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This is my brother Wheeler (and Luanne the dog). His birthday is in a few days but we celebrated it today with a big family and friends dinner. I didn't actually take any photos during the family time but I did stop by his house earlier today and snapped a few visiting moments.
Happy birthday big brother! I love you!


PULZAR SEMI SYNTHETIC MOTOR OIL is a thick, protective blended oil especially designed to extend the life of hard-working, high-performance gasoline engines at elevated temperatures and shear conditions.
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New to the aquatics market Gold Label Aqua Pond Paint is a product designed to make the waterproofing of concrete ponds as simple as painting a wall with emulsion!
Gold label Aqua Pond Paint is water based with an activator, Application is very easy as it does not require a seperate primer and there is no drag on the brush or roller, a huge benefit is the refill time, three to six days depending on atmospheric conditions, with a fantastic coverage of 6 to 8 square metres per litre, Gold Label Aqua Pond Paint will double the coverage of normal pond paints with half the effort and half the curing time. Two coats will, in most circumstances, achieve the required finish.
Gold Label Aqua Pond Paint is packed in 2.5 ltr and 5 ltr easy to mix buckets.
Before painting check your surfaces for imperfections, cracks etc and fill where appropriate. For large cracks in the concrete, vee out the cracks to approx 10mm - make sure the surface to be bonded is solid and dust free. Fill with Gold Label Pond & Aquarium Sealer. Painting can then commence immediately. Although Gold Label Aqua Pond Paint is much safer than normal resin systems, it is recommended you should avoid contact by using barrier cream or gloves. Any splashes should be washed off with soap and water.
1) Add the hardener in the top unit to the paint in the bottom unit and stir throughly, making sure it is completely mixed - VERY IMPORTANT - stir for a minimum of 2 minutes.
PLEASE NOTE - Once mixed, the paint is usable for 1.5 hours in ambient temperatures. Over 20°c the working time will be reduced.
2) After mixing, apply immediately by brush, roller or spray. Ensure the coating is worked into the corners etc. Apply minimum of 2 coats. The second coat can be applied when the first is touch dry after approx 6-8 hours at 20°c. The same for any subsequent coats.
The Gold Label Aqua Pond Paint will cure hard in 12 hours and full cure in 3-7 days, depending on atmospheric conditions. When fully cured, wash the painted surface and drain before final fill.
Q] Do I need to use a primer first?
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Q: Mapping JPA Spring Guys I have a problem to solve and if possible I would like an opinion from you:
I have a "Workflow" entity with a mapping:
@EmbeddedId
private WorkflowId id;

@JsonIgnore
@OneToMany (mappedBy = "workflow", cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
private List <UsuarioDestinoEmail> usuariosDestinoEmail;

The "WorkflowId" class:
@Embeddable
public class WorkflowId implements Serializable {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

@Column (name = "CPROCS_JURID")
private String numeroDossieWorkflow;

@Column (name = "CACOMP_RESER_SNIST")
private Long codeWorkflow;

...

The entity "UsuarioDestinoEmail" has the mapping:
@Id
@GeneratedValue (strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
@Column (name = "CSEQ_USUAR_EMAIL")
private Integer codigoSequencialUsuarioEmail;

@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn (name = "CPROCS_JURID", referencedColumnName = "CPROCS_JURID", insertable = true)
@JoinColumn (name = "CACOMP_RESER_SNIST", referencedColumnName = "CACOMP_RESER_SNIST", insertable = true)
private Workflow workflow;

And when I persist a workflow:
workflowRepository.save (workflow);

It throws an exception "Error: could not execute statement; SQL [n / a]; constraint [null]; nested exception is org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException: could not execute statement]"
Speaking that a constraint is null ..
In the bank there is already the data in the column "CPROCS_JURID" that I am persisting in. However, the column "CACOMP_RESER_SNIST" that is informed in this transaction does not yet exist in the bank.
Does anyone know tell me any solution for this?

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Five or six years ago, I began experimenting with the creation of work pants. I don't like the pants that are available on the market. I find Levi's 505s the best fit for me. My pants wear out most at the top of the thigh, above the knee, and at the edge of the pockets. I began to sew leather patches onto the thighs and found that I could add extra pockets behind these protective patches if I left the top seam open. This is useful because I can have different pockets for my phone, wallet, various tools I use in a typical day. The leather also goes down over the knee. Having just one layer of leather at the knee helps a huge amount when kneeling on hard ground. My girlfriend and I have made several variations. The pair I make in this video is the best design we've come up with so far. I have applied for two patents.


Famed entertainers shared their talents to help a local parish feed the hungry.
"This is the spirit of St. John's," said Kevin Dowd, a member of St. John Parish in Worcester.
"A Night of Stars: Celebrity Gala to Benefit Food for the Poor," St. John's food program, was held Saturday at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts.
"I think the enjoyment everybody's having tonight – the nature of that is, you want to share it with everybody," Mr. Dowd said. "What we have, we want to share. Father Madden encourages that. He inspires it." Father John Madden is pastor.
"I just can't wait to see … the number of people who are able to be served out of that building, the number of people who volunteer," Mr. Dowd said.
St. John's bought a building adjacent to its parking lot to renovate for St. John's Food for the Poor Center, which will house and expand the present soup kitchen and food pantry, Father Madden and Francis R. Carroll announced in June.
Mr. Carroll, longtime parishioner and local philanthropist, was chairman of Saturday's gala, the kickoff fundraiser for the renovation project. "Frank," a man accessible to prestigious and ordinary folks alike, wasn't merely a chairman. He was the one who made the gala happen – according to just about everyone but him.
"It's been thrilling," Betsy Abeles Kravitz, said of helping Mr. Carroll with the gala. Before this, she'd "worshipped" Mr. Carroll from afar, she said. By Saturday, she was feeling like an adopted daughter.
When it was their turn to shine, several of those stars praised Mr. Carroll. Despite all their past or present fame, they came across as ordinary people genuinely grateful to the businessman who persuaded them to give up three days of their time to come cross country – to perform pro-bono.
"When we were asked to do this, it took us exactly 15 seconds to say 'yes,'" said Theodore Bikel, Tevya in Broadway's "Fiddler on the Roof," who was accompanied by his wife, Tamara Brooks. And that was before they learned the extent of the project, he said. He praised Mr. Carroll as "the glory of America," contrasting him with those who don't care about the hungry.
Keynote speaker Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of Sen. Edward Kennedy, spoke of people getting a hot breakfast at St. John's, not having to choose between food and medicine.
She told Mr. Carroll he is something else, to applause and cheers from the audience. They again applauded and cheered when she mentioned Father Madden.
How often, in a crowded theater in a U.S. city today, is a warm spotlight turned on a Catholic priest and layman and their parish's ministry?
"I think we're going to be really successful," he said. "The Church is building." Other Catholic parishes in the city are also undertaking building projects, he noted.
At the end of the gala Mr. Carroll announced that they'd received $145,000 in special gifts that night. He said Wednesday that he didn't yet know the total amount the gala raised.
Closing the gala, Father Madden thanked everybody and gave Mr. Carroll a "shoe shine kit" from the shoe shine boys, who, he said, signed it at St. John's rectory.
"That was a big surprise," Mr. Carroll said later. The 75-year-old said he was a shoe shine boy from age 8 to 15.
Part of the gala's entertainment – and message – was a film of shoe shine boys of old earning money to supplement the family income, and Mr. Carroll today shining prominent people's shoes for $1 or $10 or $40. The film showed "we know what it means to be poor," Mr. Carroll said.
The Shoe Shine Boys Committee sponsored the gala, along with St. John's Food for the Poor and Hanover Theatre, to raise not only money, but awareness about hunger.
Actress Terry Moore, and her actor and producer son Grant Cramer, introduced St. John's food program and the shoe shine film. They spoke of making donations themselves and told the audience about the brochure in the programs that would help them do the same.
Other entertainers also left listeners with challenges.
Mr. McDermott sang about lonesome elders "waiting for someone to say, 'Hello in there. Hello.'" He called for saying that, rather than just walking by, when encountering "ancient eyes" on the street.
Singer Virgil S. Gibson sang, "Prayers make this world a better place." He told listeners to pray when things are down, then to get up and go help answer their prayers.


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Nothing Can Be Certain Except Death & Taxes
Liz Lapidus
Old Ben Franklin was quite prolific with his quotes, and if you survived Tax Day yesterday then you are all too familiar with this one: "...nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
I'm not an accountant, nor do I play one on TV. And I don't think I've ever stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. So I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on taxes. But sharing fun facts that can make you the star of your next cocktail party? This I can do.
Did you know that France's salt tax was so offensive that it was a contributing factor to the French Revolution? Britain's salt tax gained worldwide attention when Gandhi staged nonviolent protests against it.
Roman emperor Vaspasian once placed a tax on urine. And the state of Maryland charges a sewage or "flush tax," of $2.50 a month. In an effort to combat Global Warming, several EU nations have begun taxing cattle owners on cow flatulence, which is responsible for approximately 18% of greenhouse gases.
Colorado places a tax on non-essential food utensils. New York taxes sliced bagels twice - once because they're a prepared food and again if they're sliced.
Alabama stacks on a 10 cent tax for all 54-or-less-card decks of playing cards sold. While Nevada, on the other hand, dishes out a free deck for each tax return filed.
On the flip side of paying taxes, thanks to Georgia's film tax credit (for which our client Michael Coles wrote the legislation that changed the industry), the state continues to set record numbers for film and TV: 455 productions, $2.7 billion in direct spending and about $800 million in tax credits last year alone, which exceeds any state in the country, ahead of New York ($420 million) and California ($320 million.)
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Christopher Stallard IN as Adele's Executive Chef
by Matt Rogers May 20, 2014, 6:35am CDT
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Adele's, celebrity chef Jonathan Waxman's upcoming Gulch restaurant, now has an executive chef, as Christopher Stallard is in at the soon-to-open eatery. A graduate of Johnson & Wales in Charleston, SC, Stallard made the move back to Knoxville, Tenn., working as executive chef at Little Star Restaurant and The Orangery. He then moved back to Charleston to teach Garde Manger, Asian Cuisine and Dining Room Operations, among others, at The Art Institute. After this he spent time as the chef de cuisine at Tristan before once again heading back to Knoxville to take up his most recent position as executive chef at Bistro by the Tracks. Word is that Adele's is shooting for an early June opening, so be sure to check back soon for more updates.
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Spending seven seasons on a television show is no joke, especially if you were quite young when you started. Maisie Williams was only 13 when cast as Arya Stark in Game of Thrones back in 2011. In many ways, Williams has grown up and become who she is because of that show.
Game of Thrones failed to receive any Golden Globes this year, but the HBO drama series did land a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble. Williams also talked a little more about Season 7 here.
Game of Thrones Season 7 will arrive sometime this summer to HBO. For more news about the penultimate season, keep your eyes locked on Heroic Hollywood.


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Letter: Capturing the Economic, Environmental, and Public Health Benefits of Electric Vehicles
Calling for EV Action in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
A broad coalition of sixty-seven businesses and organizations, including utilities, other private companies, business groups, electric vehicle advocacy groups, and environmental groups, urges the Governors and Governors-Elect in the eleven Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states to make policies that support electric vehicles (EVs) a top priority for their administrations going forward.
Even at current gas prices, driving an EV instead of a conventional car can save a consumer thousands of dollars in fuel costs over the life of the vehicle. These savings on fuel purchases give consumers more money to spend in local economies and decrease our dependence on oil. Air pollution from cars, trucks, and buses is linked to asthma attacks, heart attacks, other health complications, and premature deaths. Since EVs have little or no conventional tailpipe emissions, they can be a key component to improving health outcomes and reducing costs to treat illnesses caused or worsened by this pollution. EVs also have significant climate benefits.
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Acadia Center Applauds Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Governors for Regional Action to Reduce Tailpipe Pollution
BOSTON — Today, three states and the District of Columbia announced their plan for a regional program to cut tailpipe pollution while delivering much-needed investments in clean, equitable, and modern transportation options. Working together through the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C. will participate in a cap-and-invest program to revitalize their transportation system and rein in pollution from vehicles, which are the country's largest source of carbon emissions.
2020 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard – Press Release
Rockport, ME – Massachusetts has lost its energy efficiency crown to California, after 9 years on top of the national rankings for efficiency, according to rankings released by the nonpartisan American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). As they have for the past decade, Northeast states performed well in the 2020 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, with Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, and New York filling out the top 5 spots, respectively. Connecticut ranked #7, Maine at #16, and New Hampshire at #18, a slight improvement from the 2019 Scorecard, which ranked New Hampshire at #20.
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New Hampshire Must Continue to Push for Energy Efficiency Gains
This holiday season provides a chance for the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to deliver the gift that keeps on giving to Granite Staters:
Northeast States Again Rank High in 2020 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, but Massachusetts' Fall to Second Place Highlights Need for Continued Improvement
Rockport, ME – Massachusetts has lost its energy efficiency crown to California, after 9 years on top of the national rankings for efficiency, according to
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Ивашке́вич Оле́г Анато́льевич (белор. Івашкевіч Алег Анатольевіч; род. 1954, Белая Церковь, УССР) — белорусский учёный в области химии, член-корреспондент (2004), академик (2009) Национальной академии наук Беларуси. Кандидат химических наук (1982), доктор химических наук (1998 год). Почётный доктор Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук (2012).

Биография
Родился 19 августа 1954 года в г. Белая Церковь (Украинская ССР) в семье военнослужащего. В 1957 году семья переехала в Новогрудок Гродненской области БССР. В 1971 году с отличием окончил СШ № 4 г. Новогрудка и в этом же году поступил на химический факультет Белорусского государственного университета.

После окончания БГУ в 1976 году работал младшим, старшим, ведущим научным сотрудником лаборатории общей химии БГУ, а с 1989 года — заведующим этой лабораторией. В 1982 году защитил диссертацию в области химии ракетных топлив на соискание ученой степени кандидата химических наук под руководством А. И. Лесниковича. В 1994 году назначен заместителем директора по научной работе Научно-исследовательского института физико-химических проблем БГУ, а с 1997 по 2009 год являлся директором НИИ ФХП БГУ.

В 1998 году защитил диссертацию на соискание ученой степени доктора химических наук. В 2004 году избран членом-корреспондентом, а в 2009 году — академиком Национальной академии наук Беларуси. С 2009 по 2015 год работал проректором по научной работе Белорусского государственного университета. 1 декабря 2015 года назначен первым проректором БГУ. С 13 января 2020 года на должности первого проректора работает Дмитрий Медведев.

Научная деятельность
Является известным ученым в области физической химии процессов термического разложения и горения конденсированных систем, физико-химии азолов, а также прикладной квантовой химии. Совместно с профессором П. Н. Гапоником разработал простые и эффективные методы и технологии получения ряда тетразолсодержащих полимеров путем полимераналогичных превращений полиакрилонитрила, на основе которых создано их промышленное производство.

Совместно с академиком НАН Беларуси А. И. Лесниковичем изучил кинетику и механизм термического разложения тетразола и ряда его производных, и широкого круга поливинилтетразолов а также поли-1-винилтетразолов и поли- 5-винилтетразолов с заместителями различной природы в цикле; разработал новое поколение компонентов и рецептур композиций для энергетических устройств, используемых в специальной технике, а также обнаружил и исследовал новый вид горения, получивший название жидкопламенного горения.

Разработал новый полуэмпирический обменно-корреляционный функционал электронной плотности, предназначенный для исследования структуры и свойств малых кластеров переходных металлов. С его использованием впервые надежно идентифицирована пространственная структура ряда анионных кластеров серебра, меди и бинарных кластеров серебро-медь.

В последние годы под руководством Олега Анатольевича Ивашкевича выполнен цикл исследований, направленных на разработку методов синтеза, исследование структуры, физико-химических свойств и биологической активности комплексных соединений биогенных металлов с азотсодержащими гетероциклическими лигандами и выявлен ряд соединений, обладающих высокой противоопухолевой активностью в сочетании с относительно низкой токсичностью.

Под руководством О. И. Ивашкевича в НИИ ФХП БГУ в начале 90-х гг. начали развиваться квантово-химические исследования сложных молекулярных систем и выполнен цикл работ по квантово-химическому моделированию реакций с участием производных тетразола и систематическому исследованию электронного, пространственного строения и энергетических характеристик соединений ряда азолов.

Является автором более 40 изобретений, патентов и учебного пособия «Прикладная квантовая химия» с грифом Министерства образования Республики Беларусь для студентов химических и физических специальностей ВУЗов. Подготовил двух докторов и пять кандидатов химических наук.

Является членом Ученого совета БГУ, двух Советов по защите диссертаций, председателем Научно-технического совета по Государственной программе «Драгоценные материалы».

Научные труды
Автор более 455 научных работ, в том числе более 245 статей, 108 из которых опубликованы в англоязычных изданиях.

Монографии, учебные пособия, другие издания

Статьи в международных журналах

Научные звания и награды
 Кандидат химических наук (1982),
 Доктор химических наук (1988),
 Член-корреспондент НАН Беларуси (2004),
 Почетная грамота концерна «Белнефтехим» (2008),
 Академик НАН Беларуси (2009),
 Медаль Франциска Скорины (2009),
 Памятная медаль «80 лет Национальной академии наук Беларуси» (2009),
 Почетная грамота Национального собрания Республики Беларусь (2011),
 Почетный доктор Института химии новых материалов НАН Беларуси (2011),
 Почетный доктор Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук (2012),
 Государственная премия Республики Беларусь в области науки и техники (2013),
 Почетная грамота Совета Министров Республики Беларусь (2014),
 «Выдатнік адукацыi» Министерства образования (2014),
 Памятная медаль «300 лет МГУ им. М. В. Ломоносова» (2014),
 Почетный профессор Даляньского Политехнического университета (Dalian University of Tеchnology) (КНР, 2015),
 Памятная медалью «70 лет победы в Великой Oтечественной Войне» (2015),
 Звание «Заслуженный деятель науки Республики Беларусь» (2016).
 Орден Отечества III степени (2021).
В 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016 годах получал право Нобелевского комитета по химии номинировать кандидатуры ученых для присуждения им Нобелевской премии по химии.

Литература

Ссылки
 Биография на сайте НАН Беларуси
 Ивашкевич Олег Анатольевич в базе данных «История белорусской науки в лицах» Центральной научной библиотеки им. Якуба Коласа НАН Беларуси

Примечания

Преподаватели Белорусского государственного университета
Химики Белоруссии
Выпускники химического факультета Белорусского государственного университета
Заслуженные деятели науки Республики Беларусь

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Does Ace Banner sell flags of the world?
Absolutely. Ace Banner sells flags of all United Nations member countries. We have other categories of flags for sales as well, like historical flags (Betsy Ross, for example), military flags, state flags and flags of nations that are not members of the United Nations. We sell the accessories needed to display the flags as well.
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Q: Are instance variables set to nil by default in Objective-C? I'm sorting out some memory issues with my iPhone app and I've just been thinking about some basics. If I setup an ivar and never end up using it in the lifespan of my object, when I call dealloc on it, will that cause a problem? E.g.
@interface testClass {
    id myobject;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) id myobject;
@end

@implementation testClass
@synthesize myobject;
- (id)init {
    ...
    // Do I have to set myobject to nil here?
    // So if myobject isn't used the dealloc call to nil
    // will be okay? Or can you release the variable without
    // having set every object to nil that you may may not use
    ...
}

...

// Somewhere in the code, myobject may be set to
// an instance of an object via self.myobject = [AnObject grabAnObject]
// but the object may be left alone

...

- (void)dealloc {
    [myobject release];
    [super dealloc];
}
@end

A: Instance variables are initialized to 0 before your initializer runs..

A: Yes, ivars are always initialized to 0/nil/NULL/NO/etc.
However, if it helps you understand what's going on, go for it. The performance impact is negligible. You don't need to do it, but it won't cause any problems if you do.

A: I find that it is good practice to always set those ivars to nil in the init method. That way, you are absolutely sure that your call to release in the destructor can not cause problems.
If it turns out that Objective-C does automatically set them to nil, and for some reason you find yourself with a speed bottleneck that can be improved upon by removing those assignments (highly unlikely), then you can worry about removing them. In the meantime, set them all to nil and sleep easier :)
update: BJ Homer and Chuck have pointed out that the ivars will automatically be set to zero, so now it comes down to a decision on style.


Many people think of investment as a preserve of the uber rich. Or if they think they have a chance at investing, they imagine that their only option is getting into business, even if they're not entrepreneurially inclined.
Starting a business isn't easy, and requires a lot of commitment in terms of money and time. Research has shown the average Kenyan business will break even within six months to one year.
Another set of statistics has found that most start-ups don't even make it to their first birthday, and of those that do, nearly half don't make it past three years of operation.
These numbers aren't the most encouraging, so it should come as good news that investment isn't only for the rich, nor is it limited to launching a business.
Diana Nyakio of ICEA Lion Group says there are several dynamic investment options available to all cadres of investors, with the returns largely dependent on the level of risk.
What matters is getting the right advice to find the investment vehicle that suits you. These are some of the options available if you – or your chama – are looking to invest Sh100,000.
Loaning the Government money tends to be one of the safest investment options available in the market. While there are no guarantees when it comes to investing, buying Government debt, through options like Treasury Bills, tends to be as close as you can get to a low-risk use of your cash.
Initially, you had to have a minimum of Sh100,000 to buy a Treasury Bill, but you can now invest with as little as Sh3,000 through M-Akiba, which raises funds for infrastructure development.
To invest in a T-bill, you can either open a central depository system (CDS) account with the Central Bank of Kenya, or approach your bank for the service.
If you go through a bank, you can expect to pay an average commission of 0.25 per cent of the amount invested, with the minimum charge often being Sh1,000.
You'll need to invest at least Sh100,000 per time; you can top up the amount in multiples of Sh50,000. Anticipate a withholding tax of 15 per cent on your interest earnings. The M-Akiba bond, however, is tax free.
The return you can earn on a 91-day, 182-day or 364-day T-bill is available on the CBK website, centralbank.go.ke.
If you want to make a longer-term investment, you can consider a Treasury Bond, which are offered for up to 30 years. Typically, you'll get interest payments every six months, with Central Bank auctioning the bonds on a monthly basis. The Bank's website provides details on what's available.
You can grow your money by identifying a well-run and properly regulated Sacco, and being a part of its membership. Some Saccos limit their membership to employees or industry professionals. However, there are many good ones that are open to anyone.
Do your research, though, to ensure that you don't invest in an institution that has poor management, hasn't paid any dividends in decades or can't quite prove how it earns money for its members.
Most Saccos allow you to access up to three times your savings within three to six months. Their loan interest rates tend to be lower than those offered by commercial banks. Additionally, you get to make money off those taking loans through the annual dividends shared out among members.
Unit trusts work best if you're looking to grow your money steadily for a long-term project. Unit trusts bring together money from a pool of investors, and put it in shares, Government paper or money markets, and then split the proceeds among the members of the pool, according to their share of the investment.
You can invest in a unit trust through any one of the regulated investment banks in the country, and pick the option that's most comfortable for you. The safest option tends to be a money market unit trust, where returns vary on a daily basis, currently ranging between 6 per cent and 10 per cent. You can see the returns different institutions offer in the daily newspapers.
Most unit trusts options will allow you to start with Sh100,000, though you can keep adding money into your pool on a monthly or quarterly basis.
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) gives you the chance to buy into a business you believe in and that's showing a positive growth outlook.
You'll need to buy a minimum of 1,000 shares. The beauty of buying into a listed company is that you get to own a piece of a business that you admire. Before you buy into a business, however, seek professional guidance and read widely on its financial performance.
While you can't predict the future of a share price, there are some indicators you can look at that will help guide you into making a wise decision.
You'll make your money by either selling off the shares at a higher price in the future, or through years of earning dividends, which are a share of the company's profits.


Wanted to do something with Christmas lights so I set up my black background and hung strings of Christmas lights on the backdrop. Its not the most original idea but I still like how they came out. Enjoy.


July was quite an exciting month for our humble wedding invitation vendor directory — we kicked off WeddingInviteLove Vendor Month, dedicated to rewarding existing members as well as any new profiles that month! At the end, WeddingInviteLove had twice as many new profiles in July than June, and today we have 273 approved vendors total!
I spent last night tallying up all the entries, and here are the winners of the giveaway!
Congratulations to Margaret Li Calligraphy!
Both of the above winners will receive one year of an upgraded account on WeddingInviteLove, as well as six months of a Social Butterfly account on SocialGrapple to track and improve your brand on Twitter.
The winners of the WeddingInviteLove upgrades will be automatically upgraded and I'll be emailing instructions to activate their SocialGrapple account. The winner of the poster will be emailed to get their address to ship the beautiful piece of art!
Congrats to all, and thank you to all vendors who have supported WeddingInviteLove!


Apparently there's a new trend: wedding crashers booking a room (in a wedding room block) to take advantage of the discount!
Just read this CNBC article for details.
I agree with the article: engaged couples should create a wedding website so invited guests can easily access important, logistical information. But there's a hiccup: wedding crashers who know how to use google.
To avoid a crasher taking advantage of your room block, make sure to ask for a weekly report from the hotel. Check the names on your room block because the hotel can call the guest and confirm (or cancel the reservation).


3D printing. The fun is just getting started. I'm Fred Fishkin with technology BootCamp, a report on gadgets and gear. If you haven't had a look at the new world of 3D printing yet…maybe it's time for a peek. More and more companies are getting in the business of creating them. The idea is you can create real objects…usually made of plastic….that you design or download on a computer. The online retailer Dynamism.com now has opened up a shop within a shop….dedicated to 3D printers. CEO Douglas Krone says prices range from 500 dollars to several thousand. What are people doing with them?
The fun, like we said, is just beginning…and 3D printing will become even more affordable. You can find us at BootCamp.com. I'm Fred Fishkin.


My left eyeball wants to explode. Apparently dev/null was not where the migraine went. It got passed through some store-and-forward system as an encrypted zip file so I couldn't tell what it was.
We (my headache and I) are taking the ibuprofen/acetaminophen/caffeine approach.
They say pain is all in your head. Don't I know it.
Previous PostBuffer = 16, Migraine = dev/nullNext PostSchlock Community?
maybe you need to remake /dev/null.
have you checked for patches to your OS?
Hmm, newbie here, but That sounds horribly familiar. You might want to check with your doctor about the possiblity of a sinus infection. The pressure in them can produce affects like those you are describing.
I speak from long, and painful, experiance.
*raises a glass* Welcome to LJ, Mr. Tayler. Shame about the migrane, but I find that usually flonase, caffiene, and enough painkillers to make Sgt. Schlock woozy are what keeps them at bay for me.
Fortunate I don't get 'em often. I'd start to have liver problems.
Yes, I'm actually a vegetarian, and, no, I have no idea what I'm talking about.
My sympathies – I had to bail early from work yesterday because of a sinus migraine. Fortunately, a protracted unconciousness seems to have killed – or at least outlasted – it. I expect a repeated dosage will finish the job tonight.
Hope you get to feeling better, and soon. And welcome to LJ.
I'm sorry to hear your migraine is still going 🙁 I hope you feel better soon!
Thanks for a great comic, I'm looking forward to more!
hope the migrane goes away soon, and not because that just means we get more schlock.
I used to take this fantastic stuff called Migral, until the chemist ceased filling my scripts for the stuff. Anyway, the ingredients for that were: ergotamine tartrate, cyclizine and caffeine. It was without a doubt the best anti-migraine medicine I've ever encountered and had been on the market for about thirty years before I found it.
Unfortunately the World Health Organisation and the Therapeutic Goods Administration have a couple of articles on its long term effects which aren't that encouraging.


A new study suggests that measuring a specific protein in the blood can conclusively determine whether a concussion has occurred. It's as simple as a pinprick.
Concussions are tricky business for several reasons. First, although sometimes it's obvious when an athlete has taken a serious blow to the head and needs to sit out, on many occasions the extent of an injury isn't so clear. Players who've taken a hit may not want to leave the game, so they won't always report an injury. Coaches want to protect their players, but they also want to put their best players on the field—especially when a player insists that he or she is "fine."
All of this creates opportunities for players to step into a game when they shouldn't. The risk could be averted if there were a reliable test that could confirm conclusively whether a concussion has occurred. Well, according to research published in the journal PLOS One, such a test may be available soon—and it's as simple as a pinprick.
Concussions are tricky business for several reasons. First, although sometimes it's obvious when an athlete has taken a serious blow to the head and needs to sit out, on many occasions the extent of an injury isn't so clear. Players who've taken a hit may not want to leave the game, so they won't always report an injury. Coaches want to protect their players, but they also want to put their best players on the field—especially when a player insists that he or she is "fine."
All of this creates opportunities for players to step into a game when they shouldn't. The risk could be averted if there were a reliable test that could confirm conclusively whether a concussion has occurred. Well, according to research published in the journal PLOS One, such a test may be available soon—and it's as simple as a pinprick.
Scientists have known that elevated levels of S100B, a protein in the blood, can indicate a traumatic brain injury. However, S100B levels also become elevated after physical exertion, making it difficult to determine whether the increase is due to a concussion or to intense activity.
In the study, researchers first took blood samples to determine the baseline levels of S100B in 46 athletes, who ranged in age from 18 to 30 and played sports including hockey, basketball, football and soccer. The samples needed were small, taken with a simple pin prick of the finger. The study's authors then tested 30 of the athletes (all hockey players) after exertion, which took the form of non-contact ice hockey skating drills. Researchers found that S100B levels in these athletes only rose approximately 2% compared to their baselines.
Twenty-two of the same hockey players suffered clinically confirmed concussions during their seasons, and in 17 of those instances, researchers were able to take another blood test within three hours of the concussion event. These tests showed a far more significant spike in S100B levels—the average increase was 81%. Based on these tests and other findings, researchers determined that a 45% or greater increase in S100B could conclusively indicate a concussion.
Jeffrey J. Bazarian, M.D., professor at the University of Rochester and one of the researchers who conducted the study, said, "[45% is] the percent increase in the S100B blood test where the probability of concussion in this group was very high (about 97%). Smaller increases [of S100B] in the blood test were associated with a lower probability that an individual athlete had suffered a concussion."
For the blood test to work, athletes would need to record their baseline levels of S100B with their teams, presumably before the season. And although the research seems promising, no timetable currently exists for making S100B testing widely available. "It really depends on when the FDA approves the test," said Dr. Bazarian. "So far no diagnostic test for traumatic brain injury has been approved, and confidentiality rules prevent the FDA from commenting on the issue."


The restaurant offers fusion and organic cuisine in a delightful setting.
The restaurant offers fusion and organic cuisine in a delightful setting. You can also enjoy a range of tapas or why not reserve a « surprise menu », specially created by the Chef.


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A lui si attribuisce il merito di aver inventato metodi per rendere funzionale il cloruro di polivinile.

Biografia
È nato il 10 settembre 1898.

Semon è conosciuto soprattutto per aver inventato il vinile, la seconda plastica più usata al mondo. Ha scoperto la formula del vinile mescolando alcuni polimeri sintetici, e il risultato è stato una sostanza elastica, ma non adesiva. Semon ha lavorato su metodi per migliorare la gomma, e alla fine ha sviluppato un sostituto sintetico. L'11 dicembre 1935, creò il Koroseal da sale, coke e calcare, un polimero che poteva essere realizzato in qualsiasi consistenza. Semon realizzò più di 5.000 altri composti di gomma sintetica, conseguendo il successo con l'Ameripol (AMERican POLymer) nel 1940 per la società B.F. Goodrich. In tutto, Semon deteneva 116 brevetti, ed è stato inserito nella Invention Hall of Fame nel 1995 all'età di 97 anni.

Presso la B.F. Goodrich, Semon ha fatto rapporto a Harry L. Fisher e successivamente ha supervisionato Benjamin S. Garvey, entrambi i quali hanno ricevuto la medaglia Charles Goodyear.

A Semon viene talvolta attribuito il merito di aver inventato la gomma da masticare, ma questo è inesatto. Ha inventato una sostanza indigesta di gomma sintetica che poteva essere usata come gomma da masticare (e produceva bolle eccezionalmente grandi), ma il prodotto è rimasto una curiosità e non è mai stato venduto. Semon si è laureato all'Università di Washington ottenendo una laurea in chimica e un dottorato di ricerca in ingegneria chimica.

È stato insignito della medaglia Charles Goodyear nel 1944 e della medaglia Elliott Cresson nel 1964. Dopo essersi ritirato dalla B.F. Goodrich, è stato professore di ricerca alla Kent State University di Kent, Ohio. È morto a Hudson, Ohio, il 26 maggio 1999, all'età di 100 anni.

Eredità
La Waldo Semon Woods Conservation Area è così chiamata in onore dell'inventore, per la sua donazione di terreni a Metro Parks, al servizio di Summit County, Ohio. Si tratta di oltre 100 acri, con uno stagno dove spesso si vedono aironi, tartarughe e anfibi.

Collegamenti esterni


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Support Tickets Filter For WHMCS is the easiest tool to save time and organize your support services better. And it will not cost you a penny!


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Home NBA Rumors: Metta World Peace To Reunite With Phil Jackson In New York?
NBA Rumors: Metta World Peace To Reunite With Phil Jackson In New York?
Lakers News: Kareem Unsure Kobe Bryant's Body Will Hold Up
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The Phil Jackson impact on the New York Knicks franchise is already starting to be felt in many different ways. Although the team making the playoffs is still up in the air at this point with the Knicks trailing the Atlanta Hawks by two games, the future is potentially bright with Jackson at the helm.
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One player that has already rumored to be interested in returning to New York due to Jackson's presence is former Laker/Knick forward Metta World Peace according to Marc Berman of the New York Post:
World Peace has told confidants he yearns for a second chance as a Knick after his first stint went sour. When asked if the former Ron Artest wants another shot at New York when he's a free agent this summer, the confidant told The Post:
"Abso-bleeping-lutely."
World Peace asked for a buyout of his contract with the Knicks last month with the desire to become a free agent and sign with a legitimate title contender for the upcoming playoffs. The one-time NBA champion has yet to sign with new team with the postseason approaching, but may end up doing so depending on the interest moving forward.
Along with showing a desire to continue playing, World Peace is quite fond of Jackson and would love another shot to play for Hall of Famer next season. It is uncertain the level of interest the Knicks may have in bringing back World Peace after being bought out by the team recently, but with limited options, Jackson may elect to bring in familiar faces like World Peace to begin the rebuilding process in New York.
World Peace was seen with Jackson in a suite at the Staples Center watching the Knicks take on the Lakers in Los Angeles earlier this week. World Peace received a hero's welcome at Staples while the Knicks struggling to compete with the Lakers.
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Lakers' Kobe Bryant Meets With Jim Buss, 'Goal Is To Win And Win Now'
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Dr. Robison joined the Pharmacy Program in August 2015. Dr. Robison received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University and completed a pharmacy residency at Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio. Dr. Robison is the Director of Laboratory Experiences and coordinates multiple pharmacy practice laboratory courses. She offers an APPE rotation experience focused in academia. Her research interests include skills-based teaching methods and student professionalism.


I usually write a playlist every month and also do an end of year chart, but I thought I would combine the two in this post, so first of all here's my playlist, which has to include some Christmas music.
My end of year chart isn't a chart, it's just a playlist. I usually do a chart or rank the songs, but I don't think there's much point. Everyone knows the best song of the year, my favourite, Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (Not the terrible Bieber version). I have liked Reggaetón music since I spent the Summer in Mallorca way back in 2004, it's never really been a big thing in the UK since most lyrics are in Spanish, but it's had it's moments, Gasolina by Reggaetón king Daddy Yankee in 2005, and has had other influences even when most people will be unaware (Don Omar had a track in Grand Theft Auto IV). 2017 seen the resurgence of reggaeton music to a global audience, even though it will be seen as a fad to most of the UK, for the people who like it, it's always going to be good music. So here's my end of year playlist, with a lot of reggaetón and latin influence in there!
And that was it for 2017! I always love the summer hits and bangers, and thank god we had one this year! 2018 is next, let's see what it's got in store.


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std::string ConvertAndSerializeIcon(const SkBitmap& icon) {
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}

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}  // namespace background_fetch
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Toluca Lake é um distrito do vale de São Fernando, região da cidade de Los Angeles, no estado da Califórnia. Situa-se no sudeste do vale, entre a cidade de Burbank, o distrito de Los Angeles North Hollywood e a área da Universal City. O perímetro da zona histórica são Cahuenga Boulevard, Clybourn Avenue, Camarillo Street e do rio Los Angeles. Fritz Coleman é o prefeito honorário de Toluca Lake.

Vários condomínios complexos e apartamentos estão localizados em Toluca Lake, juntamente com Riverside Drive e Moorpark Way. O primeiro condomínio complexo a ser construído está na 10470 Riverside Drive, erguido em 1974. Marcada pela tranquilidade de seus bairros, Toluca Lake está a 12 milhas ao norte do centro de Los Angeles, favorecida pelos profissionais de Hollywood por estarem "fora da cidade", enquanto ainda residem dentro dos limites de Los Angeles. Está entre dois grandes estúdios, Universal Studios, ao sul e Warner Bros, ao leste.

As montanhas de Santa Mônica rodeiam as calmas e pitorescas ruas e oferecem muitas oportunidades recreativas. Com terreno de seis hectares, Toluca Lake oferece pesca, natação e canoagem. O privado Lakeside Golf Club envolve cerca de Toluca Lake, o que é completamente cercada pela propriedade privada, e foi visto por muito poucos que não sejam residentes ou visitantes ao domicílio ou ao Golf Club.

A curva, o alinhamento de árvores e o diversificado conjunto de casas é um dos lugares favoritos para a televisão e filmes de escoteiros. O ex-ator e 40º presidente dos Estados Unidos, Ronald Reagan, teve seu casamento com sua segunda esposa Nancy Reagan, no Toluca Lake na casa do ator William Holden em 4 de Março de 1952.

Cultura popular
 Na franquia de horror sobrenatural Silent Hill, Toluca Lake é o nome do lago em torno do qual a cidade fictícia de Silent Hill está localizada.
 A terceira parte do filme de Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction - "The Bonnie Situation" - foi filmada em Toluca Lake.

Ligações externas

  Câmara do Comercio de Toluca Lake

Bairros de Los Angeles


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MLB Pick: St. Louis Cardinals at San Diego Padres
Can the Cards Get Back on the Winning Track Tonight?
The St. Louis Cardinals (20-14 Overall, 8-7 Away) start a four-game series against the San Diego Padres (14-24 Overall, 8-15 Home) tonight at 10:10 p.m. E.T. at PetCo Park. After posting five straight wins against the White Sox and Cubs, the Cards lost two games to the Minnesota Twins. Minnesota outscored St. Louis in those two games 13-1. This past week, the Padres went 2-1 versus the Dodgers and then 1-2 when they hosted the Nationals. The nest Washington last night 2-1. Our St. Louis plays San Diego MLB pick has the Cards at -132 and the Padres at +130. The over/under sits at 7.5 and the run line offers the visitors at +124 and the home team at -130.
Cardinals at Padres Pitching
The major difference between these two teams is the pitching. St. Louis pitchers have posted a 3.39 ERA, while San Diego hurlers are at 4.35. The Cards are also better when it comes to opponent batting average, .243 to .256. Two righties go tonight, as St. Louis starts Miles Mikolas (4-0 W/L, 2.70 ERA, 31 SO) and San Diego Jordan Lyles (0-0 W/L, 3.66 ERA, 16 SO). Mikolas has tossed 40 innings, while Lyles 19.2.
The St. Louis pitcher last took the mount against the White Sox on May 4. He went seven innings allowing no runs on seven hits. He won that game 3-2. Lyles last appeared against the Giants where he went 1.2 innings and allowed no runs on no hits. He's primarily been a reliever. This season his longest appearance was two innings.
Offensive Matchups
There are a lot of players on the Cards who are injured. However, the team's top offensive performers are healthy. Those include Paul DeJong (.350 BA, 14 RBI, 7 HR), Tommy Pham (.323 BA, 14 RBI, 5 HR), and Jose Martinez (.287 BA, 19 RBI, 4 HR). Each player has over 30 hits thus far this season. Christian Villanueva (.243 BA, 20 RBI, 9 HR), and Eric Hosmer (.271 BA, 12 RBI, 5 HR), are the top performers for the Padres. Watch out for Villanueva big bat in this game.
Our St. Louis Plays San Diego MLB Pick
We're taking starter Mikola all the way in this game. Our St. Louis plays San Diego MLB pick is the Cards at -1.5 with run line odds of +124. We also like the under at -7.5 ay -104. That's due to both the Padre pitching situation and their lack of offensive punch.
Cardinals at Padres Pick Summary: Cards at -1.5 and +124 and under 7.5 (-104)


1. Is the hospital CPOE standard for inpatient orders, or all orders in the hospital? A number of sellers of Emergency Department vendors are asserting that hospitals will not be able to accomplish meaningful use without their software. Implementing an Emergency Department system before October 2011 is a big deal.
The meaningful use matrix does state that the 2013 standard for meaningful use is "CPOE for all order tpye." But it also states that the measure for CPOE is "% of all orders entered by physicians through CPOE [EP, IP]." Can I presume that IP means inpatient and that the measure applies to order entered on inpatients?
2. In writing the official rule, have those charged with setting the standards realized that the original standard is not acheivable by the vast majority of hospitals? Given that it has taken the writers of the rule a year just to describe what they want done, it is probably going to take more than 21 months for us to do it?
3. If niche vendors are required to achieve meaningful use, like the ED system mentioned above, do they need to be CCHIT certified? Or, does the certification requirement only apply to the core HIS? If so, what is the definition of core HIS?
Please post a comment if you think these questions have been clearly answered, or, you have questions of your own to add.


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Topic: DJ with Ableton through DJ mixer - best interface? 6-out?
Re: DJ with Ableton through DJ mixer - best interface? 6-out?
Also worth pointing out that the new MacBook Pro laptops do not include an ethernet port.
That means DJs must have a dongle to connect to CDJ-2000s.
Topic: Ultimate Ears by Logitech; Capital Rec Mastering: Seen this?
Re: Ultimate Ears by Logitech; Capital Rec Mastering: Seen this?
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Best settings for correcting tempo and rendering an AIFF?
Topic: Recommend a new display/monitor?
For size vs price, you can't beat the Dell monitors.
Just got myself a 24" Dell widescreen LCD for $350.
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phazemega wrote: why are apple memory sticks soexpensive????
Because Apple is a bunch of cunts and think that people are stupid enough to pay twice as much for their RAM. Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid enough to pay it.
Topic: Korg Zero 8 vs. Ecler Evo5 ==== Let's Get It On!
I have the Korg Zero8 and like it a lot. Have not used the Ecler so I can't compare against that, but the Korg is a nice controller.
Korg is still ironing out some issues on the Zero's, though.... so I wouldn't reccommend buying one just yet.
Topic: Kevlar - "The Mongoose"
Alex_M wrote: Guys it's out now and on emfire, believe it or not. I also can't believe it's now "by" Sasha according to djdownload.com!
Just think of the production name "Sasha" as a moniker for either Charlie May, or Junkie XL.


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/*
 * MIT License http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 * Author: Ben Holloway @bholloway
 */
'use strict';

var path = require('path'),
    urix = require('urix');

var findFile = require('./find-file');

/**
 * Convert each relative URI in the given sources array to absolute URI and return the base path common to all relative
 * URIs where present.
 * @throws {Error} On missing sources or inconsistent source base-path
 * @param {Array} sources The source map sources array
 * @param {string} defaultBasePath The base path to first try for relative URIs
 * @param {string} [limit] Optional directory to limit the search to
 * @returns {string} The base path common to all relative source URIs or the given path where all are absolute
 */
module.exports = function sourcesRelativeToAbsolute(sources, defaultBasePath, limit) {
  return sources
    .map(sourceToAbsolute)
    .filter(Boolean)
    .reduce(reduceBasePaths, defaultBasePath);

  /**
   * Convert the given URI to absolute path (in place) and return any base path used with relative URIs
   * @param {string} value The URI to consider
   * @returns {string|null} The base path used for relative URIs else null
   */
  function sourceToAbsolute(value, i, array) {

    // badly formed absolute (missing a leading slash) due to
    //  https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues/266
    if (value.indexOf(process.cwd().slice(1)) === 0) {
      array[i] = '/' + value;
    }
    // not absolute
    else if (value.indexOf(process.cwd()) !== 0) {
      var location = value
        .replace(/\b[\\\/]+\b/g, path.sep) // remove duplicate slashes (windows)
        .replace(/^[\\\/]\./, '.'),        // remove erroneous leading slash on relative paths
          basePath = findFile.base(defaultBasePath, location, limit);

      // file was found, now resolve the absolute path
      if (basePath) {
        // rework-css uses urix internally. If we don't convert the path here, the paths are messed up
        // with the conversion relative urls are set correctly
        array[i] = urix(path.resolve(basePath, location));
        return basePath;
      }
      // file not found implies an error
      else {
        throw new Error('cannot find one or more sources listed in the incoming source-map');
      }
    }

    // not relative
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Ensure that all relative URIs have the same base path otherwise throw an Error
   * @throws {Error} On inconsistent base bath for relative URIs
   * @param {string} reduced The current common base path
   * @param {string} value The current base path
   * @returns {string} The base path shared by all values
   */
  function reduceBasePaths(reduced, value) {

    // empty or consistent reduction
    if (!reduced || (reduced === value)) {
      return value;
    }
    // inconsistent implies an error
    else {
      throw new Error('cannot establish a common base path for all sources in the incoming source-map');
    }
  }
};


There are many reasons why a mortgage application can be delayed or even worse, declined. A key tool banks rely on when identifying any concerns when giving a mortgage approval is your credit bureau.
A credit bureau is a history report of collected information from an individual's borrowing and bill-paying habits. When applying for a mortgage, your credit bureau will be pulled to see how you manage debt and measure your creditworthiness. The bureau will generate a score based on what it sees.
If you have never applied for credit before, it can be difficult to get a mortgage because you will not have a score. Banks want to see two to three pieces of established credit maintained for approximately two years. This will help determine the likelihood of you making your mortgage payments. Exceptions can be made and this is a general guideline.
If your credit score is below the minimum requirement of six hundred, your mortgage will most likely not get approved. The credit bureau will outline that you are not managing credit properly. You will be a higher risk to the bank if given a mortgage. Low scores can be the result of late payments or even worse, a collection.
Before your credit score can start increasing, all bad debts have to be reporting as paid. We often see old collections that were previously settled showing as unpaid. Collection agencies are not diligent when reporting paid debts to the bureau. This will result in the collection staying on your bureau. This will reflect negatively on your score without you knowing.
When you pay off a collection, send both credit bureau agencies (TransUnion and Equifax) a copy of the paid receipt. This will ensure that the collection will start reporting as paid. You can start rebuilding your credit at this point. Banks require re-established credit before giving you a mortgage. In some cases, this can take up to two years of making all of your payments on time.
Additional ways to help you reestablish your credit and increase your score is to keep your utilization of credit low. You do not want the balance on credit cards or lines of credits to exceed sixty percent of the limit. If your balances are high, it looks like you are relying on a large portion of the credit given to you.
Each time your credit bureau is pulled your score will decrease. The amount will depend on the type of lending institution you are applying at. Applying for too much credit makes you look like a credit seeker and will lower your score. Talk to someone who is experienced in managing credit to get the best advice when re-applying for credit.
Fraudulent activity on your bureau can be an unexpected delay to the approval process. Investigations have to take place and special precautions have to be added to your application in order to proceed and prevent fraud from happening again. Your credit score can be compromised and may have to be adjusted in order to meet the approval requirements when applying for a mortgage. This process takes time.
Do not let your credit bureau slow down your mortgage approval. Make sure you get a mortgage pre-approval before you start shopping for a home in case any of these obstacles get in your way. An experienced mortgage professional can help you overcome anything that stands in your way and give you proper advice and time frame when applying for a mortgage.
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Q: About Default Camera Is it possible to open default iPhone Camara from my app using objective c?
Also, any possibilities to get capturing image or video which is selected from default camera when it's open from the native app?

A: You cannot open default camera application from your app. To get the camera into your application, you need to use UIImagePickerController. It will do most of your task which you wanted to do.
Here is code to integrate it.
UIImagePickerController * imagePicker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
imagePicker.delegate = self;
[self presentModalViewController:imagePicker animated:YES];

- (void)imagePickerControllerDidCancel:(UIImagePickerController *)picker {
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
    UIImage * image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage];

    // You have the image. You can use this to present the image in the next view like you require in `#3`.

    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

For capturing video:
      UIImagePickerController *picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
        picker.delegate = self;
        picker.allowsEditing = YES;
        picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
        picker.mediaTypes = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects: (NSString *) kUTTypeMovie, nil];

        [self presentViewController:picker animated:YES completion:NULL];
    }

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
     self.videoURL = info[UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL];
    [picker dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:NULL];

    self.videoController = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];

    [self.videoController setContentURL:self.videoURL];
    [self.videoController.view setFrame:CGRectMake (0, 0, 320, 460)];
    [self.view addSubview:self.videoController.view];

    [self.videoController play];

}

Read this apple documentation. There are 6 standard schemes: Mail, Phone, Text, Map, YouTube, iTunes. You cannot use them directly.


São Paulo during the military dictatorship during the 1970s. A tragedy takes its course: for many days now, K. has been waiting for a sign of life from his daughter, a university lecturer who has not shown up for work over the past two weeks. He asks her friends, acquaintances, and the police, until he finally learns about her double life and her hidden political work in a roundabout way. How could somebody like him, marked by the political circumstances in Poland of the 1930s, close his eyes to the revolutionary urges of the new time, the striking evidence in the behavior of his daughter, whom he thought he knew so well? His life turns into a search that evokes memories his own youth and other periods of his life, in which Kucinski surprising and earnestly combines individual, Brazilian, and European history.
Bernardo Kucinski, born in São Paulo in 1937 as the son of a Polish-Jewish immigrant family, is a journalist and professor emeritus, and after the end of the dictatorship was also politically active, for many years serving as an advisor for the now former president Lula da Silva. The author of numerous political and scholarly works, K. is his first novel, and has received numerous awards in Brazil.
Sarita Brandt, born in 1945 in Montenegro, RS, studied philosophy, pedagogy, and Portuguese in Porto Alegre, São Paulo, and Berlin. A conference interpreter and literary translator, her translations (prose, poetry, essays) include work by renowned writers such as Clarice Lispector, José Saramago, João de Jesus Paes Loureiro, Sebastião Uchoa Leite, Maria Isabel Barreno, Ana Luísa Amaral, Vasco Graça Moura, and Hannah Höch.
Maria Isabel Barreno: Der Tugendkreis. Erzählungen.
José Saramago: Der Stuhl und andere Dinge. Erzählung.


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Hundreds of Palestinians rally against disputed Israel-UAE deal
Israel-uae Deal
Us-brokered Normalisation Deal
Israel-palestine conflict
Thousands attend Hamas rally near Gaza border with Israel
Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teens near Gaza-Israel buffer zone
Israeli forces kill at least seven Palestinians on Gaza border fence
Israeli troops kill three Palestinians near Gaza-Israel fence
Israeli fire injures 70 Palestinians near Gaza fence
The demonstrators have voiced support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his rejection of President Trump's Mideast plan, which the Palestinians say unfairly favours Israel.
Palestinians take part in a protest against the United Arab Emirates' deal with Israel to normalise relations, in Gaza City, August 19, 2020. (Reuters)
Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have rallied against the US-brokered deal to normalise ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
Protesters burned Israeli and American flags, trampled on posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump on Wednesday and chanted "normalisation is betrayal to Jerusalem and Palestine."
Unlike Palestinian protesters last Friday near the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City who also burned posters of the Emirati crown prince, the Gaza demonstrators stopped short of burning symbols of the UAE, apparently not to antagonise the Gulf Arab country, where tens of thousands of Palestinians work and live.
The protest was organised by the Hamas group, which rules the Gaza Strip, and other factions.
Khalil al Hayya, a senior Hamas official, denounced the Israeli-Emirati deal.
"Normalisation with the occupation harms us and doesn't serve us," he said. "Instead, it serves and promotes the occupation in its projects that target Palestine and the region."
Invitation to Jerusalem
Israel's president invited the United Arab Emirates' de facto leader to visit Jerusalem, praising his role in achieving a "noble and courageous" deal to normalise relations between Israel and the UAE.
"In these fateful days, leadership is measured by its courage and ability to be groundbreaking and far-sighted," Israeli President Reuven Rivlin wrote in a letter to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi.
"I have no doubt that future generations will appreciate the way you, the brave and wise leaders, have restarted the discourse on peace, trust, dialogue between peoples and religions, cooperation and a promising future," Rivlin wrote.
"On behalf of the people of Israel and (me) personally, I take this opportunity to extend an invitation to Your Highness to visit Israel and Jerusalem and be our honoured guest," Rivlin said in the letter, which his spokesman released publicly.
READ MORE: Israel expects to formalise ties with Bahrain and Oman after UAE deal
Deal of 'betrayal'
The Palestinians have called the deal a "betrayal" by an Arab country that they have long looked to for support in establishing a state in Gaza, East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, lands Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war.
"I am hopeful," Rivlin's letter went on, "that this step will help build and strengthen the trust between us and the peoples of the region, a trust that will promote understanding between us all.
"Such trust, as demonstrated in the noble and courageous act, will set our region forward, bring economic well-being and provide prosperity and stability to the people of the Middle East as a whole."
Palestine Liberation Organization official Wassel Abu Youssef condemned Rivlin's invitation, saying "the visit of any Arab official to Jerusalem through the gate of normalisation is rejected."
Any such top-level Arab visit could be politically explosive given Jerusalem's internationally disputed status.
READ MORE: The prospect of deportation may silence Palestinians in UAE
US-brokered deal
Both countries announced on Thursday they would forge formal ties under a US-sponsored deal whose implementation could recast Middle East politics ranging from the Palestinian issue to dealing with Iran, the common foe of Israel and Gulf Arabs.
The deal drew anger and dismay in much of the Arab world and Iran but a quiet welcome in the Gulf.
Israel seized the eastern part of the city in 1967 and annexed it in a move that has not won world recognition. It considers all of Jerusalem its capital. Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of the state they seek.
READ MORE: Netanyahu: West Bank annexation still 'on the table'


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Shares in the newly-listed Australian Dairy Farms Group Purchases jumped 27.7% after it announced the purchase for $1.869 million of a Victorian dairy farm.
At $0.35, the shares are up almost 60% since listing in October. The $13 billion Australian dairy industry's prospects increased with the signing of the Australia-China which, when ratified, will mean a lifting of tariffs on Australian goods.
The newly purchased 244 hectare Ignatios Farm is in South West Victoria's golden triangle of dairy farming, a 16 km drive from the company's existing Brucknell Farms.
The acquisition will be used a support farm for cropping, hay making and grazing non-milking livestock.
The company listed on the ASX on October 28, raising $9.3 million to aggregate small farms to become a major supplier of milk.
Australian Dairy Farms Group is conducting due diligence on other farms in the same area.
The company says there are numerous good quality farms remain available despite reported heightened interest in the dairy industry in recent months.


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""He who reads much and understands much receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others.""
- St. Ambrose
House Systems
Many people became familiar with the "House System" through the popularity of the "Harry Potter" books and movies because the students at Hogwarts School were divided into houses.
Objective of the House System
This quote from Henry Ford sums it up best:
"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success."
Houses at St. Joseph School
House of Duchesne
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
Mrs. Sarah Jennings
House of Cabrini
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Ms. Paula Maier
House of Seton
Mrs. Laura Taylor
House of Neumann
Mrs. Kelly Lynn
House of Drexel
Mrs. Marianne Dieball
House of Tekakwitha
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Mrs. Beth May
Goals of the House System
To build the core values of leadership, to help students reach their academic potential, and to help students grow in faith and service to their community.
To improve student involvement in extracurricular and co-curricular activities at the school and to become more involved in their parish or church life.
To recognize the gifts and talents God has given them and to be proud of these gifts and to want to share them with others.
To use their individual gifts and talents for the good of the school, the church, and the community.
To learn teamwork and the importance of being a part of a team (or a group), recognizing how the gifts and talents of others affect their life and their ability to be a part of a team or group.
Working with a group that is outside their own grade level or class.
Getting to know all the middle school students, not just their classmates.
To develop a feeling of pride of St. Joseph School.
How the House System works at St. Joseph School
The houses will have members that are from all grade levels (6,7,8), each teacher will be a mentor for a house, and each house is named for a Saint.
We have chosen 6 Saints that although they may not have been born in America, their life and work for the church was done in America, and they all had some impact on the development of the Catholic School System in America.
The teachers have chosen a "motto" for their house.
The members of each house have chosen house colors, a house mascot, and house cheer. Each house will also design a banner that will hang outside the classroom of the mentor teacher.
Team members will be given a T-shirt in their house color. The shirts will be worn to school on days of "House Meetings".
Houses will compete against each other by earning points. Houses and its members can only earn points. Points are never deducted. Students can earn points for parish and church activities, community service, participation in extra-curricular and co-curricular activities, attendance and/or participation at SJS events and athletic competitions, and being on honor roll.
Ms. Quinlan, our school counselor, is the "Coordinator of the Houses". She puts together the point sheets and distributes them, tabulates the points each month, and with Mrs. Lange designs the "House" challenges and activities.
Once each semester the houses will participate in a "Day of Caring". Each house will choose an agency in the Bowling Green/Warren County community, which they will visit and provide service to the agency.
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One of the most valuable exercises you can engage in, when setting goals is to ask yourself, "What is my limiting step?" What is the one factor that determines the speed at which I achieve my goal, or whether I achieve it at all throughout my personal development?
Your ability to identify your limiting step is one of the best demonstrations of your intelligence and a set towards building self-confidence. Your capacity to eliminate this limiting step is one of the best demonstrations of your overall competence in achieving anything you want.
In studying everything that has been written or said about personal development and success, the conclusion I came to was that your level of self-confidence is probably the critical factor in everything you accomplish. When you have enough self-confidence, you will try almost anything. Because success is largely a matter of averages, or probabilities, the more things you try, the more likely it is that you will achieve greatly.
The same is true for you. By setting goals, trying more things, engaging in more activities, and exploring more opportunities, your probabilities of success increase dramatically. The only real limiting step that you might have is your level of self-confidence. When you reach the point at which you believe in yourself absolutely, the barriers that exist in your external world will not stop you.
The major obstacles to success always lie within the mind of the individual. They are not contained in external circumstances, situations or people. By building self-confidence you win the inner battle, the outer battle seems to take care of itself.
I have learned three important ideas for building self-confidence. First, accept complete responsibility for yourself and for everything that you are and ever will be. Second, accept that you can change your situation only by going to work on yourself and learning the things you need to know to be better. Third, setting goals with time lines for the things you want and then work every day to bring those goals into reality.
A mental exercise program for personal development, like setting goals and positive thinking, is very much like a physical exercise program. If you expect it to really work for you, you have to practice it persistently, every day, and keep at it indefinitely. When I began to apply these proven success principles to my life, and worked on them every day, I was able to bring about almost miraculous changes in every area of my life.
Every successful man or woman that I have ever talked to or read about has come to pretty much the same conclusion. By every measure, you have more talent and ability than you could use in 100 lifetimes. You, too, can step on the accelerator of your own potential and begin moving forward at a speed that will amaze you by setting SMART goals.
Many people who have listened to my programs or gone through my seminars have come back to me and told me that they cannot believe how fast their lives began to improve by setting goals on a daily basis.
Thank you for reading this article on personal development and building self confidence. Please share this article with others and comment below!


Is facial recognition the future of smart payment in China?
It is easy to go cashless in China by simply scanning a QR code, a payment tool used by everyone from shopping centres to street side vendors.
In the latest technological step, you do not even need to get your mobile phone out of your pocket, as a single snap of your face can pay for everything in your shopping basket. However, is it safe to pay using facial recognition?
Alipay, China's mobile payment giant, recently released its latest facial scanning payment product, Dragonfly, which directly reduced access and installation costs for merchants by 80 percent, Beijing Business Daily reported on 14 December.
Seeing the huge potential in facial recognition payment, WeChat Pay and UnionPay, the other dominant players in the Chinese market, are also gearing up to seize their share of the action.
Xue Hongyan, director of the internet financial centre under the Suning Financial Research Centre, told Beijing Business Daily that facial payment could free users from their mobile phones and improve their consumption experience.
Some industry insiders predict that facial payment will see explosive growth in the next three years, as the industry threshold is continuously lowered.
While the facial payment market booms, the industry has also noticed rising user concerns about the safety of their bank accounts as well as their privacy.
Xue noted that, compared with a QR code, facial recognition has higher hardware requirements and is affected by factors such as lighting, while privacy protection will also create difficulties for the promotion of the new payment method.
In general, different payment methods, having their respective advantages in convenience, safety, cost and user acceptability, are not likely to replace each other, Xue added.
Though widely applied in the lending industry, facial recognition is still at a preliminary stage when it comes to general consumption. While offering convenience, it also raises concerns that users' name, gender and age are all noted during the process. This type of information is easily leaked if not managed correctly.
Su Xiaorui, a researcher for the internet finance think tank Madai Institute, emphasised that although a lot has already been done for facial recognition payment, there are still errors in the process that can lead to financial security issues. For this reason, the technology has mainly been implemented in low-risk fields, she added.
She said: "Payment tycoons need to establish a strict internal control system, encrypt users' privacy and comply with professional ethics.
"Additionally, users should be given the right to choose. For those who are willing to pay via facial recognition but have doubts, combined verification is recommended to beef up the security of their bank accounts," Su said.


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Nvidia Shield TV Launches In UK And Europe From £150 Or €200
9:56 am October 1, 2015 By Julian Horsey
As expected Nvidia has this week launched its new Nvidia Shield TV hardware both in the UK and Europe with prices starting from just £150 for the 16GB version rising to £230 for the 500 GB Shield Pro version.
Nvidia Shield TV hardware come supplied with the Shield controller and there are optional Shield Remote and Shield Stand accessories available to purchase priced at £40 and £25 respectively.
Nvidia explains a little more about their new Nvidia Shield TV system:
The advanced NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor delivers up to 25 times the performance of popular streaming devices5. Plus, with 16 GB of storage, a MicroSD slot, and USB 3.0 ports for expandable storage, you now have the speed, power, and storage to rule the living room the way you want.
Transform your TV experience with NVIDIA SHIELD. The hottest movies and shows in brilliant 4K.Your favorite songs at the touch of a button. And a new generation of great games. Let Google's advanced voice commands do the work for you. Get personalized recommendations. Even cast a show or pictures to your TV from your PC, Android, or iOS device with built-in Google Cast.
Watch in 4K Ultra HD from apps like Netflix, YouTube, KODI (XBMC), and PLEX. Enjoy 10-bit color and rich Dolby 7.1 surround sound3. And plug your headphones into your SHIELD controller or remote4 for private listening.
The launch follows on from the announcement of the new Geforce Now 'Netflix for Games' service that has now lunched allowing subscribers to enjoy a launch library catalogue of 60 games which they can stream directly to their Nvidia hardware.
The Nvidia GeForce Now service is now live in the US, Europe and Eastern Europe as well as Western Russia, Japan and South Korea. GeForce Now has been created to enable subscribers to enjoy streaming PC games at up to 1080p resolution and up to 60 fps.
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February 25, 1964 — Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston
By Loki 222 Content, Rock n Roll History of the World, Sport, The Rock'n'Roll History of the World
Generally acknowledged as one of the greatest – if not, as he so often proclaimed, "the greatest" – Cassius Clay, or Muhammad Ali as he is better known, first fought Sonny Liston on February 25, 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida. Clay was an up and comer who had won Olympic gold for boxing in 1960, and had recently defeated the British Heavyweight champion, Henry Cooper. Liston was the reigning World Heavyweight champion, who had knocked out Floyd Patterson in the first round of their title bout.
Coming into the bout, Liston and Clay were each immensely unpopular – Clay was seen as boastful and Liston was a convicted criminal – but most agreed that the champion would hold onto his title. 43 out of 46 sportswriters predicted that Liston would win with a knockout. In the event, Clay defeated Liston in the sixth round, although the match was not awarded until Liston refused to leave his corner at the bell beginning the seventh. Clay was declared the winner by a technical knockout.
The following year, in the rematch, Clay – now calling himself the more familiar Muhammad Ali – knocked out Liston in the first round of their rematch. Ali would go on to be the most successful heavyweight boxer of the modern era, but Liston would never again reach so high.
By El Gráfico team of photographers – El Gráfico, Public Domain, Link
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Black Superman — Johnny Wakelin
Tagged 1964, Black Superman, Cassius Clay, Feb 25, Johnny Wakelin, Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston
February 25, 2004 — Niyazov bans beards in Turkmenistan
By Loki 222 Content, Crime, Politics, Religion, Rock n Roll History of the World, The Rock'n'Roll History of the World
Just in case there was any remaining doubt that he was a raving loony, Saparmurat Niyazov, President For Life of the Central Asian Republic of Turkmenistan after it won its independence from the Soviet Union, decided to ban the wearing of beards or long hair by men. (It is unclear whether or not women were still permitted to grow beards, but probably not.) Among other things, he also banned gold teeth, lip-synching during concerts and the wearing of make up by television newscasters.
Despite Niyazov's death two years later of a heart attack, human rights in Turkmenistan remain very poor, with the nation running second only to North Korea in freedom of the press.
By Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, Link
Saparmurat Niyazov — Down I Go
Tagged 2004, Down I Go, Feb 25, Saparmurat Niyazov, Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan
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