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Văn hóa cơm hàng cháo chợ được đem vào danh sách di sản văn hóa UNESCO
Singapore street food added to Unesco heritage list
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2...-heritage-list
One of Singapore's most-loved institutions has been given a timely boost, with the country's hawker culture being added to the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The award took place at a virtual ceremony on 16 December and it sees the culture join the likes of yoga in India and the tango in Argentina.
Hawker culture refers to the community of vendors who cook and sell meals in the 114 hawker centres across the city-state. The verdict could not have come at a better time for the vendors, providing invaluable protection after a precarious year.
Last year, of the 58 places to eat in Singapore that made it on to the Michelin Bib Gourmand list, 33 were hawker stalls. Several of the stalls even have Michelin stars, which makes Singapore home to some of the cheapest Michelin-starred food in the world.
The first hawker to achieve this feat was Liao Fan Hawker Chan in the Chinatown Complex Market, in 2016. For three Singapore dollars (around £1.65), diners can get a plate of Chef Chan's soy sauce chicken rice – if they are prepared to embrace the long queues.
Hàng bánh, hàng bún bày ra
Cơm gà mì nước cùng là cháo kê
Ăn rồi cắp đít ra về
Thấy hàng bò bía lại lê chân vào
Cuốn này bà bán làm sao
Ba đồng một cặp lẽ nào chẳng mua
Món này có trong danh sách UNESCO không há?
"Nhân thui" hay nôm na là "Thịt người ung khói":
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Spanker Knob, Bullshit Hill and Guys Dirty Hole are all real places in Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/australi...s-in-australia
The North Pole is located a short distance from Marble Bar, the hottest place in inland Australia. Siberia is near Kalgoorlie, with an average summer temperature of 35C. Australian humour is not complicated. And when you colonise a land that is almost the size of Europe, it's easy to run out of names.
- Useless Loop, Useless Inlet, Hard to Find Dam, WA.
- Break-me-neck Hill, Bust-me-gut Hill, Bust Me Gall, Dismal Swamp, Horrible Hollow Gully and Nowhere Else, all in Tasmania.
- Lovely Bottom, Prickly Bottom, Deep Bottom, Officers Bottom, Broad Bottom, Bottom Fancy, Boomers Bottom, Round Bottom, Stumpys Bottom, Lake Fanny, Bottom Lagoon, The Butts, and Butt of Liberty, all in Tasmania.
- Other Side Of the Moon, WA.
- Come by Chance, NSW.
- 1770 (named for the year Captain James Cook stepped off the boat), Queensland.
- Well it Wasn't There Last Year, SA.
"Down Under" nghe cũng hơi kỳ cục.
Bali: bãi rác rực rỡ
Bali's beaches buried in tide of plastic rubbish during monsoon season
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/04/balis-beaches-buried-in-tide-of-plastic-rubbish-as-monsoon
Bali's famous beaches are being strewn by plastic rubbish in what experts say is becoming an annual event thanks to monsoon weather, poor waste management and a global marine pollution crisis.Authorities are struggling to keep up with the tide of rubbish washing up on beaches at Kuta, Legian and Seminyak, where about 90 tonnes of rubbish was collected on Friday and Saturday.
"It's not new and it's not surprising and it happens every year, and it's been growing over the last decade," said Dr Denise Hardesty, a principal research scientist at Australia's CSIRO science agency and an expert on global plastic pollution.
Hardesty has worked with marine pollution researchers in Indonesia and is one of the experts working with the Indonesia government on its action plan.
The rubbish had likely not travelled far, she said, and there would be many other beaches on the Indonesian archipelago suffering a similar fate.
Bali's beaches in the southwest tended to catch rubbish when monsoonal rains and winds blow each year from west to east.
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Nhọc nhằn mà chẳng nên công cán gì
Nàng tiên cá mắc cạn trong bãi rác rồi ....
Washington: đất lành chim đậu rực rỡ
Hundreds flock to Maryland park to view 'exceptional' rare bird
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...-maryland-park
Hundreds of people have flocked to the Washington DC area to catch a glimpse of a new, celebrated arrival who has offered some welcome relief following a bruising year. No, it's not Joe Biden.
Excited birders have crammed into a Maryland park, braving rain and dismally low temperatures, to witness the painted bunting, a brightly coloured bird that usually reserves its elan for the warmer climes of Florida.
Word spread of the bird's presence after a posting on the eBird website, causing a surge of visitors to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, found on a bend of the Potomac River, a short journey north-west of Washington. On Saturday, more than 80 cars were still in line to get into the park shortly before its sundown closure, the Washington Post reported.
Painted buntings are about 5in in length, dine on seeds and insects and prefer to construct nests in dense foliage. The species is also one that is having its preferred conditions warped by the climate crisis, according to Audubon, with rising global temperatures causing changes in the range of the painted bunting along with other species such as the western bluebird, American goldfinch and spotted towhee.
Species in various countries are now being pushed north as conditions heat up, with researchers warning last year that two-thirds of North American bird species are at risk of extinction due to the climate crisis.
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Rome: đất lành chim tịch rực rỡ
Hundreds of birds found dead in Rome's streets after New Year fireworks displays
Hundreds of birds died after many people set off fireworks in the Italian capital on New Year's Eve, animal rights groups said on Friday calling it a "massacre".
Footage of streets near Rome's main train station showed dozens and dozens of birds — mostly starlings — scattered lifeless on the ground.
The cause of the deaths was not clear, but the International Organization for the Protection of Animals (OIPA) said it appeared related to a particularly loud display of firecrackers and fireworks in the leafy neighborhood that many birds use to nest.
"It can be that they died from fear. They can fly up together and knock against each other, or hit windows or electric power lines. Let's not forget they can also die of heart attacks," said Loredana Diglio, a spokeswoman for the organisation.
Fireworks displays each year cause distress and injury to both wild and domestic animals, she noted. And the unusual concentration of bird deaths came despite a ban by the city of Rome on personal fireworks displays, which was widely ignored, and a 10 pm curfew due to virus restrictions.
The Italian branch of OIPA has called for a ban on selling firecrackers and fireworks for personal use, citing the threat to animals.
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Denmark launches children's TV show about man with giant pen..
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/06/john-dillermand-denmark-launches-childrens-tv-show-man-giant-pen
The Danish equivalent of the BBC, DR, has a new animated series aimed at four- to eight-year-olds about John Dillermand, the man with the world's longest pen-- who overcomes hardships and challenges with his record-breaking genitals.
Erla Heinesen Højsted, a clinical psychologist who works with families and children, said she believed the show's opponents may be overthinking things. "John Dillermand talks to children and shares their way of thinking – and kids do find genitals funny," she said.
"The show depicts a man who is impulsive and not always in control, who makes mistakes – like kids do, but crucially, Dillermand always makes it right. He takes responsibility for his actions. When a woman in the show tells him that he should keep his penis in his pants, for instance, he listens. Which is nice. He is accountable."
Højsted conceded the timing was poor and that a show about bodies might have considered depicting "difference and diversity" beyond an oversized diller (Danish slang for pen--; dillermand literally means "pen---man"). "But this is categorically not a show about sex," she said. "To pretend it is projects adult ideas on it."
DR responded to the latest criticism by saying it could just as easily have made a programme "about a woman with no control over her vagina" and that the most important thing was that children enjoyed John Dillermand.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
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Paris agrees to turn Champs-Élysées into 'extraordinary garden'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...n-anne-hidalgo
André Le Nôtre, Louis XIV the Sun King's gardener, first designed the wide promenade lined with a double row of elm trees on each side, called the Grand Cours.
It was renamed the Champs-Élysées in 1709 and extended, and by the end of the century had become a popular place to walk and picnic.
Before the Covid-19 crisis halted international tourism, the architect Philippe Chiambaretta, whose firm PCA-Stream drew up the makeover plans, said that of the estimated 100,000 pedestrians on the avenue every day, 72% were tourists and 22% work there.
The eight-lane highway is used by an average of 3,000 vehicles an hour, most passing through, and is more polluted than the busy périphérique ring road around the French capital, he added.
Chiambaretta said the Champs-Élysées had become a place that summed up the problems faced by cities around the world, "pollution, the place of the car, tourism and consumerism", and needed to be redeveloped to be "ecological, desirable and inclusive".
The plans also include redesigning the famous Place de la Concorde – Paris's largest place – at the south-east end of the avenue, described by city hall as a "municipal priority". This is expected to be completed before the Olympic Games. The aim is to transform the Champs-Élysée by 2030.
Hidalgo told Le Journal du Dimanche that the project was one of several intended to transform the city "before and after 2024", including turning the area around the Eiffel Tower into an "extraordinary park at the heart of Paris".
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Ear infection (acute otitis media), causing pain and deafness, is one of commonest childhood infections.
One parent, whose child had an earache, brought this up at her local Mums & Bubs support group and was flooded with advice.
One mother had started attending a children's chiropractor during her pregnancy because he claimed that he could prepare her "pelvis for an optimal birth". Many chiropractors specialise in children, often calling themselves 'Paediatric Chiropractors', so-called 'experts' in treating children with poor behaviour and concentration, sleeping problems, breastfeeding issues, delays in crawling or walking, colic and reflux symptoms. For ear infections. they often recommend at least 3 to 5 visits for chiropractic 'adjustments' before moving onto other options.
This mother believed that these treatments were safe and effective, as they involved gentle manipulations of her baby's neck (spinal bone C2) to remove the 'subluxations' that were causing the problem. She also believed that chiropractic 'adjustments' boosted her child's immune system to help its body function optimally.
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This mother understood that cranial osteopathy gave her practitioner an insight into the stresses her child had had from its birthing to the day-to-day knocks and bumps, causing illnesses which could be treated by cranial manipulation.
Involving "massaging the outside of the ear and face/jaw/neck area with diluted essential oils" to reduce "inflammation and facilitate the drainage of excess fluid", naturopathy was suggested. Recommended ear drops included basil, eucalyptus, rosemary, lavender, oregano, chamomile, tea tree, vinegar, olive oil, violet leaf, calendula flower, fermented cod liver oil and thyme. If the inflammation was caused by food sensitivities, probiotics were recommended to help "moderate and even reverse those sensitivities over time" and to support the immune system with beneficial bacteria.
One mother thought that ear infection might be caused by allergies. 'Kinesiology' was suggested. This involves testing for "allergies using muscle testing as opposed to needles". Her practitioner made the diagnosis by asking her child to hold their arm straight out in front of their body. He then applied pressure to that arm to see if the child could hold it up. He claimed that the arm's staying up or down identified the food allergy or sensitivity which was contributing to either inflammation or a weak immune system which resulted in the ear infection.
Acupuncture was also suggested, to activate the child's own healing abilities, as was a homeopathic nasal spray, which claimed to encourage draining and reduce mucus production.
Other alternative interventions were reflexology,electro-dermal testing, Reiki, drinking lots of water and sticking a clove of garlic in the child's ear! The list went on.
By three years of age, the majority of children would have experienced at least one bout of ear infection, which, in over 80% of children, clears up without any treatment. For uncomplicated ear infection and ear pain, GPs might therefore suggest that the parent patiently observe the child and report any deterioration. Neither herbal ear drops nor antibiotics make much difference. However, for pain relief, anaesthetic drops work better than placebo drops.
For recurrent ear infections, grommets (ventilation tubes) have a significant role in maintaining a 'disease-free' state in the first six months after insertion. Other treatments involve antibiotics, which can provide a statistically significant reduction of pain with the additional benefits of reducing membrane perforations and infection in the other ear. However, these benefits should be weighed against possible harms from antibiotics affecting 7% of children, such as vomiting, diarrhoea or rash.
In reality, many childhood conditions are self-limiting in that they resolve unassisted. Because new families are particularly vulnerable, it is not surprising that so many 'alternative practitioners', some located in pharmacies, offer a wide range of unproven or disproven placebo interventions, growing their businesses by targeting this lucrative market.
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Most even handed article from Ms Marron I have ever seen. Thank you. It has long been obvious that no one profession has all the answers for everyone. Generally people go to the people they trust first, their GP. When results are not obtained they look elsewhere, and when they find help, often instant, whether they understand or not,[ and who understands HOW antalgics or antibiotics work ], there is an increased chance they will return. The inference that ear problems are otitis media, which is an infection, to which the later connection of antibiotics is made, perpetuates the myth that ear problems are infections, when all the evidence indicates that in the vast majority of cases, there is NO INFECTION, hence the failure of antibiotics. AS well grommets also do NOT have evidence based support for their use. Being such an advocate of EBM I find it strange that Ms M. does not mention this, and may well be why a range of non-drug care gets patient satisfaction in what may well be a multi-factorial problem.


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Not Even the Dog is Safe from (IRA) Involuntary Redistribution of Assets
Contributed to by Estate of Denial
A Manhattan judge quietly reduced the notoriously ill-tempered canine's $12 million trust fund and signed off on a deal to pay the late billionaire's two disinherited grandchildren $6 million amid allegations that Helmsley wasn't mentally competent when she signed her will.
In bombshell papers filed in Manhattan Surrogate's Court, the siblings say the so-called Queen of Mean was not of sound mind or memory and did not have the mental capacity to make a will when she signed the document on July 15, 2005.
The highly unusual deal was signed off on by both the state Attorney General's Office, which oversees charities, and Surrogate's Court Judge Renee Roth.
We understand that $12 million was an excessive amount to leave in a trust fund designated for the care of Leona Helmsley's dog, Trouble. And we certainly look at pet trusts as financial vehicles that can lead to serious abuse or looting of an estate. Read full story here.
It just seems wrong, however, for a court, some attorneys and disgruntled heirs to come in and dismiss Helmsley's final wishes. Why not keep assets from Trouble's trust in income generating investments through the last years of her life (probably five or less per the article) and then perform a final distribution as is likely specified in Helmsley's estate plan?
Helmsley deserves her final wishes to be respected in the same manner as any other American. The apparent negotiation and non-disclosure of details regarding posthumous changes in Helmsley's will are troublesome. Not that it is necessarily anyone else's business, but the precedent that a decedent's final wishes can be renegotiated upon their passing violates an individual's right to direct the ultimate disposal of their property and potentially usurps the rights of inheritance for designated beneficiaries.
With "case law" as a basis for our legal system, we hope the Helmsley case doesn't become a cornerstone for "anything goes" estate proceedings - so long as you have the social clout and money to influence the local judiciary - such that open season on the property of the dead becomes the norm.
The pooch "Trouble" is not without it's own (IRA) Involuntary Redistribution of Assets problems , the pampered pooch who inherited 12 million dollars from a late US hotel magnate earlier this year has fled to Florida under an assumed name after receiving death threats, a report said.
Trouble, a white Maltese who belonged to billionaire Leona Helmsley until her death in August, was flown by private jet under tight security two months ago after receiving around 20 such threats, the New York Post reported.It said the rich bitch was now living in Florida with Carl Lekic, the general manager of the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel. in Florida, a favorite with retirees escaping the winter, without naming its sources.
The paper did not say who was suspected of being behind the threats, but Trouble is said to have earned countless enemies due to a penchant for biting.John Codey, who is in charge of the pampered pooch's trust fund, told US television network CBS last week that there had been threats to kidnap the dog.
He added that the cost of Trouble's round-the-clock security detail, medical care, chef-cooked meals and grooming were an estimated 300,000 dollars a year. The dog was previously living at a 28-room estate in Connecticut.
When Trouble dies, any remaining money from her trust will go to the charitable foundations that inherited the lion's share of Helmsley's estimated four-billion-dollar estate.Helmsley, dubbed the "Queen of Mean" by the tabloid press, cut two grandchildren out of her will while leaving five million to two others on the proviso that they visit their late father's grave at least once a year.Helmsley's will also stipulates that when Trouble dies she is to be buried beside her and her late husband Harry, who died in 1997.
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I am ALL about that. Yes x1000.
@Simon Allan Thank you so much for giving me a look into your workflow! Excellent renderings. Photoshop seems to always be the missing link for me and is constantly being pushed back to the top of my list of programs to prioritize. I've started adopting photoshop into my renderings recently, but mostly to clean up reflection errors within Capture, or to make my crowds look more realistic. I'd have to say that turn around times are the biggest factor in deciding my workflow. Right now, if a client is looking to have a rendering by the next morning I almost always work solely within Capture. Now, if I a have a few days before delivering, I will model in VWX, render in Capture, and clean/refine in Photoshop - and that is my preferred workflow for now. Rendering power is not an issue as my workstation is capable for the next 4-5 years. The only thing limiting me is learning curve. The longer it takes to learn a new method and to implement the new method, the less likely my office is willing to invest in said method. Seeing what @Wesley Burrows and Evan have been capable of achieving with the native C4D engine has given me a bit of a new wave of inspiration and I will be attempting some more renderings this weekend, but I can't help but still be eager to get my hands on the Stage plugin. The way this thread has developed has given me a TON of insight on what is out there and what might be best for me - in a perfect world this would all fit under one platform.
@EAlexander great to hear you chime in on this topic to make it less of us pointing out things that are missing. I think the frustration comes from the fact that Vectorworks continues to advertise, on their site and in all promo videos up to the release of 2019, that among all its other features, Vectorworks Spotlight is an industry leading conceptual rendering tool for stage and lighting design - when clearly its real-world users find it lacking in so many areas with solutions present in sister softwares. It's all on our wishlists to see them deliver a solid fix to this and make Vectorworks a one-stop shop for all sides of lighting design. Several of the other methods you just listed I had never even heard of, so I'm looking forward to trying them out. What's your experience with Unreal Engine? As for Cinema4D - I am in a tricky situation. Before I can convince my office to purchase a full seat, I am tasked with showing them it is a viable solution for higher quality renderings, in both rate of turn around and visual quality. My learning curve has been pretty hard in C4D and I've had to hold strong to the free educational license as I power through tutorials, guides, and trial/error. I am not there yet and so no, I have not made any professional work with my educational C4D license and I obtained the license when I was still a student. I do feel though that with Stage, I could find my bearings a bit more since (from what I have read and seen) it is comparable to Capture in pre-viz control and build. I am going to take a stab at dropping Cinema Spotlights into moving light objects and keep chipping away at the beast Cinema4D has proven to be, but I am fairly confident that it will never be the ideal solution for generating concept renderings with a quick turn-around at a higher quality than Capture. I appreciate hearing from you.
@LJ TMS I'll second all of that ^ And thank you! That majority of the time I start in capture if it's just a rough concept - when absolutely nothing is set in stone. Otherwise I model the entire rig in VW, including fixture placement. Export to dwg and prepare myself to do a lot of tidying up in capture. Textures never transfer over, and certain shapes occasionally won't cooperate so I usually have to retexture and touch up objects. Lights only transfer as shapes. I have to delete and replace all fixtures. All in all it's a massive headache but once it's all built, rendering is a snap, and I automatically patch to Vista on PC allowing me to program looks from my second monitor very quickly. (This is a feature included in Hantmade Stage for C4D that is a game changer) Any models I don't have time to build I usually pull off 3D warehouse since Sketchup imports are super smooth. I love Capture and it's served me well! But I have an itch for more realistic looks, more fine tuning and control. It's a fantastic pre-viz program. But rendering massive looks feels like painting a mural with a crayon.
@LJ TMS I too dug through @scottmoore's posts and comments and I have to say, he's fighting for our cause! I had a feeling it wasn't just me... the beams I produce in Renderworks never look right and Scott has explained countless times where the engine is lacking. I've also found this thread very informative on the matter: Then my mind turned to Vision for a last breath of hope, when I discovered Scott had already done the investigation for me: I don't see where else to go from here. I have begun looking into upgrading my free student license of Cinema4D so that I can acquire a license of the Hantmade Stage plugin, but that still scatters my workflow between 2 programs (albeit C4D is far more compatible with VWX than other alternatives). I wish the Vectorworks team would take action in the coming months to provide the proper toolset for this style of rendering.
@scottmoore I really appreciate hearing this. Lack of control in some areas and too much control in others has been my biggest challenge with rendering in VW. I'm still conflicted on where to lean towards - do I stay within Capture for purely rendering, causing me to re-texture, place lights all over again, and communicate changes between two different programs, or do I look for another solution? The quality of the renderings in Capture don't frustrate me as much as lack of specific control, and the fact that the software is lacking in performance in many ways. But I would love to be able to achieve a higher quality of renderings, and it seems that Vectorworks can't satisfy that need without its own sacrifices. Thanks for your input.
@Kevin Allen Thank you man! I'll definitely snag a copy of this.
Export to .GLB(?), 3D Format for Facebook upload.
Hi there, Seeing more and more "3D photo" and "VR" posts on Facebook these days. My firm would love to be able to post some of our staging concepts in 3D to Facebook, and with all that I've read it seems Facebook accepts a .glb file format. Has anyone successfully posted some of their drawings to Facebook in 3D?
Even with "Show Focus Point Name" checked, I still am only seeing the focus point shape, with no name being displayed. Am I missing something? I've never had this issue.
@EAlexander I am only hurting myself with how little I know how to do in photoshop. It keeps popping up as the answer to most of my questions.
@Simon Allan Unfortunately, I am not the most confident with my photoshop skills. Also, I plan to provide some sweeping shots of the rig for my client which would be even more of a challenge if I stick with photoshop.
Attempting to represent an arena-sized crowd with LED wristbands and not sure how to approach this. I'm curious if any of you have done something similar in the past. I'd rather not use an image masked to some kind of object because I'd like to have control over the wristbands - color, intensity, variety. Taking any and all suggestions.
LED Screen Tool - Blow through video wall?
@C. Andrew Dunning I am not dead-set on any particular product but have been basing my measurements of a variety of different pixel pitches and spine styles. I have managed to represent it with the stock LED screen tool though. Thank you for reaching out. On another note - I noticed you are based in Nashville, so am I!


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as they try to hide from the light.
had better come back soon.
to get itself back on properly.
Relieved, I accept its apology.
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Walked down the hill for the paper this morning. Walked back. Enjoyed the walk. Read the paper.
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Chuck Rutenberg
Chuck joined the Rotary Club of Fort Collins in 2001 and served as President in 2007-2008. In 2007 he was honored as "Rotarian of the Year" for District 5440 and has received many club recognitions including the 5 Areas of Service and the Spirit of Rotary Awards. He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and Bequest Society Member. Chuck served as the District Chair for Club Visioning from 2008-2011, the District Grants Committee Chair from 2010 – 2013 as well as a member of various club committees such as Fundraising, Foundation chair and World Community Service. He also served as President of Rocky Mountain RYLA, Chair of RYLA and YRYLA, and senior counselor at both RYLA and YRYLA. Chuck served as is an Assistant Governor for District 5440 from 2010-2013 serving the four Greeley clubs.
He chaired the Club Visioning endeavor for District 5440 from 2008 - 2011, facilitates Rotary Leadership Institute sessions and joined the PETS facilitation team in 2011. He served as a PETS trainer from 2008 – 2012 and as lead trainer for PETS from 2013-2015.
Chuck served as President of the Board for SAINT INC, an alternative transportation organization for seniors in Fort Collins and Loveland, and as the President of the Board for Care Housing Inc., a non-profit organization providing affordable housing in Fort Collins and Windsor, for three years. He spent 31 years working for two Fortune 500 companies and retired this year after 16 years in the Financial Services industry.
He has been married to Lynn for 34 years. They have a son and three daughters, as well as seven grandchildren.
Chuck likes to hike, play golf and is also a nature photographer.


DONGO SAWMILL owner Francis Dongo has put a $150 000 price tag on the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League club's franchise.
Speaking to The Sunday Mail this morning Dongo said the tough economic environment has left him with little choice but to put the club on the market.
"Running a Premiership team has proved daunting for a sole owner like myself.
"Anyone with an offer should come; the door is open to everyone. It has been a headache and I think for the good of soccer someone with the means should come aboard. Anyone with at least $150 000 should come and take over," said Dongo.
Prophet Magaya, who owns Northern Region Division One side Yadah Gunners, has been strongly linked with a move for the club.


Smashbox Arena could have been a great competitive game to play on PS VR, instead it's just another generic VR shooter with an underpopulated online community. While the VR motion tracking is on the positive end of most VR titles and the simplicity makes its accessible to about anyone; the dull gameplay, poor visuals, and overabundance of glitches make it more of a chore to play through than needs to be.
I walked into Smashbox Arena with dread, but I came out realizing that it was more fun than I thought it would be. There's plenty of potential for exciting and silly moments with its simple yet effective gameplay. However, the game frustratingly doesn't take itself further with additional modes, features, and much-needed polish. You could have a good few sessions with friends if everyone happens to own PlayStation VR headsets, but as it stands, Smashbox Arena is a bit hard to recommend.
Smashbox Arena is not the type of game you expect to like. I thought it would be a quick and easy game to write off and call yet another mediocre attempt at utilizing the virtual reality platform. At a glance, it looks like some college programmer's senior project that they hammered out over a couple of semesters.
Smashbox Arena's knockout gameplay is entertaining online – assuming you can find a match. While there is a small community on the servers right now, it's difficult to predict how long that will persist, and thus purchasing is a bit of a risk. Unless you can convince friends to pick up the package, then be warned that the single player content is thin, even if the core gameplay loop is undeniably fun.
If corners were cut with the graphics, they were completely rounded over and sanded down in the music and sound department. There really isn't any music to speak of, and the sound effects are all very basic. There's voice acting, but there really shouldn't be. Line delivery is terrible. The team was definitely not concerned about the aesthetics.
The truth is, even if the servers were packed, it wouldn't do much to save this shooter. Developer Bigbox VR has some interesting ideas though these are bogged down by mediocrity at every corner. You may be able to squeeze a few minutes of fun from Smashbox Arena, but beyond that it's an incredibly hard sell.
Smashbox Arena might be amusing for some multiplayer shenanigans, but it is very rare to find anyone online to play with given the niche base of VR (with PS Move sticks, no less). The story mode is very deceptive and is really just the multiplayer stages with AI enemies and partners, with no story at all. Even the announcer for the matches sounds like he is extremely bored and is about to yawn.
Smashbox Arena is a fun PSVR title that has some great gameplay but can be short-lived.


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Neurona Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data from Lead Cell Therapy Candidate NRTX-1001 at Neuroscience 2021
– IND cleared by the FDA to enable initiation of Phase 1/2 clinical trial of NRTX-1001 in people with drugresistant focal epilepsy
– Supporting preclinical data demonstrate seizure-freedom in up to 68% of the NRTX-1001 treated group
San Francisco, CA, November 8, 2021 – Neurona Therapeutics, a biotherapeutics company advancing restorative neural cell therapies to treat chronic neurological disorders, today announced three presentations of supporting preclinical data for its lead clinical candidate, NRTX-1001, an inhibitory neuronal cell therapy. An Investigational New Drug (IND) application has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enable Neurona to initiate a first-in-human Phase 1/2 clinical trial to evaluate NRTX-1001 in people with drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE).
The data were previewed November 3-7 at Neuroscience 2021, the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, and were presented during the official meeting November 8-11.
"We are excited to advance NRTX-1001 into a first-in-human clinical study in people with chronic MTLE and to share the data that support this pioneering program," said Cory Nicholas, Ph.D., Neurona's president and chief executive officer. "Drug resistant focal epilepsy is a significant unmet medical need, and we believe that Neurona's novel neuronal cell therapy has the potential to provide a new therapeutic solution for people who currently have limited options."
In three presentations, Neurona's scientists reported data that support the clinical development of NRTX-1001 for the treatment of focal seizures. The presentations were part of the session: Antiepileptic Therapies IV, at Neuroscience 2021, and are summarized below:
P152.01: Longitudinal characterization of hippocampal pathology in the intrahippocampal kainate mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy. (D. Traver et al.) Neurona scientists undertook a long-term characterization of the intrahippocampal kainate epilepsy model, a model of pharmacoresistant chronic mesiotemporal seizures. The study was over a year in duration and measured the progression of tissue damage in the mesial temporal lobe, including hippocampus; damage which resembles hallmark mesial temporal sclerosis often observed in people with MTLE. The study establishes a baseline progression of hippocampal damage that has been important in the preclinical characterization of NRTX-1001 and could facilitate the future investigation of other anti-seizure therapeutic candidates.
P152.02: Co-administration of anti-seizure drugs with NRTX-1001 GABAergic interneuron therapy is well-tolerated and effective in mice. (E. Sevilla et al.) Preclinical data were also presented that demonstrated in this same model of focal epilepsy that NTRX-1001 treatment was well-tolerated and maintained efficient interneuron cell engraftment and disease modifying activity when combined with the commonly used antiseizure medications levetiracetam and diazepam.
P152.03: Preclinical development of the human inhibitory interneuron cellular therapeutic NRTX1001 for the treatment of chronic focal epilepsy. (P. Hampel et al.) The data demonstrated that NRTX-1001 transplantation into the hippocampus stably suppressed focal seizures (up to 68% of the cell therapy group became seizure-free, versus zero seizure-freedom observed in the control group) and significantly reduced hippocampal pathology in the mouse model of MTLE over the 7-month study. No unwanted behavioral effects were observed as a result of treatment. Transplanted NRTX-1001 interneuron cells persisted and distributed in the hippocampus throughout the course of the study, and were not proliferative. This work was supported in part by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM TRAN1-11611).
Neurona is now launching a first-in-human multicenter clinical study. Stage 1 will be an openlabel, dose-escalation design to investigate the safety of NRTX-1001 in up to 10 adults with chronic MTLE. Subjects will receive a single administration of the NRTX-1001 cellular therapeutic. The primary endpoints of the proposed clinical study are safety and tolerability however, other secondary endpoints will be evaluated, including changes in seizure frequency and severity, quality of life and neuropsychological outcomes. Stage 2, which will start after the completion of Stage 1, will be a double-blind sham-controlled study in approximately 30 subjects with chronic MTLE.
About MTLE
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) primarily affects the internal structures of the temporal lobe, where seizures often begin in a structure called the hippocampus. MTLE is the most common type of focal epilepsy. For people with seizures resistant to drugs, epilepsy surgery - where the damaged temporal lobe is surgically removed or ablated by laser - can be an option for some. However, these current surgical options are not available or effective for all, are tissue-destructive, and can have significant adverse effects.
About NRTX-1001
NRTX-1001 is an inhibitory nerve cell therapy derived from human pluripotent stem cells. The nerve cells, called interneurons, secrete the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Delivered as a one-time dose, the human interneurons are intended to integrate and innervate on-target, providing long-term GABAergic inhibition to repair hyperexcitable neural networks that underlie epilepsy, as well as other disorders of the nervous system.
About Neurona
Neurona's cell therapies have single-dose curative potential. Based on a novel neural cell lineage developed by the company's scientific founders, Neurona has built a robust regenerative platform and is developing off-the-shelf, allogeneic neuronal, glial, and gene-edited cell therapy candidates that provide long-term integration and repair of dysfunctional neural networks for multiple neurological disorders. For more information about Neurona, visit www.neuronatherapeutics.com
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Senior Housing Occupancy Stable in Q3 Amid Building Boom
Calvin Schnure
The senior housing business is in the midst of a building boom the likes of which we have not seen for a couple of decades. The current construction pipeline is 6.1 percent of the existing stock, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC), and the wave of new facilities coming on line has raised concerns about the sector's fundamentals in the quarters and years ahead. Indeed, the new supply has already had some impact on the market, as the occupancy rate of senior housing properties was 88.8 percent in the third quarter. Although this is unchanged from the prior quarter, it is 1.4 percentage points below the cyclical high of 90.2 percent reached in 2014. (More information from the NIC is available here).
There's some simple math behind these supply concerns that compares growth of the stock of senior housing to growth of the 80- to 94-year population, the age group most commonly associated with senior living. The inventory of senior housing properties has been increasing at 4 percent per year, but the population aged 80-94 is only rising at a 1.1 percent rate (blue bar, right side, in chart). That seems to spell trouble.
But there seems to be something wrong with this simple math, for it would imply occupancy rates would be dropping nearly three percentage points per year, as this is the margin between the growth of supply and the growth of the 80+ age population. In fact, however, occupancy rates slipped just 1.4 percentage points over three years. What can explain this discrepancy?
The answer can be found in the choices that older Americans are making about where to live, which have been undergoing a major transformation over the past two to three decades. Facilitating these changes has been the rise of modern retirement communities like those owned and operated by Health Care REITs. These communities offer a much wider range of amenities and services than did the choices available a generation or two ago, when most of those living in a senior facility did so because of medical and nursing needs. Now, however, with the growth of both independent living and assisted living facilities, these developments truly are communities, and many have vibrant social scenes and activities. Not only are more and more older Americans living in retirement communities than ever before, they are also moving in at younger ages. (See our analysis of changes in demographics driving the senior housing sector, Demographic and Financial Determinants of Housing Choice in Retirement and the Rise of Senior Living, Calvin Schnure and Shruthi Venkatesh, 2015).
The influx of younger seniors into retirement living is bolstering demand beyond what the 80+ population alone would provide. While the population aged 80-94 has been growing at just over one percent, the population aged 75 to 79 years has been increasing at more than 2½ percent per year, and the 70 to 74 age group has been increasing faster than 4 percent. Net absorption in senior housing in the third quarter was 3.2 percent of the existing stock (annual rate), which tied the previous quarter for the fastest pace since the NIC began gathering data in 2006—and likely benefitted from demand from these younger seniors. Rents increased in the third quarter at a 2.7 percent annual rate. This is a deceleration from recent quarters, but continued rent growth above the rate of inflation indicates that the growing demand, including from younger seniors, is indeed supporting the market during the construction boom.
The rapid growth of the modern retirement community today comes just as the leading edge of the Baby Boom generation is beginning to retire. While most Boomers may be years away from selling the family homestead, the population age 75 and over is projected to grow more than twice as fast over the decade to come as it has over the past five years (green bars in chart). Many of these households may choose to live in a retirement community, including those operated by the Health Care REITs, in the not-too-distant future. The senior housing sector may be facing a wave of new supply, but there is plenty of demand not too far over the horizon, too.
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Q: JMeter issues when running large number of threads I'm testing using Apache's Jmeter, I'm simply accessing one page of my companies website and turning up the number of users until it reaches a threshold, the problem is that when I get to around 3000 threads JMeter doesn't run all of them.  Looking at the Aggregate Graph
it only runs about 2,536 (this number varies but is always around here) of them.
The partial run comes with the following exception in the logs:
01:16 ERROR - jmeter.JMeter: Uncaught exception:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: unable to create new native thread
    at java.lang.Thread.start0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Thread.start(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.jmeter.threads.ThreadGroup.start(ThreadGroup.java:293)
    at org.apache.jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine.startThreadGroup(StandardJMeterEngine.java:476)
    at org.apache.jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine.run(StandardJMeterEngine.java:395)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

This behavior is consistent. In addition one of the times JMeter crashed in the middle outputting a file that said:
# There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue.
# Native memory allocation (malloc) failed to allocate 32756 bytes for ChunkPool::allocate
# Possible reasons:
#   The system is out of physical RAM or swap space
#   In 32 bit mode, the process size limit was hit
# Possible solutions:
#   Reduce memory load on the system
#   Increase physical memory or swap space
#   Check if swap backing store is full
#   Use 64 bit Java on a 64 bit OS
#   Decrease Java heap size (-Xmx/-Xms)
#   Decrease number of Java threads
#   Decrease Java thread stack sizes (-Xss)
#   Set larger code cache with -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=
# This output file may be truncated or incomplete.
#
#  Out of Memory Error (allocation.cpp:211), pid=10748, tid=11652
#
# JRE version: 6.0_31-b05
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (20.6-b01 mixed mode, sharing windows-x86 )

Any ideas?
I tried changing the heap size in jmeter.bat, but that didn't seem to help at all.

A: I had a similar issue and increased the heap size in jmeter.bat to 1024M and that fixed the issue.
set HEAP=-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m

A: For the JVM, if you read hprof it gives you some solutions among which are:

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*switch to a 64 bits jvm ( > 6_u25)

*with this you will be able to allocate more Heap (-Xmx) , ensure you have this RAM

*reduce Xss with:

-Xss256k

Then for JMeter, follow best-practices:

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*http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/best-practices.html

*http://www.ubik-ingenierie.com/blog/jmeter_performance_tuning_tips/
Finally ensure you use last JMeter version.

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*Use linux OS preferably

*Tune the TCP stack, limits
Success will depend on your machine power (cpu and memory) and your test plan.
If this is not enough (for 3000 threads it should be OK), you may need to use distributed testing

A: Increasing the heap size in jmeter.bat works fine
set HEAP=-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m
OR
you can do something like below if you are using jmeter.sh:
JVM_ARGS="-Xms512m -Xmx1024m" jmeter.sh etc.

A: I ran into this same problem and the only solution that helped me is: https://stackoverflow.com/a/26190804/5796780
proper 100k threads on linux:
ulimit -s  256
ulimit -i  120000
echo 120000 > /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max
echo 600000 > /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count
echo 200000 > /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max

If you don't have root access:
echo 200000 | sudo dd of=/proc/sys/kernel/pid_max

A: JVM is simply not capable of running so many threads. And even if it is, JMeter will consume a lot of CPU resources to purely switch contexts. In other words, above some point you are not benchmarking your web application but the client computer, hosting JMeter.
You have few choices:

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*experiment with JVM options, e.g. decrease default -Xss512K to something smaller

*run JMeter in a cluster

*use tools taking radically different approach like Gatling

A: After increasing Xms et Xmx heap size, I had to make my Java run in 64 bits mode. In jmeter.bat :
set JM_LAUNCH=java.exe -d64

Obviously, you need to run a 64 bits OS and have installed Java 64 bits (see https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp)

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The Philippines only joined the Non-Aligned Movement in 1993, thirty-two years after its inception and at the nadir of its geo-political relevance.
Today however, both the concept of non-alignment and the Non-Aligned Movement itself, offer countries throughout the world the best opportunity to achieve the benefits of the "win-win" mentality that is associated with the 21st century—China's century.
Into this framework, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has in his first year and a half in power demonstrated a clear model for non-alignment in the 21st century and one which if implemented across South East Asia, could help to further transform the region into the most economically and diplomatically dynamic in the world.
The Non-Aligned Movement was formally founded in 1961, based on an earlier initiative from 1956 that was inaugurated by Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Indonesian President Sukarno, Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru and Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah. The movement did not have a defined ideology in the way that the bloc of formal US, Soviet and Chinese allies had during the Cold War era. Instead the non-aligned bloc came to be seen as a diverse set of nations across multiple continents that sought to develop outside of the geo-political tutelage of any one superpower.
The group's diverse make-up ranged from Indonesia which in the Suharto era became increasingly pro-American, North Korea which was stridently anti-American while remaining on good terms with both the USSR and China in spite of the Sino-Soviet split, Egypt which in 1961 was a Soviet ally but by the 1980s became a western ally, as well as India which was a de-facto Soviet ally, but one continually courted by the United States. Cuba, in spite of its formal Soviet alignment, was also a leading state of the Non-Aligned movement, as Castro felt that membership of the Movement helped to draw Cuba closer to the developing post-colonial world whose liberation was continually championed by Havana.
Between 1965 and 1986, The Philippines was ruled by Ferdinand Marcos which meant that Manila was Washington's closet "ally" in the region. When Marcos was toppled in favour of Corazon "Cory" Aquino, it marked the beginning of a lengthy transition phase for The Philippines whereby both the stability and authoritarianism of the Marcos era gave way to a period of open democracy which was set off with as a series of ineffective leaders who remained largely dependent on Washington.
The election of former Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte as President in 2016 marked the beginning of a new era for Philippines that rejected the slavishly pro-American lethargy of the 1990s and early 2000s, while also avoiding the equal and opposite pro-American tendencies of the Marcos era.
Duterte has not alienated The Philippines from its traditional US ally, but instead has been able to turn Philippines into a model of non-alignment for a new era. As such, Duterte can already be named as one of the most important modern Filipino leaders.
Investment from Beijing into The Philippines has already increased as a result and The Philippines looks to play an important role in China's Belt and Road.


Tottenham 0, Crystal Palace 1: Alan Pardew backs Wilfried Zaha for a place in England's Euro 2016 squad after Eagles dump Spurs out of FA Cup | City A.M.
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew tipped winger Wilfried Zaha for England's Euro 2016 squad after they inflicted Tottenham's first defeat in nine games in the FA Cup on Sunday.
Zaha teed up right-back Martin Kelly for the game's only goal in first-half stoppage time as the Eagles set up a quarter-final against Championship outfit Reading, Pardew's former club.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, meanwhile, refused to blame a fixture pile-up for the end of his team's treble hopes and quickly turned his attention to this week's Europa League visit of Fiorentina.
Spurs midfielder Dele Alli twice saw efforts cleared off the line before Kelly scored: first Yohan Cabaye stopped his diving header and then his scuffed shot hit both posts before being scrambled away.
Tottenham right-back Kyle Walker was indebted to Michel Vorm's desperate save for preventing his header resulting in an own goal, but the goalkeeper was beaten when Kelly rifled high past him at the near post.


On behalf of Brad Johnson, Tony Cawthon, and myself, we invite you to consider submitting a manuscript proposal for the Special Issue Manuscript: LGBTQ+ Student Experience in Campus Housing that we are co-editing.
Please find the official call from ACUHO-I below; you can also find more information at this link.
We look forward to hopefully hearing from you soon and reviewing your proposals.
Manuscripts in this special issue will explore topics related to the experience of LGBTQ+ students in campus housing. We welcome manuscripts from a broad range of perspectives, but the focus should remain on the residential setting.
Learn more online. For consideration in this special issue, an initial one-page abstract must be submitted electronically by April 19, 2019. Notification of selection will be made by April 22 and the first draft of the full manuscripts will be due June 10. Selected manuscripts will be featured in a digitally published issue of the Journal in 2020.


When you decide to finally exercise and get physically fit, then this is the best time to plan for an effective workout plan for you to start with. Most of the beginners don't know what to do first, and others may feel embarrassed due to their lack of experience. It does not mean that if you are not enrolled in a certain training program, not having a membership card on the gym or any aerobic equipment on your own, then you cannot start it on your own way. The fact that you have decided to be physically fit is the first step of achieving your fitness goals.
The first thing you need to do is to make a workout plan. How? Pick a pen and a paper, write down your goal. Set a schedule of your sessions, this will include the specific days, the workout range, the target time, the duration and the kind of exercise you will do. Like for example, make Monday as your first day of session and add your preferred time so as to keep track on your sessions. It is advised to have your first sessions at your own home and just do the low intensity exercises for your body to slowly adapt with this simple movements and stretches. There are wide varieties of workout exercises that can be found online to guide you. Dancing is also a great way to begin your session. Watch a video or zumba sessions in youtube, follow them and slowly you will notice you are already sweating. Dancing and zumba only requires you to dance, so if you love dancing, then this may be the best starter for you.
If you decide to go outside or have an outdoor workout, then you can have an hour of brisk walking, a simple jogging and track your time and distance travelled. You can use the app on your smartphone when tracking your time and distance travelled. Another great way for an outdoor exercise is biking. So if you have one, then do not hesitate to grab and take a spin outside, ideally half an hour of pedaling is a breath of fresh air. These aerobic exercises will keep your heart healthy and pumping and can also elevate your breathing. An hour of this exercise is a great start for your work out plan. There are many wide range benefits that you may not notice on the first day, but with continued process, then you will surely reach the goal you've set.
Body weight resistance exercises are great alternative for aerobic exercises as well. This includes pushups, lunges, squats, and also the weight lifting exercise. Watch video tutorials at home for you to start this with. Body weight exercises helps you muscle tighten and does a lot of improvement for its strength if done properly and regularly, this can also help you have a toned muscle and can make your body in good shape.
The above mentioned workout plans are just your guide to begin with your goal. Keep your goal in your head everytime you workout so that this may serve as your everyday motivation. The key to a successful workout plan is to keep moving, never quit until you obtain the fitness goal you have been dreaming of.


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Satellite Image Reveals Spread of a Megacity
By Jennifer Welsh published 17 May 11
A German satellite image provides a detailed view of Istanbul from more than 300 miles (500 kilometers) up. There is dense housing where yellow is predominates. In the city itself, only a few areas remain undeveloped and are thus shown in green. (Image credit: DLR)
A newly released satellite image reveals Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey at 15 million inhabitants, is quickly becoming a "megacity" covering almost 700 square miles (1,800 square kilometers).
"Megacities let us take a look into our future, when we have to expect that cities that today have 'only' two to five million inhabitants will grow at an explosive rate," Hannes Taubenböck, of DLR's German Remote Sensing Data Center, said in a statement.
In this image, acquired by the German Aerospace Agency's TerraSAR-X radar satellite, the populated urban areas are colored yellow because the city's buildings reflect the satellite's signals, giving an accurate view of its immensity. [Amazing Science Images]
The city's airport is clearly visible in the bottom left corner of the image — the darker blue color indicates where there are few buildings around the runways. Even the boats are visible dotting the city's surrounding seas.
Over time, the population and urban sprawl of Istanbul has expanded immensely. The top image shows the population spread in 1975, the middle in 1990 and the bottom image is from 2010. (Image credit: DLR)
The Bosphorus Suspension Bridge and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, built in 1973 and 1988, respectively, have enabled its population to expand across the Bosphorus Strait, the stretch of water extending from the Black Sea at the top to the Sea of Marmara at the bottom.
"These connections to the city center on the European side have generated enormous growth on the Asian side," Taubenböck said. "Over the last 35 years, the area of Istanbul has tripled."
Radar satellites like TerraSAR-X, which was launched in 2007, are useful because they can "see" through clouds and darkness, while typical remote-sensing instruments rely on visible light.
You can follow LiveScience staff writer Jennifer Welsh on Twitter @microbelover. Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter @livescience and on Facebook.
Jennifer Welsh
Jennifer Welsh is a Connecticut-based science writer and editor with several years of bench work in cancer research and anti-viral drug discovery under her belt. She has previously written for Science News, VerywellHealth, The Scientist, Discover Magazine, WIRED Science, and Business Insider.
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Mars becomes TFT member and announces 'No deforestation' push across commodities
News Mar 10, 2014
New policy targets palm oil, pulp and paper, beef and soy
We are pleased to announce that global confectioner Mars has become a TFT palm oil member and will work with us to build greater transparency in its palm oil supply chain. Mars has committed to achieving a fully traceable supply to known mills by the end of 2014, helping to prevent deforestation in its operations. Mars has also outlined a wider deforestation policy that also focuses on pulp and paper, beef and soy.
Over the coming months TFT and Mars teams will work hand-in-hand with suppliers in mills and plantations to implement the palm oil policy. Suppliers will be supported to understand the requirements of the policy and ensure their supply, including that from smallholders, is from a responsible, deforestation-free source.
Mars' palm oil policy includes the protection of high carbon stock forest, high conservation value forests and peatlands. It also pledges to protect the rights of communities and workers whilst also minimising the company's carbon footprint. TFT director Bastien Sachet says: "Transforming the palm oil industry requires innovative collaboration. Having suppliers and brands like Mars work as one team instead of rejecting responsibility over palm oil sustainability is an example of this ambition. This is what brings efficiency and produces innovative solutions. We are in it together to solve the problem."
Mars' deforestation policy identifies pulp and paper, beef and soy as the three other commodities that pose the greatest risk of deforestation. Mars will publish individual policies and action plans on these commodities by the end of 2014, and these are likely to include working towards a 100% traceable supply where relevant, asking suppliers to publicly commit to the policies, and walking away from those who don't.
Bastien Sachet continues: "It is hugely encouraging to see a global leader like Mars take a robust stance on deforestation, not least because of the effect this will have on improving practices across a number of commodities. This will provide a strong blueprint to inspire others."
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Heroe's Day in DR Congo in 2024
Heroe's Day
Laurent Kabila and Patrice Lumumba are honoured on DR Congo Heroes' Day.
How long until Heroe's Day?
Dates of Heroe's Day in DR Congo
2024 Jan 16, Jan 17
DR CongoWed, Jan 17National Holiday
DR CongoTue, Jan 16National Holiday
DR CongoMon, Jan 16National Holiday
DR CongoSun, Jan 16National Holiday
DR CongoSat, Jan 16National Holiday
DR CongoFri, Jan 17National Holiday
DR CongoThu, Jan 16National Holiday
Heroes' Day in DR Congo is two days of public holidays to commemorate the deaths of two former Presidents
When is Heroes' Day?
National Heroes' Day is observed on two consecutive days in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
On January 16th, President Laurent Kabila is honoured and on 17th, Patrice Lumumba is honoured. Both days are observed on the date of their deaths.
Laurent Kabila
Laurent-Désiré Kabila was an important figure in the Congolese revolution who moved in politics, serving as the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from May 17th 1997, when he overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko.
Kabila was assassinated in his office by one of his bodyguards on January 16th 2001. He was succeeded eight days later by his son Joseph.
When the Republic of the Congo gained independence from Belgium in June 1960, Patrice Émery Lumumba was elected as the country's first Prime Minister. Only three months later, he was ousted from power in a coup and was sent to prison under orders by his chief-of-staff Joseph-Desiré Mobutu.
On January 17th 1961, Lumumba was killed by a firing squad from the Katangan authorities, a secessionist mineral-rich region.


emerging from a gently rolling hill in the algarve region of southern portugal is the casa zauia designed by portuguese studio mario martins atelier. the home is a direct translation of the various design restrictions present in this area while posing as a modern piece of architecture. the rectangular form originates from within the topography and projects out until floating over the landscape, supported upon angled tube steel columns. the rooms are organized in a linear fashion with views and access to a southern-facing deck shaded by the roof plane above that completes the overall shape of the structure. in front of the house, a long pool is oriented towards the nearby lagos bay, visually pouring into the blue ocean water in the distance. vegetation is allowed to form part of the house, free to grow underneath it and eventually over the roof that continues natural grade.


A sixty-seven-year-old man died on Friday while surfing Jakes Point at Kalbarri in northwest WA.
Les 'Noro' Norish was reportedly paddling back out after getting barrelled when he suffered a heart attack and passed away. He is the second surfer to die in the northwest in 2016, after a fifty-five-year-old man fatally struck the reef at Gnaraloo back in May.
Originally from Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Mr Norish moved to Kalbarri in the early 90s and became an integral and much-loved member of the local surf community, where he was known affectionately as 'Old Spice'. A lifelong surfer, he shaped and repaired boards for many surfers in the area and was known for his fond dedication to the early morning dawn session.
Local Kalbarri pro Ry Craike was one of many surfers to take to social media to pay tribute to the respected goofy-footer.
'We lost a local legend of our area yesterday morning at Jakes, Les was always there for the dawny and got more barrelled than any other sixty-seven-year-old I've ever known. Les shaped me as well as a lot of the other lads from this town our first boards when we were micro groms and played a solid part in the surfers we turned out to be today. You passed away doing what you loved getting barrelled at the point!! Your spirit will live on mate!' he posted on Instagram.
A group of Mr Norish's friends from his native Sunshine Coast also gathered at Moffatt Beach Headland on Friday night to share some beers in memory of their mate.
Tracks would like to extend our dearest condolences to all Mr Norish's friends and family and wish Old Spice luck on his journey to that great left-hand barrel in the sky.


Homepage > Certified Carpet Cleaner - Does it Mean Anything?
Would you be shocked to discover that most carpet cleaning corporations have no formal training? They may be not required to be licensed? That there's no requirement for providers to have any certification what so ever? Is Coaching and certification critical? Following all, isn't carpet cleaning a "menial" job any individual can perform?
Essentially, a carpet cleaning professional is operating with just about the most valuable assets inside your home. Must it be trusted with just any person? However, the carpet cleaning industry is full of "rogues" that only care about just how much cash they could get from you, and nothing at all in regards to the life of your carpeting. They don't care in regards to the industry in which they function.
Have you ever noticed that in lots of states, Air conditioning firms, Plumbers, and Pest Control companies are essential to be licensed? Not so for carpet cleaners. Fortunately for you personally and for me, there are fine individuals in the carpet cleaning market that realize the typical should be raised. These of us in that approach support to police our personal business. To be able to do this, associations and certification organizations were produced.
One particular such organization would be the IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and restoration Certification). This organization delivers certification courses and exams for the carpet cleaning business. By attending these courses, carpet cleaners are taught about fiber identification, carpet construction, cleaning chemistry, cleaning methods, and professionalism.
Understand more right here on https://certifiedcarpetcleaning.ca/.
Carpet Manufactures are also monitoring the circumstance also, and this is the reason in case you have somebody that is NOT IICRC Certified clean your carpet, do not clean your carpet ever 12 months, or clean it yourself you'll void your built in warranty from the manufacture. Carpet manufactures also will void your warranty should you use any other cleaning strategy apart from "HOT WATER EXTRACTION."
There are numerous levels of certification: Certified Technician, Journeyman Technician, and Master Cleaning Technician which needs a variety of certification categories and 3 years of study.
So, the question remains - "Does it imply anything?" Yes,yes,yes! It signifies a good deal! It implies that the certified firm is on the cutting edge of technology and alter inside the industry. It implies that a certified firm knows the best method to apply cleaning procedures and chemistry. It means that the certified firm is operating together with other certified firms to raise the typical of carpet cleaning normally, therefore supplying you having a larger high-quality solution.


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Q: heap corruption when using pin_ptr to copy from native code to managed code I am trying to copy unsigned short from native code to managed code, but I get a heap corruption when calling memcpy.
INPUT: unsigned short* input
OUTPUT: array<unsigned short> output

I have the following code and if I set testDataSize is 100 then I don't see corruption.
Could someone please shed some light ?
Thanks,
typedef unsigned short uns16;

// DLL Entry Point
void main()
{
    int testDataSize = 600;
    int frSize = testDataSize / 2;

    for (int j = 0; j < 1; j++)
    {
        uns16* input;
        array<uns16>^ output1;
        array<uns16>^ output2;

        input = new uns16(frSize);
        output1 = gcnew array <uns16>(frSize);
        output2 = gcnew array <uns16>(frSize);

        // initialize
        for (int i = 0; i < frSize; i++)
        {
            input[i] = i;
        }

        //test 1
        Stopwatch^ sw1 = Stopwatch::StartNew();
        //-------------------------------------------------------------------
        array<short>^ frameDataSigned = gcnew array<short>(frSize);
        Marshal::Copy(IntPtr((void*)(input)), frameDataSigned, 0, frameDataSigned->Length);
        System::Buffer::BlockCopy(frameDataSigned, 0, output1, 0, (Int32)(frSize) * 2);
        //-------------------------------------------------------------------
        auto res1 = sw1->ElapsedTicks;

        //test 2
        Stopwatch^ sw2 = Stopwatch::StartNew();
        //-------------------------------------------------------------------
        cli::pin_ptr<uns16> pinnedManagedData = &output2[0];
        memcpy(pinnedManagedData, (void*)(input), frSize * sizeof(uns16));
        //-------------------------------------------------------------------
        auto res2 = sw2->ElapsedTicks;
....

A: int frSize = 300;
input = new uns16(frSize);

This doesn't allocate an array. It allocates a single uint16_t, and sets its value to 300. You need to use square brackets to allocate an array.
input = new uns16[frSize];


Talk to the peasant Thomas to purchase grain. Talk to the miller, and he will convert your grain to flour for 5 gold each. Next to the miller is the bread seller. Either sell her the flour for a profit of 3 gold each or bake it to bread. Go to town, and sell the bread to the cook to get a 5 gold profit.
Brilliant: Find 30 rainbow-tinted shells.
Captain: Build your own ship.
Careful: Help your sister make a necklace.
Clever: Acquire two areas of knowledge.
Detective: Help the miller get back his lost grain.
Excellent crabber: Find 40 crabs.
Excellent diver: Find 25 pearls.
Excellent looter: Find 180 eggs.
Excellent mushroom-picker: Find 200 mushrooms.
Excellent searcher: Find 60 lost crates and barrels.
Explorer: Find the ancient gold armor.
Gatherer: Gather 15 baskets of berries.
Good-hearted: Give 12 charitable gifts.
Helpful: Help any fisherman in the village.
Herbalist: Gather 10 sacks of herbs.
Hunter: Hunt down 10 wild animals.
In love: Meet your true love.
Master fisherman: Catch 160 fish.
Master gatherer: Gather 40 baskets of berries.
Master herbalist: Gather 25 sacks of herbs.
Master hunter: Hunt down 25 wild animals.
Master thief: Pick 25 locks.
Powerful: Get the Crown of Power.
Prosperous: Own 1,000 gold coins.
Savior: Clear the city of zombies.
Searcher: Find 25 lost crates and barrels.
Snake killer: Kill 15 snakes.
Spider killer: Kill 15 spiders.
Wealthy: Own 3,000 gold coins.
Wise: Acquire five areas of knowledge.


Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) receives many requests to participate in film/television/video/photographic projects, both in an on-camera capacity and as an off-camera 'behind-the-scenes' service. Each request is considered on its merit, having regard to the potential benefits and any effect participation could have on FRNSW response capability.
To streamline your request, a Questionnaire for Filming Agency (Docx) is available as a Word document. Please return your completed questionnaire to the email on the form, along with the relevant pages of script, treatment or script outline. This will provide sufficient information for us to assess your proposal.
If your proposal progresses, we may later require: Evidence of Public Liability cover for minimum $10 million for any single claim A 'Letter of Agreement' - a legal document signed by both parties that sets out conditions for approval of filming proposal and realisation of final product.


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KAV Trio: Outta' Here!
Outta' Here released in Philadelphia on the 4th of July 2010, is the debut recording by the KAV trio, featuring Anthony Viscounte on vibraphone and marimba, Mark Amentt on bass, Sean J. Kennedy on drumset and percussion, with guest artist Paul Vasquez on guitar. This collective effort pays tribute to former Philadelphia Phillies announcer Harry Kalas. The seven compositions on this disc span a variety of genres and depict a special aspect of the Philadelphia Phillies, Kalas, and the special 2008 World Series Championship run.
Outta' Here is a memorable listening experience with seven well conceived, original compositions for jazz trio (vibes/marimba, bass and drums). The recording itself has a nice organic sound and feel to it, like old-school analog.
The first track, Phunky Phanatic, is swingin' New Orleans style funk tune with a nice, upbeat feel, featuring Viscounte on the vibraphone, backed by bass, drums and guitar ... and some cowbell.
Bullpen Blues is a dirty 12/8 blues tune featuring Viscounte on marimba and Amentt on upright bass. There's also some greasy tambourine (and drum) playing by Kennedy,
Clearwater Morning is a bouncy, yet peaceful, tune based on the traditional "Gaelic Beannacht" melody covered by the vibes. Definitely left me with that 'spring is in the air' sense of happiness.
Howard's Homers is a hoppin' 12-bar blues shuffle with an added 8-bar bridge on the head of the tune, and features the entire trio. After the vibraphone solo, Kennedy integrates a 12/8 cascara bell pattern during the electric bass solo, and does some tasty hi-hat work in the bridge sections. He also trades fours with the band before taking them back to the head. The tune is sandwiched between crowd noise and cheers.
October Wind lives up to its name, giving that cool chill one would experience up north towards the end of the baseball season. Some nice tension and release throughout the composition, making use of assorted textures and dynamics, as well as major and minor tonality shifts.
The Curse of Billy Penn is the most contemporary sounding tune on the album, fusing jazz, latin and funk with a marimba/vibraphone duo melody, bass, guitar and drums, plus a full arsenal of percussion instruments finger cymbals, timbales, shekere, congas, wind chimes, gong, cowbell and more.
Outta' Here! (Tribute to Harry Kalas) is a jazzy, mid-tempo Caribbean tune once again featuring Viscounte on the vibraphone, and accompanied by electric bass and guitar, drums, and an assortment of percussion including congas, shaker, and triangle.
Anthony Viscounte and Sean J. Kennedy not only showcase their compositional skills, sharing the writing duties on the entire album, but also do a fine job in their solo and supportive performance roles.
Outta' Here will most certainly be viewed as a home-run among percussion and jazz enthusiasts, and since it never pushes the envelope, is sure to never hear "foul" from non-jazz listener. For the baseball / jazz fan ... the album will truly be Outta' Here!
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1940 U.S. Census for Rosie Salas and her mother Victoria. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
Yesterday, I stated that the May 2013 discovery of the marriage records for my grandmother Rosie Salas and my grandfather Benjamin Robledo (1919-1990) was the first brickwall I overcame in the 15 years I have been trying to find information about my lost grandmother's birthplace and family.
In going back through my research records for Rosie after I published that post, I realized that I had actually discovered the 1940 and 1930 U.S. Census records for Rosie almost a year prior in July 2012, and had even saved those records. But those census records were just hunches, because I had absolutely no other information to corroborate against the biographical and family data provided about Rosie on those two censuses. I had been blindly searching for any Rosie (or Rosa or Rose) Salas born in Arizona since her Arizona birth was the only biographical information Rosie passed down to my father.
The marriage record was the first source I found that confirmed the information I had found in those two census records. My hunch had been right. This appears to be the same Rosie Salas, at about the same age, with a mother named Victoria Jimenez.
The family lived on rural Highway 99 in Coachella (Riverside County), California.
Rosie (Rosa) was 15 years old, single, attending school (8th grade the highest grade completed), and not working. She was reportedly born in Arizona.
Her mother Victoria Jimenez was the head of household, 48 years old, widowed, had completed up to the 5th grade, was not working, and had no income. She was reportedly born in New Mexico.
A Richard Coleman is listed as Victoria's son, meaning Rosie's brother. He was 29 years old, single, had completed up to the 7th grade, and was unemployed for 2 weeks looking for work as a farm laborer. He was reportedly born in New Mexico.
A David Coleman is also listed as Victoria's son, meaning Rosie's brother. He was 25 years old, single, had completed up to the 6th grade, and was employed as a farm laborer. He was reportedly born in New Mexico.
The entire household lived in Phoenix, Arizona on 01 April 1935, but not on a farm.
1930 U.S. Census for Rosie Salas and her mother. Courtesy of Ancestry.com.
The family lived on 23 Avenue in Orme (Maricopa County), Arizona, in a rented home on a farm.
Rosie (Rosa) is listed under the surname Coleman (due to her brother being head of household), was 6 years old, attending school, but not yet able to read or write, Mexican race. Reportedly born in Arizona, with her mother and father born in New Mexico.
Victoria is listed under the surname Coleman (due to her son being head of household), was 39 years old, widowed, able to read and write, able to speak English (Mexican race), and not working. Reportedly born in New Mexico, with parents born in New Mexico.
Victoria's oldest son Richard (Ricardo) Coleman is listed as the head of household, 19 years old, single, not attending school or college, able to read wand write, able to speak English (Mexican race), and employed as a general farm laborer. Reportedly born in New Mexico, with parents born in New Mexico.
Victoria's younger son David Coleman was 16 years old, single, not attending school or college, able to read and write, able to speak English (Mexican race), and employed as a general farm laborer. Reportedly born in New Mexico, with parents born in New Mexico.
Richard also supported three young cousins who lived with them: Albina Mate (11), Clara Mate (9), Jauna Mate (5). All reportedly born in New Mexico, with parents born in New Mexico.
My father does not recall his mother ever mentioning brothers, particularly with a surname like Coleman. But it sounds like Richard and David might have been half-brothers to Rosie, born to Virginia and a previous husband with the last name Coleman.


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Dana & Susan Robinson
Dana & Susan Robinson's mix of original songs, traditional songs, and tunes always makes for a great night's entertainment. They describe themselves as "two guitar-playing, banjo-frailing, fiddle-sawing, and harmony-singing interpreters of the American experience." Their latest album, 2016's "The Angel's Share," features 8 original songs by Dana, two traditional songs, and two covers, Karen Simon's "Allene's Walz" and Derrol Adam's "The Sky." The songs have threads of Celtic, country blues, Cajun, and old-time music running through them. Great stuff!
Find more about them at www.robinsongs.com.
Friday, June 2nd, 2017 - 8:00 pm
Fiddle and Bow Event
Eric Taylor Mini-Festival at Muddy Creek Music Hall


Scored another great find at Target the other other day. They are starting to carry more fun bento making supplies, from bento boxes to cute little sandwich cutters. The one I purchase is either an apple or a bell pepper. I chose to go with apple, well at least for this lunch.


If you bought a Windows laptop or tablet recently, or are looking to buy one this holiday, there may be a chance that your device shipped with an unsupported version of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system. Because Microsoft delayed its latest version of Windows, PC manufacturers creating Always-Connected PCs powered by Qualcomm's ARM-based Snapdragon chipsets had to make the untenable decision to either halt shipments of laptops until Microsoft's operating system was ready or ship their machines with an unsupported version of Windows.
The problem stems from Microsoft halting its Windows 10 October 2018 Update, which has a build number of 1809, after widespread reports that the software introduced new problems, such as bugs with drivers and a glitch that deleted user files after the update was installed. Though Microsoft is calling this major Windows 10 release as its "October 2018 Update," the company still has not announced when the software will be re-released to consumers after pulling the update last month, which is creating problems for manufacturers creating Windows on ARM systems.
If you look at Microsoft's official support documentation for versions of Windows and processors, the 850 is only designed to run on 1809 which is, right now, the Schrodinger's version of Windows. Which means that the devices that are being sold today, with a Snapdragon 850, are shipping with an untested iteration of Windows." It's unclear how the user experience will translate to the Always-Connected PC platform's success in the future, as Microsoft is only in the early stages of diversifying Windows' existence beyond the x86 processors from Intel and AMD.
The Always-Connected PC platform was, in large part, designed to allow slim, lightweight notebooks and tablets to compete against the iPad and Chromebooks with long battery life, access to Windows apps, and ship with an LTE modem to reduce reliance on Wi-Fi for internet connections. The problem with the delayed Windows update isn't limited to Windows on ARM systems. Manufacturers of machines running AMD or Intel chipsets are also affected by the delayed October 2018 Update, according to Petri, since they cannot launch the new systems if the machine's marketing materials advertise new features found only in the October 2018 Update.
I had no idea what that meant but yeah, now that i know, you are right.
Perfect example of how Microsoft unilaterally does things that mess things up badly for others. In this case, again, it is the user that pays the price.
People want stability. They don't want a perpetual beta that causes endless problems.


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Bill might legalize medical cannabis oil in Oklahoma
Posted 10:16 pm, February 3, 2015, by Leslie Rangel
OKLAHOMA CITY,Okla. -- A medicine linked to marijuana could soon be legal in the Sooner State.
The lawmaker says this is not a bill to legalize marijuana. The author of Katie's Law says many people want to associate it with a step towards legalizing marijuana, but he makes it clear that it is anything but that.
Instead, it's a medicine, a hope for his family that could mean the difference between life and death.
"I wish that she could be healed," Steven Dodson says about his 10-year-old sister Katie, who suffers from Dravet syndrome, a pediatric type of epilepsy.
"Then all the sudden at 6 months of age, she had a seizure that lasted almost 2 hours and it almost killed her," Kelli Dodson, Katie's mother remembers. She describes having a normal pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Video shows a 2007 seizure Katie had. It's one of 12 she has can get daily without her medication.
"She has been on over 20 medications in her life, she's had brain surgery a couple of times, nothing has worked," Kelli Dodson said.
Her current medications impair her speech and basic skills, and warn of side-effects like sudden death.
"It makes her different, and I would just like her to have other friends and to be able to play at the speed that other kids could play at and to be able to run around," Steven says.
A new bill HB 2154, authored by Katie's uncle State Rep. Jon Echols, would offer a small glimmer of hope.
"Katie's Law is a bill that would allow children with severe epilepsy to take an oil, CBD with below .3 THC," Echols says.
You may know it as cannabis oil, a derivative from the marijuana plant.
"What this oil is, it's very high in the CBD content and very low in the THC content," Echols said.
The THC content of marijuana is what gives users the feeling of being 'high.'
"I wish I could tell you this is going to save my niece. I don't know if it is, I don't know if it's not, but I know it's helped a lot of kids and I know it could help children here in Oklahoma. The only thing that kills this bill is people not willing to look at what it really is. This is not a medical marijuana bill," Echols says.
"This is just really our last hope that she can have a better quality of life," Jason Dodson says.
The bill passed the House committee Tuesday morning; it is now headed to the House floor to be voted on.
The bill has received support from the Oklahoma Medical Association and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.
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RHOBH
Lisa Rinna Continues to Clap Back at Sutton Stracke's Claims She Paid for Elton John Oscar Party Table
By Sarah Hearon
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Elton John would like to be excluded from this narrative? Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costars Lisa Rinna and Sutton Stracke have sparked a new feud over the musician's annual Oscar party.
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The drama began during Stracke's Wednesday, September 22, appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.
"A few years ago, Harry [Hamlin] and Lisa both came, I invited them to the Elton John gala, and they came with me as my guests. I never got a thank you," the Georgia native, 50, alleged to Andy Cohen.
While the episode was airing live, the 58-year-old actress fired back via Instagram Stories, writing, "We didn't come as your guests @suttonstracke. @eltonjohn invited us to his event, you asked us to sit at your table. So we did. Let's just make that clear."
John has been hosting his Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party to raise money for the fight against HIV/AIDS since 1993.
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"We've gone to the fabulous Elton John Oscar party for years," Rinna added on Wednesday. "I remember going in 2006 while I was doing #DWTS and dancing the night away. We love @eltonjohn [and] @davidfurnish. It's truly incredible all of the money they have raised for the Elton John AIDS Foundation."
Stracke subsequently replied on WWHL after the 53-year-old host read Rinna's words.
"OK, see, we're gonna have words about this," she said. "Perhaps they do not know that I actually bought those tickets for them. So maybe that's a miscommunication."
Days later, Rinna has continued to clap back at Stracke, sharing a series of throwback photos from the event over the years on Thursday, September 23.
"#Tbt The Elton John Oscar Party February 25, 2019. Guests of Elton, not Sutton," she wrote alongside one photo of her and Hamlin. "But I love that Sutton bought a table, and all of the money went to the @eltonjohn aids foundation. ❤That's a good thing!✨ I loved this look!"
The Melrose Place alum also responded to a social media user who insisted she thanked Sutton. "If someone pays for your ticket and you sit at their table, that means you're that persons guest to Elton John's fundraiser and should say thank you," the user wrote. "Are you saying you didn't sit at her table and you purchased your own $10,000 per plate tickets? So confused."
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She fired back, "Thank you Elton John. Period."
Rinna and Stracke were friends before the latter joined RHOBH as a "friend" for season 10. She was promoted to a full-time Housewife for season 11, which is currently airing. While they have been on good terms during the season, Rinna has made it clear that she stands with Erika Jayne amid her legal woes and divorce, which Stracke has questioned.
It's possible the two women exchanged words at the upcoming reunion, which taped earlier this month.
"Was there anybody during the reunion you went in thinking something and came out feeling differently?" Sarah Paulson asked Rinna on WWHL on September 15.
Without naming names, Rinna responded, "Yes."


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Q: How to find total active namespaces in linux? Is there any way to find how many active namespaces of each type are present in Linux? Such as:

*

*mount ns: 20

*net ns: 40

*etc.

A: This will iterate over the links under /proc/*/ns to count the number of active namespaces of each type, i.e. namespaces containing at least one process:
sudo find /proc/*/ns -type l -printf "%l\n" |
gawk -F'[:\\[\\]]+' '{ nss[$1][$2] = 1 } END { for (ns in nss) { print ns ": " length(nss[ns]) } }'

It works by counting the number of distinct identifiers, grouped by namespace type.
Namespaces can be kept alive without processes by bind mounting them elsewhere; the above doesn't take this into account.

A: You can use the lsns(1) command from the util-linux package for that [1]:
lsns -n | awk '{n[$2]++}END{for(k in n) print k"\t"n[k]}'
net     2
cgroup  1
...

But lsns is broken: it won't show either the per-thread namespaces or those only kept alive by an open handle or a bind mount. To get all that, try the lsnsx.pl script from my other answer:
# perl ./lsnsx.pl | grep -v '^ '
cgroup   1
ipc      1
mnt      3
net      5
...

[1] If you're on a machine without lsns (eg. busybox), you can extract that info directly from /proc/*/ns/*:
for f in /proc/[0-9]*/ns/*; do readlink "$f"; done | awk -F: '!t[$2]++{c[$1]++}END{for(k in c)print k"\t"c[k]}'

You can change /proc/[0-9]*/ns to /proc/[0-9]*/task/[0-9]*/ns to also get the per-thread namespaces, but on any moderately-used machine it will get horribly slow.