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Health Canada proposes stricter advertising rules to tackle youth vaping
From: Health Canada
Health Canada has published a Notice of Intent outlining the Department's plans for new advertising rules for vaping. The proposed rules would restrict where advertisements could be displayed to limit their visibility to young people. They would also require health warning messages on permitted advertisements, and would restrict the display of vaping products at points of sale.
The Department also launches a public education campaign to encourage teens to consider the consequences of vaping.
February 5, 2019 - Ottawa, ON - Health Canada
The Canadian market for vaping is evolving rapidly, and emerging evidence suggests that youth uptake of vaping products is on the rise. Health Canada is taking action to address this troublesome trend.
Today, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, announced new measures to address vaping by young people. These measures include a proposal for additional advertising restrictions on vaping and a new public education campaign targeted at young people.
Canada already has a strong regulatory framework for vaping products in place through the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, which prohibits advertising that appeals to youth. To further strengthen this framework, Health Canada has published a Notice of Intent outlining the Department's plans for new advertising rules. The proposed rules would restrict where advertisements could be displayed to limit their visibility to young people. They would also require health warning messages on permitted advertisements, and would restrict the display of vaping products at points of sale.
The Notice of Intent initiates a 45-day consultation period. Health Canada will consider the comments received through this consultation in the drafting of new proposed regulations. All Canadians are encouraged to provide their feedback on proposals to protect youth and non-smokers from the harms and risks associated with vaping products.
In addition to the Notice of Intent posted today, Health Canada will post in March 2019 another consultation document seeking comments on further measures being considered to address and reverse the recent trends of youth vaping. Some of these additional measures could include examining the role of flavours, nicotine concentration and product design in making vaping products appealing to youth and non-smokers.
Minister Petitpas Taylor has also engaged her provincial and territorial colleagues to further support federal efforts to address youth vaping. Health Canada continues to support the need to discourage youth and non-smokers from vaping, while urging smokers to quit.
This week also marks the official launch of the Government of Canada's new public education campaign to raise awareness, particularly among youth, of the harms and risks of vaping. The campaign invites youth to consider the consequences of vaping, and equips parents and other trusted adults with tools and resources to support conversations with teenagers about the health risks of vaping. The campaign will continue through 2019.
"I am deeply concerned about recent reports that youth vaping is on the rise. This includes stories coming out of schools across Canada, and emerging data suggesting that young Canadians are taking up vaping at an alarming rate. I am hearing from parents, educators and the health care community that they share my concerns about youth vaping. We cannot allow these products to threaten the hard-earned gains we've made in tobacco control. The proposed regulatory measures and our public awareness campaign will drive home the message: if you don't smoke, don't vape."
The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor
Minister of Health
Vaping can lead to nicotine addiction by delivering nicotine to users' brains, making them crave it more and more. It can also increase exposure to harmful chemicals and metals, and can affect teen brain development.
There are health risks linked to other components in vaping products, including harmful metals and contaminants, such as nickel, tin and aluminum, and harmful chemicals, such as formaldehyde and acrolein.
We are still learning about how vaping affects health. The long-term health impacts of vaping are unknown.
According to the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey, in 2016-17, 10% of students in grades 7 to 12 (secondary I to V in Quebec) reported having used an e-cigarette in the past 30 days, an increase from 6% in 2014-15.
Link to Notice of Intent
Link to Canada Gazette Part I
Canada.ca/Vaping-info
Link to campaign video
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Performance Excellence ou Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria for Performance Excellence est un système de Qualité et de gestion d'entreprise fondée sur 7 familles de critères.

Présentation
Il s'agit d'un système de Management Intégré afin d'optimiser les résultats et les investissements. Ce système créé par le National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, en français Institut National des Normes et de la Technologie), qui fait partie du Secrétariat d'État au commerce (ministère du commerce) des États-Unis avait pour but d'augmenter et d'améliorer les performances des entreprises américaines. Il est aussi adopté par les grandes entreprises et organisations non américaines, surtout celles qui travaillent en Amérique du nord.

À son origine, en 1988, Performance Excellence était destinée aux entreprises mais aujourd'hui ce système est utilisé par des organisations telles que les hôpitaux et les universités afin d'améliorer leurs performances globales. Dans ce texte, à chaque fois que le mot « entreprise » est mentionné, il englobe la notion de « entreprise et organisation ».

Ces critères sont :
 Leadership
 Stratégie d'entreprise ou Planification Stratégique
 Orientation Client et Marché
 Mesure et Analyse des Performances de l'organisation
 Orientation Ressources Humaines
 Processus de Management
 Résultats du Business

Chacun des 6 premiers chapitres ou critères a un certain nombre de points (entre 60 et 120) et le dernier entre 450 et 500 points. Les points accordés à chaque critère varient d'une année à l'autre. Cet ajustement des points (scores) est instauré afin de mieux orienter les efforts développés dans la gestion des performances des entreprises/organisations.

Leadership
Le Leadership est constitué de 2 sous-chapitres principaux :
 Leadership de l'organisation qui décrit comment la direction générale de l'entreprise ou de l'organisation dirige et guide l'ensemble des activités. Ce sous-chapitre traite aussi de la revue des performances d'organisation dans le but d'optimiser les résultats de l'entreprise ou de l'organisation
 Responsabilité publique et la citoyenneté de l'entreprise ou de l'organisation

Stratégie ou Planification Stratégique
La Stratégie ou Planification Stratégique décrit comment l'organisation développe ses objectifs stratégiques et ses plans d'action, sans oublier d'accorder une importance particulière à la pertinence des choix stratégiques. Deux sous-chapitres définissent les points suivants :
 Développement de la stratégie de l'organisation
 Déploiement et la mise en place de la stratégie décidée

Orientation Client et Marché
L'Orientation Client et Marché décrit comment l'organisation définit les exigences et les attentes des clients et du marché. Ce critère mesure aussi la manière dont l'entreprise/l'organisation construit sa relation avec les clients et détermine les facteurs clés permettant de conquérir de nouveaux marchés. Deux sous-chapitres définissent les points suivants :
 Connaissance des clients et du marché
 Relation avec les clients - Satisfaction du Client

Information et Analyse des données
L'Information et l'analyse des données constituent le  critère de ce système. Ce chapitre décrit le management de l'information et le système de mesure et d'évaluation des performances. L'analyse des données est considérée comme un des éléments clés de la prise de décision qui a un impact direct sur la stratégie adoptée par les dirigeants. Les 2 sous-chapitres de ce critère traitent des sujets suivants :
 Mesure et analyse de la performance de l'organisation (approche et déploiement)
 Management de l'information (Approche et déploiement)

Orientation Ressources Humaines
L'Orientation Ressources Humaines est le  critère. Ce chapitre définit comment l'organisation motive ses collaborateurs afin de développer et utiliser leur plein potentiel en alignement parfait avec les objectifs à atteindre et dans l'application de la stratégie adoptée. Ce critère examine les efforts déployés par l'organisation afin de créer un environnement optimal sur les plans personnel et professionnel pour l'ensemble des collaborateurs. Ce chapitre traite les sujets suivants :
 Système de travail
 Formation et développement personnel de chaque employé
 Bien-être et satisfaction des employés

Management des Processus
Le Management des Processus est le  critère de Performance Excellence. Ce critère examine les aspects fondamentaux de la gestion des processus au sein de l'organisation en englobant les activités de recherche et développement, production, service et support ainsi que tous les processus en relation avec le marché et les clients. Ce chapitre traite les aspects suivants :
 Processus liés aux produits et aux services
 Processus liés au business
 Processus liés aux activités de support/soutien

Si certains des points abordés précédemment sont développés dans les différents systèmes de Management Intégré, la grande nouveauté de Performance Excellence était d'introduire la notion de résultats obtenus. L'évaluation des résultats du business est le  critère de ce système. Ce critère examine les performances de l'organisation et les améliorations réalisées dans les domaines de la satisfaction du client, ressources humaines, résultats financiers, part conquis sur les marchés exploités, les marchés potentiels ainsi que les performances opérationnelles de l'organisation. Ce critère examine aussi les performances des concurrents.

Notes et références
 Insights to Performance Excellence, Mark Blazey,

Management de la qualité

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First it was Starling Marte, then it was Brett Jackson, now Topps has announced that the card redeemable for the 2012 Topps Finest Baseball Autograph Rookie Redemption # 3 is Mike Trout.
Trout is having a spectacular season, hitting .340 with 22 home runs and 38 steals in 95 games.
There are two more redemptions remaining to be revealed. Stay tuned for the next Finest Autographed Rookie Redemption announcement.
We told you earlier that Starling Marte is the first 2012 Topps Finest Baseball Autograph Rookie Redemption. Just announced, the # 2 redemption is top-ranked Cubs rookie outfielder Brett Jackson.
Jackson, the # 1 rated prospect in the organization, gets the call after being the Cubs' first round pick in the 2009 Draft. Along with young talents Anthony Rizzo and Josh Vitters, Jackson and the Cubs can see a bright future.
There are three more redemptions remaining to be revealed. Stay tuned for the next Finest Autographed Rookie Redemption announcement.


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More than 200,000 call for end to deforestation in Queensland
More than 200,000 people have signed petitions from multiple organisations calling for the end of deforestation in Queensland, the single greatest animal welfare crisis in the state.
Wildlife and conservation organisations including the RSPCA are calling on the next Queensland Parliament to end the horrible slaughter of millions of native wildlife that die every year from deforestation.
Since the Newman Nicholls LNP Government gutted Queensland's tree protections just four years ago more than 1.2 million hectares of forest and bushland have been bulldozed. Now an area of forest and bushland the size of the Gabba is being bulldozed every three minutes.
Deforestation and tree-clearing kills 45 million native animals every year – including koalas which are now vulnerable to extinction in Queensland. Australia is now the second worst country for species loss, according to a recent study published in Nature.
"Four years ago RSPCA Qld's Wildlife Hospital was dealing with about 8 and a half thousand native animals and birds per annum. It now deals with close to 23,000. To put it mildly that's a frightening increase." Said Michael Beatty from RSPCA Queensland.
"WWF's 40,000 Queensland supporters are demanding urgent action to protect our wildlife and end the damage done by the previous state government's changes. The number of koalas killed yearly by tree-clearing in Queensland has more than doubled to 1300 – it's a national tragedy and an international embarrassment," said WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O'Gorman.
"Friends of nature around the world are worried and watching closely as to how Queensland's government will protect endangered koala habitat," said a spokesperson from the international organisation Rainforest Rescue.
Thousands of people in Queensland, Australia and Internationally are calling for the next Queensland Parliament to end this deforestation crisis.
Petitions signed to date:
Rainforest Rescue petition with 133,634 signatures to date – Queensland must stop the destruction of forests and grasslands crucial to the survival of threatened wildlife.
The Wilderness Society petition with 40,398 signatures to date – We have to stop the bulldozers urgently.
WWF-Australia petition with 58,885 signatures to date – State Government needs to strengthen laws to protect vital habitat for koalas and other Aussie wildlife.
TOTAL: 232,917 signatures to date
For further comment contact:
Wilderness Society Queensland Campaign Manager Gemma Plesman on +61 423 044 431.
Photos and video of Queensland deforestation and a briefing paper are available here.
Rainforest Rescue will continue promoting its petition until it deems the issue resolved. Please sign and share it widely!
Australia: save the koalas' forest!

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Q: Why does testing a non-exported static function via obj file pass when it should fail? I'm writing a DLL which sets a static boolean value in a class depending on the calling process.
Since I know that the testing environment will check for a false value, I inverted the logic in the setting code to ensure that the test failed.
When using a public static bool and an exported getValue(), this works as expected.
Switching to private static bool, friend DllMain(...) and an exported getValue() still works fine.
If I make the getValue() have internal linkage and then link the test via the .obj file produced by Visual C++, the test now passes an EXPECT_EQ(getValue, false) test even though the inverted logic means it should fail (i.e., getValue should return true.)
What's going on here? My guess is either covering of the value or removal of some of the code during compilation. Can I avoid this?
Loader.cpp:
bool WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, DWORD reason, LPVOID lpReserved) {
    ...
    if (falseCondition) {
        myClass::isAvailable = false;
    } else {
        myClass::isAvailable = true;
    }
    return true;
}

myClass.h
#ifdef MYPROJECT_EXPORTS
#define MYPROJECT_API __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define MYPROJECT_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif

class myClass {
   friend bool WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE, DWORD, LPVOID);
   static bool isAvailable;

public:
   MYPROJECT_API static bool getAvailable() { return isAvailable; }
};

myClass.cpp
#include myClass.h
bool myClass::isAvailable = false;

In the above example code, removing the MYPROJECT_API macro from the getAvailable() line leads to the test returning false when it should return true, and fail.

A: You can share an instance of a class / variable through all accessing applications / other DLLs.
#pragma data_seg
#pragma data_seg (".mydata")
    int i = 0;
    char a[32]n = "hello world";
#pragma data_seg()
#pragma comment(linker, "/SECTION:.mydata,RWS"

Here the string ".mydata" is your named section. You may change this string to something else. Do not forget to change it in the #pragma comment for the linker too.
The sample is taken from MSDN. I have added #pragma comment line as I use it myself (should be explained in detail on MSDN too).
Changing one of the variables inside the data_seg block will also change it for any other application / DLL accessing these.

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She went on to allege that Chyna doesn't call anyone in the family. "The truth will be told, sweetheart, you crept into Hollywood on pretenses," Toni concluded.
Last week, Toni made a public plea to Chyna's BFF, Amber Rose, to persuade Chyna to let her see her grandkids. Chyna shares a 5-year-old son, King, with rapper Tyga and a 20-month-old daughter, Dream, with Kardashian.
Chyna has not publicly responded to her mother. Maybe because she's too busy getting back together with YBN Almighty Jay? After meeting on Christian Mingle this spring, the Lashed bar owner, 30, and 18-year-old rapper split in June. But judging from Instagram, things seem to be all good between the pair.


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English (also well established in South Wales): topographic name for someone who lived in a nook or hollow, from Old English and Middle English hale, dative of h(e)alh 'nook', 'hollow'. In northern England the word often has a specialized meaning, denoting a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river, typically one deposited in a bend. In southeastern England it often referred to a patch of dry land in a fen. In some cases the surname may be a habitational name from any of the several places in England named with this fossilized inflected form, which would originally have been preceded by a preposition, e.g. in the hale or at the hale. English: from a Middle English personal name derived from either of two Old English bynames, Hæle 'hero' or Hægel, which is probably akin to Germanic Hagano 'hawthorn' (see Hain 2). Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Céile (see McHale). Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Halle.
Where is the Hale family from?
You can see how Hale families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Hale family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Hale families were found in the USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 1,823 Hale families living in London. This was about 17% of all the recorded Hale's in the UK. London had the highest population of Hale families in 1891.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Hale surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.
What did your Hale ancestors do for a living?
In 1881, the most common Hale occupation in the UK was Coal Miner. 5% of Hale's were Coal Miners. Coal Miner, Labourer and Agricultural Labourer were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Hale. A less common occupation for the Hale family was Farmer.
Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Hale ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status.
What Hale family records will you find?
There are 3,000 census records available for the last name Hale. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Hale census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.
There are 642 immigration records available for the last name Hale. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.
There are 1,000 military records available for the last name Hale. For the veterans among your Hale ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.
You've only scratched the surface of Hale family history.
What is the average Hale lifespan?
Between 1941 and 2004, in the United States, Hale life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1945, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Hale in 1941 was 37, and 73 in 2004.
An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Hale ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more.


Lisbon is an excellent place to enjoy 5 star luxury, with a uniquely traditional ambience that meshes perfectly with a modern spirit for great food and entertainment. History and culture will be right at your doorstep in the centre of town, and you can also enjoy excellent shopping without travelling far in Lisbon.
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Many of Lisbon's 5 star hotels are located right in its centre, close to the grand squares that form the commercial cores of this compact but vibrant destination. Near the city centre you'll find the 12th century Sé Cathedral, the Carmo Convent and São Jorge Castle. The latter has magnificent views over the city.
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While staying at a 5 star hotel in Lisbon, you can also enjoy easy access by train or taxi to the many great destinations just outside of the city. The numerous beaches dotting the coast include the popular Estoril, with its famous casino, and Cascais, the locals' favourite sunbathing spot. The town of Sintra, with its fairytale castles and forest scenery, is also a short distance away.


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Interview with Judith Skillman, author of "Kafka's Shadow", by Carol Smallwood
One of the many awards that noted American poet, Judith Skillman has received is from the Academy of American Poets for Storm while Red Town, and Prisoner of the Swifts were Washington State Book Award finalists. Her poems have been included in such journals as Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, FIELD and her collaborative translations in various journals; she's in Best Indie Verse of New England. Her latest full poetry collection is Kafka's Shadow. Deerbrook Editions, Cumberland, Maine; 77 pages; $16.95; paperback; 2017. ISBN 978-0-9975051-4-6
https://www.amazon.com/Kafkas-Shadow-Judith-Skillman/dp/0997505141
CS: How did you decide on Franz Kafka for your new poetry collection?
JS: I read "Metamorphosis" again, and was very taken with it. After a span of thirty years since the last reading, the story took on new dimensions. Then I read "The Stoker," "The Judgment," and "Letter to His Father," as these have been reissued in a new edition titled The Sons (Schocken Books, Inc., 1989). After a visit to San Francisco, I wrote "Kafka's Wound" and continued to find myself thinking and writing about Kafka. It took awhile before I realized the series might become a collection.
CS: What are some of the most interesting things about him you discovered?
JS: I learned that his relationship with his father was extremely complicated, and that helped my understanding of his work. In addition, he suffered greatly from intense sensitivities as well as, of course, the chronic illness of consumption/tuberculosis. His passion to write, his insomnia, and the hours he kept made me feel some identification with him, and I continued to read more of his letters. In this regard the book Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors was invaluable (transl. Richard and Clara Winston, Schocken Books, NY, 1977).
I was surprised to find that Kafka felt such self contempt that he viewed himself as a son who should be sacrificed, as in the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac. At the point I learned this I'd written a couple poems on that very subject, and experienced the sense of an encounter with the author, apart from space-time.
CS: The Notes section in the back of Kafka's Shadow (3 pages) share some of the scholarship necessary for such an ambitious collection. How long did it take to write the book?
JS: Kafka's Shadow took about three years to complete. As mentioned earlier, the book Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors provided inspiration when coupled with his stories and, especially, "Letter to His Father." The interest and support of my writing groups and colleagues, in particular Christianne Balk, provided impetus to continue.
CS: When and how did you begin your interest in translations? What classes did you take in languages?
JS: My interest in translation began when I went to the University of Washington in 1994-95, ostensibly to get a PhD in Comparative Literature. That journey didn't work out, but in the process I fell in love with the theory and art of translation. I have taken French and lived in Paris for three months—just long enough to become a Francophile.
CS: You have been nominated for the Pushcart, Best of the Web. Please share how you came to be a poet? What other kinds of writing do you do?
JS: I began writing in a journal in high school, but even before that, I had an elementary school teacher who taught poetry. And while my parents were both scientific (PhD's in physics and math), they were also avid readers and lovers of music and all the arts. They took us to plays and concerts. I think the years of voracious reading likely determined my interest in literature.
I have written fiction and non-fiction as well. A 'how to': Broken Lines—The Art & Craft of Poetry is the most serious effort I've made so far in non-fiction. There are many projects I would like to pursue, but the reality is one has to pick and choose.
CS: What poets have influenced you the most?
JS: There are so many! In particular I like the associative poets, among them Celan, Vallejo, Transtromer, René Char, and Franz Wright. I taught a "Great American Poets" course for several quarters and fell again for Williams, Bishop, Dickinson, Plath, Stevens, Eliot, Pound, et al. I also feel a great affinity for Jack Gilbert's work.
Roethke, Beth Bentley, Nelson Bentley, Stafford, Wagoner—all the Northwest poets. Milosz, Levine, Edith Sodergran, Adrienne Rich, Cavafy, Lucille Clifton. Wakoski, and all the beat poets. The thing is to continue reading, knowing one will never plumb the extant canon of virtuoso poetry.
CS: How do you decide the number of stanzas, length of lines in your poems: what is your progression, steps, in composing?
JS: Generally a poem begins as a fragment and then gathers steam. There are times when the form pours out with the poem, (a poem pours out fully formed) but those are rare and far between. I like to follow David Wagoner's advice—take of your censorial hat when you write, let it sit, and then go back to the piece with your editorial hat.
To write anything at all one must be in a receptive frame of mind, and not add judgments as to whether the would be poem is 'good' or 'bad.' The formal arrangement can come later. Exceptions abound, however. If you want to write a sonnet, villanelle or other set form, then you have to be intentional: count beats and employ rhyme and/or half rhymes.
CS: What is your usual writing schedule for the day?
JS: I don't adhere to a strict schedule. There are days when I revise, and days when I explore other forms of art, such as painting. Writing requires wide reading as well—it all takes time—so flexibility is key.
Simply maintaining the body, house, and extended family takes longer as I get older, so there are periods when writing happens only in the mind, with ideas. If that kind of 'air creativity' becomes more serious it might take the form of note-taking, marginalia, and/or soft research. When I feel the need to stop what I'm doing and write, I take that seriously.
CS: Have you begun working on another collection?
JS: Yes! I have a collection seeking a publisher. It has been a finalist at a few contests. Time will tell. Writing poems includes so many aspects; publishing so many facets. I feel lucky and blessed to be have been given the chance to write.
Fans can visit her on www.judithskillman.com
Labels: Academy of American Poets, Carol Smallwood, Judith Skillman, Kafka's Shadow
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The Pelé Podcast 10 July 2018
Episode 35: Scott McLaughlin 2 (Part One)
If you've read the title of this week's show, you might be thinking to yourself: "Hang on, didn't you interview Scott McLaughlin back in 2015?" And yes, you'd be correct – we did. But this was during the Pelé Podcast's formative years and, while still entertaining, it was agreed by all parties we could have made a better job of it all round.
So, three years later, Scott gets off his phone and into the studio to look back over his long career in riotous, no-holds-barred fashion. He starts by looking at his clumsy departure from Albion Rovers in May and the club's poor communication, and analysing what can be done to ease rejection in the game. He then jumps back 20 years to where it all began.
Scott remembers his time on YTS forms at Hamilton Academical and how it shaped him as a player. He looks back on his first-team debut for the Accies and his subsequent move to SPL high-fliers Livingston. Scott talks about the ups and downs at Almondvale, from winning the League Cup in 2004 to the club's administration and working under six different managers.
He then discusses his three years at Greenock Morton – a side who "were the real Crazy Gang" – and their play-off struggles, their Second Division title win, and their return to the First Division. Along the way he talks about a vast cast of characters, including Dean Keenan, Andy McLaren, Davie Irons and the late Dougie Rae.
This is x-rated stuff in parts; you have been well warned.
Listen to part two of the podcast here; listen to part three here.
You can subscribe to the show by searching for "Tell Him He's Pelé" in your favourite podcast app or by following us on iTunes.
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If Tell Him He's Pelé were a boy band, they would probably be the much-missed One True Voice, both in terms of appearance and musical output.
Episode 57: Andy Graham (Part Three)
Episode 56: Andy Graham (Part Two)


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Il profeta Geremia (390x380 cm) venne affrescato da Michelangelo Buonarroti nel 1512 circa e fa parte della decorazione della volta della Cappella Sistina, nei Musei Vaticani a Roma, commissionata da Giulio II.

Storia
Nel dipingere la volta, Michelangelo procedette dalle campate vicino alla porta d'ingresso, quella usata durante i solenni ingressi in cappella del pontefice e del suo seguito, fino alla campata sopra l'altare. Geremia quindi, che si trova nella nona campata a partire dalla porta, fu una delle ultime figure ad essere dipinte, entro l'ottobre 1512.

La figura richiese quattordici "giornate" d'affresco.

Descrizione e stile
Geremia fa parte della serie dei Veggenti, collocati su ampi troni architettonici sui peducci. Ognuno di essi è affiancato da un paio di giovani assistenti e sta in un grande scranno marmoreo, tra due plinti con finti altorilievi di putti a coppie, in varie posizioni. Il loro nome è scritto (in questo caso HIEREMIAS) in tabelle sotto la piattaforma che fa da base al trono, rette da un putto.

Geremia è rappresentato come una figura energica che amplifica in crescendo l'attività psichica dei Profeti all'avvicinarsi verso l'altare, dalla calma meditazione di Zaccaria sopra la porta, fino allo sconvolgimento nel pieno del furor profetico di Giona.

Quella di Geremia è una cupa desolazione, oppresso da una dolorosa consapevolezza di nefasti presagi. Nel Libro di Geremia infatti si legge come avverranno tempi di sceleratezza e lontananza degli uomini da Dio, che verranno però superati con una nuova alleanza, che prefigura quindi la venuta di Cristo, nonché la fine dei tempi (seconda venuta), a cui allude anche la vicina scena della Separazione della luce dalle tenebre, prefigurazione della separazione dei giusti dai malvagi durante il Giudizio Universale.

Il profeta piega in avanti il busto e poggia la testa su una mano col gomito appoggiato sul ginocchio, a ginocchia divaricate coi robusti piedi intrecciati, come a cercar spazio per le possenti gambe. L'espressione è cupa, come anche la tonalità del volto rugoso e dalla barba e capigliatura canuta, in cui qualcuno ha voluto riconoscere un possibile autoritratto di Michelangelo.

Gli assistenti, caso unico nella volta, non sono due fanciulli, ma due persone adulte vestite in abiti contemporanei, forse due ritratti degli assistenti dell'artista, a cui non è però possibile attribuire una specifica identità. Sono un uomo con mantello e cappuccio rosso scuro e una donna con una tunica bianca e una veste verde chiaro. L'espressione della donna in particolare è grave e luttuosa, di forte espressività. L'altro personaggio è oggi frutto di una ridipintura dopo una caduta dell'intonaco, in cui si perse anche una parte della capigliatura del profeta.

Omaggi
In occasione del quarto centenario della morte di Michelangelo Buonarroti, il 16 giugno 1964, le Poste Vaticane hanno dedicato a questo affresco un francobollo da 40 lire.

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Bibliografia
 Pierluigi De Vecchi, La Cappella Sistina, Rizzoli, Milano 1999. ISBN 88-17-25003-1

Voci correlate
Veggenti
Volta della Cappella Sistina

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Veggenti (Cappella Sistina)
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Maumfin is properly the name of a townland on the slopes of this hill. Tievegarriff is another townland which extends to the summit and whose name may be connected with this hill. Maumfin is the 1435th highest place in Ireland.


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Democrats: Do something about layoffs
Why are they afraid to act on the thing that's hurting them most?
I have to agree with Steve Benen about the politics of spending federal money to prevent state and local government layoffs:
I don't mean for that to sound snarky; I mean it quite literally. If Dems pass the spending measures the president is pushing, they'll be saving thousands of jobs and prevent broader economic hardship during a fragile recovery. These lawmakers can go back to their home districts and arrange nice photo-ops in front of schools with teachers who would have been laid off, and police stations with officers who would be out of a job were it not for their "aye" vote in Congress for more spending.
In what universe do Democrats think they'll be better off politically with "massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters"?
Here's the thing. It's generally a good idea for politicians to listen to what their constituents are saying. Sometimes, however, pols need to realize that polls are misleading. I think the current polling on spending and deficits -- even in marginal districts -- is almost certainly an example where politicians need to use more sophisticated political judgment than just reading simple polling.
On two counts. One is about what people really believe and act on. It's certainly possible that people care more about deficits and/or government spending than they do about unemployment, well-staff schools, and fully staffed local government, but I'd be very, very, wary of believing that without quite a lot of evidence. A simple question about spending or deficits, one that doesn't discuss trade-offs, is weak evidence indeed.
The second is that sometimes politicians do, in fact, know a bit more than their constituents, and should act on that information. Now, I do think this is dangerous territory -- a pol who always thinks that she knows what the people "really" want is going to find herself an ex-pol very rapidly. It takes, in other words, careful political judgment. Here's what I'd say: If voters in marginal districts are against government spending because they actually want smaller government, then I think it makes sense for their representatives to listen to that preference. On the other hand, if they oppose deficits because they believe that deficits are bad for the economy, and if experts are convinced that deficits right now are, to the contrary, good for the economy... well, then, spend away! Again, I think this is, in fact, dangerous territory -- ideologues on all sides are always convinced that the people "really" support whatever they want, or at least would if they payed attention, or were educated enough, or if it wasn't for the horribly biased press, or whatever. Still, I think on this one polling and political history make it fairly clear that whatever people say to pollsters when prompted, what most voters really want is good economic policy that produces growth and jobs.
I should say that this is one thing that I'll own up to being completely wrong about, by the way. I hadn't started blogging a year ago, but if I had I would have suggested that the difference in the size of the stimulus between when Congress produced and what economists said was needed was not all that important, because there was nothing to prevent Congress from going back and adding new stimulus spending at any point -- and since the policy people were telling us that there were real constraints on how fast the money could be spent, it didn't really matter whether the initial package included everything that was needed. Well, I was wrong. I'm surprised, and have been surprised for some time, at the lack of enthusiasm for more stimulus spending from the White House and from liberals in Congress, and at the apparent willingness of marginal Democrats to buy the deficit hype. I think Benen's logic is exactly correct, and I am, in fact, baffled about why marginal Dems don't agree.
Jonathan Bernstein writes at a Plain Blog About Politics. Follow him at @jbplainblog
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Check out this article! https://www.salon.com2010/06/14/democrats_layoffs_open2010/


Tired of waiting forever for movies to be released on DVD and streaming? Paramount Pictures has finally heard your complaints. And it has just struck a deal with two major movie theater chains that will allow them to release new films on demand after only two weeks in the theater.
The Wall Street Journal reports that so far Paramount has struck deals with AMC Theatres and Cineplex in Canada which will participate in the experiment. That agreement concerns just two movies out in October: Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension and Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. Those films will become available to consumers on demand after 17 days in the theater.
But word on the street is that long term, Paramount would like to adopt the same schedule for its tentpole films, including its major franchises like Star Trek and Mission Impossible. If Paramount can't strike a deal with other North American movie chains for its largest blockbusters, that plan would seem to be jeopardy, keeping them out of those theaters entirely.
To sweeten the pot, the studio will share a portion of revenue from iTunes downloads, video-on-demand, and other digital channels with exhibitors that play the films, giving them a hedge in case box-office revenue declines.
At a time when consumers are used to being able to watch practically any media in the world whenever they like (legally or sometimes illegally, of course) this move makes perfect sense. In fact, it seems long overdue and the studio is optimistic that this will work out well for everybody. We'll just have to wait and see if all the major movie theater chains will get on board.
"Our expectation is that total revenue will rise and the theatrical revenue will be relatively unaffected, if at all," said Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore told the Wall Street Journal.
And Moore is probably right. There have been other experiments with early video release in the past, but none quite as ambitious as Paramount's plan. If it's successful, the way movies are marketed and sold could really change forever. That is if we assume that piracy hasn't already changed it, and recognize that, in a way, studios like Paramount are merely catching up.
Fun fact: The first movie ever played in its entirety on TV was in theaters at the time. Fewer than ten people in LA had a TV set when The Crooked Circle was beamed out across the airwaves in 1933. There really is nothing new under the sun.


Kentucky lost starting left offensive tackle Landon Young to a knee injury before last season started. The former Lexington Lafayette standout had been a part-time starter and solid contributor for two years before having to miss all of last season.
Young has not been available to the media since his injury in August and has not really given any updates on his status even on social media. Several people close to Young have indicated his rehab has gone well.
Kentucky coach Mark Stoops gave a brief update on Young Wednesday.
"Landon is doing really good. I sat down with him yesterday, and he's got another test coming up to check the strength in there, and he's almost full go, fully released," Stoops said.
"Obviously there's no reason for us to force anything with him. We have plenty of time. But he's done very well, and you can see the change in him and his upper body strength.


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by Eric Griffith
Products for automation and control of your home are on the way, but this week, one technology in particular — Z-Wave — surged ahead, in no small part due to backing from Cisco.
In the future war for who will run your home, it's not about who wears the pants, but what technology controls everything you own.
The contenders (so far) are Zigbee, which provides a mesh protocol that runs on top of the IEEE's 802.15.4 wireless specification (in 2.4GHz, just like Wi-Fi); Z-Wave, a proprietary wireless mesh running in the unlicensed 908MHz band; and INSTEON, also a mesh, which uses a dual-band approach on wireless, and also works over home power lines.
All three have their own alliances of vendors who plan to use the technology. The Z-Wave Alliance sports 125 partners, including names like Logitech and Levitron; ZigBee's big names include Motorola and Texas Instruments; INSTEON, created by reseller Smarthome, claims to have 350 developers on board (the developer's kit costs only $99, after all), as well as backward compatibility with X10 technology. INSTEON's latest announced partners include software makers Perceptive Automation and Home Automated Living (HAL).
But not all have a backer like Cisco Systems, a company that's known to turn technologies it funds into de facto standards for the industry. Z-Wave, which is developed by Zensys, got such backing just last week, though they don't say how much. The money will be used to "accelerate development efforts with Cisco's Linksys division to drive the integration of Z-Wave technology into popular Linksys products," according to a statement.
This is a huge step for Denmark-based Z-Wave, and could be a setback for ZigBee, which was largely seen as the home control technology to beat, despite Zensys getting to market sooner.
In an article in TechWorld last year, Chris Johnson, Vice President of Business Development at Zensys, said his competition is "dead in the home space." The investment by Cisco could prove him right.
However, Zensys is the sole proprietor of chips for Z-Wave products. Since ZigBee is an open standard, it has several silicon providers, such as Ember, Freescale, TI and the latest addition, STMicroelectronics. This could be the technology's saving grace.
ZigBee also does more than just home automation, but Cisco's use of Z-Wave may push that technology into new directions to better compete. Only time will tell. Z-Wave's off to a good start, however, winning a CNET Best of CES Award this week.
Still, ZigBee partners continue to pile on. Eaton Corporation recently announced a Home Heartbeat product that uses Zigbee to monitor household systems, everything from water leaks to open doors to who's home at what times, through a variety of sensors. Home Heartbeat can send messages to computers or phones when something goes wrong. Hawking Technologies has a HomeRemote System coming this year, which uses ZigBee sensors to do much the same thing. Hitachi is now working with chipmaker Ember to make new ZigBee sensors as modules for use by other Hitachi business units and other OEMs. Products marketed as "ZigBee Certified" should start appearing this year, all independently tested for interoperability between vendors.
The parent company of INSTEON (profiled here) recently went through a reorganization, putting Smarthome and the SmartLabs R&D and manufacturing arms all under the name SmartLabs to "more accurately reflect its role as a visionary think tank," according to a statement. At the same time, it announced that its first INSTEON chip is available, along with a line of INSTEON home control lighting products called ICON, which they say will be priced almost the same as non-networked lighting products. The first INSTEON Developers and Technology Conference will be held at the tenth Connections: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, coming in May 2006.
The good news for all these companies: the market for home automation appears to be growing. In-Stat/MDR has predicted that home automation revenues will hit $5.3 billion by 2007.
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Seahawks.NET - The Voice of the 12th Man! • View topic - Any great defenses left?
Bears and Jags were supposed to be great and they got waxed today. Vikes have been very inconsistent.
Is Dallas actually the best defense?
Re: Any great defenses left?
Wow.. Chiefs defense is horrid.
Jacksonville is the only one that I would consider elite. If they just had a guy playing QB that could take care of the ball and manage the game they'd have a good chance at a SB.
Ravens' D is still pretty high level. 11 sacks today, and haven't given up a second half TD yet this season.
Grahamhawker wrote: Ravens' D is still pretty high level. 11 sacks today, and haven't given up a second half TD yet this season.
Ah, that's a good one. What's weird about them is that they don't have very many stars, they just seem to work together pretty well. Then again, they started out even better last year, especially in terms of turnovers, and got destroyed by good offenses later. We shall see.
adeltaY wrote: Bears and Jags were supposed to be great and they got waxed today. Vikes have been very inconsistent.
getnasty wrote: Jacksonville is the only one that I would consider elite. If they just had a guy playing QB that could take care of the ball and manage the game they'd have a good chance at a SB.
They gave up 40 today against a crappy Jerruh's kids offense.
They looked fat and slow today!
With all the rules favoring offense, it is hard for defenses to play at a high level and not get flagged all the time. That is the direction the NFL wants to go, big offenses that score lots of points.
Eh we only put up 24 on them, that's not terrible.
They've given up 16, 13, 24, 24, 19 (OT), and 7 points. Wow, just laying that out there they are damn good. Haven't given up more than 24 period.
Just wait until they play a good offense. Seattle might have been the best offense they played so far, and I wouldn't call us a great offense just yet. But if you want to believe *allas have a great defense and nothing will convince you otherwise, then I guess that's your prerogative.
time. Sherman is right about a lot of what he says in this regard.
Jags are probably the most talented on paper but teams have learned how to beat their zone coverages. Not sure why they aren't going more man this year, that's when they're at their best with 2 great coverage CB's. Biggest weakness are the safeties and they're getting picked on. Teams started to figure out the Hawks zone coverages and Pete adjusted, lets see if they can do the same.
Ravens are playing really solid defense, that division will be very interesting to watch unfold. Seahawks as well, holding multiple QBs to under 200 yards in insane.
Vikings are for sure the biggest surprise. I've watched parts of their games and it seems like it's all from missed assignments or miscommunication. They play fine for most downs and then get burned for a huge gain or TD, not sure who is most to blame for those lapses.
When did I say that? I did say that our offense has to carry the team because the defense has lost so many players and most of them are young and learning. I don't think anyone disagrees with that. I never agreed with "scrapping" the defense, but the team traded Bennett, did't resign Sheldon, and released Sherm - the FO scrapped it. Also when you're about to pay 30-35M to your QB, it makes sense that your offense carries your team.
I said that I enjoy watching some high scoring games, what's it to you? And actually I thought the KC/NE game was too much. Some defensive plays are necessary. I like it when some games are high scoring and others are low scoring, with most in the middle like a normal distribution. If every game is high scoring it isn't as fun.
You can condescend to me and say "go watch arena football". Whatever dude, your conception of what football "should" be isn't the only valid one.
Paper lions for the most part. The Hawk's D is ranked higher than the Rams.
I thought the Jags D would be nasty all year, but they're imploding in front of our very eyes. Probably because they know if they allow even one TD there's no way Blake Bortles can lead a comeback.
Let me be the one to humbly announce: the next great defense will be the 2019-2020 Seahawks.
LOB v2 will have one to two seasons under their belt, we are one great pass rusher away from having a very good DL, we do have great LB. of course we need depth .
In fact we may have a preview of that this season if Wright, dion and green came back strong. We will still lack depth so just a preview.
That arena part makes me think of the thread that I thought you wanted a stacked offense..
I agree man, I only want the stacked O for us to be able to compete with top teams, but I do not think we should neglect defense, only it will take us some time to build it back up.


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#include "segment/cpcidsksegment.h"
#include "core/metadataset.h"
#include "core/cpcidskfile.h"
#include "core/pcidsk_utils.h"
#include "pcidsk_buffer.h"
#include "pcidsk_exception.h"
#include <cassert>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

using namespace PCIDSK;

/************************************************************************/
/*                           PCIDSKSegment()                            */
/************************************************************************/

CPCIDSKSegment::CPCIDSKSegment( PCIDSKFile *file, int segment,
                              const char *segment_pointer )

{
    this->file = file;
    this->segment = segment;

    LoadSegmentPointer( segment_pointer );
    LoadSegmentHeader(); // eventually we might want to defer this.

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/*      Initialize the metadata object, but do not try to load till     */
/*      needed.                                                         */
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
    metadata = new MetadataSet;
    metadata->Initialize( file, SegmentTypeName(segment_type), segment );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                           ~PCIDSKSegment()                           */
/************************************************************************/

CPCIDSKSegment::~CPCIDSKSegment()

{
    delete metadata;
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                          GetMetadataValue()                          */
/************************************************************************/
std::string CPCIDSKSegment::GetMetadataValue( const std::string &key ) const
{
    return metadata->GetMetadataValue(key);
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                          SetMetadataValue()                          */
/************************************************************************/
void CPCIDSKSegment::SetMetadataValue( const std::string &key, const std::string &value )
{
    metadata->SetMetadataValue(key,value);
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                           GetMetdataKeys()                           */
/************************************************************************/
std::vector<std::string> CPCIDSKSegment::GetMetadataKeys() const
{
    return metadata->GetMetadataKeys();
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                         LoadSegmentPointer()                         */
/************************************************************************/

void CPCIDSKSegment::LoadSegmentPointer( const char *segment_pointer )

{
    PCIDSKBuffer segptr( segment_pointer, 32 );

    segment_flag = segptr.buffer[0];
    segment_type = (eSegType) (atoi(segptr.Get(1,3)));
    data_offset = (atouint64(segptr.Get(12,11))-1) * 512;
    data_size = atouint64(segptr.Get(23,9)) * 512;

    segptr.Get(4,8,segment_name);
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                         LoadSegmentHeader()                          */
/************************************************************************/
#include <iostream>
void CPCIDSKSegment::LoadSegmentHeader()

{
    header.SetSize(1024);

    file->ReadFromFile( header.buffer, data_offset, 1024 );

    // Read the history from the segment header. PCIDSK supports
    // 8 history entries per segment.
    std::string hist_msg;
    history_.clear();
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
    {
        header.Get(384 + i * 80, 80, hist_msg);

        // Some programs seem to push history records with a trailing '\0'
        // so do some extra processing to cleanup.  FUN records on segment
        // 3 of eltoro.pix are an example of this.
        size_t size = hist_msg.size();
        while( size > 0
               && (hist_msg[size-1] == ' ' || hist_msg[size-1] == '\0') )
            size--;

        hist_msg.resize(size);

        history_.push_back(hist_msg);
    }
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                            FlushHeader()                             */
/*                                                                      */
/*      This is used primarily after this class or subclasses have      */
/*      modified the header buffer and need it pushed back to disk.     */
/************************************************************************/

void CPCIDSKSegment::FlushHeader()

{
    file->WriteToFile( header.buffer, data_offset, 1024 );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                            ReadFromFile()                            */
/************************************************************************/

void CPCIDSKSegment::ReadFromFile( void *buffer, uint64 offset, uint64 size )

{
    if( offset+size+1024 > data_size )
        ThrowPCIDSKException(
            "Attempt to read past end of segment %d (%d bytes at offset %d)",
            segment, (int) offset, (int) size );
    file->ReadFromFile( buffer, offset + data_offset + 1024, size );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                            WriteToFile()                             */
/************************************************************************/

void CPCIDSKSegment::WriteToFile( const void *buffer, uint64 offset, uint64 size )
{
    if( offset+size > data_size-1024 )
    {
        CPCIDSKFile *poFile = dynamic_cast<CPCIDSKFile *>(file);

        if (poFile == NULL) {
            ThrowPCIDSKException("Attempt to dynamic_cast the file interface "
                "to a CPCIDSKFile failed. This is a programmer error, and should "
                "be reported to your software provider.");
        }

        if( !IsAtEOF() )
            poFile->MoveSegmentToEOF( segment );

        uint64 blocks_to_add =
            ((offset+size+511) - (data_size - 1024)) / 512;

        // prezero if we aren't directly writing all the new blocks.
        poFile->ExtendSegment( segment, blocks_to_add,
                             !(offset == data_size - 1024
                               && size == blocks_to_add * 512) );
        data_size += blocks_to_add * 512;
    }

    file->WriteToFile( buffer, offset + data_offset + 1024, size );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                           GetDescription()                           */
/************************************************************************/

std::string CPCIDSKSegment::GetDescription()
{
    std::string target;

    header.Get( 0, 64, target );

    return target;
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                           SetDescription()                           */
/************************************************************************/

void CPCIDSKSegment::SetDescription( const std::string &description )
{
    header.Put( description.c_str(), 0, 64);

    file->WriteToFile( header.buffer, data_offset, 1024 );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                              IsAtEOF()                               */
/************************************************************************/

bool CPCIDSKSegment::IsAtEOF()
{
    if( 512 * file->GetFileSize() == data_offset + data_size )
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                         GetHistoryEntries()                          */
/************************************************************************/

std::vector<std::string> CPCIDSKSegment::GetHistoryEntries() const
{
    return history_;
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                         SetHistoryEntries()                          */
/************************************************************************/

void CPCIDSKSegment::SetHistoryEntries(const std::vector<std::string> &entries)

{
    for( unsigned int i = 0; i < 8; i++ )
    {
        const char *msg = "";
        if( entries.size() > i )
            msg = entries[i].c_str();

        header.Put( msg, 384 + i * 80, 80 );
    }

    FlushHeader();

    // Force reloading of history_
    LoadSegmentHeader();
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                            PushHistory()                             */
/************************************************************************/

void CPCIDSKSegment::PushHistory( const std::string &app,
                                  const std::string &message )

{
#define MY_MIN(a,b)      ((a<b) ? a : b)

    char current_time[17];
    char history[81];

    GetCurrentDateTime( current_time );

    memset( history, ' ', 80 );
    history[80] = '\0';

    memcpy( history + 0, app.c_str(), MY_MIN(app.size(),7) );
    history[7] = ':';

    memcpy( history + 8, message.c_str(), MY_MIN(message.size(),56) );
    memcpy( history + 64, current_time, 16 );

    std::vector<std::string> history_entries = GetHistoryEntries();

    history_entries.insert( history_entries.begin(), history );
    history_entries.resize(8);

    SetHistoryEntries( history_entries );
}

/************************************************************************/
/*                              MoveData()                              */
/*                                                                      */
/*      Move a chunk of data within a segment. Overlapping source       */
/*      and destination are permitted.                                  */
/************************************************************************/

void CPCIDSKSegment::MoveData( uint64 src_offset, uint64 dst_offset,
                               uint64 size_in_bytes )

{
    bool copy_backwards = false;

    // We move things backwards if the areas overlap and the destination
    // is further on in the segment.
    if( dst_offset > src_offset
        && src_offset + size_in_bytes > dst_offset )
        copy_backwards = true;

    // Move the segment data to the new location.
    uint8 copy_buf[16384];
    uint64 bytes_to_go;

    bytes_to_go = size_in_bytes;

    while( bytes_to_go > 0 )
    {
        uint64 bytes_this_chunk = sizeof(copy_buf);
        if( bytes_to_go < bytes_this_chunk )
            bytes_this_chunk = bytes_to_go;

        if( copy_backwards )
        {
            ReadFromFile( copy_buf,
                          src_offset + bytes_to_go - bytes_this_chunk,
                          bytes_this_chunk );
            WriteToFile( copy_buf,
                         dst_offset + bytes_to_go - bytes_this_chunk,
                         bytes_this_chunk );
        }
        else
        {
            ReadFromFile( copy_buf, src_offset, bytes_this_chunk );
            WriteToFile( copy_buf, dst_offset, bytes_this_chunk );

            src_offset += bytes_this_chunk;
            dst_offset += bytes_this_chunk;
        }

        bytes_to_go -= bytes_this_chunk;
    }
}

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I am honoured to brief you today for the very first time in my capacity as the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of UNAMI.
As you know, the collaborative spirit between the leading parliamentary blocs four months ago allowed the consensual nomination of Mr. Adel Abdul-Mahdi as the Prime Minister-designate, including a notably smooth transition of power from former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
However, to date, the Government of Iraq remains incomplete. Four ministerial positions are still vacant, with three of them (Interior, Defence and Justice) being subject to fierce disagreements among political blocs.
Within this context, multiple parliamentary sessions have been adjourned, interrupted or boycotted over the past months. And as a result, the implementation of the government programme has made little headway and parliamentary committees have yet to start their substantive work.
Long government formation processes are not new, nor unique to Iraq. Other countries experience similar challenges. However, in the Iraq context there is a real urgency to complete the process without delay to enable the government to consolidate the security gains achieved, to focus on rebuilding the country after years of conflict and to ensure a high-quality provision of services for their citizens.
So yes, the slow pace of the completion of the Iraqi government is undoubtedly a great concern. Therefore, I would like to call upon the political actors, once again to overcome political infighting and to demonstrate that political compromise can prevail in the greater interests of the Iraqi people. And in doing so, I would also like to remind them that there are excellent and experienced Iraqi women well-qualified to perform the job.
Ultimately, the people of Iraq are bearing the brunt of the political stalemate. Bearing the brunt at a time when it is critical to address their needs and demands for better services with water and electricity as the most pressing ones. At a time when it is critical to address reconstruction, justice, corruption, employment as well as economic and social development. At a time when the Iraqi citizens ought to be able to rely on strong democratic governance and viable state institutions.
Another positive step is last week's decision of the Council of Ministers to convert the Government Programme into an implementation plan, with clear timelines and an overview of the allocated financial resources. This will allow for close monitoring of progress as well as accountability.
Additionally, I would like to welcome the steps taken by government to address corruption by putting in place preventive measures. Within the last month, the Prime Minister chaired three meetings of the Supreme Council for Corruption which aims to unify efforts to combat corruption by any party or person, regardless of their post or position.
The fight against corruption will not be an easy one, but it is a much needed one as corruption is vast and pervasive at all levels in Iraq. It is a much-needed fight in order to revive public trust and to facilitate the provision of basic services.
During our meeting in Najaf last Wednesday, Grand Ayatollah Sistani also underlined the urgent need to show progress in fighting corruption.
Turning to relations between Baghdad and Erbil, I would like to welcome the agreement reached on January 16 between the Federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to unify customs duties, including the removal of internal customs checkpoints between the Kurdistan Region and other areas of Iraq. This decision is an important step in reinforcing Iraq's unity. A speedy implementation of this agreement should now be a priority for both sides.
Moreover, the finalisation of the 2019 federal budget guaranteed federal funding for salary payments to Kurdistan Region civil servants and Peshmerga forces. And I would like to call upon both, Baghdad and Erbil, to capitalise on this positive momentum to overcome their differences and reach long-term, durable solutions on other outstanding issues.
During this reporting period, Iraq's leadership has made significant efforts in recalibrating its external relationships, reaching out to many international, regional and neighbouring partners and in addition to boosting diplomatic ties, promoting cooperation in the fields of (for example) reconstruction, security, water management, economy and business. Important as strength abroad and strength at home is a package deal indeed.
During this period, Iraq has also received high-level international delegations seeking to engage with the new Iraqi leadership. And I truly hope that support for sustainable stability in Iraq will continue to be on top of the regional and international agenda building upon mutual interests and in accordance with the principles of respect for Iraq's sovereignty, territorial integrity and good neighbourly relations.
In short: despite its military defeat, ISIL continues to pose a security threat to Iraq and the region. And it goes without saying, we will continue to work with the Iraqi authorities as well as with our partners in the International Community to counter ISIL activity and its ideology through our good offices and programmes on community reconciliation and social cohesion.
Another concern relates to armed groups and/or criminal formations operating out of State control and also expanding their economic and social control in Iraqi daily life. Regardless of their affiliation, the government needs to take quick measures to reform its security sector and act resolutely against these groups and their activities.
As you are also aware, Turkish military airstrikes on alleged Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets near the Iraqi-Turkish border in northern Iraq have been condemned by the authorities in Iraq as violations of Iraq's sovereignty. I regret the loss of civilian lives and the loss of civilian livelihoods during these operations. It is important that both the Governments of Turkey and Iraq accelerate their efforts to resolve this, as well as other issues of mutual concern through bilateral dialogue.
During my meeting with IHEC early January, the Board of Commissioners emphasized the importance of UN technical assistance and expert advisory support as they address upcoming challenges, including an inclusive participation of voters, successful deployment of election technologies, as well as public acceptance of electoral processes and outcomes.
UNAMI will continue to provide the requested technical assistance and support to IHEC. However, in preparation for these elections a number of steps will need to be taken - urgently - by the Government of Iraq and the relevant institutions such as the formal confirmation of the polling date, finalisation of the electoral law and timely allocation of an adequate electoral budget to ensure the secure, safe and orderly conduct of the Provincial Council elections.
The military defeat of ISIL provides the opportunity for a more structured and focused support by UNAMI to the government's efforts to promote accountability for human rights violations and to ensure that the rights of all citizens are promoted and protected.
Within this context, I would like to emphasize that promoting a more consistent adherence to international standards of due process and fair trial is of the greatest importance. An impartial and transparent process of judicial accountability - for the gross violations of human rights by ISIL - will prove crucial in rebuilding social cohesion and peaceful coexistence.
As part of UNAMI's efforts to advance equal opportunities and strengthen women's participation in all political processes, I launched (on January 24) the Women's Advisory Group on Reconciliation and Politics. The Group is an inclusion mechanism, which will act as an independent source of expertise and advice for UNAMI as well as others.
At present, the inclusion of women - and their direct participation in senior decision-making positions - remains very limited. I therefore renew UNAMI's call on the political leaders to fulfil the many pledges made during the electoral period and thus to appoint women in senior decision-making positions.
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have finalised the 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview for Iraq and will soon launch the Humanitarian Response Plan, in close cooperation with the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government.
This year, the humanitarian community will focus on meeting the needs of 1.75 million vulnerable Iraqis including IDPs living both in and out-of-camp settings, returnees in areas of severe need as well as host communities that have been strained by years of armed conflict. And the needs are vast indeed!
The 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan seeks $700 million from donors and contains specialised programming to address protection, which remains the overarching humanitarian priority in 2019. Humanitarian programming will, of course, be implemented alongside recovery and stabilisation efforts.
While significant efforts are underway to reconstruct infrastructure and restore basic services it will take many years and billions of dollars to rebuild the country. And Iraq will - undoubtedly - need the continued attention of the international community to make this transition successful and sustainable.
Thanks to the generous support of the international community, the UNDP Funding Facility for Stabilisation exceeded $1 billion at the end of 2018. However, more than 600 projects in UNDP's portfolio remain unfunded, and a gap of $338 million still exists. In other words: additional funds are needed including contributions by the Government of Iraq, which does acknowledge the quick impacts and efficiency of this programme.
• the finalisation of a reconstruction plan for Mosul (UNESCO and UN Habitat).
During my visit to Mosul a couple of weeks ago, I witnessed the important contribution of the UNCT projects, assisting the government in the rehabilitation of houses as well as the restoration of water plants, both essential needs (shelter + water) for the return of life to this war-torn city.
As you know, mine action organisations engage in life-saving work, allow reconstruction projects to take place, and manage the threat of IEDs on a daily basis. I cannot stress enough the importance of this effort. And we must all make everything possible to ensure this critical humanitarian work is carried out without delay. Further action is required by the Government of Iraq to overcome certain challenges in facilitating these activities, including timely and predictable accreditation for civilian operators whose work is crucial to enable safe returns as well as access to basic services.
Since the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq in February 2018, the Iraq Recovery and Resilience Programme (RRP) has been rolled out, with 53 projects in four areas: (1) governance and service delivery, (2) livelihoods, (3) protection, and (4) reconciliation.
More broadly, further progress was made in establishing a Multi-Donor Trust Fund in collaboration with UNDP's Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office to manage contributions to the RRP.
The creation of this Trust Fund has been closely coordinated with the government's Executive Committee for Recovery, Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank, and other development partners to reduce duplication and maximize results.
Let me - first of all - emphasize my determination to engage with this file. In my first official visit to Kuwait 10 days ago, I emphasized once again the importance of this file under UNAMI's mandate. Indeed, the families of the missing deserve clear and full answers regarding the fate of their loved ones.
In conclusion, I would like to underline that the atmosphere of despair during the period of ISIL occupation has given some way to hope and optimism for the future. However, one cannot shy away from the fact that the road to well-deserved long-term stability in Iraq will be far from easy.
Realism and great determination will be necessary in facing the challenges ahead, also on our side. Obvious ownership and engagement of all Iraqi components will prove crucial, political will a precondition, taking pride in a shared history and a common future a necessity. And yes, continued support from the International Community will be of paramount importance.
Finally, Mr. President, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to UNAMI - and UNCT staff for their dedication and commitment. I am truly delighted to be working with them and I look forward to reporting back to you on (I hope) some substantive achievements over coming months.


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Roberto Mancini on Lazio, Dani Osvaldo and Palacio's fitness level
Roberto Mancini says Internazionale should expect a tough game when they host Lazio this weekend.
The Nerazzurri will be looking to continue their good form after last week's win away at Chievo but will be without striker Dani Osvaldo who was granted compassionate leave after the loss of his father-in-law.
"They [Lazio] are enjoying a nice spell, it will be very tough [on Sunday] because they are playing well," Mancini said.
"[This week everything went] really well, the lads are improving, they were already in good shape last week and the win away at Chievo did a lot of good.
"Hernanes is improving but he's not 90-minute fit yet. He can feature in the second half.
"I'm sorry [Dani] Osvaldo is missing, but has to take care of personal matters, we can do nothing about it."
Asked if the third place is the team's objective for the season, Mancini said: "There's still a long way to go in the championship.
"Our objective is to qualify for the Champions League but we'll see at the end where we'll be. We can aim for the third place, I'm convinced of it, but we still have to improve."
Meanwhile, Mancini confirmed that striker Rodrigo Palacio is expected to start in attack again despite carrying an ankle problem.
"I would have surely given him a rest if we had more strikers available," the Italian added.
"But his ankle problem is improving. He will of course take full advantage of the upcoming Christmas holidays."
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Howard Suber has taught generations of screenwriters, directors, producers, and film scholars at UCLA's celebrated film school for 46 years. Today, his former students are creating films and television programs and teaching film studies throughout the world.
Suber has taught over 65 different courses in film and television, including screenwriting, directing, producing, film history, theory, and criticism. Twenty five years ago, he created and chaired UCLA's current Film and Television Producers Program, which is focused on the realities of the modern motion picture and television industries. He has team-taught with or brought into the program many of the most important studio heads, agents, producers, lawyers, and executives in the industry.
Prior to his work in the UCLA Producers Program, Suber was a founder and for many years chaired UCLA's program in film history, theory and criticism, including its Ph.D. program, and was one of the founding directors of the UCLA Film Archive , where he helped build the largest collection west of the Library of Congress.
His achievements have been recognized by the award of the Distinguished Teaching Award from the UCLA faculty and students, and of a Lifetime Achievement Award from two film festivals.
Howard Suber is also well-known and widely respected outside the academy. For more than three decades, he has been a consultant and expert witness on film and television issues involving authorship, creative control, and the creative process. He has also been retained by corporations to advise them on strategic business plans and to explain to their own employees the nature and structure of the film business. He has been a consultant on screenplays to at least one studio head and Academy Award winning screenwriter.
His books, LETTERS TO YOUNG FILMMAKERS and THE POWER OF FILM are a distillation of over eight thousand pages of notes, handouts, and articles that Suber has produced during his prolific and fertile career in film.


China and the DPRK: Day 15- The last day.
China and the DPRK: Day 13 – Beijing – The Llama Palace and hittin' the hutong district!
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China and the DPRK- Day 11/12: The Train Ride to China.
China and the DPRK: Day 10 – Dancing in the Park.


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Kuo: Apple to Launch Several Macs With Arm-Based Processors in 2021, USB4 Support Coming to Macs in 2022
Thursday March 26, 2020 9:19 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
Apple plans to launch several Mac notebooks and desktop computers with its own custom designed Arm-based processors in 2021, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today in a research note obtained by MacRumors.
Kuo believes that Arm-based processors will significantly enhance the competitive advantage of the Mac lineup, allow Apple to refresh its Mac models without relying on Intel's processor roadmap, reduce processor costs by 40 to 60 percent, and provide Macs with more hardware differentiation from Windows PCs.
Earlier this month, Kuo said Apple's first Mac notebooks with Arm-based processors will launch in the fourth quarter of 2020 or the first quarter of 2021.
Kuo expects ASMedia Technology to become the exclusive supplier of USB controllers for Arm-based Macs, adding that the Taiwanese integrated circuit designer will benefit from Macs gaining support for USB4 in 2022.
USB4 converges the Thunderbolt and USB protocols as part of Intel's goal to make Thunderbolt available on a royalty-free basis, which should result in wider and cheaper availability of Thunderbolt accessories like docks and eGPUs.
As USB4 is based on Thunderbolt 3, it offers data transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps, which is twice as fast as the bandwidth of the latest USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 specification. USB4's underlying Thunderbolt 3 protocol also means the specification supports up to two 4K displays or one 5K display over a single cable.
The simplest way to view USB4 is as Thunderbolt 3, but royalty free for manufacturers. Intel will continue to offer Thunderbolt 3 on a standalone basis with a few advantages over USB4, including more support with reference designs and technical issues for manufacturers.
The new USB4 specification was published in September 2019, giving Apple plenty of time to implement it in time for 2022 Macs.
Tags: Ming-Chi Kuo, TF International Securities, USB4, Apple Silicon Guide
ssgbryan
Will current third-party apps still work? The last thing I want to do is wait for ARM-compatible versions of Office and other programs I use. I can't remember how the PowerPC to x86 went, but I don't think a lot of the programs were compatible.
I do. This will be the end of the Mac Desktop. The people that think this is great weren't around for that. They also don't have a flippin' clue as to how software development cycle actually works.
10.6 hung around for nearly 5 years - and there was a REASON that it stayed around. And here is a hint apologists - it wasn't because we weren't "willing to learn new software". It was because "I gotta get work done." Example - all of my 3d art software went from Multi-threaded PowerPC to Single Threaded X86. It was another TWO versions before I was back to what I had with 10.6 - which was WHY I stayed with 10.6 until the release of 10.10.
Version 1.0 software running on version 1.0 hardware.
Let's say for grins and giggles an ARM laptop launches on 1 Jan 2021 (just to make the math easier).
None of your desktop apps are running on that laptop in 2021 (Good news is that you will be able to run Candy Crush natively.)
Most software houses run on a 18 - 36 month development cycle. For grins and giggles ask that long-time OSX developer you know about how Apple screwed them with Carbon-64. I would suggest that you not be within arm's reach. Nothing like seeing P.T. Barnum telling a packed auditorium that all of the code developers had worked on for the past year can go straight into the garbage can. (BTW, that is precisely why it took as long as it did to get x86 apps for OSX.)
So you will be running your software in emulation for at least 18 months - probably closer to 36.
That 1st native version isn't going to have any new features. That will be in version 2 - which will be at least another 18 months after the release of version 1. And you WILL be buying them - no free upgrades for you.
Did I mention that you will also be running this version 1.0 software on version 1.0 hardware?
Of course, all of this is predicated on the belief that a TCO analysis will show that it would actually be worth porting the software. A lot of stuff didn't make the transition from PowerPC to X86.
Are YOU willing to bet your company on Tim Cook's plan for the future?
It'll be a sad day when I'm driven to the Lenovo+Linux world because I can no longer do my job with a Mac.
Santabean2000
Can't wait. Lots will bemoan the demise of x86, but I'm looking ahead, not to the past.
Freeangel1
OK. We all know how the POWERPC IBM G5 Processor era went.
People need a way of running windows on a Mac
its fine for apple to reduce its costs on processors but I really doubt people will spend all that money to buy new software
Windows 10 is it. there will not be a windows 11. And companies rely heavily on the windows eco system and backwards compatibility
By the way. the shape of the economy has a lot to do with what people spend their money on
their were 3.3 Million people that lost their jobs so far today
They are not gonna spend money on ARM Processor Macs with no jobs or income
especially when robots and automation are taking the place of humans.
the future could look like a MAD MAX movie. No one knows.
We have to make wise choices on the environment and not handing too much human responsibility to machines
I like intel and AMD
fixing and upgrading my own computer
like fixing and repairing my own car.
USB 4 I am sure will be available on the X86 platform. No need to go ARM just for that other than Battery life
AMD better than Intel anyway
zorinlynx
I don't understand why so many people are gung-ho for this. Do you really want to deal with going through ANOTHER architecture switch? With your old software breaking AGAIN a few years down the line?
I mean, since 1999, we've had:
- MacOS classic to Mac OS X
- PowerPC to i386, then i386/x86_64
- Deprecation of i386 (x86_64 only)
Now you want them to do it YET AGAIN? Meanwhile I can run a twenty year old game on my Windows 10 gaming computer and it works perfectly.
Apple should stabilize their ABI for the long-haul instead of trying to reinvent themselves every few years. As much as I love MacOS this is the one thing that drives me crazy about Apple.
throAU
This isn't as much of an issue as you may think now.
Things are going cloud/web based
Also, Microsoft is porting their apps to everything, iOS, Android, Mac, Linux even.
The need to run Windows is nowhere near as bad as it was in the days of powerpc.
Also, don't be surprised if something akin to Rosetta comes along again to assist with the transition.


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To the Greeks and Romans, there was a time more remote than history gives us any account of, when there was neither land nor water, and when the earth and all things within and upon it were "without form and void." Over that misty, nebulous mixing and mingling brooded the god Chaos, who shared his throne with Nox, the goddess of night. From this union the innumerable myths gradually sprang up and developed, which in their own imaginative though often grotesque way explained the various phases of creation. These finally became crystallized into a literature, or mythology, which has since been the inspiration alike of romancers and poets. The most learned of mythologists differ in their analysis of the multitude of myths that have descended to us. Their varying analyses, however, may be separated into two distinct classes or divisions, each of which has its own adherents and supporters. The first school is that of the philologists, and the second that of the anthropologists, or comparative mythologists.
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TIFFIN, Ohio - Following back-to-back road losses, the Heidelberg women's soccer team was searching desperately for a victory. However, the Tigers of Wittenberg would not surrender as they netted two second half goals to beat the Berg, 2-0 under the lights of Mayer Field.
The Wittenberg defense was too much for the Berg to handle as they only recorded one shot that came from junior Rachel Gilbert.
Senior goalkeeper Molly Schriber was the only object standing and often diving in the way of the Tigers and a blow out. Schriber pulled in eight saves against Wittenberg bringing her season total to 52.
The Tigers struck in the 54th minute after the Berg kept the Tigers scoreless in the first half. Kayla Murphy served a low cross to Tobie Weston who booted the ball passed Schriber. Murphy then claimed the Tiger's second goal in the 68th minute to accompany her assist.
The Berg ladies will finish the non-conference portion of their schedule on the road at Franklin College and Hiram College this coming week. The Student Princes will travel to Franklin on Saturday, September 28 then to Hiram on Wednesday, October 2 before entering Ohio Athletic Conference play. Kickoff between Franklin and the Berg is slated for 3:30 p.m.
The Berg women open the OAC slate at home with Marietta College on Saturday, October 5.