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My youngest daughter – Tess – is heartbreakingly and very worryingly beautiful. She has long blonde hair, and extraordinarily long legs, which as you can see, she inherited from her mother.
Last year she turned 16 and a few weeks before her birthday, she came to me and announced she would like to hold a party.
She was clearly expecting this response.
"What's the main reason why not?" She asked.
"Ok…" she said thoughtfully… and buried herself in iPad land for a while.
When she came back, it was to show me something she'd found on Amazon. It was a huge black sheet of plastic, the kind we use for a damp proof membrane.
"Well there isn't just the carpet to consider…" I said.
"What else is there?" She asked expectantly.
I was sure if wracked my brains I'd find another good reason why not to have this party… I just needed some time….
So Tess had her party. The carpet was fine, the stairs police did their job well, and the neighbours were happy. Tess and her friends even cleaned up before going to bed, so it was nice and tidy for me to get up to the following morning.
In planning her party, Tess had been audacious, tenacious, and absolutely determined not to take no for an answer.
I recognise these traits. I started my business as a single mum with 3 kids under 10. I too had had to be audacious, tenacious, and absolutely determined not to take no for an answer…..
You get the daughter you deserve…..
I was invited to join a mastermind membership club recently. The fee was a significant investment but the benefit to my business would be huge.
I admit I was dithering over the decision, and Kevin – the leader of the group – told me "Sam, I like to work with people who are action takers. If you're not ready to take swift and decisive action, then perhaps you're not ready for this group.
"So when you give them the market appraisal and explain your fee, what do they say?" I asked.
"They always say, 'I'll think about it'," and then I don't hear from them again.
"That sounds just what I need!" said Donald.
I told him the price, he said that was within budget. I told him my availability, which suited him.
"So would you like to go ahead?" I asked.
"I'll think about it", said Donald.
You get the clients you deserve.
We want clients who take swift and decisive action, be appreciative of our efforts, forgiving of our errors, and who actually value and follow our advice.
We need them to communicate clearly any concerns to us and pay us gladly and promptly when the time comes.
But in order for us to attract clients like that, we have to be that kind of client ourselves.
So the next time you get a bill, pay it as quickly as you can. And do it gladly, in appreciation of the value it has brought to you. Your clients will do likewise.
If you're experiencing a problem with a service, communicate your concerns to the suppliers clearly. Your clients will do the same for you.
Agents tell me frequently that their clients don't listen to advice, that they ask for their input, but then they don't follow it. These are the same agents that ask for my advice on how to increase their social media following, or improve their website, or create more valuation appointments…. then ignore my advice and carry on doing exactly what they've always done.
"But I've been really busy with this new launch, and training, and a ton of travelling…." I tailed off.
"Ok, I get it." I said. And I did. In order to attract clients who are contactable, and available for a phone conversation, I too have to be that person.
You get the clients you deserve because you teach them how to treat you.
To get great clients, you have to BE a great client.
Eagles don't hang out with pigeons. If you want to attract eagles, you have to be an eagle.
You're not asking someone to pay for a transaction; you're asking someone to invest in advice. Possibly the best property selling advice they have ever received in their lives. You're asking them to put faith, energy and money into the advice you give.
But when was the last time you invested in advice? When was the last time you invested time, effort or money in yourself?
Then why should they? If you don't believe in self-investment, your clients will only ever see your service as a commodity, and they will only pay a transactional fee for that.
You don't see any fat fitness coaches, do you? They wear the proof of their self-investment all the time. If you saw anoverweight, unhealthy fitness coach, would you pay for him to be your coach? How much faith would you have in his ability to get you off your comfy couch and out running in the rain?
People are a great mirror.
There are many,many agents out there who want to attract great clients, but it's a little too comfy on that couch.
Want clients to get off the couch and sell their house? Get off the couch yourself.
Want clients who take action? Be an action taker.
Want clients who will recommend you to their friends? Be always on the lookout for ways in which you can give valuable referrals.
Want clients who will trust your expertise and follow your advice? Get a coach! Then you'll really understand that client-adviser commitment, how it works and what both parties have got to put into it to make it a really valuable relationship.
If you want clients who love the whole business of selling their home and moving on, then you have to, too. See the process as an exciting adventure and your enthusiasm will be catching.
I know agents who are lazy, bitter, dishonest and think that the world owes them a living. I bet you do too. Guess what kind of clients they attract?
Inflate, don't deflate. Emotions are contagious.
I have a lovely client, let's call him Rupert. He's a real teddy bear. 50 going on 90. He wears short-sleeved check shirts with hand-knitted tank tops and tweed ties. He has a gentle manner and apologises a lot. Old ladies absolutely love him. That's why he gets all the retirement properties and probate cases in his area.
But these types of properties don't bring him enough business to ever be able to retire. At the time we were talking, he only had 6 properties for sale, all of them bungalows.
"What kind of properties do you want Rupert?" I asked him.
It seemed that the lovely Rupert with his handknitted tank tops wasn't the agent of choice around the yummy mummies in the town. But he was the only valuer in the office, so what could he do?
Rupert had a lovely lady in the office called Karen, who was his admin assistant. Karen is a very attractive lady in her early thirties with two primary school children. She works school hours so she can pick her kids up. She's friendly, enthusiastic and knows every single school gate mum in the town.
I put in a proposal to him to train Karen in how to do a market-appraisal, not Ruper-style, but yummy-mummy-style.
The last I heard, Karen had left to join another agency in the town that recognised her ability to sell to yummy mummies. And Rupert still only has 6 properties for sale. And they're all bungalows.


Mary Immaculate College has launched its popular summer school programme for primary teachers for 2019, and bookings are now being taken for a range of onsite, online and blended courses designed to reflect the ever-changing and diverse professional needs of teachers.
Online courses account for an increasing share of the CPD provision offered by the College. However, the first weeks of July remain a very busy time on campus when teachers who have opted for onsite courses gather to attend over several days.
Many of the courses are offered with the support of other organisations such as the GAA and PDST Technology in Education. The Bedford Row Family Project, in partnership with MIC, will undertake a face-to-face summer course at its Limerick City facility in the form of the Teacher's Self-Care Programme.
Further information is available at www.mic.ie/cpd and for a full list, see below. Click on the links below for more information on the individual courses.
For more information on Summer CPD courses, contact: Hellen.Gallagher@mic.ul.ie.


In recent years most companies have become acutely aware of the spiralling cost of the acquisition of new customers. A multitude of media and marketing channels are used to promote and sell products ranging from direct mail to the internet. Field Marketing & Sales has now become one of the major channels within the strategic marketing mix as it has been proven to be a very effective method of taking product, services or brand direct to the customer / end consumers in Marketing Pipeline.
We are Marketing & Sales pipeline strategy people at heart- math marketers and sales strategists who embrace revenue responsibility. We know that what really matters in Marketing & Sales pipeline, Closing deals and accelerating revenue.
Our Proven methodology delivers real results based on buyer insights, market-driven best practices, and rapid feedback loop to improve and sustain the results you see.
Our proven, BUYER-centric demand generation / SALES delivery programs take into account the unique nature of your business, customers and industry – applying proven best practices to create a repeatable, scalable engine of qualified opportunities and long-term buyer relationship.
At any given time, only 3 percent of your prospective customers are in an active buying cycle. That means, in today's buyer-controlled sales/marketing environment, managing long-term prospect relationships at every stage of the buyer's journey, lead development process and sales cycle is more important than ever before.
Our approach combines content, systems, training, process and tight integration between sales and marketing to increase future engagement and decrease acquisition cost overtime.
The average sales professional spends just 33 percent of their day actively selling. Our sales effectiveness and efficiency practice identifies the root causes of inefficiency on your sales floor, including a proven and tactical program (including process improvements, technology implementation and more) to dramatically increase sales team satisfaction, efficiency and results.
Our work hard , party harder culture keep sales force motivated and competitive which leads to more fruitful results for our clients.
The sales and marketing technology landscape continues to become more complex and more confusing every day. Our exclusive marketing technology practice can help you make sense of the tools, systems and sequences that are ideal for your organization and culture. This includes vendor evaluation and selection as well as implementation, execution and refinement support.
Our dynamic Marketing and Sales team along with our proven on field marketing systems and technology helps our clients reaching more and more customers door steps , thus enhancing customer satisfaction resulting to repetitive customer base generating more revenues for our clients.
Many clients use our services as a very effective way of engaging with customers,often supplementing existing in-house customer communication channels. Many services and products can be very effectively presented through advertising and sold on the internet or over the phone , but as often as not face to face is the best way to explain how a product or service works or to raise brand awareness in today's competitive environment . Giving customers multiple brand touch points thrugh an integrated campaign that uses different marketing channels provides the greatest reach. There are obvious synergies when multiple channels are used in campaign.
We provide sales, marketing , brand experience and staff training services across India. We have a proven track record across these disciplines . Our success stems from our hands-on approach and the meticulous planning that is required for each brand campaign. However , the people that we employ to represent our clients are the key of our expanding success over the years.
Businesses use multiple channels to promote products and services to prospective customers. Not all businesses have their own field sales team, who through face-to-face contact are able to engage with customers and make sales. That may be because of the high cost of recruiting and running a proprietary sales team or because they don't have the skills. Equally clients might choose us because they want to test demand or run a tactical acquisition campaign for a specified duration.
By outsourcing your sales requirements to us we can develop and manage the whole channel for you. We have run sales teams on behalf of blue chip clients since 1999, not only do we have a proven track record, we also have the systems, the infrastructure and the skills to deliver.
We will work with you to understand your objectives and your requirements. Then we will plan a trial and use the learnings from it to build a bespoke field sales team for you, with the appropriate level of training, accreditation and field management. We can provide you with skilled sales staff for tactical, short term campaigns or if your strategy is to a build a standalone acquisition channel, we can do that too..
It's more than just sales or marketing; sometimes it's the combination of both in an immersive environment.
Open communication in customer/consumer friendly environment resulting to an accelerated sales growth leading to more productivity, brand awareness and a heightened customer Satisfaction and thus create an everlasting BRAND EXPERIENCE to the end consumer.
As our brand ambassadors , who are representing our clients in local territories on a day to day basis, and yielding maximum possible results from the same; thus these territories over a period of time get exhausted and to get similar results from the same becomes little difficult. Sometimes these territories just need a breather. So, to maximise the results we have come up with a unique marketing solution called as ROADTRIPS, these road trips are carried out by a team of our representatives/brand ambassadors , wherein they approach customers/consumers in untapped territories or market for our clients by setting up a virtual office for 7-10 days in that respective territories.
As that particular territory is completely unexposed by the client, the client's product or services reaches to a completely new market , hence probability of maximising results become ten folds. So this open up a complete set of new opportunities also exposing our representatives to various new consumer behaviour and working environment , so this is a win-win situation both us and our clients.
Apart from other marketing mix, we also handle events which can be Mall events, Corporate events etc., through which we reach out to multiple customer base at one patricular setup only, which is beneficial in terms of revenue generation as well saves lot of time as well.


The luxurious, yet uniquely charming, Villa Kamenica spreads over 1000 m2 and resembles a beautiful islet, a private location for your perfect holiday with those whom you love the most. The Villa abounds in interesting details that will delight you and make you want to return time and time again.
Your unforgettable vacation begins once you enter the garden that surrounds the Villa. The discrete outdoor lighting gives a dreamy feel to the property.
We are particularly proud of our carefully maintained garden, full of flower bushes and Mediterranean plants.
Adjacent to the main villa, in the lemon grove, is the small, yet incredibly romantic garden cottage "Paradise garden". It has one bedroom with a King-size bed. There is a pullout sofa in the dining room. A kitchenette and a bathroom complete the interior of garden cottage. In front of the bungalow, there is a beautiful terrace, where you can experience the joy of waking up to the scent of the sea and warmth of the sun. There is a large outdoor grill, tucked by a large stone dining table, among lemon and orange trees and a gently whispering water fountain. – a true Mediterranean ambient. Woven bamboo lounge chairs and a hammock provide wonderful places to chat, take a siesta or star gaze.


Cagney's Steakhouse (146 seats) is a specialty dinner restaurant (open 5:30-10:30 pm) for prime steaks (Certified Angus Beef) and gourmet seafood specialties. The Cagney's restaurant is reservations-only, with cover charge US$30 per person and a free Kids Menu. At Cagney's, kids are charged a full cover. Additionally, the steakhouse is open for suite-guests only serving Breakfast (7:30-9:30 am) and Lunch (12-1:30 pm).
Cagney's Bar (87 seats full-bar) is located outside the Cagney's Steakhouse.
Moderno Churrascaria (114 seats, open 5:30-1030 pm) is a Brazilian steakhouse. This is a reservations-only specialty restaurant with cover charge US$20 per person (kids charged a full cover). The Moderno steakhouse has separate bars for salads, cheeses, barbecue (cured and slowroasted meats – beef, pork, chicken, lamb) and desserts. Its Moderno Bar opens at 12 pm, features Latin-American music, themed food and specialty drinks, including Brazilian cocktails.
Teppanyaki (104 seats) is the Japanese Hibachi specialty restaurant (reservations'-only, at surcharge US$25 pp, kids charged a full cover). The Teppanyaki restaurant is open for Lunch (12-1:30 pm) and Dinner (5:30-10 pm). It features live cooking demonstrations and traditionally prepared (a la carte priced) specialties, including sushi, fruit sashimi, Yakitori grill, a sake menu.
Bliss Ultra Lounge & Nightclub (capacity 130; has dance floor, bar, huge TVs, 3x 10-pin bowling alleys/surcharge per game).


KCTCS is Kentucky's primary provider of workforce education, delivering programs and services that address the full spectrum of needs faced by business and industry, as well as, programs for individuals who want to upgrade their skills. We are training Kentucky's workforce today for the jobs of tomorrow.
develop a better workforce with the knowledge and skills for the jobs of the future.
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We are a results-oriented training provider, with a track record of success in providing workforce solutions to 5,300 Kentucky companies annually. KCTCS colleges provide training in multiple formats, making it easy to find the solutions that work for you. Additionally, through the KCTCS-TRAINS program, KCTCS can provide funding for companies to offset the cost of training their employees.
Across the state, KCTCS colleges deliver high-quality, cost-effective customized training and assessment services that are designed to improve the performance and efficiency of your company. KCTCS Workforce Solutions staff will work with you to design training programs to meet the specific needs of your company and bring them directly to your location at a time convenient for you. In addition, KCTCS colleges offer open enrollment classes for hundreds of topics to help individuals and companies meet their workforce training goals.
Interested in what KCTCS can do for your company or organization? Contact Workforce Solutions coordinator at a KCTCS college near you.


Dr. Dubravka Šimonovic is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and a member of the UN High Commission for Refugees Advisory Group on gender, forced displacement and protection. A Croatian by nationality, she has worked extensively on human rights issues. She holds a PhD in family law from the University of Zagreb, and is a prolific writer on women's rights and prevention of violence against women.


I've never met him, but Auntie Doris and Uncle Bob have a piggy called Xanadu. This is him with his friend Nighthawk.
Well, you can see what I said about Lupin-Buckmore and he was a himmy too!
It's funny, though. She says rexes being laid back, but Oscar and Midge are anything but. They're real troublemakers. Mummy says they just want to make friends and have fun (but not with each other). I wish they were a bit more laid back.
My Atticus, who is a chocolate himmie according to Auntie Doris, has calmed down some, but when he was a baby he was nuts. He would get spastic and run around and flip his igloo over just because he could. He has matured into a sedate pig, but the occasional himmie insanity comes out. ❤ He's just a happy pig — nothing wrong with that!


How do I find out when the next Flat Rate Classic Auto Tournament will be available to sign up? Or any other relative common tournaments for that matter?
You have to check the tourney page. To my knowledge, there is not a list anywhere. The Tournament Directors are not in charge of auto tournies.


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package org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.dbo.dao;

import static org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.query.jdo.SqlConstants.COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY;
import static org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.query.jdo.SqlConstants.COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_ID;
import static org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.query.jdo.SqlConstants.COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID;
import static org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.query.jdo.SqlConstants.COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_SCORE;
import static org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.query.jdo.SqlConstants.LIMIT_PARAM_NAME;
import static org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.query.jdo.SqlConstants.OFFSET_PARAM_NAME;
import static org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.query.jdo.SqlConstants.TABLE_QUIZ_RESPONSE;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.sagebionetworks.ids.IdGenerator;
import org.sagebionetworks.ids.IdType;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.DatastoreException;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.QuizResponseDAO;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.UnmodifiableXStream;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.dbo.DBOBasicDao;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.dbo.persistence.DBOQuizResponse;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.jdo.JDOSecondaryPropertyUtils;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.quiz.PassingRecord;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.model.quiz.QuizResponse;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.transactions.WriteTransaction;
import org.sagebionetworks.repo.web.NotFoundException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.dao.EmptyResultDataAccessException;
import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;
import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.MapSqlParameterSource;
import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.NamedParameterJdbcTemplate;

public class DBOQuizResponseDAOImpl implements QuizResponseDAO {

	@Autowired
	private DBOBasicDao basicDao;

	@Autowired
	private IdGenerator idGenerator;

	@Autowired
	private NamedParameterJdbcTemplate namedJdbcTemplate;

	private static final RowMapper<DBOQuizResponse> QUIZ_RESPONSE_ROW_MAPPER = (new DBOQuizResponse()).getTableMapping();

	private static final String SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_CORE = " FROM "+TABLE_QUIZ_RESPONSE+" WHERE "+
			COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID+"=:"+COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID;

	private static final String SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_PAGINATED = "SELECT * "+SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_CORE+
			" LIMIT :"+LIMIT_PARAM_NAME+" OFFSET :"+OFFSET_PARAM_NAME;

	private static final String SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_COUNT = "SELECT COUNT(ID) "+SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_CORE;

	private static final String SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_AND_USER_CORE = " FROM "+TABLE_QUIZ_RESPONSE+" WHERE "+
			COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID+"=:"+COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID+" AND "+
			COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY+"=:"+COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY;

	private static final String SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_AND_USER_PAGINATED = "SELECT * "+SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_AND_USER_CORE+
			" LIMIT :"+LIMIT_PARAM_NAME+" OFFSET :"+OFFSET_PARAM_NAME;

	private static final String SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_AND_USER_COUNT = "SELECT COUNT(ID) "+SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_AND_USER_CORE;

	private static final String SELECT_RESPONSES_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ_CORE = " FROM "+TABLE_QUIZ_RESPONSE+" WHERE "+
			COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID+"=:"+COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID+" AND "+
			COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY+"=:"+COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY;

	// select * from QUIZ_RESPONSE where CREATED_BY=? and QUIZ_ID=? order by score desc limit 1
	private static final String SELECT_BEST_RESPONSE_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ = "SELECT * "+
			SELECT_RESPONSES_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ_CORE+
			" ORDER BY "+COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_SCORE+" DESC LIMIT 1";

	private static final String SELECT_RESPONSES_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ_PAGINATED = "SELECT * "+
			SELECT_RESPONSES_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ_CORE+" LIMIT :"+LIMIT_PARAM_NAME+" OFFSET :"+OFFSET_PARAM_NAME;

	private static final String SELECT_RESPONSES_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ_COUNT = "SELECT COUNT(ID) "+SELECT_RESPONSES_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ_CORE;

	private static final UnmodifiableXStream X_STREAM = UnmodifiableXStream.builder().allowTypes(PassingRecord.class).build();

	@WriteTransaction
	@Override
	public QuizResponse create(QuizResponse dto, PassingRecord passingRecord) throws DatastoreException {

		DBOQuizResponse dbo = new DBOQuizResponse();
		QuizResponseUtils.copyDtoToDbo(dto, passingRecord, dbo);
		if (dbo.getId() == null) {
			dbo.setId(idGenerator.generateNewId(IdType.QUIZ_RESPONSE_ID));
		}
		dbo = basicDao.createNew(dbo);
		QuizResponse result = QuizResponseUtils.copyDboToDto(dbo);
		return result;
	}

	@Override
	public QuizResponse get(String id) throws DatastoreException,
			NotFoundException {
		MapSqlParameterSource param = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_ID.toLowerCase(), id);
		DBOQuizResponse dbo = basicDao.getObjectByPrimaryKey(DBOQuizResponse.class, param);
		QuizResponse dto = QuizResponseUtils.copyDboToDto(dbo);
		return dto;
	}

	@WriteTransaction
	@Override
	public void delete(Long id) throws DatastoreException, NotFoundException {
		MapSqlParameterSource param = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_ID.toLowerCase(), id);
		basicDao.deleteObjectByPrimaryKey(DBOQuizResponse.class, param);
	}

	@Override
	public List<QuizResponse> getAllResponsesForQuiz(Long quizId, Long limit,
			Long offset) throws DatastoreException {
		List<QuizResponse>  dtos = new ArrayList<QuizResponse>();
		MapSqlParameterSource param = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID, quizId);
		param.addValue(LIMIT_PARAM_NAME, limit);
		param.addValue(OFFSET_PARAM_NAME, offset);
		List<DBOQuizResponse> dbos = namedJdbcTemplate.query(SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_PAGINATED, param, QUIZ_RESPONSE_ROW_MAPPER);
		for (DBOQuizResponse dbo : dbos) {
			QuizResponse dto = QuizResponseUtils.copyDboToDto(dbo);
			dtos.add(dto);
		}
		return dtos;
	}

	@Override
	public long getAllResponsesForQuizCount(Long quizId)
			throws DatastoreException {
		MapSqlParameterSource param = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID, quizId);
		return namedJdbcTemplate.queryForObject(SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_COUNT, param, Long.class);
	}

	@Override
	public List<QuizResponse> getUserResponsesForQuiz(Long quizId,
			Long principalId, Long limit, Long offset)
			throws DatastoreException {
		List<QuizResponse>  dtos = new ArrayList<QuizResponse>();
		MapSqlParameterSource param = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID, quizId);
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY, principalId);
		param.addValue(LIMIT_PARAM_NAME, limit);
		param.addValue(OFFSET_PARAM_NAME, offset);
		List<DBOQuizResponse> dbos = namedJdbcTemplate.query(SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_AND_USER_PAGINATED, param, QUIZ_RESPONSE_ROW_MAPPER);
		for (DBOQuizResponse dbo : dbos) {
			QuizResponse dto = QuizResponseUtils.copyDboToDto(dbo);
			dtos.add(dto);
		}
		return dtos;
	}

	@Override
	public long getUserResponsesForQuizCount(Long quizId, Long principalId) {
		MapSqlParameterSource param = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID, quizId);
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY, principalId);
		return namedJdbcTemplate.queryForObject(SELECT_FOR_QUIZ_ID_AND_USER_COUNT, param, Long.class);
	}

	@Override
	public PassingRecord getPassingRecord(Long quizId, Long principalId)
			throws DatastoreException, NotFoundException {
		MapSqlParameterSource param = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID, quizId);
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY, principalId);
		try {
			DBOQuizResponse dbo = namedJdbcTemplate.queryForObject(SELECT_BEST_RESPONSE_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ, param, QUIZ_RESPONSE_ROW_MAPPER);
			byte[] prSerizalized = dbo.getPassingRecord();
			PassingRecord passingRecord = (PassingRecord)JDOSecondaryPropertyUtils.decompressObject(X_STREAM, prSerizalized);
			passingRecord.setResponseId(dbo.getId());
			return passingRecord;
		} catch (EmptyResultDataAccessException e) {
			throw new NotFoundException("No quiz results for quiz " + quizId + " and user " + principalId);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new DatastoreException(e);
		}
	}

	public List<PassingRecord> getAllPassingRecords(Long quizId, Long principalId, Long limit, Long offset) throws DatastoreException, NotFoundException {
		List<PassingRecord>  dtos = new ArrayList<PassingRecord>();
		MapSqlParameterSource param = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID, quizId);
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY, principalId);
		param.addValue(LIMIT_PARAM_NAME, limit);
		param.addValue(OFFSET_PARAM_NAME, offset);
		try {
			List<DBOQuizResponse> dbos = namedJdbcTemplate.query(SELECT_RESPONSES_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ_PAGINATED, param, QUIZ_RESPONSE_ROW_MAPPER);
			for (DBOQuizResponse dbo : dbos) {
				byte[] prSerizalized = dbo.getPassingRecord();
				PassingRecord passingRecord = (PassingRecord)JDOSecondaryPropertyUtils.decompressObject(X_STREAM, prSerizalized);
				passingRecord.setResponseId(dbo.getId());
				dtos.add(passingRecord);
			}
			return dtos;
		} catch (EmptyResultDataAccessException e) {
			throw new NotFoundException("No quiz results for quiz " + quizId + " and user " + principalId);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new DatastoreException(e);
		}
	}

	public long getAllPassingRecordsCount(Long quizId, Long principalId) throws DatastoreException {
		MapSqlParameterSource param = new MapSqlParameterSource();
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_QUIZ_ID, quizId);
		param.addValue(COL_QUIZ_RESPONSE_CREATED_BY, principalId);
		return namedJdbcTemplate.queryForObject(SELECT_RESPONSES_FOR_USER_AND_QUIZ_COUNT, param, Long.class);
	}
}

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Yulita Susanti
IPMI International Business School > About Us > Our Team > Faculty Member > Yulita Susanti
Director of Academic Affairs. Yulita Susanti graduated with a degree in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Oklahoma, USA where she earned a Master's and Doctoral degree. Also, she got her Bachelor degree from IPB in Forestry Department, majoring in Economics Forestry.
Yulita has 12 years of work experience in research, teaching, and administration position in Education Institutional. Including Research Associate at Oklahoma State University, full-time faculty and undergraduate program director at IPMI International Business School, part-time faculty at the University of Indonesia, Academic Assistant at Carnegie University Qatar, and Economics Specialist at Georgetown University Qatar. The courses she has been teaching are Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Business Statistics, Business Research, and Managerial Economics, both for graduate and undergraduate level.
Mrs. Yulita Susanti teaches in BBA and MBA program classes at IPMI International Business School.

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Q: Title Bar like that of Youtube app
I want this type of custom title bar
But can anyone tell me what the portion marked with red is made of? I mean are they tabs or image buttons or something else? Please don't give me links on how to apply a custom title bar, I already know it. But I don't know what the red-marked portion is (tabs or image buttons etc) And how can I have that vertical line between Search and Make Video option (in the portion that's marked red) I'm using Gingerbread.
I tried using search engines but how can I search when I don't know the name of the thing I want to search :s

A: They are called ActionBar Action Items. See: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html\
As for dividers, take a look at: ActionBar MenuItem Divider

A: You should to use ActionBarSherlock.
http://actionbarsherlock.com/
This is for add actionbar in devices android <3.x.

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https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog Gadget News - Gadget Reviews - Gadget Tech Specs Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:30:59 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Defense of the Ancients in the Flood https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/defense-of-the-ancients-in-the-flood/ https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/defense-of-the-ancients-in-the-flood/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:30:59 +0000 Rico Mossesgeld https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/?p=5582
Post from: The Gadget Blog
I think pictures of gamers in the flood are becoming viral in the Philippines, where I'm currently based. First you've got someone playing Left 4 Dead:
And a bunch of people playing Defense of the Ancients:
Obvious fakes? Well, here's what I think: the flooding levels in both pictures are high enough that wall sockets would be submerged. Even if somehow the gamers are drawing power from a wall socket located higher than usual, other sockets exposed to water would necessitate shutting down power—to prevent any overloads.
Here's more definitive "proof": look at how still the water is. No one playing on a computer would keep so still so as to not cause any waves in the water.
]]> https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/defense-of-the-ancients-in-the-flood/feed/ 0 Woman Arrested for Poking Someone Else on Facebook—Seriously https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/woman-arrested-for-poking-someone-else-on-facebook%e2%80%94seriously/ https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/woman-arrested-for-poking-someone-else-on-facebook%e2%80%94seriously/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:11:20 +0000 Rico Mossesgeld https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/?p=5575
A woman in Tennessee was recently arrested for poking someone else on Facebook. By doing so, Shannon D. Jackson apparently violated a restraining order that prohibited her from Dana M. Hannah. Violating this so-called "order of protection" is a Class A misdemeanor in the state—meaning the potential maximum sentence is "11 months, 29 days", or barely below a complete year! All for clicking a link on a social networking website.
Proof of the alleged misdemeanor was a screenshot of said poke
Technology and law traditionally haven't meshed well together, as technology's constant stream of new developments sometimes make the law's adherence to the letter ludicrous. Stanford fellow Ryan Calo laid out the legal rationale behind the whole affair:
…it is still a form of communication restricted by a protective order.
"A poke is a very deliberate action," he said. "You have to select the person and say, 'this is what I want to do.'"
Advances in technology have expanded the spectrum of communication, from low-engagement to high-engagement ways of interacting with others, Calo said.
Fair enough, a woman goes to court and successfully gets a court order protecting her from further communication from an offending party, and that protection was violated. Getting arrested for poking someone else on Facebook sounds a bit rough, but there's a lesson here: If someone hated or feared me enough to actually file a restraining order against me, I would simply delete him or her from my list of Facebook friends. Common sense people!
]]> https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/woman-arrested-for-poking-someone-else-on-facebook%e2%80%94seriously/feed/ 0 Dremel User Allegedly Proves CD-ROM Speed Limit https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/dremel-user-allegedly-proves-cd-rom-speed-limit/ https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/dremel-user-allegedly-proves-cd-rom-speed-limit/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:30:29 +0000 Rico Mossesgeld https://everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/?p=5564
My only experience with a fast-spinning CD threatening to cause damage was when I repeatedly pushed the eject button of a (CD-only, this was at least 7 years ago) optical drive that seemed unwilling to spit out my media. Then suddenly for some reason, the tray extended, and before I knew it, the CD—still spinning at top speed—actually flew upwards! I swear this anecdote is true!
Courtesy PowerLabs.org
In any case, a recent experiment theorizes that spinning a CD way faster than 56 times a second (or 56x, I assume) carries its own set of dangers. According to the experimenter, going above that speed magnifies the tiniest imperfection on a CD, potentially causing enough wobbling to damage the rotating mechanism. So of course he decided to test a CD with a Dremel, running it at over 35000 RPM. At those speeds, the edge of CD moves at nearly 800 kilometers per hour! (Or 792 kph, to be exact).
So what happened when a Dremel took a CD for a spin? Well, "the CD hummed and whined in a very menacing manner". Scary, but it still took "quick jerk at the tool" to make the CD a projectile. Experimenting dude recounts what came next:
…the CD slid out of the holder and contacted the carpet whilst spinning at ungodly speeds. It peeled out a bit in front of me and proceeded to make its way to the door at a very high speed. On contacting the closed door, the CD did a most unexpected thing: it first bounced back a few inches, and then, when it hit the door again, it jumped straight up the door and struck the ceiling, exploding into thousands of fragments which rained down on the entire room. This first experiment was unfortunately not videoed, but it served to get everyone in the room to put glasses on and cower away behind pieces of furniture, whilst people in the hall corridor quickly made their way to my door to ask what was going on.
In other words, spin a CD-ROM really really quickly, launch into a hard surface, and you'll get a pretty wicked disc that potentially creates deadly shrapnel. The experiment page (link below) contains multiple videos for download, if only to satisfy your visual curiosity and help you resist the temptation to try this at home.
PowerLabs High Speed CD-Rom Experiments
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At first glance, the Voicebot—a robot that basically writes out suggestions submitted online in front of British MPs for the sake of making these ideas more personal—sounds like a good idea. It makes it easy for the youth to voice their opinions, because Voicebot literally provides more direct access to members of parliament. Presumably, politicians will have a better understanding of their respective constituencies.
Courtesy vinspired.com
But v, The National Young Volunteers Service (the group responsible for the Voicebot political experiment, and yes, that really is their name) have made a crucial mistake. It's even more tragic that the group's push for better communication between the citizens and their elected representatives has created a vulnerability.
You see, what's to stop the now-dormant robot overlords from taking control of Voicebot? Why, they can insert messages that sound like they come from human youth, but are actually subtle instructions to push the robotic agenda. Messages like "Robots are cool, put more funding into improving them" blend easily with useful insights like "Politics is the debate over power, not over needs".
So, it's quite possible that, before the British Prime Minister and his fellow MPs become more aware of what needs to be done to improve the situation of the youth—humanity's future—they would be manipulated into making it easier for robots to take over the UK (and the world) once the time is right.
You have hastened our downfall, v, The National Young Volunteers Service! Voicebot apparently now has the ears of people in power, and who knows what Voicebot will tell these impressionable personalities do? Thank goodness for publications like politics.co.uk that keep us informed of the latest robot machinations.
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Yes, the FBI director has his own commander. Not the president of the US or some senate committee, but his wife who banned him from doing online banking after he nearly fell for a phishing scam.
Iceland is all about being (literally) cool, which is why they want to become the server capital of the world. They offer natural cooling crucial to cutting down data center costs and energy consumption.
Adaptive roof-tiling technology that absorbs heat during the winter and reflects it during the summer. How? Simply by switching between black and white.
A summary of Leo Laporte's career. For some reason, I find Laporte hotter than Olivia Munn.
Bill Gates (and his own Commander Melissa) recently provided a cost estimate to the FCC: $10 Billion needed to run fiber optic cables to various educational institutions and hospitals in the US.
Apparently, around 40 years ago, the US navy was working on pigeon-guided missile technology.
Rest in peace Stephen Gately. The Boyzone singer's last tweet is available for everyone to read here.
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Turns out creating the most useless gadget ever is easy: simply build a machine designed to turn itself off. Flip the on switch and machine dutifully pushes the switch back to "off".
As you can see, the machine will insist on turning itself off even after as the user repeatedly pushes the switch back to "on". Why is this the most useless gadget ever? Simply because it uses up energy without providing a foundation for any productive activity whatsoever. You probably think that criterion applies to all of your most-hated gadgets, but here's a machine that makes the concept literal.
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Over the last two-and-a-half years, search engine giant Google analyzed the performance of the thousands of computers it uses for its own data centers. The surprising trend? Based on real-world data, Google concluded that the error rates of memory chips are higher than previously believed. Much much higher:
How many errors? On average, about one in three Google servers experienced a correctable memory error each year and one in a hundred an uncorrectable error, an event that typically causes a crash.
Older research showed that, for every 1 billion hours, a memory chip would fail on average around 200 to 5,000 times. Google's project revealed a much higher ratio: 25,000 to 75,000 failures within the same time period.
To be clear, those numbers aren't anything significant for the typical consumer. A billion hours is equal to more than 100,000 years after all, worth at least ten thousand lifetimes. Nevertheless, Google's research should be useful for projects or businesses that have to rely on lots of memory chips to get the job. A prominent example is of course other companies that maintain their own data centers.
Of course Google couldn't pass up the opportunity to market its own technical expertise, discussing the various technologies it uses to protect end-users from crashes caused by memory errors. Apparently "error correction code" and "chipkill" are just two of the things Google relies on to protect you from the evil data corruption. (Source, thanks to Sheree for the pic!)
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Now this is definitely not confirmed, but eBay seller David Morrill (dmorrill321) is trying to sell an Xbox 360 purportedly signed by Sarah Palin. The price? $1.1 million.
Personally, why would I pay that much for an Xbox 360, even if really did bear the signature of the 2008 vice presidential candidate? Maybe I'd be willing to spend more than a million dollars if it was say, the Xbox 360 of Abraham Lincoln, but I'm not exactly rolling in money here.
Is Sarah Palin even aware of this auction, which ends on the 15th? As proof, Morrill narrates driving three days from his hometown of Alberta, Canada. He was able to push my "way through the crowd" and get Palin to sign his Xbox, while someone he knew took a photo of the event. According to him, she said it was "the most extravagant thing she had ever been asked to sign".You can find the "Sarah Palin Signed Xbox 360″ here.
For reference, an Xbox 360 typically retails for $299.
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During a speech at the CTIA conference, AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega "hinted at an unpleasant way of dealing with… the disproportionate wireless bandwidth usage of iPhone users". PC World's Mark Sullivan thinks de la Vega will start throttling bandwidth for iPhone users, who according to Sullivan represent only 3% of AT&T's smartphone users, yet are responsible for 40 percent of over-the-air (OTA) bandwidth usage. AT&T apparently can't keep up with the demand, especially since the wireless spectrum in the US is getting more crowded nowadays.
Too Many Customers, Too Little Capacity
The problem with "rationing" OTA bandwidth is of course, pissing off a lot of customers, who pay monthly for data plans, with the expectation that their mobile internet experience will be seamless and responsive. Most probably AT&T problem isn't unique, simply because operators throughout the world have a nasty habit of promising what they can't deliver.
Like any other resource, OTA connectivity is limited. Stress the network with enough people, and you'll have dropped connections, slow data transfers, and other common symptoms that have frustrated many data users. That's because operators are under constant pressure to increase the number of subscribers, to show shareholders that they're taking steps to grow the business. The problem is that, while snazzy marketing campaigns quickly add converts to an operator's customer base, the same isn't true for increasing capacity and infrastructure capability.
What's Your Budget for Reliable Mobile Connectivity?
Thus my question: how much would you pay for reliable OTA bandwidth? How much are you willing to spend on a regular basis in return for mobile online access featuring reliability and speeds that truly rival wired services? Two times as much? Three times as much? The answer to that question is of course, subjective, but I've got no problems sharing my personal willingness to pay four times as much as current rates. In return however, I expect virtually no downtime, and a promise to refund for connection failures, prorated to the length of the downtime.
There are problems with my proposal: operators can simply claim users weren't within an area with good network coverage (a traditional excuse they use to explain away network failures). And of course, you have shareholder pressure to boost the numbers.
But I still think it's a good foundation for reforming the market, and something has to change. Operators should stop luring in customers with relatively low-priced data plans, then leave them hanging with poor service even before the ink on that two-year lock-in has dried. There a sound business reasons driving this approach, but it's hardly a sustainable model.
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And why not? Gordon Freeman was the player character of the game (Half-Life) that put Valve on the map. If it weren't for his success, Steam wouldn't exist today. Valve's aware of that, which is why they're sending out the call to all Steam users. The screenshot:
ATTENTION, STEAM ARMY! We come to you today with a humble plea. We consider Steam to be the true home of Half-Life games, so we're coming to you in hopes that you will help us make Half-Life's hero, Gordon Freeman, the victor in an epic battle. Right now, Gamespot is running a vote to determine who is "The All-Time Greatest Game Hero". Gordon is up against some stiff competition – right now from Link, and soon, Mario. Both of them are, of course, worthy and admirable foes. But think of Gordon! Do it for the citizens of Earth, who have all been saved by Gordon's heroic actions! We know it's been a while since Episode Two came out, but surely you haven't forgotten!
Click here to vote! Together, we can do it!
The actual message can be found here. My vote goes to Freeman, the silent protagonist who nevertheless is more awesome than Link of Zelda!
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Twelve rounds of action between two athletes who are putting their all into knocking the opponent down onto the canvas. Yes, boxing is now a sport that can generate hundreds of millions of dollars for a single fight. However, it wasn't always this way. Let's take a look at the rise of boxing and how it all started!
If we go right back to Ancient Greece, we actually come across the early life of boxing. In both Ancient Greece and Rome, stories survive today of fights between two members of society but the oldest piece of evidence we have to support 'ancient boxing' is from the 3rd millennium BCE. In what's called a 'relief sculpture', the image shows two boxers as well as spectators.
According to historians, the Ancient Greek form of the sport was certainly more brutal than the controlled one we see today. First seen at the 23rd Olympiad (688 BCE), the fights didn't have any rounds to measure time. Instead, the two boxers would keep fighting until one was either unable to fight on or until they conceded defeat. One could only speculate that the mental preparation for those fights was pretty significant.
Despite the many differences between boxing back then and boxing now, there are also some similarities to be noted. For example, the fights would become a huge spectacle for the communities nearby. Held in outdoor venues, fighters (and spectators) of all social classes would come together. This being said, the fighters performing in athletic festivals were normally from a wealthy background.
As we moved into the Common Era, stories can be found from a wide variety of countries regarding the sport of boxing (or general fist-fighting sports). For example, Italy was a hub for such sports between the 12th and 17th centuries. Across a number of provinces, documents exist showing records of fights and fighters.
In terms of the less organized aspect of boxing, bare-knuckle boxing became more and more common as the use of swords decreased. In particular, London was thriving with what were called 'prizefights'. In 1719, the world had its first recognized Heavyweight Champion in the shape of James Figg. In the mid 18th century, John Broughton played an important role in introducing a standardized set of rules. Suddenly, hair-pulling was considered illegal as well as hitting opponents while they were already down. Can you imagine what those MMA classes would have been like back then?
From Broughton's Rules, we came to the Original London Prize Ring Rules a century later. By the end of the 19th century, the sport was near-enough a replica of the game we see today. However, one of the most important introductions was just about to occur; Queensbury Rules.
Ready To Give Boxing Inc A Try?
Still applicable today, Queensbury Rules ended the perception that that strongest boxer would always win; and even that it was a savage sport. With these rule changes, people started to realize that skill was more important than brute strength, as is the case with other combat sports like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With Queensbury Rules, we had three-minute rounds with a short break between and a match was lost if a downed opponent couldn't stand after ten seconds.
In the 20th and 21st centuries, we've seen even more improvements to the game with a particular emphasis on safety. Queensbury Rules ensured that boxers wore gloves, for example; the last sanctioned bare-knuckle fight came in 1889.
Despite boxing being a more commercial affair than in years gone by, the sport still has the same core when the music stops and the bell rings. With icons such as Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, George Foreman, and Manny Pacquiao, the modern-day boxers are global superstars and heroes for fans all over the world! If you're just getting started, here are 5 tips for new boxers.


The possible danger of a doctor error with a migraine that's not diagnosed correctly is the potential for patient harm from treatment efforts for the wrong condition. When primary symptoms include nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness, and head pain, for instance, a misdiagnosis of anxiety may be made if migraine episodes are misinterpreted as panic attacks. Since some types of migraine also cause a sensation of a loss of balance (vertigo), a misdiagnosis of an inner ear disorder called Meniere's disease that has similar symptoms may be made.
A hemiplegic migraine produces symptoms that may include a loss of sensation or weakness on one side of the body, which sometimes results in an assumption that a patient has had a stroke. Migraine aura symptoms that include sensory and visual changes can be confused with the type of seizures experienced with epilepsy. Patients with migraines may also be mistakenly treated for a sinus headache if they are experiencing facial pain. Under certain circumstances, it could also be assumed that a patient with migraine symptoms has post-concussion syndrome or side effects from other medications.
The failure to diagnose a migraine could be considered a form of medical malpractice, even though diagnosis is based on an assessment of patient symptoms. In order to win damages in a case like this, a lawyer has to show that a patient experienced harm from a misdiagnosis that may take the form of increased pain and suffering, additional medical expenses, and an inability to enjoy an acceptable quality of life. An attorney may demonstrate that a standard of care wasn't achieved by bringing in medical experts to review and interpret the same information that the patient's doctor had access to.


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When & How to Use Persona
How to Use Persona
Persona is the heart of character development. So, in order to develop a persona, you must think about your characters. Who are they? Where do they come from? What do they want? What do they think about? What do they love? What do they fear? Your personae will be built around these details.
An actor preparing to play a role may be instructed to write a "silent script" about the character he will portray. This is a fictional story he writes for himself about his character's history and motivation. In your own writing, for your characters to be real, they must also have histories. They must have reasons for doing the things they do. These are the hidden foundations of their personas, that make them believable. So, as you write them, think about their histories. Write those histories down. Then you must make the effort to give each character specific unique ways of behaving and speaking that reveal their distinct personas.
When to Use Persona
Use persona in any type of writing you do. It is appropriate in drama, poetry, prose, fiction, non-fiction or history. Any time you are writing you can, some would you say you must, use a persona.


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La barba de Júpiter (Anthyllis barba-jovis), és una espècie de planta amb flors de la família de les fabàcies que es distribueix pel sud d'Europa i el nord d'Àfrica. És un arbust que es troba en garrigues, penyals litorals i a zones exposades a la humitat marina.

Addicionalment pot rebre el nom de barbajovis.

Descripció
La barba de Júpiter és un arbust perenne que arriba de manera freqüent a un metre d'altura i pot atènyer 1,50 metres. Les seves branques són erectes. Les fulles, alternades, són compostes, dividides en nombrosos folíols estrets i allargats. L'anvers és verd mentre que el revers és blanquinós. Les flors són hermafrodites, de color groc s'agrupen en en inflorescències al final de les branques i esdevenen marrons a mesura que envelleixen. La floració és a la primavera. La pol·linització i la dispersió de les llavors es fa amb la col·laboració dels insectes.

Distribució
És una planta nativa de la Mediterrània Occidental, tot i que manca a les Balears i al Marroc, fins a la costa oriental de l'Adriàtic. Ha estat introduïda a Líbia i a Austràlia Meridional.

Cultiu
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XTEN's Nakahouse is the May 25th page in Archipendium's 2015 daily tear-off calendar. The calendar includes 365 architecture projects from around the world with projects chosen for both their fascinating designs and elements of sustainability.
Article featuring XTEN chosen as one of ArchDaily's Best Articles of 2014
ArchDaily selected an article featuring XTEN's Guggenheim proposal as one of its favorite articles of the past year. The list recognizes pieces that covered crucial events at the heart of ArchDaily's editorial mission and included an article shortlisting XTEN's submission for the Guggenheim Helsinki as one of the most exciting proposals. The full article may be found here: http://tinyurl.com/ArchDaily2014
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XTEN's Guggenheim proposal featured on ArchDaily
XTEN's proposal for the new Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki was featured in ArchDaily's "32 "Discarded" Helsinki Guggenheim Proposals You Should Know About". The article chose to showcase just 32 of the record-breaking 1,715 submissions for the museum in a look at "great designs-that-could-have-been." The full article may be found here: http://www.archdaily.com/579268/32-discarded-guggenheim-proposals-you-should-know-about/
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XTEN at "The City And The World" in Istanbul
Downtown LA Hotel and Nakahouse are both featured in the exhibition "The City And The World" at UCTEA Chamber of Architects of Turkey in Istanbul.
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Nakahouse and Downtown LA Hotel receive 2014 The International Architecture Awards
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XTEN's Villa La Moraleja project starts construction in Spain.
Downtown LA Hotel published in Hotel Architecture
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Madisonhouse in "ARTRAVEL"
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Arts District Apartments move forward in Downtown L.A.
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As the mornings get colder and the sun sets earlier, I reminisce back to when my boyfriend and I were walking around Daydream Island in our swimmers at 9am in the morning, sweating from the sweltering heat and unable to swim in the ocean for fear of jellyfish stings. Now, my days are full of Arrow and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD , waiting for a weekend that isn't raining. It seems that every time the weather is perfect for the beach, I'm busy, but any time I am free for it, it's raining.
I miss my tan, I miss the scorching heat, and I miss the sand in between my toes. But I guess it's not all downhill, winter is coming soon and that means the layers come out to play - can't wait to play with some new styles in the upcoming months!
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The Royal Family is an American sitcom television series that ran on CBS between September 18, 1991 and May 13, 1992. The series was created by executive producer Eddie Murphy, as part of a development deal Murphy had with CBS, and produced by David Garber, Shelley Jensen, Deborah Leschin, Leslie Ray, and David Steven Simon. Other executive producers alongside Eddie Murphy are Mark McClafferty and Greg Antonacci. It was presented by Eddie Murphy Television in association with Paramount Television, the television arm of Paramount Pictures, a Paramount Communications Company, with which Murphy had long been associated. The series starred Redd Foxx and Della Reese.

Murphy had previously worked with Foxx and Reese in the 1989 film Harlem Nights, which Murphy wrote and directed. The working title for the series was Chest Pains.

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The series chronicled the lives of Atlanta mail carrier Alexander Alphonso "Al" Royal (Redd Foxx) and his wife Victoria (Della Reese), who were anticipating peaceful retirement years until marital problems brought an extended visit from their daughter Elizabeth (Mariann Aalda) and her three children: Kim (Sylver Gregory), Curtis (Larenz Tate), and Hillary (Naya Rivera).

Redd Foxx's death and aftermath
The Royal Family was intended as a comeback vehicle for Foxx, who had not had a successful television series since the cancellation of Sanford and Son in 1977. Ratings for the early episodes were high. However, the show suffered an enormous blow when, on October 11, 1991, Foxx suffered a massive heart attack while rehearsing. Joshua Rich of Entertainment Weekly later wrote, "It was an end so ironic that for a brief moment cast mates figured Foxx—whose 1970s TV character often faked heart attacks—was kidding when he grabbed a chair and fell to the floor." Foxx was taken to  Queen of Angels Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where he died that evening.

The show's producers eventually decided to resume work on the series, running commercials in Foxx's memory that included the line "Like any family, The Royal Family will go on." Jackée Harry was added to the cast as Victoria's younger sister Ruth, who moved in to help the family cope with Al's sudden death. She was introduced in the series' eighth episode, which was written to deal with Al Royal's passing.
After that episode, The Royal Family was placed on hiatus so the writers could rework the series. When the show returned in April 1992, Harry's role had been reworked; instead of Victoria's sister, she was now the Royals' eldest daughter, CoCo. The ratings of the revived Royal Family did not match those of episodes featuring Foxx, and CBS cancelled the series a week before the broadcast of its first season was scheduled to end, leaving two episodes unaired. Those two episodes would finally air 27 years later, when classic TV-focused multicast network Decades aired them in 2019.

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Redd Foxx as Alexander Alphonso Royal
Della Reese as Victoria Royal
Mariann Aalda as Elizabeth Royal Winston
Sylver Gregory	as Kim Winston
Larenz Tate as Curtis Winston
Naya Rivera as Hillary Winston
Jackée Harry as Ruth "CoCo" Royal
Barry Shabaka Henley as Willis Tillis

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In the past few years, there have been some major hacks that cost companies millions of dollars. For example, the 2013 Target hack cost the giant retailer an estimated $248 million. In addition, the hackers gained personal information on 70 million Target customers and 40 million credit and debit cards.
Home Depot experienced a similar hack in 2014, costing Home Depot up to $263 million in expenses, including the cost of an investigation, legal costs, and providing customers with credit monitoring and identity protection services. The Home Depot hackers also managed to take 53 million customer email addresses and 56 million customer credit and debit card accounts.
Earlier this year, hackers penetrated Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting bureaus, and stole the personal information of over 143 million consumers. The final cost of that breach is still being determined, but is likely to be in the tens of millions of dollars.
In addition, Equifax further compounded its security problems. The hack was not disclosed to the public until September 2017 and Equifax invited consumers to a website where they could check to see if the hack affected them.
Unfortunately, a cloned version of that Equifax site was in existence and the cloned version was so convincing that an Equifax employee was sharing it. One of the people managing Equifax's Twitter account accidentally sent users the link to the cloned site for several weeks. Also, the original Equifax website should have had sufficient safeguards to prevent it from being cloned.
There is ample evidence that companies that fail to protect themselves against hackers seeking data, money or bragging rights suffer considerable financial losses. Despite the news covering these massive security breaches, some organizations still fail to protect the information entrusted to them.
The Complicated Factors behind Security Breaches
Preventing a hack is complex because hackers use multiple ways to attack you. For example, a hacker can:
Secretly install keylogging software or ransomware in computers
Take down a site or server in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack
Set up a fake Wi-Fi hotspot in a public place, such as a coffee shop or library
Trick you into clicking on a link in an email or direct message that leads you to a spoof site that gathers information from you
Cause you to unwittingly download malware on your computer or mobile device
In addition, some companies don't want to go to the expense of keeping their software updated or training company employees how to recognize hacker penetration attempts. There is a general attitude of "it couldn't happen to us."
But according to the FBI, any organization that holds personal or financial data is vulnerable to an attack. Those organizations include hospitals, school districts, state and local governments, law enforcement agencies, and small and large businesses.
What Else Can We Do Prevent Costly Data Breaches in the Future?
Some of the cybersecurity fixes are obvious. For instance, more money needs to be allocated to keeping anti-virus software updated.
In addition, companies need to devote more time to training employees from C-level to front-line personnel to recognize and stop hacking attempts. Because cyber threats constantly evolve, education and training are vital in helping organizations to prevent hacks or recover from hacks.
But there are other preventative measures organizations can take. For example, data vendors should be thoroughly screened to ensure that they act as another barrier to hackers. In the Home Depot case, the attackers used the logon credentials from a third-party vendor to penetrate the Home Depot corporate environment, according to writer Brett Hawkins in a 2015 white paper for Maryland's SANS Institute.
Also, cybersecurity experts within an organization must improve their communication skills so that C-level executives and boards of directors clearly understand the immense cost and scope of cyber threats.
In a 2015 In Homeland Security interview, cybersecurity expert John Felker said, "It's incumbent upon us [cybersecurity experts] to talk about those threats in terms that the CEO can understand – as it impacts the bottom line or their ability to conduct missions. This is not an easy thing to do. But better communication drives resource allocation and strategic planning and reduces an organization's cybersecurity vulnerabilities."
Finally, any hack should be studied in depth to determine what happened and what lessons can be learned from the hack to further improve the field of cybersecurity knowledge. As technology such as biometrics continues to improve, it too could be harnessed to provide an extra layer of security.
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Pharmaceutical Companies in Nigeria: The Top 10
Pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria are responsible for the development, production, and marketing of pharmaceuticals (drugs, vaccines, and specifications) used as medications. Pharmaceutical companies may deal in generic or brand medications and medical devices. Their products are subject to a variety of laws and regulations that govern the patenting, testing, safety, efficacy, and marketing of pharmaceutical products.
Pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria make a lot of money from the marketing and distribution of their products as the health sector continues to remind people it's a sector that can almost never drop from the top of the revenue ranking with annual revenue of over N400 Billion and still growing from new inventions, new cures and the emergence of new diseases.
Below, in no particular order are some of the top Pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria.
Fidson Healthcare
The pharmaceutical company is into the production of drugs and prescription tablets and they have a really strong chain of distribution in Nigeria. Their wide range of pharmaceutical products includes antidepressants, diabetes, psychiatry, CVD and CVR management pills, analgesics and nutraceuticals.
Drugfield Pharmaceuticals
Drugfield is a pharmaceutical company that has a very robust distribution line. Their products include CVD and CVR pills, Liquid blood tonics, energizing capsules and pain killers. Drugfield products are also reputed to meet international standards.
Evans Medical
Evans medical has been in the pharmaceutical production line since 2001. They have a reputation for delivering on quality and affordability. Their service includes productions and diagnosis of pharmaceuticals and distribution to sales channels across the country.
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GlaxoSmithKline is a renowned world-wide pharmaceutical and health care company. They have a really huge production and distribution line and their products have continually and consistently met international standards.
Emzor Pharmaceuticals
Emzor Pharmaceutical is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. They were founded in 1984 and are present in over 30 countries across the world including Nigeria. They are known to manufacture pharmaceuticals with high efficacy and potency.
Olex Pharmaceuticals
When it comes to both the productions and sell out of quality pharmaceutical products, Olex Pharmaceuticals can boast of being among the top pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria with over 15 years of operation and distribution of health products.
Global Sterling Pharmaceuticals
Global Sterling Pharmaceutical products are supplied to both government and private hospitals/facilities and their products have been tagged as one with incredible quality. Their products include Blood nourishing tonics, prescriptive medications, painkillers, antidepressants, and so on.
Swiss Pharmaceutical Company
Swiss Pharmaceutical Company confidently boasts some of the most used medical products in Nigeria. The company manufactures, distributes, markets and donate medical consumables via their strong production and distribution line. They also go by the name Swipha.
Neros Pharmaceutical Company
Neros Pharmaceuticals are reputed for their supply of pharmaceutical products to public health facilities and NGOs. They also pride themselves in the production of medical consumables and prescription pills.
Mopson Pharmaceuticals
Mopson Pharmaceuticals boasts high quality products that meet both the required international production standards and customer requirements. Mopson pharmaceuticals also produce some of the most affordable medications and they supply products to public health facilities, government hospitals, industrial clinics, and so on.
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RBP No. 77 – The Hanover – Derryoghill
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RBP No. 1052 – Moygashel
RBP No. 1113 – Ulster Red Cross – Ballynakelly
RBP No. 1147 – Bloomhill Olive Branch of Peace
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RBP No. 991 was formed in 1919. The foundation members had been initiated into the Institution in Drummond RBP No. 426 some years earlier and because a number of them were attached to Derrycreevy LOL No. 460, they felt the need to form a Preceptory in Derrycreevy. Derrycreevy lies a short distance from the site of the Battle of Benburb, which took place in 1646.
The warrant was issued on 4th June 1919 to Sir Knight Alex Reid of Curran, near Derryfubble. He became the first WM and retained the position until his death in 1973, a period of some fifty-four years. He was the driving force behind the early success of the Preceptory.
Sir Knight Archie Reid replaced him in 1973 and retired in 1997 being replaced as Wm by Sir Knight Jim Long.
The Preceptory has maintained a membership around 40 for a long period of time. Records show that twelve new candidates were received in the first year and that a further twelve had been initiated by 1925.
There have been two banners in the history of the Preceptory. The current banner, cords and tassles of Derrycreevy R.B.P. No. 991 cost £106-11s-6d. It depicts The Boy David on the front and Daniel interpreting the Dream on the reverse. The banner was unfurled on the morning of the Last Saturday of August 1965 by a member Sir Knight Johnnie McGirr and dedicated by Rev. J.C. Faulkner, Minister of Benburb Presbyterian Church.


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Readers of the Ithaca Times and residents of Tompkins County voted WICB, Ithaca College's student-run radio station, the best noncommercial radio station in Ithaca. The recognition was included in the local publication's Best of Ithaca 2019 insert Sept. 25. The insert stated WICB has a wide enough selection of content to appeal to anyone. WICB is housed in the Roy H. Park School of Communications and broadcasts programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The station broadcasts to the local Ithaca community on 91.7 FM and streams at wicb.org, iHeartRadio and TuneIn. WICB can also be streamed using the station's iOS app.
Cohost of 'Democracy Now!' to present on distortions of mainstream media
The Park Center for Independent Media will bring journalist Nermeen Shaikh, producer and cohost of "Democracy Now!," to present "The Crisis of the Media-Industrial Complex" at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Center for Natural Sciences. She will speak about the fallacies and distortions of mainstream media and how independent news outlets like "Democracy Now!" provide an urgently needed corrective. Shaikh is the author of "The Present as History," published by Columbia University Press. She regularly speaks on issues ranging from contemporary news media and film to politics and literature. She has presented for the United Nations and the American Psychological Association and at events
including TEDxDanubia Hungary, the Toronto International Film Festival, the New Literature from Europe Festival and others.
Pan Asian American Film Festival to screen two films at Cinemapolis
The 2019 Ithaca Pan Asian American Film Festival will screen two films, "Transfinite" and "Afterearth," from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 4 at Cinemapolis. The event is free and open to
the public. "Transfinite" is a sci-fi omnibus feature film composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive. Director Neelu Bhuman will Skype the audience following the film for a question-and-answer segment. "Afterearth" is a 13-minute narrative about the fight of four women to preserve their homelands of Hawaii, the Philippines, China and North America. Screenwriter Kit Yan will be in attendance for a question-and-answer segment after the screening. They will present an on-campus talk from 12 to 1 p.m. Oct. 4 in Clark Lounge.
'Dust-Flower-Flame' film to screen at Muller Chapel with discussion
The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life will screen the film "Dust-Flower-Flame" at 4 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Muller Chapel. The documentary is about the life of Táhirih Qorratol-eyn, whose presence in the women's equality movement in the 19th century during the reign of Qajar has continued up until today. The film will be followed by a discussion on the life and legacy of Qorratol-eyn led by Omid Ghaemmaghami, associate professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies and director of the Middle East and North Africa Studies program at Binghamton University. He is currently editing a series of articles dedicated to advancing research on the life, writings and legacy of Qorratol-eyn.
Cornell government professor to talk about health equity and democracy
Jamila Michener, assistant professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, will speak about health equity and democracy at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 in Textor 101. The event is sponsored by the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education and the dean's office of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance. Michener is the author of "Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics." She studies American politics and policy with a particular focus on the political causes and consequences of poverty and racial inequality. Michener's research has been supported by the Institute for Research on Poverty, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Her public writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vox, Salon and other outlets. Michener is also a co-leader of the Finger Lakes chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, an organization focused on bringing academic research to policymakers, civil associations and the media. Prior to working at Cornell, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Scholar at the University of Michigan. She received her masters and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.