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CM vows to step up testing, tracing, tracking in B...
CM vows to step up testing, tracing, tracking in Bengal
Mamata Banerjee shows a medal that has been awarded to Covid-19 frontline workers. The Bengal cabinet has approved a policy to offer jobs to the next of kin of the state government employees who die from Covid while on duty to fight the spread of the disease.
Number will rise a little: Mamata Banerjee on Covid-19
State records 1,589 new cases in the past 24 hours
Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday underscored that the Covid-19 outbreak was a global affliction and said Bengal knew of no "magic spell" to keep it at bay when the number of patients was rising everywhere.
The chief minister's comments came on a day the state set new 24-hour records for fresh cases — at 1,589 — as well as recoveries, with 749.
Mamata vowed to increase the "three Ts" of testing, tracing and tracking in Bengal while citing expert opinion that the volume of cases would peak over the next couple of months.
"Every effort is being made but this (number of cases) will increase for some time. This is because we are going to further ramp up testing, tracing and tracking," she said at Nabanna.
"Testing, tracing and tracking — when these increase, the number (of cases) will naturally rise a little."
Bengal reported 11,388 tests on Wednesday, raising its overall test count to 649,928, which comes to 7,221 tests per million.
With a total count of 34,427 patients, the overall ratio of positive results to tests in Bengal has worsened from 4.34 per cent a week ago to 5.3 per cent. A month ago, it was 3.35 per cent.
"These couple of months, experts everywhere have been saying it (the epidemic) will peak. Everywhere there are more cases now," Mamata said.
"Calcutta's population and its density, one must remember, is very high. Bengal is a huge state in terms of population," the chief minister said.
With 1,589 new cases reported till 9am, the state has recorded 9,604 cases in just a week and 18,779 since June 26, when the surge began.
Almost three-fourths of Wednesday's new patients were from Calcutta and the four surrounding districts, known for their high population density. The city alone reported 425 cases on Wednesday, while North 24-Parganas threw up 347, South 24-Parganas 174, Howrah 151 and Hooghly 74.
"In these 20 days since June 26, these five districts have reported 14,941 new cases. That's 80 per cent of the state's total in that window. We are now focusing on containing the outbreak in the urban and semi-urban hubs in these districts," a senior minister said.
Mamata said that awareness and alertness would go a long way in containing the epidemic.
"It's a global outbreak; the whole world is in its grip. We cannot cast a magic spell and stop it. Our awareness and alertness are the biggest magic," she said.
"Whatever we can do is being done. It (the solution) won't fall from the sky. The cure is yet to be found. Despite the limitations (her government faces) and no help from the Centre, whatever was possible for us to do in these few months, we did."
Wednesday's 749 fresh recoveries have pushed the state's overall count beyond 20,000.
"We now have 20,680 recoveries out of the 34,427 total Covid-19 cases. That's a recovery rate of 60.06," the minister said. The national rate is 63.17.
Bengal has now set new 24-hour records for recoveries for four consecutive days. The figure was 718 on Tuesday.
With 20 deaths reported till 9am, the Covid-19 fatality count has risen to exactly 1,000. Of the dead, 815 or 81.5 per cent had co-morbidities, the government says.
Calcutta alone accounts for more than half the deaths with 525, of which 9 took place on Wednesday. North 24-Parganas has reported 186 deaths, 6 of them on Wednesday.
"Over 71 per cent of the deaths have been reported from Calcutta and North 24-Parganas alone," the minister said.
"But Bengal's (overall) mortality rate has been less than 3 per cent for the past two days. On Wednesday, it stands at 2.9. The national rate is 2.58 per cent."
The mortality rate in Calcutta is 4.78.
Nearly 7.16 lakh people have successfully completed their quarantine while 29,000-odd remain in quarantine.
Mamata on Wednesday referred to the Durga Puja for the first time since the Covid-19 threat assumed serious proportions in Bengal.
She said everybody must do their bit to defeat the epidemic and that the clubs could play a role locally.
"This is everybody's war. See whether everyone is wearing a mask in you area; ensure social distancing. Locally, these things will go a long way," she said.
"The Puja is coming up. The Puja has to be done. For that to happen properly, do enough from now on to contain the outbreak locally."


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Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions
To strengthen Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI); Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI); and Native American-Serving Non-tribal Institutions (NASNTI) that propose to carry out activities to improve and expand such institution's capacity to serve minority
students.
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.382C
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.382B
Predominantly Black Institutions Competitive Grant Program CFDA Number 382A
Agency - Department of Education
The Department of Education ensures equal access to education and promotes educational excellence through coordination, management and accountability in Federal education programs. The Department works to supplement and complement educational efforts on all levels, encouraging increased involvement by the public, parents and students.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/pbi/ for the Predominantly Black Institutions Program http://www.ed.gov/p
No accomplishments are available.
Applicants under the PBI program may use funds to carry out programs in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM); health education; internationalization or globalization; teacher preparation; or improving educational outcomes of African American males.
Applicants under the AANAPISI and NASNTI programs may use funds to assist such institutions with planning, developing, undertaking and carrying out activities to improve and expand the institution's capacity to serve Asian American and Native American Pacific Islanders and Native Americans.
More specifically, AANAPISI grantees may use funds to carry out activities described in section 311(c).
NASNTI grantees may use funds for the purchase, rental, or lease of scientific laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes; renovation and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory, and other instructional facilities; support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, and faculty fellowships to assist faculty in attaining advanced degrees in the faculty's field of instruction; curriculum development and academic instruction; the purchase of library books, periodicals, microfilm, and other educational materials, funds and administrative management, and acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management; the joint use of facilities such as laboratories and libraries; and academic tutoring and counseling programs and student support services.
Uses of funds under each program are restricted to the allowable activities described under the CCRAA.
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At the time of application, PBIs must have an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 40 percent Black American students.
AANAPISI and NASNTI applicants must have, at the time of application, an enrollment of undergraduate students not less than 10 percent Asian American and Native American Pacific Islanders and Native Americans, respectively.
The authorized beneficiaries are underrepresented; low-income; first-generation; minority; undergraduate students.
Institutions of Higher Education must submit an application responding to the established selection criteria. Applicants must describe in detail, the need for the project and how the proposed activities will address the goals and objectives of the program.
This program is subject to the requirements of Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR Part 79.
Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this program.
Each applicant must submit an application covering a period not to exceed 24-months to the Department of Education.
Applications are reviewed for quality and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. A discretionary grant is awarded to institutions of higher education if they score within funding range and contingent upon funds being available.
Please refer to the Federal Register Notice or the application booklet for deadlines.
Title IV, Part J, Section 499A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by section 802 of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) of 2007.
An applicant is notified of award status within 30 days of the end of the competition.
Discretionary grant applications are amended as needed. Awards are generally made around June 30 of each year.
Grants are made for up to 24 months, subject to the availability of funds.
Institutions of higher education administering these grants must submit an annual performance report at the completion of the each 12-month cycle.
IHEs are also required to submit final reports ninety (90) days after the end of the grant.
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Grantees must maintain appropriate records pertaining to grant funds, compliance and project performance, for three years after the completion of activities for which the grant or subgrant funds were used. This documentation should be sufficient to establish fiscal accountability and facilitate an effective audit.
FY 07 $0; FY 08 est $25,000,000; and FY 09 est $25,000,000.
PBI, $600,000 per year; AANAPISI $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 per year; NASNTI $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 per year.
The administration of discretionary grant programs is governed by the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) of 2007 and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations.
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Selection criteria can be found in EDGAR 34 CFR Part 75.210.
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ART INITIATIVES & ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS
5533 opened in February 2008, with its storefront window gallery, library, artist/curator/art initiative/new media/sound art and portfolio archives, as an independent space for research, discussion and exhibition of contemporary art. Talks, workshops, public roundtable discussions and readings take place in this former shop located in the Istanbul Textile Traders' Market (IMC) Block No. 5. It creates a forum for an interactive review of artistic concepts and practices. In addition to analysing art's theoretical context, video screenings, performances and exhibitions turn a former business environment into a "contact zone" where visitors from different backgrounds, professions and communities interact with IMC inhabitants to experience various artistic forms in a non-exclusive and non-elitist atmosphere. 5533 was founded by Nancy Atakan, Volkan Aslan and Marcus Graf.
http://imc5533.blogspot.com/
Collective Çukurcuma
The non-profit curatorial collective from Istanbul was founded by Naz Cuguoğlu and Mine Kaplangı in 2015, and joined by Serhat Cacekli in 2017. The collective mainly focuses on collaborative thinking and creating processes through its reading group meetings and cross-national collaborative exhibitions, and highlights the potential of transdisciplinary collaborations within contemporary art, process-based rather than outcome-based research with an experimental laboratory approach through their curatorial and editorial projects.
https://collectivecukurcuma.com/
Gapo – photography initiative, run by Refik Akyüz and Serdar Darendeliler
Geniş Açı Project Office (GAPO) was founded at the beginning of 2007, based on the experience and expertise of Geniş Açı Photography Magazine, which was published between 1997 and 2006. GAPO is an organisational and curatorial team working in coordination with both national and international art institutions to organise exhibitions, workshops and educational programmes. They also publish books, provide advice for photographers, coordinate travelling exhibitions and parallel events, and give advanced level lectures in the field of photography.
Performistanbul
Performistanbul is Turkey's first international platform to bring performance artists together. Based in Istanbul, the platform works with international artists and institutions without a space of its own to promote performance art, reach more audiences to experience challenging and creative performance work, foster collaboration with different arts institutions worldwide and increase flexibility. They also act as a medium to connect art institutions and corporate firms with performance artists while creating site-specific performances. Founded in January 2016 by Simge Burhanoğlu, Performistanbul has presented more than 30 performances and introduced a number of national and international artists to premiere new works in collaboration with leading arts institutions. As of 2018, the platform has gone into a new phase of expanding its existing role and is laying the foundations of Performistanbul Live Art Research Space, which will focus on archiving, documenting and exhibiting performance art while providing space and resource for conducting research.
https://performistanbul.org/
PiST///
Pist is a non-profit, independent, artist-run project in Istanbul. Co-directed by Didem Özbek and Osman Bozkurt, the main focus of Pist is to support the local contemporary art scene while sustaining its continuing growth. From 2006-2014, Pist hosted various exhibitions, discussions and projects, as well as produced its own publications, but is currently not active in a physical space.
http://www.pist.org.tr/
Protocinema
Founded in 2011 by Mari Spirito, Protocinema is a non-profit art organisation that makes transnational, nomadic exhibitions in Istanbul, Paris and New York, with a Hands-on Education Programme. Site-Aware Exhibitions are presented in temporary and/or disused spaces, specific to each artist. Protocinema creates opportunities for emerging and established artists from all regions to realise new work and exhibit existing work in a variety of contexts that are open to the public, and accessible to a wide range of individuals. The name Protocinema refers to Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010), a 3D documentary film by Werner Herzog.
http://www.protocinema.org/?lang=en
Reccollective
Reccollective is a collective of artists who work in the area of photography and film. The collective came together out of the need for a platform for creating, discussing and sharing work. While each photographer has their own unique expression, the understanding and the questions that affect contemporary photography bring them together and creates a synergy that deepens their practice.
http://www.reccollective.org
Videoist (Istanbul based Mobile Video Event)
Videoist was founded in 2003 by Hülya Özdemir and Ferhat Satıcı. This independent initiative works with video art. The "Videoist" word is a combination of the words "video" (the origin of this word is "videre" in Latin language which means I see) and the word "ist", which is the abbreviation of Istanbul. In this sense, it aims to be a platform for different art activities, as well as video projects. The artist collective has regularly hosted exhibitions, demonstrations, presentations and educational projects and is present in various independent and non-profit art platforms. In 2014, Videoist attained its first permanent space in Mardin.
http://videoist-org.blogspot.com.tr/
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Syphilis - symptoms?
What are the symptoms of syphilis?
The symptoms of syphilis depend on which phase of the infection is being experienced by the sufferer. In the first or primary stage of the disease the person develops a chancre or painless sore on the genitals, anus or mouth. The chancre develops ten to twelve days after sexual contact and persists for up to six weeks. The lymph glands near the chancre tend to swell as part of the body's immune response to the presence of infection. The infection can be successfully eradicated at this stage but if left untreated can progress on to the secondary phase of the disease. This can occur up to six months after the primary phase and is characterised by the emergence of a spotty rash that usually appears on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet but it may also appear elsewhere on the body. The rash may be accompanied by headache, fever, fatigue, muscle aches and loss of appetite. These symptoms may then resolve but the bacteria remain in the body and the disease becomes hidden. The final or third stage of syphilis can develop anytime from one year to several decades after the initial sexual encounter that caused the infection. This late stage can affect many parts of the body including the joints, heart, brain, nerves, eyes, blood vessels, liver and skeleton. Depending on their nature these late complications can be fatal. Despite popular perception syphilis is not a throwback to the Victorian era. There has been a worrying rise in its incidence in recent years despite all the public campaigning about safe sex practices.


Peanut butter is something I couldn't get enough of throughout my pregnancies, and rarely would a day pass that I didn't have a snack consisting of a banana or apple with peanut butter, or peanut butter toast and a glass of milk. And now, I have a toddler who loves peanut butter, and has recently discovered how fun it is to dip things in it. Messy, as you can imagine.
I prefer the all-natural peanut butters with a little salt, and although I used to believe you couldn't bake a decent cookie with all-natural peanut butter (because of the separation of the oil), I've since changed my mind. It really requires no change other than just a bit more flour in the dough and a good couple of hours to chill to compensate for the thinner consistency of the peanut butter.


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IHLC Manuscript Collections Database Watson, William Walcott "Bu...
Watson, William Walcott "Buck." Papers, 1875-1930 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Title: Watson, William Walcott "Buck." Papers, 1875-1930
Collection identifier: 842
Extent: 0.6 cubic feet
Watson, William Walcott "Buck"
Subjects (links to similar collections)
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914
Deneen, Charles Samuel, 1863-1940
Emmerson, Louis L. (Louis Lincoln), 1863-1941
Illinois--Politics and government
Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943
Mason, William E. (William Ernest), 1850-1921
McCormick, Medill, 1877-1925
McCormick, Robert R. (Robert Rutherford), 1880-1955
Rainey, Henry Thomas, 1860-1934
Russel, Andrew, 1856-1934
Shaw, Guy Loren, 1881-1950
Simms, Ruth Hanna McCormick, 1880-1944
Smith, Frank L. (Frank Leslie), 1867-1950
Stead, William H., 1858-1918
Tanner, John R., 1844-1901
Thompson, William Hale, 1869-1944
United States--Politics and government
Willcox, William R. (William Russell), 1863-1940
Yates, Richard, 1815-1873
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Personal papers
Collection Material Type: Personal Papers
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William Walcott "Buck" Watson (1857-1932) was a Republican Party supporter, newspaper editor, insurance salesman, and one-term mayor of Barry, Pike County, Ill. From 1880 to 1898 he was the publisher and editor of the Barry Adage, a Republican weekly. At the turn of the twentieth century he was chairman of the Pike County Republican Central Committee (Pike County typically voted Democratic), as well as county manager of Richard Yates's gubernatorial campaigns of 1900 and 1904.
Though he did not actively seek political office at the state level (and in fact refused several gubernatorial appointments), Watson was active in the Republican Party in Illinois. Governors John R. Tanner, Richard Yates, Charles S. Deneen, Frank O. Lowden, and Louis L. Emmerson often consulted him during their candidacies and administrations, both to gauge the political climate in west central Illinois and to ask his opinion of suggested political appointments.
During his career Watson served as a delegate to many local, state, and national Republican conventions. He was also a member of Barry's Board of Education, an officer of the Pike County Masonic Lodge, an active member of the Liberty Loan Organization, and a founder and officer of the Home Forum insurance society. From 1901 to 1913 he was a trustee of the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville, and in 1920 he was a presidential elector, voting for Warren G. Harding.
This collection consists of Watson's political correspondence from 1875 to 1930. Correspondents include Ray N. Anderson, Joseph N. Carter, Schuyler Colfax, Shelby M. Cullom, Charles S. Deneen, L. L. Emmerson, Charles P. Gillett, H. D. L. Grigsby, Frank O. Lowden, Medill McCormick, Col. Robert R. McCormick, Ruth Hanna McCormick, William E. Mason, A. C. Matthews, John G. Oglesby, Henry T. Rainey, Andrew Russel, Guy L. Shaw, Lawrence Y. Sherman, Frank L. Smith, William H. Stead, Fred E. Sterling, John R. Tanner, William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, Homer J. Tice, William R. Willcox, and Richard Yates. The correspondence is arranged chronologically. Watson's outgoing letters are interfiled with his incoming mail.
The Library acquired the collection in 2008 from Watson's great-granddaughter, Margaret Rutledge, of Costa Mesa, Calif.
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LATEST BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR NEWS, AHEAD OF NEXT MONTHS EVENT.
Posted on July 1, 2021 by Oran
There are just 41 days to BLOODSTOCK 2021! We're counting down the hours before Catton Park opens the gates to the biggest – and longest, at 5 days – metal party of the year!
Down The Barrel Photography © 2021
Bloodstock updates include a number of bands' that are unable to perform due to travel restrictions and the replacement bands' that have now been confirmed. Get it all below…
Unfortunately, Thursday's Sophie Lancaster stage headliner, The Night Flight Orchestra now cannot make it, but Brit metal legends, LAWNMOWER DETH step in to save the day.
They tell us; "We are truly sorry you're not going to get Night Flight Orchestra. They're terrific and awfully melodic. Naturally, as the B-TEC replacement for them, we sound exactly the same, so your disappointment should be somewhat abated. Just think melodic Swedish hard rock, with balloons.
However, the chance to get in a field, well a tent, with you lovely lot and some beer, did we mention beer, is the bar open yet? BLOODSTOCK, we're coming! At our age, slightly slower, but we'll be there. Bring beer. And dancing shoes. And beer. Love LMD. x"
Stepping into Soen's slot on Friday's Sophie stage are sonic heavyweights, CONAN. The British three-piece tell us "We return to Bloodstock, dead eyes ablaze, breath like frost in our lungs as we arise from our slumber. From a lake of frozen souls, all hail CONAN!"
Check out the doom-tastic video for 'Volt Thrower', taken from their 2018 album, 'Existential Void Guardian', and prep for maximum heaviosity at Catton Park next month from this unholy trinity.
Replacing Lost Society on Friday's Ronnie James Dio main stage, are BLOODSTOCK New Blood stage alumni, DIVINE CHAOS. BLOODSTOCK loves helping New Blood bands level up, so are thrilled to offer DIVINE CHAOS the opening main stage slot on Friday! The band tell us;
"BLOODSTOCK is woven into the very fabric of DIVINE CHAOS. Having had the pleasure of playing both the Sophie Lancaster and New Blood Stages, not to mention countless messy weekends as attendees, we are beyond delighted to have the opportunity to play on the Ronnie James Dio stage, long considered the holy grail of UK underground metal. We're eternally grateful for the faith that the BLOODSTOCK crew has put into this band over the years, and can't wait to showcase 'The Way to Oblivion' on the greatest of stages."
Also replacing Savage Master in Friday's RJD Stage opening slot are British metal collective, LOTUS EATER.
The band's debut album, 'Where The Body Goes' is set for release later this month via Hopeless Records and features their ferocious new single, 'Obliterate', featuring a guest slot by Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon.
Thrash beasts SHRAPNEL replace Noctem on Friday's Sophie stage.
The band informs us, "It's been a long, crazy year, but we can't think of a better way of getting back to business than playing at BLOODSTOCK! I
t's the 20th Anniversary, and our first time at BLOODSTOCK with our new lineup, so it's going to be a special one. We can't wait to finally blast some of 'Palace For The Insane' for you, and we'll see you in the pit!". In the meantime, warm up your necks with some 'Winds of Slaughter,' taken from that same album.
While Blasphemer also had to cancel, NECRONAUTICAL brings their British black metal wares into their spot on Sunday's Sophie Stage. Frontman/guitarist Naut tells us, "We are thrilled to be granted the opportunity to perform at this year's BLOODSTOCK.
After over a year in wait, it will be an incredible experience to meet with the fans for our return, and right before the release of our new album "Slain in the Spirit"!
In spite of the short time to prepare, we guarantee the audience at this year's BLOODSTOCK an epic and immersive Black/Death metal experience they will not soon forget! See you at the Sophie stage on Sunday night!".
Also check out the video for 'Hypnogogia', taken from their upcoming album, 'Slain In The Spirit', set for release in late August.
Last but not least, dark metal squad, SPECTRAL DARKWAVE join Sunday's Jager stage lineup. Describing themselves as "a hi-definition musical tour of human horror in sonic technicolour", you know you're in for something unique!
If you're as yet unfamiliar with the band, check out their 2019 video for 'A Toll Is Due' and make your own mind up.
In after-hours entertainment news, the legendary VIP Area 'Silent Disco' is returning in an expanded format! VIP-ers will still get their Silent Disco on Friday and Sunday in the Serpents Lair tent, but on Thursday and Saturday, the Silent Disco will kick in from 11 pm until 2 am over in the New Blood tent. Headsets are at limited capacity, so availability is on a 'first-come, first-served basis.
There'll be two channels, DJ Rich Harris (Total Rock, Desertfest) will be manning the metal/rock channel and DJ Lloyd Rust (Bearded Theory, Truck Festival) will be spinning the cheese on the pop/disco/dance channel. Expect Vader to Vengaboys, Machine Head to Madonna; one channel permanently playing metal & alternative and the other playing all your guilty pleasures from the 1950s to present day.
BLOODSTOCK's 2021 main stage headliners are DEVIN TOWNSEND (Friday), KREATOR (Saturday), and JUDAS PRIEST (Sunday). The festival will also feature sets from SKINDRED, PARADISE LOST, BURY TOMORROW, DIAMOND HEAD, THERAPY?, VENOM PRISON, JINJER, VIO-LENCE, SAXON, THE WILDHEARTS, GLORYHAMMER, DARK TRANQUILLITY, BLEED FROM WITHIN, NAPALM DEATH, PHIL CAMPBELL & THE BASTARD SONS, MEMORIAM, RAMAGE INC., GREEN LUNG, CONJURER, ORANGE GOBLIN, RAGING SPEEDHORN, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, SYLOSIS, WINTERFYLLETH, HACKTIVIST, THE CRAWLING, EVIL SCARECROW, ACID REIGN, SVALBARD, BORSTAL, PIST, SHARKS IN YOUR MOUTH, SEIDRBLOT, MOTHER VULTURE, BLOODSHOT DAWN, and EVILE, with more still to be announced.
Standard weekend tickets for the extended, now 5-day event in 2021 remain under a temporary price freeze at £145 (+ booking fees).
In addition, child tickets and parking tickets for 2021's event are available now at the ticket store, as well as a limited number of day tickets for Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun. Wednesday's fun remains exclusively for weekend ticket holders. VIP and campervan tickets for 2021 are sold out.
Grab your BLOODSTOCK merch here, including new t-shirt designs, an all-new tracksuit, mugs, leather wristbands, beer cups, various hoodies, a huge range of various patches for your battle jacket, and much, much more.
BLOODSTOCK 2021 takes place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from 11th-15th August 2021. For more info, visit this link.


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Boudu Saved from Drowning
Jean Renoir France, 1932
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois (Charles Granval). The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.


MUMBAI: In what marks a fundamental shift in its approach, French software major Capgemini has said it is looking at its India presence of over 1 lakh employees as a source of innovation, rather than merely as a source of cheaper workforce.
The company is doubling its incremental hiring from premier tech schools like IITs and NITs here, and has also included innovation as a key resource area for all its employees, without which they cannot progress in their career.
"Capgemini in India is not merely a cost arbitrage, delivery centre," its country chief executive Srinivas Kandula told PTI in an interview here, adding they have started on the business transformation to focus more on innovation.
He said Capgemini, celebrating its 50th anniversary, has adopted a three-pronged strategy wherein the traditional outsourcing business, along with consulting and technology work, is intertwined with innovation without losing focus on governance requirements.
"If you ask me, what does India Capgemini stand for within the group? I would say it's not only delivering the projects, but also participation in innovation and IP generation," Kandula said.
It can be noted that presence of cheap yet technically adept workforce has been one of the key assets which has led to the growth of the IT services space in the country over the past three decades, which now grown to be a USD 160 billion forex earner for the nation.
It has led to domestic companies like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro growing into multi-billion dollar corporations competing with their global peers like IBM and Accenture, which have also set up a base here over the years.
Capgemini entered India in 2000 and since then, has grown its business with over 1 lakh employees. However, the ongoing changes in the technological landscape, which focus on digital technologies and automation, have led to question marks amidst declining revenue growth.
An appreciating currency and rising protectionism in the key Western markets are also aggravating the problem.
Kandula said Capgemini has already trained half of its employees in new skills, and will be simultaneously doing an advanced course for them apart from training the remaining half. For the existing employees, innovation has been made a part of their key requirements without which they cannot progress, he said.
"If you want to get a better rating, you want to grow in career, you need to tell us innovation."
The company, which has a target to hire 20,000 this year, is now doing 10 per cent of the new hires from the top tech schools, and expects the same to grow to 20 per cent over the next few years, he said.
Asked if the increased reliance on high cost hires from premier tech institutions will hurt margins, Kandula replied in the negative.
"If you innovate, your margins or cost advantage is significantly higher. It is not only about paying more salary to a guy, but his productivity or value addition is ten times more. We are extracting more value."
He said the focus will be on 'applied innovation', wherein the company uses existing technologies to innovate in such a way that it is value adding to the client.
Over a period of time, there will be a slowdown in the total number of people that the company hires here, but it will continue to be the biggest geography where it works and the headcount here will grow faster than elsewhere, he said.
Kandula, however, said India will continue to be an important geography for the company and there is no emerging alternative which has the same talent.
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Towards a material history of the press in modern China: Crow's Newspaper Directory Series (4)
This is a continuation of my series devoted to Crow's Newspaper Directory of China. The next three episodes analyze the length, the format and the layout of periodicals. Our objective is to understand how these material features related to the language, the frequency and the place of publication. Ultimately, this trilogy will lay the foundations for a material history of the press in modern China.
Note: An enriched version of this essay is available online. Conceived as an R Mardown document, it contains not only the data but also the replicable code used to produce the visualizations, and other multimedia contents that could not be reproduced in this blogpost.
For this research, we will rely on the following information:
Object Information Label Description Process
Volume Number of pages Page_nbr_min Minimum number of pages Given
Page_nbr_max Maximum number of pages Given
Page_nbr_variation Whether the number of pages was fixed or vary between issues Produced
Page_nbr_avrg Average number of pages Produced
Format Size of page Page_x Page first dimension (horizontal) (inches) Given
Page_y Page second dimension (horizontal) (inches) Given
Page_ratio_x_y Ratio between page dimensions Produced
Page_surface Page surface (square inches) Produced
Layout Number of columns Col_nbr_min Minimum number of columns Given
Col_nbr_max Maximum number of columns Given
Col_nbr_variation Whether the number of columns was fixed or vary between issues Produced
Col_nbr_avrg Average number of columns Produced
Size of column Col_x_min Minimum width of column (inches) Given
Col_x_max Maximum width of column (inches) Given
Col_x_variation Whether the width of column was fixed or vary between issues Produced
Col_x_avrg Average width of column (inches) Produced
Col_y_min Minimum height of column (inches or ems) Given
Col_y_max Maximum height of column (inches or ems) Given
Col_y_variation Whether the height of column was fixed or vary between issues Produced
Col_y_avrg Average height of column (inches or ems) Produced
While most information consists in "raw" data drawn directly from the directories, some have been produced to facilitate historical analyses. In the above table, the first column indicates the chief object of inquiry (volume, format, layout). The three next columns label and describe the related information. The last column specifies where they come from and how they were produced.
Let's start with one of the most palpable features – the volume of periodicals, chiefly defined by the number of pages.
Volume (general)
The histograms reveal huge discrepancies between periodicals. The number of pages ranges from 2 to 1000 in 1931, and from 2 to 1200 in 1935, with a slightly decreasing average of 31 in 1931, and 27 in 1937. Information is missing for three periodicals in 1931 (two quarterlies and one weekly) and two in 1935 (two weeklies).
There was a clear reverse correlation between the number of pages and the number of periodicals. The larger the number of pages, the fewer the periodicals. Periodicals with less than 10 pages represent a clear majority in the two directories – 60% in 1931 (213) and 67% in 1935 (467). The next group with 10 to 25 pages amounted to 19% (66) in 1931 and 14% (97) in 1935. Periodicals containing from 25 to 50 pages represented less than 10% – 8% (29) in 1931, and 9% (63) in 1935. Those that included 50 to 100 pages were even fewer and declined between the two editions, even though they increased in number – from 26 (7%) in 1931, to 34 (5%) in 1935. More voluminous publications that contained 100 to 500 pages maintained their position (5%).
The directories listed just four periodicals with more than 500 pages. In 1931, they included two annuals – one in English, the Hongkong-based Directory and Chronicle of China, Japan, Straits, Philippines, etc. (1200p), the other in Chinese, the Commercial Directory of Shanghai 上海商業名錄 (Shanghai shangye minglu) (780p) – and two Chinese-language monthly journals – Current Events 時事月報 (Shishi yuebao) and Public Education Monthly 民衆敎育月刊 (Minzhong jiaoyu yuekan) with 600 pages each. In 1935, there were just annuals and only the Commercial Directory of Shanghai remained. The three new giants were three reference directories in contemporary business circles: The Credit Men's Business Directory of China 徵信工商行名錄 (Zhengxin gongshanghang minglu) (1200p), the Shanghai Dollar directory (900p) and the China Hong List (880p).
To sum up, small-volume periodicals, with the smallest number of pages, represented the majority and were rapidly growing in the early 1930s, at the expenses of intermediate volumes (especially those between 10 to 25 pages), while more voluminous publications enjoyed greater stability. We suspect that the growing small-volume periodicals refer to the most frequent ones – the dailies, tabloids and weeklies of which we have shown the growth in the previous essay – whereas more voluminous, stable publications, correspond to periodicals with less frequent periodicity. The next section will examine this hypothesis more closely.
Volume and periodicity
How did the number of pages relate to frequency of publication?
As the histograms suggest, more frequent periodical contained fewer pages than less frequent ones, especially annuals. In order to analyze this relation in a more systematic way, we performed a basic linear regression analysis (lm) using the number of pages as the outcome variable (y) and the periodicity as the explanatory variable, setting daily as the reference category. The model reveals a strong correlation in the two directories (p value <2e-16). Volume was clearly a factor of differentiation between periodicals with different periodicity. The most frequently published (dailies, tabloids, weeklies) contained fewer pages than monthlies, quarterlies and annuals. The prevalence of small-volume periodicals essentially reflects the domination and growth of the daily press in early 1930s China, as we have seen in a previous essay.
In 1931, all categories, except tabloids, contained a larger number of pages than daily newspapers. The difference with the least frequent periodicals was particularly huge. Annuals, monthlies and quarterlies generally contained 609, 108 and 90 more pages than dailies, respectively. Biweeklies and weeklies had 14 and 11 more pages than dailies, respectively. Note: The figures for biweeklies, tabloids and weeklies, however, should be taken with caution, given that the p-value for these categories is superior to 0.05.
The gap had widened by 1935. Annuals now exceeded dailies by 932 pages, quarterlies by 139, bimonthlies by 102, monthlies by 85 and semi-monthlies, by 60. Weeklies had 16 more pages than dailies, but biweeklies, only 2. Tabloids and semi-weeklies were the only two categories that generally contained fewer pages than dailies – 3 and 2, respectively. Note: The figures for semi-weeklies, biweeklies and tabloids should be taken with caution, given that the p-value for these categories is superior to 0.05.
The boxplots reveal important variations in the volume of periodicals across and within categories. Annuals contained the largest number of pages in the two directories but the range decreased between the two editions. On the opposite, tabloids contained the fewest number of pages. Dailies, weeklies and intermediate periodicals (bi/semi-weeklies) also contained few pages but there may be huge variations within each category, especially weeklies. Monthlies, semi-monthlies and quarterlies stood in between.
Let's take a closer look at each category.
Dailies: their volume range from 2 to 26 in 1931, and 2 to 32 in 1935, with an average of 8 in 1931, in 1935. The most voluminous in 1931 include the Hong-kong based South China Morning Post, the Russian Kung Pao in Harbin, and the Chinese Xinwenbao in Shanghai (26 pages each). In 1935, two Shanghai giants Shenbao 申報 and Xinwenbao 新聞報 competed with 32 pages each. Next we found the German Deutsch-Chinesische Nachrichten in Tianjin and three major English-language newspapers – China Press 大陸報 (Dalubao) (29p), North-China Daily News (25p) and South China Morning Post (22p).
Tabloids presented greater uniformity. Their volume ranged from 2 to 16 pages, with a median of 4. The only 16-page tabloid was the Nanjing-based Press of the People 民生報 (Mingshengbao). There were fifteen two-page tabloids, scattered across four different cities – Shanghai, Zhenjiang, Wuxi, Chongqing. The three most voluminous tabloids (over 10 pages) were all based in Nanjing.
Biweeklies (twice a week): their volume varied from 2 to 80 pages in 1931, 4 to 28 in 1935, with a median of 4. The Changzhou-based Steel Press 鋼報 (Tiebao) was the only two-page biweekly listed in the 1931 directory. Although its volume had doubled by 1935, it still belonged to the least voluminous periodicals in this category, along with the two other four-page biweeklies, the Foochow People's Press 建甌民報 (Jian'ou minbao) and Singling People's Press 新寧民報 (Xinning minbao). The two most voluminous biweeklies included the Liaoning Educational Journal 遼甯敎育公報 (Liaoning jiaoyu gongbao) in Shenyang (80p) and The China Truth (English) in Guangzhou (28p).
Note that the figure given for the Liaoning Educational Journal seems abnormally high for a biweekly publication. The editor may have mistaken "eighty" for "eighteen".1 As we will see later, however, some weeklies may contain up to 80 pages as well. Unfortunately, the periodical had disappeared by 1935, so it is impossible to cross-reference the information with the later edition.
The volume of weeklies volume span from 2 to 80 pages. Moreover, the median considerably increased (from 4 to 21) between the two editions. The smallest weeklies (less than 5 pages) consisted mostly in illustrated periodicals. The Sin Wen Pao Pictorial 新聞報畫報 (Xinwenbao huabao) was the only two-page weekly listed in the 1931 directory. Seven weeklies exceeded fifty pages. The three most voluminous – Mongolia and Thibetan Weekly 蒙藏週刊 (Mengzang zhoukan) in Nanjing, Bankers' Weekly 銀行週報 (Yinhang zhoubao) in Shanghai, and National News Weekly 國聞週報 (Guowen zhoubao) in Tianjin – even gained five pages between 1931 and 1935 (rising from 75 to 80 pages).
As for monthlies, their volume ranged from 4 to 600 pages in 1931, 4 to 300 in 1935, with an median of 100 pages in 1931, 80 in 1935. They represent the only category that shows a decrease in the maximum (and median) number of pages. The two Nanjing-based Public Education Monthly 民衆敎育月刊 (Minzhong jiaoyu yuekan) and Current Events 時事月報 (Shishi yuebao) were the two densest monthlies in 1931 (600 pages each). Only the former remained in 1935, with half its initial volume (300 pages). The Chinese-language Public Welfare Monthly 公義月報 (Gongyi yuebao) published in Shanghai since 1931 was the only four-page monthly listed in the two directories.
Semi-monthlies may contain from 22 to 130 pages, with a median of 54. The slightest one was the Chinese women's magazine Women's Voice Semi-Monthly 女聲半月刊 (Nüsheng banyuekan) (22p) and the National-Defense Forum 國防論壇 (Guofang luntan) (24p) both published in Shanghai since 1932 and 1934, respectively. The most substantial semi-monthly was the pioneering Eastern Miscellany 東方雜誌 (Dongfang zazhi), established in 1903 (130p), followed by the Semi-Monthly Economic Journal 工商半月刊 (Gongshang banyuekan) (120p) – the Chinese-language counterpart to the Chinese Economic Journal/Bulletin – and the Children's World 兒童世界 (Ertong shijie) magazine (110p), all based in Shanghai. Such variety reveals that the length of periodicals was not determined by their content or readership. Publications for children could be as copious as technical and intellectual ones. Conversely, women's magazines were not shorter than patriotic publications.
The length of quarterlies varied from 75 to 170, with a median of 85 in 1931, and from 50 to 400 pages (median: 110) in 1935. The three most substantial were highly specialized periodicals published by academic institutions – Chinese Journal of Physiology (400p), Quarterly Journal of Economics 經濟學季刊 (Jingjixue jikan) published by the Chinese Economic Society (210p) and Agriculture Science (170p) – published by the College of Agriculture at National Central University in Nanjing (170p). Hongkong Naturalist, The Caduceus and The Nursing Journal of China were the three least substantial quarterlies. Moreover, their volume decreased between 1931 and 1935. They all contained 75 pages in 1931. In 1935, Hongkong Naturalist was twenty-five pages slighter, while The Caduceus and The Nursing Journal of China had lost thirteen and eleven pages, respectively. More generally, the copious size of quarterlies was strongly related to their low frequency of publication, their readers' high level of education, and the highly specialized nature of their content.
Annuals were the mot substantial of all periodicals. Their volume varied between 75 to 1000 pages in 1931, and from 780 to 1200 in 1935 (median: 780 in 1931, 890 in 1935). The two thousand-page annuals were two reference directories that catered to a large readership of English and Chinese businessmen scattered across China and the Pacific – the enduring Directory and Chronicle of China, Japan, etc. – established in 1862 (1000p), and the more recent Credit Men's Business Directory of China 徵信工商行名錄 (Zhengxin gongshanghang minglu) first published in 1933 (1200p). The Hongkong University Union Magazine was the only 75-page annual in 1931, weighting less than ten percent of the Commercial Directory of Shanghai 上海商業名錄 (780p) that came immediately after. The huge gap between the two annuals reflects the varying size of their respective readership. The former addressed a narrow readership of English-speaking students in Hongkong, whereas the latter catered to the large and growing business community in Shanghai – the booming business center of the country.2
Other categories of periodicals were not statistically important and their volume did not vary significantly.
Volume and language
How did the language impact of the volume of periodicals?
Due to their statistical importance, the distribution of Chinese-language periodicals reflects the general trend, foreign-language periodicals presented a more complex picture:
In order to modelize the relation between the volume and the language of publication, we performed a basic linear regression analysis (lm) with the number of pages as the outcome variable (y) and the language as the explanatory variable, setting "Chinese" as the reference language category. We observe a strong correlation in 1935 (p value 5.184e-07) but not in 1931 (p-value: 0.3319), which suggests that the number of pages gradually emerged as a factor of differentiation between languages in the early 1930s.
English and bilingual periodicals contained a larger number of pages than Chinese-language ones (63 and 43 more on average, respectively). On the opposite, Japanese, Russian, French and German periodicals had fewer pages than Chinese ones (8, 7.6, 6.3 and 1 less, respectively). These figures should be taken with caution, however, given the high p-value associated with individual languages, except English.
The boxplots show important variations in the number of pages across and within languages. English periodicals reached the maximum number of pages, but the Chinese press offered the widest range. Other languages presented little variation and were not statistically significant.
Let's focus first on the two dominant languages, Chinese and English.
The volume of Chinese periodicals ranged from 2 to 780, with a median of 8 in 1931, 7 in 1935. The most voluminous (over 500 pages) were the annual and monthlies we presented in the previous section. The least substantial consisted essentially in daily newspapers and tabloids and a handful of weeklies, bi- and semi-weeklies, i.e. periodicals with higher frequency of publication.
English periodicals included from 6 to 1,000 pages in 1931, from 7 to 1,200 in 1935, with a median of 30 in 1931, 34 in 1935. The most substantial were the two annuals we presented earlier – the Directory and Chronicle of China, Japan, Straits, Philippines, etc. in 1931 and the Credit Men's Business Directory of China (Including Hongkong) in 1935. On the opposite, the least substantial (less than 10 pages) were all daily newspapers based outside of Shanghai and Hongkong.
Minor languages presented greater uniformity. Japanese periodicals may contain from 10 to 14 pages, German from 8 to 30 pages (1935), Russian from 12 to 26.
The two most substantial Japanese newspapers were the Shanghai Mainichi Shimbun and Shanghai Nichi Nichi Shimbun (14 pages each). Those published in Northern China contained fewer pages. The Seito Shimpo in Qingdao was the least substantial. The Dairen Shimbun in Shenyang (Manchuria) stood in between. The length of Japanese periodicals did not change between the two editions.
Among Russian dailies, the most copious was the Russian Kung Pao published in Harbin (26 pages). They did not change between the two editions, except for the Shanghai-based daily The Slovo that gained two pages (12 to 14).
While the French Le Journal De Shanghai remained stable (14 pages), its German counterpart Deutsch-Chinesische Nachvichten almost doubled in volume between 1931 and 1935 (from 18 to 30 pages).
To conclude this section, the differences between languages largely reflected more structural differences based on periodicity. As we observed in the previous essay, non-daily – i.e. more copious – periodicals prevailed in the English-language press, whereas daily newspapers with fewer pages dominated in the Chinese and other foreign-language presses.
Variation in volume
For some periodicals, the number of pages may vary from one issue to the other. Such variability reflected the editors' propensity publish occasional supplements, special pages or editions. It also highlighted the growing importance of advertising contents. Some periodicals devoted more than half of their volume to advertising. The China Medical Journal, for instance, included 100 pages of reading matter against 60 pages of advertisements in 1935.3 Variation in volume may also reflect editorial changes and variability in the quantity and quality of information available in each edition.
Such variability, however, tended to decrease over time, reinforcing the standardization process we observed earlier:
Number of pages Number of periodicals % Number of periodicals %
Fixed 257 72% 637 91%
Varying 101 28% 63 9%
In the 1931 edition of the directory, we found 101 periodicals (28%) with varying volume, whereas in 1935, there represented less than 10% (63, 9%), which reveals that Chinese periodicals in the erarly 1930s became increasingly standardized and enjoyed greater stability in their format. This largely reflects the growth of the daily press that had to be printed in emergency, leaving little room for change from one day to the next.
The scatterplots visualize in more detail the relation between the minimum (x axis) and the maximum (y axis) number of pages. Dots that stick to the line present small variation, whereas those that diverged from the line show the greatest variability:
Moreover, periodicity was a strong determining factor in volume variability:
The greatest variability was to be found among monthly journals. The number of pages in Public Education Monthly and Current Events was multiplied by a factor of five (from 200 to 1000 pages). It doubled for several other monthlies, such as Child Education 兒童教育 (100 to 200), St. John's Review (50 to 100) or Chop Sticks (20 to 40).
Weeklies also displayed significant variation. Some of them may double their content, such as the Mongolia And Thibetan Weekly (50 to 100p), Walla Walla (32 to 76), the Hongkong Weekly Press & China Overland Trade Review (20 to 40) or the Hongkong Sunday Herald (12 to 14).
Volume and surface
How did the number of pages relate to their size? Did lengthy periodicals compensate for their smaller format?
The scatterplots below visualize the correlation between the number of pages (y) and their average surface (x), measured in square inches:
The plots suggest some relation between the number of pages and their size. Small-size publications (dots above the line) tended to contain a larger number of pages than large-size periodicals (dots below the line, especially those in the right-hand corner). The former group included mostly annuals and quarterlies, whereas the latter consisted mostly in daily and weekly periodicals. Monthly journals and intermediate periodicals lied in-between:
In order to modelize the relation, we run a simple linear regression analysis (lm), setting the surface of the page as the outcome variable (y) and the number of pages as the explanatory variable (x). The relation proved statistically significant and negative in the two directories (p value: 2.429e-14 in 1931, < 2.2e-16 in 1935), which means that periodicals became less substantial as their page expanded, or put the other way, their volume augmented as their pages shrank. More precisely, they gained one page when their surface decreased by 0.4 square inches in 1931 and 0.6 in 1935.
In the next essay, we will explore in greater depth these issues of format and page dimensions.
To conclude this essay, we observed that large-size periodicals with few pages dominated and even progressed in the early 1930s. This reflects the general growth of the daily press in Republican China, as we have shown in a previous essay.
The length of periodicals was mostly determined by their frequency, their content and their readers' profile. The least frequent and most specialized publications were usually the most substantial. On the opposite, daily newspapers devoted to general or local news – i.e. constantly changing content that had to printed in emergency – included fewer pages. Variation in volume reflected the editors' propensity to issue supplements and special editions, and the tremendous growth of advertisements as a major source of revenue for newspapers.
Ultimately, this research reveals that the Chinese press was engaged in a general process of material stabilization and standardization during the Republic, as evidenced by the decreasing variability in the length of periodicals.
The two next episodes will examine more closely the size and the layout of their pages.
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Q: Sharing variable using MemoryMappedFile gives error I need to share a variable value from App "A" to different applications on same system. I need to use only MemoryMappedFiles as per requirement. I created another simple App "B" which reads value of shared variable from App A.
But App "B" gives error

Unable to find the specified file.

Sample App A and B written in C# using VS 2012 :
On Button click event of app A to share variable Name :
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
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    int howManyBytes = Name.Length * sizeof(Char) + 4;
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{
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On Button click event of app B to read shared variable MyGlobalData :
try
{
    using (var mmf = MemoryMappedFile.OpenExisting("MyGlobalData"))
    {
        using (var accessor = mmf.CreateViewAccessor(0, 34))
        {
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            string result = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(array1);
            txtName.Text = result;
        }
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    MessageBox.Show(" Error :- " + ex.Message.ToString());
}

When trying to read the shared variable from App B it gives error

Unable to find the specified file

Do i need to write variable value in txt file and then share it ?

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You're creating Non persisted memory mapped file, so when the last process to close then handle of the MMF, it will be destroyed. You're closing the handle by calling Dispose on it through using statement, and thus MMF is destroyed.
You either need to keep the MMF open, or use Persisted memory mapped file. To keep the MMF open, just don't dispose it.
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The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin today met with one of the many seasonal Santas benefiting from the improved Work Bonus, at Warringal Shopping Centre in Melbourne.
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The new Work Bonus delivers on an election commitment to allow age pensioners who work to earn more before their pension is affected. This encourages senior Australians to continue contributing their skills and knowledge by remaining in the workforce.
The new Work Bonus is a win for senior Australians, giving them more incentive to work if they choose; it is a win for business, which will find it easier to tap into the skills of older workers; and it is a win for the Australian economy.
The new Work Bonus is on top of the significant increases to the pension the Australian Government has delivered as part of its major pension reforms since September 2009. Currently a single pensioner on the maximum rate is $148 per fortnight better off than they were before the reforms. Pensioner Couples on the maximum rate are $146 better off per fortnight, combined.
In addition, mature age workers (aged 50 years and over) with trade skills but no formal qualifications can have their skills assessed and formally recognised to attain a qualification at Certificate III level or above through the More Help for Mature Age Workers initiative.
The Gillard Government is investing $30 million over three years in this initiative, which will help improve productivity and address skills shortages.


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Funding for next generation of cancer immunotherapy treatments announced on World Cancer Day
Published: 4 February 2019
Professors Raimund Ober and Sally Ward have been awarded £2.2m by Cancer Research UK.
Scientists at the University of Southampton's Centre for Cancer Immunology have been awarded £2.2million to develop the next generation of targeted therapy used to treat some cancers.
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a new form of treatment that can recognise and target just cancerous cells – and then make them kill themselves.
News of the grant, awarded by Cancer Research UK, which will fund this specialist immunotherapy research project over the next five years, has been revealed as people around the globe unite to mark #WorldCancerDay (Monday, 4 February).
While the development of ADCs has been an exciting leap forward when it comes to cancer treatment - they currently feature in around 60 clinical trials for patients worldwide - the downside is dosage, as the drugs can be quite aggressive. In some cases, they have proved simply too toxic for patients, or have caused negative side effects and had to be withdrawn.
However, the grant will support Professors Sally Ward and Raimund Ober, who recently joined the Southampton Centre from Texas AM University, in a new research programme that will find ways to better engineer ADCs. The study will also give a clearer understanding of how they are working in the body, enabling the team to develop new drugs which are less aggressive but just as effective in shrinking a tumour.
Professor Ober said: "Science is becoming a very expensive business. Cancer Research UK has been responsible for a significant part of the funding we are receiving, and we are extremely grateful not only to the charity, but to each and every person who has donated money to fund research.
"This grant is critical in enabling us to come to Southampton and do the work we really want to do – without it this really would not have been possible."
The University of Southampton's international reputation for translational research and the new Centre, were the major draws for Professors Ward and Ober when deciding to return to the UK.
Professor Ward said: "The attraction of Southampton is that there is this whole team of scientists and clinicians working there, fully integrated in one centre, in a really impressive building.
"Aside from the grants that made it possible, the prospect of being able to join this exciting team of great researchers and actually see how the results are being translated from bench to bedside was a big appeal."
They have already recruited a number of key staff to work with them in Southampton on this and other key projects – and they hope to be fully up and running with a 15-18 strong lab group soon.
Centre now focused on Cancer Immunology Talent Fund
The Centre for Cancer Immunology was funded through a £25m fundraising campaign by the University of Southampton, which hit its target on World Cancer Day 2018, six months ahead of schedule.
This year, the University continues to seek further backing for skilled researchers at the Centre through the Cancer Immunology Talent Fund. The Talent Fund has three main aims:
to launch the UK's first integrated PhD in cancer immunology;
to attract world-class talent to advance our research;
to develop a new interdisciplinary innovation residency programme.
Click here for more information about the Talent Fund and the Centre for Cancer Immunology.


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Georgia GOP Governor Hopefuls Stand United in Opposition to Gambling
Posted on: October 11, 2017, 03:31h.
Last updated on: October 11, 2017, 03:31h.
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They might not have agreed on much, but the four leading Republican candidates for governor of Georgia were in unison about their opposition to casinos.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle was one of four politicians participating in a forum for those seeking election as the state's governor and agreed with the other three that no new gambling should be legalized in Georgia. (Image: AJC.com)
Participating in an election forum on Saturday, all four in the Georgia GOP quartet voiced their commitment to resisting efforts to expand gambling in the Peach State.
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, former state Sen. Hunter Hill and state Sen. Michael Williams said they would veto any bill that came to them that approved casinos or any type of online gambling.
Proponents of some gambling measures have argued that allowing the activity that most other states offer would help the state economy. Hill disagreed when posed the question about the topic saying, "We are doing fine without gambling."
Cagle agreed and said there were other ways to stimulate the economy without having to resort to an activity that a majority of the people in his party vehemently object to, many citing moral reasons.
GOP Active in Anti-Gambling
The governor hopefuls echoed what a state committee for the GOP passed in August. The organization overwhelmingly approved a resolution in August that opposes casinos and horse racing.
"The state should not have a vested interest in predatory activities such as gambling for the sake of filling state coffers at the expense of ruined lives and broken families," the party resolution read.
One small victory came, however, for Daily Fantasy Sports, which was included in the original anti-gambling document, but eventually taken out of the final draft. Republican state Rep. Trey Kelley argued that DFS should be reclassified so it didn't violate anti-gambling restrictions.
The casino industry thought they had an ally in the Georgia GOP when John Watson was elected party chairman in June. He had previously held many pro-gaming positions, and has worked as a lobbyist for Boyd Gaming. He recused himself from the party vote, however, citing his potential conflict of interest.
Republican Gambling Bills Stuck at Gate
Currently, Georgia residents must travel to neighboring Alabama or North Carolina if they want to gamble close to home. Both the state senate and house introduced legislation to change this, but both casino bills got shot down rather quickly.
Republican state Sen. Brandon Beach saw his SB 79 fail to get out of the Senate Regulated Industries Committee, effectively killing it in February. He told supporters he was not discouraged and would try to garner support for another version of the bill later this year, priming it for reintroduction in 2018.
Similarly, State Rep. Ron Stephens, also a Republican, saw his HB 158, which set up a regulatory framework for casinos, fail to make it to the House floor for a vote.
Both argued how successful the Georgia lottery has been for the state, pointing out that it has funded several school programs. Casino advocates have sought for years to legalize gambling in Georgia, arguing that it could bolster pre-K education and the lottery-funded HOPE scholarship, which pays in-state college tuition for students who maintain a 3.0 grade point average.
They also warned of budget shortfalls affecting those programs, and claimed a little more gambling could be an insurance policy for these programs should any future monetary crisis impact the state.
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The UFC 231 preliminary viewership numbers have been revealed.
This earlier Saturday evening time, UFC 231 befell contained within the Scotiabank Space in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Headlining the pay-per-view was a featherweight title battle between champion Max Holloway and Brian Ortega. In the long term, it was Holloway's dominant stand-up recreation that earned him a fourth-round TKO victory. A wonderful sign for the PPV numbers is the reality that the preliminary viewership for the FOX Sports activities actions 1 broadcast averaged 786,000 viewers (by means of Jed I. Goodman).
Exterior of UFC 229, you'll have to return to UFC 223 for bigger preliminary viewership numbers ahead of a PPV. Whereas this doesn't guarantee a extreme PPV buyrate, it truly is an efficient sign for the UFC.
The UFC 231 prelims capped off with a strawweight battle between Nina Ansaroff and Claudia Gadelha. It was Ansaroff who emerged victorious by means of unanimous willpower. The prelims moreover seen Jessica Eye making her case for a women's flyweight title various collectively along with her victory over Katlyn Chookagian.
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October 12th, 2014 by Murray Lewis
Tron 2.0 is among the Disney games new to Steam
Disney dumped a whole load of their back-catalogue onto Steam last week, including things like the underrated Split/Second, as well as a slew of underbaked but inevitable film tie-ins.
Amidst the spall, you can also find 2003's Tron 2.0. It's a video game sequel to the original film, in which you play as Alan Bradley's son, Jet, on a mission to find his father and defeat a nefarious virus.
All the expected gameplay is there; throwing discs, hacking systems, and hooning about on a lightcycle. Having played it when it first game out, it all seems to have held up remarkably well, and is well worth a punt if you've got a little spare cash.
Tron 2.0 is available on Steam, and is 10% off for a couple more hours.
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This paper enters the debate about how U.S. schools might address long-standing disparities in educational and economic opportunities while improving the educational outcomes for all students. The aim is to spark fruitful discussion among educators, policymakers, and researchers.
For decades, charter schools and district-run schools have been placed on opposing sides by advocates and policymakers. With support from the state and other partners, the Lawrence Public School District (LPS) state receiver brought these two seemingly opposing ideas together as a turnaround strategy for the district's lowest performing schools. This policy brief examines the LPS use of charter operators as managers of district schools with a goal of providing recommendations for future district turnaround efforts, drawing from the expertise of charter operators.


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Record-setting astronaut thrilled with bonus time in space
By MARCIA DUNNApril 13, 2017
In this Thursday, April 13, 2017 image from video made available by NASA, astronaut Peggy Whitson speaks during an interview aboard the International Space Station. The commander of the ISS says that five months into her current mission, she's still not bored. At 57, she's the oldest woman to fly in space and is on the verge of setting a U.S. record for most accumulated time in space. (NASA via AP)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world's most experienced spacewoman said Thursday she's thrilled to get an extra three months off the planet.
The commander of the International Space Station, Peggy Whitson, told The Associated Press that five months into her mission, she's not bored yet — "not even close." She misses cooking, though, and a diverse menu. She's afraid there isn't much chocolate left, to celebrate Easter this Sunday, but she's hoping for more when two astronauts fly up next week, bringing the crew to five.
Whitson learned there was a chance her mission would last until September, instead of the originally planned June, the day before she rocketed away late last year. That's because an empty seat will be available on a Russian Soyuz capsule for her return. She'll now spend close to 10 months in space, keeping up with all the science experiments.
She said it was an easy decision to make, once NASA and the Russian Space Agency firmed up the plans earlier this month. She and her husband of almost 28 years, Clarence Sams, a biochemist at Johnson Space Center in Houston, decided on "a flexible plan of happiness," either way.
The biggest challenge of staying up so long, she said, is more mental. While phone and video communication is great, there's nothing like giving family and friends a hug, she told the AP.
Given the space station's relatively limited food choices, she'd like nothing more than an Italian dinner with a great salad. She's enjoyed munching on some Chinese cabbage she's grown up there; she whipped up some tuna salad with horseradish sauce, and served it on the fresh cabbage leaves.
The 57-year-old biochemist — the oldest woman to fly in space — is on the verge of setting a U.S. record for most accumulated time in space.
On April 24, she'll surpass astronaut Jeffrey Williams' 534 days in space. She also has performed eight spacewalks, more than any other woman. A ninth may be in the offing.
During her last spacewalk two weeks ago, a piece of cloth shielding got loose and floated away before it could be installed. Whitson said they had tethered it to the wrong strap and it slid off the end. She said the training equipment on the ground was different, and didn't pose such a problem.
This is her third space mission — and she'd welcome more.
"I would definitely love to go to moon or Mars or some other destination," she said. "Space station's been phenomenal, but I'd like to take some of the next steps. I'm not sure if I'll last that long, but I'll give it my best."
NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html


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Last year, around this time only, I did a post showing my portulaca blooms. This time around, it's the portulacas again. Last year it was 22nd June, this year, it's 21st June. The portulacas that I got last year from the plants nursery bloomed, and did that beautifully, and throughout the summer, providing me much needed relief from the excruciating summer. This time around, though the summers haven't been that excruciating, because of some wet spells of untimely rainfall and some dust storms that have, ended up gicing us some respite from the summer heat. However, the last years portulacas had spread hundreds of tiny seeds in the pots they were planted in, and also in some of the nearby pots, and this time, since January, as the windet season set to come to its end for the year, the seeds germinated into tiny seedlings, and over time those seedlings grew up well to give me blooms for the summer season. Though, the variety of colours I had were missing this year, with the yellow ones taking it all, red ones were not too far behind, and then there were a few white/off-white coloured blooms, once ina while, that changed the overall look, and then, the portulaca grandiflora variety too is doing a great job this year.
There was a time, I used to have three different colour varieties of the grandiflora cultivar. However, over some years, due to some negligence, and the rainfall giving us a skip in monsoon, last year, I am left with just the pink one. The white and the mixed pink-white are gone. Anyways, as I always do, I took some shots of the blooms, to share them with you all. Here are the pictures. I sincerely hope that you'd enjoy the beauty of the blooms. In the meantime, I planned on getting a timelapse video too of the portulacas, however, this isn't happening of some odd reasons. As usually happens, I end up clicking photographs of the same flowers from different angles, and when I try posting them here, I find it difficult to remove too many shots to form the ones that would finally make it here, and hence post them all, so, you might end up finding shots of similar looking blooms throughout the collection.
I'll keep you guys posted with all of the happenings in my garden, which has turned out to be a happening place these days, due to the untimely spells of rains we are seeing since the beginning of this month. A lot is happening down there, and there's a lot to share with you all. The miniature roses I introduced last year are in blooms, something, that is somewhat odd for me to see. Then, II had got some stuff from my Garden Tourism Festival visit. The yellow Tulip was one of them. Though, it couldn't make it to the next year, as the only bulb died in the early summer heat, other stuffs like the Glorissa lily have germinated and seem to be doing good. Apart from that, the lily bulbs I had got last monsoon too have grown into many plants, and I am expecting them to bloom this monsoon. Apart from all these, the rains seem to have given a new lease of life to the Arabian Jasmine plants, both of which are in blooms, and are blooming for a third time this summer. I will get back with something more, in the upcoming posts. Till then, keep trying and HAPPY GARDENING!
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