promoted to supervisor, where you could earn closer to $39,580.
Newbies in retail might not make much more than the median income for retail workers in 2012, which was reported to be approximately $20,990 a year by the BLS. But, if you bring your knowledge and passion for high-end designer clothes to the market, you could increase your earnings substantially through commissions. Work as a private shopper for the wealthy or welcome them to your exclusive shop where your commissions soar with every sale. You don't need to have a degree or formal training to get started in retail. Many young women start as early as high school and then bring that experience to the high-end shelves.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics: Purchasing Managers, Buyers and Purchasing Agents
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Bureau of Labor Statistics: Retail Sales Workers
Linda Ray is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years reporting experience. She's covered business for newspapers and magazines, including the "Greenville News," "Success Magazine" and "American City Business Journals." Ray holds a journalism degree and teaches writing, career development and an FDIC course called "Money Smart."
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First group of drug court participants graduate
After more than a year of participating in the treatment-centered program, five graduate
First group of drug court participants graduate After more than a year of participating in the treatment-centered program, five graduate Check out this story on chillicothegazette.com: http://ohne.ws/1FdiWxJ
Sara Nealeigh, Reporter Published 5:12 p.m. ET Aug. 31, 2015
Close-up of weights balancing scales of justice with gavel beside it(Photo: Stockbyte)
CHILLICOTHE – More than 50 people crowded into courtroom benches Monday, some stopping to offer congratulatory remarks to a few people scattered throughout the room — all anxiously awaiting the start of the special session.
Everyone was waiting for Ross County Common Pleas Judge Michael Ater to commence the first-ever graduation ceremony for those participating in the county's drug court. Five individuals prepared to commemorate their completion of the program after 14 months of work with the court system, probation department, counseling services, and other resources.
The drug court is a treatment-centered program that aims to help people who have committed nonviolent, low-level felony crimes with a look into why the crime was committed. It's designed to cut down on repeat offenders and save jail space.
After a year of court supervision and treatment — including taking more than 300 drug tests and attending over 600 counseling sessions — Ater said this group is ready to start the next phase in their lives.
"They're good people who found themselves in a bad situation. ... They needed help," Ater said.
One by one, each graduate was called up in front of the crowd gathered Monday and handed certificates of completion, a hug, and then sat with their attorney in front of Ater's bench.
With the successful completion of the program, the charges that made them eligible for participation in drug court were dropped. Many graduates had no comment, but a couple stopped to thank the judge for the opportunity to participate in the program.
Christina May was one of five graduates who was willing to give a statement in the open courtroom.
"With me, my biggest thing was I was willing and ready to change," May said to the court. "It's weird that, 14 months ago, I was sitting across the alley in jail."
Ater started the drug court 14 months ago, fulfilling a campaign issue he brought up in 2010 and funded through grant money and community partnerships in 2014.
Though he admits the process has been approached with "learn as we go" mentality, he is proud of the work and results he has seen in participants so far. In this round of graduates, only one sanction was given out in the entire 14-month process.
Participants in the program agree to rules such as abstaining from drugs and alcohol, submitting to random drug testing, getting or maintaining a job, and attending appointments with treatment providers.
Ater plans to graduate about five people from drug court roughly every three months, with a goal of expanding the program to 60 participants, instead of the about 40 currently enrolled. He said there is a possibility the program could grow even larger if the need is there.
"This is the most rewarding part of my job," Ater said.
Coming Sunday
We'll have more on the drug court and one of its graduates in Sunday's Gazette.
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The Mustang • September 2, 2015 • https://mhsmustang.com/593/news/freshman-arrive-at-mhs-for-first-time-in-a-special-way/
Freshmen arrive at MHS for first time (in a special way)
Alex Loding, News Editor
Back to school commercials, stores stocking shelves with school supplies, and summer winding down all lead to one thing—the start of the new school year.
This year MHS began the school year early. Freshman orientation landed on Aug. 11, and the official first day of school followed on Aug. 12. ABC-7 news claimed that MHS was the first school in the Chicagoland area to return to school, compared to the Chicago Public School system which begins the new school year on Sept. 8.
"I was excited on the first day of school. I was excited for the freshman and for myself," said Dylan Cline, junior link crew leader.
Typically orientation is a special and exciting day but this year was even more special. This year ABC-7 Chicago was there to film a news story about MHS starting school. Kyle Schaller, freshman, mentioned that he had seen a high-tech, huge camera in the back of the gym when he arrived at orientation.
"We(Link crew members and freshman) had no idea that ABC was going to be there until we saw a giant camera and [Link Crew president, Randy] Lerner, made a funny face into the camera," Cline said, "Also I saw that we were going to be on the news that night and it was cool."
Along with an exciting, special orientation, the beginning of the school year brings tons of emotions: Anticipation, nervousness, excitement, sadness, and joy.
"I was excited because it was my first day of stepping into the new chapter of my life," said Schaller.
Along with all of the emotions dealing with school, orientation has its own set of emotions. Orientation is where the freshman and upperclassmen get to know each other and play games while getting used to high school life.
"We got close with the freshmen. We talked and hung out with them and told them what high school was all about," said Cline, "In the gym we played games, danced, and had a lot of fun."
Orientation is a time to get associated with a new chapter of school for the freshman. In high school you get to meet tons of new people, try new clubs and sports, and do whatever you want to do.
"I enjoyed going to orientation. My favorite part about [orientation] was meeting new people," Schaller said.
A great first day usually sets the tone leading into a great school year for the freshmen, as well as the upperclassmen.
Cline said, "After orientation it felt like [this school year] was going to be a great year!"
News story:
http://abc7chicago.com/education/mundelein-freshmen-head-back-to-class/921882/


Bitter gourd - Bitter gourd ,as the name suggests,has a very distinct and acquired taste that can be either loved or loathed and regardless of its taste it is definitely loaded with amazing health benefits.
First step - Wash and thinly chop the bitter gourd , slice the onions and tomatoes .
Second step - Heat oil in a pan , add the sliced bitter gourd and fry them well or until they turn slightly brown in colour. Remove from heat and keep it aside.
Third step - In the same pan, heat oil , add mustard seeds, when it stops spluttering add urad dal and curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
Fourth step - Add the onions and fry until they turn translucent.
Fifth step - Add the tomatoes along with sambar powder along with salt. Mix it well . Cover and cook for few minutes.
Sixth step - Finally add the bitter gourd. Stir it gently. Cover and cook. When the bitter gourd gets well combined with the onions and tomatoes . Remove from heat.
Bitter gourd with onions and tomatoes is ready to be served.
Heat oil in a pan , add the sliced bitter gourd and fry them well or until they turn slightly brown in colour. Remove from heat and keep it aside.
In the same pan, heat oil , add mustard seeds, when it stops spluttering add urad dal and curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
Add the onions and fry until they turn translucent. Add the tomatoes along with sambar powder and salt. Mix it well . Cover and cook for few minutes.
Finally add the bitter gourd . Stir it gently. Cover and cook. When the bitter gourd gets well combined with the onions and tomatoes . Remove from heat.
Frying the bitter gourd ,will taste well along with onions and tomatoes.
Don't decrease the onions and tomatoes as it is very important for this recipe.
In the same pan, heat oil , add mustard seeds, when it stops spluttering add urad dal and curry leaves. Fry for a minute.Add the onions and fry until they turn translucent.
Add the tomatoes along with sambar powder and salt. Mix it well . Cover and cook for few minutes.


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Populist wave is the warning sign we need: Gwynne Dyer | CBC Radio Loaded
Gwynne Dyer joined Michael Enright to discuss the connection between automation, joblessness and populism, which is the subject of his new book Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work)
CBC Radio · Posted: Dec 07, 2018 4:05 PM ET | Last Updated: December 7, 2018
Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters during a rally at Afonso Pena airport in Curitiba, Brazil (Heuler Andrey/AFP/Getty Images)
The Sunday Edition20:36Populist wave is the warning sign we need: Gwynne Dyer
Xenophobic nationalism is gaining momentum in Europe.
Job markets are cratering in much of the west due to automation.
Donald Trump is butting heads with Xi Jinping and myriad other world leaders.
It appears to be a volatile time. But author and international affairs commentator Gwynne Dyer says he's not too worried.
Many of our current problems, he says, are more manageable than unrealized threats of the recent past.
"I spent 20 years predicting nuclear war and then I was there in time to watch the old Soviet Union quietly, peacefully, collapse," Dyer told Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition.
What's critical, Dyer said, is that political leaders realize western societies are in a state of intense flux and now is the time to start laying the groundwork for how our societies and economies will work in the future.
Gwynne Dyer's new book is Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work). (submitted by Gwynne Dyer)
He says the populist wave which has hit many countries around the globe is a warning signal.
"Trump's a canary in the coal mine, [a] giant orange canary."
Same with the likes of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Viktor Orban in Hungary.
How right-wing populism is returning to its fascist roots
The sudden success of populist leaders is the result of the anger of a growing portion of society that finds itself unemployed or underemployed, with wages that have stagnated for decades.
Dyer says populist movements always thrive when social frustration runs high.
"A lot of people are angry," Dyer said. "They've been left behind. Unemployment levels are far higher everywhere than we admit publicly."
He says the official US unemployment rate, currently around four per cent, is misleading.
He says he believes it's more like 15-17 per cent.
"If you work one hour within two weeks you are counted as employed, you know. And they don't count, at all, people who aren't looking for jobs."
He says governments promote selective statistics to burnish their own image.
Dyer says the same happens here.
"I don't think we're at 15 or 17 per cent in Canada, but I'm willing to bet we're at 10."
Dyer says over the past four decades two factors have deeply altered western economies, to the great benefit of the rich and the detriment of everyone else: neoliberalism and automation.
Machines will do more than half the work by 2025, report predicts
Neoliberal policies, he says, shifted focus away from the goal of full employment in favour reducing inflation.
And automation is killing jobs so quickly, Dyer says, it's causing a socio-economic shift as significant as the Industrial Revolution.
"We have to find new roles for ourselves and ways of making sure everybody's got the money they need and can keep the wheels turning. That's a transition that's going to take at least a generation, probably two or three."
Dyer says the idea of a universal basic income (UBI), paid to all citizens of a country, whether working or not, is a policy idea that should be seriously considered.
Either way, he says, it will be a painful transition, but one that needs immediate attention at the risk of greater social unrest.
And it's not the unrest that scares Dyer most — it's that the unrest distracts us even more from humanity's greatest current threat: global warming.
"Climate change is the big crowbar that's going to change things," he said.
He says we need to deal with growing inequality immediately if we ever hope to prepare ourselves for climate change.
Click "listen" above to hear the interview.


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SEE NO SHAPE, TOUCH NO SHAPE, HEAR A SHAPE?
Scientists at The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro, McGill University have discovered that our brains have the ability to determine the shape of an object simply by processing specially-coded sounds, without any visual or tactile input. Not only does this new research tell us about the plasticity of the brain and how it perceives the world around us, it also provides important new possibilities for aiding those who are blind or with impaired vision.
Shape is an inherent property of objects existing in both vision and touch but not sound. Researchers at The Neuro posed the question 'can shape be represented by sound artificially?' "The fact that a property of sound such as frequency can be used to convey shape information suggests that as long as the spatial relation is coded in a systematic way, shape can be preserved and made accessible - even if the medium via which space is coded is not spatial in its physical nature," says Jung-Kyong Kim, PhD student in Dr. Robert Zatorre's lab at The Neuro and lead investigator in the study.
In other words, similar to our ocean-dwelling dolphin cousins who use echolocation to explore their surroundings, our brains can be trained to recognize shapes represented by sound and the hope is that those with impaired vision could be trained to use this as a tool. In the study, blindfolded sighted participants were trained to recognize tactile spatial information using sounds mapped from abstract shapes. Following training, the individuals were able to match auditory input to tactually discerned shapes and showed generalization to new auditory-tactile or sound-touch pairings.
"We live in a world where we perceive objects using information available from multiple sensory inputs," says Dr. Zatorre, neuroscientist at The Neuro and co-director of the International Laboratory for Brain Music and Sound Research. "On one hand, this organization leads to unique sense-specific percepts, such as colour in vision or pitch in hearing. On the other hand our perceptual system can integrate information present across different senses and generate a unified representation of an object. We can perceive a multisensory object as a single entity because we can detect equivalent attributes or patterns across different senses." Neuroimaging studies have identified brain areas that integrate information coming from different senses – combining input from across the senses to create a complete and comprehensive picture.
The results from The Neuro study strengthen the hypothesis that our perception of a coherent object or event ultimately occurs at an abstract level beyond the sensory input modes in which it is presented. This research provides important new insight into how our brains process the world as well as new possibilities for those with impaired senses.
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When your title sponsor is multi-colored jelly beans, you know the the team is going to have a very unique look. This year Jelly Belly is riding Focus frames from Germany. The Focus is a full carbon fiber frame and looking to make a mark in the U.S. Jelly Belly, with their colorful kits, is a great way to do it.


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St. John's Church Kicks-off Capital Campaign
Cold Spring Harbor, NY – St. John's Church of Cold Spring Harbor launched its 2011 Capital Campaign with a boxed lunch following Palm Sunday services at Bleecker Hall.
Restore. Renew. Rejoice! is the theme of the Capital Campaign, which held a Kick-off Celebration after the 10 o'clock service on Palm Sunday. Spring had sprung in Bleecker Hall, where over 200 enthusiastic adults and children were treated to a tasty box lunch and a festive cake. Entertainment included crayons for the children to color a sketch of the Church steeple, and the song "To Share" performed by the Children's Choir.
David Ware and Hugh Jones, Chair of the Building Design Committee, described to the attentive audience the improvements to the treasured buildings which parishioners over the past 3 years have said are necessary to support St. John's mission.
Ellie Perkins, Jr. Warden, announced that a new meeting room on the first floor of the Parish House will be dedicated to Emily and Carleton Lee, Rector at St. John's for 30 years. It will be named the Lee Room.
Campaign Co-Chair Bill Parsons explained how each member of the congregation will have the opportunity to discuss the project one-on-one with another member of the congregation. He emphasized, "That making the Capital Campaign successful will require everyone to contribute their time, talent and treasure."
The goal of the Capital Campaign is to raise $4,600,000 over the next 6-8 weeks. The Campaign is off to a good start; over $2,800,000 has already been raised.
Erin West
James D. Klote & Associates
erinwest@jdklote.com