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Mexico's 2-1 victory over South Korea silences critics
South Korea's Son Heung-min, left, and Mexico's Andres Guardado challenge for the ball during the group F match between Mexico and South Korea at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Rostov Arena in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 23, 2018.Lee Jin-man / AP
Derek Gatopoulos
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — The criticism of Mexico's national team heading into the World Cup was loud and scathing. The answer has been emphatic.
The Mexicans won their second straight match at the tournament, beating South Korea 2-1 Saturday to move ever closer to a spot in the round of 16.
"We didn't listen to the criticism," said Javier Hernandez, one of the scorers against South Korea. "It was just noise."
Mexico opened its World Cup by upsetting defending champion Germany 1-0. A second victory on Saturday gives it six points and a chance to win Group F on Wednesday when the team faces Sweden.
"We want the Mexican people to enjoy this. We are going to enjoy it," Hernandez said. "But as of tomorrow we will be working hard thinking about Sweden and regardless of the results of the matches against Germany and South Korea, we are going to go out there to get the three points."
Hernandez and Carlos Vela scored a goal each at Rostov Arena. Vela converted from the penalty spot in the 26th minute after Jang Hyun-soo handled the ball while trying to stop a cross from Andres Guardado.
Hernandez added the second in the 66th, scoring his 50th goal for Mexico. He hit the ball low past goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo after collecting a pass from Hirving Lozano.
"We have beaten two brilliant and complicated teams, Germany and South Korea," Hernandez said. "Our talent and hard work have paid off."
Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said he prepared more for the match against South Korea than for the game against Germany.
"Very often when you play countries or teams with less of a footballing history, human beings tend to rest on their laurels a little bit. They tend to relax, they tend to lose focus, so every weekend, every match, we insist on being fully focused on not losing that important message," Osorio said. "We've received a lot of praise, we the team, and we've tried to remain focused."
Son Heung-min scored a consolation goal for South Korea in injury time, sending a powerful shot past goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.
The South Koreans, who have lost their opening two matches, kept Ochoa under pressure throughout the match with Son often out-sprinting the Mexican defence.
"I think our players had a game they will not regret," South Korea coach Shin Tae-yong. "All of the players became one, and they did their utmost until the very last minute."
Mexico relied on keeping possession and long-range shots, with a powerful attempt from Guardado forcing an athletic save from Jo in the second half. A volley from Vela skimmed the bar minutes later.
Mexican fans avoided using a chant, which is considered to be homophobic by FIFA, against the opposing goalkeeper. The chant earned the country's soccer federation a fine after the previous match.
Mexico will face Sweden on Wednesday in Yekaterinburg with a chance to win Group F, a prospect that could set up a match against Brazil in the round of 16.
South Korea will face Germany at the same time in Kazan.
Mexico has reached the round of 16 in six straight World Cups, but the team has not advanced to the quarterfinals since playing at home in 1986.
Winning the group with three straight victories will be a good sign, but getting past the next round is the ultimate goal.
IN THE CROWD
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in Russia on an official visit, attended the match at Rostov Arena.
Associated Press writer Leon Felipe Giron contributed to this report.
Follow Gatopoulos at https://www.twitter.com/dgatopoulos
More AP World Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/WorldCup

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Often, when the history of Fort Wilderness is discussed the longtime friends of the campground lament the loss of River Country, Discovery Island, and, of course, the Fort Wilderness Railroad. What is less often remembered or grieved for is the Marshmallow Marsh Canoe Excursion. Perhaps this amnesia is due to the presence of another, more central-located, campfire sing-a-long. It couldn't hurt that this other production also included a classic Disney film.
The Marshmallow Marsh Canoe Excursion set out from the Meadow Trading Post Dock in canoes through Fort Wilderness' meandering waterways, eventually pulling up to a campfire setting at the edge of Bay Lake. Along the way, like all gifted Disney host and hostesses, the canoe guide would offer little known facts about Walt Disney World, trivia questions, jokes, and a few well placed songs (such as the rarely remembered "Marshmallow Marsh Song," which was easy to pick up as you went along as it was sung to the tune of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain"). Once at the Marshmallow Marsh, guests were not only treated to a sing-a-long, but they also had an excellent viewing location for the Electrical Water Pageant and were able to view the Fantasy in the Sky fireworks (the predecessor to Wishes) before beginning the paddle home to the Meadow Trading Post Dock.
For a better idea of just where the canoes would lead you, here is a section of Fort Wilderness Resort map from 1978: Whether for drawing crowds away from the Meadow's area sing-a-long and film, or because guests no longer wished to indulge in the physical activity of paddling to and from a sing-a-long, the Marshmallow Marsh Canoe Excursion was discontinued in the 1980s.
For a while, the area could still be seen from the Wilderness Swamp Trail which has, alas, also been mostly swallowed back up by the swamp and the wilderness. In what could be one of the last acknowledgments of this area, an event taking place at Fort Wilderness as part of the Disney Girl Scout Spirit Days is listed as the "Mystery of Marshmallow Marsh," though the specific location(s) for this event are unknown.
As much as I would love to ride the rails around Fort Wilderness once, take a launch out to wildlife refuge, or visit the old swimmin'hole, I would be just as likely to jump at the chance to paddle down the river with a merry bunch of campfire enthusiasts.
Thank you! I haven't heard about this before. I love Fort Wilderness; it's our home away from home! So I appreciate learning this piece of its history.
I wish I had the chance to do this now.
We are going to WDW for the first time since 1997, taking my two young ones (5 and 2). I went often in the 70s and 80s as a kid. I fondly remember the Canoe excursions, River Country, and Discovery Island. They will all be missed.


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RRC welcomes new Vice-President, Finance and Administration
Red River College is excited to announce that Lynn Zapshala-Kelln has been hired as the institution's next Vice-President, Finance and Administration.
"We're thrilled to welcome Lynn to our team," says RRC President Fred Meier. "Her expertise and extensive background in Manitoba's post-secondary system and our province's public sector will strengthen Red River College's capacity to keep moving forward in a time of change, and help us continue to do what we do best — produce job-ready grads to help businesses innovate and stay competitive in our new economy."
Zapshala-Kelln joins the College after holding the Vice-President (Administration) role at the University of Manitoba, where she provided leadership in all administrative areas, including financial, business and investment interests, ancillary services, security, fair practices and legal affairs, physical plant and property, risk management, human resources (including labour relations) and information systems and technology services.
At RRC, she will oversee all current aspects of the finance and administration portfolio, including finance and campus services, capital projects, campus planning and sustainability. She will work directly with the College's Chief Information Officer and Executive Director, Finance and Campus Services.
"I am a collaborative leader and I look forward to getting to know my team, building on RRC's successes, and overcoming our challenges as we continue to face this pandemic," says Zapshala-Kelln. "Red River College has done a tremendous job modernizing their systems to better support our employees and our students. I look forward to building on that success so we can continue to support the academic mission of the College to ensure that our people — and most importantly, our students — continue to shine."
Zapshala-Kelln previously served in the senior ranks of the Province of Manitoba's civil service for almost two decades, and has extensive board experience. A Chartered Professional Accountant, she holds a Bachelor of Administration degree from the University of Regina.
She will start her new role at RRC on Tue., Sept. 8.
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The Nuffield Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Terrie Moffitt to its Board of Trustees.
Terrie Moffitt is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University in North Carolina and Professor of Social Behaviour and Development at the Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. She is also Associate Director of the Dunedin Longitudinal Study, which follows a cohort of 1,000 people born in 1972 in New Zealand, and directs the Environmental-Risk Longitudinal Twin Study, which follows 1,100 British families with twins born in 1994-1995.
Professor Moffitt's work spans psychology, criminology, and public health and employs a range of methods including epidemiology, neuropsychology, and genetics. She has made important contributions to understanding the origins and consequences of severe anti-social behaviour, and has also studied young people's depression, psychosis, and substance abuse.
In addition, she has made major contributions to the study of gene-environment interactions, particularly in relation to conduct disorder and depression. Her work has demonstrated the importance of the childhood origins of adult mental and physical health, demonstrating that as many as half of adults with a psychiatric disorder had a diagnosable disorder before the age of 15.
Professor Moffitt is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the American Society of Criminology, the British Academy, Academia Europaea and King's College London. Her work has earned her prestigious awards, including the American Psychological Association's (APA) Early Career Contribution Award (1993), the APA Distinguished Career Award in Clinical Child Psychology (2006) and the Stockholm Prize for Criminology (2007).
Professor Moffitt was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' Working Party on Genetics and Human Behaviour and the US National Academy of Sciences Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms and Violence.
She has been appointed by the Nuffield Foundation's Board of Trustees and will serve an initial term of five years.
2. The Nuffield Foundation is one of the UK's best known charitable trusts, established in 1943 by William Morris (Lord Nuffield), the founder of Morris Motors. Our aim is to improve social well-being in the widest sense. We fund research and innovation in social policy and education, particularly in science, technology, engineering and maths. We also work to build capacity in education, science and social science research, primarily in the UK, but also in Europe and Africa. More information is available at www.nuffieldfoundation.org.


Here is Part 1 of my newest Painting in the "Spring Collection" This is done in Watercolor on AR.. with pencil for the sketch. This is more complicated so I couldn't just paint without the sketch. The background is just a placeholder as I don't like it at all! The first leaf on the branch still needs some work as well.. it's just roughed in for now.
Any critiques or thoughts are more than welcome..
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Great start! It appears to me that you are progressing in a very linear fashion, working from one flower to the next and trying to finish each before moving on to the next. I used to do my paintings in the same way until roughly 8 years ago when I started working the painting as a whole in passes. It took a year or two of painting in passes before it really 'clicked' for me and I realized just how much more effective it really was. I realized I was working much more quickly by working in passes, that it was easier to focus on a single aspect that I felt needed work across the whole, the painting cohesion seemed better, and I was less prone to burn out on a piece. Now I can knock a painting out in somewhere between 10 to 15 hours for the whole thing. I think I'd have learned it much faster if I had been doing a painting a month instead of one every few months (full time job + courting the woman of my dreams makes it hard to find time to paint). I strongly suggest trying it at some point. . . if you haven't already, and if you have, maybe try it again it really pays off in the end. There are far more benefits than I listed here too. If you have any questions regarding formulating an approach there is a good description of how to do so in Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis. I don't recall the chapter but there is a table of contents in the book that will let you read that chapter directly, it's my go to book anytime I feel like I'm struggling with something in a painting or illustration.
I really am liking this spring season series you are working on by the way, I feel there is a lot of good information learned in it and it's just a joy to do painting of flowers and such. I have recently started my studies for an entire world building series of paintings I am going to be doing, very architectural and fashion based work, set in the dark ages with a scifi twist. Doing the series for that is likely to take me a few years of studies, paintings, prop design (which needs to be reflected in the architecture and fashions of the era). . . it's gonna be big and intimidating but I feel confident I can design everything and build it up, I'll begin posting that stuff from time to time after I get the harbor landscape done.
Good luck with your series, I'll be watching!
Thanks for the comments Delo!
Here is installment 2 after the first pass on the entire piece.. just getting basic colors in right now.. then it will begin to develop as I add some shading and detail work. I thought I would show my entire desktop as it may help some who are just beginning..
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So very nice! Excellent setup, keeping the reference pinned close is handy. I totally understand getting some sort of interesting color on the page, it's actually why I do my thumbnails in color and do them very loose (just enough to give me an idea of what is going on). I really like the WIP shots, gives me a glimpse pf this watercolor process in ArtRage, it has been many years since I worked in watercolor, ArtRage's tools feel pretty authentic for how I remember using watercolor except I haven't figured out the setting for painting on wet paper yet (probably has to do with the loading).
Thanks again for sharing the process I am certain I will learn much from it!
It took me awhile to figure out the watercolor myself.. I almost exclusively use wet on wet.. putting the lighter colors down first (typically.. not always). I use a dabbing technique.. similar to dropping the paint onto the wet paint in real watercolors. Seems to work well and blend nicely. The new background was done something like that with a 500 brush.
One thing is that you can't really blend out watercolors.. so you need to plan carefully. But you CAN blur.. and it looks very much like a wet wash when finished.
Just a few things I have found thus far... Thanks again for the encouragement.


But, with any project, there is always a downside... My quest to be actually certified will be slowed down for many months. The government red tape and hoops system has provided me with some additional obstacles until I get that real certification. The good news is, that I am not out of business as long as I adhere to the proper labeling requirements. I will continue to press forward, despite the setbacks.
I need to put up some new pictures, don't I?
John Ernst Steinbeck~ Lord how the day passes Its like a life so quickly when we dont watch it and so slowly if we do.
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If you genuinely believe in "let go and let God" then you're the wittiest person on earth. sit back and relax while God handles all your affairs divinely. stay strong.
Good blogging skills you got dude use it and keep sharing.
I'm really glad that you have planned and scheduled this homecoming activity in the Primitive Baptist Church.


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SO WHAT? Brand Encourages Local Foster Children
Joshua C. Johnson
DESOTO—Just in time for Foster Care Awareness Month, Incentives for Kids, Inc is unveiling a new campaign to encourage area foster children called, "So What?"
Delinquent. Orphaned. Troubled. Aggressive. Neglected. These are all words used to stereotype and confine youth in the foster care system. Imagine growing up surrounded by kids who live with their parents and who have people that they can call mom and dad, but you have to go home to people who are there to help out but it's not exactly the same. Youth can begin to feel really self-conscious – like an outsider.
And these aren't things that are happening in some far off place. These are affected children right in our own backyards. In the North Central Texas region alone there are more than 10,000 children in foster care … 4,010 of which reside in Dallas County according to the most recent polls from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
Debunking Foster Care Stigmas
"Thousands of children in Dallas County are in the foster care system. And a great number of them live in a private hell. This self-induced shame is unrealistically associated with being a foster kid," explains Kentria Arkansas. "I want to tell them there is no need to be ashamed and I got your back!"
Incentives for Kids Inc. is a DeSoto based non-profit organization that was lead by Kentria Arkansas, a child advocate and mentor for over fifteen years Over the years, Arkansas has dedicated her life to serving children in the juvenile systems, foster care and group homes. Those experiences led her to adopting four boys of her own.
The SO WHAT? brand seeks to encourage not only foster children but parents and supporters as well. While caring for youth in the foster system often it can be a pretty thankless endeavor. Incentives for Kids, Inc. wants youth and parents alike to know they have a support system.
"Growing up in the system can be difficult for a number of reasons. But being repressing your own identity as a foster youth because of others' lack of exposure to the term is absolutely ridiculous," says Arkansas." It feels like you can't truly be yourself. You are constantly trying to conform out of fear of being ostracized, so you leave out this big part of yourself and end up being incomplete as a person."
For more information log on to www.incentivesforkids.net.
Paxton Defends Texas Foster Care System
Recently in related events, Attorney General Ken Paxton this week presented oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Paxton says he is optimistic Texas will prevail in its fight to preserve landmark changes to the state's foster care system enacted in 2017.
In January, the U.S. District Court in Corpus Christi ordered two court-appointed special masters to oversee the Texas foster care system for three years. The two masters spent two years and $1.4 million taxpayer dollars, only to produce a plan that fails to improve the realistic operations of the foster care system.
"We successfully demonstrated the absurdity of the lower court's ruling to the 5th Circuit. The ruling by an unelected federal judge who misapplied the law, hijacked control of our state's foster care system, and ordered an ill-conceived plan by the special masters that is both incomplete and impractical," Attorney General Paxton said.
"The directives from the lower court would reverse the progress Texas has made since the Legislature made reforms to the foster care system last year. Responsibility for determining policy priorities and implementing best practices lies with the legislative and executive branches of government. I'm optimistic that the 5th Circuit will recognize that and correct the lower court's error."
Among other issues, the special masters' plan would cap the number of children currently in foster homes and potentially uproot them from their placements. Foster homes would have to decide which children to uproot from their homes. Case workers would also be laden with administrative work. Instead of maintaining their focus on children in the Texas foster care system.
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A Quick update for this weekend!
1: Off to a tourney tonight @ Wentworth Institute of Technology run by C.V.G.C. (The Competitive Video Gaming Club) 🙂 Wish me luck!
Big News Week: Reach, Bungie,Activision, Did I say Reach?
 Halo Reach Beta starts next monday, but the Friends and Family Beta Starts THIS WEEKEND, if you haven't noticed from the insane amoutn of twitter traffic.
Anyone who can keep Halo 2 online for that long with an original XBOX deserves Credit. I SALUTE YOU!
This is a multiupdate frankly because I enjoyed the headline for it :P.
Halo 3: What else is there to say. No speculations since it is the current, no breaking news since it seems to be staying for a while. So what else can I say other than…..
We are close to saying good bye to one of our closest friends, Halo 2. Thankfully There will be a blowout! (link: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=41080008 ) Will you be there to say good bye to one of our favorite games? Will you be there to share with all of the community in the last Hurrah?!
fighting for all of humanity through the depths of space.
We fought on Live toes to toes.
I will be on a lot this weekend Let's GO!


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STEVEN STILLS
Stephen Stills is a singer, songwriter and musician, but he's not a Monkee. In 1965, Stephen auditioned for the group, but was turned down, which turned out to be lucky for him and the music world. The next year he became part of the legendary Buffalo Springfield, whose members also included Neil Young and Richie Furay. The group got its name from a steamroller made by the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company and its fame from Stills' song, For What It's Worth, about the Sunset Strip riots. After leaving the group, he joined David Crosby and Graham Nash. Crosby, Stills and Nash played their second gig at Woodstock. They later covered Joni Mitchell's song about the festival, and also recorded Neil Young's Ohio, about Kent State, after he joined the group. He also had a successful solo career, earning a gold record and his biggest solo hit, Love The One You're With, (from a line stolen, with permission, from Billy Preston) He was the first person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice in the same night. We caught up with Stephen on CSNY's 2006 Freedom of Speech tour.


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Read the entire blog and got a lot of good information.
Hope to see you in Eve.
Looking forward to reading more on this! Keep up the great posts!


Tips, tricky, and step-by-step tutorials on how to do things for your wedding party, wedding ceremony, and reception.
There's a tradition in British weddings known as flowers-for-the-mums. You say it as a single word, in a single breath; the notion that a newly married person will be doling out a bouquet and a 'ta for raising me' is so innocuous, so ingrained, flowers-for-the-mums is listed off in that single breath on every checklist, every etiquette book, every planning podcast.
Flowers-for-the-mums is a wedding-by-numbers activity, expected to happen the same way, at the same time, at every wedding – no matter what the wedding, or the couple getting married, is like.
Stop halfway through your toast. What you were saying was unimportant. This is flowers-for-the-mums!
Whip a spectacular bouquet of flowers out of no where and present it to your new spouse's mother.
Mumble awkwardly about being grateful for her help. If she didn't help, mumble awkwardly about being grateful for your new spouse, as if they are a cake your mother-in-law has baked especially for you.
Whip out a second, equally spectacular bouquet. Be careful not to make it any more or less spectacular. The spectacle of the bouquets will be closely monitored.
Present it to your own mother with another awkward mumble, desperately wishing you hadn't used all your best gratitude already. Use words like 'again' to make the same embarrassed speech sound plausibly different.
Sit down, red-faced and embarrassed, wondering why every piece of advice you read told you to do this.


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Eric Sprott, one of the best resource investors in the world, says gold and silver are the best place for investors to have their money right now. Eric also sees natural gas prices moving higher as...
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Frank teaches investors how to analyze small-cap stocks. He uses fundamental, technical and macro analysis to determine which stocks make it into his Small-Stock Specialist newsletter. Ed...
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Jeff Clark, editor of the Big Gold newsletter for Casey Research, says gold prices will at least double as more stimulus packages are announced. Frank shows investors how to make money in this...
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Two New Kindles and an Amazon Tablet by October
Last updated on July 14th, 2011 1 Comment
The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday that confidently proclaims the upcoming release of an Amazon tablet and two new Kindles by October.
The news is based off of what "people familiar with the matter" said. Of course the article talks mostly about the tablet and how it will compete with the iPad (that's a topic that will be beat to death in the upcoming months), but first let's go over the details of the new Kindles.
Actually the details are pretty slim at this point. According to the article, Amazon plans to release two new Kindles in the third quarter of this year (July-September). One will have a touchscreen and the other will be a basic model without a touchscreen. Amazon purchased a touchscreen company last year, so the Kindle will likely feature a different type of touchscreen than the Nook, Kobo, and Sony, which all use the same infrared touch technology provided by a company called Neonode.
As for the Amazon tablet, it is expected to have a 9″ screen and will run on the Google Android operating system. One detail that makes me question the validity of these claims is the fact that the reports say the tablet will not have a camera. Anyone who knows anything about Android knows that a tablet has to have a camera as a requisite to have official Android Market access, as per Google's guidelines, among other specifics.
If it indeed doesn't have a camera, it is very unlikely that it will run Android Honeycomb in its full un-tampered glory. That would be a huge negative in the eyes of consumers. But perhaps that is true. Now that Amazon has their own Android appstore, maybe they don't want their tablet to have Android Market access. In fact, knowing they way they do things, that is a very likely possibility. They may want people to buy from their appstore exclusively, and not have access to the Google Android Market at all.
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One Response to "Two New Kindles and an Amazon Tablet by October"
Elizabeth July 14, 2011 at 5:11 pm
I have held off on purchasing a tablet to see what Amazon may offer. While I would prefer a camera to use with several apps if the device price is low enough I could be tempted. But if they block the Android Market that would be a deal-breaker because not all apps are available through the Amazon app store.


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Ive recently swapped out a digitizer and LCD on an iPad, and now I'm getting no display.
On plugging it into a PC, I hear that it recognizes it, and the PC recognizes it.
Ive checked the latches, and connectors, and everything looks good, and is latching properly.
there is no Dim display with no backlight.
I'm unable to see anything.
But again, still nothing on the display.
Having just had a similar problem I solved it by putting the old LCD back in, took new digitizer off, rebooted. Now I knew everything was ok...turned iPad off, slide LCD panel up a little to expose digitizer socket, put new digitizer in,turn on iPad. Next, turn off iPad, move digitizer out of the way and remove old LCD. Put new one in, put screens in place without adhesive and check it all works. Seems that contrary to every rule of turning off a device to work on it, if you do that the iPad won't recognize your lovely new screens. Somehow by leaving the iPad on ( but not powered on display) it will believe it still has the original screen on? No amount of restore etc got my iPad to work...kept getting error 3194??
I would guess you only needed to hard reset your ipad after replacing your screens to make it light up, now you will need to restore it if you are correct in saying that it is in dfu mode, if after a restore it is still black try a hard reset, if that doesnt fix it then either the new lcd is bad or while you were replacing the lcd the ipad was turned on and you shorted something out on the logic board and would require a soldering fix and would be tough for you to fix even if you can find the replacement part.
Am I in DFU mode?


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New External Service – meeting the challenges
Raison d'être of the EEAS
The EEAS assists the High Representative who conducts the Union's common foreign and security policy. The HR is in charge of proposing the development of that common policy. The EEAS helps the High Representative ensure the consistency and coordination of the Union's external action as well as prepare policy proposals and implement them after their approval by Council. The EEAS works in cooperation with the diplomatic services of the Member States.
It is therefore essential that processes are put in place for the co-ordinated development of such policy proposals and, after their approval, for a co-ordinated implementation in all of their aspects, meaning actions undertaken by the EU as a whole (EEAS, Commission, Council and Member States when they act within the framework of these policies).
Effective communication of decisions, objectives but also of reports and policy evaluations is essential if the EU is to speak with one voice.
The EEAS is a European Civil Service, supporting the development of a highly sensitive new area of European actions. European officials are the backbone of this Public Service. NEAR will serve the interests of staff rightly concerned about their future in this new structure – everything will be done so that these interests are defended in the best possible manner.
The philosophy behind our program
Defending an independent, high-quality European Civil Service. The EEAS is the diplomatic service of the EU. It has to fully respect the rules applicable to a European Public Service. This is the pre-requisite for its necessary independence in the European interest.
Solidarity and non-discrimination of all EEAS staff. The coherence of staff is a major goal to be achieved, eliminating all unnecessary distinctions and petty discriminations. A common implementation on the statute across all institutions should create a common basis for all personnel in delegations regardless if they are from the EEAS or the Commission.
We do not accept precarity. Contract agents should have access to internal competitions. We reject the proposal that secretaries will only be recruited as Contract agents. The situation of Local agents must be vastly improved.
The EEAS is part of the European family of Institutions. This is why close contacts, in particular with the Commission, must be maintained with a view to ensuring coherence of policy objectives, proper coordination of programs and actions on the field.
The EEAS is also part of the European diplomacy. Relations with national diplomatic services have to be fluid (training, secondments, ...).
The reform of Staff Regulation will affect everybody and may have a disproportionate effect on the EEAS. There is a need to coordinate closely the response of all trade unions from all institutions to this threat.
NEAR will fight against arbitrary decisions
The EEAS, created in the beginning of this year, is already in the middle of a screening exercise aimed at making 10% savings. This speaks volumes about the management skills of the decision-makers.
NEAR will push for a due and fair process, according to the Staff regulations:
no one should be pushed aside
new affectations should take into account professional skills and not be arbitrary
concerned person have to be duly informed and heard before decisions are taken
New system of promotion and evaluation : The EEAS management must recognize the particularities of this institution where mobility is much higher than in other institutions and where there will be a quick addition over a short time period of at least 30% of AD staff coming from MS diplomatic services. A new system shall be devised to prevent the damaging effects of mobility on Staff's career and to ensure a normal career path to all. We will see that the collective guaranties are applied (promotion rates) and fairly distributed without discrimination between staff coming from the Commission and staff coming from the Council.
Rotation : Staff representatives should actively participate in the decision making process in order to ensure transparency and avoid arbitrary decisions by the Administration.
Return to HQ (Rotation) must be properly organized as in major diplomatic services. Colleagues must be provided with posts in line with their career and skills. Returning Heads of Delegation must be reassigned in HQ management positions.
Staff coming from the Council
No discrimination in working conditions and career development. Their experience is an important asset to the EEAS.
Guaranties must be applied to avoid discrimination with their different evaluation system and attestation procedure.
Maintaining their access to the Council crèche.
A vade-mecum on the intranet should explain the main processes relating to staff administration and identify contact points, helping them in daily administrative problems.
Staff coming from the MS' administrations
Staff coming from Member States should enjoy the same rights as EEAS Staff in all aspects of their working conditions.
END should have voting rights to the Staff committee, after 2 years.
Mitigation of the disparities in career development created by the 2004 Staff Regulations, in particular through the organization of internal competitions.
Establishing a clear career development path for EEAS staff (AD & AST), including rotation of postings abroad and in HQ, change of geographical zones.
Experience in a delegation must be an eligibility criteria for management posts.
Accelerating the pace of career advance in an objective and transparent way.
Enhancing the prestige of jobs and responsibilities of colleagues who do not hold managerial posts, but who form the very foundation of the effective functioning of the EEAS.
Ensuring the use of the list of successful candidates after certification in order to cover AD posts
Clarification of the ASTs' career, who should have clear career development perspectives, without artificial ceilings.
Establish an EEAS attestation procedure which permits to improve the AST's career prospects.
Safeguarding the secretary category.
Assistants having a management role in delegation should be recognized and offered a full career growth.
Limiting forced mobility to a number of sensitive posts.
Prepare staff for future responsibilities and duties with quality training and guaranteeing better access to training.
Represent staff concerns during all the stages of the EPSO selection board and selection panels, to ensure that these kept fair and in fully transparent.
Put an end to the 'twelve years Outside Union' from the status and favorize the nomination of the best-suited persons without taking care of the priority 1 or 2.
NEAR will fight for improvements to the working environment :
Staff is currently frustrated by a lack of top-down communication relating to political and diplomatic orientations making the definition of Unit or personal objectives almost impossible
The definition of personal objectives mimicking the practice within the Commission is not adapted to the EEAS : a new framework has to be defined
Performance evaluation : the system proposed by the administration has been pasted from the Commission's and is wholly inadequate for a diplomatic service
Staff is currently frustrated by the lack of bottom-up communication, where issues reported from field are not acted upon or are totally ignored
The management style should evolve towards building a true team spirit within units and enabling efficient coordination at the EEAS level
Access of EEAS staff to consular/diplomatic training organized by Member States for their own staff
Access to intensive non-European languages training, as part of a lifelong training program aiming at improving professional skills.
Mobility should take into account the professional skills and be part of an individualized career plan, for the benefit of both the EEAS and the staff member
Local Agents should have better access to relevant training, conferences, events that will improve their professional skills
All staff with limited duration contracts should be informed about termination or prolongation decisions at least 6 months before the term.
Access to the social interinstitutional infrastructures
Respect of the safety and the standards of cleanliness of all EEAS buildings.
Open space offices should not be forced upon individuals : staff members should have the right to work in a calm environment.
Flexitime and work duration : the proposal by the Commission would be applicable to all institutions : it won't fit with the particularities of the EEAS.
Compulsory management training to manage a Division with staff, including harassment procedures.
All forms of harassment within the service have to be fought and effectively followed up. Set up a proper process and nominate counselors.
Staff of the EEAS should have at least the same working conditions as their previous institution and not less (good point of contacts of Commission services like PMO, Social service, training unit, security service etc.)
Implementation of Human Ressources policies in Delegations
NEAR will push for improvements the following areas:
a) Full respect of Health and safety policies;
b) Best possible medical coverage of all staff in Delegations and Head Quarters; creation of an own EEAS medical service, able to deal with the specific needs of the EEAS staff working around the world and facing special risks
c) Correct implementation of Flexitime ; some Heads of Delegations actively discourage the use of flexitime policy and impose restrictions, which are not in line with HR policies. NEAR objective is to make flexi-time work in all delegations.
d) Application of parental leave to all staff in delegations
e) Monitor the proper implementation of training policies in Delegations.
f) Unmarried couples should not be bound by local law for allowances: equal benefits should be granted upon a self-declaration.
NEAR will demand a transparent promotion and evaluation process in the line with annex II of the statute, meaning 85% of the personnel should have a normal career
Management positions in Delegations should be recognized as 'prior management experience' for accessing to management posts in HQ.
Administration sections in Delegations are overburdened and would enjoy real and adequate support from HQ. They should be properly staffed and expertise needed for the requested tasks should be recognised by the creation of AL Group 1 posts. HoA having been certified should be able to stay on an AD post.
Security in delegation should be treated seriously. LSO should have access to more training, the training programme being adapted to local circumstances (petty criminality, urban violence, ).
Ensure the follow-up of the MDR/A.40 Infrastructure division reports on Safety and Health in Delegations. Offer support to HoA for writing and managing the call for tenders aiming at revamping the offices.
Foresee a budget for CP members who have to visit delegations, as part of their duties.
Building a true European Public Service spirit
NEAR will push for building a common identity where all EEAS staff will enjoy equality of chances.
Promotions : career promotions should be tackled with : it is not acceptable to block 2/3 of the careers as a result of higher posts being reserved
Defining and implementing a common career structure notwithstanding the professional origin of individuals
Favoring internal promotion, with a view to allowing a fair career progression to all EEAS staff
Asking for an even quota policy where the repartition between Commission staff, Council staff, National diplomats is spread across the whole structure rather than some of them being concentrated at the upper levels of the hierarchy
Organizing systematic mobility or secondments of EEAS staff to national diplomatic services, Commission (in particular within the ex-RELEX family) and Council services with a view to creating eventually a common spirit amongst all who serve the European Diplomatic function.
Granting a European diplomatic passport to all EEAS Statutory Staff
Unite forces with other institutions
Unite forces and create synergies both in HQ and in delegations with colleagues who stayed in the Commission RELEX family - be it at Trade Union level and/or statutory level.
Unite forces at interinstitutional level. Many issues - salary adaptations, working environment, 2013 reform ... are common to us all.
NEAR will ask for rules aiming at reinforcing a common Public Service spirit :
Having had a successful and meaningful experience in delegations should be an advantage for getting access to management posts in HQ
Careers should not be affected by the consequences of a Member State action or inaction. In particular, security clearances should be granted within 4 months and, in case of rejection, the Member State should offer explanatory motivation to the EEAS Management.
NEAR will advocate and support any initiative pursuing improvements in the following critical matters:
Career structure:
Current recruitment and employment rules for posts in delegations do not foresee any career development perspective, prohibit reassignments to HQ, lack a rotation mechanism, deny access to internal competitions and establish a disputable reclassification procedure. In this respect, NEAR intends to battle for a modification to the staff regulations and/or their implementing provisions.
Professional tasks and responsibilities:
In order to clarify the current ambiguous instructions regarding grading, tasks and responsibilities NEAR will demand for an unequivocal re-definition of professional requirements, tasks and responsibilities. Such an exercise will also include a steady follow-up on the disputes regarding equal work - equal pay, and permanent contracts for permanent posts.
Rotation and work in HQ:
NEAR considers negotiations on the rotation policy for CA an absolute priority. The whole exercise may become unmanageable given that currently EEAS CAs cannot be posted to HQ. It is necessary to re-negotiate the regulations in this respect. Access to internal competitions must also be allowed. Recruitment grades for Delegation posts must be identical to recruitment grades applied to posts in HQ.
Equally, Contract Agents, like Officials, should also be eligible for secondments to the Section and trade unions and need greater representation as they look set to become more numerous in Delegations in the future.
Improve rapidity and quality of the union's assistance in terms of legal, technical and arbitration advice
Until now, staff in delegations did not have the same access to legal support and advice as their colleagues in HQ. NEAR will push that all possible means to defend staff in delegations including legal support at central and local level are explored.
NEAR will quickly react to your requests and provide access to the legal services of the trade unions. Each NEAR candidate is an expert in one or several staff-related matters which assures the union's capacity to provide quality service to all categories of staff.
We see you as our clients and we like to help and support you where needed.
NEAR will push for concrete actions aiming at developing a common identity but also at making economic quick-wins and reasonable use of the European tax payers money:
Avoiding overlapping, incoherence or duplication between the EEAS and Commission's procedures and programs
Establishing efficient coordination structures
Avoiding duplications or inequalities between EEAS and Commission Staff in delegations, such as establishing common processes for medical benefits
Designing processes for speeding up the allocation of some benefits (medical expenses, education allowances) which are currently suffering from intolerable delays, possibly including the set-up of a local focal point for these administrative issues and an imprest fund.
Staff coming from the Commission
Implementing the Right of Return of the Staff from the Commission, during two years, as already agreed.
Improvement of the working conditions for Local Agents. NEAR fixes as its priorities:
revisions of the grading in terms of reduction of groups and steps;
re-evaluation of the nature of tasks attributed to local agents in particular in administrative jobs, information sections and in groups III and IV. Local Agents Group IV working as secretaries in reality very often perform the same tasks as Local Agents Group III. The same concerns Group III LAs working in C&F as accountants and procurement officers who are doing the same tasks as Group II;
a fair and transparent system of evaluation and promotion/reclassification must be introduced for LAs.
For the coming period, NEAR will ensure that the Administration provides better financial arrangements for the existing Provident Fund.
Medical Insurance Scheme
Medical insurance Scheme must be improved, in particular:
ceilings for medical expenses must be adjusted to reflect adequate the country context;
medical coverage must cover all countries, not only the country of employment, or neighbouring ones;
medical coverage after retirement must be introduced.
Proper pension and invalidity coverage
Pension and invalidity scheme must be introduced for LAs. Political commitments of the Commission must be fulfilled. NEAR will use all means at its disposal to turn political declarations into reality.
Pensions for Local Agents : Transform the lump sum paid at the end of the service in a monthly installment and pay the remaining capital to the family at the death of the beneficiary.
Application of the new Method for salary adjustment
The old Method was a big step forward in bringing systemic changes to the key exercise. The new one is a further step in the right direction. Though not perfect – and one can hardly expect to develop a single method that will be perfect for more than 130 delegations all at once – the new Method is now agreed, and NEAR will fight to have it in place as quickly as possible and implemented in accordance with the agreed rules.
Staff in delegations still do not have appropriate means that would allow them to work effectively as staff representatives. Such effectiveness requires permanent involvement of the elected representatives in the daily work of the trade unions and the CCP.
Local agents, representing over10% of EEAS staff and 60% of Commission staff in delegations, should be better represented. Therefore, in order to better perform their duties, elected Local Agents should be seconded to Brussels during their electoral mandate.
NEAR will provide specific training and assistance for staff representation in delegations.
Do you wish to comment or propose changes to this draft programme ? Please use our forum.
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Q: An equation in Advanced QM by J.J. Sakurai that I don't understand In section 2.5 of Advanced QM by Sakurai, Sakurai gave an equation to calculate the dot product of two polarization vectors as following:$$
\boldsymbol{\epsilon}^{(\alpha)}\cdot\boldsymbol{\epsilon}^{(\alpha')}=\frac{1}{i\hbar}\sum_I[(\mathbf{x} \cdot\boldsymbol{\epsilon}^{(\alpha)})_{AI}(\mathbf{p}\cdot\boldsymbol{\epsilon}^{(\alpha')})_{IA}-(\mathbf{p}\cdot\boldsymbol{\epsilon}^{(\alpha')})_{AI}(\mathbf{x}\cdot\boldsymbol{\epsilon}^{(\alpha)})_{IA}].
$$
$I$ means a set of complete intermediate states, and the subscript $AI$ means the operators are sandwiched between states $A$ and $I$.
$\alpha$ means polarization directions.
I don't understand why you can write like this. Could someone show the details?

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WATCH: Woman Asks For Help Saving Dog From Abuse—Cop Refuses, Admits He Beats His Own Dog
Jack Burns June 25, 2018
When a woman attempted to report animal abuse to the police, she was turned away by an officer who admitted that he also beats his dog.
When a woman witnessed a neighbor hitting his dog in the face repeatedly, she reported it to the police—but instead of helping the dog, an officer admitted on camera that he also beats his dog, and he believes there is nothing wrong with abusing animals.
Susan Mulvaney said she and her friend Vivian Muska witnessed a neighbor hitting his dog in the face four times. She called the authorities who dispatched a few police officers to the scene of the alleged abuse. When she felt like she was getting nowhere with the officers on the scene, Mulvaney took her concerns to the Hartford Station where the officer on desk duty took her information.
After explaining that she had witnessed her neighbor beating his dog, the police officer, whose badge number is 2181, told her that he, too, beats his own dog.
"I punch my own dog. Sometimes you have to discipline an animal," the officer said.
The shocking admission was too much for the citizen with a complaint to handle, apparently. She then asked to speak to the officer's supervisor, and when she received no help, she took to social media to share her encounter.
While only a small portion of the encounter was recorded, and the video is amateur at best, one can clearly hear the officer admit he beats his own dog. Watch the video below:
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING POST IS FROM JUNE 2018…Please read!Just left District 3 Police Station. The case regarding our complaint about neighbour punching his dog repeatedly in the face with a closed fist is CLOSED. Officers dispatched to the scene observed both dogs through the window and decided that they were in "good health". I wish I had magic hematoma and x-ray eyes, too.One of the officers we talked to at Hartford Station, Badge # 2181, says that two people observing the beating is not "proof". He also said that punching a dog in the head to "discipline" it is reasonable. He, in fact, admitted that he punches his own dog in the head to discipline it.We asked to speak to a supervisor and he refused. As we left, Officer #2181 was rocking back in his chair with his hands clasped on his belly laughing at us.I am sorry I did not go in there with my video running and captured it all, but I did capture this clip below. Please watch. Please share. We are contacting headquarters to lodge a complaint against officer 2181. Any help in terms of useful contacts or resources would be greatly appreciated.This is a Winnipeg Police Service officer in uniform, on duty condoning a criminal act.UPDATE: The FULL video of this encounter is available from the City of Winnipeg Clerk's Office through FIPPA. We are making a request for the full video. Trust me, it does not help the officer. My wife, Vivian M Muska, and I have nothing to hide.UPDATE: An application through FIPPA has been made. In the meantime, this video has gone viral. It has had 7.3 k views at this point. Vivian and I think that the officer's behaviour was despicable, but we do not encourage or condone any action against this officer that may cause him harm. Reprimanded? Yes. Reassigned? Yes. Penalized? Yes. But not harmed in any way. Let's take the high road.UPDATE: (Courtesy of "Sheila"): A sergeant has been assigned to investigate the incident: The investigating officer is B. Hawes #2138 (Professional Standards Unit): 204-986-7242.Let's not forget about the poor dog that was originally observed being punched in the face four times as he cowered on the ground helpless and terrified. As far as I have observed, he has not been examined yet for skull fracture (hairline?), hematoma, brain damage (due to long term abuse), etc. And there is a second dog in that home and a cat. Certainly what goes on in public view also goes on in private. Those poor animals need help.UPDATE (June 15): Badge# 2181 is under investigation. However, despite WPS claims that the animal(s) are being attended to, THEY ARE NOT.UPDATE: June 18: Many people are coming forward with terrible stories about the officer who works the desk at Hartford Station. If he has mistreated you or prevented you from getting access to law enforcement, please, please, call Sargeant Brandy Hawes at 204-986-7242. She is in charge of the Professional Standards Unit who are dealing with this officer. The more complaints, the more likely he is to fired!
Posted by Susan Mulvaney on Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Mulvaney said the officer laughed at her and rocked back and forth in his chair as if to show he was unmoved by the complaint.
The incident serves to illustrate several disturbing issues at work in society. First, when citizens see others abusing animals, there is a moral duty to act. Mulvaney not only addressed her concerns with her neighbor but involved police. When officers arrived, they reportedly said the dog was in "good health" and left the scene. Then when citizens are upset with the response they receive from police, little is done if they file a complaint with the department.
The two friends wanted the abuse to stop, the citizen to be held accountable, and for police to do their jobs to either cite the neighbor with an infraction of the law or arrest such a person. When that didn't happen, they chose to go above the street-level officers' heads.
In this case, when they approached the precinct, the officer openly admitted he "punches his own dog." The inhumanity was not lost on the ladies who recorded the incident. They are now trying to draw attention to the officer's comments in an effort to highlight just how little police seem to care about animals. Mulvaney wrote:
This is a Winnipeg Police Service officer in uniform, on duty condoning a criminal act…Vivian and I think that the officer's behaviour was despicable, but we do not encourage or condone any action against this officer that may cause him harm. Reprimanded? Yes. Reassigned? Yes. Penalized? Yes. But not harmed in any way. Let's take the high road.
The friends are now using Canada's Freedom of Information process to obtain the entire footage recorded by Winnipeg Manitoba's Police Service. They have gone public with their outrage, which has been helped by support from friends and family. In several updates to her story, Mulvaney wrote that the welfare of the dog is now being investigated and so, too, is the Winnipeg officer with badge number 2181.
Since Mulvaney's story went public, several citizens have come forward with their own story of how the officer allegedly stonewalled their own efforts to get the police to help them. She wrote that she is still concerned over the welfare of animals at her neighbor's residence:
Let's not forget about the poor dog that was originally observed being punched in the face four times as he cowered on the ground helpless and terrified. As far as I have observed, he has not been examined yet for skull fracture (hairline?), hematoma, brain damage (due to long term abuse), etc. And there is a second dog in that home and a cat.
As The Free Thought Project has reported, it is not uncommon for police officers to abuse their own animals, and in one case from last month, an officer was caught on video abusing his own search dog when the animal failed to signal for drugs at a traffic stop.