The lovely people at Footway asked me to review their site and shoes. I couldn't wait. What woman doesn't love shoes? To be honest I had never heard of Footway so after a quick scan of their website I jumped at the chance!
Footway is a Swedish company who have been selling shoes online since 2010. Their motto is to make shopping for shoes online fun. They also want your experience to be one of excellent customer service, fast delivery, friendly service and low prices.
The toughest decision when ordering was the choice! The website is very easy to use and you can put in a lot of different search terms. I was flipping between getting something for the summer (if we ever get it!), buying another pair of Dr Marten's or purchasing a pair of Adidas Gazelle trainers I have had my eye on for a long time! I opted for this lovely pair of Adidas Gazelle trainers in pale grey with gold trim.
Living in Northern Ireland while a stunningly beautiful country, when it comes to delivery it can be a little hit and miss at times as some companies charge extra. Not Footway though. They use DHL for all their deliveries. From ordering to arriving the process was very quick. Tracking information is provided for your order and you can keep a watchful eye on where the parcel is each day. I was well impressed with the delivery time, especially to Northern Ireland.
There was no mistaking this parcel was for me. The trainers came in a deep purple bag with Footway branding on the outside. The shoes were snuggly nestled in the Adidas box and wrapped in tissue paper. All very safe and secure.
The shoes fitted as I had hoped and will look fantastic in Spring. I did check out Footway's returns policy just in case though. I'm delighted to say that you can return an item within 30 days. There is even an free return label in your parcel so you don't have to print one off and hey presto, you can send them back without any hassle. I really love this touch as some companies now require you to return the item at your own expense and print your own label too.
I have to say I am really delighted with Footway. Considering I hadn't heard of them before they really do put the customer first. I was extremely pleased with the vast array of choice on their website, through to the extremely fast delivery time and customer returns should you need to. The team I dealt with were extremely friendly and supportive.
I can't recommend them highly enough. So if you fancy treating yourself to a pair of Adidas, head over to the Footway website here.
This blog post is a sponsored collaboration with Footway. All views, however, are my own.


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Q: What is the appropriate number of threads I create N threads using pthread_create on Linux/gcc. Each thread writes using for (;;) printf(...) its ID as fast as it can, nothing else. I let the whole program run for 3 seconds using usleep and notice that on my 4-core CPU when N=4 it produces something around 1,000,000 lines and when N=8 it produces around 4 times as much. What is the reason that on 4-core CPU 8 threads perform better? CPU doesn't have hyperthreading enabled.

A: I/O and CPU operations are very different. If you run CPU-intensive computations, N=number of cores will be optimal. For I/O, the optimal number can be far higher.

A: You won't have one thread running on each core if you have 4threads. Neither 2 with 8threads.
The idea of multi core is to separate the work achieved. Moreover, you are achieving a light CPU work by just displaying the thread ID. Hence, it is not using your CPU capacities but the ability of handle display events.

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Canova desk is a transitional piece that reflects the influence of French Directoire and English styles. The French Revolution affected furniture design: during the late 18th century the rule was to create simplified and restrained pieces that require a lot less decoration when compared to the former Louis XVI style. There is a fondness for geometric patterns and Grecian classicism, which anticipates the search for simplicity and pure class.
This office piece preserves its classical essence, while displaying a more severe look: with a customizable leather top, and four drawers on each side, it proves to be versatile and practical. The top drawers have a push-pull system, which reveals the eclectic nature of this piece; the other drawers have a square shaped handle, which confirms the predisposition for the use of geometrical forms. Despite its contemporary relevance, Canova desk is a classical piece that emphasizes the quality of aged cherry wood and antique features, such as ornamented feet.
W: 1,8m	D: 0,85m	H: 0,8m
revolving armchair

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Building a program to create plant-based teaching and learning opportunities has its discouraging moments, such as when we struggle to recruit folks to water garden beds day after day after day. It's really encouraging, however, to come across others who are thinking along similar lines.
A great example is at Hostos Community College in the Bronx, which according to a New York Times account, is launching an interdisciplinary food studies program Much more than cooking and nutrition, food is the organizing thee for classes in subjects as diverse as English, biology and public policy.
It's hard to imagine a single topic will more important real-world connections than food. And maybe we are preparing students for higher education more directly than we even realized.


Welcome to Iggy Azalea Web - Your newest and most updated online web source to international rapping superstar Iggy Azalea. At IggyAzaleaWeb.com, you will be able to find all the latest news and information on Iggy Azalea including new pictures, concerts, magazine interviews, videos and the latest gossip. Be sure to check back later!
Iggy has announced the release date for Surviving the Summer EP, Iggy Azalea has now shared a video for the project, and included a clip of a new song.
This project was set to release on June 2 originally, the project was delayed, Iggy state that reason for the delay was her record label needed extra time due to a new president – I think that's fair enough, if you just started you would want to make sure that everything was perfect for an artists first release during your tenure, here's what Iggy said: "My record label, Island records, is changing presidents this month," the rapper wrote.
See Iggy Azalea Surviving the Summer teaser above.
EW.com: When Iggy Azalea started working on her second album, Digital Distortion, she came up with about 20 songs, scrapped them because they "didn't really have a direction, there was nothing fresh about them," and went back to working with D.R.U.G.S., the same team who produced her first acclaimed mixtape.
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According to listing from Iggy Azalea's label, her next album, "Digital Distortion", is set to drop on June 10th.
Although the rapper has denied this information via her Twitter, her label hasn't commented anything and continues listing the record for the said release date.
Meanwhile, the album's first single, "Team", has just recently caught a #42 peak on The Billboard Hot 100, the most important singles chart for the United States.
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Q: C++ map of objects erase when key not present I have the following map in C++ (gcc):
map<int, EdgeExtended> myMap;

where the definition of EdgeExtended is:
struct EdgeExtended {
    int neighborNodeId;
    int weight;
    int arrayPointer;
    bool isCrossEdge;

    EdgeExtended(Edge _edge, int _arrayPointer) {
        neighborNodeId = _edge.neighborNodeId;
        weight = _edge.weight;
        arrayPointer = arrayPointer;
        isCrossEdge = _edge.isCrossEdge;
    }

    EdgeExtended(const EdgeExtended & _edge) {
        neighborNodeId = _edge.neighborNodeId;
        weight = _edge.weight;
        arrayPointer = _edge.arrayPointer;
        isCrossEdge = _edge.isCrossEdge;
    }

    EdgeExtended(int _neighborNodeId, int _weight, bool _isCrossEdge, int _arrayPointer) {
        neighborNodeId = _neighborNodeId;
        weight = _weight;
        arrayPointer = _arrayPointer;
        isCrossEdge = _isCrossEdge;
    }

    void setValues(int _neighborNodeId, int _weight, bool _isCrossEdge, int _arrayPointer) {
        neighborNodeId = _neighborNodeId;
        weight = _weight;
        arrayPointer = _arrayPointer;
        isCrossEdge = _isCrossEdge;
    }

    EdgeExtended() {
        neighborNodeId = -1;
        weight = -1;
        arrayPointer = -1;
        isCrossEdge = false;
    }
};

I want to do this (plain example):
EdgeMap edge;
int nodeId=18;

edge=map.erase(nodeId);

a) Is this code correct, does erase return the object that corresponds to the key? b) If yes, what does erase return when the key is not present? c) if this code is wrong, how can I check if a key is present, the object mapped to the key and then erase the pair from map. Keep in mind that performance is rather crucial, so I need the most efficient way.

A: a) No, it is not correct. The std::map::erase method you call returns the number of erased elements.
What you can do is use std::map::find to check if the an element with the given key is in the map. This returns an iterator to the element if it exists, to end() if it doesn't. You can pass this iterator to the relevant std::map::erase overload.
EdgeMap edge;
int nodeId=18;
ExtendedEdge removedEdge;
....
EdgeMap::iterator it = edge.find(nodeId);
if( it != edge.end() )
{
  // found element.
  removedEdge = it->second; // or removeEdge = std::move(it->second) in C++11
  edge.erase(it);
}

A:
a) Is this code correct, does erase return the object that corresponds
  to the key?

No, this returns the number of elements that were removed.

b) If yes, what does erase return when the key is not present?

N/A. It simply returns 0.

c) if this code is wrong, how can I check if a key is present, the
  object mapped to the key and then erase the pair from map. Keep in
  mind that performance is rather crucial, so I need the most efficient
  way.

auto it = yourMap.find(nodeId);
if (it != yourMap.end()) {
   EdgeExtended theObjectToRemove = *it;
   yourMap.erase(it);
}

The complexity of this is the same as for a plain erase(nodeId);, as erase(it) takes amortized constant time.

A: I would do it with an iterator, like this:
typedef map<int, EdgeExtended> EdgeMap;

bool RemoveEdge( EdgeMap & myMap, int nodeId, EdgeExtended &edge )
{
    EdgeMap::iterator e = myMap.find(nodeId);
    if( e == myMap.end() ) return false;
    edge = e->second;
    myMap.erase(e);
    return true;
}


This is (almost) the last Batik shirt I'll be making for a favorite client of mine.
and double top button spacing.
Double top button spacing? What the heck is that?
Notice that the top two buttons are spaced closer together than the others. This gives my client the choice of how far down he wants to "open" his shirt. Conventional button spacing would have given him only one (practical) choice for the depth of turn-back of the revers on this casual shirt. By adding an extra button, he can have the option of a deeper/lower turn-back. This is what "custom" shirtmaking is all about...giving the client options he cannot get off-the-rack, like custom sizing and double buttons.
Another option that we have when we sew for ourselves or others, is customizing the pattern.
Some commercial convertible collar shirt patterns have a narrow front facing that looks something like the one marked "Pattern X" below. As shown, I draft my facing pattern for casual shirts of lightweight fabrics quite wide...especially at the shoulder and upper chest area. The reason I do that is so the facing edges do not show if my client chooses to open his shirt to the second button, or if he chooses to wear the shirt completely open the facings look like more like a design detail than just the "inside" of the shirt. The narrow pattern facing would have a tendency to show its inner edge, and just looks "skimpy"...again, in my opinion.
Also, it is my opinion that a wider facing where it meets the shoulder line of the shirt makes the entire shirt-front stronger and more stable for men...who, let's face it, tend to put more "stress on the seams" of their clothes. The back yoke is completely faced...it's nice and strong, completely stable and ready to withstand the stress of wear. Of course, I cannot face the entire shirt front (well I could, but it's not practical for many reasons), but I can put more fabric at the shoulder and upper chest by making the front facing wider in those areas. This wider facing is perhaps a minor point. But it is small differences like these that make custom shirts different, and one of the reasons why there still is a market for custom-made apparel.
SEWING NOTES-- Front facings and both collar pieces interfaced with Pro-Sheer Elegance Fusible Interfacing from www.FashionSewingSupply.com. Black buttons from the "Dark Assortment" Buttons-by-the-scoop from www.FashionSewingSupply.com. Lightweight Cotton Batik fabric from www.Fabric.com.
This is the latest in the parade of double-pocket Batik shirts I have been making for one of my favorite clients. Because of the busy print in variations of the same shade of blue, you can barely see any of the design details...and I apologize for that. But I wanted to show you the shirt anyway because I think the colors are so striking.
I am stitching another shirt for this client today...so stay tuned for at least one more Shirt in this parade of Batik Madness!
SEWING NOTES-- This fabric is a slightly heavier weight than the thin cotton batiks I usually use. So instead of the Pro-Sheer Elegance Interfacing that I usually choose to interface these casual shirts, this one is interfaced with Pro-Woven Light-Crisp Fusible. The buttons, and a wide variety of Professional-Quality Interfacings are available at my store, www.FashionSewingSupply.com (where we have substantially Lowered shipping rates ). Fabric is from my wholesale shirting supplier.
At my studio we call them "Twin Pockets" if they are to be of identical shape...but getting them to actually be identical can be a challenge!
TIP-- this method is much easier to do if your pocket pattern seam allowance is 1/4". Make a copy of your pocket pattern and trim the seam allowances to 1/4" if needed.
Then turn it again 1" to the wrong side and press. This gives a double-folded edge that will become the hem of both pockets.
Next take the fabric to your machine, and stitch the top as if you were hemming a pocket (which actually is what is being done :) All stitching shown here is in contrast thread so it can be seen more easily...click any of the photos to enlarge them.
So now we have a piece of fabric that has one straight edge that has been double folded and hemmed. The next step it to fold it in half, RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, matching the top "hemmed" edges exactly. You will know that you have folded it correctly when the smooth side (right side) is inside the fold, and you can SEE the "lip" of the hem that was stitched (the wrong side). All that is being done here is folding the piece in half -RIGHT- sides together and making sure the "hemmed" edge is aligned along the top.
Now we need to make this hemmed piece of folded fabric into 2 pockets!
Position your pocket pattern on top of the folded fabric as shown below. The fabric has already been hemmed, so the pocket is placed as shown...with the Hem allowance above the double folded (hem) edges. Remember, because the fabric has already been hemmed...the hem allowance of the pattern is NO LONGER NEEDED....so that is why it extends above the fabric.
Now take a ordinary pencil, and trace all the way around the pocket pattern, as shown.
Now, carefully take your traced pocket to the sewing machine (you may place a pin or two to help keep the layers straight if you want to). LOOSEN THE Top TENSION OF YOUR MACHINE. Then with a regular stitch length...stitch INSIDE the traced line the width of your pattern's seam allowance. As you can see from the previous photos of my pattern, my seam allowance is 1/4"..so it's easy to use the edge of my presser-foot as a guide. (Please read the TIP about seam allowance at the start of this tutorial).
Next, remove the excess fabric around the pockets (remember, we are making 2 at the same time), by trimming along the PENCIL LINE. DO NOT cut the STITCHES!
After the excess has been trimmed, we now have two pockets that have been loosely stitched Right Sides Together. The next step is to turn the unit right side out, and roll the seams between your fingers so that the seams are even along all the edges.
Then firmly press the "joined" pockets. As you are pressing, the seam allowances (now inside) are being perfectly and identically pressed...no guess work...no tedious templates.
After pressing, pull out the stitching that is holding the two pockets together. This should be easy to do...but if not, use a seam ripper to help separate the pockets.
And this is what your pockets will look like from the right side...lovely and identical, already hemmed and ready to be sewn to your garment !


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Medical Services > Emergency Services > LUCAS
Mechanical chest compression device helps save woman's life
Diane Newman's Story
Survivor, Diane Newman
You won't read about it in celestial journals or astronomical guides, but Nov. 29, 2014, is the day the stars and planets were in absolutely perfectalignment for Diane Newman.
"It was a right place, right time sort of event," explains Mark Schultz, DO, the emergency medicine physician who was on duty when Diane was brought to the emergency department at ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital in the throes of a heart attack. "A ton of pieces had to be in place – knowledgeable emergency personnel, experienced hospital staff, a patient who was a fighter – and they all were."
And that's why Diane is alive today.
It was a fairly typical Saturday for Diane and Rudy Langenbach, her significant other of 18 years. They were meeting with their insurance agent to discuss supplemental insurance policies. As the conversation progressed, Diane had difficulty understanding what the agent was saying. She became increasingly confused and wanted to go home. After arriving at home, Diane still didn't feel well. She suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of doom.
"I told Rudy to dial 911 and then lost consciousness," says Diane.
When she opened her eyes, her house was full of first responders. Diane was alert for a short while, but lost consciousness again. Then her heart stopped beating. Paramedics defibrillated Diane once, then again to try to restore her heart beat. They moved her to the floor and started CPR with standard hands-on compressions.
Fortunately, the paramedics had with them a Lucas device – a portable, battery-operated chest compression machine – that they were able to use on Diane.
"Hands-on CPR is very difficult to do, especially in a moving ambulance. Going around turns, speeding up, slowing down, it's nearly impossible to maintain a consistent rhythm," explains Dr. Schultz.
The Lucas device demonstrated during training.
That's what the Lucas device does. It provides the consistent rhythm to ensure an uninterrupted flow of blood and oxygen to the patient's heart and brain. That helps avoid neurological damage and also frees up rescue personnel to focus on other tasks without a pause or gap in compressions. ProHealth Care has four Lucas devices that were purchased through donations to the ProHealth Care Foundation.
When the ambulance with Diane arrived at Waukesha Memorial, her condition was grave. Only the Lucas device was keeping her alive.
Diane's heart had not been beating on its own since 4:21 p.m. She arrived at ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital's Emergency Department at 5:06 p.m.
"That's a fairly long time for a heart to just be sitting there," Dr. Schultz says. "But the key is that the Lucas device was keeping her brain hanging on by continuing the circulation. If we turned it off, she would die. But when we turned it back on she had a pulse."
Dr. Schultz consulted with the cardiologists on call, and it was decided to use an aggressive treatment and get Diane to the heart catheterization lab immediately. With the Lucas device still attached to Diane, what happened next was far from routine.
Edward Lovas, manager for the interventional departments at ProHealth Care and a registered cardiovascular invasive specialist, explains what happened when Diane was in the cardiac cath lab.
"In the old days, when you had a heart attack they put you in a room and gave you some medicine and hoped for the best result," Edward says. "Today, we may be able to actually stop that heart attack in its tracks by opening the blocked artery. We visualize their coronary artery, find where the blockage is, open it and put in a stent."
But it is extremely rare to perform a heart catheterization while the patient is still hooked up to a Lucas device.
"In the country and in the world, there have been reports of this being done. The first in about 2011," says Dr. Schultz. "But it's certainly not done very often. It's the first we've done at Waukesha Memorial."
The interventional cardiologist was able to find the blocked artery, pass the guide wire and insert the balloon all while the heart and chest were moving with the assistance of the Lucas. Additionally, a temporary pacemaker and a balloon pump were placed in the aorta, all while the Lucas was operating.
Dr. Schultz – who was in the cath lab during the procedure – explained that Diane initially experienced problems maintaining her pulse without the Lucas. Each time it was turned back on she had a pulse – when it was switched off, she didn't.
The Lucas provides consistent rhythm to ensure an uninterrupted flow of blood and oxygen to the patient's heart and brain.
"We stood back and had the conversation that either it was going to work or it wasn't. We couldn't go on like this forever," Dr. Schultz says. "The cause of the cardiac arrest was fixed, but was there too much damage?"
Then slowly – very slowly – Diane's heart rate started to pick up on its own. Her blood pressure began to creep up in what seemed like minute increments.
"We were in the best situation we had been in in 2 ½ hours," Dr. Schultz says. "We turned Lucas off for good."
Their efforts proved successful. Diane's heart was beating on its own, maintaining a low but present blood pressure that continued to improve.
Now, just over a year later, Diane's life is almost back to normal.
"I don't recall much of anything that happened until days after I woke up in the hospital ICU," she says. "I had tubes everywhere and was conscious for just short periods of time at first. My doctors have pieced things together for me."
She is grateful for each day, and to still be around to enjoy her children and grandchildren. Through it all Diane has stayed positive.
"I make accommodations about what I can and can't do, but that's what life is all about. And at least I'm here," she says, adding, "I'm kind of a miracle, you know?"
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Since our natural hair can be remarkably temperamental, it's no wonder we get a little frustrated when products don't work. Well, I am here to tell you that I understand, especially if your hair refuses to stay moisturized and soft.
There are a few things you can do in order to achieve any of your texture goals, the first being: get the right shampoo for your hair care needs.
Clear your scalp and hair strands of product buildup.
Keeping your natural hair free from product buildup is crucial to its growth. According to natural hair enthusiast Sabrina Perkins, "When hair stays coated with products for too long, moisture is prevented from nourishing the strands." This is so true! No matter what your hair goals are, you won't achieve them with hair strands that suffocate under the weight of product.
Add moisture to your hair strands.
As mentioned, keeping your natural hair moisturized is critical to its overall health. Since you will want to do this every wash day, you will want to use moisturizing shampoos that contain emollients such as Jamaican black castor, almond, hemp and flaxseed oils.
Love wearing protective styles, wigs, or weaves? Keep your scalp clean!
Protective styles are so beautiful, but can be taxing on the scalp. In just a matter of a few days, you could experience a dry, flaking scalp AND product buildup simultaneously, and that is no bueno, my friend. Since I am obsessed with protective styles, especially box braids, I have found that the best way for me to maintain them, my scalp, and my sanity is to cleanse my scalp every week and then apply a cocktail of serum and oil.
After much trial and error, I have found the easiest way for me to detangle my curls is in the shower. Fortunately, I can rely on a couple of shampoos to help speed up the process so I'm not running my water bill up! They're listed below, but I also want to mention that both of these are good because they contain super moisturizing ingredients that will nourish your hair. You'll love them!
Prime your curls for extreme definition and sheen with a good shampoo.
No matter what curl pattern you have, we ALL want defined curls that shine. For those of us with Type 4a-c hair, that tends to be very difficult to achieve. I mean, essentially, our hair doesn't really work like that… without A WHOLE LOTTA HELP.
Wow! I LOVE shampoo!!! Can you tell?
Read more: I Wash My Natural Hair Every Day. Is That Bad?
The following list is of my top 15 shampoos for natural hair because they have worked wonders for me. If you've tried them, let me know in the comments! If you haven't, do you want to? Click on over to SHOP NaturallyCurly to get what you need.
As promised, I have all your natural hair and curly girl needs for Spring and Summer 2018! So, if you haven't already, definitely sign up for our NaturallyCurly newsletter. If you want to see what new color my braids will be or how massive my Afro has gotten, follow me on IG @gerilynhayes today, friend.


Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2016 gives you many ways to create and present your ideas in a visually appealing way. You will learn to create your own professional-looking presentation using custom shapes, animations, Smart Guides, and templates. You will learn to use Presenter View to show a full slide to your audience on one display while you view your slide notes and see upcoming slides on a second screen. You will also learn how to collaborate with colleagues by sharing your presentation electronically, easily managing version histories. This course shows you how to get started in PowerPoint, as well as the many new features found in PowerPoint 2016 like Tell Me, Smart Lookup, Screen Recording, and others.
Module one starts with the basics of PowerPoint, explains the PowerPoint window and ribbon, how to use different views, and how to navigate through the application. Next, the module shows you how to create a new presentation, add and delete slides, change slide layouts, and insert slides from other files. The module concludes by showing you how to use themes and templates, and how to insert and format text.
Module two shows you how to add design features and visual appeal to your presentation. You will learn to insert and format charts, graphs, and SmartArt to show data visually. Then, you will see how to insert and edit images, clip art, shapes, and objects onto each slide. Next, the module discusses how to add other media such as audio, video, hyperlinks, screen shots, and artistic effects. The module concludes by showing you how to add action to your presentation using animations and transitions.
Module three illustrates how to organize and finalize your presentation. You will learn to use the Slide Sorter to group topics together and move slides within the presentation. Next, the module shows how to use Outline View to add new slides, enter content into existing slides, and promote or demote slides. You will then move onto see how the Slide Master, Note Master, and Handout Master formats PowerPoint at the macro-level. Finally, you will learn to complete your presentation through collaboration and presentation options.
Module four discusses how to give presentations and collaborate with others. You will learn how to save the presentation in several formats, and how to create video presentations, slide shows, and broadcasts. The module shows you how to create paper versions of the presentation in several formats and how to customize PowerPoint options. Finally, you will learn how to analyze your audience, adapt your presentation to audience needs, and give a professional presentation.


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SOUTH AFRICA TO BUILD 40KM FENCE ALONG ZIMBABWE BORDER
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Authorities in South Africa have said they will build a 40km (25 miles) fence along its border with Zimbabwe to prevent undocumented migrants from entering and spreading coronavirus – even though the neighbouring country has no confirmed cases.
The planned fence is to be erected on either side of the Beitbridge Land Port of Entry to 'ensure that no undocumented or infected persons cross into the country,' Patricia de Lille, the public works minister, said in a statement on Thursday.
As of Friday, South Africa has reported 202 confirmed cases of the virus and no deaths. President Cyril Ramaphosa has already ordered 35 of 53 land entry points closed.
'This measure will … not be effective if the fences at the border are not secure, which in many places, they are not,' de Lille said in the statement.
'All 40km of the fence will be finished within one month. Local labour will be sourced by the contractor.
'We are certainly not xenophobic. We have had thorough consultations with all the countries that are our neighbours. What is important for South Africa is to protect our own citizens and people coming into our country because at the border post now, you've got health inspectors and you've got environmental professionals and they are doing the testing and screening at the border. But if somebody just walks over the border, there are no such facilities,' she added.
South Africa, the continent's most industrialised country, has long sought to reduce irregular migration from Zimbabwe, which it sees as a threat to local jobs in a country with unemployment of around 30 percent.
Countries around the world have been cancelling flights, banning travel from certain countries and tightening controls at borders to prevent the virus's spread.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 209,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19, the infection caused by the novel coronavirus, around the world.
The virus has claimed the lives of at least 8,700, according to the UN health body.
The outbreak reached Africa later than other continents, but at least 33 countries have now confirmed cases, with 13 reported deaths.
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A widebody transport crew expressing concerns about panc and the anc 3 SID.
Heavy aircraft, unable to use most suitable runway 14 (wind 140 degrees at 22 KTS) due to terrain problems. Runway 6L noise sensitive, has an impossible to predict departure SID. Captain must predict, prior to takeoff, if he will make 2000 ft and be turning prior to anc 10 DME. He must tell tower prior to takeoff if he is unable. This is impossible to do, which puts pilots in the position of saying they cannot make the altitude/DME and possibly have takeoff canceled or attempt to make a climb at a speed too slow, followed by a turn to 190 degrees also at too slow a speed, with resulting potential catastrophic results. In such high mountainous terrain the SID should be changed to preclude this hazardous choice. A lower altitude for a turn or longer straight climb before the turn are the obvious options. We were forced to turn before 2000 ft to make the anc 10 DME limit.
Title: A WDB CREW EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT PANC AND THE ANC 3 SID.
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So Paradise Lost "is" a "Christian" poem?
Good to know there's no debate on that point.
pronouncement such as the one above.
Anglican, or at Wrigley Field make it doomed.
of the same things that are at work in Judaism(s).
monumental and sub-literate a bore as that.
P.S. And what, exactly, is "the religion of Christ"
seems allergic to the word in his later poetry.
threatened to turn into Milton ministries.
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>> example, is for Milton (and others) "popery,"
>> Catholic antagonists called him an "atheist."
>> either the times or the text itself.
>I guess if one were to define PL as a "Christian"
>that he expressed in DDC.
>differences separating Milton and Lewis.
>continue to read it) and absolutely love it.
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There are several things that are associated with the term graduation. One of these is the academic regalia. Among the many things that can be seen fashioned by candidates during this extraordinary day, the academic regalia are considered as the basic items. It is made up of three essential pieces: the academic robe, hat and hood. Considering the different levels of academic degrees, these graduation items also come in different styles as to represent these particular degrees. Furthermore, during the said academic formality, these pieces are incorporated with the use of other academic accessories such as the stoles and cords. There are few inquiries that candidates for graduation are faced with. Other than having to ask about how to correctly wear a certain graduation item questions like where to purchase cap and gown are also one of their major concerns.
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| Posted on January 15, 2021, 11:13 AM (Last Updated: January 21, 2021, 10:54 AM )
UPDATE: January 21, 2021, 10:48am: A new version of our app is now available in the App Store. You can download it here:
In the process of fixing the app, we also moved it to a new developer account. After installing the new version, the old version will remain on your device. Please delete it. The old version of the app will begin showing a prompt directing users to the new app soon.
Thank you for your patience while we got this sorted out. We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the support of our listeners.
Original Post: Due to a problematic update from our developer, our current iOS app is having difficulties playing our station streams. We are working as quickly as we can to fix the app and restore it to working order. We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing.
While we are working on this, we encourage you to use the Listen Live page of our website, which has players for all three of our streams. Our streams are also available in a variety of other apps, such as NPR, TuneIn, and iHeart.
For context, there are 2 bugs that we are working on addressing:
The app is not currently able to play audio while the app is in the background. Our developer is working on a fix for this.
The app says that audio is playing, but no sound is coming out. This can be temporarily remedied by toggling the mute switch on the side of the phone. Our developer is also working on remedying this.
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The Secrets In Plain Sight!: May 2, 2015, - God Shopping!
At some point in your spiritual journey, you might find yourself searching for a new or improved deity. While atheists and agnostics might be looking to fill a void, some others might like their current deity well enough, but would like that deity to have a more active role in daily life. Then, there are those who have a particular want or need, and want a deity to help with that issue. And now and then, someone will feel the need for a new pantheon.
There are some good ways to go about such a search, and there are indeed some precautions. But, it can be done successfully.
For many, this is a part of the growth process. It also becomes an essential part of the learning process.


Do you have a high need for achievement?
what it means in context.
entrepreneurship, and we'll also help you assess your personal need for achievement.
So in this way, this is step one of part one of the opportunity analysis canvas.
So defining need for achievement is naturally important.
accomplishment are the most common terms and definitions in need for achievement.
we may call it being a self-starter, or being self-motivated.
over 50 year by academics as they've tried to understand entrepreneurial mindset.
entrepreneurship is something that's really worth considering.
corporate employee or mid- to upper-level manager in that environment.
achievement that creates the entrepreneur.
achievement, the likelihood of them becoming an entrepreneur is even greater.
So in that way it's a question of kind of cause and effect.
be attributable to individuals that have this higher need for achievement.
a greater drive, a greater level of commitment.
suppliers, and partners, and customers, and investors.
empowerer of becoming entrepreneur, but also very valuable for entrepreneurs.
of being able to do that there was the hunter, the grower, the warriors early on.
They went on to industrialist and to oil drilling.
More recently, the corporate path, the corporate executive.
something we hear a lot about today.
achievement going to be realized and motivated.
of taking larger risk, for larger rewards.
the responsibility of the startup, and the startup founders.
And we're beginning to see that evolve in a variety of different ways.
we're seeing it in software development, we're seeing it in R&D.
We've seen it for years in customer support.
entrepreneurial firms that are playing a role in providing that outsourcing.
Intrepreneurs is something that you may have heard of.
The company hackathons, the 20% time, the do what you want ala Google.
that again is what we'll call entrepreneurs.
A sidepreneurs as something that is increasingly popular.
on their days off, doing something else that may be in their career line.
also going to do some graphic design work separately for other individuals.
Outside of their company at night or on the weekends.
a little design and a little sales.
That they are a bit more of generalist in what they do.
typically in small firms where there is more work than you have people.
that is increasingly popular and maybe increasingly necessary.
many of them forecast that we will all become entrepreneurs.
company essentially taking care of us is going to go by the wayside.
negotiate your own contracts and your own work for everything.
it's an interesting thing to be aware of on the path to becoming an entrepreneur.
And we're seeing this happening a variety of different formats.
99 designs, and dozens of others.
when we look at the number of freelancers that are out there.
of people that are doing computer programming assignments and task.
been posted, we see tremendous numbers there, millions and millions jobs posted.
to have a logo design for example, 10% of that will stay with oDesk.
goes to the individual that's actually designing that logo.
And so what we see here are these marketplaces that are emerging.
to freelancers online, to deliver that work.
that are in excess of a billion dollars that have been generated.
a lot of work that's being done.
whereby we have outsourced work to some of these platforms.
begin to think about yourself.
We want to know, well, what does it mean to have this need for achievement?
In the orientation here, what we want to think about first is goal setting.
Are they specific, and challenging, and relevent?
Do you mentally rehearse or forecast or think about future events?
Do you develop alternative solutions?
And are you not only driven to success but are you planning your own success?
Self monitoring is something to keep in mind as well.
I'm a believer in that we track what we hear about.
is another hallmark of individuals who have high need for achievement.
incremental rewards or long term rewards and influencing yourself.
Do you need others to give you a pat on the back.
Do you need others to congratulate you.
achievement is a key component of an entrepreneurial mindset.
also motivating and contributory to their success as entrepreneurs.
And we are all at different levels.
And it's not to say, you are where you are, and that's all there is to it.
Think about what are some of the benefits of enhancing the various elements.


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Home Economic Trends Watchdog Slams AT&T's Latest Mega-Merger Three Years After 'Disastrous' Time Warner Acquisition...
Watchdog Slams AT&T's Latest Mega-Merger Three Years After 'Disastrous' Time Warner Acquisition Cost 45,000 Jobs – Julia Conley (05/21/2021)
Public interest group Common Cause was among the critics denouncing telecom giant AT&T's latest merger on Monday as the company announced it had reached a $43 billion deal to consolidate the media company Discovery with WarnerMedia.
The deal is expected to be finalized in mid-2022 and will combine cable networks including CNN and HBO with Discovery's channels including HGTV and The Food Network as AT&T aims to compete with streaming services like Netflix.
"As usual the only folks who'll pay any real penalty for AT&T's expensive strategy incompetence will be its consumers and lower level employees."
—Karl Bode, journalist
The agreement comes three years after AT&T spent $85 billion to acquire the former media giant Time Warner and form WarnerMedia, a deal which drew skepticism from media experts and which AT&T spent millions of dollars and several months defending from challenges by government regulators.
The New York Times reported Monday that the decision to unwind the acquisition of Time Warner indicated "a failed acquisition strategy," and Common Cause accused AT&T of "seeking a bailout from a merger that should have never been approved."
"The AT&T/Time Warner merger has proven to be as disastrous as many of us predicted," said Michael Copps, special adviser to Common Cause and a former FCC commissioner. "After three years, millions of dollars of debt, and waves of layoffs, the deal has not only failed the public interest test but has not made any business sense either."
Since the Time Warner acquisition three years ago, AT&T has laid off about 45,000 workers. The company claimed it planned to create 7,000 new jobs as a result of former President Donald Trump's corporate tax cuts, which saved AT&T $42 billion, but it continued cutting jobs even after receiving the tax break, according to Ars Technica.
A report commissioned by California officials also found that AT&T allowed its copper phone networks in low-income areas to deteriorate in recent years even as it raised its prices by 152.6% over 12 years.
"While the deal is being touted as good for 'scale,' it will undoubtedly cost worker jobs, billions more in company debt, and consumer harms," said Copps of Monday's announcement. "The merger does not even begin to register on the scale of the public interest."
Tech journalist Karl Bode slammed the corporate media for its focus on the amount of money Discovery and AT&T shareholders stand to make from the deal, with little mention of the workers who will likely face job losses and the consumers who will likely be confronted with higher prices as a result of the merger.
"As usual the only folks who'll pay any real penalty for AT&T's expensive strategy incompetence will be its consumers and lower level employees," Bode said.
somebody should ask the 50,000+ employees AT&T has laid off since 2017 (in part due to mega merger debt) what they think about this exciting and transformative transaction https://t.co/myUVvIJ5jD
— Karl Bode (@KarlBode) May 16, 2021
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) spoke out about the merger, calling for regulators' "close scrutiny to protect consumers' pocket books instead of accelerating further concentration among corporate behemoths."
This mega-merger combining two of the country's largest media conglomerates demands close scrutiny to protect consumers' pocket books instead of accelerating further concentration among corporate behemoths. https://t.co/LRdabfTbAh
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) May 17, 2021
"Recent lax antitrust enforcement has allowed a dramatic consolidation in the media market that is driving up prices and limiting consumer choice," said Blumenthal. "I expect that antitrust enforcers will fully and fairly review this deal to protect consumers' interests."
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Globally, 95% of People Living with a Cancer-Causing Illness Are Unaware
By HFSA | 08/02/2016
On World Hepatitis Day, the Hepatitis Foundation International urges a dramatic scale up in viral hepatitis testing to reduce liver cancer deaths worldwide.
The theme of this year's World Hepatitis Day, 'Elimination of viral hepatitis', explores how everyone – together or as individuals – can do their part to eliminate viral hepatitis. Lack of awareness at an individual, community and government level, is cited as one of the main reasons for perpetuating the global burden of viral hepatitis.
Less than 5% of people living with viral hepatitis worldwide are aware of their condition, largely due to the disease being mostly asymptomatic and the lack of routine screening. The result for many is a missed opportunity to access a highly effective treatment that can stop them succumbing to liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Each year, an estimated 24,000 people die from liver cancer in the United States (U.S.), of which the high majority is caused by viral hepatitis. These deaths are completely preventable if people are aware of their infection and have access to the appropriate treatment.
Viral hepatitis, which affects many in the U.S., is an inflammation of the liver caused by a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis B and C. An estimated 800,000 to 1.4 million people have chronic hepatitis B and more than 3.2 million have chronic hepatitis C. Hepatitis B is transmitted through contact with blood or other bodily fluids of an infected person and approximately 240 million people in the U.S. are living with chronic infections. Hepatitis C is mainly spread through blood-to-blood contact such as unsafe injection practices and inadequate sterilisation of medical equipment.
"People have the right to know if they are living with a cancer-causing virus" stated Ivonne Fuller Cameron, President & CEO of HFI. "On World Hepatitis Day, we are calling on governments to take responsibility by scaling up on hepatitis testing services and providing treatment to reduce needless deaths." World Hepatitis Day is one of only four official disease-specific world health days recognized by WHO.
World Hepatitis Day was launched by the World Hepatitis Alliance in 2008 in response to concern about the lack of priority for hepatitis as a global killer and became an official WHO day in 2010 at the 63rd World Health Assembly.
At the World Health Assembly in May, the United States joined governments across the world to adopt the WHO Global Viral Hepatitis Strategy and commit to increased diagnosis to 90% by 2030. The U.S. also committed to an overarching goal of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030, which will save millions of lives globally.
To mark World Hepatitis Day, the Hepatitis Foundation International together with the World Hepatitis Alliance, and a large number of civil society organizations celebrate the launch of "NOhep", the global movement to eliminate viral hepatitis. NOhep aims to unite those working in the field of hepatitis and others from across the world around one common purpose: the elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030.
"Scientific innovation is leading to unprecedented opportunities in care for affected individuals across the globe. HFI is continuing its commitment to improve care for historically underserved communities", stated Dane Christiansen, Vice Chair, Board of Directors.
NOhep is calling on individuals and organizations across the world to sign-up to be part of the next greatest achievement, the elimination of viral hepatitis. Sign up and watch the video here: www.NOhep.org.
"Join us today, on World Hepatitis Day, to call on governments to take the first step towards eliminating hepatitis by scaling up hepatitis testing and treatment services", said Ms. Cameron "Because only then we will have a world with "NOhep". Visit HFI's website to learn more on how to become an advocate today and make your voice heard.
The World Hepatitis Alliance
The World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) is a patient-led and patient driven non-governmental organization (NGO). With over 230 member patient groups from 81 countries, WHA provides global leadership to drive action to help eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Their aim is to work with governments, members and other key partners to support and elevate patient voices, to raise the profile of viral hepatitis and to help establish comprehensive hepatitis strategies which have robust prevention measures and access to affordable diagnostics and treatment.
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Wrapping Up Rehearsals - Behind the Net Curtains
As Coventry and Warwickshire celebrate their Year of Wellbeing in 2019, the Belgrade Theatre is gearing up for a four-day exploration of how engagement in art and culture affects health and wellbeing for over 50s.
Titled Connectivity and Community, the series will include a performance of a show called Behind the Net Curtains, devised and developend by the Belgrade Elders Company. Set at a 100th birthday party, the show tells the interlinked stories of different guests attending, and will be performed on Thursday 16, Friday 17 and Saturday 18 May.
Since rehearsals began in January, Elders Company and Belgrade Arts Gym member Margaret Emerton has been blogging about her experiences of taking part in the project. With rehearsals drawing to a close this week, she reflects on the process so far, and looks forward to the show opening this week.
Phew, I remember the end of the first week of intensive rehearsals. We were all exhausted. At least we had the weekend to recover and take in all that we had learned!
Each session started with games that warmed up our bodies, voices and minds. Whilst we had fun, there was a real purpose behind them. They reinforced basic stage skills: knowing where we are on the stage, awareness of fellow actors and reminding us to think of where the audience will be. Other games made us aware of how a walk or movement or a facial expression can convey so many feelings. Without warming up our vocal cords and repeating tongue twisters, how will that stage whisper be heard?
Our sessions continued with more stage techniques: more scenarios to work on, even becoming an object or working at different physical levels in a scene, (if you end up on the floor there's always help to get up) or how to move stage props. Each session is different, with so many things to remember. Already we are thinking quicker, working more easily in a group.
It has been a pleasure to work with so many brilliant professionals, a truly wonderful experience.
Slowly the stories are being revealed, and we can see how our work over the last few months has been woven into these stories.
As in life, the stories feature highs and lows. We will be challenged, maybe, to face our fears or trigger long-forgotten memories, but we know that we will support each other… it is often easier to play the joker.
At that time, the script was not yet finalised and no parts had been allocated. This is when the hard work started: learning lines and delving deeper into the characters so that they become part of us.
Then, another three weeks of intensive rehearsals before the performance, and yes, we all worked very hard.
We are all looking forward to our live performances, we hope you are too!
Behind The Net Curtains shows at the Belgrade Theatre on Thursday 16, Friday 17 and Saturday 18 May, forming part of our Connectivity and Community series. Tickets are available to book now.
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In the Medieval era, knights took the "peacock vow" at the end of the Christmas season each year to re-affirm their commitment to chivalry.
And today, we have our New Year's Resolutions. But how great are we at keeping them?
A 2007 study by Richard Wisemen from the University of Bristol involving 3,000 people showed that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail, despite the fact that 52% of the study's participants were confident of success at the beginning.
So what is going wrong? Here's 8 useful tips from us to make sure you maximize your chances at meeting your CFA (or any other) New Year's resolution.
This is the most important tip of all, so it goes first and foremost. Don't say 'I resolve to pass the CFA exam this year', say 'I resolve to cover X chapters every week and Y practice exams before exam day'. Set a goal that is objective, fully measurable and dependent on your hard work and commitment.
#2 - Keep it simple.
If you can, just focus on one resolution. Identify what is the most important thing that you should achieve this year and zero in on that. Boil that down to one sentence, and this will be your guiding mantra for the rest of the year.
#3 - Make a plan and write it down.
Once you've decided what your resolution is, spend 10-15 minutes with a notepad and outline a plan of action. This is obviously key to properly achieving your goal - can't succeed if you don't have a plan. But too many people every year make resolutions and don't even think about any sort of plan to achieve them.
Create small goals for yourself and distribute them across time. If you're planning to cover the CFA syllabus in 3 months, you should aim to cover 1/12 of the syllabus every week. Plan out each weekly segment and focus on that.
#5 - Make it attainable.
If I started the year saying that I wanted to end the year beating Roger Federer at tennis, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do a thing about it. Why? Because it's just too damn unattainable. Know what your realistic limits are and plan within them. In addition to your minimum required goal, set a stretch goal (a goal in which it would be awesome to hit, but not your minimum required) to help inspire you to greater heights.
Social support. Your friends and family will understand and help when your resolutions mean you have to make different decisions in your normal social life. In a CFA example, this might mean missing a dinner, staying in weekends, or delegating some chores to others temporarily.
An accountable promise. If you've told a whole bunch of people you're taking the CFA and you have a plan to maximize your pass rate, you're much more likely to stick to it as you wouldn't want to be seen going back on your words. By telling people, you make yourself accountable for it, and that will drive you on afterward.
A task such as planning to face the CFA exam is a fairly large undertaking. Never underestimate the power of positive thinking - be encouraging to yourself and your progress. Focus on what you'll be getting with the CFA charter. Don't let the exam defeat you - if you don't feel like you're accomplishing enough, you get a defeated attitude. At this point, instead of moping, just shut out everything else, set a study goal for the next 2 hours or so and hit that goal. Nothing beats a lost and/or defeated attitude with some good, hard honest work.
#8 - Attack with the right tools.
Besides prep material, there is a ton of things we at 300 Hours have put together to help you accomplish your CFA goals.
Be a member: Join our 5000+ members and get full access to our Resources area, including our Ten Commandments and Free Resources Review.
The CFA Exam Analysis Report: It's not just about prepping, it's also about knowing what the exam is about. We've analysed the 2012 June exam based on thousands of real candidate data points. Get all the learnings with our printable, tablet-able report.
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What resolutions are you making for the new year? Practice tip #6 and share them with us in the comments below!
Thanks for this - helps me get a good start to the New Year! Happy New Year to all you guys!
Happy New Year and best of luck with all your resolutions!
To clear CFA Level 2 this year!
Neha, good luck for Level 2!
I personally found it most challenging in terms of the sheer amount of calculation and speed required. But with enough practice it should work.
Let us know how things are going and give us all a shout if there's anything that we (+300hours community) may be able to help with.


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Undoubtedly, Shopify has taken the ecommerce industry by storm. The platform powers more than 500,000 businesses in 175 countries which is sufficient enough to gauge how popular the platform has become.
If you are also one of the businesses powered by Shopify and want to have an edge over your competitors, it is necessary that you empower your online store with the right apps. These apps will not only enhance your customers' experience, but they will also help in streamlining your business operations.
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Event | Fundraising Dinner
Join us for the 6th Annual World Hope International (Canada) Spring Gala!
Friday April 12, 2019 | 6:00pm ET
Come hear stories about lives transformed this past year. Enjoy a complimentary meal and guest speaker, Haley Clark, Director of Anti-Human Trafficking.
The gala is a time to celebrate the lives changed through World Hope International this past year, and give generously for the upcoming year! We will take an offering at the end of the evening.
If you are interested in being a Corporate Sponsor, please reach out to Tanya Nace at: tanyanace@worldhope.org
Please RSVP by Monday, April 8th
Email: info@worldhope.ca
We look forward to having a Gala Time with you!
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Tanya Renea Nace
Location: Charlottetown, PEI
Tanya Nace is an organizational leader with a background in non-profit recruitment. At World Hope, Tanya was elected Executive Director by the Board of Directors in December 2017. Prior to this, Tanya served as Director of Mobilization for TEAM, where she led the recruitment of 326 long-term missionaries. Tanya brings experience in international communication, strategic thinking, system development, and management. She holds a bachelor's degree from Kingswood University and is completing a master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Haley Clark, MA
Director of Anti-Trafficking and Gender-Based Violence Program
Location: Sierra Leone/Freetown
Haley Clark is a psychotherapist who specializes in trauma treatment. At World Hope, Haley directs the organization's Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Gender-Based Violence Program strategy and activities. Haley originally joined World Hope in 2013 as the Clinical Supervisor for World Hope's Trafficking in Persons Recovery Centre in Sierra Leone. Prior to this, she worked with children impacted by trauma and abuse in Seattle, Washington. Haley completed her clinical internship in northern Uganda, where she worked with former child soldiers. In Uganda, Haley co-founded an NGO that provides educational support to high school students. Haley holds a bachelor's degree from Seattle Pacific University and a master's degree in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology.


Learn more about the new park coming to North 81st Street and Greenwood Avenue North and review initial design proposals at a community meeting from 6-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N.
Check out the project's webpage for links to community input from an online survey and open house at the June Greenwood Car Show.
The two buildings on the east side of Greenwood at 81st are scheduled to be demolished before the end of the year. The south part of the block (where the small strip mall of restaurants and convenience store was) will be developed in 2017 with funds from the Seattle Park District. The north parcel (where Bleachers Pub used to be) will be open lawn until more funding is received for development.


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The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) is the umbrella professional body for bankers in Nigeria.
The CIBN was incorporated in 1976 as the Nigerian Institute of Bankers.
It was chartered in 1990, and is now covered by the CIBN Act 5 of 2007.
The Institute is authorized to control entry into the banking profession, to set standards for bankers and to maintain professional ethics through sanctions of erring members.
Corporate members include the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation and all Deposit Money Banks, Development Banks, Mortgage Banks, Micro Finance Banks and Discount Houses in Nigeria.

History
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria was established in 1963 as the Lagos Local Centre, Institute of Bankers, London. It was in incorporated in 1976 as the Nigerian Institute of Bankers, a company Limited by Guarantee. The Institute attained Chartered status and became The Chartered Institute Of Bankers of Nigeria through Act 12 of 1990 which was repealed and re-enacted as CIBN Act No 5 of 2007.

Key dates in CIBN history include:

 November 28, 1963: 124 bankers gathered at Randle Hall, Surulere, Lagos, and passed a resolution for the establishment of Lagos Local Centre of the Institute of Bankers, London.
 1963: Mr. D.A. Macleod was the 1st Chairman of the Lagos Local Centre of the Institute of Bankers, London.
 1965: Chief Collins K. N. Obih, FCIB became the 1st Nigerian Chairman of the Lagos Local Centre of the Institute of Bankers, London.
 1967: Mr. G. H. Griffin, FCIB was the last foreign Chairman of the Lagos Local Centre of the Institute of Bankers, London.
 1971: Ahmadu Bello University became the first established educational institution to start a banking education programming leading to the award of Diploma in Banking, which served as prelude to AIB (Now ACIB).
 1972: University of Lagos followed with a Degree programme in Finance.
 August 18, 1973: Nigerian Institute of Bankers was established.
 1973: Chief F.A Ijewere, FCIB was the President of Nigerian Institute of Bankers. He held the Chairman position of the Lagos Local Centre, Institute of Bankers, London, concurrently. The NIB Library was established. Alhaji G. G. Olorun-rinu was the 1st Administrative Secretary.
1974: Alhaji A. O. G. Otti, FCIB was the last Chairman of the Lagos Local Centre, Institute of Bankers, London.
December 15, 1976: Nigerian Institute of Bankers was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee.
1977: The Institute became operational and autonomous from the Institute of Bankers, London. Conducted 1st exam in Lagos Local Centre, Institute of Bankers, London. The Nigerian Institute of Bankers took over the conduct of the AIB Examination in Nigeria from the Institute of Bankers London.
1978: A Syllabus Sub-committee of the Education Committee drafted the first Syllabus for the ACIB Examinations in Nigeria. The 1st Examinations (Part 1) of the Nigerian Institute of Bankers were conducted.
1979: The Institute served in Special Committees including the Committee on Government Finance inaugurated by the 2nd Republic National Assembly.
1980: The ACIB Part II Examinations Syllabus was introduced.
1982: Alhaji S.A.O Sule, FCIB, was President of the Institute.
1983: The Association of Professional Women Bankers (APWB) was formed. Chief Mrs. M. O. Sokenu, became the 1st Chairman of APWB.
1984: The Institute commenced the conduct of ACIB Part II Examinations.
November 6, 1987: Gen. Ibrahim B. Babangida, President/Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, commissioned Bankers House, at PC 19, Adeola Hopewell, Victoria Island, Lagos.
1988: The Staff strength of the Institute rose to 159 from 4 staff in 1973
1990: The Institute initiated its 10 Year Development Plan. The Northern Zonal Office was established in Kaduna. The office was later relocated to Abuja in 2001.
May 18, 1990: The Federal Government Decree No. 12 of 1990 gave the Institute its 'Chartered Status'.
1992: Chief (Dr.) F.A.Z. Adekanye, President & Chairman of Council, was elected the 1st President of Association of Banking Institutes of West Africa (ABIWA).
1993: The Eastern Zonal Office was established with office in Aba, Abia State. The office was later moved to Owerri, Imo State in 2013.
1998: Conducted the 1st Treasurers Dealership Certificate Examinations. Conducted the 1st Examinations in Financial Journalism in conjunction with Nigerian Institute of Journalism.
October, 2001: The Institute held the 1st National Seminar on Banking and Allied Matters for Judges in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute.
November, 2004: The Institute introduced Honorary Senior Members (HCIB) category.
April, 2006: The Institute conducted the 1st Certificate in Banking Examinations.
2006: Mrs. Juliet A. Madubueze, FCIB, OON was 1st Female President of the Institute.
April 11, 2007: The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria got her new Act No. 5 of 2007 which was signed into law by Chief Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR, President/Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
October, 2007: The Institute held the 1st Banking and Finance Conference.
October 30, 2007: The Body of Past Presidents was inaugurated.
June 26, 2008: The Body of Banks CEOs was inaugurated.
2008: The Institute began the registration of Microfinance Banks in Nigeria as corporate members.
January 13, 2009: Mr. Jacobs M. Ajekigbe, OFR, FCIB, GMD/CE, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, delivered the 1st CIBN Valedictory Lecture.
February, 2009: The Institute organized the 1st Seminar for Directors of Microfinance Banks.

Publications

See also
List of banks in Nigeria
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN)

References

1976 in Nigeria
Banking institutes
Banking in Nigeria
Professional associations based in Nigeria
Organizations established in 1976


Since 2009, Vertigo Ventures (VV) has been working with leading research organisations globally to help them identify, capture and report the impact of their work. Currently, VV are working closely with many universities in the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong to help them best prepare for their national research assessment exercises of REF 2021, EIA 2018 and RAE 2020 respectively. VV are also working with other universities in Europe and the US to help them embed impact reporting more generally.
VV provides a range of services, such as impact training workshops, consultancy services, and, its proprietary software VV-Impact Tracker. All of them utilise VV's innovative online impact capture and reporting framework, VV-Impact Metrics, developed over the past decade with close industry input. VV's depth of impact expertise enables their clients to put their best foot forward in embedding impact measurement and reporting, and, ultimately to maximise the reach and significance of their work.
'Robust impact reporting for success and sustainability' is at the core of our belief system. By enabling the systematic measurement, analysis and reporting of impact we believe that we are contributing to a more sustainable world because future investment decisions can then be directed towards further positive impact. Our mission is to support organisations to fulfil their social, economic and environmental obligations and to help funders make better, more informed decisions, by enabling high quality impact data to be identified, recorded and amplified.
As the CEO of Vertigo Ventures, Laura leads the strategy and growth of the company. Laura founded Vertigo Ventures in 2009 and led the development of the company's flagship product, VV-Impact Tracker, which is being used across the UK, Australia and Hong Kong by research institutions, across disciplines, to identify, capture and report the impact of their research. At Vertigo Ventures, Laura drives the company's vision to embed impact reporting as part of business as usual for organisations, so that impact data is used for decision making. As such, Laura oversees service delivery, ensures the core values are at the heart of how the company operates and contributes to the impact agenda though co-writing papers and speaking at conferences with university colleagues and funding bodies. For example, publishing the HEFCE commissioned Impact Guidance Report, speaking at the Impact of Science Conference in Amsterdam and at the INORMS conference in Melbourne.
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Edith Waddell was born and raised in Peru, where her artistic multidisciplinary exploration started. After moving to Los Angeles in 2002, her interest in drawing and painting became her main passion. She graduated from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA with a BFA in Illustration. Her fascination with nature and psychology led her towards botanical and biological visual explorations as a means to convey human emotions. Her inkblot-like designs result in a colorful metamorphosis and synthesis of flora and fauna, conveying hints of seduction, sexuality, femininity and spirituality. Currently she lives in Los Angeles, where she works on gallery exhibitions as well as freelance illustration.


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Skate 3 plans to do co-op a bit differently, by allowing you and friends to form teams of skaters to complete challenges, build skate parks, and capture highlights of each others sick tricks. Offline and online modes will be blended together seamlessly so there's never any downtime in your rail grinding weekends.
What's this? A stealth game with cooperative play? The father of the modern day tactical stealth game is redifining it again in Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker. Snakes will need to time their stealth kills, use special co-op moves, and communicate effectively - or risk being discovered in Kojima's latest game. Co-Op is only available over AD-HOC wireless, but we hope for AD-HOC party support as well. We're pretty sure there's going to be lots of great moments involving weather balloons after playing the demo.
While the first Lost Planet was all about staying warm in a snowy environment, Lost Planet 2 is all about cooperative play. The entire game from start to finish is available in co-op with up two four players. Players can customize their character to create a unique looking avatar in the game with specific powers. The highlight of Lost Planet 2 is going to be the giant boss battles where players can attack giant creatures from all sides - even inside. Lets just hope they don't poop you out into a bottomless pit.
Crackdown garnered a cult following when it was released, no doubt a side effect of it's incredibly addictive co-op campaign. Crackdown 2 looks to expand the original in every way, including four player campaign co-op and an 8 player survival style mode. The real fun in Crackdown was always from the unexpected happening, and with plenty of new weapons and items, things may even get more over the top. I'm going to go on record and say using a car as a slingshot to launch anything in the way is going to be the most fun I have in gaming this year.
The original Two Worlds, to put it lightly, should have stayed in the oven for a few months or years longer. Despite that, gamers found the co-op mode addictive in this action RPG, calling it "Co-Op Olbivion" in some cases. The sequel is already looking more polished than the original, and the developers have stated a strong support co-op play once again. Just how many and what kind of co-op is unconfirmed at this time.
While the original Kane and Lynch received mixed reviews, the sequel looks to correct a lot of the issues with the original. Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days hits this summer with a return to the co-op roots that made the first one so interesting. This time Lynch leads the duo in Shanghai China in a gritty underground world of crime and corruption. The online fragile alliance mode is back as well, where players need to work together to complete a heist.
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Stories in Close Range have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's and GQ. They have been selected for the O. Henry Stories 1998 and The Best American Short Stories of the Century and have won the National Magazine Award for Fiction. This is work by an author writing at the peak of her craft.
Annie Proulx, the critically acclaimed winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, is one of the most intensely original and authentic voices in American fiction. Her writing examines the lives of rural North Americans in the contexts of time and place, asking how these forces order human lives and behavior. Her latest collection of short fiction, Close Range: Wyoming Stories presents eleven unforgettable stories of isolation, violence, and redemption in the high plains country of Wyoming. It is an unsentimental look at the ranchers, bull riders, cowboys, women and small-town business people who survive in this tough place.
The epigraph to the collection is a key to the stories: "Reality's never been of much use out here." The stories are laced with threads of the magical, the impossible, the folk tale. How does this dismissal of reality relate to the American myth of the west? In what ways does fantasy shape our lives and culture?
1.) In the story told by Mero's old man's girlfriend, the half-skinned steer becomes a terrible fate Tin Head knows he can't escape. What is Mero's half-skinned steer? How was he marked by it and by his Wyoming origins? What is the nature of Mero's journey?
2.) What drives Diamond, raised in town and meant for better things, to make himself into a rodeo bull rider? Are rodeo performers real cowboys? Does not knowing who his father is force him to invent a persona for himself? What are his feelings toward his mother, his young brother?
3.) Do you agree with Pake when he says that Diamond sees the bulls he rides as role models rather than opponents? What did Pake mean when he told Diamond, "you can't have a fence with only one post"?
4.) A fleeting clue to the identity of Diamond's father is in the story "Pair a Spurs." Does knowing that identity change your perception of the impasse relationship between Diamond and his mother?
5.) Does the title, "Job History" hold any irony? What do the jobs the members of this rural family hold tell us about their lives and opportunities? Do we learn more about them than the story's brevity and matter-of-fact style would suggest?
6.) What does this story say about the power of the home place over us?
7.) This story is a twist on an old folk tale, but here given a Wyoming setting and characters. What does Proulx's adaptation of this tale tell you about the collection as a whole? Are you supposed to read these stories as a literal reflection of life in the west?
8.) Compare the Dunmires and the Tinsleys -- each family's character and sensibilities, what each values, how they see the world, etc. What do their differences say about the error of stamping all rural people as similar in nature?
9.) Ras Tinsley falls victim to brutal vigilante action at the hands of the Dunmires. The Dunmires are stockmen. Is what the Dunmires do to Ras justifiable from their point of view as stockmen in this time and place? How is castrating Ras similar to culling an inferior animal from a herd? What is the flaw in that logic? 10.) Discuss the final line of this story.
11.) Ottaline feels trapped in a world that seems to have nothing to offer her, and finds escapes by listening in on other people's conversations on a scanner. Discuss the options women have in isolated rural areas. Low population density and lack of public transportation are two background factors in this story. What are others?
12.) After the tractor begins to talk to her, Ottaline learns that an accident that killed a ranch hand was intentional -- an effort, the tractor claims, committed to "save" Ottaline from the young man. Ottaline replies, "I could a saved myself, if I wanted to." Do you agree? Is that what she accomplishes later by marrying Flyby Amendinger? What places, or whose place, does Ottaline claim for herself?
13.) As the story develops Old Red seems pushed to the sidelines, yet he is never silenced by advanced age or the marginalization of his role in the family. Were you surprised that Old Red, along with Ottaline, is a survivor in this story?
14.) This story concerns complex relationships between men and women in a small community and prompts questions on the nature of love. The magic spurs infect Scrope with a strange and inescapable obsession. How does his changed behavior affect the other characters? What do the spurs represent?
15.) The world does not lack for women like Josanna Skiles who accept bad treatment from the men in their lives. Why cannot Josanna break out of the pattern? She sometimes thinks that she lives in "a miserable place." Why doesn't she leave and make a new life for herself somewhere else? How does the place she lives in define her sense of self?
16.) Josanna has close female friends, yet Palma throws herself at Josanna's boyfriend, Elk. Why don't these women have more respect for each other?
17.) Did this story's depiction of contemporary small-town Wyoming surprise you? Do you think of drugs as a rural problem? What are the hungers, behaviors, and social factors that drive this story?
18.) Why did Shy, a lifelong rancher, get involved with Wade Walls when it meant betraying his own community? What is the significance of the man stumbling through the waist-high grass who grants Shy his evil wish?
19.) In what ways do Shy and Wade represent fringe positions on the complex issue of cattlemen versus environmentalists? Which characters in the story do you think represent current contemporary Wyoming ranching practice? Why does Roany make a success of her business while Shy fails?
20.) What does this story say about the role imagination can play in lives defined by a remote setting and repetitive work? How does this brief story illuminate the collection as a whole?
21.) Both Ennis and Jack convince themselves that they aren't gay, and tell one another lies about the women in their lives. Is either man threatened by the other's relationships with women? Why is it so hard for Ennis to ask Jack if he was with other men in Mexico? How does Jack's disclosure affect their relationship?
22.) How can Jack and Ennis -- both gay men -- be homophobic? Does it seem possible to you that the two men might ever have lived together in rural Wyoming the way Jack wanted? How important is Ennis's tie to place and a rural life in this story?
23.) Discuss the symbolism of Jack placing Ennis' shirt inside his own on a hanger -- and Ennis's reaction to finding them after Jack's death. Why did Jack and Ennis never go back to Brokeback Mountain after the first summer?
Annie Proulx was born in 1935, the oldest of five girls, in Connecticut, where her mother's English ancestors -- farmers, millworkers, inventors, artists -- lived for 350 years. Her father's Québec-born grandparents came to New England in the 1860s to work in the woolen mills. Her father continued in the textile tradition and her mother, who died in 1994, was a painter and amateur naturalist. In 1995, Proulx moved to Wyoming, her long-time writing place.
The stories in this collection have won many prizes, including O. Henry Awards for "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Mud Below." "Brokeback Mountain" also won a National Magazine Award. "Half-Skinned Steer" was included in both Best American Short Stories 1998 and Best American Short Stories of the Century. "The Bunchgrass Edge of the World" was chosen for Best American Short Stories 1999. Close Range was one of the eleven best books of the year chosen by the editors of the New York Times Book Review, and the top fiction choice of Entertainment Weekly. It was included in the lists of the year's best books by the Boston Globe, the Miami Herald, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and many others.
Proulx's novel The Shipping News won both a National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1994. Postcards won the 1993 PEN-Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her books have been translated into twenty languages.


4. Best Place To Visit in Canada in Winter? As lovers of snowboarding, hiking, biking and outdoor adventure, this was an easy one for us - Whistler, British Columbia. It's one of our favourite places in the world - for any season. [caption id="attachment_3257" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Nicole Wears, one-half of the Traveling Canucks"] [/caption] Banff, Alberta is a close runner up and offers a lot of the same outdoor activities. It does have more wildlife and the Rocky Mountains views are hard to beat. 5. In the context of your world travels, what do you feel is Canada's greatest asset for potential visitors? Canada is so big and so diverse. Living in the temperate rain forest of British Columbia, we are used to seeing tall coniferous trees and mountains. In most parts of Canada you can jump in the car and find nature within 20 minutes, which is one of the things we love most about this country – its great outdoors! Cue to readers: What would the Travelling Canucks love about your part of Canada?