Umpires: Ted Barrett, Gary Cederstrom, Eric Cooper, Ángel Hernández, Alfonso Márquez, Paul Nauert and Bill Welke.
The 2016 NLCS was the Cubs' second consecutive NLCS appearance and fifth overall. Chicago lost its first four NLCS appearances, in 1984, 1989 and 2003, and most recently were swept in the 2015 National League Championship Series by the New York Mets. This was the first time the Cubs have made back-to-back NLCS appearances. The Cubs had not won a World Series championship since 1908 or played in the World Series since 1945.
This was the second postseason meeting between the Cubs and the Dodgers. Their only other postseason series was the 2008 National League Division Series, in which the Dodgers swept the Cubs in three games.
With the Cubs' and Dodgers' appearances, the winning team was guaranteed to end a pennant drought of at least 28 years. The last time a NLCS had two teams that had pennant droughts of more than 25 years was 1989, when the Giants had a 27-year drought and the Cubs a 44-year drought.
With Clayton Kershaw having to unexpectedly close out the 2016 National League Division Series against the Nationals and Rich Hill having to start that game on three days' rest, the Dodgers turned to Kenta Maeda to open the series. Opposing him was Cubs' ace Jon Lester. The Cubs got to Maeda early, scoring three runs in the first two innings to take a 3–0 lead, highlighted by a steal of home by Javier Báez. The steal of home by Baez was the first Cubs player to do so in the postseason since 1907. Jon Lester pitched well, allowing only one run (a pinch hit home run by Andre Ethier) in his six innings. A bases loaded single by Adrian Gonzalez off Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman tied the game in the top of the eighth inning but the Cubs came back in the bottom of the inning. Miguel Montero hit a pinch hit grand slam off of Joe Blanton and Dexter Fowler followed it up with a solo homer of his own on the very next pitch. The Dodgers would add a run off of Héctor Rondón in the ninth, but Montero's game-winning slam proved too big of a deficit to overcome.
Game 1 marked the Cubs' first NLCS win since Game 4 in 2003. They had previously lost seven straight National League Championship Series games.
Game 2 featured a match-up between two of the stingiest pitchers in the National League in 2016, in terms of earned run average. Clayton Kershaw and Kyle Hendricks were the top two in earned run average in baseball, although the former didn't have enough innings to qualify. The start marked the fourth appearance in ten games for Kershaw in the 2016 playoffs. For Hendricks, this was his first appearance since being hit in the forearm on a line drive by Ángel Pagán in the Game 2 of the National League Division Series.
The game lived up to the billing of a pitcher's duel. Kershaw pitched seven shutout innings and the Dodgers edged the Cubs, 1–0, to even up the series at one. The only run of the game scored in the second inning on a homerun by Adrian Gonzalez. Hendricks pitched 5⅓ innings of one-run ball, while the four different Cubs relievers allowed three baserunners over 3⅔ innings. Kenley Jansen, whose previous outing in the NLDS was a seven-out, 51-pitch outing, saved his first game of his career requiring six-outs. It was the Dodgers first six-out save in the postseason since Jay Howell in Game 4 of the 1988 World Series. Jansen needed just 18 pitches to earn the save and tie the series at a game apiece.
Game 2 was the Cubs' second 1–0 game of the postseason and first loss since Babe Ruth and the Boston Red Sox blanked them in the 1918 World Series opener at Comiskey Park. This was also the first time the Dodgers had won a Championship Series game on the road since game five of the 1988 NLCS against the Mets.
This was Jake Arrieta's first start at Dodger Stadium since his no-hitter on August 30, 2015. Opposing him was journeyman and former Cub, Rich Hill.
The Dodgers opened the scoring in the bottom of the third inning. Andrew Toles led off with a single to left, advanced to second base on a ground out by Hill, then scored with two outs on a Corey Seager single to left field. Yasmani Grandal added two runs in the fourth with a two-run homer to right field. The Dodgers tacked on another in the fourth as Justin Turner drilled a solo homer to center field, chasing Arrieta from the game. Hill, meanwhile, pitched six shutout innings, limiting the Cubs to two hits and two walks with six strikeouts on 93 pitches.
Joe Blanton threw a scoreless inning in the seventh and Grant Dayton and Kenley Jansen combined to do so in the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth, against reliever Mike Montgomery, Yasiel Puig singled with one out and came around to score on a double down the left field line by Joc Pederson, improving the Dodgers' lead to 5–0. Pederson would steal third base and score on a Grandal ground out, making it 6–0. Jansen pitched a scoreless ninth to end the game.
This was the first time the Dodgers shut out a team back-to-back in the postseason in their history. It was just the fourth time in LCS history a team posted consecutive shutout wins. The back-to-back shutouts marked the first time the Cubs had been shutout in back-to-back games since May 27–28, 2014. The Cubs hitting slump continued as the 2-3-4-5 hitters went 3–27 in the two shutouts. The win gave the Dodgers a 2–1 series lead.
As the Cubs entered Game 4, they looked to break their two-game scoring drought. Playoff veteran John Lackey took the mound for the Cubs, as the Dodgers started Julio Urías, the youngest pitcher to start a game in postseason history. The Cubs' struggles continued as Urías held them without a hit through three innings. In the bottom of the second, the Dodgers had a scoring chance denied as Adrian Gonzalez was thrown out at the plate by Jason Heyward after an Andrew Toles single. Dave Roberts called a video review but the call stood and it ended the inning. In the fourth, the Cubs bats began to awaken. Ben Zobrist notched the first Cub hit of the game as he bunted to lead off. Javier Báez and Willson Contreras followed with singles to score Zobrist. The run marked the first scored by the Cubs in 21 innings. A Heyward groundout pushed home another run and left Contreras at third for Addison Russell. On an 0–2 pitch, Russell broke out of his slump with a two-run homer to put the Cubs up 4–0. Urías was lifted one batter later. In the top of the fifth, the Cubs breakout continued with Anthony Rizzo hitting a home run on a full count and pushing the lead to 5–0. Back-to-back walks to lead off the bottom of the fourth forced Lackey from the game. Reliever Mike Montgomery gave up a single to load the bases before striking out Corey Seager. A single off of Montgomery's glove by Justin Turner brought in two runs, and the Dodgers reduced the lead to 5–2. Montgomery retired the next two batters to end the threat. In the top of the sixth, the Cubs blew the game open. Russell singled and reached second on a throwing error. Montgomery singled, moving Russell to third. Dexter Fowler singled to score Russell. Following a Kris Bryant walk, Rizzo notched his second hit of the game as he singled to score two runs and increase the lead to 8–2. Following a single by Zobrist to load the bases, Báez hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Joc Pedersen. Pedersen's throw to home got by the catcher as Bryant scored, and Rizzo came home on the wild throw as well, ballooning the lead to 10–2. The Cub bullpen shut down the Dodgers for the remainder of the game, and the series was tied at two games apiece.
With the series tied at two games apiece, the Cubs looked to Jon Lester to keep up his strong playoff performance. The Dodgers also went with their Game 1 starter, Kenta Maeda. The Cubs started the scoring in the first inning on a single by Dexter Fowler and an RBI double by Anthony Rizzo, but could muster nothing further in the first. The Cubs left runners on base in the first, second, fourth, and fifth innings, but could not get another run in. The Dodgers tied the game in the bottom of the fourth following a Howie Kendrick double and steal of third. Adrian Gonzalez hit the ball to Rizzo, who could not field it cleanly, and the run scored as a result. The Dodgers lifted Maeda in the fourth inning. In the sixth, Javier Báez continued his strong post-season play by singling to start the inning. Following a strikeout of Jason Heyward, Addison Russell homered to center field to break the deadlock and put the Cubs up 3–1. After stranding two more runners in the seventh, the Cubs offense broke the game open in the eighth. Russell reached on an error and pinch hitter Willson Contreras singled to put runners at first and second. Pinch hitter Albert Almora, Jr. bunted the runners over, and Dexter Fowler following with an infield single to score the Cubs' fourth run of the game. An infield single by Kris Bryant scored Contreras, and a walk by Ben Zobrist loaded the bases for Báez. Báez, as he had done all postseason, came through with a bases-clearing double to put the Cubs up 8–1. The Dodgers scored a run in the bottom of the eighth off Pedro Strop on a double by Carlos Ruiz. Cub closer Aroldis Chapman pitched the ninth inning and allowed a run-scoring single by Josh Reddick and a sacrifice fly by Andrew Toles to make the score 8–4. Chapman induced Justin Turner to ground out to end the game. The win put the Cubs on the brink of the World Series with a three games to two lead as the series moved back to Wrigley Field. The Cubs performed well against the Dodgers' bullpen in the series, scoring 26 runs in 26⅔ innings pitched by Maeda and the Dodger bullpen.
Cubs pitchers Kyle Hendricks and Aroldis Chapman combined to allow only two hits, one walk, and face the minimum 27 batters, the first time this had occurred in postseason play since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. The Cubs won the series four games to two and won the pennant for the first time since 1945, and the first time to win the pennant at home since 1932. Hendricks pitched 7⅓ shutout innings, allowing just two hits and walking no one. After he allowed a single in the eighth, Chapman entered and forced a double play to end the eighth and a double play grounder to end the game, series, and the Cubs' 71-year pennant drought. Anthony Rizzo and Willson Contreras each hit solo home runs and Kris Bryant, Ben Zobrist, and Dexter Fowler each drove in a run as the Cubs jumped up to a 5–0 lead in the fifth inning.
Of the four Dodgers batters to reach first base, none reached second: Andrew Toles (single, first inning), Josh Reddick (single, eighth inning), and Carlos Ruiz (Walk, ninth inning) were all out on double plays. Reddick reached on a fielding error in the second inning but was picked off at first by Hendricks. As a result, the Cubs faced the minimum numbers of batters - 27 - to complete a nine-inning major league baseball game; this was only the second time a team faced the minimum in a postseason contest (Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series was the only other occurrence).
The Dodgers' World Series drought reached 28 years with the loss. Dodger starter Clayton Kershaw could not repeat his Game 2 magic as he gave up five runs, two home runs, and was replaced in the sixth inning. Relief pitcher Kenley Jansen shut the Cubs out for three innings, but it was too little too late.
Javier Báez & Jon Lester won NLCS co-MVP honors.
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Anyone who's been greeted by the friendly robot Pepper-kun or stayed at the recently-opened Henn na Hotel knows the words Japan, hospitality and technology go hand in hand.
As the country updates itself to welcome people from all over the world, one new hostel in Tokyo feels distinctly like that self-operating house that you've seen in countless movies set in the future.
Located in Asakusa – a place where the traditional and modern mix – &AND HOSTEL is not only a "smart hostel," incorporating Internet-of-Things smart devices, but also a futuristic entertainment facility that's a sightseeing destination in itself. These many high-tech devices can be accessed through the hostel's dedicated application, &IoT, making the hostel both a must-see for techies and convenient for the rest of us.
Here are some of the IoT devices that make stays at &AND HOSTEL extraordinary.
The seven electronic tags, each linked to different switches and sensors, are connected to the MESH application.
A smart key with a small surface to attach to any type of door.
LED smart lighting. Choose over 16,000,000 color variations from your smartphone.
A curtain that automatically opens to the set time from your smartphone. Wake up in comfort of warm sunshine.
Measures blood alcohol content for those late Asakusa nights.
It's a table! No, it's a speaker! Wait, it's both!
For more information, visit PR TIMES (Japanese only) or the hostel's official website.


Shows sustained service to the campus community [Item 2], to the community at large [Item 3], and possibly some government involvement [Item 4]. One or more service activities should relate to the candidate's intended career.
Demonstrates leadership to achieve some goal or objective in Item 7. The Letter of Recommendation on Leadership must confirm this experience.
Makes a clear connection among responses to Items 9 through 13 and the Policy Proposal.
Identifies a specific graduate school and shows some understanding of the proposed graduate program in Item 11.
Describes in Items 12 and 13 a credible career in public service that is consistent with the response in Item 9.
Contains an interesting or intriguing response in Item 14 and explains motivation for career interests unless covered previously. The Advice & Guidance section provides examples of satisfactory and unsatisfactory responses to Item 14 as well as to Items 7, 8, 9, and 11.
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We are a small hobby breeder with over 30 years experience, located in SE Wyoming near the Nebraska and Colorado borders. Our dogs are companions first and show dogs second. We health test all our adults. We breed for true Australian Shepherd qualities. Visit our website to see more information.
Small, family owned and operated breeders of quality Miniature Australian Shepherds (& some toys) but we have a passion for all sizes of Aussies. It is important for us to produce dogs that are a pleasure to live with, easy to train, intelligent, with good social skills, as well as structural soundness and good examples of Aussies. OFA/CERF. NAMASCUSA/MASCA/NSDR/ASDR registered. Visitors welcome!
We are a small hobby breeder located in Wyoming. We specialize in raising Mini Aussies with correct temperament, structure, and health. All breeding stock have health clearances. Puppies and older dogs available occasionaly.
We are a home based kennel, located on a 50 acre farm in rural Wyoming. Puppies are raised in the house and are well socialized. Our dogs represent several champion bloodlines and are registered NAMASCUSA, NSDR and ASDR. We produce quality puppies with excellent temperment for show, breeding and companion homes.
Our puppies are home raised, socialized, NSDR and ASDR registered. We have 2 black tri females, 1 blue merle female, red merle females, 1 black tri male, 1 red merle male and 1 blue merle.


This project lies east of Al Nasiriyah city which serves 50,000 people.
THEFAF ALRAFIDAIN Co. first started in this project by making soil investigation, throw three boreholes, designing the structure of all units, and executing all the civil works. As well as installing all the mechanical equipment and electrical borders and cables, along with providing the main power network and one generator.
As a result this project has prevented the waste water's bacteria from reaching to the river.
Client : General Directorate for Sewerage Directorate for Sewerage Dhiqar Sewerage Directorate.


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Q: Ensure datapoints from each class in pytorch Dataloader Right now I have a data-loader like this:

from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader
import torch
class Data(Dataset):
    """
    """
    def __init__(self,X,y):

        X = torch.from_numpy(X).float()
        y = torch.from_numpy(y).float()
        self.X,self.y = X,y

    def __getitem__(self, i):

        return self.X[i],self.y[i]

    def __len__(self):
        return self.X.shape[0]

def create_data_loader(X,y,batch_size,ensure_one_of_each_target=True):
    """
    Creates a data-loader for the data X and y
    params:
    -------
    X: np.array
        - numpy array of size "n" x k where n is samples an "k" is number of features
    y: np.array
        - numpy array of sie "n"
    batch_size: int
        - Take a wild guess, dumbass
    return
    ------
    dl: torch.utils.data.DataLoader object
    """

    data = Data(X, y)

    dl = DataLoader(data, batch_size=batch_size,
                            shuffle=True, num_workers=0)
    return dl

the issue is that say I have a imbalanced data with ratio 1:100, and I run batch-size=32 then often we will have just the majority-class in each sample.
I can overcome the issue by avoiding using Dataloaders, by splitting the X into xn where n is the number of classes, and then concat a sample from each xn like:
x0=x_train[y_train==0]
x1=x_train[y_train==1]
n_batch = min(10,int(sum(y_train))) #number of batches
batch_size_pos = max(1,len(x1)//n_batch)
batch_size_neg = max(1,len(x0)//n_batch)

for i in range(n_batch-1):
    x_batch=x0[i*batch_size_neg:(i+1)*batch_size_neg]
    x_batch=np.append(x_batch,x1[i*batch_size_pos:(i+1)*batch_size_pos],axis=0)
    .
    .

But I cannot make it work using Dataloaders ...

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Föhr Frisian, or Fering, is the dialect of North Frisian spoken on the island of Föhr in the German region of North Frisia.  Fering refers to the Fering Frisian name of Föhr, Feer. Together with the Öömrang, Söl'ring, and Heligolandic dialects, it forms part of the insular group of North Frisian dialects and it is very similar to Öömrang.

Status
Around 3,000 of Föhr's 8,700 people speak Fering (1,500 of them being native speakers), constituting a third of all North Frisian speakers. An unknown number of emigrants in the United States of America, mainly in New York and Northern California, speak Fering as well. Fering differs from other North Frisian dialects in that it is also used publicly on Föhr, not only at home. The municipalities of Oldsum and Süderende (Fering: Olersem, Söleraanj) in the western part of Föhr are strongholds of the dialect.

Personal and family names
Personal names on Föhr are still today greatly influenced by a Frisian element. Notably hypocorisms and names with two elements are common. Early borrowings were made from the Danish language and the Christianisation of the North Frisians around 1000 A.D. brought a modest influence of Christian and biblical names. In the Age of Sail, Dutch and West Frisian forms became popular.

Family names were usually patronymic, i. e. they were individually created as genitives from the father's given name. Contrary to the Scandinavian Petersen or Petersson, meaning "Peter's son", a Fering name like Peters means "of Peter". This practice was prohibited by the Danish Crown in 1771 for the Duchy of Schleswig and was therefore abandoned in the eastern part of Föhr. As western Föhr was a direct part of the Danish kingdom until 1864, patronyms were in use there until 1828 when they were forbidden in Denmark proper as well.

Loanwords
Apart from Dutch names, the seafarers in Dutch service also introduced many loanwords in Dutch language to Fering which are still in use today. It has been observed that apart from Afrikaans, no other language outside the Netherlands proper has been influenced as much by the Dutch language as the North Frisian insular dialects. Examples for Fering include:

Other loanwords were derived from American English when many people emigrated from Föhr to the United States but kept contact with their relatives on the island. Examples include:

Phonology

The r is always pronounced as alveolar trill. Initial s is always voiceless.

The diphthongs  ia, ua and ui as well as the triphthong uai are falling diphthongs, i.e. the stress is always on the first vowel.

Orthography
The current orthographic rules for Fering and Öömrang were defined in 1971. Previously, linguists like L. C. Peters, Otto Bremer and Reinhard Arfsten had each created their own Fering orthography. Long vowels including those with umlauts are always written as double letters while consonants are short by default. Capital letters are only used in the beginning of a sentence and for proper names.

Grammar

Nouns

Gender
Fering originally had 3 genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. However during the course of the twentieth century the feminine and neuter genders have combined.

Number
Fering nouns have two numbers – singular and plural. There are two major suffixes used to form the plural: "-er" and "-en". Nouns with a masculine gender often use the "-er" plural (although there are a few feminine/neuter nouns in this group) and nouns with a feminine/neuter gender often use the "-en" plural (there are a few masculine nouns in this group). Plurals can also be formed using "-in", "-n" and "-s". There are also plurals formed by changing a consonant at the end of the word, by changing a vowel within the word or by retaining the same form as the singular. Occasionally the plural form is formed by using a different word.

 An example of a masculine noun using the "-er" plural suffix:  (dog) –  (dogs). Nouns can also lose an unstressed vowel, as is the case with  (basket) –  (baskets). Some nouns undergo a vowel change, such as  (blacksmith) –  (blacksmiths).

There are exceptions in this suffix group, including  (window; a feminine/neuter noun) which forms the plural by removing a syllable – ' (windows), and  (island; also a feminine/neuter noun, and a German loanword) which form forms the plural by removing an unstressed vowel –  (islands).

 An example of a feminine/neuter noun using the "-en" plural suffix: buk (book) – buken (books). Nouns can also lose an unstressed vowel, as is the case with  (woman) –  (women) and  (village) –  (villages).

 An example of a (feminine/neuter) noun using the "-en" plural suffix:  (office – i.e., a type of position) –  (offices).

 An example of a (masculine) noun using the "-n" plural suffix:  (painter) –  (painters).

 An example of a (masculine) noun using the "-s" plural suffix:  (captain) –  (captains).

 Examples of masculine nouns which retain the same form as the singular include:  (stone(s)), karmen (man, men), lüs (louse, lice),  (boot(s)) and  (twin(s)).

 Examples of feminine/neuter nouns which retain the same form as the singular include: bian (bone(s), leg(s), gris (piglet(s)), schep (sheep, singular and plural) and swin (pig(s)).

Verbs
In Fering, there are three groups of verbs: weak, strong and irregular verbs.

Fering literature
There are various Fering authors. One of the first publicly noticed writers was Arfst Jens Arfsten (1812–1899) who began writing anecdotes in Fering around 1855. Others include Stine Andresen (1849–1927) who was a poet and writer from Wyk whose literature often refers to her native island. She published her poetry in German but also in Fering. In 1991, Ellin Nickelsen's novelette Jonk Bradlep (Dark Wedding) was published. With it, she won the first ever held North Frisian literature competition.

See also
Leew Eilun Feer

References

External links
 Ocke-Schwen Bohn's home page Speech samples and a phonetic description of Fering

Föhr
North Frisian language

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La Coppa Italia di pallapugno 2014 è stata la 29ª edizione della coppa nazionale e si è svolta dal 10 giugno al 31 agosto 2014. Al torneo hanno partecipato otto squadre di club italiane e la vittoria finale è andata per la seconda volta alla Pallonistica Albese.

Regolamento
Hanno preso parte al torneo le prime otto squadre classificate al termine del girone d'andata della Serie A 2014. Le società qualificate si sono affrontate nei quarti di finale e nelle semifinali in casa della meglio classificata, mentre la finale si è disputata sul campo neutro di Dogliani. La squadra vincitrice affronterà i campioni d'Italia nella Supercoppa italiana 2015.

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Rediff.com » Business » The magical Apple iPhone through the years
The magical Apple iPhone through the years
On Tuesday, Apple unveiled the upgraded iPhones 5S and cheaper iPhone 5C. Since its launch in 2007, iPhone has always been the benchmark for smartphones.
If a competitor wants to get any significant marketshare, it needs to come up with a product that can be compared with the Apple device.
iPhone revolutionised the way smartphones looked, felt and worked. Apple was the first company to introduced touchscreens that can be operated by human touch. Prior to that touchscreen phones came with styluses.
The multi-touch was another feature that debuted in iPhone and later other manufacturers incorporated it in their devices.
Apple had introduced motion sensor (Accelerometer) to make it easy for users to read webpages by switch the phone from portrait mode to landscape.
It now is essential feature in every smartphone. It is needed for almost all games and and apps that perform certain function when on 'shaking the device'.
The most revolutionary feature that kept iPhone on top through the years is the Apple App Store. The App Store features over 900,000 apps and over 50 billion downloads.
Image: Indian actress Rituparna Sengupta holds her new Apple iPhone.
Photographs: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters
Tags: Apple App Store
App Store has been Apple's trump card. It's because of app store that many buyers ditch Android and Windows phones and opt for iPhone.
But why did Apple get into the smartphone in the first place?
If once look at Apple's patents; it feels the company has always toyed with the idea of making phones. But the story of iPhone has roots in the success of iPod.
Since the introduction of iPod in 2002, Steve Jobs always thought that mobile phones are a threat to its music device.
After the massive success of iPod by 2004, he wanted a presence in the mobile phones to keep iPod and iTunes relevant.
Apple reached an agreement with Motorola in 2004 by which the handset manufacturer will include iTunes in its phones. In 2005, Motorola launched ROKR E1 with iTunes, which didn't do well. The partnership didn't last too long.
The company then started working on a phone. And, after over two years of development finally launched iPhone on January 9, 2007.
Click NEXT to see iPhone through the years…
Image: A customer looks at an Apple's iPhone.
Photographs: Jo Yong hak/Reuters
Tags: Motorola , Applersquo , Steve Jobs , ROKR
It was one of the most anticipated gadgets and people had lined up for the device outside the Apple and AT&T stores to buy it. Within an hour of the device going on sale, stores started complaining of the shortages.
To avoid mishaps and burglaries, off-duty policemen were hired to guard the stores overnight.
The hype around the phone was such that a survey revealed six out of 10 American knew about the phone before it was launched.
When the first iPhone was launched, Apple did have the App Store. The phone was available in black colour only and it didn't even have copy-paste function.
When discontinued, the phone had a total sales of 6,124,000 units.
Click NEXT to see iPhone's specifications…
Image: The new iPhone sits on display behind a glass case at the Macworld conference in San Francisco.
Photographs: Kimberly White/Reuters
Key features of the first iPhone
Display size: 3.5-inche
Memory options: 4/8/16 GB
Camera: 2MP (no support for video recording and no front camera)
Processor & RAM: 412 MHz & 128 MB
Tags: Accelerometer , RAM
It was with iPhone 3G that Apple brought in App Store, which was an instant hit. The company kept the name because the phone supported 3G networks.
It was released in June 2008, 17 months after the first device. Apple sold over a million phones within three days of launch.
Other than App Store, the phone also saw introduction of GPS and push email. Buyers had colour option of black and white.
Many basic features were still missing from the phone. On introduction, the phone still didn't have copy-paste functions and MMS sending ability, which were resolved after updates much later. Also, the camera didn't support video recording.
The phone did receive its fair share of criticism for software bugs and battery issues.
Many reviewers found iPhone 3G to be a great buy despite the problems.
Image: Apple Corporation CEO Steve Jobs speaks about the new iPhone 3G during his keynote speech at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Tags: GPS , App Store , MMS
Key features of iPhone 3G
Network: 2G and 3G
Display size: 3.5-inch
Memory options: 8 and 16 GB
Processor & RAM: 412 MHz & 128MB
Available apps in 2008: 10,000
Apps download in 2008: Around 300 million
Image: The new Apple iPhone 3G is displayed in Toronto.
Photographs: Mark Blinch/Reuters
A year after iPhone 3G, Apple introduced its new device that had a better camera, video recording capability, electronic compass, and was twice as fast as its predecessor.
It received mixed reviews from experts because they felt the updates were not too significant.
iPhone 3GS also had its share of problems, too. The biggest was overheating of the phone that even cause discolouration of the device in some cases.
This device maintained the record set by iPhone 3G and saw a sale of over a million units over the weekend.
Image: Scott Forstall, senior vice president for iPhone Software, discusses the new cut, copy and paste application of the iPhone OS 3.0 software at Apple Inc. campus in Cupertino.
Photographs: Robert Galbraith/Reuters
Key features of iPhone 3GS
Memory options: 8/16/32 GB
Camera: 3.15 MP (no front camera)
Available apps in 2009: 100,000
Apps download in 2009: Over 2 billion
Image: Customers try out the new iPhone 3GS on the first day it is being sold at the Apple Store in Zurich.
Photographs: Christian Hartmann/Reuters
Tags: RAM
The phone had many firsts to its credit. Apple started using Retina Display from iPhone 4 onwards, which boasts a 326 ppi pixel density.
The phone also included a front camera for the first time and included a flash for the back camera. It also had support for HD video recording.
Starting with this phone, Apple users could conduct a video conference with each other using FaceTime.
Apple also introduced Gyroscope sensor that complements accelerometer, and helps in motion detection, which made gaming more fun and smooth.
As with earlier devices, this iPhone too had its share of issues. Shortly after the phone was launched, some consumers reported that signal strength of the phone was reduced on touching the lower left edge of the phone resulting in call drops.
Image: Apple CEO Steve Jobs stands in front of an image of the new iPhone 4 that explains the device's pricing, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California.
Tags: Retina Display
Initially, Apple ignored the complaints. Later when some users decided to sue Apple and its partners for concealment, negligence, intentional misrepresentation and defective design, the phone manufacturer sprang into action.
Apple started providing free covers called Bumpers that prevented direct contact with the antenna.
Despite the issues, reviewers across gave thumbs up the iPhone 4.
In 2011, two iPhone 4 equipped with a special application were taken to the International Space Station. The devises were used in various experiments.
iPhone 4 broke all previous records of sales. Apple sold over 1.7 million devices within three days of its launch.
Image: New iPhone 4 models are displayed after Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled it during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California.
Key features of the phone
Camera: 5 MP rear camera with a flash; VGA camera in the front
Processor & RAM: 1 GHz & 512 MB
Available apps in 2010: Over 300,000
Image: Customers waiting for the release of the new iPhone 4 line up outside Apple Inc's store in the Ginza district of Tokyo.
Photographs: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
Tags: VGA , RAM
Though the phone retained the design of iPhone 4S, it featured significant changes in hardware and software.
It was much faster than its predecessor, had an 8MP iSight on the back, and saw introduction of iCloud, iMessage, Notification Centre and Twitter integration.
The most exciting addition to the phone was intelligent personal assistant named Siri. This automated voice control system allowed users to give the iPhone commands, which it can execute and respond to.
Apple also solved the antenna problem in this phone.
Apple sold four million units of the iPhone 4S in the first three days of release.
A day after the launch of the smartphone on October 5, 2011, Apple CEO Steve Jobs passed away.
Image: Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about iPhones, including the iPhone 4S, at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.
Tags: Steve Jobs , Siri , CEO
Memory options: 16/32/64 GB
Processor & RAM: Dual-core 1 GHz & 512 MB
Apps download in 2011: Over 18 billion
Image: A white Apple iPhone 4S is shown on display at an Apple Store in Clarendon, Virginia.
Photographs: Jason Reed/Reuters
Tags: VGA , Accelerometer , RAM
Apple ditched its standard 3.5-inch screen size in this device. iPhone 5 featured a bigger 4-inch display. The new phone also supported LTE (or 4G networks).
Though Apple didn't introduce any significant features, except for Passbook, the phone had a 'better battery performance', had 'two times the graphics performance' and was "two times faster" than its predecessor.
To make the phone thinner, Apple also ditched its dock connector, and introduced a slimmer one called Lightening.
The main feature of the device was Passbook, an application that allows users to store their coupons, boarding passes and tickets digitally. Also, Passbook is capable of making mobile payments at locations that have compatible hardware.
This time, Apple was heavily criticised for it newly introduced maps, which had many serious errors. Apple apologised to the users and switched back to Google Maps.
The phone sold over 5 million units in the first three days of the launch.
Image: Kae Shibata shows off her new Apple Inc's iPhone 5 after waiting for two days outside an Apple Store in Tokyo's Ginza district.
Tags: LTE
Network: 2G, 3G and 4G
Camera: 8 MP rear camera with a flash; 1.2 MP front camera
Processor & RAM: Dual-core 1.3 GHz & 1 GB
Image: Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple Inc., talks about battery life of the iPhone 5 during Apple Inc.'s iPhone media event in San Francisco, California.
Photographs: Beck Diefenbach/Reuters
On Tuesday, Apple introduced an upgrade to iPhone 5 and also a cheaper smartphone.
In iPhone 5S, the company has introduced Fingerprint sensor. This feature allows the phone to be unlocked after verifying the fingerprint of the user. This technology will also be used for authorising transactions on the phone.
Apple also introduced a 64-bit processor for the iPhone 5S, first ever on a smartphone.
Though the camera on the phone is still an 8 MP one, the company has made significant improvement to make the pictures sharper and more natural.
A new flash for the camera is also introduced. It has a dual 'True Tone' LED flashes that balances the colour temperature.
Apple has introduced new colours for the smartphone. Other than the existing white, iPhone 5S will be available in silver and gold.
Image: A staff member sets up the new iPhone 5Ss for a display picture at Apple Inc's announcement event in Beijing.
Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters
Tags: True Tonersquo , LED , Apple
To boost sale in markets such as India and China, Apple will introduce cheaper iPhone 5C.
The phone will use the same chip, A6, which comes in iPhone 5. The phone does not include fingerprint recognition.
The back case of the phone will be available in blue, green, red, yellow, and white colours, made of polycarbonate instead of the aluminium found on iPhone 5 and 5S.
Most of the specification of the phone is similar to that of iPhone 5, except for the battery that will be slightly bigger.
Image: The new iPhone 5C in five colours are placed together at Apple Inc's announcement event in Beijing.
Tags: China , India
Sony launches Xperia M; costs Rs 12,990
Apple launches 2 stunning iPhones
Sony unveils Xperia Z1 with mind-blowing 20.7 MP camera
Samsung launches smartwatch, Galaxy Note 3
LG G2 smartphone makes Samsung Galaxy S4 look old

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This is me, beginning my ascent from a drop-back backbend that I have been working on for quite a long while now. It is huge exercise in trust and faith. Trust that my landing pad will be there, that my arms will hold me and that I won't fall on my head. Faith because I can't see when I drop back; I have to allow gravity to take over and believe that I am ready and strong enough to do it. Trust and faith also come into play on the way out of the back bend. Trust that I can lift my chest and torso enough while leaning into my legs enough and faith that I won't fall on my head or knees.
This picture was from my last (and best attempt) this morning, but before I went over backwards, my mind was screaming, "No! You don't want to do it again because it's hard!" I shut my mind down and listened to my spirit which said that I could do it again and could do it better. My spirit won today!
Is there a faith and trust issue you're avoiding because your mind doesn't want to do something hard? How about shutting the powerful voice of your mind down and instead, listen to your spirit? You might just amaze yourself!


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Chamber holds forum for local political candidates
By Sarrah Peters/News Editor
The Etowah Chamber hosted the Political Candidate Forum for Gadsden Municipal Elections on Thursday, August 16. The Chamber invited each candidate for Gadsden City Council and the Gadsden Mayor's Office to speak for five minutes. Candidates introduced themselves and spoke about their plans should they be elected.
For the Gadsden City Council District 1 seat, the candidates are Steven Abel and incumbent Dr. Cynthia Toles. Toles was unable to attend. Abel discussed his vision to reduce crime by providing more safe places for children to study and play. He also said that he would like to see more programs to address drug abuse problems for families to help their children.
The candidates for the Gadsden City Council District 2 are Sam Ashley, Van Smith, Sr., and Incumbent Deverick Williams. Ashley was the only candidate able to attend. Ashley highlighted education issues, including raising preschool and high school enrollment. He said that education begins at home and advocated for educational programs that held parents accountable for their children.
The candidates for the Gadsden City Council District 3 are Robert Avery and incumbent Thomas Worthy, both of which attended the forum. Avery spoke of his success in securing a grant to fund a Head Start program in Gadsden and funding a nutrition program for children. He highlighted the scant number of police officers in Gadsden and said that he would like to hire more officers. Worthy highlighted his military and Gadsden police officer background. Worthy focused on his efforts to decrease local unemployment with the Gadsden Job Fair, which went from eight employers to 70 employers during his time in office. He also discussed creating a program to assist with fixing local abandoned and damaged houses.
Gadsden City Council District 3 candidate Robert Avery discuss local issues at the Etowah Chamber's Political Candidate Forum for Gadsden Municipal Elections on Thursday, August 16.
The candidates for the Gadsden City Council District 4 are Kent Back, Gene Millican III, James Ray and Davis Varner, who all attended. Back discussed workforce development, saying that he wants to promote careers, not jobs. Back said that consistent school attendance will help develop a strong workforce. He also discussed the local opioid crisis, stating that mental health must be a focus to bring down crime and addiction rates. Millican, owner of the Downtown Tavern, talked about creating a walking district along the Coosa. To do this, he would have incoming businesses face the river and build a walking bridge in the area. Ray said that bringing higher-paying jobs to the area will allow the city to pay for a larger police presence. He also offered to donate his earnings from city council to District 4. Varner discussed keeping locals from moving away from Gadsden by bringing new jobs to the city by improving infrastructure and utilizing the Coosa River. Varner wants to promote technical schooling programs.
The candidates for the Gadsden City Council District 5 are incumbent Billy Billingsley Sr., Mark Dailey, Glenda Jackson and Jason Wilson. Dailey, a pastor, wants to promote economic growth from within Gadsden instead of focusing on bringing new business to the area. As a recovered addict, Dailey said that rehabilitation programs will allow addicts to change and reduce the addiction rates. Jackson introduced a plan for protection, infrastructure and industries, and employment and education, which she named "PIE. Wilson, the founder and CEO of Back Forty Beer Co., discussed creating a long-term city strategy and business plan to bring in investors. Billingsley was unable to attend.
The candidates for the Gadsden City Council District 6 are incumbent Johnny Cannon, Joshua Partee and Richard Pointer. Pointer was the only candidate able to attend. Pointer said that he has seen District 6 decline and wants to bring businesses back to the area.
The candidates for the Gadsden City Council District 7 are incumbent Ben Reed and Chris Robinson. Neither candidate was able to attend.
The candidates for mayor are Todd Bagley, incumbent Sherman Guyton, Mitchell James, Carolyn Parker and David Williams. Bagley highlighted his involvement with addiction recovery ministries and said that state and federal funding is needed to combat the opioid crisis. Bagley also stated that he would like to see Gadsden have a small business culture. James, who served 22 years as a Gadsden police officer, said that poverty, not a bad police force, are the cause of high crime rates and drug addiction. James advocated for more youth activities, drug abuse awareness programs for youth and faith-based addiction treatment programs. Parker, who is currently the Etowah County Commissioner for District 5, said that she wants to host a work session with 12 local municipalities so that they can collaborate to solve the issues in the county. She advocated for the extension of I-759, finding new traffic and economic development solutions and career technical programs. Williams said that education is needed to prevent loss of industry in the area. He wants to promote trade school and career tech programs in middle schools. On the opioid crisis, Williams said that Jesus was the only thing he knew that could help. Guyton was unable to attend.


The majority of people go to work begrudgingly – grinding away to make ends meet.
What if, instead of sucking it up, putting your head down and getting to work, you could wake up brilliantly excited every day to do work you love?
This isn't a fairy tale – it's possible – and Jonathan Mead proves it.
And now he helps others do the same.
Jonathan is a lifelong learner, troublemaker and entrepreneur.
Doesn't seem like your conventional mix of attributes and it isn't – but it makes Jonathan (and the businesses he's created) stand out from the pack.
Jonathan got his start online with a simple blog.
After several years, Jonathan grew that simple blog into a 6 figure business through coaching and digital products designed to help people live and work on their own terms. It's called Paid to Exist and the name fits.
One of Paid to Exist's premiere products, Trailblazer, actually helped me get my blog off the ground.
Without Trailblazer, I may never have put this website together, written The Art of Instigating or 2 Days With Seth Godin, created my podcast 'In the Trenches' or developed the other products and content I've created here on Tommorkes.com.
The point is this: Jonathan is good at what he does.
You can learn a lot from all the products and content Jonathan creates at Paid to Exist, and if you're curious how he does it, today's broadcast is a must listen.
Would love to know what you thought of the interview – leave me a comment below and tell me what you liked best, or what you wished I'd asked Jonathan.
Any questions asked here I'll pass along his way and hopefully get you a response.
I would also love it if you'd take a few minutes to leave a review on iTunes. Reviews and 5 star ratings boost visibility – so if you like what I'm creating, help spread the word!
Thanks – and, as always, keep creating.


Cracks in the fatality of austerity are quickly spreading outward on the streets in Montréal. Thousands and thousands are actively joining a growing grassroots protest movement that is bold, broad and powerful.
Today's massive demonstration is a public illustration of a grassroots movement in motion, one that is not taking place at random, but that has been built over years. Important and intense debates are taking place about the nature, direction and tactics of this anti-austerity movement.
As compared to the student strike of 2012, lead by student unions, the current movement organizationally involves more political layers, community organizations, anarchist networks, some unions and grassroots anti-austerity coalitions, like the Coalition opposée à la tarification et à la privatisation des services, are all actively mobilizing.
Today, l'Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (ASSÉ) is key to the movement, but at moments has occupied a more mainstream place within the organizational dynamic at times, as compared to the 2012 strike. Active debates are taking place within ASSÉ, an organization representing tens-of-thousands of students, on pushing not for an open ended strike this spring, but for this upcoming fall. On the streets the energy is clearly pointing toward taking action right now. Predictably mainstream media is jumping on these important debates, which in many ways illustrates of the political diversity of the movement, while also highlighting the real challenges and tensions between institutionalization and action.
Despite this discussion, things are moving at a grassroots level, day-after-day, night-after-night, it does feel like a real momentum is developing. Importantly there is broad consensus that this movement is not only about the Québec Liberal government's assault on public institutions like health care and education, articulated painfully in the recent 2015/16 budget, but aims to question the broader structures of neo-liberalism and the social violence of free market economics, in Québec and beyond.
Struggles for climate justice are present within the process, similar to the 2012 strike, environmental issues are important to the movement's rejection of austerity. In 2012, the intense action against the neo-colonial Plan Nord "development" project Québec, modeled in many ways on the colonial tar sands in Alberta, was a defining action.
In an open call for action against hydrocarbons, the Printemps 2015 campaign against austerity writes, "A wave of oil transportation and extraction projects are spreading across Québec, which is now the hub of the Canadian petro-economy. The route from the river to the ocean has been turned over to drilling and the transit of tankers, pipelines, and trains.
Also there has been a major feminist night protest, denouncing the ways that austerity heightens gender violence, while also specifically denouncing police violence against women, as well as sexist violence within the movement.
A really intense energy is present night after night during the autonomous evening protests, that without permission or permit, beautifully occupy the city streets. In the first days the police repression and intentional violence against these actions was clear and scary, police shields smashing students teeth out, major deployment of tear-gas canisters, often fired at close range, there are so many examples of riot police intentionally utilizing physical violence.
Despite this police repression people are still taking to the streets each night. In the face of the movement's persistence and determination, some political space has been won on the streets, as police have relatively held back over recent nights.
Right now as this movement builds over the upcoming week its critically important for people in the rest of Canada to support those on the streets in Québec. Austerity in Québec is part of the broader wave of austerity in Canada being directed by the Conservative government.
Although major political differences remain between Québec and Canada and this is extremely important to consider, the essence of the battle is the same, our common fight is against a neo-liberal austerity attack against the majority that is rooted in a colonially oriented economic system and relation to the land. Across these indigenous territories called Québec and Canada, the battle at the roots is about overcoming systems of colonial violence that are at the absolute core of all austerity policies.


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As the crowds disperse in the late afternoon at Fushimi Inari, the shrine's most favorite residents come out from hiding. The cats of Fushimi Inari wander towards the quiet pathways lined with orange 'torii' gates in the thousands. Big cats, small cats, spotty cats, stripy cats - all the cats of your wildest dreams emerge from the wilderness. With personalities as iridescent and interesting as the shrine where they live, the cats of Fushimi Inari Taisha will warm the hearts of everyone they meet.
So many great pictures! I particularly liked the one where you couldn't tell if the cat was laughing or screaming - fantastic capture!


One of the Myriads had done the unthinkable. She had slipped past Superboy and Mon-El. While her replicates kept the two Legion titans busy, she alone accessed the corridor to the main lab. It had been easier than she thought. Blame it on male egos – they probably never thought a mere Carggite girl would outsmart them.
But there was no time to be overconfident. The sheer number of replicates had taken a serious toll. Myriad found it difficult to focus on her mission or to even remember why she was there in the first place. But in a few minutes, her mission would all be over and no one would ever stop her again.
She found the door to the main lab strangely unguarded. Surely the Legionnaires knew where she was heading by now. Why hadn't they posted more Legionnaires outside, or even automated sentries? Perhaps she had already encountered all of the available Legionnaires.
No matter. She placed Invisible Kid's flight ring in front of the scanner. The door whisked open.
The main lab sprawled out before her like a mini-citadel of its own, with rows and rows of objects she couldn't begin to recognize. She could get lost for days trying to find what she wanted.
But there it was, right in front of her. The upright diagnostic bed was unmistakable, as were the cylindrical apertures extending from its side.
She went cold. Repressed memories came flooding back. Why in the galaxy did she want to expose herself to such agony again?
"H-Hanscom?" Myriad said, the name dimly familiar.
Myriad blinked as the memory resurfaced. She had been on her way to the Temple of the Three Suns when the creature appeared out of nowhere. Its scaly wings blotted out the sky. People around her ran, but she couldn't move. It's raw power, it's sheer grace and beauty transfixed her. She didn't realize it was coming for her until it was too late.
"Starfinger wanted to know the secret of Carggite replication," Brainiac 5 continued, "so he could create more replicates of himself. "He must have experimented on you, a random citizen of Cargg, before he perfected the process and tried again by recently kidnapping Duo Damsel."
"He tortured me with that device!" Myriad pointed to the psonic analyzer. "It felt like he was splitting me apart atom by atom, and then he just returned me to Cargg, as if nothing ever happened."
"But something did happen afterwards, didn't it?" Brainiac 5's tone was sympathetic, even compassionate. "You split into four, and then five, and then six bodies. Replicating more than twice is not unknown on Cargg, but it is rare. You were regarded as a freak, an abomination . . ."
"They shunned me! I didn't ask for any of this, but it didn't matter."
"And yet you want to expose yourself to the psonic analyzer again."
Myriad realized the Coluan probably already knew of the toll creating so many replicates was taking on her. "If I can correct the imbalance, I can create even more replicates of myself without straining," she admitted.
"And then what will you do?"
"I'll create an army and return to Cargg! I'll make them pay for shunning me."
"It doesn't matter!" one of the Myriads shouted. "This is what we want!" All three flew toward the psonic analyzer, and then watched in horror as it changed. The analyzer morphed into Chameleon Boy, the Durlan Legionnaire who could imitate the appearance of anything. Myriad had been tricked.
Chameleon Boy next turned into a Dakledian spider and ensnared one of the Myriads in his 14 arms. The other two Myriads also found themselves busy. Shrinking Violet, who had been hiding in tiny size, resumed her full height and slugged one Myriad, while Phantom Girl phased out from a wall of consoles and, turning solid, grabbed the third Myriad, judo-flipping her (a move Karate Kid had taught her).
"You're just a normal Carggite, now," said Shrinking Violet.
Myriad's scream echoed throughout the lab, reverberating off the walls before she wore herself out.
Invisible Kid's shift at monitor duty was just beginning. Perhaps this is all he's good for anymore, he thought. By the time he had woken up in the alley behind the Crev Café and flagged down a Science Police cruiser, the action was all over. He had missed the whole thing. Fortunately, no real damage was done, and Myriad had been apprehended and turned over to UP authorities. Even Invisible Kid's injuries were slight, though enough to delay his mission to Pasnic.
But the damage to his pride had been severe. A deranged woman had invaded Legion HQ using his flight ring. His flight ring. Perhaps his days as a Legionnaire were truly over.
Lyle took the report and glumly tossed it over on a console.
Invisible Kid rolled his eyes.
Lyle pondered this. His career as a Legionnaire had been rewarding and eventful. But there was more to life than saving the universe from the Fatal Five and writing research papers. As a Legionnaire, Invisible Kid was expected to be well organized and precise. But without Lyle Norg, the spontaneous brat who created an invisibility serum because he wanted to skip school, there would be no Invisible Kid. And, just like that, Lyle made another spontaneous decision.
Lyle hit the intercom, ringing the dorm room of his friend, Chemical King.
"Whassup?" a sleepy Condo Arlik answered.


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Iran's Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era nuclear deal as he dubs Trump a 'tyrant'
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect, Joe Biden, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by Donald Trump's administration.
Speaking at a televised cabinet meeting Wednesday, Rouhani said the ball was "in the US court now."
"If Washington returns to Iran's 2015 nuclear deal, we will also fully respect our commitments under the pact," he said, adding in reference to Trump that "a tyrant's era came to an end and today is the final day of his ominous reign."
Tensions between the two countries ratcheted up during Trump's time in office, appearing to almost reach breaking point after the US assassinated Iranian general Qasem Soleimani last January. Recent weeks have seen a new round of saber-rattling, amid fears the Trump administration might attempt to provoke a conflict in its final days.
With Biden — who was a member of the Obama administration which negotiated the original deal — entering office Thursday, hopes are high for rapprochement.
At the meeting Wednesday, Rouhani castigated Trump, saying his four years in office "bore no fruit other than injustice and corruption and causing problems for his own people and the world."
What was in the nuclear deal?
Officially titled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, the landmark agreement was intended to limit Iran's civilian nuclear program, thereby preventing the country from ever developing nuclear weapons.
The deal, struck in Vienna following two years of intensive talks orchestrated by the Obama administration, was signed by Iran and six other nations in 2015.
Under the deal, the Iranian government agreed to three key things: reducing the number of centrifuges in the country by two-thirds, slashing its stockpile of enriched uranium, and capping ongoing enrichment at 3.67%, an amount sufficient for energy provision but not enough to build a nuclear bomb.
In addition, Iran was required to limit uranium research and development, and allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) certain access to its nuclear facilities.
In return for its compliance, all nuclear-related sanctions on Iran were lifted in January 2016, reconnecting the country's stagnating economy with international markets.
Trump abandoned the deal in 2018, though the agreement itself continues to exist, with Iran, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, China and Russia all still party to it. Since Washington walked away, however, Iran has increased uranium enrichment beyond the limits set by the deal, sparking concern that Tehran could in the future pursue a nuclear weapons program.
Biden's move
Biden has expressed a desire to return to the 2015 agreement, writing for CNN last year that Trump had "recklessly tossed away a policy that was working to keep America safe and replaced it with one that has worsened the threat."
"I will offer Tehran a credible path back to diplomacy," the then-candidate wrote in September. "If Iran returns to strict compliance with the nuclear deal, the United States would rejoin the agreement as a starting point for follow-on negotiations."
Despite this, some had feared that developments in the final months of the Trump administration could bind Biden's hands, as both the US and Israel increased pressure on Iran, potentially undermining future diplomatic entreaties.
In November, a top Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated near Tehran, in an operation the government blamed on Israel, while in late December, US nuclear-capable B-52 bombers were flown to the Middle East as defense officials spoke of the potential for a conflict a year on from Soleimani's death.
While Iran announced this month that it had resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, and seized a South Korean-flagged chemical tanker in the Persian Gulf, the anniversary passed without any conflict between US and Iranian forces, opening the door for the type of diplomacy apparently welcomed by Rouhani this week.
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The Story of the Golden State Killer Is Just Beginning…
Man in the Window, a gripping new true crime podcast from Wondery, tracks the Golden State Killer's crime spree through his victims' eyes.
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By Catherine Phelan
On April 24, 2018, authorities in California announced a major breakthrough in the Golden State Killer cold case. A 72-year-old former cop named Joseph James DeAngelo was under arrest—and based on DNA evidence, investigators strongly believed that he was the Golden State Killer.
Jubilation swept through the true crime community. Whether it was a sense of justice for the victims or the sheer surprise of witnessing a cold case crack open 30+ years after the killer last struck, the arrest felt big—like the climactic end to a long-running narrative.
But now, thanks to a riveting new podcast from Wondery and the L.A. Times, it's clear just how much more there is to learn about the Golden State Killer case. Man in the Window is a six-part series hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Paige St. John. It examines the untold origins of the Golden State Killer, the decades-long hunt to bring him down, and why his rampage lasted for so long.
The podcast series is unique in that it prioritizes the voices of those who were victimized by the Golden State Killer's spree of violence, tracking the case through their harrowing experiences and survivor stories. The last time Wondery and the L.A. Times teamed up for a true crime podcast, the result was the smash-hit Dirty John. Man in the Window is just as gripping.
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The first episode of Man in the Window introduces you to Bonnie Colwell. Many years ago, Bonnie was set to marry Joseph DeAngelo, but she broke off the engagement. The breakup angered DeAngelo. Then, a few weeks later, Bonnie was asleep in bed when she awoke to a tap on the window. She pulled back the curtain. On the other side of the glass stood DeAngelo, pointing a gun at her.
It's a chilling introduction to the man who would later be accused of being the Golden State Killer, and an excellent example of St. John's approach to the podcast. Man in the Window seeks out the human side of this notorious true crime case, tracing the Golden State Killer's crimes through the victims' eyes.
As the Golden State Killer continued his crime spree, he escalated from burglary to rape to torture and murder. Although he killed as many as 13, another 50 or so young women—some just teenagers—were raped but left alive. One such survivor speaks out in the deeply compelling second episode. Assaulted on the night of June 18, 1976, she is the first known victim of the man who was then referred to as the East Area Rapist. The trauma she describes is horrific. Yet it's her fight to survive and refusal to let the attack define her life—"I didn't do anything wrong," she says, "why should I be ashamed?"—that sticks with you long after the episode ends.
This is merely a glimpse of the haunting narratives and revelations you'll encounter in this gripping new true crime podcast. It's one of our favorites and we're sure it will be one of yours. The first three episodes of Man in the Window are currently available for download. Click below to listen now and subscribe to the series to get all six episodes delivered straight to your phone.
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NTTA To Open First Direct Connect Ramp at SH121 and US75
By Tom Branch, on October 15th, 2010
The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) will open the first direct-connect ramp at the State Highway 121, the Sam Rayburn Tollway(SRT) and US 75, North Central Expressway (Central) interchange on October 17th.
The new ramp will allow motorists traveling on northeast-bound SRT in Allen and McKinney to directly access northbound U.S. 75.
"The opening of this direct-connector is a momentous occasion for the NTTA and for the public, since this new ramp will vastly improve traffic flow through the area," said Elizabeth Mow, NTTA director of project delivery.
More developments are coming soon: By the end of November, the NTTA expects to open another major direct-connector on the SRT/U.S. 75 interchange. This one will directly link southbound U.S. 75 with southwest bound SRT. Details will be announced when the opening schedule is finalized.
The NTTA will open the SRT/U.S. 75 interchange in phases during the next several months. All major traffic movements are expected to be open on the interchange in January.
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As another summer season on the seafront gets underway Ella is turning up the heat in a high stakes game to get as far away as possible. Whilst Ruby keeps the café going and Dean mans the ice cream kiosk Ella learns there's no fast track to success.
Judy Upton's coming of age drama first exploded onto the stage in 1998 at the Birmingham Rep. This new edition has been published to coincide with Boundless Theatre's twentieth anniversary revival at the Southwark Playhouse in May 2018.
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Judy Upton was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her first stage play, Everlasting Rose, was produced at London New Play Festival in 1992. In 1994 she won the George Devine Award for Ashes and Sand, which was produced in that year at the Royal Court Theater Upstairs, and the Verity Bargate award for Bruises, which was co-produced by the Royal Court and Soho Theatre Company at the Theatre Upstairs in 1995. Judy's other stage plays are: Temple (The Room, Richmond Orange Tree, 1995); The Shorewatchers House (The Red Room, Kentish Town 1996); Stealing Souls (The Red Room, 1996); Sunspots (The Red Room, 1996, transferred to BAC); People on the River (The Red Room at the Finborough, 1997); To Blusher with Love (Winner of the Open Stages Competition, 1997); The Girlz (The Room, Richmond Orange Tree, 1998); Know Your Rights (The Red Room at BAC, 1998) and Sliding with Suzanne (Royal Court/Out-of-Joint, 2001). Upton is currently writer in residence with The Red Room.
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It was an early evening in May when the three Western leaders finally sat down at a coffee shop inside the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. By the time they took their seats, La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt had already logged more than 33,000 steps on her Fitbit – but, as it turns out, the last few she added may have made the most difference.
Lachelt, along with two colleagues, had spent most of the day trekking up and down the hallowed halls of the Capitol in an effort to convince undecided members of the U.S. Senate – like Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. – to keep a recent BLM methane rule in place. They were also hoping to catch up with Colorado's own Republican Sen. Cory Gardner.
As Lachelt sipped tea and scanned the passersby for Gardner's likeness, she noticed another familiar face – Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. And, he was alone.
"Go after him," her companions suggested.
Without hesitation, Lachelt took off down the hall after one of the only Republican members of the Senate who was officially undecided when it came to the upcoming vote. The U.S. House of Representatives had voted earlier in the year to repeal the methane regulations, and the Senate was expected to vote the very next day.
Lachelt was able to catch McCain just before the elevator doors closed. She stepped inside and gave what Don Schreiber, her longtime friend and colleague, called a 3-minute pitch that was 30 years in the making.
Once Lachelt returned to the coffee shop, she told her colleagues that although the Arizona senator hadn't committed to anything, she felt like he heard her case.
The following day, the Senate voted to keep the methane rule in place by a 51-49 margin. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., and McCain – whose vote was considered by many pundits to be a surprise – joined the Democrats in the majority.
Of course, everyone on the Hill had their own ideas about what tipped the scales for McCain. Some said there was in-fighting among the Republican leadership. Others said it was just another senate feud.
Leaders Network, a new nonprofit she founded, he was the first person she shared the idea with last fall.
The Western Leaders Network is a Durango-based non-profit built on the idea that there is strength in numbers. They bring together local leaders from across the Interior West to address pro-conservation issues.
Covering eight states – Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming – the group is nonpartisan and has already brought Democrats, Republicans and Green Party members to the same table.
Public officials have a considerable influence, according to Schreiber. Not everyone could even get into the coffee shop at the Capitol Building. Not everyone could hop onto an elevator with Sen. McCain.
So, when those public officials come together and combine their influence, they can really make a difference. Schreiber said that is what's unique about Lachelt's vision for the Western Leaders Network.
"It's just like Gwen to come up with a unique and powerful idea that everybody else missed," Schreiber said.
Before running for the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners, Lachelt had been involved with the San Juan Citizens Alliance and Earthworks' Oil & Gas Accountability Project, which is how she first met Schreiber.
His ranch, Devil's Spring Ranch in Gobernador, is at ground zero of the Four Corner's methane hot spot.
The hot spot was first discovered in a 2014 image captured by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The high concentration of methane, which is the prime component of natural gas, hovered over the Four Corners like a glaring red flag.
With more than 35,000 oil and gas wells in the region, its existence wasn't a total surprise. The concentration level, however, was. It's the highest in the nation.
After that revelation, Colorado enacted state regulations to address the issue. It seemed to be working and even became the model for federal rules put out by the Bureau of Land Management last year.
For those who supported the BLM methane rule, the most important aspect of it was the fact that those rules – unlike Colorado's – could be implemented in the entire Four Corners region and really have an impact on the methane hot spot.
Unfortunately for the Western Leaders Network, the victory in Congress over the BLM methane rule was short-lived. The federal agency recently announced it was going to postpone implementation of the rule indefinitely, essentially bypassing the congressional vote to keep it in place.
Lachelt said she's been here before, though, when one White House starts repealing all the things another had worked so hard to accomplish.
A similar thing is happening with national monuments. Under an executive order, signed this April, almost a quarter of the country's 117 national monuments are scheduled for review by the Department of Interior. Following the review, those monuments could be reduced in size or their designations rescinded altogether.
The list includes one of the Southwest's treasures, Canyons of the Ancients. Also on the list of 27 monuments is the most recent addition, Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, a designation made in the final days of former President Barack Obama's administration.
Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, who serves on the Western Leaders Network board as a public lands advocate, worked on the Bear's Ears intertribal coalition during the Obama years and is a former member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council.
For her, the conversation about public lands became something much bigger when she was involved with Bears Ears. Protecting lands in the Southwest, she said, means just as much to a family in Maine who will one day visit, as it does to a family in Durango who calls the area home.
"Public lands belong to everybody," she added.
According to the Western Leaders Network, 113,000 comments have so far been submitted to the Department of Interior on the proposed national monuments under review. More than half of those were specific to Bears Ears, and those numbers were just through the end of May.
Lopez-Whiteskunk urged people to keep commenting and share their stories before the July 10 deadline. "Tell your story ... communicate how the areas need to be protected," she said.
Taking action, though, is only part of what the Western Leaders Network is doing. Another part is education.
When it comes to public lands, for example, it's not just about protecting those lands for generations to come. Tourism, trails and open space bring in billions to the Western economy, Lachelt explained.
Outdoor recreation accounts for $887 billion in consumer spending each year, according to the Outdoor Industry Association. It's those types of numbers, Lachelt said, that can help the West weather the boom and bust of oil and gas revenues – and change what it means to rely on natural resources.
With only a few months under their belt, the Western Leaders Network hasn't even scratched the surface, according to Lachelt.
In the coming week, they'll have their first board meeting to discuss long-term goals and future issues. The following week, they'll host a launch party, High Tea & Champagne, on Thurs., June 29, from 4-6 p.m. at Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave.
With many other Western leaders to reach out to and one important elevator conversation to their credit, who knows what leaders in the West will accomplish next – especially when they do it together.
Where: Eno Wine Bar and Cocktail Lounge, 723 E. 2nd Ave.


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The veteran journalist says he will have the surgery on Thursday and is expected to be out of work until March
15 years after his first aortic valve replacement surgery, veteran journalist Charlie Rose announced Wednesday he will undergo another procedure to upgrade the valve. Rose, 75, says he will have the surgery on Thursday and is expected to be out of work for several weeks while he recovers. He is expected to be back on the air in March. "I can't wait to be back completely rested with my heart recharged, my passion for the work ahead purposeful and my joy at life's pleasures high," Rose said in a statement. Rose is best known for anchoring his self-titled interview program "Charlie Rose," which has aired on PBS since 1991. He is also a co-anchor on "CBS This Morning," and a contributing correspondent to the news magazine "60 Minutes."
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15 years after his first aortic valve replacement surgery, veteran journalist Charlie Rose announced Wednesday he will undergo another procedure to upgrade the valve.
Rose, 75, says he will have the surgery on Thursday and is expected to be out of work for several weeks while he recovers. He is expected to be back on the air in March.
"I can't wait to be back completely rested with my heart recharged, my passion for the work ahead purposeful and my joy at life's pleasures high," Rose said in a statement.
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VIP Service, Subtle Localization: Retail Execs Share Tricks Of The Trade In Shanghai
World Department Store Forum Taking Place June 9-10 In Shanghai
Le Printemps in Paris offers highly personalized shopping services for Chinese VIPs
Department store executives from around the world converged on Shanghai today to discuss the state of the industry and the growing influence of Chinese consumers. At this year's "World Department Store Forum" (June 9-10), organized by the Bailian Group (百联集团) and the Intercontinental Group of Department Stores (IGDS), attendees shared some of their favored techniques for tapping the spending power of Chinese shoppers–a topic of greater importance not only for department stores, but also standalone luxury boutiques.
Speaking on his observations about what makes Chinese shoppers "tick", Paolo De Cesare, CEO of the French department store Le Printemps, said that his company takes a multi-pronged approach to Chinese customer service, which encompasses everything from store design to product innovation. In addition to a three-floor LV flagship that has become something of a Mecca for Chinese tourists, De Cesare said that Le Printemps has created Chinese-language maps, put together a tax rebate scheme, and worked with luxury brands like Chanel to create special ruby-colored handbags aimed at Chinese shoppers. Additionally, De Cesare said that his company recently arranged a trip for a group of 70 high net worth Chinese, which included personalized shopping, leisure and travel services. This kind of "custom service", De Cesare said, has "locked in the loyalty" of Chinese VIPs to Printemps. The response to this level of attention is, according to De Cesare, one of the driving forces that has seen Chinese tourist-shoppers hold the distinction as the top foreign consumer group in Paris since 2008.
ESCADA CEO, Bruno Salzer echoed De Cesare's enthusiasm for the Chinese consumer, saying that China isn't the future for luxury luxury brands, it's the present. Discussing his brand positioning strategy for the China market, Salzer said ESCADA isn't only targeting Beijing or Shanghai but is digging deeper into second-tier cities. Currently operating 50 locations in China, Salzer said ESCADA plans to surpass 100 stores by 2015. However, as Salzer and other speakers were quick to point out, the China market is far from a cakewalk. Though the consumer base may be growing quickly, and sales are racing ahead, customer service is a nagging problem. According to Salzer, good staff is one of the key factors in a brand's "soft power", and as such sales and customer service training is critical.
Other speakers at the event today discussed the importance of product design that is more in line with what Chinese customers actually like. "Once we had a foreign designer who stuck a dragon on a Li Ning product, but Chinese customers weren't having it," said Li Ning CEO, Zhang Zhiyong. Design that reflects the "image and charm" of Chinese culture, Zhang said, is what Chinese customers like to see. When asked what domestic Chinese businesses can do to fight the global giants that are currently targeting the Chinese market, Zhang Zhiyong said that as the "post-80s generation" has become far more confident and has entered the social mainstream, we've seen a more international conception of brands emerge among Chinese consumers. This more international vision, Zhang said, is something that every Chinese company needs to adapt to.
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Robert Vadra files anticipatory bail!
Robert vadra files anticipatory bail in Patiala House Court. most likely he will get bail but this explains why all of a sudden priyanka joined politics.
Most likely family will sacrifice Vadra and do victim politics.


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Efficacy and Safety of Bendamustine and Rituximab as First Salvage Treatment in CLL: Results of the GIMEMA-ERIC LLC1315 Study
Conference Correspondent - ASH 2017 - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), chemoimmunotherapy (CIT) produces high overall response rates (ORRs), and prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).1 In the absence of a TP53 disruption, recent guidelines recommend a CIT regimen in first- and second-line therapy in patients who have attained prolonged PFS with a previous regimen. However, there is uncertainty in the recommendations for first salvage treatment. Because the combination of bendamustine and rituximab (BR) is one of most widely adopted second-line regimens, at ASH 2017, the authors reported on a retrospective study within the GIMEMA-ERIC network on the efficacy and safety of the BR regimen as second-line therapy in a real-world setting.2
A total of 237 CLL patients at 35 GIMEMA-ERIC centers were enrolled. Enrolled patients had relapsed CLL with 1 previous treatment with alkylating agents and/or purine analogs with or without monoclonal antibodies, and progression requiring second-line treatment according to National Cancer Institute criteria, and at least 1 day of second-line treatment with BR (bendamustine 70 mg/m2 days 1-2 and rituximab 375 mg/m2 for the first course and 500 mg/m2 subsequently). The primary end point was PFS at 12 months. The secondary end points were ORR, time to next antileukemic treatment (TTNT), and OS. Of these patients, 21% had advanced-stage disease (ie, Rai III-IV or Binet C), 73% had unmutated IGHV, and 33% had del(11q) and/or del(17p). First-line treatment was CIT in 59% of the cases; the remaining patients received chemotherapy alone. A total of 95 (40%) patients received 6 cycles without dose reduction.
At 12, 30, and 60 months, PFS rates were 79%, 31%, and 16%, respectively. Shorter PFS was observed in patients with del(17p) (P = .0004), unmutated IGHV (P = .0299), and advanced-stage disease (P = .0192). ORR was 82%, but the probability of attaining a response was significantly lower in patients with del(17p) (P = .04). The TTNT at 12 months was 18%, but a shorter TTNT was observed in patients with del(17p) (P = .0215) and in those who received CIT (P = .004) as the first-line regimen. OS at 12 months was 93%. PFS and OS at 12 months for patients without del(17p) were 81% and 92%, respectively.
At least 1 grade 3/4 adverse event was reported in 33% of the patients; neutropenia (including febrile neutropenia) occurred in 21% of cases, thrombocytopenia in 6 patients (2.5%), and anemia in 3 patients (1.2%). Grade 3 to grade 5 infections were recorded in 16 patients, 8 of whom had a lung infection.
The authors concluded that BR is an effective first salvage regimen in CLL except in those patients with unfavorable genetic features, especially del(17p) and/or unmutated IGHV and advanced-stage disease. These data may assist in the selection of the most appropriate first salvage treatment in relapsed CLL.
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Cuneo A, et al. ASH 2017. Abstract 4330.
Phase 1/2 Study of Pembrolizumab in Combination with Ublituximab (TG-1101) and Umbralisib (TGR-1202) in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory CLL
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Acalabrutinib with Obinutuzumab in Relapsed/Refractory and Treatment-Naïve Patients with CLL: The Phase 1b/2 ACE-CL-003 Study
Adverse Events, Resource Use, and Economic Burden in Patients with Mantle-Cell Lymphoma in the United States
High Complete Response Rates with Pembrolizumab with Rituximab in Patients with Relapsed FL: Results of an Open-Label, Phase 2 Study
Randomized Trial of Ibrutinib versus Ibrutinib plus Rituximab in Patients with CLL


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While the practice of taking oral x-rays have been around for many years, a newer, less invasive procedure, known as the intra-oral camera, is gaining popularity among many of the Rancho Bernardo dentists as well as around the country.
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Just as you visit the doctor for checkups or when you are sick, visits to dentists in Oceanside CA should be made on a regular schedule. Taking care of your oral health needs now can prevent many problems later, and if you like your smile and want to keep it, these dental visits are necessary.
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Q: removing whitespace from tracking number in database Using Magento 1.7.0.2
Our data entry process in the past has entered tracking info with spaces (eg: xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx) which has caused tracking for customers to fail because of the whitespaces.
As opposed to changing each tracking number manually I wanted to change the function that calls the number to remove the whitespaces (tracking works properly when there are no whitespaces).
I believe I have traced it to this function:
public function getNumber()
{
    return $this->getData('track_number');
}

How can this be done?

A: if you only want to remove the space character you may use str_replace
$track_number = str_replace(' ', '', $track_number);

to remove all possible whitespaces use regex
$track_number = preg_replace('/\s+/', '', $track_number);

You may also consider to just clean up those spaces from database. This query would do the job:
UPDATE `sales_flat_shipment_track` SET `track_number` = REPLACE(`track_number`, ' ', '');