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Golden Galway Bay Sunset Limited Edition Print
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This is a truly amazing and limited edition print of the golden Galway Bay situated along Ireland's West Coast. It is based on an Original Watercolour Painting and comes signed and numbered by artist Fiona Concannon. Who wouldn't love looking at this Irish image!
Part of a limited edition of 250 and comes Presented in an Antique White Mount and sealed in a clear bag.
Size: 6" x 8". You can also select a larger print (12" x 8") for an extra €20.
Limited Edition Giclée Print, edition of 350.
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Fiona Concannon Artist
"Fiona Concannon is an Irish landscape and wildlife artist from Spiddal, Co. Galway, specialising in original watercolour paintings, which capture the beauty of her surroundings in the West of Ireland. "
Her subject matter includes landscapes, sunsets, Wildlife of the Wild Atlantic Way and Irish heritage sites. Fiona has a range of her artworks available as Limited Edition Fine Art Prints, and also undertakes commissions.
Fiona Concannon, grew up in Spiddal on the West coast of Ireland - an area renowned for its outstanding natural beauty. Fiona left her much loved Spiddal to finesse her craft and studied Fine Art Painting, at a variety of institutions, including the Limerick School of Art and Design, GMIT, Crawford College of Art and Design, The University of Ulster and The National College of Art and Design.
Fiona is inspired by her natural surroundings and has painted a range of landscapes, sunsets, wildlife and heritage sites. Please feel free to contact Fiona via her seller page if you should require more information about her original paintings, or Limited Edition Prints.
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Jefferson County Open School » Enrollment » Applying For Enrollment At The Open School
The Jefferson County Open School is an option school and enrollment is conducted using the Jeffco Choice Enrollment process. Choice Enrollment takes place in two rounds. Besides the Jefferson County Public Schools application process, outlined below, the Open School asks applicants to complete the following Open School specific tasks:
Elementary (K-5):
Attend a Virtual Information Night Event
Complete an Enrollment Artifact
Details for each of these tasks can be found by clicking on pages in the Enrollment drop down menu or on the links above.
Applicants in each round are prioritized as follows, listed from highest priority to lowest priority:
Students who reside in Jefferson County, AND have a sibling who is currently attending the Open School and also projected to be enrolled at Open for the following school year.
Students who reside in Jefferson County, AND they are the child of a full-time staff member at the Open School.
Jeffco resident and attending feeder school (DOES NOT APPLY TO OPEN SCHOOL)
Students who reside in Jefferson County.
Students who do not reside in Jefferson County, BUT have a sibling who is currently attending the Open School and also projected to be enrolled at Open for the following school year.
Students who do not reside in Jefferson County, BUT they are the child of a full-time staff member at the Open School.
Students who do not reside in Jefferson County.
Dates to Remember:
Round 1 for the 2022-23 school year is December 13, 2021 - January 14, 2022
Round 2 for the 2022-23 school year opens January 20, 2022
Choice application offers will go out late January 2022
FIRST ROUND: December 13, 2021 - January 14, 2022: The first round of choice enrollment is conducted as a lottery. All applications received during the window are included in the lottery. Students who have submitted an application via EnrollJeffco are accepted on a space available basis. Waiting lists, which are prioritized according to the list above, will be created if applicants exceed space available. Submitting an application via EnrollJeffco during the first round of choice enrollment represents the best chance at obtaining an enrollment spot at the Open School.
SECOND ROUND: January 20, 2022 - August Any student who applies for enrollment, but is not accepted during the first round of choice enrollment will remain on the prioritized wait list and carried over to the second round. New applications for enrollment are accepted throughout the second round window and added on a first come, first considered basis, below Round One applications within the prioritized wait list.
Submitting an Application for Enrollment
Enrollment is managed by Jeffco Public Schools via the EnrollJeffco system. Families wishing to place an application for enrollment at the Open School should make sure their Campus Portal contact information is up to date for students currently enrolled in a Jeffco school. Families with new or prospective students (including Kindergartners) will need to create a Campus Portal account.
Families will receive notification in late January indicating an opportunity to accept an offer of enrollment or information about wait list placement for each application placed.
Can I submit an application at any time? Applications will ONLY be processed through the EnrollJeffco sytem during the enrollment windows.
If I applied last year do I have to re-apply? Yes. In August of each year, the Choice Enrollment process ends for the year and a completely new round starts in December.
If I apply during First Round Choice Enrollment and don't get in, do I have to re-apply for the Second Round Choice Enrollment? No. Your application will remain on the prioritized wait list and carry over to the second round.
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La Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne femminile 2019, seconda edizione della corsa e valevole come quarta prova dell'UCI Women's World Tour 2019 categoria 1.WWT, si svolse il 28 marzo 2019 su un percorso di 134,4 km, con partenza da Bruges e arrivo a De Panne, in Belgio. La vittoria fu appannaggio dell'olandese Kirsten Wild, la quale completò il percorso in 3h13'07", alla media di 41,757 km/h, precedendo la connazionale Lorena Wiebes e la belga Lotte Kopecky.

Sul traguardo di De Panne 112 cicliste, su 118 partite da Brugge, portarono a termine la competizione.

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Employee kills 6 and himself in shooting at store
WASHINGTON (Agencies): A Walmart employee killed six people and wounded several others before fatally shooting himself at a store in Chesapeake, Virginia, authorities said on Wednesday, in the latest episode of gun violence in the United States.
The shooter, who has not been identified, used a pistol in the shooting late Tuesday, wounding at least four people in addition to the fatalities, Chesapeake Police Chief Mark Solesky said at a news conference. Coming on the heels of the killing of five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub on Saturday, the latest massacre prompted another round of condemnations by public officials and calls by activists for tighter gun control.
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called the shooting "yet another horrific and senseless act of violence", vowing any federal resources needed to aid in the investigation. "There are now even more tables across the country that will have empty seats this Thanksgiving," he said in a statement, noting a shooting earlier this month that left three University of Virginia students dead. "We must take greater action."
In addition to seven confirmed dead, including the shooter, four people were being treated at area hospitals, Solesky said. Employees told media that the shooter was a manager at the cavernous Walmart Supercentre just off Battlefield Boulevard in Chesapeake, a city of about 250,000 people south of Norfolk. "I looked up and my manager just opened the door and he just opened fire," Briana Tyler said, according to ABC News.
"The Battlefield Walmart just got shot up by one of my managers. He killed a couple of people. By the grace of God I made it out," another employee, Kevin Harper, told CBS. Tuesday's bloodshed marked the latest spasm of gun violence in the United States, where an average of two mass shootings — defined as an incident killing or injuring four or more people — occur every day, according to data from GunViolenceArchive.org. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, who was already facing stepped-up calls for policies to address gun violence in the wake of the University of Virginia killings, said he had offered local law enforcement assistance in its investigation.
"Heinous acts of violence have no place in our communities," Youngkin wrote on Twitter. It is not the first mass shooting at a Walmart, which has thousands of stores across the United States. At a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in August 2019, 23 people were killed in a mass shooting near the US-Mexico border in an act described as domestic terrorism by law enforcement.
It was also the deadliest attack on the Hispanic community in modern times. Patrick Wood Crusius, then 21, from Allen, Texas, was arrested in the shooting and he left behind a manifesto with white nationalist and anti-immigrant themes. Walmart in a statement on Wednesday said it was "shocked" at the violence at the Chesapeake store and it was working closely with law enforcement.
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PM's Office receives summary for appointment of top military brass
2 Israelis hurt in Jerusalem shooting
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Fawad sent on two-day physical remand
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Hand to Hold Supporter Update
Announcing the NICU Love & Loss Podcast
There were many times throughout my son's NICU stay when I did not know if he would survive. Although I experienced tremendous anticipatory grief given his chance for survival, I cannot fully understand the heartache of losing a baby. Through my work as the founder of Hand to Hold, I have been honored and my life has been truly blessed through the friendships I have made with those who understand the pain of losing a baby.
Hand to Hold's new podcast, NICU Love & Loss, was created to honor the memory of Zoe Rose, the daughter of one of my closest friends, Keira Sorrells, founder and president of the Preemie Parent Alliance.
Keira graciously joined me as co-host of this podcast series that features conversations with parents who have experienced the loss of a baby. As a bereaved mother and leader in NICU family support, she was the ideal co-host for this emotional podcast. The discussions include stories of loss as a result of stillbirth, genetic disorders and complications related to prematurity. Through these meaningful conversations with parents as well as perinatal grief and loss experts, we examine the many stages and facets of grief and share how each guest has harnessed their pain to help other families. Keira and I, along with our guests, poured our hearts into these episodes. Many intimate stories were shared, and many tears were shed during the recording process.
While I am proud of all the work that we do for families at Hand to Hold, this project is one that I am especially honored to be part of. Knowing and loving each family in the podcast that so bravely shares their story makes this experience even more meaningful.
It is our hope that this special podcast will help bereaved families across the country process their emotions, seek support and to always know they are not alone.
Thank you for your support,
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Lauren Monroe Named First Ever Hand to Hold Family Support Champion
Hand to Hold has named Lauren Monroe of Lake Charles, LA, its first ever Family Support Champion.
For the past four years, Monroe has used her passion for fashion and her love of event planning to create Fashion Gives Back, a charity runway show that has become one of the most sought-after events in the Lake Charles area. We had a chance to chat with Monroe about Fashion Gives Back and her dedication to ensuring NICU and bereaved families have the support they need.
Read more about Lauren Monroe and Fashion Gives Back.
New Podcast Episodes!
New NICU Now and NICU Heroes episodes are here! In September we released three brand new episodes on the bedrest experience: the challenges women face on bed rest, how they can care for themselves and how medical professionals can better support women on bed rest.
This month we also released four new episodes sponsored by Prolacta Bioscience, on the importance of milk fortification, understanding necrotizing enterocolitis and finding your voice and advocating for your NICU baby.
For our NICU nurses, listen to a new episode of NICU Heroes on the importance of developmental diapering. Each NICU Heroes episode is also worth one contact hour of nursing continuing education.
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Kelli Kelley Presented Founder's Award for Service
Kelli Kelley was awarded the Founder's Award for Service to the Preemie Parent Alliance, for her undeniable support and dedication to building and growing the PPA Network. Kelli and fellow honoree Kristy Love have served on the PPA leadership team, first convened in 2010, often putting aside the goals of their individual organizations to focus on the best strategies for the network as a whole. Read more here.
What My NICU Milestone Beads Mean to Me. In the NICU, milestones have a very different meaning. Read about how families in the hospitals Hand to Hold serves mark their baby's special moments with our NICU Milestone Beads.
Becoming a NICU Mom Made Me a Better NICU Nurse. Delivering her daughter at 33 weeks 4 days helped Laura Guardia see her role as a NICU nurse from a very different perspective.
Coming Home During Flu & RSV Season. Becky O'Dell shares her experience bringing her respiratory-compromised micro preemie home from the NICU in the middle of flu and RSV season.
If I Could Tell a NICU Parent One Thing... We asked members of our online communities to share their advice for new NICU parents, and they came through with some great advice. Here are just a few of the highlights.
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5 Reasons To Still Be Bearish
SPY – The recent rally in stocks (SPY) has been impressive. But it is still officially a bear market and there are 5 reasons that bears will not be waving a white flag soon. Lets review why stocks rallied…why they are likely to stall at this level…and the 5 reasons why the bearish argument will likely win the day. Read all that and more in the commentary below.
By Steve Reitmeister
(Please enjoy this updated version of my weekly commentary from the Reitmeister Total Return newsletter).
Stocks have been rising nearly unabated for 2 months. A lot of that was because it was easy for stocks to "climb the wall of worry" created by the initial decline into bear market territory.
Meaning that it was fairly easy to find just enough silver linings or things not going as bad as advertised for stocks to bounce from that recent bottom. However, as we are finding out now…all good things must end.
Meaning that investors finally found resistance at the 200 day moving average of the S&P 500 (SPY) at 4,326 and retreated quickly from that mark into the finish line on Tuesday. Expect this level to denote the near term highs for the market as we likely enter a consolidation period with trading range to follow.
Why? And what is the parameters of this trading range? And what will cause us to break out of the range?
All that and more will be the focus of this week's Reitmeister Total Return commentary.
Technically speaking…we are still in a bear market. That certainly is confusing to many investors given several weeks of upward price action. So let me spell it out for y'all.
The definition of a bull market is when you come out of a bear market and have risen 20% from the bottom. Well the recent bottom for the S&P 500 (SPY) is 3,636.87 and yet today we closed at 4,305.20 which is 18.38% above the lows.
It may sound like mincing words to keep calling it a bear market as its pretty close to 20% above the lows. However, I think its an important distinction at this moment to help set up a true battle for the soul of this stock market.
The bulls have indeed grabbed the upper hand over the last 2 months. But a lot of that was just "climbing the wall of worry" as the market days quite often. That being where sentiment is so bad that it only takes things coming in a notch worse than horrific to spark a rally. And once the rally is under way you get the FOMO part where folks are afraid of missing out on the upside potential.
It is one thing to say things are not truly that bad versus saying they are good enough to promote the full re-emergence of the bull market. That is why the 200 day moving at 4,326, also known as the long term trend line, provides a very interesting battle ground for investors.
Check out the intraday chart from Tuesday below to see how stocks flirted with the 200 day moving average and then quickly reversed course:
It is my strong belief that there is not enough serious bullish sentiment to create a break above the 200 day moving average at this time. On the other hand, the bears have more to prove to make their case. This creates the perfect environment for a consolidation period and trading range.
Yes, the relationship between high inflation and recessions/bear markets to follow is very strong as can be seen in the chart below:
However, until this starts showing up in a weakening of the employment market and/or earnings session for corporate America…then it is hard to make a serious case to push much lower. And thus the tug of war between bulls and bears should commence now.
Top of the range should be the 200 day moving average at 4,326 and the bottom of the range is likely the 100 day moving average at 4,100.
Reity, why do you continue to stubbornly call for a bear market when clearly other investors have spoken given the strength of the recent rally?
Because I have an economics background. And high inflation goes together with recessions and bear markets like peanut butter and jelly. It's really just a matter of time as the chart above shows. So it may not have happened yet, but the problem still looms large.
Second, we have an inverted yield curve which is one of the most time tested indicators of a looming recession and bear market. Why? Because bond investors are saying that they see a recession coming in the long term that is by its very nature deflationary. So rates will be lower in the future than they are now.
Third, the Fed is feeling a bit too good about the economy which they take as a green light to raise rates like crazy in coming months. Bond investors have already weighed on this notion with the inverted yield curve which means they think the Fed will help generate a recession. Stock investors are likely to get the memo again once they see the damage appear in employment and/or corporate earnings.
Fourth, the weekly jobless claims reports is the leading indicator of what will happen with monthly job gains. That has been going the wrong direction since mid March. Note that it is generally understood that once jobless claims gets above 300,000 per week is when the unemployment rate starts to weaken. That wake up call may not be that far in the future.
Fifth, that this feels like the long term bear market of 2000 to 2003 that started with the popping of a valuation bubble and later had to deal with a recession. That is why you will see in the chart below that it took about 3 years of drops, followed by seemingly impressive bounces and then more drops to finally find true and lasting lows in March 2003 before a healthy new bull market could emerge.
Will this bear truly last 3 years?
Maybe. Maybe not. But I am simply saying the battle is not over which is why I think stocks will stall out at these levels awaiting some clear catalyst for a convincing breakout in a bullish or bearish direction.
My money is clearly on it breaking bearish for the reasons stated. But indeed, I am open for the bullish premise to win the day. That is why our hedged strategy is the right one for the time being. That being equal allocations to inverse ETFs and long stock positions.
As stated in Monday's trade alert:
"If we do break above the 200 moving average with gusto and there is more reason to be bullish, then we will start to sell our inverse ETFs and start adding more stocks.
On the other side, if my thesis is correct that this is a long term bear market and we start to retreat, then we will do the opposite. Which is to sell off the stocks and perhaps add more inverse ETFs. Proof of that would likely be falling back under 4,000.
Simply you can think of a hedge as the start of a tug of war with both sides equally matched. Whichever side starts pulling ahead…then we jump on the bandwagon to join the winning team."
I think that last paragraph pretty much says it all and will leave it there for now.
Discover my hedged portfolio of exactly 10 positions to help generate gains as the market descends back into a bear market territory.
This is not my first time employing this strategy. In fact, I did the same thing at the onset of the Coronavirus in March 2020 to generate a +5.13% return the same week the market tumbled nearly -15%.
If are fully convinced this is a bull market…then please feel free to ignore.
However, if the bearish argument shared above does make you curious as to what happens next…then do consider getting my "Bear Market Game Plan" that includes specifics on the 10 positions in my hedged portfolio.
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Wishing you a world of investment success!
Steve Reitmeister…but everyone calls me Reity (pronounced "Righty")
CEO, Stock News Network and Editor, Reitmeister Total Return
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Capture precious moments with a click! There's no better way to preserve good memories but through the lenses and the newly-formed group, Pinoy Digital Photographers in Kuwait or PINDOT knows exactly the magic and power of the digital camera that captures vividly the trivialities and essence of life, people, events and the world that we live in.
PINDOT, a Filipino word which means "Click" in English, finally clicked its way on Friday at the L'Elysees Suite Hotel during the event organised by the Creative Entertainment Group (CEG) led by Ferdie Nadera. The PINDOT founding members Benedict Garcia, Neil Ocampo and Jeb Elamparo explained that they're bound by their love for photography and decided to form the group in April this year.
"Currently we have 33 members and we would welcome others who share the same passion with us", explained Garcia. He added thatthe group's initial project will be a photo exhibit dubbed "PINDOT for Frank," a fund - raising event for those devastated by the typhoon Frank in the Philippines. He explained dthat some of their masterpieces will be sold to the public and the proceeds will be donated to the typhoon victims.
"Photography is a great form of hobby. It's a stress buster and more importantly, a perfect medium of self-expression," shared Al Manlangit, a member of the group and an architect by profession who enjoys taking photos of panoramic landscapes.
The launching of PINDOT was attended by Philippine Labour Attache Leopoldo De Jesus, Welfare Officer Amy Crisostomo, some US Embassy Officials and other distinguished guests.
Creative Entertainment Guild (CEG) hosted another show on Friday at Hotel L'Elysees in Salmiya. The venue has virtually become a launch pad for three events to be held this coming August; Pindot Digital Photography Exhibition (August 2), Talent Festival (August 22) and the Xtreme Showdown (August 29).
During the night, the audience was treated to a colourful show with the participation of the talented and bombastic breakdance group that will be participating in the X3M Showdown 3-in-1 Event on August 29 at the Qadsiya Sports Club. THe B-Boy Dance group performed breathtaking routines and acrobats to the delight of the audience. The X3M Showdown organised by the Corporate and Multi Media Event Organization will aslo feature a DJ Competition and Sports Fashion Expo. CMMEO President Linus (Lino) Rosete invited the audience to watch the X3M Showdown 2-in-1 Event.
Equally talented performers, the Pilates G-Girls captivated the audience with their graceful dance captivated the audience with their graceful dance rendition while a duet of Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand entitled "Tell Him" was performed by Kay and Bernie, belting their hearts out. The PsyCrew all male dance group grooved on the dance floor as the audience clapped their hands. DJ Vako, one of Kuwait's best disc jockeys also brought down the house with his unique blend of music. More talented individuals and groups will showcase their craft in the upcoming Talents Festival organised by the Talents Unlimited Group on Aug 22 at the Fakhr Al-Deen Ballroom, Dawliah Complex, announced TUG President Rob Martinez.
The event hosted by Ricky Laxa was sponsored by Al Tajaz, Fakieh Bbq Chicken, Almar Geronimo, The Athlete's Foot, Sebamed, K-Climb, Nando's Peri Peri Restaurant, Romano's Macaroni Grill, Tariq & Norieta Sairat and ABS-CBN/TFC Middle East.
L to R: BlisterSister, Fatum (BB. Pilipinas Kuwait 2008), 2 Pilates G-Girls, Labour Attache Leopoldo De Jesus, Fatum's Father?, Rob Martinez, I knew him as the Arifjan Dude, Ferdie Nadera. Sitting are the Pilates G-Girls and i'm guessing some of the CEG organizers.
L to R: B-Boys Dance Members, Lani of CMMEO, Kuya Lino of CMMEO, BlisterSister, Fatum. Sitting are the B-Boys dancers, the PsyCrew dance members, Pilates G-Girl.
Blues Clues!: The BlisterSister is one of the models for the Sports Fashion Expo for that X3M 3-in-1 Event. Go Sister Go! Hehehe!
I agree with Labor Attache Leopoldo De Jesus when he said that we don't need to import talents from Manila because we already have the best home grown talents here in Kuwait.
Death Sentenced Marilou Ranario, Pardoned by the Amir of Kuwait!
This news flash isn't confirmed yet but that's the chinese whisper that's going on around the Filipino community here in Kuwait.
I was told that it will be in the headline news first thing in the morning.
Marilou Ranario was the one accused of murdering her employer 3 years ago and was sentenced to death by the Kuwait court despite the appeals made by the Philippine government. I blogged about her story in this link last December.
Please, let us send her good thoughts and prayers that the Amir pardon was indeed granted and that she will be sent back to the Philippines where she can be taken cared of by her family and friends.
If ever it's true, let us thank the Kuwait government for showing mercy and the Philippine government for doing everything that they can to free her.
I'm sure you guys have read all about this from the papers. Al Watan papers to be exact. It's being featured for the past couple of weeks now and I am quite excited by this event.
It's not the typical Filipino event coz this will be open for all nationalities who kills on the dance floor, on the DJ box or on the runway.
Yep you read it right! The X3M Showdown 2008 is a 3 in 1 event!
Tonight, I shall be going to it's launching party at the Elysee Hotel (hope I spelled that right). You guys are all welcome for 10 KD per ticket with food and one helluva fun night.
Thus am posting my favorite parts of that night.
The Filipino ethnic dance for the opening ceremony.
This one was a treat coz it's very rare for any Filipino events here in Kuwait to portray one of the Filipino wealth - the art of dancing and the history behind it.
Ika nga nila - opening pa lang - winner na.
The dancer waving the Philippine Flag.
I've heard too many rumors about how horrible the casual dress was for the dance. Personally, I think they could've pulled it off on stage if only they didn't wore those ghastly leggings.
Geneva Cruz's outfit and oh the Paraiso song. I love Smokey Mountain!
The evening gown category. Which we weren't able to take loads of photos from coz by that time ( read past 1 a.m) everyone's camera are low in battery.
You gotta love their long gowns! You gotta love our very own talented Filipino designers here in Kuwait.
I've mentioned chica Filipinas right?
There are a lot of intrigues from that show that I'm not even going to pay tribute by writing about it here.
Just that, I hope, next time the candidates and the organizers should lay everything out in the open (i.e: the candidates should what they're competing for aside from the grand prize and the organizers should have some kind of a system). Un lang po. BOW.
I had fun that night most especially coz I was with my family and it's always fun to dress up. Also, I had fun because I was in the midst of the Filipino community who works hard here in Kuwait but got time to support Filipino events such as this.
My verdict: WE SHOULD HAVE MORE! MORE! MORE!
Don't you just wish that i'm posting something new aside from this old news of a contest. But hey, if I can give you insider info about why Miss Venezuela won and Miss Korea did not even qualify into top 10 for that recently concluded Miss Universe pageant, I would in a heart beat.
In the mean time, feast your eyes on our very own beautiful Filipinas living and working here in Kuwait as they strut their stuff wearing the traditional Filipiniana attires.
Most, if not all, of the Filipiniana costumes was designed and made by the very talented Kuwait based Filipino designers.
Photos are courtesy of Kuya Lino of K Climb who gave me almost 800 photos. Thank you po Kuya!! Mabuhay po kayo.
For the, uhm, macho gwapito Filipinos, I give you the Ginoong Pilipinas Kuwait candidates in their Filipiniana Attire!
Hahaha! Sounds like pinamigay ko sila sa mga kasister ko. Pfft.
Again, the attires were designed and done by our Kuwait based Filipino designers. All of which deserve a bottle of Red Horse for being uber artistic and the well done job.
Again, the Ginoong Pilipinas Kuwait Candidates on their Filipiniana attire.


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Q: CS50 Lab 6 world_cup issues with tournament function I am working on CS50 Lab 6 and having problems with the simulate_tournament() function. I don't want the solution, just an idea of what I am doing incorrectly. The simulate_tournament() function should accept a list of teams and execute the simulate_round() function repeatedly until one winner is left. The simulate_round function returns a list of winners and simulate_tournament() returns one winner. I have completed all the other functions and only having issues with simulate_tournament.
# Simulate a sports tournament

import csv
import sys
import random
from collections import defaultdict

# Number of simluations to run
N = 1000

def main():

    # Ensure correct usage
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        sys.exit("Usage: python tournament.py FILENAME")

    teams = []
    # TODO: Read teams into memory from file
    file = sys.argv[1]
    with open(file,"r") as fil:
        reader = csv.DictReader(fil)

        for row in reader:
            name = row["team"]
            rating = int(row["rating"])
            teams += [name , rating]
            #x = [name , rating]
            #teams.append(x)

    counts = {}
    # TODO: Simulate N tournaments and keep track of win counts
    for i in range(N):
        teamname = simulate_tournament(teams)
        #counts[teamname] = counts.get(teamname, 0) + 1
        if teamname in counts:
            counts[teamname] += 1
        else:
            counts[teamname]  = 0
            counts[teamname] += 1

    # Print each team's chances of winning, according to simulation
    for team in sorted(counts, key=lambda team: counts[team], reverse=True):
        print(f"{team}: {counts[team] * 100 / N:.1f}% chance of winning")

def simulate_game(team1, team2):
    """Simulate a game. Return True if team1 wins, False otherwise."""
    rating1 = team1["rating"]
    rating2 = team2["rating"]
    probability = 1 / (1 + 10 ** ((rating2 - rating1) / 600))
    return random.random() < probability

def simulate_round(teams):
    """Simulate a round. Return a list of winning teams."""
    winners = []

    # Simulate games for all pairs of teams
    for i in range(0, len(teams), 2):
        if simulate_game(teams[i], teams[i + 1]):
            winners.append(teams[i])
        else:
            winners.append(teams[i + 1])

    return winners

def simulate_tournament(teams):
    """Simulate a tournament. Return name of winning team."""
    #TODO
    tournateams = teams
    while True:
        winns = simulate_round(tournateams)
        if len(winns) == 1:
            return winns[0]
        else:
            tournateams = winns

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

A: Spend some time examining the teams variable. When you read the csv file, you create teams as a list object with pairs of name, rating values. The resulting list looks like this for the men: ['Uruguay', 976, 'Portugal', 1306, 'France', 1166, ... ] Then you call simulate_tournament(), which calls simulate_round() which calls simulate_game(teams[i],teams[i+1]). There (at least) are 2 problems with the last call.

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*When you call simulate_game() the first time, it will have teams[0]='Uruguay' and teams[1]=976 (based on data above). Obviosuly, that won't work.

*In simulate_game() you are using dictionary notation to access the rating (see rating1 = team1["rating"], and the same for rating2). However these aren't dictionaries.

The problem specification says you should import each team's data as a dictionary, e.g., {"team": "Uruguay", "rating": 976}. It looks like you worked on this and abandoned it on lines 36-35. Fix this, and that will get simulate_game() working (and _round() and _tournament()). Once that is fixed, you also need to work on lines 43-47 to count the winners. Again, you are trying to use dictionary notation, and have some errors to fix. Good luck.

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I'd say she's the cutest girl ever, except that that title already belongs to MY baby! lol!
Oh those picutures are priceless! Very sweet.
aww! now you got me jealous! I want cute pictures of Ernest! :o) hmm, she looks so healthy, doesn't she have heart problems?
Yeah...she's got unfixable heart problems. She can't walk and is really skinny. You can't see very well in any of those pics though. My dad says she's a little blue too from not getting enough oxygen to her body. :( poor baby!
How our God loves orphans! And how precious that He gives us His love for them, too, so that we can care for them, help financially, adopt them, send letters to them, whatever. It's all evidence of God's character. Love that.


First fill in the name of each skull on your data chart. (word version) Then follow the checklist below to fill in the characteristics of each skull on the data chart. Record all measurements in millimeters.
1. Forehead: Does the skull extend above the eyes? Is the forehead large, small, or medium?
2. Chin: How pronounced is the chin? Does it stick out like yours or slope back?
3. Sagittal crest: This is the bony ridge along the top of the skull to which large chewing muscles attach. Is there a sagittal crest? How pronounced is it? Is it large, small, or medium?
4. Prognathism: Examine the skull for existence of a "muzzle" or snout – a protrusion of parts of the face below the eyes. Gorillas (and dogs) have pronounced prognathisms. Humans do not.
5. Facial slope: Use a ruler and a protractor to measure the angle of the face as shown in the diagram below.
6. Supraoribital brow ridge: Look for a bony ridge protruding above the eyes. Large, small or medium?
7. Dental arcade: The arch, or shape of the jaw will be either box shaped (sides parallel), "U"–shaped (parabolic sides), "V"-shaped, or intermediate.
8. Canines: The canine is the third tooth from the center of the top and bottom jaw. Describe them. Are they long, or short?; sharp, or dull? Is there a diastema present (a gap between the upper incisors and canines)?
9. Foramen magnum: This is the large opening in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes. The position of this hole reflects the body posture (and indirectly the loco motor pattern) of a hominoid. Is the foramen magnum located toward the rear or more forward?
10. Number of teeth – Top/Bottom: Count the number of teeth in the upper and lower jaw. Record the number of incisors, canine, premolars, molars in one-half of the upper jaw as the numerator and the same count for one-half of the lower jaw as the denominator.
11. Cranial Module: Calculating the cranial module provides a rough numerical value for the size of the cranium. Measure the maximum length by placing one end of a caliper on the most forward projecting point of the forehead and the other end on the posterior point at the back of the skull. The maximum width is determined with the calipers on the sides (temples) of the skull at the widest point. The maximum height is measured by putting the skull on its side; then hold one end of the calipers on the midpoint of the anterior of the foramen magnum and the other end at the intersection of the coronal and sagittal sutures on top, in the midline. Add these and then divide by three.
a. Which two skulls show the greatest difference? Support your answer.
c. Which two skulls do you feel share the most similarities? Support your answer.
d. Why do you think the two skulls in question C share such similarities? Be specific.
f. Construct a graph comparing the cranial module data for all skulls. What trend can you infer from this graph?


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Our flight to Tassie was short, and as the dawn gradually lit up the ground beneath us we were greeted with hundreds of kilometres of white: Tassie was covered in snow! We landed in Hobart to no snow, thankfully, but the ice in the air stung our cheeks. We stood waiting for Rob from Tassie Motor Shacks wearing every layer we had! Thankfully he wasn't coming far and we weren't waiting long at all.
Rob runs Seven Mile Beach Cabin Park, which is literally a stone's throw from the airport, and he uses that as a base for his campervan hire business, Tassie Motor Shacks. He got us sorted with one of his vans, a much cleaner and newer version of the Mitsubishi we have on the mainland. He spent a bit of time finding us guidebooks and maps galore, and pointing out loads of places we should see on our trip.
It didn't take us long to get on the road, and we took Rob's advice and headed for the Tasman Peninsula, calling in at Sorrell on the way for a week's worth of food shopping: More 2-minute noodles, $1 bread and value-brand peanut butter!
The Tasman Peninsula was amazing, if very wet. We parked at a lookout over Pirates Bay and Eaglehawk Neck (what awesome place names), but couldn't see a lot through the torrential downpour. We drove on down the Peninsula as far as Doo Town, where the locals have capitalised on their equally great place name with house signs like "Just Doo It", and "Much A-Doo", and our personal favourite, pictured below:
Also near Doo Town are a blowhole, and the enormous Tasman Arch. The arch is actually the last remaining bit of roof of a sea cave, but was formed at a time when the sea levels were much higher, meaning the top of this arch seems miles above the pounding waves.
We spent our first night in Tassie in a car park, cuddling up for warmth. It was too windy to cook, and too wet to walk even 30m across the road to the chip shop! What on earth had we done coming to Tassie?!
Well, the next day answered that question. The weather cleared up beautifully and we drove up the East coast, driving through narrow gorges and across vast open plains. We stopped for lunch near Swansea at one of the many free camp sites. We had an incredible view over the Freycinet Peninsula and Schouten Island across Great Oyster Bay.
We drove down the Peninsula and into the Freycinet National Park. You can pick up a NP Holiday pass covering everyone in your vehicle for $60, and it's valid for every NP in Tassie. We intended to buy one, but Chrisie found one in the glove compartment that was still valid, so we just pretended we were called Coghlan for 2 weeks.
At the visitors' centre the park warden said there was not enough daylight for the 3-hour return hike to the summit of Mt. Amos. We decided to do it anyway! With only 2 hours of light left we set off up the track, past a cute Bennett's Wallaby guarding the trail and the warning signs that said this route crossed steep, slippy granite slabs. "Whatever. We'll be fine…"
Racing up the track we came to the first of the slabs. It seemed grippy enough. Further up we came to slab after slab of steep, pink stone, polished smooth by rainwater and generations of hikers. The signs had warned not to attempt the climb in the wet, and we could see why: Even the slightest bit of moisture on our boots and our feet would skate out from under us, and send us sliding down towards the bottom of the hill. After an hour of scrambling madly upwards we reached the summit and were rewarded with a panorama of Wineglass Bay, once ranked the world's most beautiful beach, with Mt. Freycinet behind. We just had time for a quick photo or 2, before we started our descent, racing against the waning sunlight.
We slid, slithered and ran our way back down, watching the sun dip below the horizon across Great Oyster Bay. Thankfully we made it down before total dark. We drove out to another free campsite just North of Coles Bay, and had just kangaroos for company.
Further up the East Coast we came to the town of Bicheno. A geocache took us to one section of the shore, where we found the most impressive blowhole either of us has ever seen. It sent plumes of spray some 40 feet in the air. From there we went a little inland, up Elephant Pass, to the Famous Mt. Elephant Pancake Barn. We planned to treat ourselves to a stack of pancakes, but the prices were a little out of our league. Instead, we a managed to get a free sausage roll from a bakery in nearby St. Mary's. As we left that town we passed a sign that sadly I didn't get a photo of. It should have read: "You are now entering St. Mary's Pass", but someone had removed the "P", much to our amusement!
In St. Helens we found free power in a toilet block by the wharf, and hung around while we charged up, before driving on up towards the Bay of Fires. This famous area is named from Aboriginal history, but it has become synonymous with the sunrises and sunsets set against the iconic red rocks of that region. We caught a fabulous sunset, then camped up just feet from the crashing waves.
We backtracked a little to St. Helens to pick up the road West, and drove through lush forest and across huge valleys with rolling fields. We saw a sign for free cheese tasting and took a detour to Pyengana Dairy. Next door we found The Pub in a Paddock, and their pig, who has a sign on his pen which says "Bugger me I'm dry. I could just use a drink…"!
In one little mountain town we spotted a beautiful old building that said it was once the National Bank of Tasmania, then further on we arrived in Scottsdale. We spent the night there, in a wonderful little nature reserve.
The next day we arrived on the North Coast, and took a while to wander around Bridport, looking at the old jetty that burned down some years ago, and exploring a series of tiny bays. Further West we came to Georgetown and took a wrong turning into the restricted area at the port. Ooops! Just outside of Georgetown is Low Head, and we spent an hour or two eating crisp and pickle sandwiches, scrambling on the rocks round the lighthouse, and hoping the Fairy Penguins would come ashore before they closed the road at 6pm.
We were within an hour's drive of Launceston, near which live the Aunt and Uncle of friends of ours. We had contact details for Broder and Christine, but the email bounced back, and the phone number didn't exist, so in true backpacker style, we though we'd just turn up! On the way we saw signs for the Batman Bridge, which crosses the Tamar Estuary. Thinking about the name as we drove along, we half expected to see a Warner Brothers' logo around the next corner. In reality it's named after a famous Tasmanian, but it amused us nevertheless.
GPS took us to where it thought their house was, and we pulled into the drive. A very stern-looking bloke came through a gate in the fence, glaring at us! Both of us just had to hope this was the right place! It was! Broder saw the markings on the campervan from a distance and thought we were tradesmen. He remembered us, and he and Christine took us in to their home for a couple of days. It was lovely to have warmth, space, and company for a day or two.
They kindly showed us around the area, taking us to the magnificent Launceston Gorge, and the incongruous Swiss Village of Grindelwald, as well as showing us Albino Wallabies, which are apparently normally killed off as babies by their siblings in a gruesome bit of natural selection.
We left Broder and Christine and drove up the other side of the Tamar to Devonport. We wanted to stop over in Narawntapu NP to see the wombats in the evening, but the weather had turned nasty again and we would have seen little. We carried on along the coast road via Penguin (yes, there is a town called Penguin, and they do have Penguins, sometimes). The weather picked up for our coast drive, and we caught a beautiful sunset over the bleached sand of Sisters beach.
From Sisters Beach we took a detour to the quaint little fishing town of Stanley, which is nestled at the foot of The Nut, a large granite volcanic plug. We got good views of hit from the opposite hillside where we'd found old barracks' ruins; evidence of Tassies former history as a penal colony.
We set GPS for a rest stop near Waratah, which would take us most of the way to Cradle Mountain. GPS took us via all the dirt roads it could find! Luckily the van we hired from Tassie Motor Shacks was insured to go on Tassie's many dirt roads, and that meant so many more interesting places, National Parks and free places to stay were available to us.
The weather set us back by a day as we waited out a storm in a coffee shop in Waretah, charging all the electricals over a burger and chips, but 24 hours later we were on route for Cradle Mountain and Lake St. Clair National Park. As we took the access road East the clouds and mist disappeared, to be replaced by bright blue skies and sunlight reflected off the snow. Yes, Snow! There was none on the roads, but plenty on the surrounding land. We couldn't believe we were in Australia and driving through snow!
We used our freebie NP pass again and got shuttle bus tickets from the visitors' centre, and missed one bus by 10 seconds. We hopped on the next one and jumped off at Ronny Creek. From there we had a wonderful walk up to Crater Lake, passing some great waterfalls on the way. A passing weather front gave us a nice rainbow over Crater Lake, then we wandered up the track to Marion's Lookout. There we got our first proper view of Cradle Mountain, and it's truly incredible. The land sweeps up from Lake Dove, rising nearly vertically at its rocky twin summits, and it looked both formidable and majestic with its steep flanks covered in snow. Cold as it was, however, it wouldn't be a day out without 3 Aussie blokes in shorts and t-shirts!
We tried to walk the longer route from Marion's Lookout to Lake Dove via the Kitchen Hut, but the deep snow beat us, so we turned back and chose the steep and direct descent to the Lake. Back on flat ground we spent a while taking photos of the iconic Lake Dove Boat Shed, with Cradle in the background, before hopping back on the bus back to the car park. En route, we passed a much underdressed wedding party, and a trio of Wombats. At the visitors' centre we encountered another couple of the furry Aussie creatures (Wombats, not the wedding party) and managed to get really close before they took any interest in us whatsoever.
We camped up in a free spot at Lake Mackintosh, which was literally on top of the dam – 100 million gallons of water on one side and a 300 foot drop on the other. From there we took a detour to Zeehan, just for the name, then headed to Queenstown. The Australian Queenstown is nothing like its Kiwi namesake. It is a mining town, through and through, and apparently the locals derive a sense of identity from their bare, industry-scarred hillsides, as when the greenery began to return a while ago, the townspeople objected, protesting that this just wasn't right!
Leaving Queenstown took us up an awesomely twisty road carved into the steep hillside, then across almost 100km of nothing but wilderness. It was awe-inspiring: distant mountain ranges with tendrils of mist curling round their summits, raging whitewater rivers, and lush bushland as far as the eye can see. The area is called the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP, and we could see why.
Back in civilisation, we spent our last night in Seven Mile Beach Cabin Park, then our last day in Hobart. It was Cheap Tuesday at Domino's so we got pizza and drove the winding 20km road to the top of Mt. Wellington. The views at the top were incredible, and the intricate network of peninsulas and bays reminded us of the Marlborough Sounds in New Zeland.
We left the van back in with Rob at Tassie Motor Shacks, and ended our Tassie adventure chatting to him about what we'd been up to over a beer before he gave us a lift to the airport. We loved our time in Tasmania, and it was great to have a van that worked, that didn't need lots of TLC, and had everything we needed. TMS were very reasonably priced and provided everything like bed linen, towels, guidebooks, cooking gas etc. so we only needed to fly with hand luggage. Bringing our little van over on the ferry could have been a disaster with its fragile engine and the harsh Tassie roads, and it was so much cheaper to fly and hire anyway. We very much want to go back and tour Tasmania again in the summer time, and we'll be sure to do it in another Motor Shack. Check them out on the web at: www.tassiemotorshacks.com.au
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We woke up next to the beach, then drove the last 60 K's or so into Adelaide. We planned to stop for an hour or two and look around, find a coffee shop, and take in the sights, as we'd heard good things about the South Australian capital. It didn't quite work out that way, though, as our van took a major turn for the worse: every time we stopped at traffic lights, the car behind us, in fact the whole street behind us, would rapidly disappear in a cloud of smoke from our exhaust. Coupled with the overheating problem, which came back with a vengeance, it was all we could do to keep moving fast enough to air-cool the radiator and get out of the city before we were arrested as the No. 1 cause of global warming.
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Back out on the open road, we drove to the little town of Handorf, the German capital of Australia. The English couple we met way back in McClean had told us it was worth visiting, so we did. Having exited Adelaide in a hurry, we hadn't had much in the way of breakfast. We sorted it out with as many free samples as we could get from all the little shops in Hahndorf. We had cheese and crackers, 5 types mustard and chutney, and even a glass of port! We chased it with a cheap sausage in a bun from the market, and two Cornish pasties. Nom! From Hahndorf we drove across to Mt. Barker, where yet another market was just winding down. A few free samples of cheese, oranges and cake sorted lunch out.
The next day we arrived in Mt. Gambier, after a wonderful drive through one of South Australia's wine regions. We passed the world-famous Penfolds estate, which stretches some 80km along the road! In Mt. Gambier we took in the sights at Blue Lake, a huge crater filled with deep cobalt waters, and treated ourselves to Fish and Chips because the weather was bloody freezing. We headed for a free campsite near the border with Victoria, but despite good old GPS, we couldn't find it, so we drove on into Victoria and stayed in a little place called Dartmoor; camping up for the night between a huge semi-trailer that someone called a caravan, and a cute possum scavenging around the bin. Dartmoor in the light turned out to be a beautiful place, with incredible wood carvings dotted all over the place, and a bizarre "monster of the deep" electronic show in the middle of nowhere.
Further along the road we came to Portland, where we found a Petrified Forest on the coast, and bought a new radiator cap for the van in a vain attempt to cure our engine problems. That night we stayed in a little national park campsite a few K's off the main road. When we got there, there was no one else around, except an empty campervan and 2 empty, tattered-looking tents. Oh, and a few kangaroos. When no-one came back to either the camper or the tents by dark, I began to get a really uneasy feeling about staying there, and we debated moving on. Clearly I was just being paranoid, as we stayed anyway and all was fine. Still, I don't want to go back…
From there we started our journey along the Great Ocean Road, which is an incredible drive along the Victoria Coastline; a couple of hundred K's of amazing views, tight bends, little bays, and big cliffs. Our first stop was London Bridge, once a promontory of 2 connected rock arches, but the landward one collapsed in 1990, leaving a couple of tourists stranded at the time on the new island. How scary would that have been, to walk across a rock arch and have it collapse behind you, cutting you off from the mainland!
We spent that night at Princetown Recreation Reserve, a cheap-as campsite near the 12 Apostles. On the drive in, in the dark, a huge Kangaroo jumped out in front of us and bounded down the road ahead of us for 100 metres or so: Incredible! We only paid for a place because it was freezing and we wanted a hot shower, but the water at the site was like ice, especially in the ladies'. Chrisie ended up having to pretend to be a man so she could shower in the warm!
We got up super early and drove the couple of K's back to the 12 Apostles car park. Not too many people around at that time of the morning, and we almost had the view to ourselves. The 12 Apostles are 60 to 70 metre rock stacks, but there are only 8 left. Constant erosion by the sea has toppled four so far, but as the cliff behind gets eaten away, more Apostles might yet be born. We were amused by a story on an information board which said they used to be called "The Sow and her Piglets" but apparently that wasn't dignified enough, for which read: It didn't bring in enough tourists!
As we photographed the sun rising over the sea stacks, a friendly local introduced himself and we did the obligatory take photos of each other with the view in the background thing. He was the nicest guy you could ever meet, and spent ages telling us about places we should go, things we should do and places to sleep for free. We ended up back in the car park, cooking up scrambled eggs and hot chocolate to warm up with him and his travelling partner, a German girl named Svea.
Our new friend, Paul, convinced us to stick around the area for the day to see the bits we'd missed, and to join them both for lunch at a little café he knew in Port Campbell. We spent the morning looking round Ard Gorge, photographing yet more amazing sea stacks, some which definitely should not still be standing, before heading to Port Campbell for the epic burger Paul promised. The café turned out to be closed, so we bought eggs and made vast quantities of pancakes on the seafront.
We said our goodbyes to Paul and Svea, and agreed to try and meet up in Melbourne in a few days, then drove back up the road to Gibson's Steps, a narrow winding staircase that leads down to the beach. Fighting our way past tourists, we made it to sea level, and spent a while taking pictures from a different angle.
Our next stop was back at the 12 Apostles to catch the sunset. It was pretty spectacular, and unlike the morning, the place was bunged. Lucky we got there in time to get a good tripod spot! Our day finished with us camping in Ard Gorge car park (where you aren't allowed to camp, but Paul said it was fine…). We had heard that the rangers need to catch you twice before they can fine you, and when a vehicle drove in late, turned and drove out, we decided that a 6am start was needed. Fun Fun!
After an hour's drive in the dark, the sun came up, and it was spectacular! We stopped to watch the day break as the sun lit up the clouds to a vibrant pink, and the rolling hills disappeared into the distance, each range slightly greyer than the one before.
We took a detour down the Cape Otway road to the lighthouse. Paul had said this was one of the best spots to see Koalas in the wild. We found their general location easily enough – all the Eucalyptus trees had been stripped bare! Chrisie spotted a couple of koalas sleeping high up in the trees, just grey lumps in the crooks of branches, but none close enough to get a good look at.
Down at the lighthouse we slept for a bit, and made a hot drink from powdered jelly, before venturing towards the lighthouse. The entry fee of nearly $20 each put us off. $20 to see a bloody lighthouse – No thank you! Grumbling about tourist prices, we set off back up the road, and found hundreds of koalas where we'd seen the few before, and they were so close you could almost touch them. Chrisie even bent a branch in towards one who was struggling to reach his breakfast and he reached out and took it from her! We spent a while taking photos of the cuddly animals, and I had to drag Chrisie away before she adopted one!
That evening we ended up in Lorne. Yet another bit of information from Paul; he had told us that Lorne had free hot showers and free camping. We found the free showers and soaked up as much heat as we could before doing another bandit run at the local campsite. Seems it's not free anymore.
The next day we carried on along the Great Ocean Road, loving the twists and turns, the narrow lanes and the dramatic drops. We stopped briefly to write Happy Birthday in the sand for my brother, then arrived at Bell's Beach. Bell's is famous as the beach with the 50 year storm from the film Point Break. It was a lot calmer when we visited it, with just a few surfers out enjoying the gentle swell.
Later that day, in Torquay, we got Vodaphone reception again, and a torrent of voicemail messages came through. Two in particular caught our attention. The first was a lady from Skilled, a workforce training organisation, and the sponsor of the $50,000 car I'd tried to win at the Townsville 400, saying to give her a call. Had we just won a 50 grand car? We hoped so! The second was from a man in Tasmania saying he'd love to have us and he'd even pick us up from the airport! Life was looking up, so we treated ourselves to Fish and Chips for lunch, and booked some flights to Tassie!
From Torquay it was a few short kilometres to Melbourne, where we got stuck in traffic on the main motorway through the city, and of course the engine temperate climbed rapidly. We could see a stop-start queue of cars crawling over the huge bridge and we bailed out before we got stuck. We spent a while in a supermarket car park contemplating if we could make it through, or if we should wait 8 hours to cross it that evening. In the end we went for our usual attitude of She'll Be Right. Thankfully the traffic had died down a little, and we made it all the way through Melbourne and out the other side, not daring to stop.
Over the next few days the glorious weather we'd had West of Melbourne disappeared, to be replaced by some of the worst storms that bit of the country had seen in a while. We drove out to Phillip Island to try and see the Fairy Penguins arrive home at dusk, but we nearly got blown off the road, and the rain was just insane. Besides that, the Tourist-Trap got us again: It was $20-odd to see the penguins as they close the road at 6pm, and they don't let you take photos. Disappointed and damp we watched one-legged seagulls battle to stay standing in the fierce wind at San Remo, and yet again we treated ourselves to Fish and Chips. We managed to get Barramundi fish this time, as it was in season for once. It was very fishy fish!
We drove off the island and onwards towards Wilson's Promontory National Park, supposedly a stunning part of Australia, almost like a mini New Zealand. Rain stopped play! We camped up at a rest stop next to a river, and spent the whole night trying to block out the sound of water trying to drill through the roof, and wondering if we'd know when the van floated away! Oh, and the roof has started leaking…
We abandoned our loop out East and headed back for Melbourne. A very tenuous link bagged us a place to leave the van near Melbourne airport for the time we'd be in Tassie. Ready for this: The brother of the husband of the cousin of the eldest son of my parents' friends! He runs a cosmetics company in an industrial estate about 4 Km from the airport and our thanks go to him for agreeing to help out two almost complete strangers. We got ourselves back through Melbourne without too much engine mishap, but did run a red light and do an illegal U-turn or two as a result of heavy rain and our loveable GPS that gives helpful instructions like "Turn right" when clearly turning right would flatten a park bench and the poor old lady sitting on it…
We met Gabriel, and not only did he give us a place to park the van, he kindly gave us a lift to the airport and gave Chrisie a stack of makeup. It's only fair to give a bit of publicity in return, so check out his site at www.majicbeauty.com.au. His company are the only people who make one-shot eye shadow application, and even do leopard-print, if that's your thing. I genuinely never expected to be promoting eye shadow on our world tour, but there you go…
That night we slept on the comfiest bench in Melbourne airport – the padded red one at the Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop. I asked the girl if they had any doughnuts they were going to throw out. She pointed at a trolley full of doughnuts and then at all the ones in the display. "All of them" she said. There must have been 200 or more, all going for the bin. When I asked if I could have a couple she said they're not allowed to give them away, but to talk to the manager later.
Later arrived and the manager said Krispy Kreme count it as stealing if they give them away, but she shared my disgust at the awful waste, every single day. I tried a bit of persistence and said could she not accidently leave 2 behind when they locked up. She gave in and gave us our pick each of the doughnuts. Score! I thought I'd try my luck elsewhere in the airport, seeing as it was shop closing time. No luck, but when I came back Chrisie was sat with a box of 6 more doughnuts in front of her!
We slept as best we could with construction noise, colour-changing lights, security announcements and 1 ½ feet of space, before getting on a plane to Tassie…
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Q: parse json with shell scripting at linux
Possible Duplicate:
Parsing json with sed and awk

I have a JSON string like the example below and I want to use, for example, the value of the "uptime" command as a variable in a shell script, what should I do?

{ "serverStatus" : { "version" : "1.6.0", "uptime" : 527, "uptimeEstimate" : 526, "localTime" : { "$date" : 1286923624579 }, "globalLock" : { "totalTime" : 526604302, "lockTime" : 3499842, "ratio" : 0.006646056605895331, "currentQueue" : { "total" : 0, "readers" : 0, "writers" : 0 } }, "mem" : { "bits" : 64, "resident" : 150, "virtual" : 76114, "supported" : true, "mapped" : 75950 }, "connections" : { "current" : 1, "available" : 9599 }, "extra_info" : { "note" : "fields vary by platform", "heap_usage_bytes" : 600592, "page_faults" : 1838 }, "indexCounters"....

A: You can use a programming language with a json module, or if you desire a shell+*nix tool solution, you can use awk
$ awk -F"[,:]" '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){if($i~/uptime\042/){print $(i+1)} } }' file
 527

A: Version which uses ruby:
cat file | ruby -e "require 'rubygems'; require 'json'; puts JSON[STDIN.read]['serverStatus']['uptime'];"


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about financial planning for long-term care is available through the Alzheimer's Association.
Family members or others caring for a person with dementia are often subject to extreme stress, and may develop feelings of anger, resentment, guilt, and hopelessness, in addition to the sorrow they feel for their loved one and for themselves. Depression is an extremely common consequence of being a full-time caregiver for a person with dementia. Support groups can be an important way to deal with the stress of caregiving. The location and contact numbers for caregiver support groups are available from the Alzheimer's Association; they may also be available through a local social service agency or the patient's physician. Medical treatment for depression may be an important adjunct to group support.


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The W-Suite | Women leaders are better decision makers: Sujata Dwibedy
With a rapidly evolving business and economic landscape, there is a dire requirement of fresh thinking, new skill sets, greater flexibility & adaptability, more collaboration as well as the ability to think on one's feet.
Diversity in the workforce has become a necessity today, and more so in the leadership positions. It can't be denied that women bring a high level of creativity and empathy while solving problems and handling crises. Women leaders bring to the table a different level of dexterity.
AdGully's 'The W-Suite' series features interactions with influential women leaders in India, who share some deep insights on what being a woman leader means in India's business landscape, the mantras to succeed, achieving work-life balance, pay parity and much more.
Sujata Dwibedy, Group Buying and Trading Head at Dentsu Aegis Network has over 20 years of media trading and strategy experience. She has extensively worked across sectors such as FMCG, telecom, airlines, finance, alcohol and beverages and has led teams in the areas of planning, research, buying and strategy.
What defines a woman leader in today's ecosystem?
In today's ecosystem, women leaders can be best defined basis the ability to be agile, to learn from experiences and to co-evolve in a complex and constantly changing environment. They are not only expected to be experts in their subject matter, but also have to be managerial experts who work independently. They have to be excellent in developing people and should be a trusted resource within the company.
They are defined as the leaders who are empathetic, flexible and focussed at the same time. They have their eyes on the end result and would not mind taking risks as long as the results are achieved efficiently. They are better decision makers and have superior interpersonal skills.
Why do you think a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions?
Women are constantly juggling between multiple tasks, they are not only managing their work roles but are also constantly managing their households. All said and done, whether in India or any part of the world, women take up the responsibility of the household! The pressure at all jobs across industries are also no less today, hence they are being stretched across all their roles. Other reasons why they quit could be the office culture or they take a decision between trade off against the remuneration that they get and the effort that goes in. Even today, not all families are supportive in India, they would rather have the women do the household chores rather than jobs!
Do you think women leaders are still scrutinised as much for style as for substance?
Don't think that is the case. But dressing up for occasions with a decorum is important for all leaders, not only women. It is the substance and knowledge that matters. It is the relationship with the team, the ability to withstand adversity that defines leadership. So, women leaders are not scrutinised as much for style, rather they are an inspiration for many for their interpersonal skills, for knowledge sharing, driving, nurturing and motivating a team and also managing their own lives well.
However, we can talk of the 'Working style' – women are more result oriented, more committed, stricter yet flexible and understanding. That is what makes them hold people longer in their teams.
Do you think the leadership effectiveness of women is higher than men? Why?
Yes. Multitasking, organising jobs, sincerity and hard work comes naturally to women. Bringing together all sorts of people and bringing out the best in them is also a quality that women have within them inherently. Patience, trust and the fire to complete a task at any cost also is something that women have. They are very driven from within.
Women leaders in the 80's and 90's and women leaders today – what are the key differences? And what are the things that haven't changed much?
There has been some change. The difference could be that there are more women leaders now than there were in the 80's and 90's. The environment is a lot more conducive now. The disparity in the way the two genders were treated then and now are very different and opinions from women leaders are quite open, vocal and heard. Families are more liberal, education has made a lot of difference, media has made a lot of difference and so has the changing economy.
There are more women leaders now...but that would mean a shift of 5 per cent to 10 per cent, but not more. Hence, there is still a need to have more women leaders, there still are issues because of the life stages that women go through and how adaptive the organisation is towards that. Maximum drop of working women happens post pregnancy or post marriage. Juggling between household duties, motherhood duties and demanding jobs is not easy. Sometimes due to family pressure and sometimes due to the situation on the work front, women back out. Also, when they get back, they have to lose in terms of their designations or the compensation. So, the potential women leaders drop out.
Most of the industries are now actively working towards resolving these dropouts, considering they do not want to lose the trained and skilled employees.
Our industry is a little ahead of the curve because we have a higher proportion of women working in the agencies and we have always had an equal and democratic environment.
How do you maintain a balance between career goals and family responsibilities? How frequently do you have to sacrifice one for the other?
Both are equally important. You can't really separate the two. Sometimes one takes a little priority over the other. It has not been easy for me or any other lady who has worked for so many years to balance the two. The key to balance and handle work and family is to be present and focused on whatever is in front of us and needs more attention. One does not have to be guilty while working late and enjoying the job, our kids and family understand and look up to our dedication, sincerity and commitment and yes we set examples for them by doing so.
Do you think pay parity exists in our corporates today across levels? What about pay parity at the leadership levels?
I don't think that parity is an issue in our industry. We have a fair and equal treatment across genders at all levels. Difference could be due to spends and the prices in one market vis-a-vis the other, but not gender. As you grow, the difference is only because of your performance. By nature, women do not negotiate on their pay packages much as much as men do.
What would be your advice to women aiming for the C-suite?
Cultivating a network and building relationships become extremely critical. Opportunities are there everywhere, it is a matter of reaching out. Strive to be the best at whatever you pursue. One has to be driven from within, no external source can supress or demotivate. Hence, pushing oneself is important. Being fearless and embracing change easily is also critical. As you grow in your roles, some will try to pull you down, what is important is that the focus should be on the final outcome – not the journey and not the distractions. Acknowledge your strengths, speak up for yourself and speak up for what is right. Most importantly, accomplishments can be really boosting if you can manage both family as well as the job well. In the end, we have to ensure that we succeed in both the roles!
What, according to you, are the 3 important lessons new women leaders need to learn?
Trust the process. All that we face gives us experiences and we only learn out of experiences. Be open to learning, be open to making mistakes, we tend to be perfectionists and hence, sulk over the past. What is important is to learn from it and move on.
Build relationships, network with old/ new colleagues, industry stakeholders, clients. It helps.
Dream big and stay committed to what you love to do. As you realise your true worth, things around the world would also change positively.
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Q: Implicit casting of Null-Coalescing operator result With the following understanding about null coalescing operator (??) in C#.
int? input = -10;
int result = input ?? 10;//Case - I
//is same as:
int result = input == null? input : 10; // Case - II

While, by definition and usage, Case I and Case II are same.
It is surprising to see that in Case-I compiler is able to implicitly cast int? to int while in Case-II it shows error: 'Error  1   Cannot implicitly convert type 'int?' to 'int'"
What is it that I am missing about null-coalescing operator?
Thanks for your interest.

A: To make the second case work with the ternary operator, you could use the following:
int result = input != null ? input.Value : 10;

The Value property of the Nullable<T> type returns the T value (in this case, the int).
Another option is to use Nullable<T>.HasValue:
int result = input.HasValue ? input.Value : 10;

The myNullableInt != null construct is only syntactic sugar for the above HasValue call.

A: This behavior you have observed for the null-coalescing operator ?? is a documented language feature, see section 7.13 of the C# 4.0 Language Specification for more details.

The type of the expression a ?? b depends on which implicit
  conversions are available on the operands. In order of preference, the
  type of a ?? b is A0, A, or B, where A is the type of a (provided that
  a has a type), B is the type of b (provided that b has a type), and A0
  is the underlying type of A if A is a nullable type, or A otherwise.
  Specifically, a ?? b is processed as follows:

*

*If A exists and is not a nullable type or a reference type, a compile-time error occurs.

*If b is a dynamic expression, the result type is dynamic. At run-time, a is first evaluated. If a is not null, a is converted to
  dynamic, and this becomes the result. Otherwise, b is evaluated, and
  this becomes the result.

*Otherwise, if A exists and is a nullable type and an implicit conversion exists from b to A0, the result type is A0. At run-time, a
  is first evaluated. If a is not null, a is unwrapped to type A0, and
  this becomes the result. Otherwise, b is evaluated and converted to
  type A0, and this becomes the result.

*Otherwise, if A exists and an implicit conversion exists from b to A, the result type is A. At run-time, a is first evaluated. If a is
  not null, a becomes the result. Otherwise, b is evaluated and
  converted to type A, and this becomes the result.

*Otherwise, if b has a type B and an implicit conversion exists from a to B, the result type is B. At run-time, a is first evaluated. If a
  is not null, a is unwrapped to type A0 (if A exists and is nullable)
  and converted to type B, and this becomes the result. Otherwise, b is
  evaluated and becomes the result.

*Otherwise, a and b are incompatible, and a compile-time error occurs.

See section 7.14 for why the conditional operator a ? b : c works differently.
Download the specification to read both in completeness at your leisure.

A: int result = input == null ? input : 10;

You got your condition mixed in the second case - you probably meant:
int result = input != null ? input : 10;

Now this won't compile because both types in use with the ternary operator must be exactly identical (and int? is not the same as int) - you can use a simple cast as a solution:
int result = input != null ? (int)input : 10;

A: A more concise explantion:
int? NULL_Int = 1;
int NORM_Int = 2;

NULL_Int = NORM_Int;  // OK

NORM_Int = NULL_Int;  // NO, you can't assign a null to an int


David Parrish (born 1939) is an important first generation Photorealist painter. In the 1980s and early 1990s, he distinguished himself by creating intricate motorcycle paintings and delicate still lifes of Marilyn Monroe sculptures. Other iconic personalities, such as Elvis Presley, also became subjects of David Parrish's bright and skillfully crafted paintings. Parrish's artwork can be associated with Americana work and Photorealism. It is lively and invigorating and an important example of the expression that is possible within the objective art of Photorealism.
David Parrish was born in 1939 in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1957, he attended Washington and Lee University in Virginia. In 1961, he earned his Bachelors of fine arts at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa.
"Four decades as an "official" Photorealist–the early decades spent chasing, photographing, and painting motorcycles…Then later, the porcelain Elvises, Marilyns, Deans, the masks, and myriad kitschy gewgaws, toys, and thrill rides that were such fun to paint–time has passed so quickly.
Now a fifth decade, I hope, and thanks to a generous friend who encouraged me to enter the new age, I have a PC, a printer, and a couple of point-and-shoot digital cameras–a whole new way to view the world! Small, lightweight, and very portable–I carry a digital camera everywhere I go.


In permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) PS data, acquired with buried receivers, we have observed a number of notches in the spectra. These notches were not present in the spectra of receivers on the seafloor. To restore the PRM PS data quality, a model-based PS deghosting method for buried receivers is proposed and tested on real data, assuming that the variation in spectra is created by strong contrasts in the shear wave velocity in the very near surface. Only predominantly vertically travelling SS-reflections and transmissions are considered, including important contribution from internal multiples. A shallow layered model is inverted for using picked notches on receiver spectra. Inverse filters, one per receiver, is constructed from the model response and applied to receiver gathers. The method was tested within a complete processing sequence and applied to PRM data from the Grane field in the North Sea. Results indicated very low S-velocities close to the seabed, in the order of 20-40 m/s. The deghosting clearly improved the continuity and resolution in the final image.


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Биоцид, непољопривредни пестицид је онај производ који је намењен да (биолошки или хемијски) одврати, уништи, спречи деловање, учине безопасним или контролише непожељне организме. Биоцидни производ се састоје од једне или више активних супстанци којима остварују наведене учинке.

Услови за стављање у промет и примену
Како биоцидни производи у себи садрже и потенцијални ризик по здравље људи, животиња и животну средину пре стављања у промет подлежу посебној процедури. Након спроведене процедуре ако се утврди да представљају прихватљив ризик по здравље људи, животиња и животну средину одобрава се њихов промет и коришћење.

Стављање у промет ових средстава у свим земљама Света ускалђује се са Законом о биоцидним производима, сваке земље посебно, а његово спровођење контролишу Агенције за хемикалије земаља које су тај закон донеле. У Србији ту контролу обавља Агенција за хемикалије Владе Републике Србије.

Врсте

Значај примене биоцидних производа у свакодневном животу, непрестано расте, јер би без њих живот на Земљиној кугли, на какав смо данас навикли био немогућ.

Примарна примена биоцидни производи заступљена је пре свега на оним местима на којима се непожељни живи организми јављају масовно и својим присуством угрожавају здравље људи и негативно утичу на животиње или животну средину.

Дезифинфицијенси, су биоцидни производи који се свакодневно користе у домаћинствима, медицинским и ветеринским установама, на фармама и у индустрији за;
 одржавање личне хигијене људи,
 дезинфекцију здраве коже,
 дезинфекцију површина и предмета у домаћинствима, јавним и индустријским објектима, на фармама, у прехрамбеној индустрији
 дезинфекцију ваздуха у затвореним и недовољно проветреним просторијама, фармама, индустријским халама итд,
 дезинфекцију воде у базенима за купање.

Неки од примера биоцидних производа, напред наведене намене, су; антибактеријске марамице, антибактеријски сапуни и гелови, дезинфицијенси за руке и тело, дезинфекциони раствори за испирање усне дупље, производи за хируршку дезинфекцију руку... Производи који служе за прање веша, посуђа, чишћење површина, итд, за које кажемо да сузбијају микроорганизме (нпр. антибактеријски детерџенти, дезинфекцију тоалета и средства за чишћење), такође су биоцидни производи.

Родентициди производи су такође биоцидна средаства која се користе за сузбијање мишева или других глодара

Инсектициди који се користе за сузбијање мрава, бубашваба, мува и других инсеката такође су биоцидни производи.

Репаленти који се користе за заштиту од комараца и крпеља одбијањем, такође су биоцидни производи.

Где се примењујеу биоцидни производи?
Биоцидни производи данас се све више користе у индустрији, грађевинарству, ветерини;
 у бојама, малтеру, смесама за заптивање на бази силикона, како би својим дејством заштитили третирани производ, као и површину која се третира од лишаја, алги, буђи.
 у индустријској производњи за заштиту финалних производа у оригиналној амбалажи,
 за заштиту дрвета, коже, гуме, папира, текстила, и др.
 у ветерини за дезинфекцију површина и опреме на фармама, као и за одржавање хигијене животиња (дезинфекција вимена, дезобаријере), за сузбијање инсеката и глодара.

Подела
Биоцидни производи по типу груписане су у четири групе, и то:

Дезинфицијенси и општи биоцидни производи:
 Биоциди да одржавање хигијене људи.
 Санитарни и други биоцидни производи намењени за примену у стамбеним просторијама и другим приватним објектима, у здравственим установама и другим институцијама. Они се користе за дезинфекцију ваздуха, површина, материјала, опреме и намештаја који није у директном контакту са храном или у објектима за исхрану, јавним и индустријским објекатима, укључујући и болнице. У ову групу спадају и биоцидни производи који се користе као алгациди, у базенима, акваријумима, у води за купање и другим воденим системима, клима-уређајима, на зидовима и подовима у здравственим установама и другим институцијама. Затим за дезинфекцију у хемијскиах тоалета, отпадних вода, болничког отпада, земљиште или друге подлоге (на игралиштима, спотским теренима).
 Биоцидни производи за хигијену у ветерини, намењени су за спроваођење хигијене у областима ветерине ветерине укључујући и производе који се користе у областима (просторима) где се животиње смештају, чувају или транспортују.
 Дезинфицијенси у области исхране, користе се за дезинфекцију опреме, контејнера, кухињског прибора, површина и цевовода, директно повезаних са производњом, транспортом, складиштењем или потрошњом хране, хране или пића (укључујући и воду за пиће) за људе и животиње.
 Биоициди за дезинфекцију воде за пиће, користе се за у процесу пречишћавања воде за пиће (за људе и животиња).

Конзерванси-успоривачи;
 Конзерванси за заштиту
 Конзерванси за заштиту филмова
 Презервативи
 Заштита влакна, коже, гуме и полимеризовани материјали
 Заштитно средство за зидање
 Конзерванси за заштиту течности у расхладним и процесним системима
 Слимициди
 Заштита метала у радној течности

Биоциди за дератизацију и дезинсекцију (пестициди)Bošković B. Pesticidi, toksikologija i terapija trovanja, Institut zaštite na radu, Beograd, 1995
 Акарициде
 Бактерициди
 Вироциди
 Фунгициди
 Хербициди
 Зооциди
 родентициди (уништавају глодаре)
 нематоциди (за нематоде)
 корвициди (за птице)
 лимациди (за пужеве)
 Репеленати
 Атрактанти
Остали биоцидни производи
 Конзерванси за храну и храну за животиње
 Производи против обрастања (у бродоградњи)
 Течности за балсамовање и репаратори
 Контрола других кичмењака

Извори

Спољашње везе

  Directive européenne sur les biocides
  Biocides – European Commission
  US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
 Пестициди и извори загађења у животној средини и значај ремедијације у санацији ремисије.

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