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LA Venture Podcast: Why Rivonia Road Capital Focuses on 'Venture Credit'
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On this week's episode of LA Venture, hear from Dan Zinn, co-founder and managing partner at Rivonia Road Capital. The firm provides a much more bespoke solution than traditional venture debt. We also talk about how Zinn built a billion-dollar hedge fund and small business lender XPRS Capital.
Zinn distinguishes that Rivonia Road invests in "venture credit" — a phrase that hasn't yet been coined — as opposed to venture debt. That is, they bridge the capital gap for venture-backed firms that have cash flows, royalty streams and/or other tangible objects.
Rivonia works with companies at all levels of development, but they're particularly interested in early-stage companies that originate their assets online.
Rivonia offers free advice because the firm is in the business of helping business and wants to support founders -- especially in understanding the capital market — which Zinn says most founders don't understand.
Zinn's investment decisions have always focused on where the capital is not going— for instance: China, alternative U.S. credit markets or small business -- and then exploring them.
Rivonia focuses on sub-hundred-million investments.
"This is all a journey and you better enjoy it and...do some interesting things along the way because...ultimately there's no destination that I know of that is necessarily satisfying." — Dan Zinn
Dan Zinn is cofounder and managing partner at Rivonia Road Capital. He was formerly a founder and chair at XPRS Capital and founding partner, portfolio manager at Orange Capital.
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Los Angeles is home to thousands of founders working day and often night to create a startup that's the next breakout hit.
Who are the most impressive L.A. founders? To find out, we asked our cohort of dozens of L.A.'s to VCs top weigh in.
In somewhat of a surprise, given he's less profile than many founders, Andrew Peterson, co-founder of the cybersecurity platform Signal Sciences, topped the list. Last year, he sold his company for $825 million to Fastly, which he joined during the transaction. He now leads the cloud computing giant's security practice.
Unfortunately, the list is lacking in diversity and does not include any females, which is emblematic of problems that continue to plague the industry.
A mere 1% of venture-backed companies are led by Black entrepreneurs. Last year, only a quarter of venture dollars nationwide went to companies with a female founder and L.A. fares especially poorly, ranking fourth for capital invested with female teams.
The complete list is below, in alphabetical order, except for Peterson, who received the most votes. The others were all tied.
Andrew Peterson is the co-founder and former chief executive of Signal Sciences, a web application security platform that he founded in 2014 and was acquired in 2020 by Fastly in a $775 million deal. Signal Sciences protects web applications from attacks and data breaches for clients like Duo Security, Under Armor and DoorDash.
Prior to starting Signal Sciences, Peterson worked at Etsy, helping the online marketplace with international growth as a group project manager. Etsy reportedly became one of Signal Sciences's first customers. Peterson has also served stints as health information management officer at the Clinton Foundation and as a senior product specialist at Google.
Ara Mahdessian
Ara Mahdessian is the co-founder of ServiceTitan, a SaaS product for managing a home services business.
The inspiration for ServiceTitan, Mahdessian's first company, came from watching his parents start their own businesses in building and plumbing, only to struggle with the logistics behind keeping them running, he told Inc in 2019. Mahdessian and his co-founder Vahe Kuzoyan met while in college, and worked on several consulting projects before starting ServiceTitan, in hopes of aiding small business owners like their parents.
Evan Spiegel is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Snap Inc., the Venice-based company known for its app Snapchat. He's also one of the youngest billionaires in the world, launching Snapchat while still an undergraduate at Stanford.
SnapChat, the company's app, has recently been taking on rival TikTok with a new feature and a program meant to attract creators to its platform. And it is been at the center of a larger national debate on the power of big tech.
Spencer Rascoff is the founder of several companies, including dot.LA. He started his career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, later leaving to co-found travel website Hotwire. After serving as vice president of lodging at Expedia, he went on to found Zillow, an online real estate marketplace that went public in 2011.
Rascoff's most recent project is Pacaso, a marketplace for buying, selling and co-owning a second home.
Tim Ellis
Tim Ellis is the co-founder and chief executive of Relativity Space, an autonomous rocket factory and launch services leader for satellite constellations. He is the youngest member on the National Space Council Users Advisory Group and serves on the World Economic Forum as a "technology pioneer."
Before founding Relativity Space, Ellis studied aerospace engineering at the University of Southern California and interned at Masten Space Systems and Blue Origin, where he worked after graduation. He was a propulsion engineer and brought metal 3D printing in-house to the company.
Travis Schneider
Travis Schneider is the co-founder and co-chief executive of PatientPop, a practice growth platform for healthcare providers. He founded the company with Luke Kervin in 2014.
The two have founded three companies together, including ShopNation, a fashion shopping engine that was later acquired by the Meredith Commerce Network.
Luke Kervin
Luke Kervin is the other co-founder and co-chief of PatientPop. He is a serial entrepreneur — his first venture was Starbrand Media, which was acquired by Popsugar in May 2008.
Kervin and Schneider then founded ShopNation, and when it was acquired in 2012, Kervin served as the general manager and vice president at the Meredith Commerce Network for a few years before leaving to found PatientPop.
Kervin had the idea for PatientPop when he and his wife were expecting their first child, he told VoyageLA. They were frustrated with how the healthcare system wasn't focused on the consumers it was meant to serve. So in 2014, he and Schneider created PatientPop.
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An L.A. security startup that has already signed on clients in tech, gaming, cannabis and entertainment is coming out of stealth mode just as the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and this week's presidential inauguration has brought safety to the forefront.
HiveWatch provides companies with a central platform that uses multiple sensors across buildings to help better respond to physical security threats.

Created by Ryan Schonfeld, who has spent his career building security programs for startups and Fortune 500 enterprises, and has been a consultant to the U.S. State Department since 2012, HiveWatch raised an undisclosed sum from CrossCut Ventures, with participation from Freestyle and SaaS Ventures.

The coming out has been long-planned and is not tied to current events, CEO and founder Schonfeld said.

"I don't want to say the timing is fortunate because crazy things happening in the world are never what we hope for," said Schonfeld. "But there's absolutely a tailwind that we're experiencing."

The rest of the leadership team has experience at Apple, Cisco, Bird, Disney and NORAD.

"We were attracted to the background of this founding team, and their history and experience in scaling corporate security systems for high-growth companies like Bird," Brian Garrett, co-founder and director at Crosscut said in a written statement. "Their approach will make corporate security programs more accessible for both high-growth startups and Fortune 500 enterprises as we enter a post-Covid, data-driven paradigm."

HiveWatch's platform pulls data from different sensors to offer a one-stop view of threats. The goal is to cut down on noise so security guards can focus on genuine intrusions. For instance, Schonfeld says door sensors designed to monitor who's coming in and out mostly trigger false alarms, so it's hard to tell whether someone broke down the door or if the sensor is just malfunctioning. As a result, warnings go ignored.

"The main sensor that drives that entire intelligence loop in the system is about an $8 magnet that sits at the top of the door and they break and they're faulty all the time," Schonfeld said.

Ryan Schonfeld has spent his career building security programs for startups.

HiveWatch aims to complete the picture by providing guards more information. So if a door sensor is triggered, the system also gives a surveillance video of the door so guards can determine right away if something is amiss.

"The system can say, 'OK, we see that there's a door forced event, but the camera says that nobody went through that door'," Schonfeld said. "And so that's a different story for a security response than if there's a door forced event and a person actually comes through the door."

Schonfeld says he is excited about the chance to modernize the security industry, which has been very slow to evolve.

"I started my career in law enforcement, which was a passion of mine since I was a little kid," said Schonfeld. "It was one of the most rewarding things I've ever done in my life, but the constant frustration in law enforcement was just the decades-old, antiquated approaches that never seemed to evolve."

Schonfeld says there is already a waiting list for the company's product from tech, gaming and entertainment companies and he's seen especially high interest from the growing number of cannabis companies.

"Cannabis has far and away had the most number of sensors per square foot of almost any industry we've ever encountered," said Schonfeld. "They're going to be a really interesting one to leverage the platform with."

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It's almost 90 degrees outside in Los Angeles as lines of cars pull up to Dodger Stadium, home to a mass vaccination site that opened Friday.
"Please make sure that they're not under the sun in the cart," Edith Mirzaian is telling a volunteer as she directs the person to put ice packs on coolers that hold up to 20 COVID vaccines. Mirzaian is a USC associate professor of clinical pharmacy and an operational lead at one of California's largest vaccination sites.
Dodger Stadium alone — once the nation's largest COVID-19 testing site — is slated to vaccine up to 12,000 people each day, county and city health officials said this week. Officials plan to finish vaccinating some 500,000 health care and assisted care employees by the end of this month before opening appointments up to people 65 and older.
Mirzaian is desperately trying to make sure that the vaccines don't spoil.
"We have to be the guardians of the vaccine," she said.
Earlier this month, hundreds of vaccinations were lost after a refrigerator went out in Northern California, forcing the hospital to rush to give out hundreds of doses. Mirzaian's task tells a larger story of the difficult and often daunting logistical process required to roll out a vaccine that requires cold temperatures.
"You know they can't be warm so just keep an eye out," she gently reminds the volunteer.
The volunteers and staff from USC, the Los Angeles Fire Department and CORE Response prepared enough doses to vaccinate around 2,000 residents on Friday and they plan to increase capacity each day after.
Local health officials are holding the vaccination syringes in coolers after they leave the air-conditioned trailers. The coolers are then covered in ice packs and wheeled on carts to clinicians administering shots to health care workers and nursing home staff eligible under the state's vaccination plan.
"Vaccines are the surest route to defeating this virus and charting a course to recovery, so the City, County, and our entire team are putting our best resources on the field to get Angelenos vaccinated as quickly, safely, and efficiently as possible," said mayor Eric Garcetti in a statement announcing the plan.
Health officials around the world are racing against time as the virus mutates and poses greater dangers.
"We have a little bit of borrowed time here right now because these variants are not here in great numbers from what we can tell," said Susan Butler-Wu, an associate professor in clinical pathology at USC's Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Curbing the spread of the virus is a vital way to prevent mutant strains from developing, she said.
Mirzaian, who arrived at the site before it opened at 8 a.m., said that there were logistical challenges as volunteers scrambled to assemble what will likely be the hub of the region's vaccination efforts.
"It's challenging to make sure that everyone knows what the process is and what we're doing and what to tell the patients who receive the vaccines."
After a few hours, the procedure moved quicker.
Residents have to show identification and proof of employment before they're taken through a list of pre-screening questions and given the vaccine through their car window. They're required to then wait for 15 minutes while clinicians monitor them for side effects.
Mirzaian said the process took each car about an hour. While eligible residents can walk-in for vaccinations, she recommends they make appointments so that enough doses are made available each day.
"As long as people have their appointments, they will get in," she said. "We are ready. We are like an army ready to give vaccines."
An earlier version of this story misidentified CORE Response.
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What's Current: Trans Journalist Association encourages media outlets to kill stories on detransitioners and trans criminals
The Trans Journalist Association releases a style guide encouraging media outlets to kill stories covering trans-identified criminals, silence detransitioners, and refrain from referencing biological sex.
The Guardian reports preferences for male children in India has caused an estimated 46 million females to go "missing" over the past 50 years due to sex-selective abortion.
Dozens of women march through Afghanistan's capital, demanding women's rights be respected, and accusing the Taliban of covertly killing soldiers who served under the country's former government.
Gaming company Riot Games agrees to pay a $100 million settlement in a class action gender-based discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed in 2018 after two former women employees alleged sexual misconduct and a "culture of sexism" at Riot Games.
'Penis or death' — progressives celebrate mutilation as a cure for female trauma and mental illness
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A relevant PhD will reduce this by 6,000 hours, Masters by 3,000 hours, 4 year Degree by 2,000 hours, or 2 year Degree by 1,000 hours.
The preparation for and passing of a computer based exam, consisting of case study questions, requiring short and long essay type answers relating to the Compendium Modules shown below. The exam portion is designed to validate & assess your ability to ANALYZE, EVALUATE & CREATE in relation to relevant facts, concepts, procedures & critical thinking knowledge.


It's October 23, and the late Johnny Carson was born on this date in 1925. He revolutionized late-night television by hosting The Tonight Show for 30 years from 1962-1992. Today some of his most memorable interviews, monologues and sketches have been compiled into a popluar series of DVDs. Even though most of our students weren't even born yet when he retired, we're guessing that they would find these clips just as amusing as their parents or grandparents did when they originally aired. At the beginning of every show, sidekick Ed McMahon would introduce the host by saying "Heeeeere's Johnny!" so today is a good opportunity to say "Heeeeere's what you'll receive after you enroll and become our student". You'll get accredited high school courses in online or paper-based formats, whichever one is your preferred method of learning. You can even do online exams in many of our paper-based courses. You'll get caring student service and assistance whenever you need it. You'll get low tuition and a monthly payment program. You'll get credit for courses completed at another accredited high school. Finally, you'll get the ability to work when and where it's convenient for you. That means if you want to work during the day, you can, but if you want to work while Johnny Carson's successors are on late-night television you can do that instead. You don't need to be Carnac the Magnificent to see that American School offers the accredited high school courses you need at a cost you can afford! Enroll today!


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Festivals happening in Ireland this summer
Summer is a time for sunny weather, having fun and most importantly…festivals! Here's Emerald's list of festivals happening in Ireland this summer!
1. Beatyard
This festival is all about music, art and food! It's taking place in Dún Laoghaire, which is easy to get from the city centre by bus or DART. The festival is happening over the August bank holiday weekend (2-4 August) and features some big name artists such as CHVCHES, Jungle and Soulé. It's not to be missed!
New to the festival game, All Together Now will be hosting its festival in Tullamore, Waterford for the second time. It's a smaller festival with approximately 15,000 people attending, with more indie, contemporary artists headlining. It's easy enough to get to from Dublin, there are a number of trains that go every few hours from Heuston and Connolly station to Waterford, and they are usually cheap. In terms of accommodation, no need to worry about that. This is a camping festival so that's covered! ATN will be on during the bank holiday weekend too. Definitely worth the trip!
3. Laya Healthcare's City Spectacular
Taking place in Dublin's Merrion Square, Laya Healthcare's City Spectacular is a completely free festival. With over 150 street performances, live music and numerous activities for all ages, this festival is jam packed with fun! It's taking place from the 12th to the 14th of July, so go with your friends and have a spectacular day!
4. Galway International Arts Festival
Galway International Arts Festival is one of the most anticipated festivals of the year. It attracts crowds from all over the country due to its magnificent performances and displays. With a wide variety of acts such as theatre, music and visual arts, there's bound to be something for everybody! GIAF has many attractions all around the county, but many of the best ones are based in the city centre. The festival takes place from 15-28 July.
5. Loco Land Festival
Loco Land Festival is Irelands first immersive entertainment festival, with musicians, DJ's, comedians and of course a game of the famous bingo loco! There will also be carnival rides, a marathon and a Christmas market…yes that's right, a Christmas market! Come and join the fun on the 13th of July, tickets are from €52 and the event will take place in Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
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6. Love Sensation
Love sensation is Dublin's new, LGBT+ focused, music and arts festival. For its first year, they are boasting a phenomenal line-up, including artists such as Lilly Allen, Clean Bandit and Kelis, as well as some world famous drag queens. It will take place in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham on the 17th & 18th of August. It's very easy to get to the event, you can get the luas and a number of buses there. Or you can walk! It's 30 minutes from the city centre on foot.
Did you know that there's going to be a #pride parade at Love Sensation festival in Royal Hospital Kilmainham this August? ♡ We're very excited to be teaming up with Dublin Pride at Love Sensation Festival this August to raise money for the Pride Community Fund! ♡ Love Sensation is gearing up to be the biggest queer party closing out the summer this year and we'll be organising a Pride Parade right through the festival site at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham!!! We'll be fundraising on site for our Pride Community Fund and you can also donate while buying tickets on tickestmaster! ♡ Our GIANT pride flag will be on the move through the site, and we want you ALL to join us!!! Wear bright colours, be yourself and come have fun! ♡ #lovesensation #festival #summer #summerfestival #ireland #dublin #tickets #ticketfairy #music #pop #disco #funk #drag #dragqueen #instagay #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gaysofinstagram #pride #pridemonth #pride2019 #gay #loveislove
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Electric Picnic is a music and arts festival that takes place every year in Stradbally Hall in Stradbally, County Laois. This year, the festival begins on the 30th of August and ends on the 1st of September. Headliners include The 1975, Hozier and The Strokes. It is a camping festival so accommodation is covered, all you'll need is your camping materials. There's usually a number of bus companies that bring you to and from the festival also, so it's pretty easy to get there. Due to high demand, tickets are sold out officially, but usually closer to the time people sell their tickets, so keep an eye out!
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Welcome to NWT! Here you will have lots of fun and learn a lot of helpful information about gambling and how to improve your odds at winning. This is a blog for all the beginner gamblers and even the die-hard ones will find some entertainment here. We aim to please.
NWT is a blog focused on gambling and how we can make the gambling experience enjoyable for everyone. We promote responsible gambling and encourage anyone who knows of someone who may have a problem, to seek help.
Our contributors are from all over and they are coordinated by Nancy Oliveras the lady behind the blog. She knows her stuff and she makes sure that all our readers have some helpful tips to help their game. Gambling should be a fun and social activity and possibly offer the chance of winning a few dollars. And that is what we want to help you with.
You will find great articles with tips on how to choose the right slot machine, when to fold, how to read someone's bluff, and how to recognise different types of gamblers and much more. The tips and information we share have been tested and/or researched and will most likely work, but we cannot guarantee anything.


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DC Legalizes Ferrets
March 2018 -- Washington, DC has revised its statutory position on ferrets. Effective as of March 30, 2018, DC Code 8-1808 now lists ferrets among the classes of EXEMPTED animals from those that are prohibited in the District, thereby making ferrets legal to own in the District. The Code reads:
(j)(1) Except as provided in this subsection, a person shall not import into the District, possess, display, offer for sale, trade, barter, exchange, or adoption, or give as a household pet, any living member of the animal kingdom, including those born or raised in captivity, except the following:
(A) Domestic dogs, excluding hybrids with wolves, coyotes, or jackals; (B) Domestic cats, excluding hybrids with ocelots or margays; (C) Domesticated rodents and rabbits; (D) Captive-bred species of common cage birds; (E) Non-venomous snakes, fish, and turtles, traditionally kept in the home for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes; (F) Ferrets; and (G) Racing pigeons, when kept in compliance with permit requirements. https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/8-1808.html
This action reverses a 36 year prohibition of ferrets, which were added to the DC code of "prohibited species" in 1982. At the time the reason given was the lack of an approved Rabies vaccine for ferrets. The first Rabies vaccine for ferrets, IMRAB-3, was licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1990. However, the DC council refused to act to remove ferrets from the banned list until recently.
Calif cities exploring sanctuary status for the ferret!
October 20, 2017 - California ferret enthusiasts are exploring Sanctuary Status for their beloved pets at the city level. On September 26, 2017, residents of La Mesa, California (in San Diego County) spoke before the City Council to request sanctuary status and a "safe harbor" for there furry friends. Council Members were duly impressed and are in teh process of exploring the status change. Similar efforts are being pursued in Culver City as well.
Legalize Ferrets.org, headed by Pat Wright (San Diego) has presented a Citizen Petition requesting that ferrets be given parity with dog and cat owners in the state. However, the State's Fish and Wildlife commission continues the 2-decades old stance that ferrets are wild animals and therefore cannot be kept as pets in CA. Ferrets are domestic animals, recognized by the US federal government and pretty much all academic and authoritative sources. The process of legalizing ferrets in the Golden State continues. Domestic ferrets are legal in 48 states. They are restricted in California, Hawaii, and a few individual US cities, including Washington, D.C., and New York City.


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Excessive or irregular menstrual bleeding can happen for different reasons and occur at certain times throughout a woman's reproductive years. Most often hormonal imbalances, irregular ovulation, perimenopause, uterine fibroids and endometrial polyps are common causes. However, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, infection, vaginitis, hyperplasia (thickened endometrium) and cancer of the uterus, cervix or vagina can also cause abnormal menstrual bleeding.
Our patients are advised to notify us if their periods occur closer than every 21 days, last more than 10 days or if you bleed greater than 1 soaked pad (2 tampons) per hour.
Fibroids (Myomas) are benign uterine growths made from cells of the uterus that occur in 20-25% of women. Some fibroids are as small as a pea, while others can take up most of the pelvis. In addition, women may have only one fibroid, while others may have multiple. There is little known as to what causes fibroids; however, we do know that estrogen and fertility medications fuel their growth.
Symptoms of fibroids may include heavy/frequent periods, pelvic pressure/pain, back pain, urinary/bowl changes, miscarriages and infertility. If fibroids are present in the even of a pregnancy, they can impede embryo implantations and continuation of fetal growth.
The diagnosis of fibroids may include pelvic examination, ultrasound, SIS(saline infused sonogram), laparoscopy, hysteroscopy and possibly and x-ray called a hysterosalpingogram.
Image 1: UTERINE FIBROIDS: Two uterine fibroid tumors are seen on the surface of the uterus through the laparoscope. These may be treated by laser myolysis at the time of diagnosis, as an outpatient.
Image 2: LARGE FIBROIDS: These fibroids are usually removed through a larger incisions, using the microscope and CO2 laser, to enhance or preserve reproductive function.
Image 3: SUBMUCOUS FIBROID: This hysteroscopic view of an intrauterine fibroid helps determine the cause of excessive uterine bleeding, recurrent miscarriages, or infertility.
Polyps
Polyps are smooth, soft, pink-red growths common in the uterus or cervical canal and may be caused by inflammation, infection, congestion of blood or response to a rise in estrogen levels.
Some women with polyps may be asymptomatic, others may complain of abnormal bleeding between periods or after intercourse. Polyps can be attributed to infertility by interfering with embryo implantation. Polyps are most often benign and once detected, Dr. McLaughlin may surgically remove and send to the lab for evaluation.
Image 1: ENDOMETRIAL POLYPS: Spotting or irregular menses may occur due to an accumulation of the endometrial lining in polyps. Usually, these are benign, but they may be a precursor of malignancy. Often, they can be detected on vaginal ultrasound, and confirmed hysteroscopically.
Hyperplasia
Endometrial hyperplasia occurs when the endometrium (lining of the uterus) grows and becomes too thick. If left untreated, the cells in the lining can become abnormal and may lead to uterine cancer.
Abnormal bleeding is a common symptom seen in a hyperplasia. This thickened lining is often caused by irregular or infrequent menstrual periods, or seen in menopausal women receiving estrogen replacement without receiving progesterone.
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Q: Can I validate an azure-pipelines.yml file via CLI? I'm trying to build an azure-pipelines.yml for a monorepo, and I'm struggling to figure out how to debug the file as I move along.
Is there a command such as az deployment validate ./azure-pipelines.yml available?
If so, how do you recommend I go about doing this?  I keep making changes, pushing them to my repo, and then letting Azure DevOps run it, and fail.

A: no, there is no way to validate it. when you try to run it - it will show you the error, thats the only real way to validate it.
this VSCode extension provides syntax highlighting and autocompletion.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-azure-devops.azure-pipelines

A: Option 1
There is now a Visual Studio Code extension which provides the ability to validate your pipeline YAML code before commiting it to your repo.
The extension is called Azure Pipelines YAML Validator. The author explictly states that it uses an online service for validation, i.e. your pipeline will be uploaded for inspection. So you have to trust the author that your data is handled with care and you should ensure that no sensitive data like secrects are stored in your pipeline code (it's a bad habit anyway).
Option 2
There is also a new PowerShell cmdlet introduced by this pull request: Test-VSTeamYamlPipeline. To use that cmdlet for validation you will need to install the PowerShell module VSTeam (PowerShell 5.0+ or PS Core required):
Install-Module -Name VSTeam -Scope CurrentUser

Next you need to specify your Azure DevOps project:
Set-VSTeamAccount -Account <Name of your Azure DevOps org> -PersonalAccessToken <Your PAT with access to your project>

(There are also options to connect to self-hosted Azure DevOps servers - see docs.) Your PAT must have at least the permission 'Build: read & execute'.
Then you are able to validate changes made locally against an already set up pipeline. That means you must have created a pipeline, based on a committed YAML file, before. For validation you will need the project name and pipeline ID. To get these information open your pipeline in Azure DevOps and extract the information from the URL:
https://dev.azure.com/<DEVOPS_ORG>/<PROJECT_NAME/_build?definitionId=<PIPELINE_ID>

The validation request will look like this
Test-VSTeamYamlPipeline -Project <PROJECT_NAME> -PipelineId <PIPELINE_ID> -FilePath '<PATH_TO_YAML_FILE>'

If you have syntax errors then you get an output indicating the error:

Test-VSTeamYamlPipeline: /your-pipeline.yml (Line: 12, Col: 13): Unexpected value ''

If everything is ok the output is a bit cryptic and looks like this for me:
Name url                                                                                state   Id
---- ---                                                                                -----   --
     https://dev.azure.com/<DEVOPS_ORG>/<SOME_GUID>/_apis/pipelines/<PIPELINE_ID>/runs/-1 unknown -1

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Scientific Publication of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association
Tablet Formulation Of Piroxicam Containing PVP K-30 And Sodium Lauryl Sulphate
Author(s): D. M Patel, R. R Shah, P. D Jogani
Piroxicam, a non-steroidal antiinflammatory agent is widely used as a first line drug in the symptomatic relief of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Major problem with this drug is its very low solubility in biological fluids, which results into poor bioavailability after oral administration. Therefore, tablet formulation of piroxicam with polyvinyl pyrolidone K-30 and sodium lauryl sulphate was prepared with a view to increase its water solubility. The dissolution profile of promising batch T1 was compared with marketed preparation (MP-dispersible tablet). Batch T1 gave far better dissolution than the marketed product, which released only 55% drug in 30 min while batch T1 released 86% drug in 30 min. Comparison of in vitro dissolution profile of batch T1 with that of cycladol (solid dispersion with b cyclodextrin) showed no significant difference in % dissolution efficiency except time for 50% dissolution (t50) for cycladol was 4.41 min while for batch T1 it was 9.29 min. Batch T1 was considered better than cycladol as far as the cost of raw materials used in the product is concerned. Selected formulation (batch T1) was subjected to stability studies. The formulation was found to be stable for 4 w at 45o with insignificant change in the hardness, disintegration time and in vitro drug release pattern.
The Indian Journal of Pharmacy was started in 1939 as "a quarterly journal devoted to the Science and practice of Pharmacy in all its branches". The Chief editor and the main guiding force behind the 'Journal' was Prof. M.L. Schroff, Head of the Department of Pharmaceutics. Benaras Hindu University, Benaras. more
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The decision to avail a personal loan is not an easy one. Before you avail a personal loan you get to know your interest and your EMIs through the personal loan calculator. Once you understand the same, availing a loan becomes a calculated decision that you would make. Since, at that time, it is the best option you can take, you take the leap of faith.
Rahul and Neha, too, took the leap of faith when they had to avail for a personal loan for the wedding expenses. While they knew that they would have to consider the additional cash outflow in their financial budget, they thought they could manage the same. However, a couple of months down the line, they realized that because the interest rates along with the EMI on their personal loan was eating into their already existing savings and they had to find a way out of this dilemma.
On discussing the same with their financial advisor, they were informed that they could get to transfer the personal loan to a different lender. Transferring personal loan would not just reduce the EMIs but also add to their savings and provides more disposal income. Their financial advisor explained that there are many lenders who allow transfer of personal loans and it is a simple process.
As skeptical as they seemed they decided to explore personal loan transfer with Tata Capital.
How to transfer personal loan?
Start your research by looking for the best option for different personal loan transfer schemes available in the market.
Once you know which lender will give you the best option, share details of the existing personal loan, the principal amount left, tenure completed, EMIs paid and rate of interest, etc.
Financial institutions will sometimes look at your repayment track record for the past year, before initiating any personal loan transfer.
However, there might have a lock-in period of one year with your existing lender. It is best to get the same checked before the existing loan can be transferred to the other financial institution.
The financial institution will require a fresh loan application form with the supporting documents of salary slips, bank statements, PAN card and identity and address proofs, etc., to process the loan transfer request.
Once the personal loan transfer application is processed and the case is creditworthy, the loan is sanctioned and the amount is disbursed.
Processing fee: You may have already paid a processing fee to the original lender. However, while transferring to a personal loan to the new financial institution you will have to pay the processing fee once again.
Collateral security: There are chances that you may be asked for collateral security. The new lender might ask for a collateral security against the loan amount. Though a large part of the loan has already been repaid, it is irrelevant to mortgage the high-value asset as security.
Cash outflow: Before you transfer your personal loan, you have to consider the fact that though your EMIs have reduced your repayment loan tenure has increased. You will need to be diligent enough to calculate and judge whether the total cash outflow over the years is worth transferring the personal loan.
Other terms and conditions: Make sure you look into the various terms and conditions before transferring your personal loan. While most of the clauses are cleared beforehand, you should always get your queries and doubts cleared before the transfer of the personal loan.
Before jumping on to the decision of transferring the personal loan, you should consider both the benefits and loopholes of the new lender against the existing financial institution. A strong credit score is required for personal loan transfer. If you have not been regular with EMIs, the new lender can reject the personal loan transfer request.
For Rahul and Neha this decision proved to be wise. They could easily transfer their existing loan to Tata Capital at competitive interest rates. This decision not only helped them equate their savings more carefully but also plan and build a secure financial future.


Calcium intake during pregnancy among white and African-American pregnant women in the United States. If you have not installed and configured the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your system,. This file is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. / Californian Journal of Health Promotion 2004, Volume 2, Issue 1, 98-106 Factors Associated With Intention To Quit Smoking Among African American Pregnant Women Naomi Modeste,. Allegedly, police around the Kansas City area don't have a lot of love for pregnant African-American women. Assessed alcohol use at the first and third trimesters and at delivery for 393 pregnant African American women in an urban area. Allegedly, police around the Kansas City area don't have a lot of love for pregnant African-American women. / Californian Journal of Health Promotion 2004, Volume 2, Issue 1, 98-106 Factors Associated With Intention To Quit Smoking Among African American Pregnant Women Naomi Modeste,. Downloading the PDF version of: Am J Clin Nutr Stark et al. The design, implementation and acceptability of an integrated intervention to address multiple behavioral and psychosocial risk factors among pregnant African American women.
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Q: https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files//comments?alt=json returned "Not Found" on a file that can't be opened More details as below:
https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/1iNMGIAFXuhS_CO_hnEO0_EJ9PAgT-hXYqWYv0MPGUTI/comments?alt=json returned "Not Found
The file is present in drive and shows in drive.changes.list, but can't be opened in Google Drive either.
There are two problems here
a) the file is somehow corrupt ( it was a document imported into drive, so that failed, but that isn't something I care about for the purposes of this question )
b) The file shows up as existing in some API calls, but calls to read comments with the Drive SDK comments API fail.
Here are results from an API call showing how the file does indeed exist:
  "file": {
    "kind": "drive#file",
    "id": "1iNMGIAFXuhS_CO_hnEO0_EJ9PAgT-hXYqWYv0MPGUTI",
    "etag": "\"o35FABD0TC3H-Up3OL3UA9kEB2w/MTM3MTc2NzU5NzEyNA\"",

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    "iconLink": "https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_11_document_list.png",
    "title": "<removed>",
    "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document",
    "labels": {
     "starred": false,
     "hidden": false,
     "trashed": true,
     "restricted": false,
     "viewed": true
    },


Kollet, S., 2009. Influence of soil heterogeneity on evapotranspiration under shallow water table conditions: transient, stochastic simulations. Environmental Research Letters, 4 (3), 1 - 9. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/3/035007.
Description(s): Abstract: Ensembles of soil column numerical experiments were performed to study the influence of heterogeneity in the saturated hydraulic conductivity on the evapotranspiration or latent heat, LE, under varying water table conditions. In the numerical experiments, a variably saturated groundwater flow model coupled with a land surface model (ParFlow[CLM]) was used. The model was forced at the top with an atmospheric time series from Oklahoma, USA. The heterogeneity was simulated for two different soils (clay and sand) using uncorrelated Gaussian random fields with different variances. Soil heterogeneity has a strong influence on LE during the dry months of the year and negligible influence during months with sufficient moisture availability. The influence is stronger for unstructured soils, such as sand. An increase in shallow water table depth collapses the ensemble onto a single curve, i.e., heterogeneity plays a minor role and LE is limited by the increasing redistribution distance from the water table to the land surface. Accounting for correlations between the hydraulic conductivity and the shape factor in the pressure–saturation function increases the variability in LE. In the case of laterally interconnected soil columns, 3D hydrodynamics homogenize LE fluxes by establishing additional flow paths toward the land surface. Comparison with geometric mean simulations shows good agreement over many time periods for weekly and monthly averaged LE fluxes. Instantaneous daily and hourly differences sometimes exhibit values on the order of 100–101 Wm−2 (10−2–10−1 mm d−1) and white noise behavior over extended time periods. In the simulations, perhaps the strongest limitation is the application of a constant atmospheric time series at the top of the simulation domain. In order to assess the impact of this limitation in simulations of subsurface–land surface–atmosphere interactions, it would be necessary to allow for two-way feedbacks with the lower atmosphere. This will require resolving the boundary layer immediately adjacent to the land surface, including the lateral exchange of mass, energy, and momentum.


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COHASSET — The family of a man accused of stabbing his date at his home in Cohasset said they had sought medical help for him recently, saying he had exhibited "erratic behavior and extreme paranoia." The man died Thursday after police tased him during the alleged attack.
Police said they found Erich Stelzer, 25, stabbing 24-year-old Maegan Tapley at 13 Church St. just after 10 p.m. Thursday. She suffered extensive stabbing and slashing injuries, according to a statement released by Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey's office. Police said they tased Stelzer to subdue him and save Tapley.
Authorities say Stelzer was treated by paramedics but became unresponsive on the way to South Shore Hospital and was later pronounced dead.
Stelzer's family had noticed a decline in his mental health in the week before the stabbing and said he was experiencing "delusions, erratic behavior and extreme paranoia," according to a statement released by the family's lawyer, Phil Cormier.
The statement said Stelzer had been in the care of mental health professionals over the last month and that the family called Cohasset police and EMTs about a possible "psychotic break" on Christmas night.
"The assessment by the EMTs was that he did not need assistance due to the fact that he was lucid enough to know his own name and the date," the statement said. "The family was surprised and unsure how to proceed."
The family said that before the stabbing they had scheduled an intervention for Stelzer to take him to an inpatient facility for treatment.
Stelzer's father, Harry Stelzer, has been vocal about his son's death on Facebook, posting: "He was my life. This is not over. Let me bury my dead and then the show begins. Rest In Peace my son. Love you forever. I am hurting."
When reached by phone Sunday, Harry Stelzer said he wanted to wait before commenting further. He said the had received vicious comments for posting about his son.
"I'm waiting to get my son's body back," Stelzer said. "All I know is that he got tased."
Harry Stelzer said his son got tased four to six times. Cohasset Police Chief William Quigley could not be reached for comment Sunday, but previously referred all questions to the district attorney's office. Police did not say how many times Stelzer had been tased.
Nothing on the quiet, residential street Sunday indicated that a stabbing had taken place there. Olivia Kimla, a neighbor, said kids were out playing again, and everything seemed to be getting back to normal. Kimla, a lifelong Cohasset resident, had recently moved nearby and doesn't regret it.
"We're locking the door now, but we're comfortable," she said. "It's unfortunate and goes to show you that sort of thing can happen anywhere, even a quiet place like Cohasset."
Kimla said the police had done a great job.
State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney's office are investigating the death in conjunction with the State Police's Crime Scene Services.
Officials said an autopsy by the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of Stelzer's death. The district attorney's office had no further comment Sunday.
Tapley's mother, who first identified her daughter to the media, could not be reached for comment Sunday. The district attorney's office said Tapley was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.
Kathleen Tosi Lind, who said she is a friend of Tapley's family, set up an online fundraiser Saturday for Maegan Tapley through the website gofundme.com to help pay her medical expenses.
"Maegan Tapley fell victim to a domestic violence dispute that could have ended her life, if not for the heroic efforts of the Cohasset Police Department," reads the description for the fundraiser. "Maegan's injures are extensive and will require many surgeries. Her recovery will take a very long time."
Three police officers who were involved in the case were put on paid leave, which follows department protocol.
Material from the Associated Press and Patriot Ledger media partner WCVB was used in this report.


Cuttington University's 130th Founder's Day and Induction Ceremony - Feb 22-24 in Suakoko Bong County.
Pictures from the Memorial Service James Mulbah Sr., Harrisburg, Montserrado County.
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TSA lied about Secure Flight 2005-04-02
Joi Ito has a very disturbing entry about the US Transportation Security Administration, and their passenger profiling efforts: It's Official: TSA Lied
What disturbs me the most about these programs is the secrecy and the fact that there's been no form of independent assessment of whether or not they work (and little to no reason to believe they will).
It also exemplifies a kind of ongoing hysteria over terrorism that is not in any way warranted given the low number of deaths from terrorism (even when including 9/11) compared to things like natural disasters, traffic accidents, cancer etc.
So why are governments so up in arms about terrorism?
Because it lets them get away with things they wouldn't otherwise, such as the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, massive breaches of privacy, imprisoning without due process, and more.
Exaggerating fears to get popular support for oppression has long been a well established method for governments, including a wide range of dictatorships, for restricting liberty and getting a closer grip on their populace.
Now, lets assume that the current governments of these countries won't abuse these laws, what is to say that we don't see a government that WILL abuse them after the next election? 10 years from now? 20?
Laws limiting the governments power aren't there primarily to protect against decent people. They're there mainly to protect us in case someone in power turns out to be prepared to step over the line.
In that respect, it's worth remembering that Hitler got to power via elections. Lots of manipulation, coercion and scare tactics, yes, but he is proof that a democracy is not immune from rapidly descending into dictatorship if there aren't sufficient checks and balances.
You don't need someone like Hitler in power to do significant damage. Someone a fraction of as evil or just plain misguided will do just fine in ruining innocent peoples or drastically reduce liberties that actually affect people.
I think the most important demonstration of how disingenious the current focus on terrorism is can be found in the UK: For decades the UK faced IRA terrorism. I lived here when the two last bomb blasts in London happened. Curbing civil liberties to fight it was never a serious likelihood. Not even after the Brighton bombing that worst case could have taken out most of the cabinet, including then prime minister Thatcher.
Instead now, after there haven't been any bombs going off in Britain for years, and only very limited terror threats in Northern Ireland, now suddenly the government needs power to intern and restrict suspects they don't even think they'd be able to convict for lack of evidence.
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And here is the same comparison, which he also posted on Vimeo so that it can be viewed on any Google Cardboard viewer.
360 Camera Comparison, September 2017 [4K] from Eric Cheng on Vimeo.
What do you think? Any favorites so far?
I think the Samsung Gear 360 (2015- which I believe should be 2016) stands up very well for around $80 now, against the likes of the ZCam at $2500.
Win a Ricoh Theta V with Ricoh's 360 photo contest!


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Q: how does indexing work in a for loop when appending a list? I´m trying write a function that returns a list with the positions for each capital letter it doesn't work with when the capital letter in the string is repeated.
def capital_indexes(word):
    cap = []
    for i in word:
        if i == i.upper():
            cap.append(word.index(i))
    return cap

print(capital_indexes("HelloWorld"))

[0, 5]

print(capital_indexes("HoHoHoHo"))

[0, 0, 0, 0]

A: I think that index method is returning the first occurrence of character.
Maybe you should control the index of letter by an another var like this:
def capital_indexes(word):
    cap = []
    index = 0
    for i in word:
        if i == i.upper():
            cap.append(index)
        index=index+1
    return cap

A: It doesn't work as you expect because the indexmethod returns the first occurrence of the searched element (some docs here).
So... Let's say your code finds the third H (for instance) in the string HoHoHoHo. Then, the index method asks "Hey, give me the first H" Which happens on position 0 (HoHoHoHo).
I suggest you print what you are iterating over. I say this because the fact that you're calling your item i (usually used for indices) makes me think that maaaaaybe (just maaaaaybe) there's a tiny confusion between the index and the element?.
Maybe just renaming your control variable will help a bit:
def capital_indexes(word):
    cap = []
    for letter in word:
        if letter == letter.upper():
            cap.append(word.index(letter))
    return cap

With that in mind, you can now take a look to enumerate, which will give you both the item and the position it's in:
def capital_indexes(word):
    cap = []
    for idx, letter in enumerate(word):
        if letter == letter.upper():
            cap.append(idx)
    return cap

If you want to stick to indices, you have to retrieve the contents of position idx in the string:
def capital_indexes(word):
    cap = []
    for idx in range(len(word)):
        letter = word[idx]
        if letter == letter.upper():
            cap.append(idx)
    return cap


Both lip scrubs and balms address the same problem—dry lips. Most people use lip balms to tackle dryness as it happens, since you apply it when your lips are already chapped. However, even if your lips aren't dried out, you should still apply lip balm to prevent your puckers from damage.
Meanwhile, lip scrubs are also preventive. By exfoliating your lips once or twice a week, you remove the dead skin cells from your lips already. This reduces the chances of chapping in the future.
Since both products deal with dryness and chapping, lip balms and scrubs also help lip colors stay longer and look better on your lips.
Yes, both lip scrubs and balms are safe to ingest, especially the organic ones. And just in case you've heard the rumor that lip balm is addicting, fear not; there is actually no substance in them that can cause you to get addicted.
Other than repairing and preventing dry lips, there are a multitude of other uses for lip balm. For example, you can use it to help slide a stuck ring off a finger, or getting zippers unstuck. You can also use it to prevent hair color from staining your skin—just apply it around your hairline before putting dye on your hair. And you can use it to de-puff your eyes if you've run out of eye cream. The only catch: you should use unflavored, plain lip balm for these lifehacks.


I also love the chairs on the right. Chairs on the left: not so much. After a beverage, we said goodbye to Miami proper and hello to Miami Beach, South Beach to be specific.
...where I perched under the shade of this tree, complete with its own orchid planter.
Self explanatory: great people watching, beautiful water; I was crispy after two hours.
A bit to my surprise, but I was mesmerized by the cityscape of Miami, particularly the old art deco, the neon, and the color contrasting all the white. As mentioned, you could see some of the swanky hotels from the rooftop of the Catalina, including the epic Delano by Philippe Starck. While I couldn't afford to stay here, think about eating here, or rationalize a drink here, I did swoon, SWOON I tell you, walking through the lobby and back to the patio.
I wouldn't say I had a truly amazing meal while in South Beach, but I did enjoy all the meals I had, for one reason or another.
Groovy's Pizza - multiple locations, great for a budget lunch. NY style slice and a soda for $6.
Bella Cuba - Poor service. Good Cuban/seafood.
Mac's Club Deuce Bar - What can I say about this place besides, WOW. Total dive in the middle of South Beach clubland. The beer list is on a crumpled piece of paper, you can cut the smoke with a knife, and a can of PBR was only $5. A hell of a find. It's reminded me of the Rainbo in Chicago, but a bit grittier and a more eclectic crowd.
Front Porch Cafe - Not particularly special, but nice brunch spot in the lobby and front porch (get it?) of the Z Ocean Hotel. I recommend a stroll through the lobby as well. It's not terribly touristy despite the location, and I had pretty amazing Mahi Mahi tacos, which may have been my favorite and almost least expensive meal.
Vintage jumpsuit from Axis of Evelyn, vintage belt from Seek Vintage, Melissa por Herchcovitch; Alexandre shoes, my grandmother's vintage necklace, pink chest courtesy of the South Beach sun, ridiculously placed Arne Jacobson Swan chairs in Catalina Hotel mezzanine.
All in all two days in Miami is not enough! The sights are beautiful and I learned that if you buy one of those drinks that you can swim in during happy hour, they will give you your second, free drink in a to-go cup, which is scary and beautiful at the same time. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the city, and I think it could even make my Top 10 US list.


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package com.github.megatronking.svg.sample.extend;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import com.github.megatronking.svg.sample.R;
import com.github.megatronking.svg.sample.utils.DimenUtils;
import com.github.megatronking.svg.support.extend.SVGTextView;

public class SVGTextViewSizeSampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_extend_textview_size_sample);
        setTitle(getIntent().getStringExtra("title"));

        // set in code
        SVGTextView view1 = (SVGTextView) findViewById(R.id.extend_textview1);
        view1.setLeftSvgSize(DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 24), DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 24));
        view1.setRightSvgSize(DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 24), DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 24));
        view1.setTopSvgSize(DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 48), DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 48));
        view1.setBottomSvgSize(DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 48), DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 48));

        SVGTextView view2 = (SVGTextView) findViewById(R.id.extend_textview2);
        view2.setLeftSvgSize(DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 24), DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 24));
        view2.setRightSvgSize(DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 24), DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 24));
        view2.setTopSvgSize(DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 48), DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 48));
        view2.setBottomSvgSize(DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 48), DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 48));
        view2.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(R.drawable.ic_android_red,
                R.drawable.ic_android_red, R.drawable.ic_android_red, R.drawable.ic_android_red);

        // influence all compound drawables
        // view.setSvgSize(DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 96), DimenUtils.dip2px(this, 96));
    }
}

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allows a non-root process to backup mail.
the group set to "root".
Several recent builds of CGPro for Linux in rpm format failed to set group ownership and the SETGID bit on the CGPro executable. This has been fixed in CGPro 6.2.2.
Please see is the ownership and access right bits are properly set on the /opt/CommuniGate/CGServer.


To teach player the skill of groundball pick ups on both sides. The drill allows for pressure and disguised conditioning.
Groups of 5 (6 max). Players 1 & 2 are 5 yards from line with ball between them and sticks crossed over ball. Player 3 runs thru ball, rolls out passes to 1. 2 goes to end of line. Repeat. Do right then left.
Cover 3: Pressure (double) from behind - 3 scoops ball with 4 and 5 chasing double pressure. 3 must get open to pass to 1. Follow same rotation as in Cover 1 & Cover 2). Repeat until everyone has gone using both hands).
**Additional Notes** In 10 min/15 min you have worked GB under pressure, worked on doubling the ball, worked on shutting off a player and worked on getting open. There is not much time to play grab but in line = disguised conditioning. Give the players a set rotation. Outlet should put ball down to set up next run. Everyone needs to move to get back in place.


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Italy: UN rights expert voices concern over changes to criminal procedure code
The United Nations human rights expert on the independence of judges and lawyers has written to the Italian Government voicing concern over proposed changes to the country's judicial system which could provide an excuse for prominent politicians in Milan facing criminal charges to delay proceedings against them.
Special Rapporteur Dato' Param Cumaraswamy wrote to the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs late last week to call attention to potential delays in justice caused by the proposed changes, the UN announced today.
Under the amended Code of Criminal Procedure, trials could be transferred to a different court on the basis of "legitimate suspicions" that a case could be compromised by serious local circumstances. The Special Rapporteur warned that these changes could add to the long delays that already characterize the Italian judicial system, and could be used by accused persons to further delay trial proceedings.
Mr. Cumaraswamy, who visited Italy earlier this year, said he feared that if the changes were adopted and applied retrospectively - a proposal under consideration - then prominent politicians facing charges before Milan courts could take advantage of the amendment to further delay due process in their cases.
Those politicians, he stressed, "should not be seen as delaying that process." He added that "because they are in positions of power, delaying the judicial process in their cases would be perceived with suspicion and could be detrimental to the integrity of the justice system."
UN human rights expert says Italian Prime Minister should not act above law
UN refugee agency praises Italy for allowing three dozen refugees to disembark
UN expert welcomes Italian veto of bill seen as infringing judicial independence


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SENEGAL: State investment and public works agency APIX has selected preferred bidders for the construction of the Train Express Régional, a planned 1 435 mm gauge double-track line to be built in two phases to link Dakar with Diamniadio (36 km) and Blaise Diagne International Airport (a further 19 km).
A consortium of France's Eiffage, local company CSE and Yapı Merkezi of Turkey has been selected for the CFAFr330bn civil works contract.
Energy services company ENGIE and subcontractor Thales supported by CSE have been selected as preferred bidders for a €225m design and build contract covering the power supplies, 25 kV electrification, signalling, train control and telecoms. Construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2016 and take 26 months, for completion in late 2018.
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Exclusive: Maximillion buys Roselle Events
16 September 2014 by Alison Ledger
Following the liquidation of Roselle Events in June, Maximillion has acquired the agency for an undisclosed sum.
Maximillion buys Roselle Events
Edinburgh-based events agency Maximillion has purchased the IP of Roselle Events for an undisclosed sum after it made a bid to buy the agency in early August.
As part of the deal, Maximillion has acquired Roselle Events' brand, website and client database.
Roselle Events ceased trading in June when it went into liquidation. It is not known how many staff were affected. The agency was set up in 2001 and delivered corporate events for brands including Tesco, Shell and BP. In August 2013, the agency had reported turnover of £1.6m.
Roselle Events will now operate as a sub-brand under Maximillion.
Maximillion managing director John Strachan told C&IT: "We came to the deal at a late stage. I'm delighted our bid was successful. Roselle Events had a reputation for delivering high quality and creative corporate events.
"Maximillion's roots are in team-building events, although we deliver all types of corporate events, so this move will help to re-position our brand.
"Short-term, we will use Roselle Events' client list to generate new business and grow the business."


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The report said the Justice Department will seek to resolve complaints through negotiations, though litigation remains possible. Gupta said at a news conference that an initial meeting with family court officials was "cordial and cooperative."
The department is taking a similar tack as after a report released in March alleging racial bias and profiling by police and the municipal court in Ferguson. That report was begun following Brown's death, and negotiations between the DOJ and Ferguson officials are still going on.
For the family court investigation, Justice Department officials analyzed data from nearly 33,000 juvenile cases, and looked at court records, transcripts, policies and procedures and external reports.
The report found that young people accused of wrongdoing in family court often lacked adequate legal representation, were held without proper determination of probable cause, and sometimes pleaded guilty without fully understanding the consequences.
It also alleges that black children were nearly 1½ times more likely than whites to have cases handled formally, rather than through diversion or other informal means. They were 2½ times more likely to be detained before going to trial, and three times more likely to be sent to the Division of Youth Services for parole violations.
Gupta said in the letter that several factors contribute to the problems, including the "staggering caseload of the sole public defender" handling delinquency cases, an "arbitrary" system of choosing who gets a public defender, and other issues.
She also criticized the organizational structure of the court, in which "the probation officer acts as both an arm of the prosecution as well as a child advocate." That setup is "contrary to separation of powers principles," Gupta wrote.
The investigation was among four of juvenile justice systems initiated by the Justice Department in recent years:
—The DOJ reached a settlement in 2012 with the Juvenile Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, calling for various reforms.
—The partial settlement of a lawsuit alleging due process rights violations in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, was announced in June.
—The department in March announced an investigation of due process and disability discrimination concerns in Dallas.
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Earlier this month, Frank Vatrano's father witnessed his son's first point as a member of the Boston Bruins. Ray Ferraro did the same Monday night, but from a much different vantage point.
Ferraro, a 19-year NHL veteran turned broadcaster, just so happened to be assigned as TSN's rinkside reporter for the Boston Bruins' 4-3 shootout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. He spent the night stationed between the benches at the Air Canada Centre, watching on as his son, Landon, skated in his Bruins debut.
The younger Ferraro, whom the Bruins had claimed off waivers from the Detroit Red Wings a day earlier, notched his first point as a Bruin — and his first of the season — when he had a hand in Boston's third goal of the night.
The goal ultimately was credited to Brad Marchand, but Ferraro initially received credit for it, earning him an interview with none other than his old man.
Ferraro finished with one assist and one shot on goal in the win, and he didn't shy away from ribbing his dad a bit in his postgame meeting with reporters.
The question? Ferraro asked his son if the goal was his. It wasn't, and Landon said after the game he "had a pretty good idea" the scoring would be changed.
We imagine it was a pretty happy night for the entire Ferraro family.
Let's run through a few notes from Monday.
— Wednesday's game likely will be another special one for Ferraro, as it comes against the Red Wings, the team that drafted him in 2009. Boston hosted Detroit on Nov. 14 at TD Garden and rode a three-goal second period to a 3-1 win.
— The Bruins' last-ranked penalty kill was excellent against Toronto, holding the Leafs scoreless on all six of their power-play opportunities. The last of those six came in overtime and included both a highlight-reel save by Tuukka Rask and a faceoff win by winger Loui Eriksson.
— In a departure from this season's norm, Boston's power-play unit was ineffective, managing just one shot on goal in two chances early in the second period. The Bruins led 2-0 at the time, but the Maple Leafs scored two goals just minutes later to tie the game.
— Patrice Bergeron assisted on Marchand's first goal, bringing him into a tie with Adam Oates for ninth place on the Bruins' all-time assists list.
— The win vaulted the Bruins into fourth place in the Atlantic Division and seventh in the Eastern Conference.
Thumbnail photo via Boston Bruins center Landon Ferraro during a game against Toronto.


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A Public Peace Process: Sustained Dialogue to Transform Racial and Ethnic Conflicts
By Harold H. Saunders
Reviewed by G. John Ikenberry
St. Martin's, 1999, 368 pp.
A thoughtful treatise on the art of peacemaking that underscores the significance of nongovernmental contacts and citizen dialogue. A former American diplomat active in the Arab-Israeli peace process, Saunders explores the communication between societies and the potential impact of the human dimension on tackling ethnic and religious clashes. The result is a sort of how-to book on conflict resolution for divided societies, from rival nationalist factions in Tajikistan to racial divisions in Louisiana. The author attaches importance to broad-based, open-ended dialogues that feed back into civil society and eventually into diplomatic negotiations, but he cautiously concedes that he cannot fully measure the impact of dialogue on deep-rooted antagonisms. The world-weary will therefore remain skeptical. Other readers will be left wanting to know more about the range of conflicts and the circumstances that promote citizen dialogue.
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require_relative 'test_optparse'

class TestOptionParser::SummaryTest < TestOptionParser
  def test_short_clash
    r = nil
    o = OptionParser.new do |opts|
      opts.on("-f", "--first-option", "description 1", "description 2"){r = "first-option"}
      opts.on("-t", "--test-option"){r = "test-option"}
      opts.on("-t", "--another-test-option"){r = "another-test-option"}
      opts.separator "this is\nseparator"
      opts.on("-l", "--last-option"){r = "last-option"}
    end
    s = o.summarize
    o.parse("-t")
    assert_match(/--#{r}/, s.grep(/^\s*-t,/)[0])
    assert_match(/first-option/, s[0])
    assert_match(/description 1/, s[0])
    assert_match(/description 2/, s[1])
    assert_match(/last-option/, s[-1])
  end

  def test_banner
    o = OptionParser.new("foo bar")
    assert_equal("foo bar", o.banner)
  end

  def test_banner_from_progname
    o = OptionParser.new
    o.program_name = "foobar"
    assert_equal("Usage: foobar [options]\n", o.help)
  end

  def test_summary
    o = OptionParser.new("foo\nbar")
    assert_equal("foo\nbar\n", o.to_s)
    assert_equal(["foo\n", "bar"], o.to_a)
  end

  def test_summary_containing_space
    # test for r35467. OptionParser#to_a shouldn't split str by spaces.
    bug6348 = '[ruby-dev:45568]'
    o = OptionParser.new("foo bar")
    assert_equal("foo bar\n", o.to_s, bug6348)
    assert_equal(["foo bar"], o.to_a, bug6348)
  end
end


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Former Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert Gates stopped by Business Insider to talk about his new book "A Passion For Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform From Fifty Years of Public Service."
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Persicaria amphibia facts for kids
Persicaria amphibia
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Polygonum amphibium L.
Chulusium amphibium (L.) Raf.
Chulusium fluitans Raf.
Chulusium natans Raf.
Persicaria amurensis (Korsh.) Nieuwl.
Persicaria coccinea (Muhl. ex Willd.) Greene
Persicaria fluitans Montandon
Persicaria hartwrightii (A. Gray) Greene
Persicaria muhlenbergii (Meisn.) Small
Polygonum coccineum Muhl. ex Willd.
Polygonum emersum (Michx.) Britton
Polygonum hartwrightii A. Gray
Polygonum muhlenbergii (Meisn.) S. Watson
Polygonum natans Eaton
Polygonum rigidulum E. Sheld.
Polygonum salicifolium Schur 1866 not Brouss. ex Willd. 1809
Persicaria amphibia (syn. Polygonum amphibium) is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by several common names, including longroot smartweed, water knotweed, water smartweed, and amphibious bistort. It is native to much of North America, Asia, Europe, and parts of Africa, and it grows elsewhere as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed.
Persicaria amphibia is native to a large area across the northern hemisphere, including Europe, Asia, North America, and parts of Africa. It has been introduced elsewhere, such as South America and other parts of Africa.
It grows in many types of wet habitat, such as ponds, streams, and marshes. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb which takes a variety of forms and is quite variable in morphology. It may be an aquatic plant, growing submerged or floating in water bodies, it may grow in muddy and wet areas which are periodically inundated, and it may grow in moist spots on land, such as in meadows.
Dry-land and fully aquatic plants are sometimes considered different named varieties of the species.
Persicaria amphibia produces a thick stem from its rhizome. The stem may creep, float, or grow erect, rooting at stem nodes that come in contact with moist substrate. Stems are known to reach 3 meters (10 feet) long in aquatic individuals. The stems are ribbed and may be hairless to quite hairy in texture.
Leaves are lance-shaped or take various other shapes and are borne on petioles. They may be over 30 centimeters (1 foot) in length. The inflorescence is a dense terminal cluster of many five-lobed pink flowers.
Plants may have bisexual or unisexual flowers, with some plants bearing only male or only female flowers. The fruit is a shiny brown rounded achene around 3 mm (0.12 in) long.
Three varieties are generally recognized, though some authorities consider P. a. var. emersa a distinct species, Persicaria coccinea.
P. a. var. emersa (longroot smartweed) – Plants palustrine, usually with emergent leafy stems; ocreae never with flared apices; aerial leaves petiolate with acuminate tips; inflorescence spikes terminal, usually 2 (unequal), > 4 cm long.
P. a. var. stipulacea – Plants aquatic, usually with floating stems and leaves; ocreae with flared apices (when stranded); aerial leaves (when present) nearly sessile with somewhat cordate bases and blunt apices; inflorescence spikes usually 1, greater than 4 cm (1.6 in) long. In North America, P. a. var. stipulacea does not grow south of the Laurentide Ice Sheet except in the mountain west and Mexico.
P. a. var. amphibia – European
P. a. var. emersa long spike
P. a. var. emersa short spike
P. a. var. stipulacea aquatic form
P. a. var. stipulacea terrestrial form
P. a. var. amphibia
Various parts of this plant were used by several Native American groups as medicinal remedies and sometimes as food.
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340th FTG earns seventh Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
By Janis El Shabazz, 340th Flying Training Group / Published July 19, 2018
The 340th Flying Training Group recently garnered another prestigious Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its performance from Oct.1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2016. (U.S. Air Force illustration)
JOINT-BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas --
The 340th Flying Training Group here earned its seventh Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, symbolizing that it is in the top 10 percent of all Air Force units.
The award reflects the group's outstanding service from Oct. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2016. During that period, the group headquarters and its seven squadrons trained and provided experienced instructor pilots, jumpmasters and basic military training instructors to augment the Air Education and Training Command instructor force. Additionally, unit members initiated and advocated to align reserve survivor benefits with active duty benefits, which was approved by congress for inclusion in the defense budget. Thanks to their leadership, technical skills and mentorship many group Airmen earned Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command and Air Education and Training Command recognition, as well as several collegiate championships.
The group was originally established in August 1942 as the 340th Bombardment Group (Medium) at Columbia Army Air Base, South Carolina. At that time, the group flew B-25s, engaging chiefly in support and interdiction missions. Throughout the years, the unit underwent various reiterations eventually being redesignated and activated under the Air Reserve Command at JBSA-Randolph, as the 340th Flying Training Group on April 1, 1988.
Today, the 340th is the largest flying group in the Air Force, consisting of 425 instructor pilots assigned to six squadrons at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma; JBSA-Randolph, Texas; Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas; Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; and the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado.
340th FTG instructors provide associate instructor pilots for the Air Education and Training Command's Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training mission utilizing a variety of aircraft, including the T-1A Jayhawk, T-6A Texan II, T-38 Talon, T-41A Mescalero, T-51A, T-53, TG-15/TG-16 gliders, and UV-18B Twin Otter.
The group is also home to the, 433rd Training Squadron, the only unit of Reserve basic military training instructors. The 433rd has supported basic military training at JBSA-Lackland since 1983. 433rd TRS instructors serve side-by-side with active duty mission partners in the 737th Training Group to create the next generation of Airmen. The squadron also provides MTI support to Reserve Officer Training Corps and Officer Training School on a situational basis.
340th FTG Commander Col. Allen Duckworth commended group members for the achievement, referring to the group's lineage of exceptional excellence spanning decades.
"This award is a direct reflection on everyone in the 340th FTG," said Duckworth. "Through your hard work and dedication, we were able to accomplish our mission, support our people and take pride in our support to the Air Force and the nation. The men and women of the 340th FTG are shining examples of what it means to be a Citizen Airman."
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