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Guest Column, Then & Now
Then & Now: The Enduring Power of Soul
Seth Lorinczi
"We want these words, Tender and bold, They don't have to be strong, Just give us a whole lot of soul."
-Aretha Franklin, "A Little Bit of Soul"
With the recent passing of Aretha Franklin—the undisputed Queen of Soul—still fresh in our minds, there's no better time to revisit the genre, an endlessly regenerating wellspring born from the promise and strife of mid-century America but now loved the world over. We're talking, of course, about soul music.
"Soul" means many things. It can refer to the undying or essential element of a living being, an immutable quality surviving beyond the physical realm. Or one might say it's an expression of the eternal desire to transcend this plane of existence, one which for most of human history has been, shall we say, "less than peachy" for much of the population.
To touch on the divine is a lot to ask of any piece of music, so thankfully, it's easier to define "soul" in strictly musical terms: A hybrid of gospel, rhythm and blues, and jazz that arose in late-50s African-American communities, reaching the peak of its popularity about a decade later.
Still, that aspiration to express something universal, timeless and profound is a hallmark of soul music, and it's one of its essential qualities. While not every piece of music that aims for that high mark qualifies as "soul"—and certainly not every "soul" song actually attains it—it's one of the reasons that, 60-odd years after its inception, the genre is alive and well, and still turning fresh ears on to its life-affirming power.
One Foot in the Street, The Other in the Church
In many regards, soul music is more than anything a hybrid of two perspectives: The churchgoing and the secular. While the blues and R&B of the '50s were largely concerned with very earthbound matters—namely themes like love, sex and the search for happiness, if only the temporary one afforded by alcohol or drugs—it was the combination of these everyday subjects with the urgent delivery, call and response vocals—think pastor and flock—and yearning for a deeper freedom that gave birth to soul music.
It's no surprise that many of the greatest proponents of classic soul began their musical careers in church, often at a young age. Aretha Franklin was already singing in Detroit's New Bethel Baptist Church, where her father was pastor, around the age of ten. Sam Cooke, along with several siblings, was one of the Singing Children, a vocal group managed by their father, the reverend at Christ Temple Church in Chicago Heights.
But it would largely fall to Ray Charles, an astonishingly talented artist equally versed in the piano repertoire of J.S. Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as in Baptist hymns, to tie the churchgoing and secular worlds together. His first single to hit the #1 spot on the Billboard R&B charts, "I've Got a Woman," borrowed heavily from the Southern Tones' "It Must Be Jesus," a song Charles had heard on the radio while touring the Southern United States.
In lifting so explicitly from gospel, Charles created a template many artists, both African-American and white, would employ to great success. Soon Sam Cooke, already a bona fide sex symbol on the gospel circuit—incompatible though those two may sound—was doing the same thing, reworking "Wonderful" (as in: "The Lord is…") into "Lovable" (as in: "My girl is..."). Though it was released under a pseudonym, no one who'd ever heard Sam Cooke sing was fooled, and soon he turned his considerable abilities towards purely pop ventures, earning some 30 Top 40 hits in the remaining years of his tragically short life.
Cooke's change of focus had a direct impact on the young Aretha Franklin, who was friendly not only with the charismatic performer but with the Staple Singers, a group whose story we'll return to later.
After years of touring the gospel circuit, including travels with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Franklin released her first secular album in early 1961 on the Columbia label. She'd rack up a string of successes there, in the process doing much to further cement soul music's place in the pop charts. But it was with her 1966 move to Atlantic Records that Franklin entered her most fertile and productive period. Hits like "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)," "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" and most of all her cover of Otis Redding's "Respect"—in her hands, a show-stopping anthem both for civil rights and for feminism—made her a household name.
The Staple Singers deserve mention here, not only for their superb and deeply affecting musical contributions, but for their unique take on the thorny question of how to blend gospel and pop genres. A family affair under the leadership of father Roebuck "Pops" Staples, the group began performing in Chicago churches in 1948 and cut many acoustic folk-gospel records for various labels throughout the 1950s and early '60s.
After signing with Epic Records in 1965, the Staple Singers took a more pop-oriented approach, adding an electric band highlighted by Pops' spiky Fender guitar stylings. But unlike many of their contemporaries, the group plied their own particular style. Distinct, very Southern, rural and determinedly spiritual, the Staple Singers focused on "message" songs: "Freedom Highway," "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and "Long Walk to D.C." being standout examples. Even when they turned to a more contemporary funk and dance sound after signing with Stax Records in 1968, the group remained true to their convictions, a quality evident in daughter Mavis Staples' more recent outings with younger artists like Wilco's Jeff Tweedy.
Soul Today: Timeless Yearning or Mere Retro Flavor?
Like most genres popular in the 1960s, soul largely faded from the limelight as the groundswell of energy behind the social justice and equal rights movements morphed into the largely self-focused themes of the 1970s. Some established artists, such as James Brown, turned to more current genres in an effort to refresh their sound. More often than not, the results were less than stellar.
But as is so often the case, a dedicated core of purists sharing coveted 45s and homemade cassette compilations kept the genre alive. Much of the credit goes to England's Northern Soul scene, a loose-knit and diverse universe of underground clubs, DJs and house parties dedicated to the classic American records of the soul era.
Before too long, aficionados—or in many cases, their children—found inspiration in those now-ancient records. Born in 1983, Amy Winehouse and producer Mark Ronson leaned heavily on classic soul as the bedrock for her blockbuster second album, Back to Black, which earned her the distinction of being the first British woman to win five Grammys on a single night. An important element in the record's success was the use of the Dap-Tones, a Brooklyn band of neo-soul purists, who gave it an authenticity and grit often lacking in modern stabs at the genre. And more recently, Leon Bridges has made serious waves with a stripped-down sound that hearkens back to long-gone performers like Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and the Staple Singers.
Like the Dap-Tones, Bridges' presentation is unabashedly retro, raising an intriguing question. Would his material—emotionally resonant, powerful stuff by any standards—be as powerful were it wrapped in a more modern-sounding package? For that matter, would it still be called "soul music"?
The answer may depend more on your personal taste than on any strict musicologist's definition. But we'll go out on a limb here and say: "Definitely." For as one particularly elegant explanation defines it, soul music—no matter who's performing it—is simply an expression of the African-American experience in all its diversity, difficulty, struggle and beauty.
Conceivably, soul music—or something like it—could have come from anywhere. But in practice, it tells a very American story, one that resonates in hearts all over the world. And no matter what trappings or style it comes dressed in, it's likely to endure for many generations to come.
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is a non-governmental organization founded on 2014 by Ms. Johari Sadiq the founder and CEO of BintiAfrica Co LTD. The foundation was established as a means to give back to society hence share the success of BintiAfrica by improving the learning environment of adolescent children and non-formal education for young women in health life skills and entrepreneurship training.
Working hand in hand with Teachers
We support our children
Sponsor a child to Learn
By giving back to the society, BintiAfrica has been working hand to hand with its foundation (Binti Foundation), thus successfully able to establish the following youth projects:
The Binti Fashion, Art & Design Skills Training program
The Binti Fashion, Art & Design Skills Training program is set up to provide training to empower less privileged and disadvantaged young women who are school dropouts, early married, young Parents, divorced young women, and orphans.
The acquired skills will enable them to be part of our societies future workforce and future Employees of BintiAfrica Co LTD.
The program caters to young women aged between 16 – 35 years of age.
Duration & Attained Skills
The program is a three to a six-month course, depending with the course direction on a certificate level, intended to enable the beneficiaries to attain skills of:
Cutting,
Press work
Hand finishing
Art & Design.
The course is both paid for and sponsored with Binti Foundation providing FREE training opportunities (through the partnership) for disadvantaged girls and young women across Tanzania. Admission is open to all youth (18-35 years) regardless of the level of education. Classes are held at Binti Fashion Skills Training Center.
Fadhili Mtoto Asome
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Supported Children
Sponsor a child to learn is an English translation of the Swahili word "Fadhili Mtoto Asome". We at BintiAfrica place a higher value on education thus educating a child is a necessity because knowledge is the key to success. Our mission to help girls attain quality education in a supportive and conducive environment in the home, school, and community and build their career aspirations to achieve their full potential.
Supporting Our Youth
Currently, the foundation is supporting about 500 primary children.
Plans to open an honorary academy for the training of our young entrepreneurs, and (humanity) services for the Tanzania girl child and women are at an advanced stage.
The Academy will offer free-of-cost, six-month entrepreneurship and business training program (the only one of its kind in Tanzania).
The schools we currently work with are: –
Kumbukumbu Primary school,
Hananasifu Primary school,
Mwananyamala Primary school,
Kisiwani primary school
Msasani primary schools in Kinondoni District, Dar es Salaam.
Our Target
The Foundation works with adolescent children and young women from challenged backgrounds across the country both in rural and urban areas through a practical initiative to promote education for all. The programs target adolescent children between 10-18 years and young women between 18-35 years.
To build a society where every adolescent child and the young woman is educated, healthy, successful and free to exercise their rights.
To empower adolescent children and young women to reach their fullest potential through education, vocational training and life skills development.
We work with children from challenged backgrounds who cannot afford indirect costs associated with primary school learning such as disposable menstrual products, school uniforms, shoes, books and other essential school supplies.
We work with school teachers and other community settings as well as in close cooperation with district education authorities and health centers.
Educating Girls & Young Women
Girls and young women are a significant part of the next generation by contributing to the global economic and our social. But these challenged girls and young women do not have the same opportunities as young men such as access to jobs, gain financial independence and become productive members of society.
Helping girls and young women to stay in school, avoid early marriages and un planned pregnancy. Gain productive skills, build capital assets, and find jobs are critical interventions to improve their life chances
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SolvedHow to set ports in this package simulation.
I wanna simulate one package and compare that to the results of the actual measured results.
I may fail to set the ports appropriately. Your help is really appreciated!
Please check the attached doc file for details.
1. How do you measure them? Are you using SMA connectors or probe?
2. Is this a coplanar configuration or just single ended?
I would suggest to include all parts of structures in the simulation as much as possible if you like to compare to measured data. Anyway let me know what are the answers for those two questions.
1. I measured with the SMA connectors (Before soldering the package to the test fixture, I did the port extension to move the measurement plane from the coaxial interface to the device/package plane.) Therefore, I assumed the measured S parameters to be that of the PKG only.
2. This is a coplanar configuration (as for the test fixture).
Actually, I also did the simulation include almost all parts (excluding the solder bumps, which connect the PKG to the test fixture. I got the info that the to-be-released EMPro 2011 will have solder bump library), unfortunately, the result did not agree with the measurements (VNA measurement of the PKG+test fixture, with SMA connector).
If you have the measured data that comes with SMA, then I would setup the simulation that also include SMA - board - pkg and compare it to the measure data without de-embedding if the objective is to compare measured vs. simulated. If this comes out right, then start to de-embed those additional fixture out from the measured and simulated one by one and compare them. This would also eliminate some uncertainty your have with ports (coplanar to TEM).
Yes, EMPro 2011 comes with solder ball libaray which allows users to easily create the bumps/balls. If you want, you can download and try it out fromt the knowledge center.
I will have a try first and contact you later.
As for SMA connector, are there any libraries, or it is required to draw from scratches?
As for EMPro 2011, at least it is still not available from the Japanese site.
Japanese site has only 2010.07 version.
Try this url for EMPro 2011 EA download.
For SMA connector, you don't have to create it from scratch. You can find some connectors from EMPro workshop examples and library.
Red round back with white cross, Unknown Error!
information appears as the system message. Simply don't know why. I am sure I am logged into the site.
As for SMA, I found it. Thanks again.
I will add you to EA download. Can you tell me what's your knowledge center user id?
The access to download is granted. Would you please try it again?


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Covid-hit events to share in $25m show of support
The Federal Government is helping to ensure local agricultural shows can see off COVID-19 and continue contributing to local communities in the post-pandemic era.
Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor said the Government provided $34.5 million under Round 1 of the Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days program to 378 show societies and field day organisers who cancelled in 2020.
"We are continuing to back these iconic events with another $25 million to help ease cash flow pressures for event organisers and their volunteers," Mr Taylor said.
"The funding will provide operational support to agricultural shows and field days that are cancelled in 2021 due to COVID-19 health measures, as well as extend support for travelling showmen and women affected by show cancellations.
"Agricultural shows and field days are supported by more than 50,000 volunteers and about 4,000 showmen and women.
"They make a significant social and economic contribution to my electorate and hundreds of Australian communities, and we need to get behind them."
More information on how and when organisations can apply for funding will be provided in the coming weeks.


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Q: Scanning Java package for annotations I want to implement logic that will recursively scan for annotated classes.  I can scan the package structure without issue:
Stack<Package> stack = new Stack<Package>();
stack.push(Package.getPackage(ROOT_PACKAGE));
while(!stack.isEmpty()) {
    Package temp = stack.pop();
    annotatedClasses.addAll(getAnnotatedClasses(temp));
    for(Package p : temp.getPackages()) {
        stack.push(p);
    }
}

Where I've come unstuck is that I can't seem to find a way to implement this method:
public List<Class> getAnnotatedClasses(Package p);

Given a Package object is there a way to get all Classes within it?

A: *

*You can scan for the classes in the package using reflection Using Reflections to get all classes of package and then recursively go inside all the classes to find the annotations.

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Tasmanian devils once roamed the entire Australian continent, but around 3,000 years ago they went extinct on the mainland. They are now confined to Tasmania although even here populations are decreasing, thanks to devil facial tumour disease. New research however, has assessed the ecological impact of returning Tasmanian devils to the mainland and the results show that doing so would improve Australia's biodiversity.
It is believed that Tasmanian devils died out on mainland Australia because of hunting by dingoes. Today, dingoes are culled to protect livestock. This has shifted the ecological balance and paved the way for invasive predators such as red foxes and feral cats to negatively affect native mammals. With Australia's extinction record already in pretty bad shape, talk has turned to bringing back Tasmanian devils in order to limit the spread of these predators.
The team reviewed previous studies to understand more about the ecological impacts of dingoes, devils and foxes, and applied this to models that tried to predict how a range of ecosystems would respond to the presence of devils. The models mapped different scenarios in which the re-introduced devils co-existed with varying populations of other predators – abundant, reduced or completely eradicated.
The results of the study, published in Biological Conservation, highlight the potential benefit of using the devil as a replacement apex predator. This would lead to fewer foxes and feral cats, as well as grazing herbivores like wallabies that remove the vegetation used by small animals to hide from predators. There would be benefits for small and medium-sized animals, such as bandicoots and ringtail possums, and the devils themselves would also benefit. Their re-introduction could help to ensure their long-term survival by increasing population numbers.
Despite years of research, a cure has not been found, so scientists are desperately trying to relocate cancer-free animals to zoos or isolated areas.
The disease is an infectious, spreading cancer and, with no cure available, has reduced populations by 80%. Consequently the species is now listed on the IUCN Red List as endangered.


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Nitrosamine intake and gastric cancer risk
C. La Vecchia, B. D'Avanzo, L. Airoldi, C. Braga, A. Decarli
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri"
The association between intake of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), the most commonly occurring of the volatile nitrosamines derived from foods, and gastric cancer risk has been investigated using data from a case-control study conducted in Northern Italy between 1985 and 1993, including 746 incident cases of gastric cancer and 2,053 controls admitted to hospital for acute, non-neoplastic and non-digestive tract diseases, not related to long-term modifications of diet. Information was collected on frequency of consumption of 29 food items, including selected sources of NDMA. Compared with subjects in the lowest tertile of NDMA intake, the odds ratios (ORs) were 1.1 in the intermediate and 1.6 in the highest tertile of intake. These estimates were not appreciably modified after allowance for total energy intake, other major dietary and non-dietary correlates of gastric cancer, and estimated intake of nitrite and nitrate: the multivariate OR for the highest NDMA intake tertile was 1.4 (95% CI 1.1–1.7). The association was consistent across strata of sex and age, but somewhat stronger in males and in subjects below age 60 (OR in the highest tertile, 1.8). Limitations of exposure assessment and absence of information on other N-nitrosamines preclude, however, any definite assessment of the possible role of exogenous N-nitrosamines in gastric carcinogenesis.
European Journal of Cancer Prevention
Case control study
Nitrosamines
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La Vecchia, C., D'Avanzo, B., Airoldi, L., Braga, C., & Decarli, A. (1995). Nitrosamine intake and gastric cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 4(6), 469-474.
Nitrosamine intake and gastric cancer risk. / La Vecchia, C.; D'Avanzo, B.; Airoldi, L.; Braga, C.; Decarli, A.
In: European Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 4, No. 6, 1995, p. 469-474.
La Vecchia, C, D'Avanzo, B, Airoldi, L, Braga, C & Decarli, A 1995, 'Nitrosamine intake and gastric cancer risk', European Journal of Cancer Prevention, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 469-474.
La Vecchia C, D'Avanzo B, Airoldi L, Braga C, Decarli A. Nitrosamine intake and gastric cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 1995;4(6):469-474.
La Vecchia, C. ; D'Avanzo, B. ; Airoldi, L. ; Braga, C. ; Decarli, A. / Nitrosamine intake and gastric cancer risk. In: European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 1995 ; Vol. 4, No. 6. pp. 469-474.
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Leeds United transfer news: Leeds target 'one step away' from leaving current club, Whites 'expect' decision on £20m bid
Ex-Whites ace makes Leeds United admission as former Marcelo Bielsa target heads to Elland Road
Former Whites star Tony Dorigo admits Conor Gallagher would have been just the tonic for Leeds United ahead of the midfielder's Tuesday night trip to Elland Road with Crystal Palace.
Gallagher stepped out at LS11 in the final game of last season for West Brom in his final outing on loan with the Baggies from Chelsea.
West Brom were relegated but Gallagher returned to the Blues and Leeds then tried to sign the midfielder on loan for the current Premier League campaign.
Crystal Palace also expressed an interest and Gallagher opted to stay in London, joining Palace under new boss Patrick Vieira on a temporary deal.
LEEDS-BOUND: Conor Gallagher, but with Crystal Palace. Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images.
Twelve league appearances later, the 21-year-old has bagged four goals and three assists for his 11th-placed side who are next heading for West Yorkshire for Tuesday night's 8.15pm kick-off.
Gallagher - who is now an England international - could have been lining up for the hosts and United's former title-winning left back Dorigo is a big fan of his talents.
"Palace obviously beat us to signing Conor Gallagher on loan from Chelsea during the summer and you can see why we were after him," Dorigo told the YEP.
"He is all action and a great midfielder who gets forward with energy.
"You can talk about characters in sides and you need different types and styles, that right blend at times.
"I mentioned last week about Gjanni Alioski and that little bit of craziness where something can happen.
"That was one thing he definitely had and the likes of Junior Firpo are still trying to feel their way.
"They are not quite like for like but Conor Gallagher would have been one of those that would have suddenly given us a load of energy and that sort of fight in there.
"He is doing a great job for Palace and Chelsea have produced another player, no doubt.
"His value is going up and up and up, he is playing for England and it's a shame we missed out on him.
"I saw him at West Brom and I thought 'I like this kid, he is really good', although you are not quite sure until they play at that next level.
"But he has taken it in his stride and he looks a player."
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To ensure that residents do not end up paying taxes at two different places, several countries get into a mutual agreement. The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement is one such example. The United States of America and India have a rather comprehensive DTAA.
The DTAA is applicable to any individual, company, trust or partnership who have taxable income in both India and the USA. As per the agreement, the following taxes are levied by both countries.
The United States of America imposes the Federal taxes as per the Internal Revenue Code. It doesn't include any accumulated earning taxes, social security taxes and personal holding taxes. The taxes are also applicable to insurance premiums paid to insurers in India as well as any private foundations.
India levies the Income Tax on the income that you a taxpayer earns in the country. It includes any surcharges but excludes undistributed income declared by some companies.
There are three major ways in which the DTAA can come into the picture.
In the tax credit mechanism, your country of residence will offer you with tax credits for the taxes paid in the foreign country. This usually is divided as Tax Reserve method, Underlying Tax Credit method or Ordinary tax credit method.
In the tax exemption mechanism, the country of your residence exempts any income from the foreign country.
In this mechanism, the taxes that you pay in the country where your source of income is then deducted from your total global income and you need to pay taxes only on the residual amount.
Your residential status plays a crucial role in determining which country you should pay your taxes in or how to file your returns. According to Indian laws, if any individual stays for 182 days or more for a financial year, he/she is liable to pay taxes. Similarly, if they have stayed in the country for more than 365 days in the last 4 years and at least 60 days in the current taxable year, they need to pay taxes.
For the USA, the citizenship decides whether or not they should pay taxes. If a person is not a citizen, he/she is a non-resident alien. In such cases, either the substantial presence test or the green card test comes into the picture.
If you have any immovable property such as real estate, the income generated on selling the same or other incomes from it such as forestry or agriculture will be taxed in the same State. This means, that your property and any earnings from it for a specific financial year will be taxed in India if it were done in India or the USA if it were present in the USA.
Any interest that you earn from financial institutions is subject to taxation in the country of residence. However, you might end up paying taxes in the country that you earn the interest owing to certain conditions. For example, if the interest that you earn does not exceed 15% of the gross interest amount that you earn.
15% of the gross dividend amount if the individual own at least 10% of the stocks in a company.
25% of the gross dividend in all other cases.
Being aware of the DTAA will help you avoid paying double taxes in both the countries.


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When I came home: on the abyss of the five senses, where a flat sided steep frowns over the present world, I saw a mighty Devil folded in black clouds, hovering on the sides of the rock, with corroding fires he wrote the following sentence now percieved by the minds of men, & read by them on earth.
How do you know but ev'ry Bird that cuts the airy way,Is an immense world of delight, clos'd by your senses five?
All Bibles or sacred codes, have been the causes of the following Errors.1. That Man has two real existing principles Viz: a Body & a Soul.2. That Energy, call'd Evil, is alone from the Body, & that Reason, call'd Good, is alone from the Soul.3. That God will torment Man in Eternity for following his Energies.
But the following Contraries to these are True.1. Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that call'd Body is a portion of Soul discern'd by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.2. Energy is the only life and is from the Body and Reason is the bound or outward circumference of Energy.3. Energy is Eternal Delight.
The history of this written in Paradise Lost, & the Governor of Reason is call'd Messiah.
It indeed appear'd to Reason as if Desire was cast out, but the Devils account is that the Messiah fell, & formed a heaven of what he stole from the Abyss.
But in Milton' the Father is Destiny, the Son, a Raio of the five senses, & the Holy-ghost, Vacuum!


I have an 1100 running latest version and need to setup a site-to-site VPN and route to that site only HTTP/HTTPS traffic.
Im able to create IPSEC VPNs managed by the routing table but this configuration doesn't allow me to setup any source or service for the route so I can't accomplish it this way.
Is there another way to setup a VPN Site to Site on those smaller devices that will allow be to route traffic based on source and service?
It seems to support, but when I try to set it up I get a message saying that source and service should be set to ANY.
Im managing this appliance locally. don't have centralized management.
Any ideas of how to set this up?
It is listed as a known limitation.
If I chose next hop of remote vti peer it takes it. Granted this is not much of a test and could still not work.
Btw is this really link selection? I thought that had to do with picking the out bound interface for encryption? could be very wrong.


I found my card I thought it wasn't sent so I told them to send me another. Can I activate this one and counsel the other one being sent?
Will my money be deposited on my card without the card being activated?
Why can I not enter data into Column "2018 Expected", line "Miscellaneous Itemized Deductions" (when I click in that box, the box is not activated)?
I cannot check my status on my card saying number invaid or call back And its a good card its activated just the pass 2 day i havent been able to check it.
How does the prepaid TurboTax card work? Do you have to get the card first then set it up with TurboTax? Or do you just activate the card?


A very nice contorl/project (recommend by my Chief Architect) for a very common problem which we all face when we need to secure only specific pages. Below is the link.
I applied this in my production environment and it is working perfectly. All related issues are solvable/configurable.
Some useful email exchanges between me and Matt(the guy who made this) are added below as comments.
Install-Package SecuritySwitch from VS > Tool > Extension Manager > Search "SecuritySwitch" install it, more details can be found on http://nuget.org/packages/SecuritySwitch.
These are important attributes mode="" baseInsecureUri="" baseSecureUri=""
For the staging or production deployment please go through with the below comments.


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News: The ATP Film at Edinburgh Film Festival
All Tomorrow's Parties Festival are debuting their new film, aptly named 'All Tomorrow's Parties ' at the Edinburgh International Film Festival this year. ATP is an alternative to the muddy, rock and pop, mainstream festivals. It showcases experimental, avant-garde and underground music and weekend attendees get a chalet with a warm bed and a shower at a Butlins or Pontins holiday camp. The other twist is that each weekend is curated by a well known act, who choose which bands to book, or turn it over to the fans to vote for which bands they want to play.
The documentary, described as "a kaleidoscopic journey into the parallel musical universe of the cult music festival", will feature bands like Belle And Sebastian, Iggy and the Stooges, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Grinderman, Seasick Steve, and of course Mogwai, who curated the first event and shaped the musical style of the event. The material comes from over 200 different sources, including filmmakers, fans and musicians.
The film debut, which is rather cheesily titled 'The Night of Musical Delights' takes place at Edinburgh's HMV Picturehouse on 24 June 2009. In addition to the screening, the night will feature a DJ set from Chris Geddes (of Belle and Seb), Northern Soul dancers, bingo (yes, bingo), a "lovely legs" competition, and a musical performance by a still secret headline act.
Tickets for the full show are available from the Edinburgh International Film Festival Box Office.
If you can't make it to the show, the film will be released on DVD on 21st September 2009. Keep up to date on the film's website.
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2007年1月4日,接受英國廣播公司BBC訪問,談論台灣高鐵興建後的社會效應。詳見: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6230761.stm , The bullet train bites in Taiwan. By Caroline Gluck, BBC News, Taipei.


Primordial Follicle: A resting follicle that holds an immature egg.
Primary Follicle: A follicle that has grown to .1mm in diameter.
Secondary Follicle: A follicle that has developed a fully grown egg and is .2mm in diameter (note: not all follicles contain an egg).
Preantral Follicle: A follicle that is approximately .2-5mm in diameter.
Antral Follicle: A follicle that is approximately 10-20mm in diameter.
Ovulation: When the ovaries release a mature egg that is ready for fertilization.
Corpus Luteum: Forms from the ruptured follicle after ovulation and helps prepare the uterus for implantation.
Corpus Albicans: Forms from the breakdown of the corpus luteum when fertilization of the egg does not occur.
Basal Body Temperature (BBT): The body temperature at rest taken in the morning before arising from bed that can be used to help identify the time or presence of ovulation.
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH): A hormone released from the brain that causes follicles in the ovaries to grow.
Luteinizing Hormone: A hormone released from the brain that triggers ovulation.
Estrogen (Estradiol, E2): A hormone produced primarily in a woman's ovaries that helps regulate ovulation and uterine lining development.
Progesterone: A hormone that is produced by a woman's ovaries or a medication that prepares the uterine lining for implantation.
Menses: The discharge of blood and other tissue after ovulation when fertilization does not occur.
Follicular Phase: The first phase of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menses to ovulation, in which ovarian follicular growth occurs, in response to hormones. This phase is variable in length in women, but on average lasts approximately 14 days.
Luteal Phase: The second phase of the menstrual cycle beginning from ovulation until the onset of menses. It is associated with hormones that facilitates implantation of the embryo(s) and supports early pregnancy. This phase is typically 12-14 days in all patients.


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Gender diversity in the workplace
McKinsey & Company Italy explains the potential of gender diversity in the workplace and related obstacles.
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I had the great opportunity to talk to McKinsey&Company Italy, through the voice of Cristina Catania, McKinsey & Company Partner, about the potential of gender diversity in the workplace and why it is still a challenge.
Q: Why does gender diversity matter?
A: For the last ten years, McKinsey & Company has researched companies and managers for the "Women Matter" series, building a case for higher representation of women in top management positions and exploring concrete ways to change corporate attitudes toward women in the workplace. Our latest work, "Reinventing the workplace to unlock the potential of gender diversity", shows once again the correlation between the proportion of women on executive committees and corporate performance, and confirms that the leadership behaviors women typically display can have a positive impact on many dimensions of an organization's performance and health. In addition, narrowing the gender gap in Western Europe could add USD 2 trillion to the GDP in 2025. Additional GDP comes from the triple effect of the increase in hours worked by women, the higher participation of women in the workforce, and a greater representation of women in high-productivity sectors.
Q: Although many reports highlight the positive correlation between mixed gender teams and the company's net income, gender diversity at C-levels roles remain a challenge. What are the main constrains?
A: Our research shows that there is overall strong conviction that gender diversity is good for business. Although the share of women in corporate boards and executive committees in Europe has increased by 10 points and 6 points respectively over the last four years, their representation remains far from parity. Two main hurdles emerge from our survey: the quality of the companies' diversity programs and their implementation along with the management commitment. For example, over 50% of companies surveyed implemented a majority of gender diversity measures, but only half of them are making real progress with diversity. The effectiveness of gender diversity programs was frequently raised, and only 40% of the respondents reported they were "well implemented" in their companies. Regarding management commitment, while a greater number of companies – compared to previous years – claim their CEO and management are committed to improving gender diversity, this commitment is not evident at other levels of their organization (e.g. middle management).
Q: What are the main difficulties that women advancing from middle management to C-suite deal with?
A: Our 2016 "Women Matter" research shows that there are essentially two barriers continuing to prevent women from rising through the ranks: the dominant "anytime" performance model and leadership styles. Within companies, more women than men are penalized by the "anytime performance model". One out of three respondents to our 2016 research stated that an executive career would affect their ability to "pursue outside interests" (36% for both women and men), and to "be good partners or parents" (34% for women and 32% for men). At par with lack of interest, the first reason respondents gave for not seeking an executive position was that "it could affect their work-life balance". In addition, many women think that the way they work and lead may not be recognized as efficient in the dominant model as it is not "fit for the top". Our survey also shows that while most men and women agree women can lead as effectively as men, the men had reservations when asked if they were "strongly convinced" (only 43% versus 84% of women).
Q: How would you encourage women to run for C-levels roles? Can you give them three advice?
A: Firstly, I would encourage women to have more trust in their talent, skills and leadership styles: our surveys show that the leadership styles more frequently used by women are critical to strengthen the work environment, reinforce values, instill accountability, drive results, all of which inspire people and organizations to perform better. Secondly, never stop learning: participating in solid training programs can help women managers strengthen knowledge and tools for their professional growth, as well as share best practices and build networks. Finally, identifying a mentor who then becomes a possible role model can provide guidance in the complexity of an organization.


Her clock ticking 'twelve' and sweat trickling down her face, Shayra was battling the scorching heat, anxious to get back to her five-year old daughter, Linda, stranded alone at home. She ruffled through the documents neatly filed in her hand, sixth time in an hour, to ensure everything was in place lest she spent additional time figuring them out at the counter yet again. It was the last day of payment of the monthly fees of her doll's school and there was no excuse to miss it this time.
Two hours of wait in a serpentine queue and she stood fourth, stretching her limbs and twisting her neck to shirk away the pain. Thoughts of the string of activities that awaited her back home gave her nervous pangs. Linda's school uniform had worn out and a new one had to be ordered over the weekend to ensure the vendor delivered it in a week's time. In addition, her little angel had been yearning for this new set of Camel pastels to participate in the National Crafts Festival organised early next month. More than the tasks it was the fatigue of hovering through numerous vendors to ensure she made the best pick.
Packed to the neck, Shayra almost missed counting in the project updates she had to share with her team to prevent further delays in the process. After all, it was a crucial business deal and could be foregone for nothing.
Juggling between home and office, little did she realise that it had been a decade since she had enjoyed a peaceful nap with Linda. Catering to innumerable roles, she missed being by her daughter taking an active part in her childhood and innocence. Those playful sessions of craft making or holding her hand as she shaped the first curves of the English alphabet were lost in between corporate-household battles. It took her back in time when she had her mother frantically attending to similar roles while she grew up in the arms of her granny and later a nanny.
'Shayra' is just another single-mom striving to seek the best for her child and missing out on life in the bargain. Striking a perfect balance between monthly pay-outs and pushing away a penny for the hay day while attending to the growing needs of the child, single parents are exposed to challenges that are rarely understood or discussed. With limitations on various fronts, primarily being finance and time, single parents are under the constant pressure of availing their kids of opportunities and an all-round development for their future. Joining kids to their hobby classes, participating in their childish elocutions or walking them through career goals are a distant dream.
While challenges are many, solutions to the same are rare or none. We still have parents running end-to-end, stealing life between presentations and report cards and remunerations and expenses.


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gerund as subject example
What is (-) called in English? Learn useful list of Verbs Followed by Gerunds in English with example sentences. Gerunds! Do you need help? The gerunds in the examples, written in bold letters, are used as a subject of the sentence. Each one starts with a gerund and includes modifiers. "Singing" is a noun and the object of the preposition "besides.", A gerund is not the same thing as a present participle even though both terms end in "-ing.". He had missed being elected by a single vote. When did organ music become associated with baseball? "Waiting" is the direct object of this sentence.). The Gerund Can be Used as Direct Object of a Sentence. For example: — "Driving fast is dangerous." = Gerund driving is used as the subject … What I really like is travelling to other countries. Gerunds can be used as subject of a sentence. Would you like to walk instead of taking the bus? Learn how to use Introductory Verbs in Reported Speech …, FANBOYS Conjunctions! 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Swimming is a good exercise. We can use gerunds as a singular noun, so it can be the subject of the sentence. We can use gerunds as a singular noun, so it can be the subject of the sentence. Examples of gerunds or gerund phrases used as the subject:. When you are joining together tow words, phrases …, Modals of Ability! The gerund form of verbs is used as follows: We shall be interested in hearing your comments. I recollect seeing Ryder some years ago in Bonn. A gerund clause can be a subject complement after be:. Because a gerund is a noun, it can be an indirect object. I love going out to restaurants. All Rights Reserved. Writing is an exchange of ideas. (Find) a parking space is quite difficult in this area. "Singing" is the present progressive verb, telling what the subject "Sarah" is doing. Hello, can I use your pictures for my class too? Gerunds and infinitives as subjects. Many conscripts resent having to do their military service. (Menyanyi di sekitar orang banyak adalah hal yang memalukan) Doing something with your smile will be very easy to do. Here, "singing" is a noun following the verb "made." "Priority" is the direct object of the sentence. "Singing" is a noun acting as an indirect object in the sentence. Definition, Examples of Gerunds in Sentences. Like a gerund, a gerund phrase functions as a noun. Gerund Example: A gerund phrase is a group of words beginning with a gerund and including any modifiers to that gerund. The structure is: We start with the subject, which has the form of a gerund, followed by a verb. He started tipping the pea pods into a pan. When it is used as the subject, the verb form is singular, conjugated as the third person singular, and it doesn't accept degree verbs. For example: The use of the gerund The use of the gerund as subject is more common than that of the to-infinitive. Examples: I like writing in English. The subject is the thing or person that carries out the action of the verb. What is the exposition of the story of sinigang? (cook) is one of her hobbies. (This is the present continuous. What is a gerund? Singing is one of my hobbies.. Running is good exercise.. In this example, "Sarah" is the subject, "enjoys" is the verb, and "singing" is a noun acting as the direct object of the sentence. Would love your thoughts, please comment. (work) overtime is quite common in this company. But sometimes, to-infinitives and –ing forms are also used as subjects. Gerund used as a subject. Because a gerund is a noun, it can be the object of a preposition in a prepositional phrase. Tracey suggested meeting for a drink after work. In the following examples, the gerund phrase is acting as the subject of the sentence. sentence as a noun rather than as the verb. In this example, "is singing" is the verb phrase. thank you so much, Thanks that was helpful for me, because I'm still learning english, What is a hyphen? In the first sentence, "run" is used as a verb. A gerund can function in any way a noun can function. October 7, 2014 - The subject of a sentence is usually a noun or a pronoun. I don't recall seeing any cars parked outside. In this case, it can be used as the subject or complement of the sentence. Here, "singing" is a noun following the verb "made." "Priority" is the direct object of the sentence. What is the birthday of carmelita divinagracia? "Singing" is a noun acting as an indirect object in the sentence. For example: Walking is good for your health. For timeline diagrams, quotes and exercises, check out our e-book The Grammaring Guide to English Grammar, Grammaring – A guide to English grammar | Copyright © 2009-2020, Non-finite verb forms (infinitives, gerunds and participles). 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Houdini may or may not appear in this recently released French graphic novel, La Fuite de Houdini by Jorge Arnanz. I couldn't find a good plot description, but it has Houdini in the title and we see posters for him on the cover, so...here we go.
La Fuite de Houdini is released by Les Editions du Net and appears be part of a series of adventures featuring "Laszlo and Edgar." The title translate as "Houdini Escape."
You can purchase La Fuite de Houdini at the French Amazon.fr. It's listed but currently unavalible at Amazon.co.uk.
Thanks David. That makes more sense. "Houdini Escape" was what I got from Google translate.
Google Translate is rough at best. Although where else can you go for Fulani to Amharic?
Ha! What a coincidence that you'd just get yours today. We must be connected by the spirits.
Arthur, if you could fax or e-mail me a couple of pages I could get the drift of the story.


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Vijay Sethupathi and Simbu bond on the sets of Chekka Chivantha Vaanam- Cinema express
Vijay Sethupathi and Simbu bond on the sets of Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
A picture of Simbu feeding Vijay Sethupathi on the sets of CVV has gone viral recently
Published: 02nd May 2018
Mani Ratnam's Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (CCV) created a buzz right from the moment the interesting cast of the film, comprising Aravind Swami, Jyotika, Vijay Sethupathi, Simbu, Arun Vijay, Aishwarya Rajesh and Aditi Rao Hydari, was announced.
Recently, Santhosh Sivan, the cinematographer of the film, shared a photograph of the male leads--Aravind Swami, Simbu, Vijay Sethupathi and Arun Vijay--on the sets. Following that, a few days ago, a photo of Simbu feeding Vijay Sethupathi during the shoot has gone viral on social media, much to the delight of the fans of both actors.
It is notable that Vijay Sethupathi has previously worked with the STR's father, T Rajhenderr in the 2017 film, Kavan.
CVV is said to be Simbu's comeback film, as his previous film Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan bombed at the box office and was mired in controversies.
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Vijay Sethupathi Simbu


This isn't just a bar mirror, it's an officially licensed Guinness mirror and it's awesome.
Where you hang it is up to you but no matter what location you choose, it's sure to turn to bring in some additional visitors. There's just something about catching a glimpse of yourself in the Guinness logo that makes you smile a little bit brighter.


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Port-Cartier är en ort och kommun  i Kanada.   Den ligger i regionen Côte-Nord och provinsen Québec, i den östra delen av landet,  km nordost om huvudstaden Ottawa. Port-Cartier ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Port-Cartier är platt. Havet är nära Port-Cartier söderut. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km nordväst om Port-Cartier. Trakten är glest befolkad. Det finns inga andra samhällen i närheten.

Inlandsklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är februari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är maj, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är februari, med  mm nederbörd.

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South Florida Blog for Fashion & Lifestyle | Frugal Flirty N Fab!: Dress Obsessed!
I won't get you too excited by calling off all the discounted prices but the really cute leather tube top with the silk bottom is an incredible $35 Bucks!!! Have fun!
I love the purple strapless dress and the black and white number. Hot!
Yes Fashion Pad! You really can't go wrong with any of these!


Hello, my name is Natalie, and I am addicted to Pinterest. Any time I have a spare minute I am scrolling thru on my phone or ipad pinning stuff. Cooking, home decor, DIY projects, you name it and I pin it. It is such great inspiration! Lets face it Pinterest makes me way more creative than I used to be but it also makes me feel bad like I am not doing enough sometimes. I have yet to do one Easter Craft with Sterling or even buy stuff for his Easter Basket and that is all I have seen on there lately. I know Matt likes it because I have found so many great recipes on there. My credit card probably doesn't like it because it makes me want to shop more. Either way I love me some Pinterest and I am sticking with it.
I wanted to share a few things that were a result of my Pinterest addiction.
I pinned this awhile back and finally got around to making it this week. It works great. I made two batches one with kosher salt and one with sugar to see if I liked one better. Honestly I loved them both, only thing I will say is the Kosher Salt one seems to exfoliate more. The original recipe called for Thyme but we have a big Rosemary bush out back so I subbed Rosemary. I think the Rosemary pairs perfectly with the lemon. This was so easy to make and the almond oil really moisturizes well.
This casserole is the bomb.com. Seriously Matt and I devoured it. Highly recommend you make this asap, a great recipe. I am making it again tonight!
I saw these and promptly clicked on them, saw they were from the Gap for $39 and thought no brainer, these need to be mine. They look so much expensive they are!
I have been on a real Blood Orange kick lately. Juicing them primarily til I came across this ice cube idea. I made them and use them in my water. Makes drinking water that much more fun. I think they would be killer with champagne poured over them. I have yet to try that but obviously need to.
When I saw Sarah from Social Dress Shop had pinned this lovely number, I knew she had to be mine. The perfect easy breezy summer dress. It is sold out pretty much everywhere in the Mint color, but it is now back in stock in a few sizes at Social Dress Shop.
I love my new black front door and this is the Tutorial I used when painting, thanks to Pinterest.
This is one of my favorite recipes I have found on Pinterest. We eat it at least once a month. It is healthy but full of flavor. We add Sriracha when we marinate the Shrimp and omit the Herbs of Provence.
I have been trying to follow this cleaning chart I saw on Pinterest from Jenny at Little Green Notebook. It really makes cleaning simpler knowing what you have to do that day and dividing things up.
As soon as I saw these on Pinterest I saved the image and knew I needed one of my little man. I knew WayWay was just the person to recreate this look for me. I love looking at the silhouette of Sterling hanging in our house. Makes me so happy. If you need a silhouette email WayWay!
I spied this coffee table on Pinterest and thought wow that is perfect for our den. And now she proudly sits in our den and I love her. And the table is now on sale for $129 such a steal if you need a new coffee table!
Ok so what has Pinterest inspired you to do?? Tell me I am not the only one addicted!
You can follow me and my gazillion pins on Pinterest HERE.
Next Post I Wanna Talk About Me.
You freaking crack me up! And I am constantly repinning whatever you are pinning! I am going to be trying that taco recipe and maybe even some exfoliator.
Obsessed with Pinterest. I have several secret pages and I love them! I'll make Ford's birthday party page public and post about it but seriously…i have an addiction. Do you ever sort by categories and go to humor? Will totally make your day!
You always have the best pins! And I love your coffee table – let's you see more of your pretty rug.
Of course I'm addicted! Of course. And I never do any of the things I pin either. I think my hobby is pinning and not crafting and that's okay. All those e-cards made me laugh so freaking hard!
Love those cards! I have pinned a few of them and they are usually so true! Especially the mom ones! Love the coffee table and the way it is styled.
I know what you mean! love Pinterest! And I need to pin your door tutorial.
Yes I am addicted too! I was on there a lot more before #2 arrived recently. I mostly like the recipes, kids crafts, design, oh heck I love it all, who am I kidding! It's very relaxing to me at night to just scroll through all these beautiful things! And I've gotten over the guilt part, who cares if I make/do it or not, it makes me happy to pin and that's all that matters!
Love this! I am slightly addicted to Pinterest too. I just made the best tortellini soup the other day. Hubs loved it and it was gone asap. I also am addicted to shopping on Piperlime. Every single day I "browse" to see whats on there. You should see my shopping cart. Always full, yet I hardly ever hit the place order button. Sigh….
I just bought the Gap sandals – obsessed with them since I first saw on Pinterest. They really do look much more expensive than they are. Also, if you have a Gap or Banana card, they are 40% off today! Score!!
the clean freak in me loves that cleaning chart!
I'm so inspired by all you have done from pinterest. My fav is your coffee table. Love it. Those tacos look amazing as well.
Definitely a fellow addict here…it's like my own personal idea dictionary…any time I need an idea for something: dinner, a party, a holiday, decorating…I go to Pinterest! Seriously, what did we ever do without it???
I'm addicted, too. I don't think I've tried one recipe I've pinned. Ha!
Looving that mint dress and those ice cubes look so yummy!
totally obsessed with Pinterest and blogged about it today, too! haha. I just pinned some of yours from this post 🙂 you always find (and pin) the best stuff.
I think has to be one of my favorite posts you've done. I too am addicted to Pinterest and one of my New Year's Resolutions was to make more things I pinned or only pin things I was honestly going to try to make! I want to make that taco casserole and I would love to paint my front door. Now I just need the time!
How am I just now finding your blog??? I LOVE IT and we have so many of the same blog-friends! Ha!
Love me some Pinterest……life was so boring before I became addicted.
I love pinterest–and your coffee table is so cute. Urban Outfitters randomly has really great furniture online!
Ok I am ridiculous on Pinterest! Seriously obsessed. My post today is about Pinterest as well! Great minds I tell you.
WOAH you are absurdly productive. Majorly inspiring. I have 8,000 pins (http://pinterest.com/charlottemyers/) and have probably made only 2 or 3 things max. I need to get on it!
I'm Pinterested too, natch. I love the Mediterranean version of the six layer dip I pinned, a mango/mint/mozzarella dessert that has become a summer staple and I'm not sure if I would have decorated my home so stylishly without all my Pinterest oogling and drooling!
Love it! And now I'm definitely holding on to your door paining tutorial. Whatever I did not learn from Pinterest… I picked up from blog surfing!
As always thanks for this awesome wave!
One of my favorite posts Natalie!
I am always on Pinterest too and of course, follow you. I already pinned the tacos, thank you very much!
I want to make those ice cubes for champagne…looks so yummy. Think I may have pinned those already.
I am obsessed with that table! My only fear is that it would be tippy with no legs at the corners. How have you liked it?
Amen! I waste more time on Pinterest than one should. 😉 If that mint maxi is sold out in your size, check this similar one out from Nordstrom http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/soprano-half-sheer-maxi-dress-juniors/3444203?origin=category&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=Mint&resultback=1312. Way cuter in person I promise!
Thanks for the shout out Natalie!! I am just catching up on my blogs from this whole week!!! I too am addicted to Pinterest!!!!


The final act of Guild Wars 2 Halloween event has yet to come out, but even so, players have a lot of content to go through.
Act 2 and Act 3, released on October 26 and October 28, respectively, new events and area to the game. The most recent update shattered the titular statue in the center of Lion's Arch, replacing it with a portal to the Realm of the Mad King.
What is contained in Act 4 is still a mystery, and players won't find out what it contains until October 31.
Keep up to date on the event on its official page. Or, stayed tuned.
« 'Grand Theft Auto 5' release date announced, more details imminent.


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Colombia: Killing of the son of a murdered human rights defender denotes a lack of comprehensive protection of rights defenders and their families
19 March 2018 , Index number: AMR 23/8098/2018
Amnesty International condemns the murder of Javier Bernardo Cuero Ortíz, son of Bernardo Cuero Bravo, on 19 March 2018 in the city of Tumaco, southern Colombia. His brother Silvio Dubán Ortíz was also killed during the events. The murder of Javier Bernardo took place just nine months after the murder of his father Bernardo Cuero, human rights defender and victims' leader of the National Association of Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES) in June 2017. The murders occurred just weeks after the trial hearing set to press charges against the perpetrators of the crime.


What I find remarkable about the energy of people like Peter is the passion behind the vision that he espouses. And when I think back on then President Kennedy's call to put a man on the moon, I am struck by the alignment of energy that our entire country experienced in that period. With an entire nation of people working in such mass collaboration, amazing feats were possible. Seeing Peter's photos reminds me of that spirit.
That's the kind of passion that surely is possible on several dimensions of scale when we find a way to create alignments in our work communities. Innovation thrives, and teams achieve things at warp speed, which is impossible when a community is fighting itself.
Peter closes with, "The most critical tool for solving humanity's most grand challenges, is a committed and passionate mind." Bravo!
Post script: Just when I thought I heard my dose of inspiration for the day, along came Marcia McNutt on deep ocean research using marine geophysical data to study the physical properties of the Earth beneath the oceans. Then came Dr. Carolyn Porco, who is the leader of the Cassini Science Imaging Team and a lead imaging scientist on the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper Belt mission.
In her closing remarks, Carolyn talked about the positively spiritual experience invoked from bearing witness to the marvels of space, and her warm and inspirational message brought the entire opera house to its feet in thunderous applause. It was truly a highlight of the conference, as it brought out the soul of the POPTech community.
Here in beautiful Camden Maine at the POPTech Conference. I was fascinated with the first two speakers, Graham Flint, a physicist, and Robert Hammer, a biologist. Graham is describing super-high resolution digital imaging – gigapixels. Robert is describing the taxonomy of cataloging species through barcoding.
The purpose? To preserve through high-resolution information, visual images of say, places around the world that are disappearing (e.g. areas of Rome, due to acid rain}, and species, which are losing their habitats.
I noted on the online chat that both are endeavoring to save information about that which is vanishing. An ironic and sad twist to "progress" in modern society.
And indeed, during the break I had a fascinating conversation with Robert, where his ultimate goal is to spark preservation and ecology. He was frustrated that, as a biologist, he can solve the cataloging of DNA problem, but the message about preservation and ecology is the one he really is trying to convey.


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- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification
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// Returns the directory the application uses to store the Core Data store file. This code uses a directory named "com.altconf.data.AltConfData" in the user's Application Support directory.
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- (IBAction)showAddSessionWIndow:(id)sender {
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- (IBAction)addSessionToSpeaker:(id)sender {
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    NSManagedObjectModel *mom = [self managedObjectModel];
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    NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
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// Returns the NSUndoManager for the application. In this case, the manager returned is that of the managed object context for the application.
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// Performs the save action for the application, which is to send the save: message to the application's managed object context. Any encountered errors are presented to the user.
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    if (![[self managedObjectContext] commitEditing]) {
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    if (![[self managedObjectContext] commitEditing]) {
        NSLog(@"%@:%@ unable to commit editing to terminate", [self class], NSStringFromSelector(_cmd));
        return NSTerminateCancel;
    }

    if (![[self managedObjectContext] hasChanges]) {
        return NSTerminateNow;
    }

    NSError *error = nil;
    if (![[self managedObjectContext] save:&error]) {

        // Customize this code block to include application-specific recovery steps.
        BOOL result = [sender presentError:error];
        if (result) {
            return NSTerminateCancel;
        }

        NSString *question = NSLocalizedString(@"Could not save changes while quitting. Quit anyway?", @"Quit without saves error question message");
        NSString *info = NSLocalizedString(@"Quitting now will lose any changes you have made since the last successful save", @"Quit without saves error question info");
        NSString *quitButton = NSLocalizedString(@"Quit anyway", @"Quit anyway button title");
        NSString *cancelButton = NSLocalizedString(@"Cancel", @"Cancel button title");
        NSAlert *alert = [[NSAlert alloc] init];
        [alert setMessageText:question];
        [alert setInformativeText:info];
        [alert addButtonWithTitle:quitButton];
        [alert addButtonWithTitle:cancelButton];

        NSInteger answer = [alert runModal];

        if (answer == NSAlertAlternateReturn) {
            return NSTerminateCancel;
        }
    }

    return NSTerminateNow;
}

@end

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