Torun, Poland, 24-30 March 2019. Report by Pete Stepney.
Five of our Vet athletes travelled to Poland to go toe to toe with the World's best.
Duncan Talbot was first in action on Monday 25th in the high jump. Regular medalist and highly ranked in the UK now taking on the best in the world. He has a trademark shout of triumph when clearing successfully, we were just out of earshot at the time but I was reliably informed it happened. He finished with a clearance of 1.4m placing 10th out of 15 starters.
After a day off Duncan then took on the Pentathlon....60mh, LJ, Shot, HJ, and 1000m. His age group had 18 entered and Duncan amassed 2647 points from the 5 events placing him 11th.
I began my pentathlon as Duncan was progressing through his and targeting the top half I finished in 16th place of 30 starters, slightly below the points score I was aiming at.
On the Thursday it was Marc Juffkins turn, again in the pentathlon. His first two events did not go to plan having had a very early start, hurdling at 8am! but when it came to the shot he put one out to a PB distance of 8.99. This set up the possibility of a PB score which came after a decent high jump and determined effort in the 1000m. 2513pts gave him 20th position from the 35 who started.
Friday brought the female pentathletes into the fray and Jeanette Ashton in her first ever indoor event. Her events are almost the same as the men's with the female event running an 800 at the end and HJ and LJ having the order reversed. So HJ was her second event and she had us on the edge of our seats when she knocked the bar off on her opening two attempts and making it wobble on her last chance. She went on to clear a couple more heights reaching 1.15 and narrowly missing 1.18. The 800m is her strongest event and with a well-paced run, she clocked 3:20.25 to score well giving her 10th place overall out of 12 starters.
Last in action was Carine Muir vaulting in her first indoor and international event. Her preparation was curtailed by an ankle/calf injury which has prevented some of the more specific work needed to practise hard in this event. We had high hopes, as reports were that sessions at Brunel indoor athletics centre were going well. It's technically tricky with more variables to deal with than other athletic events. Sharing an unfamiliar pole added to the complexity. Starting at a comfortable height Carine progressed easily clearing five successive heights with no problem reaching a PB of 2.4m before three great attempts at 2.5m which to observers is clearly well within her grasp....watch this space. This placed her 6th of 9 competitors, a great result for the first competition of the year.
The final fling was the GB team after party, arranged at a paid entry nightspot under one of the hotels being used by athletes. The locals must have wondered what was going on with a significant rise in the average age in the place.....at one point the 79yr old team manager said to me 'some of the moves in here are better than they were on the track'.


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Three champions help wrestling team finish second at North Central Invitational
NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Three Olivet College wrestlers won their respective weight class, as the Comets placed second at the 56th Annual North Central (Ill.) College Invitational held today at the Merner Fieldhouse in Naperville, Illinois. Winning individual titles were junior Cole Hersch at 157 pounds, junior Trevor Piggott at 197 pounds and sophomore Dominick Wilson at 285 pounds.
The Comets had at least one wrestler finish in the top six in each of the 10 weight classes. Overall, 14 wrestlers placed in the top six. Olivet, ranked No. 25 in the most recent No. 25 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) poll, totaled 139.5 points, which was eight more than third-place North Central.
Augsburg (Minn.) University, ranked No. 3 in the NWCA poll, had five individual champions to capture the team title with 158.5 points.
1. Augsburg, Minn., 158.5; 2. OLIVET, 139.5; 3. North Central, Ill., 131.5; 4. Concordia-Moorhead, Minn., 77.0; 5. Harper, Ill., 52.5; 6. Westminster, Mo., 43.5; 7. Augustana, Ill., 31.5; 8. MacMurray, Ill., 22.0; 9. Fontbonne, Mo., 10.0; 10. Lakeland, Wis., 9.0.
Hersch and freshman Zach Wells faced off in the championship match of the 157-pound bracket. Hersch shutout Wells, 8-0. Hersch reached the championship bout after pinning his first two opponents and posting a technical fall in the semifinals. Wells also had two pins to go along with an 11-2 major decision.
Piggott won the 197-pound title with a 3-0. He pinned his first opponent and had a 7-3 decision in the semifinals. In the championship bout, Piggott scored an escape point with 28 seconds left and used the riding time point to beat Ben Bergen from North Central, 7-5.
Wilson and sophomore Owen Miller squared off in the 285-pound championship match. Wilson pinned Miller in the first period. Wilson had a pin in his first match before winning back-to-back minor decisions to advance to the championship match. Miller won 8-0 in his first match, and followed that with two straight minor decisions.
With a 3-1 record, sophomore Reese Wallis finished third at 141 pounds. All four of his matches were decisions. In the third-place match against Adam Mickelson from Augsburg, Wallis' riding time point was the difference in a 3-2 decision.
Senior Drew Mandell placed third with a 3-1 record at 149 pounds. Two of his wins were pins, including at 4:15 over Brady Gross from Augsburg in the third-place match.
Finishing in fourth-place were senior Garret Cleveland at 125 pounds and freshman Kyle Schaaf at 133 pounds.
Placing fifth were junior Andrew Castaneda at 141 pounds and junior Adam Hall finished fifth at 174 pounds.
A trio of wrestlers – junior Cameron Mahlich at 133 pounds, senior Frank Mercurio at 165 pounds and senior Kamyab Kamali at 184 pounds – were sixth. In the first round, Kamali broke the 184-pound quickest pin school record with a 13-second fall against Will Harper from Westminster.
"As a team, we had a very good performance today," said Olivet head coach Brandon Brissette. "We were able to out-score No. 10 ranked North Central in their gym because every weight contributed points by having a guy place in the top six. It can be tough to compete right after a holiday weekend and with exams this week, but our guys stayed in it mentally all day. I was most happy with how the guys on the backside of the bracket fought to place and score points."
The Comets compete at the Kalahari Duals next Saturday, December 14, in Sandusky, Ohio. Action gets started at 9 a.m.

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The next scheduled invitation round for the SINP's Entrepreneur Category is November 21, 2018.
Has conducted an exploratory visit to Saskatchewan for at least five working days with evidence of contact with relevant business contacts.
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Originally published on the EV Annex blog.
When future owners of Model 3 hear that I drive a Model S and a Model X and work within the Tesla aftermarket ecosystem, they inevitably ask the following question: "I signed up on the second day," they ask, "when do you think I'll realistically get my Model 3?" If I'm really busy when the question is asked, I just shrug my shoulders and smile — "Your guess is as good as mine," I say. However, in reality, there are ways to make an educated guess that doesn't rely solely on optimistic projections made by Elon or pessimistic dates suggested by Tesla haters. But to make an educated guess, you have to consider a few things.
First, I'd like to clarify that I sincerely want Tesla to hit its forecasted dates for production of the Model 3. Nevertheless, I felt it was worthwhile to present a realistic framework for evaluating delivery timeframes. I do that in my book, Getting Ready for Model 3.
The Delivery Ramp. The delivery ramp for the Tesla Model 3 is a measure of how quickly Tesla Motors will increase production over a period of many months once Model 3 deliveries begin. The delivery ramp takes the shape of an S-curve illustrated in the following graphical representation.
During the first months of production, delivery growth will be slow, but once manufacturing and product kinks are worked out, it will accelerate rapidly. Then it will moderate but continue to grow as additional efficiencies are found to improve the production process. The real questions are: (1) how quickly will the acceleration represented the curve begin and (2) what are the actual values of cars delivered per month at each point along the ramp curve.
Industry Averages. I know, I know, Tesla is a special company, and it has already demonstrated that it can sometimes make naysayers look very foolish. But I think it's helpful to examine the production capacity of other seasoned car manufacturers in the United States to get a better feel for a realistic delivery ramp and for Tesla's ability to produce large numbers of cars in the early years of Model 3.
In Getting Ready for Model 3, I analyze the 15 "top-producing" car plants in the U.S. These plants have been in operation for years, have been debugged, have a continuing flow of improvements, automation, and the like. It is only reasonable to assume that as Tesla Motors brings its Model 3 production on-line, it will take time and refinement to achieve the levels of production evidenced by some of these top auto manufacturers.
Optimistic—all preproduction/vehicle design work goes according to schedule, all factory requirements are implemented without any significant problems, the Tesla Gigafactory is producing batteries are a rate that is fully acceptable, all other supply chain issues are resolved to Tesla's satisfaction.
Pessimistic—lots of things go wrong and the subsequent delays are not resolved quickly, the production rate of batteries at the Gigafactory does not meet expectations, the supply chain is a continuing challenge.
I explain how and why I make my estimates and present data to support them in Getting Ready for Model 3. However, I readily admit that my analysis includes forward-looking, albeit reasonable, speculation on my part. That said, Tesla just might surprise us all and dramatically exceed my own estimates in early years. I certainly hope it does, and, I'm rooting for Tesla to do so.


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Jim Ogonowski Goes Big, Goes Home, Then Goes Bigger
By Amy Derjue·	 1/28/2008, 10:10 a.m.
Now that we're in the midst of a contentious presidential primary season, the Fifth Congressional District race feels like it happened years ago. But the October election between Niki Tsongas and Jim Ogonowski was as bitterly fought as the primaries, with Tsongas winning the seat vacated by Marty Meehan.
We thought Ogonowski would slink back to his farm, never to run for office again. But he has other plans. He's going to run against Sen. John Kerry. Really.
Ogonowski's six-point loss to Tsongas wasn't a complete trouncing by any means. But we wouldn't go as far to call a close defeat "momentum."
Since his defeat by Democrat Niki Tsongas in a race that drew national attention, Ogonowski has met with state activists and party leaders about a potential candidacy, which he said would build on momentum from his congressional campaign.
You lost, Jim. Clearly, whatever momentum you had wasn't enough to beat a candidate who had never held office. And yet that will somehow propel you to victory against a man who's been in the senate for 23 years? It seems unlikely.
Kerry doesn't seem too concerned.
In a statement, Kerry spokesman David Wade said that "Senator Kerry is running for reelection so he can continue fighting to change Washington. John Kerry brings to public service a lifetime of fighting the tough fights for change and standing up with courage and conviction, and he'll keep doing that in the United States Senate."
It's not looking good for your campaign when the opposition doesn't get worked up enough to mention you by name. But maybe Ogonowski hopes to capitalize on another Kerry gaffe between now and November and prove us wrong.
Go for the Goals


A holiday in Upper Normandy afforded the chance to visit a gallery which I had read about but not had a chance to visit. A day trip to Honfleur across the Seine from Le Havre finds you in a very touristy town with pretty medieval quayside teeming with cafes and the usual summer activities. However, done a quiet street away from the crowds and you find the Musée Eugène Boudin.
The bell tower of Sainte Catherine, located in the village of Honfleur in Normandy, is not actually connected to the church itself. The builders wanted to prevent the church roof from collapsing under the weight of the bells, and they also wanted to avoid a fire in the church in case the tower was hit by lightning.
Much like Constable Courbet was fascinated by the effects of light and climatic conditions and did many field studies of clouds.


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Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
Declaration of Independence (Amer. Hist.), the declaration of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America, on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared that these colonies were free and independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.


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« Apple iPhone 3G is Out!
the 1st version is meant for US market only. In Singapore, ppl are importing in themselves and hacking.
The 2nd version, Apple is no longer restricting to just one telco, so shouldn't be a problem if you get one from, say, Singapore and put in malaysia SIM card.
but so far, not sure how iphone will be sold in Singapore yet. most likely to be tied together with some expensive plan.
I'm not sure how much it is sold there at Singapore. As far as I know, most hacked version in Malaysia came from Singapore and it will cost around RM1700.


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Universities abroad join partnerships on the web
By eCampus News staff and wire reports
Over the last year, elite American universities have raced to stake out a place in the new world of free online courses — and now, universities around the globe are following suit, the New York Times reports. This week, the two largest ventures providing what are known as MOOCs — massive open online courses — are announcing new partnerships with leading universities in Canada, Mexico, Europe, China, Singapore, Japan and Australia, and signing additional American universities. Coursera, founded by two Stanford University computer professors, is adding 29 universities — including École Polytechnique in France, the National University of Singapore, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and National Autonomous University of Mexico — to its current 33 partners. Meanwhile, edX, a nonprofit venture started by Harvard and M.I.T., is doubling its university partners to 12, adding Rice University, the Australian National University, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and, in Canada, McGill and the University of Toronto…
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Ms. Nina Trentmann is a News Editor at CFO Journal, the Wall Street Journal's corporate finance group. Her career spans over one decade and includes coverage of the banking, auto, manufacturing and technology sector in the U.K., Germany and China. Prior to her role at the Wall Street Journal, she worked for the German media group WELTN24 in London, Berlin and Shanghai. Ms. Trentmann studied at Bonn University in Germany, Georgetown University in the U.S., the London School of Economics (LSE) in the U.K. and Fudan University in China and did her journalistic training with Axel Springer Academy/WELTN24 in Berlin.
About The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an American business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City. The Journal, along with its Asian and European editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online. The WSJ is the largest newspaper in the United States by circulation. According to News Corp, in their June 2017 10-K Filing with the SEC, the Journal had a circulation of about 2.277 million copies (including nearly 1,270,000 digital subscriptions) as of June 2017, compared with USA Today's 1.7 million.


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Made in China, exported to the world: the surveillance state
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Paul Mozur, Jonah M. Kessel and Melissa Chan, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 26 2019 09:24 AM | Updated as of Apr 26 2019 12:35 PM
A control room of camera feeds and workers, part of Ecuador's Emergency Response System, in Ecuador in 2018. Cameras across the country send footage to monitoring centers like this one to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. The surveillance system's origin: China. Jonah Kessel/The New York Times
QUITO, Ecuador — The squat gray building in Ecuador's capital commands a sweeping view of the city's sparkling sprawl, from the high-rises at the base of the Andean valley to the pastel neighborhoods that spill up its mountainsides.
The police who work inside are looking elsewhere. They spend their days poring over computer screens, watching footage that comes in from 4,300 cameras across the country.
The high-powered cameras send what they see to 16 monitoring centers in Ecuador that employ more than 3,000 people. Armed with joysticks, the police control the cameras and scan the streets for drug deals, muggings and killings. If they spy something, they zoom in.
This voyeur's paradise is made with technology from what is fast becoming the global capital of surveillance: China.
Ecuador's system, which was installed beginning in 2011, is a basic version of a program of computerized controls that Beijing has spent billions to build out over a decade of technological progress. According to Ecuador's government, these cameras feed footage to the police for manual review.
But a New York Times investigation found that the footage also goes to the country's feared domestic intelligence agency, which under the previous president, Rafael Correa, had a lengthy track record of following, intimidating and attacking political opponents. Even as a new administration under President Lenín Moreno investigates the agency's abuses, the group still gets the videos.
Under President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government has vastly expanded domestic surveillance, fueling a new generation of companies that make sophisticated technology at ever lower prices. A global infrastructure initiative is spreading that technology even further.
Ecuador shows how technology built for China's political system is now being applied — and sometimes abused — by other governments. Today, 18 countries — including Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Kenya, the United Arab Emirates and Germany — are using Chinese-made intelligent monitoring systems, and 36 have received training in topics like "public opinion guidance," which is typically a euphemism for censorship, according to an October report from Freedom House, a pro-democracy research group.
With China's surveillance know-how and equipment now flowing to the world, critics warn that it could help underpin a future of tech-driven authoritarianism, potentially leading to a loss of privacy on an industrial scale. Often described as public security systems, the technologies have darker potential uses as tools of political repression.
"They're selling this as the future of governance; the future will be all about controlling the masses through technology," Adrian Shahbaz, research director at Freedom House, said of China's new tech exports.
Companies worldwide provide the components and code of dystopian digital surveillance and democratic nations like Britain and the United States also have ways of watching their citizens. But China's growing market dominance has changed things. Loans from Beijing have made surveillance technology available to governments that could not previously afford it, while China's authoritarian system has diminished the transparency and accountability of its use.
For locals seeking to push back, there is little recourse. Chinese companies operate with less scrutiny and regard for corporate social responsibility than their Western counterparts. Activists in Ecuador say that while they have succeeded in working with civil society groups in Europe and the United States to oppose sales of surveillance technologies, similar campaigns in China have not been possible.
"We don't have the capacity to demand information from China — it's really difficult," said former Ecuadorean legislator Martha Roldós.
Ecuador's system, called ECU-911, was largely made by two Chinese companies, the state-controlled CEIEC and Huawei.
Replicas of the network have been sold to Venezuela, Bolivia and Angola, according to government announcements and Chinese state media.
CEIEC and China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond to requests for comment.
In a statement, Huawei said: "Huawei provides technology to support smart city and safe city programs across the world. In each case, Huawei does not get involved in setting public policy in terms of how that technology is used."
In Ecuador, the cameras that are part of ECU-911 hang from poles and rooftops, from the Galápagos Islands to the Amazonian jungle. The system lets authorities track phones and may soon get facial-recognition capabilities. Recordings allow the police to review and reconstruct past incidents.
While ECU-911 was sold to the public as a way to get a grip on dizzying murder rates and drug-related petty crime, it also served Correa's authoritarian streak, supporting his feared National Intelligence Secretariat, or SENAIN, according to a former head of the group. In a rare interview last year at SENAIN's headquarters in a bunker outside Quito, its leader at the time, Jorge Costa, confirmed that the domestic intelligence group had access to a mirror of the Chinese-built surveillance system.
The irony is that ECU-911 has not been effective at stopping crime, many Ecuadoreans said, though the system's installation paralleled a period of falling crime rates. Ecuadoreans cite muggings and attacks that happened in front of the cameras without police response. Still, police have built public support, partly by releasing clips on Twitter and television of thieves and muggers caught on camera.
Left to choose between privacy and safety, many Ecuadoreans opt for the unblinking gaze of the electronic eyes. With the mass surveillance genie out of the bottle, community leaders have called for cameras to help secure their neighborhoods, even when their own experiences are that the devices do not work well. Concerns about the long-term political implications trail behind the pressing realities of violence and drugs.
Moreno, who came to power in 2017 and has walked back some of Correa's autocratic policies, has vowed to investigate SENAIN's abuses and is remaking the intelligence collection agency under a new name. His government helped open up ECU-911 and SENAIN to The Times.
"The government viewed espionage as a toolbox, and they could use any tool they wanted," Roldós said. "They could spy on your emails, your phone calls, they would set microphones on your vehicle. At the same time, you had people following you. It was a whole system."
DESIGNED BY CHINA, FINANCED BY CHINA
Cameras on a street in Ecuador in 2018. Cameras across the country send footage to monitoring centers to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. The surveillance system's origin: China. Jonah Kessel/The New York Times
For a system that was supposed to fight drug dealers and killers, ECU-911 traces its origins to a different security challenge: the 2008 Olympics.
Before those games, a delegation from Ecuador visited Beijing and toured the Chinese capital's surveillance system. At the time, Beijing was pulling footage from 300,000 cameras to keep tabs on 17 million people. The Ecuadoreans left impressed.
"For the Olympics, China developed emergency response centers which had state-of-the-art technology for its time," Francisco Robayo, then the general director of ECU-911, said in an interview last year. "Our authorities saw these as ideal to bring to Ecuador."
The timing was fortuitous. Correa was newly in power and facing high crime rates. In January 2011, he made surveillance a priority.
Correa's ministers turned to China. In two months, details to install a Chinese-made technology system were ironed out with the help of military attachés from the Chinese Embassy in Quito, according to a person familiar with the process and to publicly available documents from Ecuador's comptroller. Ecuadorean officials traveled again to Beijing to scope out the system, which featured technology made by the parent company of the state-backed CEIEC.
By February 2011, with guarantees of state funding from the attachés, Ecuador signed a deal with no public bidding process. The country got a Chinese-designed surveillance system financed by Chinese loans. In exchange, Ecuador provided one of its main exports, oil. The money for the cameras and computing flowed straight to CEIEC and Huawei.
"The money always ends up going back to China," Roldós said.
It became a pattern. In exchange for credit facilities that totaled more than $19 billion, Ecuador signed away large portions of its oil reserves. A surge of Chinese-built infrastructure projects, including hydroelectric dams and refineries, followed.
By comparison, ECU-911 was a small line item.
With an initial sticker price of more than $200 million, construction started near Guayaquil, a booming coastal city where crime rates are high, Robayo said. Over the next four years, the system expanded across Ecuador.
Cameras were hung anywhere that provided a good view. Operation centers were set up. Top Ecuadorean officials traveled to China for training, and Chinese engineers visited to teach their Ecuadorean counterparts how to work the system.
The activity attracted attention from Ecuador's neighbors. Venezuelan officials came to see the system, according to a 2013 account from an Ecuadorean official working on the project. In an effort led by the onetime head of intelligence for Hugo Chávez, Venezuela then sprang for a larger version of the system, with a goal of adding 30,000 cameras. Bolivia followed.
Beijing's ambitions go much further than the abilities those countries bought. Today, the police across China gather material from tens of millions of cameras, and billions of records of travel, internet use and business activities, to keep tabs on citizens. The national watch list of would-be criminals and potential political agitators includes 20 million to 30 million people — more than Ecuador's population of 16 million.
Chinese startups, backed in part by American investment, are competing to build methods for automated policing. They create algorithms that look for suspicious patterns in social media use and computer-vision software to track minorities and petitioners across cities. The spending spree has driven down prices for all types of policing gadgets, as varied as identity-card checkers and high-resolution security cameras.
In China, Ecuador's project received praise. State media held it up as an example of a new China exporting advanced technology, instead of providing low-cost labor to assemble it.
In 2016, when Xi visited Ecuador, he stopped by ECU-911 headquarters. Robayo said Xi had shown up for about five minutes, enough time for photo opportunities. The snapshots went up on CEIEC's website, a sign of official support from the most powerful Chinese leader in a generation.
A ZOOM WITH A VIEW
To the government of Correa, Mario Pazmiño was a known man.
A retired Ecuadorean army colonel who adopted stray dogs — more than a dozen — to keep himself busy in the twilight of his career, Pazmiño kept up another pet hobby: criticizing the government of Correa.
He complained about police corruption. He argued that Correa's government was complicit in Ecuador's growing drug trade. He called out what he perceived as the administration's incompetence.
Pazmiño's efforts earned him his own retinue of secret police. They set up in an apartment across from his house and followed him when he went out.
Just as Chávez had done in Venezuela, Correa tightened the reins in Ecuador. He eliminated presidential term limits, intimidated and ejected judges, and sent henchmen to follow and attack political opponents and activists, like Pazmiño and Roldós.
His government also turned to ECU-911.
"I think few people know about it or are actually aware of the huge power of ECU-911," Roldós said. "There are few people who really know the extent of the tracking." She added that SENAIN used just about any technology it could get its hands on to harass and follow Correa's political opponents.
A seasoned intelligence officer, Pazmiño, 59, said even he was surprised when, in 2013, a video camera that was part of ECU-911 was installed directly outside his house. It hung from a pole on a traffic divider in the middle of the street, with a full view through a window into his second-story apartment.
"There is a direct collaboration between ECU-911, the Intelligence Secretariat and also those who surveil and persecute political or social actors," said Pazmiño, citing his own experience, as well as documents and people who had worked in SENAIN.
Pazmiño said that after the camera went in, surveillance teams following him backed off. The camera otherwise made no real sense where it was. Pazmiño lives in a relatively safe neighborhood and no other ECU-911 cameras were installed nearby. It was a move out of the police playbook in China, where cameras are positioned outside the doors of high-profile activists.
A visit to SENAIN's headquarters confirmed Pazmiño's suspicion. On a wall of screens that served as a sort of agency control room, Times reporters recognized footage from the ECU-911 system.
Costa, who was in charge of the transition between SENAIN and its successor, acknowledged the transmissions — but said he was not responsible for how they had been used in Correa's administration.
Pazmiño said he had an idea of who should be held accountable: China. He said the country had supported and emboldened Correa, just as it had leaders in neighboring Venezuela. As conditions deteriorated in Venezuela last year, Huawei engineers helped train Venezuelan engineers on how to maintain their version of Ecuador's system.
"I believe what the Chinese model generates is control over society," he said. "A rigid control."
THE LIMITS OF SURVEILLANCE
El Tejar has some of the best views in Quito — and some of its worst crime.
As Lidia Rueda, a community organizer, walked the steep, winding streets of this neighborhood, where she has lived for 30 years, she pointed down the hill to where the bodies of several killed women were found. Drug dealers come and go with impunity, she said. Muggings are common. Thieves break streetlights to get the cover of darkness.
The crime has not subsided even though ECU-911 cameras arrived at the base of the hill several years ago. Rueda gestured to a pedestrian bridge there, where one man had grabbed her and threatened her with a knife while another had taken her money. The 2014 mugging happened directly beneath a police camera. No help came.
Rueda's experience encapsulates the complex relationship many Ecuadoreans have with the cameras. While authorities said the cameras had reduced crime, anecdotes of its dysfunction abound.
"Where there are cameras, they often don't work," said Rueda, 61. Another possibility was simply that no one was watching.
The odds are against Ecuador's police force. Quito has more than 800 cameras. But during a Times visit, 30 police officers were on duty to check the footage. In their gray building atop the hill, officers spend a few minutes looking at footage from one camera and then switch. Preventing crime is only part of the job. In a control room, dispatchers supported responses to emergency calls.
Most of the time, no one was on the other side of the lens.
It was a reminder that the system, and others like it, are more easily used for snooping than crime prevention. Following someone on the streets requires a small team, while large numbers of well-coordinated police are necessary to stop crime.
Robayo argued that ECU-911 had been responsible for a major drop in killings and an almost 13% drop in crime in 2018 from the previous year. The mere existence of a camera can also have a profound effect, he said.
Many Ecuadoreans agree. Despite Rueda's mugging, she has called for the installation of more cameras in El Tejar. The best way to fix the neighborhood's crime problems is to fix the surveillance system, she said.
The police have told her that the cameras are too expensive for her neighborhood. To that, Rueda took a fatalistic view.
"It is always the same problem, a budget shortage," she said. "Only when someone is killed, then the authorities come and say, 'Now we're going to do it.'"
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only the indirect tactic can lead to a real and lasting victory.
Subvert anything of value in the enemy's country.
Do not shun the aid of even the lowest and most despicable people.
Disrupt the work of their governments with every means you have.
Turn the young against the old.
discipline of the enemy's forces.
Debase old traditions and accepted gods.
Send out your secret agents in all directions.
Use an opponent strength against him.
To win not by overwhelming force but by inflicting greater loses on the enemy.
Victory can be achieve in one swift decisive engagement.
Correctly predict the enemy's behavior.
Exploit the flaws of the enemy.
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South Carolina officer fired, arrested for driving under the influence after crash
State - Regional
by: Tim Renaud
Berkeley County Detention Center
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – An officer with the North Charleston Police Department has been fired from the job after he was arrested for DUI Tuesday in Berkeley County.
According to Lance Cpl. Tyler Tidwell with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, troopers responded to a crash on Seven Oaks Drive just before 2:00 p.m. after property and two parked cars were struck.
In a report from the Moncks Corner Police Department, a witness told authorities that the suspect's vehicle, a Chevy Silverado, drove off the roadway and hit her mailbox.
Trooper Tidwell said the driver also struck two parked cars in the process.
The driver was identified as Edward Jerome Clemens Jr., later confirmed to be an officer with NCPD, and booked into the Berkeley County Detention Center for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.
NCPD Deputy Chief Scott Deckard said Clemens has been terminated by the department.
Clemens served as an officer with the agency for five years.
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RALEIGH, NC (WBTW) -- The State of North Carolina and FEMA have reimbursed the North Carolina Department of Transportation $2.14 million for road and culvert repairs done in the wake of Hurricane Florence.
The reimbursement will mark $88.7 million that NCDOT has received for Hurricane Florence-related expenses. It has received $64.3 from FEMA, and $24.4 million from the state


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What is ADHD? Is it a real diagnosis? What does medication do? Can adults have ADD? Learn to clear up common misperceptions about ADHD with authority and silence ADHD naysayers.
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Is ADHD Real?
Just about every mainstream medical, psychological, and educational organization in the U.S. long ago concluded that ADHD is real, and that children and adults with attention deficit disorder benefit from appropriate ADHD treatment.
Yet, somehow, the world still seems to be filled with self-appointed ADHD "experts" — some well-meaning, some sanctimonious — who insist on burdening us with their ill-informed opinions and asking repeatedly, What is ADHD?
We've all heard the ADHD skeptics' comments: "ADHD is bunk!" "Can't people take responsibility for their own actions anymore?" "All that so-called ADHD kids really need is discipline!" "Drug companies invented ADHD so they could sell stimulants." Blah, blah, blah.
We expect to hear such nonsense about ADHD and LD from misinformed movie stars ranting on talk shows. But what about the know-it-all who happens to be a friend? Your child's teacher? A co-worker — or your boss? What about a member of your own family?
Let's be honest: Words hurt. Holier-than-thou barbs, fault-finding, and finger-pointing can make you resentful and just plain furious. "Discussing ADHD can be as touchy as talking about politics or religion," says Susan Ashley, Ph.D., author of The ADD and ADHD Answer Book. "Feelings get hurt, defenses go up, and relationships suffer when there are disagreements about it." In extreme situations, families disintegrate, and kids and grownups who need help don't get it.
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Should you bite your tongue and walk away? Make a sharp retort? Make an effort to educate the ignoramus? A jab to the nose might make you feel better, but it probably isn't the best solution.
The debate about attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD) is over. O-V-E-R. And the truth about ADHD and LD is clear. Here are the five varieties of ADHD naysayers out there, and the right ways to respond to each.
The Skeptic: Can Adults Have ADHD?
The Skeptic denies the very existence of ADHD, calling it a phantom that was cooked up as an excuse for bad parenting. He maintains that ADHD would go away if parents simply reined in their brats and stopped letting them run amok. What about the adults who say they have ADHD? "Why?" says The Skeptic, "They just need to grow up and take responsibility for their shortcomings, rather than blaming an illness."
No one questions the existence of diabetes or migraine headaches, says Philip Levin, Ph.D., director of The Help Group/UCLA Neuropsychology Program. Yet, he says, people who don't know better question the existence of ADHD — despite a body of research indicating that it is a neurobiological disorder that affects 11 percent of children and 4 percent of all adults.
[21 Ignorant Comments About ADHD (and the Facts to Refute Them)]
Given a wealth of evidence, the National Institute of Mental Health has concluded that ADHD is a real medical condition. So has the American Psychological Association, which includes ADHD in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the bible of mental-health professionals. And the U.S. Department of Education requires educational institutions to provide special accommodations to kids with ADHD — it's the law.
When Suzanne Herman, of Tyler, Texas, encounters Skeptics, she tells them the reason they don't "believe in" ADHD is that they've probably been lucky enough never to have experienced it, either in themselves or in a loved one. "If my son could exert the control necessary to conform, he would," Herman says. "No child would choose to be isolated and punished constantly."
Indeed. "Unless ADHD hits close to home, one may never totally understand it," says Luanne Southern, the senior director of prevention and children's mental health at the National Mental Health Association in Alexandria, Virginia.
Shantella Benson, whose 10-year-old daughter has ADHD, takes another approach with The Skeptic: She simply steers the conversation to a more benign topic. "Changing the subject saves me from having to get into a heated conversation in front of my daughter," the Torrance, California, resident says. "I've been trying to help her learn to control her emotions. It wouldn't help to see me blow my stack."
Hard facts are often the best ammunition to use against The Skeptic. "Direct the skeptic to CHADD, order him a subscription to ADDitude or give him copies of relevant articles, and take him to a support group meeting," Southern says. If that doesn't convince him that ADHD is real, it's likely that nothing will.
When Elisabeth Carnell of Kalamazoo, Michigan, comes across people who pooh-pooh her nine-year-old daughter's ADHD, she gives them information about the condition and shares her experiences with it. If these strategies fail, she calls the errant comments what they are: "bull#!^@."
If you prefer sarcasm to scatology, try, "Gosh, it must be nice to be smarter than thousands of doctors, scientists, and psychologists."
The Crusader takes a holier-than-thou approach, second-guessing adults who take ADHD medications and parents who give them to their kids. "I would never take a stimulant medication or give one to my child," he proclaims. "Ritalin is 'kiddie cocaine.'"
Actually, study after study has shown ADHD medications to be highly effective at curbing impulsivity and distractibility. Like all drugs, ADHD meds have side effects — but dependency is not a major one. In most cases, the benefits of taking ADHD medication far outweigh the risks. "Ritalin has been used to treat ADHD for over 30 years," Dr. Levin says. "We have countless scientific studies on the safety of Ritalin. In fact, some of the drugs that children routinely take for asthma and cancer haven't been studied nearly as much as Ritalin."
Caryn Stevens, of Midlothian, Texas, wishes people weren't quick to assume that her decision to medicate her 11-year-old twins was a hasty one. In fact, quite a while passed before she agreed to medicate her boys, even after doctors urged her to do so. The same was true for Jennifer Andrews of Virginia Beach, Virginia. "My husband and I were against drugs for children — until we had a child with ADHD," Andrews says. "Our daughter literally cannot sit still to eat her breakfast without medication. I learned the hard way that you must get the facts and have some experience before spouting off about something."
Make it clear to The Crusader that you feel drug therapy for ADHD is not a cause for shame. Medicating your child doesn't make you a lazy or incompetent parent. It shows that you are an effective parent. "You don't need to explain to anyone why you are medicating your child," Dr. Ashley says. "Forget what others think. Instead, ask yourself how you feel about your choice to medicate. If you're at peace with it, the opinions of others should not matter to you."
Next time someone says, "I would never… ," look him in the eye and ask, "If you had diabetes, would you not take insulin? Would you deny insulin to a child who had diabetes? Then why should I withhold appropriate medication from my child?"
"Ultimately," Caryn Stevens says, "I think it would be a crime not to give my boys every resource available to enable their success."
The Joker takes potshots at ADHD, using sarcasm and pretending that his barbs are innocuous, says Lillian Glass, Ph.D., the Beverly Hills, California-based author of Attracting Terrific People. A Joker might say, "I wish I had ADHD! At least then I'd have an excuse for my bad behavior." Or, "Pass the Ritalin — I could use a (wink, wink) 'boost.'" Other Jokers make "clever" twists on the ADHD acronym, claiming that it really stands for "Adequate Discipline Deficiency."
The intent of such comments, of course, is to have fun at your expense. But if you show anger or indignation, The Joker protests, "I was just kidding." Marilyn Cullinane, a 63-year-old with ADHD from Lowell, Massachusetts, once had a boss who joked endlessly about her ADHD. Whenever she made a mistake, he would say — loud enough for all to hear — "ADHD got the best of you again, huh, Marilyn?"
Mick Quinn, the author of Power and Grace: The Four Steps to Authentic Joy, suggests that "selective silence" can be a good way to counter The Joker. "As soon as you realize that someone is being nasty, choose not to respond," he says. "This was how Gandhi did it — and note the results."
Cullinane put up with her boss's teasing until she found a new job. Then she wrote a letter to her former corporate headquarters, detailing her abuse at the hands of her boss — and he was fired.
Of course, Cullinane had another option, as does anyone with ADHD who is harassed on the job: legal action. But before resorting to this, Philadelphia-based employment lawyer Robin Bond suggests being direct: "When you say X, I feel Y," or "Mocking my medical condition is hurtful, and I'd like you to stop." If the direct approach fails, Bond says, consider moving up the chain of command or consulting a lawyer.
The Ostrich
The Ostrich can't accept that any person (including himself or his own child) has ADHD — even in the face of evidence to the contrary. "There's nothing wrong with me," he says. "I just take things as they come and try not to tie myself down with plans." Or, in response to news that his child has been diagnosed with ADHD, he might inform the doctor, "There's nothing wrong with my kid that an old-fashioned spanking won't cure." No matter how fervently the pediatrician, psychologist, teacher, or family member waves the red flag, The Ostrich cannot (or won't) accept the ADHD diagnosis.
"Acceptance can be hard, since ADHD is considered a mental disorder," Southern says. Some people resist testing altogether because they can't acknowledge even the possibility that such a disorder runs in the family.
If you're married to an Ostrich, say, "This is not about you or how you feel about ADHD. It's about our child and what we need to do for her." It might take awhile, but most Ostriches eventually pull their heads out of the sand. Don't give up!
The Voice of Doom sees a bleak future for kids with ADHD, warning that "People who have ADHD never amount to anything. They all lead lives of failure and disappointment." The Voice of Doom ignores the evidence suggesting that people with ADHD are often energetic, intelligent, and creative.
Maybe your child won't grow up to be Steven Spielberg or Michael Jordan. Or maybe he will. After all, both Spielberg and Jordan have ADHD. Apparently, so did Thomas Edison, Agatha Christie, Ludwig van Beethoven, Henry Ford, and Vincent van Gogh.
The honor roll goes on and on, reminding us that those with ADHD can live rich, productive lives. "We may be inconsistent, and less productive, in the short run," says Scott Nipper, a teacher with ADHD from Houston. "But we're more likely to accomplish big things through our passionate, hyperfocused pursuit of projects. What seem like off-task distractions can sometimes lead to great innovations."
What's the best defense against a Voice of Doom? A strong offense. Marcia Conner, of Staunton, Virginia, is a former corporate executive who now runs a small company. She tells each Voice of Doom she encounters, "I have fresh ideas, endless energy, and an Olympic-level multitasking ability. I can't imagine how people without ADHD excel in business. It's my competitive advantage!"
Next time you're face-to-face with Eeyore, turn the tables. Say, "If Richard Branson can found Virgin Records and Virgin Atlantic Airways, despite having ADHD, I'm not worried about my son," or "If my daughter turns out as well as Suzanne Somers or Whoopi Goldberg, who both have ADHD, that's fine with me!"
No doubt about it, ADHD makes it hard to navigate the "normal world." But with appropriate support, Luanne Southern says, "Individuals with ADHD can lead happy, healthy lives."
And maybe, just maybe, extraordinary lives.
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I have seen people do right click and refresh unnecessary. What's the use?? They just stare at the monitor and do right click refresh. Mostly computer engineers at work place keep on doing that? is that the basics they are told to do?? If you cannot understand the problem then you do that? They keep screwing more and more and still keep doing right click!!What is the real use of that? Any ideas?
They keep screwing more and more and still keep doing right click!!
pressing refresh helps sometimes .. sometimes desktop icons are not shown properly or a small part of program is still visible on desktop even after the program is closed , in such cases refresh works .
Its just a habit. Even I have this habit of refreshing every few seconds.
I know its a habit for these so called "engineers" . Once my "engineer" landed up at my place when there some problem with my SMPS and I was in Linux ...he was desperately searching for "refresh" and then said .."isme refresh nahi hai kya??"I dont know who taught them these things.
dammit. i have noticed it myself. feels dumb and stupid.


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Leribe Airport  is an airport serving Hlotse, the camptown (capital) of the Leribe District of Lesotho.

The runway is in a large, open field with many cross trails, but does have some side markers along its length. It is less than  from the border with South Africa.

The Ficksburg non-directional beacon (Ident: FB) is  west of the airport.

See also

Transport in Lesotho
List of airports in Lesotho

References

External links
OpenStreetMap - Hlotse
Leribe Airport
OurAirports - Leribe

 Google Earth

Airports in Lesotho


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Q: Integrating Karate with TFS pipeline Build and release system we use is TFS, soon migrating toe Azure Devops. I am trying to introduce an automation framework for contract tests with Karate. Can Karate be integrated with the build jobs in TFS as part of the CI pipeline?

A: Yes. Azure AD has a maven extension.
Following YML for reference
steps:
- task: Maven@3
  displayName: 'API Automated test against $(Environment)'
  inputs:
    mavenPomFile: Tests/APITest/pom.xml
    goals: 'clean test -DargLine="-Dkarate.env=$(Environment)"'
    testResultsFiles: '**/APITest.*.xml'

A: Karate is a java API test-automation tool that can be implemented using Maven or Gradle.
It can be used to run on any CI/CD pipeline using any repository management.
Team Foundation Server is both repository management and CD/CD pipeline tools.
Please refer the below Azure configuration for Maven or Gradle,
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/build/gradle?view=azure-devops
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/build/maven?view=azure-devops
Let us know if there are any configuration issue you are facing while downloading the karate library from azure.

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Costume students help create The Hatchling
Thursday, 12 August, 2021 — Our BA (Hons) Costume Production students helped create a giant dragon the size of a double decker bus, which is preparing to take flight over the city.
Deep inside the costume workshops at Plymouth College of Art, a mythical beast has been forming.
A giant dragon the size of a double decker bus, with a wingspan of over 20 metres, is preparing to fly over the city of Plymouth. Our BA (Hons) Costume Production students have been working closely with Bristol based Trigger Productions, designing and constructing The Hatchling, the world's largest human operated puppet to attempt flight, which has garnered widespread national attention.
Working on the team has been Macie Dow, a third year BA (Hons) Costume Production student. She explained what working on such a unique project has taught her. "If you listen carefully and pay close attention you will succeed. I've learnt not to be afraid of asking questions as it's so important to help you become an even stronger team player."
Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader for BA (Hons) Costume Production Marie Dunaway said the expertise the students has gained by taking part in this project is vital for their professional development, "They worked so hard and gained valuable skills in costume construction, professional practice and working to a deadline with a professional company."
The collaboration brings together artistry and engineering and is brought to life by a team of leading creatives, including Mervyn Millar, part of the original team of the acclaimed stage production War Horse, and Carl Robertshaw, a designer who has created sets for the London 2012 Olympic Ceremonies.
Costume alumni Polly Mitton returned to the college to help make The Hatchling's egg. "We were working with 33 metres of Lycra - a scale I have never worked on before," she explains. "Because we were using so much fabric, it took a lot of teamwork, pinning and re-pinning before it started to resemble the shape Carl wanted, but it was so rewarding when we managed it! It was honestly such an amazing experience I can't stop talking about it."
The project is the brainchild of Triggers's Artistic Director Angie Bual and was inspired by the dragon as a global symbol, one found in stories in every ancient culture around the world.
"The Hatchling asks us to celebrate our commonalities over our differences – no matter your heritage or age, everyone has a connection to the dragon. When she flies, it will be a moment for all of us to reflect on freedom of movement, and what that means for each of us. The power of public art has to unify us has never been more important."
The event will form part of The Mayflower 400 commemorations taking place across the city this summer. An ambitious series of cultural events, Mayflower 400 seeks to expand upon the well known story of the Pilgrim Fathers' journey setting sail from Plymouth on the Mayflower, with public art and performances like The Hatchling exploring the experiences of those impacted by the consequences of colonisation, and honoring the legacy of the passengers and crew.
"We were working with 33 metres of Lycra - a scale I have never worked on before... it was so rewarding when we managed it! It was honestly such an amazing experience I can't stop talking about it."
Polly Mitton, BA (Hons) Costume Production alumna
The Mayflower 400 programme unites 11 core destinations in England with wider local, national and international partners and over 25 million US citizens descended from the Mayflower's passengers.
The Mayflower 400 events include world-class public art and wider content that will commemorate this exceptional voyage and provide a major ongoing transatlantic impact, knitting together communities, inspiring creativity and culture, driving economic growth, and promoting understanding and education.
Over the weekend the magical beast will hatch from its egg in Plymouth's city centre, then learn to walk for the first time, before nesting on Plymouth Hoe on Saturday evening as a local choir and ukulele band sing her to sleep with lullabies.
The next day she will play on the Hoe with a pearl - long associated with dragons in Chinese folklore - before launching herself across Plymouth Sound on Sunday evening, in a bid for freedom. To catch the flight, plan to be on the Hoe on the Sunday evening from 8pm until 10pm.
The dragon has been constructed from super-light carbon fibre, weighing less than a piece of hand luggage, enabling a team of 36 rotating puppeteers to control her. Third year BA (Hons) Costume Production student Masie explains some of the challenges involved in clothing the puppeteers.,
"The hardest part of the project for me was definitely the last day I did, I enjoyed meeting and fitting all of the cast. It was challenging measuring knees for knee pads - it was very difficult but I believe we succeeded in the end!"
The Hatchling's groundbreaking world premiere and maiden flight will take place in Plymouth on Saturday 28 - Sunday 29 August 2021. And there will be more next summer, as the Hatchling and her baby lead a procession of over 5000 performers through the streets of London, as part of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant.
Visit www.thehatchling.co.uk for more information.
Find out more about BA (Hons) Costume Production


Teenage girls everyone just died a little this morning. British boy band sensation One Direction is taking a break from the limelight after they release their fifth studio album in March.
1D Members include Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan all want to focus on solo work. Sound familiar?
Fifth member Zayn Malik left the chart-topping band in March to pursue other projects. He just signed his first solo artist recording deal with RCA.
The boys first performed together in 2010 when Simon Cowell found them on his talent show The X Factor.
The source continued, "They fully deserve to have at least a year to work on their own projects. There is absolutely no bad blood between them and they are all 100% behind the decision. It is definitely not a split and they fully intend to get back together at some time in the future."
The latest news is that 1D's last concert will be at Sheffield's Motorpoint Arena on October 31st and there is no tour planned after their fifth album release. What do you think about One Direction's upcoming hiatus? Tweet us @OKMagazine or let us know in the comments section below!
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Q: Using 2 SVN repositories for website - publishing question I am a complete noob to this so if there is a completely obvious answer by all means make fun and point and laugh then give the answer.
We use Visual Studio 2010 to compile our published website. I have a repository that I use for my source code and one which I publish the compiled code to. I then check out the publish repository on the testing server and once it tests good I check out the repository on my main server.  This is fine and all but I am using Tortoise SVN and automating the commit.  Problem is, I really need to wipe the publish SVN repository, then copy the files, then commit. I just can't get that to happen and have it still recognize it as a SVN repository.  Suggestions?

A: First of all, don't put compiled code into your source repository. It's bad form.
Look at Jenkins as a build server. Jenkins can use the msbuild.exe command to build .NET projects using the .sln file your project creates.
When you do a commit in Subversion, Jenkins will automatically fire off the build. If you have NUnit tests, Jenkins will run those and give you the results. You can have Jenkins store the compiled files for you in its archive. If someone wants to install a particular build, they can directly download it from Jenkins without having to do a checkout in Subversion first.
Jenkins offer all of these advantages:

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*It shows you all the changes in your repository and what changed in each commit.

*It can run all sorts of tests automatically for you.

*You can mark builds that are released using the "Simple Promotion" plugin.

*You can tag builds in Subversion directly in Jenkins without needing a command line or working directory.

*It can alert the developers if a build fails due to bad code, or if testing fails. These alerts can be done via Email, instant messaging, phone text messages, Twitter, and many other ways. All it takes is the right plugin which Jenkins makes easy to install.

*Jenkins can act as a release repository which makes it easy to find the release, what's in the release and why.

*Jenkins integrates with Bamboo, ViewVC, and Sventon. These are web-based repository browsers. This way Jenkins not only shows you the file changed, but what changed in the file.

Jenkins is easy to use and install. Download it and give it a try.

A: Unless you have a hard and fast requirement which forces you to use two separate repositories, i'd suggest taking a look at SVN tagging and branching functionality.
http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-branchtag.html

A: Having a repository for the published code really doesn't buy you anything.  IMO, you would be better off with a bunch of zip files (one per release) with the date and SVN branch reflected in the name.  DO have a changelog .txt file in the zip, and also check that into the repo.

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Problem is, I really need to wipe the publish SVN repository, then copy the files, then commit.

You don't need wiping in repo. Just make commit to production repo with exported HEAD from dev-repo (post-commit hook for commit message)
And tags, yes, are more natural and bulletproof way.


Taco Bell said today that the company is dropping its kids' meals. The move comes as health groups have called on fast-food chains to stop putting toys and other goodies with unhealthy food. Taco Bell is owned by Yum Brands, also the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut. KFC offers a kids' meal, but it doesn't contain a toy.
"He's got her looks, thankfully." - Prince William, joking as he and Kate introduced their baby boy to the world. The two showed off the unnamed 1-day-old as they left St. Mary's Hospital.
Footage captures divers' close call with humpback whales.


Have you ever wanted to experience sailing, but could not find the right people to go sailing with, or did not have a significant enough budget? Or maybe you have always wanted to sail, but did not want to give up comfort? Then a cabin charter is right for you. So what exactly is a cabin charter?
A cabin charter is a charter deal that allows you to charter only a cabin (usually on a gulet or a sailing yacht) and not the entire yacht. A cabin charter is an excellent option if you want to go sailing, but do not have a large enough group to opt for a yacht charter.
Booking a cabin on a yacht can be a great first time sailing adventure. Usually, you will be sharing a boat with 6-10 people, and you will get to know all of them well until the end of your sailing trip. New acquaintances are on the horizon. In most of book-a-cabin arrangements, all costs are included in the price, such as a professional skipper, port fees, fuel, tourist tax and even some food and necessities. This will save you some time and money. However, you do not have the freedom of choosing your daily itinerary as you would in a yacht charter since a cabin charter program sets it.
Cabin charter or yacht charter?
Deciding between a yacht charter or a cabin charter seems like an easy decision to make. However, we cannot tell you which one is better. You will have to decide that for yourself according to your preferences.
If you know how to sail and love the thrill of sailing, charter a yacht. Yacht charter is also a good option if you have a large enough group to occupy an entire boat. Charter a yacht if you can afford it. Above all, if you want to decide where you want to sail, then choose a yacht charter.
However, if your primary goal is to relax as much as possible, experience the romance of sailing, and if you do not want to give up comfort, opt for a cabin charter. A cabin charter is an excellent option if you cannot arrange a trip with your friends and family or do not have a substantial budget to afford to charter an entire yacht.
The only thing that should concern you is choosing a cabin charter program that would be perfect just for you. Choosing the right cabin charter program depends solely on you and your preferences. You would typically opt for a program that meets your needs destination- and money-wise.
Note that the cost depends on the boat type (chartering a cabin on a catamaran is more expensive than on a monohull), destination and cabin size - single cabins are a bit pricier than the double-occupancy ones. Also, you can choose between the half- and full-board programs, and decide on the program depending upon its duration. Keep in mind that in a cabin charter program, the ports of embarkation and disembarkation are fixed.
The most expensive cabin charter programs are, of course, those in mid-season. The price goes up if you decide to choose full-board and charter a cabin on a luxury boat. The duration of your holiday is also a key factor - naturally, a week is cheaper than two weeks. If you are chartering a cabin for yourself, expect to pay some 60% more than you would pay a cabin for two. Children are usually eligible for discounts, especially if they are small. They may even go for free. However, this depends upon your charter company's policy.
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Injury-hit Cowboys edge out Knights
Sat 25 Apr 2015, 04:10 PM
Despite losing lock Jason Taumalolo and hooker Jake Granville in the first seven minutes of the game, the North Queensland Cowboys downed the Newcastle Knights 26-24 on Saturday for their fifth straight win.
Five key points: Knights v Cowboys
WATCH: Knights v Cowboys highlights
WATCH: Cowboys post-match press conference
WATCH: Knights post-match press conference
Thompson's timely Anzac Day recall
The Knights, who have now suffered four consecutive defeats, were on track for a comeback after scoring two tries in the final 11 minutes but stumbled at the final hurdle – having struggled without five-eighth Jarrod Mullen who failed to return from a concussion just before half-time.
Taumalolo is likely to miss the next six to eight weeks due to a grade three medial strain to his knee suffered in the very first minute of the game, and the bad news kept coming for the Cowboys when Granville failed to return from a concussion early in the contest.
The visitors' poor start to the contest continued when the Knights crossed for the first try of the afternoon in the 14th minute through back-rower Chris Houston.
Coming off the back of a sublime ball from Mullen, Houston was able to squeeze his way between Johnathan Thurston and Gavin Cooper before pushing his way past Cowboys fullback Lachlan Coote to score.
But some Thurston magic brought North Queensland back into the contest in the 18th minute, with Scott Bolton the benefactor. The Knights defence were caught napping when Thurston chased down his own kick and stole the ball one-on-one from opposite captain Kurt Gidley, and Bolton strolled over the line on the very next tackle.
The Cowboys went back-to-back three minutes later when Coote worked his way through a gaping hole left by Houston and centre Dane Gagai to push their lead out to six.
It took a while for the Cowboys to cross the white stripe again but they did so in the 34th minute when Justin O'Neill finished up a neat backline movement to make it a 10-point lead, with the Knights having no answers in defence.
It only took the Cowboys 90 seconds in the second half to come up with more points thanks to a long-winding run from replacement rake Ray Thompson, with Thurston working off the back of it to help O'Neill cross for his second.
The Knights were able to finally hit back in the 52nd minute when an Akuila Uate hit-up turned into a 60-metre run downfield from the winger, who touched down to the right of the uprights which Tyrone Roberts was able to easily convert.
Two consecutive penalties and an error midway through the second half saw the Cowboys make their way up field with relative ease, and they capitalised when five-eighth Michael Morgan crossed to push his side's lead to 14.
With Newcastle losing hope by the second, Knights centre Joey Leilua took it upon himself to rejuvenate his team in the 69th minute. Scooting from dummy-half just 10 metres out from the tryline, Leilua somehow put the ball down despite the presence of four Cowboys defenders.
On the very next set, Knights halfback Roberts finally clicked into gear. Making a break from Newcastle's own 30-metre line, Roberts was able to draw in Coote before sending Sione Mata'utia downfield, and the substitute was able to run over Thurston on his way to the tryline to make it a two-point ballgame.
While the Knights had their chances to make the game their own, including a last ditch effort which was dropped by Roberts after the siren, the Cowboys held their own with 15 men to secure the win.
Cowboys coach Paul Green praised the effort of his under-strength side.
"Given the two blokes we lost are in the middle we knew it was always going to be at some stage get a bit scary there but it was just a massive effort from all of our boys to keep turning up for each other," Green said.
North Queensland Cowboys 26 (Justin O'Neill 2, Scott Bolton, Lachlan Coote, Michael Morgan Tries; Johnathan Thurston 3 Goals) defeated Newcastle Knights 24 (Chris Houston, Akuila Uate, Joey Leilua, Sione Mata'utia Tries; Tyrone Roberts 4 Goals) Crowd: 15,518. Halftime: 16-6.


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Andrew Cohen (23 de octubre de 1955) es un maestro espiritual o gurú estadounidense, director de la revista What is Enlightement? (¿Qué es la Iluminación?) autor de varios libros sobre espiritualidad y además, músico. Ha desarrollado el concepto de iluminación legado de Sri Aurobindo y Pierre Teilhard de Chardin llamándolo Espiritualidad Evolutiva. Trabaja en conjunto con otros maestros espirituales para guiar a la humanidad hacia el siguiente estado en el desarrollo de la conciencia humana.

Biografía

Nacióen Nueva York en 1955. Criado como un judío secular, cuenta que su vida cambió de repente tras una experiencia de expansión cósmica a los 17 años. Guiado por el recuerdo de este suceso Cohen abandonó su sueño de ser un batería de jazz para empezar a intentar entender qué es lo que le había sucedido. Estudió artes marciales, Kriya Yoga y budismo. En 1986 conoció al gurú de Advaita Vedanta H.W.L. Poonja, tras dos semana con él, tuvo lo que llamó una profunda realización espiritual (o despertar) y empezó a enseñar, con el apoyo inicial de Poonja, con el que acabó en discordancia debido a su interpretación de la iluminación y del camino del despertar. Esto lo relata en su autobiografía.

En 1988 fundó EnlightenNext, una red sin ánimo de lucro para la educación y la espiritualidad con el fin de crear una nueva conciencia global. EnlightenNext tiene en la actualidad centros en Nueva York, Boston, Londres, Ámsterdam, Fráncfort del Meno, Zúrich, París, Copenhague, Tel Aviv y Rishikesh, (India).

Poco después de empezar a enseñar empezó a organizar encuentros con otros líderes espirituales para compartir experiencias y dialogar sobre la naturaleza de la realización espiritual. En 1991 fundó la revista What Is Enlightenment? Cree que está sobre nuestros hombros el peso de crear el futuro, y sus foros son un encuentro de diálogo para discutir el significado del camino espiritual en el mundo postmoderno .
En 2006 y 2007 la web wie.org fue galardonada con el Premio Internacional de las Artes Digitales y las Ciencias en la categoría de Religión y Espiritualidad.

En 2000, Cohen se convierte en un de los miembros fundadores del Instituto Integral de Ken Wilber.

Véase también
Deepak Chopra
Conny Méndez

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 - Traducción de las enseñanzas semanales de AndrewCohen.org
AndrewCohen.org - Sitio oficial (incluye su blog con respuestas a las críticas).
Revista What Is Enlightenment?
EnlightenNext, Inc., organización sin ánimo de lucro de Andrew Cohen (en inglés).
IntegralNaked.org, diálogos multimedia entre Ken Wilber y Andrew Cohen
Integral World Article--"The Problem of Abusive Gurus" (en inglés)
Spiritualteachers.org Sitio web de maestros espirituales (en inglés)
What Enlightenment??! - blog maintained from 2004-2007 by Hal Blacker, a former editor of Cohen's magazine, What Is Enlightenment?, and other ex-students (en inglés)
Critical Articles from What Enlightenment??! (en inglés)

Judíos de Estados Unidos
Personas de Nueva York (estado)
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The World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund have said one in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services. The organisations made this known in a new report, 'Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene,' which showed that over two billion people were affected by the lack of basic water. The WHO/UNICEF report, also referred to as WASH, is the first comprehensive global assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene in health care facilities. The report revealed that one in five health care facilities had no sanitation service, which affected 1.5 billion people, just as many health centres lacked basic facilities for hand hygiene, safe segregation and disposal of health care waste.


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In Memory of Magidel Sanchez: Who Says Deaf Was "Irrelevant?"
December 10, 2017 December 10, 2017 The Last Hiccup
The state of Oklahoma has decided not to charge police officers for the murder claimed that it was justified aka "good or legitimate reason" shooting. In Michelle Alexander's book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindess:
"Most striking, perhaps, is the overwhelming evidence that implicit bias measures are disassociated from the explicit bias measures. In fact, studies indicate that people become increasingly harsh when an alleged criminal is darker and more "stereotypically black"; they are more lenient when the accused is lighter and appears more stereotypically white. This is true of jurors as well as law enforcement officers."
It is a real tragic what happened in Oklahoma City where Magdiel Sanchez, a Deaf Disabled Latino man were killed by police which its job was sloppy and unprofessional. It was all about about stereotypes because Magdiel was Latino and Deaf. It could have been avoided. It could have easier for all of us. It could have better compassion. It was unbelievably, without question, what David Prater, District Attorney for the state of Oklahoma, created Audism, by saying: "the fact that Sanchez was deaf was "irrelevant"….you don't need to hear to know what these officers are saying to you." OUCH! That's really low! Maybe one of the lamest excuses ever coming from District Attorneys anywhere. The definition of irrelevant:
Adjective. Not connected with or relevant to something. Of course, Deaf people are not connected with the social acceptance! Seeing Audism is not the problem, how will we accept and learn how to care for the people we see which people would see it as a problem? Why is that? How can it be irrelevant? Mr. Prater does not know what it feels like to be Deaf. That is not his place to say that. Totally not necessary. Not so cool.
Do you think David Prater is a Audist? It is not the first time he said that. He said same thing about Pearl Pearson, a Deaf Black man. He does not even care about Deaf people. The letter Prater writes about Pearson, "he was either hearing impaired or that he couldn't hear due to the loud traffic noise…" shows that he lacks awareness about Deaf culture. That is the problem that there are not ENOUGH awareness training about Deaf people in police academy. They'd fuck you over.
Suppose, if we follow the quote written by Jose Zalaquett Daher:
If you close a wound without cleaning it, it will fester and reappear."
How can Deaf community heal a wound when a Deaf man who was unarmed and completely innocent was shot several times when he cannot hear the commands? Will it re-appear somewhere in America when a Deaf person gets killed by police for being "Deaf"? It is a high probability even if it is unpredictable in the hidden statistics, yes, it will be. The double oppression in this police brutality, it was also added Racism played a big factor in this scene.
Ready for the bigger problem? In Oklahoma, if someone wants to be a police officer, they'd have to pass psychological evaluation by licensed psychologist in the state of Oklahoma, and that was the iceberg of the ignorance. So, if it comes to psychological evaluation, was there a question mark down, "How would you deal with Deaf person?" It is critical! They cannot IGNORE that question. Deaf people cannot be left out of the social acceptance. We must not forget sensitivity training.
What works to get Deaf community to build trust with police by having a policy from Deaf community to make a statement, "our policy is take four years ASL classes, Deaf Studies, and Deaf Culture as a requirement for police departments." It would keep build better awareness. It is not that hard. Deaf people have lived enough to deal with the fact they are living in strong-dominated hearing community. Is that not hard to see that?
We do not need Trump's policy to beef up harsher police brutality and harm Deaf people. Police brutality is one of the greatest social problems; we shall explore the social position of oppression (Audism and Racism) in Deaf community and discuss how Audism and Racism intersects with Deaf community, and what is involved to talk more about Audism and Racism? Then we can consider the position of oppression in the institutional areas of Deaf people. We can conclude the awareness with an examination of social movements and social change.
As for the police officers and David Prater, who refused to accept the fact that they created Audism and Racism—isn't that a double standard? The American spirit: the history of hidden Audism as a way of looking at life? Whatever happened to the circle of freedom? Such questions like that were necessary because in the case of Deaf community, pain is seeded as originated from the viewpoints. Do American spirit define Deaf community as a people and nation? That includes immigrants, too. Any one.
Seeing Deaf people gets killed by police—may have caused us all to deal and suffer at what a long way we have come. It is not the first time that police got away with the murder of unharmed Deaf people. It could happen to one of us.
Blink. Blink. Blink. Tick. Tock. Forgotten soul. We must not forget Magdiel Sanchez. We must remember this from Magdiel's family initial press statement dated September 22, 2017:
"We are devastated by Magdiel's death and the fact it occurred at the hands of OKCPD even though he was not a suspect for any crime, was not breaking any laws, and was standing in his own front yard with his trusted walking stick."
***OKCPD stands for Oklahoma City Police Department***
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Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindess. Page 107.
Tagged American Sign Language, American Spirit, Audism, David Prater, Deaf, Deaf community, Deaf Culture, Deaf Latino, Donald Trump, Immigrants, Jason "JT" Tozier, Jose Zalaquett Daher, Latino Deaf Community, Magdiel Sanchez, Michelle Alexander, OKCPD, Oklahoma Association of the Deaf, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Police Department, Oklahoma District Attorney, Police Accountability, Police Brutality, Police Shooting, Racism, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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David Jonsson says:
I don't think "racism" is an issue. There isnt necessarily any intersectionality going on just because of minorityism. And in fact, more whites than blacks are shot by police.


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Q: Word interop, table border I'll try say what i want:
I create a word doc, and add a table, fine, but the border of table are transparent and i cant work with it, i need to write at doc to save as PDF.
I have a nice class that control word, but with table i lost my mind i didnt solve the problem.
I using winform with .net 3.5
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    public static Word.Application w_app; // aplicação do word
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        range.Tables.Add(range, numero_de_linhas, numero_de_colunas);
    }

A: Try this:
public void inserir_tabela(int numero_de_linhas, int numero_de_colunas) // insert table, here live my problema
{
    Word.Range range = w_doc.Range(ref missing, ref missing);
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    myTable.Borders.InsideLineStyle = Word.WdLineStyle.wdLineStyleSingle;
    myTable.Borders.OutsideLineStyle = Word.WdLineStyle.wdLineStyleSingle;
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