Well, 2016 has lived up to the record breaking year in 2015 by growing an incremental 24% in 2016 vs 2015.
Protis Global has formalized as part of its core competency something we have always done. In 2016, we formally gave it a name: PG Advisory. We are helping our clients do assessments through their acquisitions, we help in restructuring, we are to open our strong network to help our clients who have board appointments to fill. We also can give our clients access to our rich "rolodex" for those that want to: acquire, be acquired or raise capital.
Michael Bitar lead his team to the top in 2016 as the #1 team in the world in revenue. A true testament to his leadership, the PG team model and the winning culture in our four walls.
Michael Evers has been a catalyst in our ever growing business footprint in hospitality and has done work with iconic brands in 2016.
We welcome 2017 as we believe as our industry and client needs change, we have been proactive in our infrastructure, hiring and training that we are well positioned to help our clients take that next step and will be able to provide simple solutions to seemingly complex issues our clients face in today's business climate.
The Protis commitment to excellence within the Global Food & Beverage Division and our sister Banking Division is based on more than the desire to provide clients with outstanding products and services. Rather, it's based on a philosophy of leadership within our industry to deliver the Right Talent on Time that aligns and Fits our clients culture to positively impact Retention.
Derived from the Greek word Protos, meaning first, or leader, Protis makes a point of staying ahead of the curve and setting new standards. Being in front allows Protis to guide clients and the industry in new, innovative directions.
What an incredible transformational year for Protis Global! The move from Indianapolis to Miami completed in December 2014 provided challenges to the organization.
We only had a few team members remain and join us in Miami and so the challenge was to not only survive the move but re-load with a new team, train them and get them integrated into the New Team Model introduced in beginning in 2014. This doesn't even take into account the cultural change aspect and ensuring the PG DNA would still be running through our collective bodies as we grew a new team.
The results speak for themselves. We built and trained a whole new team lead by the our Director of Talent and Training, Skye Miller. The leadership of Michael Bitar and his team performance, steady growth by Vern Davis team and consistent year after year results from Michael Ganly was critical to our transition.
Not only did the vets steady the ship, Protis Global grew by 33% in its first year in Miami and set an all-time Protis Global record. None of this happens without some talented newcomers like Andres Rodriguez, Frank Judd, Bryan Passman, Richard Ledesma and many others along the way.
2016 has much to live up to as we continue the mission.
What an amazing and game changing year 2014 became for what is now known as Protis Global. As we noted in 2013, the decision was made to execute a total Headquarter and Operational move from Indianapolis to Miami. In 2014, that became reality! There is risk from so many perspectives- what was our Indy team going to do and the risk that many would not come and the impact to the business.
As is our culture, we were transparent about the move and the opportunity that was before us to exponentially grow and expand our business in Miami. We did however, have to say goodbye to many of our Indy team. That is the reality.
Then something special happened…Protis Global executed this major move and delivered a year over year marginal increase in business while coming off 3 consecutive years of double digit increases. This was done by a group of winners that has defined Protis Global over the years and that has become the PG identity.
We have quickly built out a team of 14 in Miami by years end 2014 with some incredible and talented team members that are clearly driven winners.
Through all of moving parts, Team Bitar and Team Davis made Pacesetter once again and Worldwide TOP 5 honors!
The Strategic Objective built in the summer of 2014 for 2015 and 2016 brings forth some incredible plans and new opportunities.
Protis made some big decisions in 2013! We have decided to move headquarters and operations out of Indianapolis and call Miami, FL our new home. We will still have few members of our team in Indianapolis.
Decisions like this cause some growth pains but we are committing to build the best search firm in the world at what we do and hiring baddest, coolest and most competitive winners. The excitement toward our purpose is energizing like the early days of our history.
2013 also was another year of success as we changed 75 people's lives helped a client go from getting funding and zero team members to having launched one of the most exciting spirit companies and Protis building the team that is killing it!!!
Pacesetter was held in the Dominican Republic and fun was had by all and of course the 2013 Branta Winner was amongst the group and it was our 3 Time Winner and our first ever back to back winner, Mr. Michael Ganly!
We are excited about 2014 and the upcoming move and the new team members we will build out in Miami!
2012 proved to be another year toward our ultimate goals at Protis and another year of success with a 12.4% revenue increase while building companies and changing lives along the way. The crew also enjoyed the fruits of their journey as we had people grow into careers and earn some jack along the way.
Our Pacesetters enjoyed a wonderful trip to Playa Mujeres, Mexico and experienced the beach, a yacht excursion and some rogue country trips with the locals.
Congrats to Michael Ganly as the 2012 Branta Award Winner awarded each year as selected by our peers.
Once again, Protis team members have risen to the challenges and grew the business by 13% over 2010.
Vern Davis is on pace to have his best year ever and the sales leadership is taking Protis to new levels of productivity not only in revenue but in shaping our teams lives to their scorecard.
Protis officially opened up the Miami Office in 2011 including the development of our Global Recruitment Division. We have significant depth in Africa, Latin America, Canada, Middle East, Australia, EU and Asia.
We are focusing on removing artificial barriers set to performance that were only enhanced throughout a tough economy. To that end, the team continues to work at record levels and we are removing the barriers many companies continue to battle each day.
2010 has proven to be a proving year at Protis. We finished the year +21% over 2009 and have taken the year to make ourselves better.
In addition, Protis was named 2010 International Office of the Year!!
In October 2010, Kent Burns took the role of VP of Sales and leads day to day sales while Bert Miller has taken on the responsibility of: People, Position PEI to win & Profit.
We also crystallized the Protis Way while re-launching the Value Prop. along with engaging our training program and focusing it around: Communication Model, Execution Model & Value Prop Execution. All of this is attributed to our Core team along with new hires.
This has resulted in at LEAST 5 Pacesetter Winners that will enjoy a trip to the Excellence Resort in Mexico in April of 2011!!!
Wow! 2009 proved to be a difficult year for many and opportunistic for others. Protis came off a record 2008 and followed it up with a gritty 2009 and found a way to perform 44.6% better than the overall industry; an industry off $51B!!!! In fact, over 50% of U.S. recruiting firms went out of business while Protis turned a profit!
We attribute the success and performance foremost to our Core Team and then the ability to articulate and gain buy in from our clients the Protis Value Proposition which has a clear point of difference and performance that can be replicated across our practice. This has been important to our clients because in times like 2009, they could not afford to make a mistake.
The heart of a true champion is not just thriving when things are good but in fact setting the course and paving a way during difficult times and 2009 Protis was able to do just that…We were able to in fact garner share in our space and again have some of the highest performers in the world within the recruiting industry.
We look forward to 2010 and to benefit from the great relationships we built in 2009 and grow our position as one of the Top 1% of the USA's top search firms.
Protis follows up a record setting 2007 with a 51% increase in business in 2008 with a competitive team effort year after year. Protis was ranked #16 worldwide within a 900 office network. "Off The Court" so to speak Protis raised a record amount for the following charities: MDA, Midwest Food Bank, Angel Network and American Red Cross.
Our 2008 Pacesetters included Michael Bitar, Lisa Webber, Michael Ganly, Vernon Davis and Myron Davis. Protis also had a couple of near misses that we are sure will qualify for the 2009 Pacesetter.
Protis once again grew our business through our Value Proposition and was able to help our Top 10 clients in their talent acquisition quest. We grew 31% on a team member comparative year over year and was again recognized in the Top 25 single location firms worldwide within our affiliation. Pacesetters (incentive Award Winners) Included Myron Davis, Vern Davis, Mike Bitar, Mike Ganly, and Lisa Webber. The 2007 Branta Winner was Myron Davis.
Protis was named #35 on the 2006 Top 100 Best Training Organizations in the U.S. by Training magazine – March, 2006. Protis named #2 on the list of the Top 20 Best Places to Work in Indiana for small-medium sized companies – Indiana Chamber of Commerce – May, 2006. Meggie Dials named Team Leader for the Contract Services Division of the company.
Protis has a record year as we continued to build a multi-million dollar organization. Vern Davis, along with Todd Hill, emerged as the #1 producers in the organization. The team of Tom Blackwell, Mike Ganly, and Lori Shugars finished #2, although they substantially increased their business in 2005. These accomplishments continue to demonstrate the level of professionalism and competitiveness in the Protis team. Todd Hill was named the 2005 Branta Award winner. Meggie Huels and Todd Hill both were first time home-buyers this year, and both announced their engagements to their long-time significant others.
Proved to be a great year as Protis again qualified as a President Gold Club Member and positioned itself to have a great start to 2005. Protis built a joint-venture to get into the consulting services arena with strong credentials to staff augmentation (contract) and HRO (human resource outsourcing) services. Vern Davis and Michael Bitar qualified as Pacesetter Winners.
Was an exciting year for Protis as Sales for 2003 reflected a 28% increase from 2002. Protis finished 10th overall out of a 1,100 office network. Billing Manager performance remained stellar with Chuck Combs, Mike Bitar and Vernon Davis all retaining Top 20 recognitions.
Was capped off by the announcement of the move of Protis Global headquarters from Avon, Indiana to Indianapolis, Indiana. Protis acquired 7,100 Square feet of office space in Indianapolis' premier office park complex-Intech Park. In 2002, Protis sales were recognized with the President's Gold Club level of performance. Chuck Combs, Mike Bitar and Vernon Davis were all named Top 20 billing managers globally.
Was a year that afforded tremendous opportunity for Protis to learn how to be excellent in the Human Capital Business regardless of economic conditions. Protis proved that we could not only survive but challenge ourselves to thrive during this business cycle. Protis continued to find success by the achievement of the President's Gold Club level of performance. Top 20 Billing Managers included Chuck Combs, Mike Bitar and Vernon Davis.
Protis continued to strengthen the leadership of the company by the announcement of Vernon Davis as a partner with Protis. Vernon will join Michael Bitar as co-lead of the #1 Food & Beverage Division in our network. His presence on the team will continue to raise the bar and the tremendous successes of Protis' FMCG efforts. In 2000, Michael Bitar was a Top 10 Billing Manager. Protis achieved the President's Gold Club level of performance.
By year-end 1998, and early 1999, Protis recognized the need to adjust our business model. The dynamics of business and the recruiting industry included, necessitated a more efficient and value-added role for our team. Thus, the team concept became the permanent business model for Protis and is fast becoming a model other firms are emulating. In fact, Protis is often asked and consulted "how" to plan and implement the business model that is adding value to our clients and team.
Protis is honored yet again, with a higher distinction, by becoming a member of the "President's Platinum Club". This honor is bestowed upon offices achieving multi-million dollar in sales for the 1998 calendar year.
Michael J. Bitar is awarded the National "Rookie of the Year" out of our 1,000 office network. This is a distinguished honor and one that is challenged upon every rookie that becomes a team member. Michael met the challenge head on and accomplished this goal.
To become a leader…if not THE leader in the industry, the company had to build itself around solid professionals to assist in forging the path to excellence. The early success of Protis demanded the growth of our leadership and talent. This need resulted in the addition of Michael J. Bitar as a Partner for Protis. Michael quickly became one of the pillars of the organization. With his hard work, dedication and motivation, Michael continues to propel the business to the next level.
Protis becomes a member of the prestigious "President's Gold Club" for over 1,000,000 in sales for the year 1997. This achievement was accomplished in only our second year of business.
Protis moves from our original "birth place" in Danville, Indiana due to lack of space for our growing team to our new home in the Ameriana Bank Building in Avon, Indiana on the west side of Indianapolis.
Protis quickly became a high performing office and is honored with national recognition for "Best of Class" in customer service. This award is presented to those offices with superior service to their client companies and is scored by clients and independently evaluated by MRI.
Bert and Laura Miller, Cofounders and Co-Managers of Protis Global, open a franchise office of the largest executive recruiting firm in the world- Management Recruiters International. The office was founded on the premise of being the premiere consultative and advisement specialist on Human Talent solutions. Our philosophy was to meet clients' needs in the "new" economy and to deliver value through innovative products by blending technology with a consultative methodology and "facilitate" talent acquisition instead of traditional headhunting.


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Airport ground crew offload a plane carrying just under 300,000 doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Plans to distribute 1st doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on hold
Health Canada had already cleared 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine made at the facility
Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week are on hold after Health Canada learned part of them were manufactured at a Maryland facility that messed up the ingredients in 15 million doses bound for the U.S. market.
The Emergent Biosolutions facility in Baltimore was recently cited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for violations including cleaning and sterilization failures, the potential for cross-contamination and failure to follow required protocols.
The FDA ordered the facility to stop making more J&J vaccine until the problems are corrected and the earlier mistake on the doses resulted in all 15 million being destroyed.
Health Canada had already cleared 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine made at the facility, but did not think the Canadian J&J doses had any connection to that plant.
Now Health Canada says the drug substance that makes up part of the J&J vaccine was actually produced there and then shipped elsewhere for the vaccines to be finished.
Health Canada says it is seeking information from the FDA and J&J's pharmaceutical arm, Janssen, to determine if the 300,000 doses shipped to Canada meet required safety standards.
"As with all vaccines imported into Canada, the Janssen vaccines will only be released for distribution once Health Canada is satisfied that they meet the Department's high standards for quality, safety and efficacy," Health Canada said Friday evening in a release.
"Health Canada has rigorous processes in place to continually monitor the quality of vaccines that are administered to Canadians.
"We will continue to ensure that products coming from the Emergent facility, or any other facility, will only be imported and distributed in Canada if they are of high quality and safe for use."
Until Friday, Health Canada had refused to say where Canada's doses had been made, citing fear of disrupting a confidential supply chain.
The J&J vaccine has not been used in Canada so far, and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization hasn't yet provided guidance on how they think it should be used.
The doses arrived in Canada on Wednesday and are in holding at the Innomar Strategies facility near Toronto's Pearson airport. Innomar is contracted to receive and redistribute all vaccines in Canada, except Pfizer-BioNTech. That vaccine is shipped directly to provincial governments.
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The abducted 15-year-old North Carolina teenager who police say was last seen with her boyfriend and his mother has been found safe.
Olivia Venters, of Vanceboro, was located on Monday, according to a statement from the Craven County Sheriff's Office. Further details were not immediately available, but an investigation remains ongoing.
"Venters' family has been notified and Craven County Deputies are on the way to pick her up to reunite her with her family," the statement added.
Olivia Venters, of Vanceboro, N.C., has been found safe, police say. (Craven County Sheriff's Office)
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Investigators earlier said Venters had vanished around 3 a.m. Sunday morning.
"Venters was last seen with her boyfriend Tripp Wynne, age 15 and his mother Rebecca Lynn Caton, age 35," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
"Rebecca Caton was last seen driving a 2005 Gold Nissan Altima with North Carolina registration TJH9385," it added.
Police say Venters' boyfriend, Tripp Wynne, left, and his mother, Rebecca Caton, were with her at the time she had disappeared. (Craven County Sheriff's Office)
Police say a felony warrant has been issued against Caton for first-degree kidnapping.
The trio was believed to be in Virginia on Sunday, police added without elaborating.
Vanceboro, Venters' hometown, is southeast of Raleigh.
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Judge Isn't Dismissing Lindsay Lohan's Claims That 'Grand Theft Auto V' Used Her Likeness
Also: A 'GTA V' actor likens Lindsay to a cow.
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Lindsay Lohan took video game publisher Take-Two Interactive (parent company of Rockstar Games) to court over a character featured in Grand Theft Auto V. She challenged the publisher that the "Lacey Jonas" character featured prominently in Grand Theft Auto V was an "unequivocal" reference to her. Take-Two Interactive has stated time and time again that Jonas and Lohan are only similar in that they are both young blonde women, and that Lohan is obviously only interested in suing for "publicity purposes."
While that may be, the Hollywood Reporter is reporting that a ruling on Friday by New York Supreme Court judge Joan Kennedy states that the case won't in fact be dismissed. It looks like it's going to continue on for the time being, per Kennedy, as she "can't rely upon defendants' documents aiming to show the images in question don't show Lohan." Kennedy also stated that Take-Two's claim that Lohan had brought the lawsuit to light "too late" wasn't going to fly.
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"Defendants have not been able to prove, at this juncture of the litigation, that the republication exception to the one year statute of limitations is not applicable to this case because the intended audiences were the same as those of the original publication and the images consistently remained the same," Kennedy ruled. The Hollywood Reporter has the ruling in its entirety if you're interested in fleshing that out further.
The case will indeed rage on, and Grand Theft Auto V actor Ned Luke, who plays Michael de Santa, has even weighed in on the matter, calling Lindsay "nuts" and posting an image of a cow with the implication that Lindsay is cow-like in nature.
It's a stretch but MAYBE there's a resemblance. #LindsayIsNuts https://t.co/x3IQppzXSK pic.twitter.com/GfUi5gMlMf
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Lacey Jonas in Grand Theft Auto V is a very image-obsessed character who appeared in several fictional high school movies like a certain washed-up actress we know. She also thinks she's "fat," suffering from anorexia and even dubbed "Emacy Jones" by the media in-game. So de Santa's cow reference is either super tongue-in-cheek or just a low dig at Lindsay.
Take-Two Interactive has declined to comment. I can definitely see a resemblance, though I'm not sure they were targeting Lindsay personally — perhaps just her archetype. What do you think? Honestly, I always thought Lacey looked more like Kate Upton, but the image isn't based on her, either. It's Shelby Welinder, if you're curious.
h/t GameSpot
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Q: Getting the error Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python probably after MacOS Monterey 12.3.1 update All attempt of Git push fails probably after MacOS Monterey update 12.3.1 on MacBook with Apple silicon.
% git push
dyld[56684]: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python
  Referenced from: /usr/local/Cellar/openssh/7.9p1/bin/ssh
  Reason: tried: '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python' (no such file), '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python' (no such file)
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

The same problem with ssh-keygen command.
Probably it is due to the fact that Apple has removed Python from macOS.
I tried to install Python 2.7 but it didn't help.

A: After a day trying to download Python 2.7 and various other things, I solved this issue by renaming Python framework directory: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6 from 3.6 to 2.5.
It fixed the problem.
So this might be a hot fix, but I can't recommend doing it

A: Try brew install openssh . It works for me

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Q: Why the for loop in javascript doesn't work as expected

This is my code. I want to show the user the index of the div they are clicking everytime they click the div, but every time I click different div, it alert the same value which is 3

A: Try this :
function myClickHandler(i) {
    alert(i);
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Q: Apply jquery mobile only a portion of page? I have a sample page which we have design very well. Now, we need to use jquery mobile only a portion of our page. The problem is that, when I add jquery mobile it is messing all my UI stuff. Is there is a way to apply jquery mobile only a portion of page?

A: There are several ways of achieving this, and you can find them in my other ARTICLE, or find it HERE. Search for chapter called: Methods of markup enhancement prevention.
And here's a short description with examples. There are several solutions and you will need to pick right one:
Methods of markup enhancement prevention:
This can be done in few ways, sometimes you will need to combine them to achieve a desired result.

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*Method 1:
It can do it by adding this attribute:
data-enhance="false"

to the header, content, footer container.
This also needs to be turned in the app loading phase:
$(document).one("mobileinit", function () {
    $.mobile.ignoreContentEnabled=true;
});

Initialize it before jquery-mobile.js is initialized (look at the example below).
More about this can be found here:
http://jquerymobile.com/test/docs/pages/page-scripting.html
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/Gajotres/UZwpj/
To recreate a page again use this:
$('#index').live('pagebeforeshow', function (event) {
    $.mobile.ignoreContentEnabled = false;
    $(this).attr('data-enhance','true');
    $(this).trigger("pagecreate")
});

*Method 2:
Second option is to do it manually with this line:
data-role="none"

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/Gajotres/LqDke/

*Method 3:
Certain HTML elements can be prevented from markup enhancement:
 $(document).bind('mobileinit',function(){
      $.mobile.page.prototype.options.keepNative = "select, input";
 });

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/Gajotres/jjETe/


I always wanted one of these and it's a great bass but it really don't see much action.
It's in mint condition for it's age and it's all original.
I have it now up on Reverb and there are plenty of pics so if anyone here is interested I will significantly lower the price, just send me a PM.


Every now and then we are blessed to be a part of something so special, so amazing that it simply makes us filled with joy.
I had such an experience tonight. Monte Horeb and First Baptist Church joined together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Monte Horeb is the Guatamalean congregation that worships at First Baptist. We share our building and over the past few years, we have been working to partner in ministry. Tonight was the first time our congregations came together in a joint worship service.
Each part of the service was done in Spanish and English. When we sang each person sang in their native language. The blend of voices singing Christmas carols was nothing short of breathtaking.
Pastor Martin and I each shared a short message from Luke 2 where the angels appear to the Shepherds announcing the birth of Jesus.
Our service ended with candlelight and voices united in singing Silent Night.
It was a beautiful experience that reminded me of what true community looks like. Our two communities were able to look past all those things which make us unique and focus on the one whom we have in common.
THANK YOU – For the past few weeks, the many groups and people who call First Baptist Church home have helped us collect 520 lbs of rice to supportKACS Christmas Baskets.
Thank you to Monte Horeb, JAM Daycare, and all the groups that use our facility throughout the week who contributed to the collection.
I am humbled by your generosity. It brings JOY to my heart as together we care for others in our community. I am reminded that alone 500 lbs of rice is a big commitment. When we come together around an idea and work together the big becomes small.
Over the past few weeks I have watched as 520 lbs of rice has been collected a few pounds at a time. Ten pounds here, twenty there. I would walk out from my office and find someone had left two bags in the middle of the day. Nobody did this by themselves. If we had to do it by ourselves we may have given up or never taken on the challenge. Together we accomplished something great.
What is our next "big" project to serve those in need?
My new book, The Journey Continues is now available.
"Dan, where do you see God in the midst of all this season?" In the midst of colon cancer! Cancer was not my plan. That was/is not the question. Where in the midst of this journey have you seen God at work? Slowly, very slowly, and sometimes better than others I have begun to wrestle with that question.
Last week I had scans done of my chest and abdomen. Monday I had bloodwork drawn. Friday I will hear the results from all those tests.
It is my normal, every three to four-month tests that we run to see if my cancer is behaving or starting to grow again.
Last August Nicole, my PA, shared the results of my latest scans and told me to, "go get a beer." It was her way of saying everything looked good. Nicole was happy with what she saw, or did not see, and she wanted me to relax and enjoy life.
I have resisted calling the office early and asking for Nicole. Part of me wants to know what the results are. Another piece of me is totally fine not knowing for a few more days.
The further I get from my last treatment the better I feel physically. The more energy I have and the clearer my mind thinks. There is much to celebrate. At the same time, there is this haunting idea that while all appears to be good my cancer is slowly growing inside me. I have no reason to think that way, it is just something I wonder about from time to time.


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Weapons Selection Committee want trial of use of electronic stun guns by police
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Chairwoman, Anne Kari Lande Hasle.Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB scanpix
Posted By: Gerard Taylor 30. March 2017
After consideration of arming the police, the Weapons Selection Committee decided they want unarmed police in Norway, but have suggested the testing of stun guns.
'The Committee recommends that electronic stun guns are tested so that the police on patrol service get a new, tactical weapon that is less lethal than firearms', said Chairwoman, Anne Kari Lande Hasle, when she presented the Weapons Selection Committee report on Wednesday morning.
Along with four other committee members, she constitutes a majority who recommended a continuation of the current arrangement of an unarmed police force.
The Committee has received the distinct impression that the police, generally, found that the less lethal armaments, which have been used a total of eight times in recent years, have worked well.
The committee believes that the move generally gets negative feedback from the public, however, and that this has a cause. Interviews had shown that more people had experienced that the threshold for contact with the police as being higher, and Hasle also said that more people had experienced police as being more aggressive.
'The question of weapons concerns many people, both police officers and all the citizens of the state. The question is about the state's legitimacy among the population, and the state's right to use force against its citizens, and when that force can be used', said Hasle.
The committee also want an increase in the number of officers available, and to have responsive policing in police districts, and they proposed a number of other recommendations.
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This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. What a phenomenal year we have had in Fleet 5! So much has happened. Fleet parties, East Coast Championships on our doorstep in Gloucester, Race Week, the National Championships nearby in Hingham, Speed Tips day with Jud Smith and of course our legendary fleet parties. On
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This was first published in the February 2014 Newsletter. The sailing season seems a long way off when you still have most of the ski season ahead of you and it is 10 degrees outside, but the fleet officers and the Marblehead Racing Association board are well into their 2014 race planning already! At our
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This was first published in the October 2010 Newsletter. Well there you have it. Yet another spectacular season is in the books. It seems like just yesterday we were gearing up for the spring clinic, and now here it is, time to think about boat covers, Halloween and football. And what a season it was.
Greeting from the Prez – September 2010
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This was first published in the September 2010 Newsletter. In the words of the late great Red Sox play-by-play man Ned Martin – "Mercy!" I write to you from my home office on Saturday morning, where I'd typically be checking the forecast before racing. But this weekend, thankfully, we have a break. And it came
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Greetin from the Prez – August 2010
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This was first published in the August 2010 Newsletter. Wow! What a (race) week, and in fact, what a month. When Race Week ended, I needed to limp back into work just to get a little rest. As usual, we were the largest class of the regatta, by far, and we should all be proud
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Greeting from the Prez – July 2010
Written by Nat Tayloron July 1, 2010 April 7, 2018
This was first published in the July 2010 Newsletter. Huge thanks to Lydia & Rick Smyers for opening their home to us on June 5th . Aside from my kid dropping out of a tree onto his head, it was a perfect evening. Thanks also to our bar-master general Jim Raisides for stocking, lugging and
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Greeting from the Prez – June 2010
Written by Nat Tayloron June 1, 2010
This was first published in the June 2010 Newsletter. First things first. Huge thanks to our panelists Jud Smith, Jack Slattery and Bill Lynn, who put on a fantastic show at our recent clinic. It was a great event solidly attended by about 175 folks from every corner of Marblehead sailing. The panelists walked us
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Greeting from the Prez – May 2010
Written by Nat Tayloron May 1, 2010 April 7, 2018
This was first published in the May 2010 Newsletter. It's almost time. The curtain is about to rise on yet another season, and in the vernacular of car racing (and with apologies to the ladies), gentleman start your engines. I get so excited this time of year. Eight years ago, I almost missed Christopher's birth
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Written by Nat Tayloron April 1, 2010 April 7, 2018
This was first published in the April 2010 Newsletter. It's time to get something off my chest. We sail each year in hopes of winning something called the Nick Nichols trophy – let's call it 'The Cup.' 'The Cup' represents our season championship, and is awarded each year to the boat with the lowest aggregate
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This was first published in the March 2010 Newsletter. Two years ago, Tom Despres and the Fleet 5 leadership made the inspired move of selecting BJ Mansfield as the winner of the 2008 Outstanding Crew Award. Their choice was motivated by her staunch and selfless support of her husband and skipper, Mike Carpenter, through their
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Ashwin Raman (born 18 June 1946) is a German journalist and documentary filmmaker of Indian descent. Raman is notable for a number of prize-winning documentaries which have garnered him the Grimme Prize (2017), the Robert Geisendörfer Prize (2012), Otto Brenner Special Award, the international CNN Rory Peck Award and the Deutscher Fernsehpreis, among others.

Early life
Raman's father was the editor-in-chief of The Times of India (Ahmedabad edition) and his mother a teacher. After completing his bachelor's degree in literature in India, he received a scholarship for a master's degree at the University of Oxford. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he worked as a host and made his first contacts with Germany during this time. After his Master's degree he returned to India and started working as a reporter for The Times of India.

At this time, India's political situation was extremely unstable owing to Indira Gandhi's state of emergency. Raman was imprisoned for evading censorship with an underground newspaper. Amnesty International in Hamburg took up his case and were able to aid him to migrate to Germany.

Life in Germany
In Hamburg he began writing for Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, although his texts initially had to be translated. He worked for Amnesty in Los Angeles for some time, wrote for the Los Angeles Times and then traveled to Nicaragua as a freelance journalist, where he reported on the civil war there for various newspapers. There he also made his first documentary film With the Sandinistas (1978), which he shot in 16 mm format and sold to various television stations. After the end of the civil war in 1979, he moved back to Germany and took German citizenship in 1985.

From the 1980s Raman devoted himself increasingly to documentary film, acquiring the necessary knowledge autodidactically. To date Raman has made over 200 documentaries as a "one-man team". Since the 2000s he has concentrated primarily on war and crisis reporting for public broadcasting, traveling to Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, and other countries. In 2019, he announced that he would be withdrawing from war reporting because he was "tired of war" and suffering from health problems.

Raman lives in Selm in North Rhine-Westphalia. He is married and has two sons.

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The Baby Bula Boys pose for a photo before their game.
The Baby Bula Boys will be playing one of the most important matches of their lives today in the OFC Under-17 championship semi-final.
A win will see Fiji qualify directly to the World Cup in Peru but for that to happen, the team must go past a tactical New Zealand side in the semi-final.
Captain Aaron Naicker says the team understands that a place in November's FIFA World Cup is at stake.
He has reminded the players just how much winning will mean to the nation as a whole.
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"I told the boys that this is our final match, it's do or die. Whether we win, we should make our country proud. We were thinking to create history because we are one step away and the last 90 minute will count for creating history for our country."
Head coach Sunil Kumar on the same note says that the team spirit is high and everyone in the Fijian camp is looking forward to the clash.
The Baby Bula Boys will take on the Baby All White this evening at 7 at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva.
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Nick Carter Does Backstreet's Back Dance on Ellen
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Nick Carter channeled his classic boy-band days when he stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday. The singer, who is currently competing on Dancing With the Stars, talked to Ellen about the possibility of the Backstreet Boys going on tour with the Spice Girls. He then hit the floor with his partner, Sharna Burgess, to show off his dance moves to his band's hit "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)." In addition to doing a few new moves, Nick brought back the classic dance that he did with the rest of the group back in the day. Watch the clip above to be transported back to the '90s, and then check out Nick being introduced as a member of Ellen's squad.
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Current Affairs for UPSC IAS
Budget and Agriculture
16th Feb, 2022
Recently, the finance minister presented the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament. We shall be taking up the analysis of the budgetary allocations in the agriculture sector in the following discussion.
Agriculture is a diverse subject that is compressed into a sub-section of the regular budgets of the Centre and States.
The Union budgetary allocation for agriculture has risen marginally but schemes for crop insurance, MSP have seen a dip in funds in this budget.
Limited focus on the agriculture sector and related policies can be seen in the Union Budget 2022-23.
Budgetary allocation for Farm Sector:
The overall allocation increased by a meagre 4.4 per cent for the year, compared to the expenditure on the sector in the last financial year. There was a marginal increase of Rs 5,700 crores, from Rs 126807 crore in the financial year (FY) 2021-22 to about 132513 crores in FY 2022-23.
The worrying part is that even the important schemes for crop insurance and minimum support price (MSP), especially for pulses and oilseeds saw a drastic slashing of funds.
The Market Intervention Scheme and Price Support Scheme (MIS-PSS) was allocated Rs 1,500 crore, 62 per cent less than Rs 3,959.61 crore in revised estimates (RE) of FY 2021-22.
The Pradhan Mantri-Annadata Aya Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) saw an even deeper cut. It was allocated just Rs 1 crore for the year as against an expenditure of Rs 400 crore in 2021-22. This is almost a 100 percent reduction.
Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) is an umbrella scheme aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce. Components of PM-AASHA:
Price Support Scheme (PSS)
Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)
Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPPS)
Both PM-AASHA and MIS-PSS ensure MSP operations in the country. This reduction in allocation is contrary to the demands for MSP by the farmers, especially in the just concluded farmers agitation for the three farm laws relating to marketing reforms and stocking of essential commodities. There can be two reasons for this reduction:
Either the government is anticipating that prices of pulses and oilseeds will remain expensive (due to the ongoing food inflation) in 2022-23 and will not be sold at MSP, or
The government is looking to wind up the scheme- an indication that is not faring well, given the government has been saying that it will procure under MSP and talking about nutrition security.
Even the allocation under food and nutritional security has come down to Rs 1,395 crore from Rs 1,540 crore in RE 2021-22. The 'Distribution of Pulses to state / Union territories for Welfare Schemes' that aims to dispose of pulses procured for utilisation under midday meals, public distribution system, among others, saw an allocation of just Rs 9 crore.
Silence on doubling of Farmers income:
This year the doubling of farmer's income was supposed to have happened.
But the budget 2022-23 maintains complete silence on that target or on how much we have achieved in the last six years since that promise was first made.
But it was the first time in six years that the budget speech skipped mentioning 'doubling of farmer's income' altogether.
According to the government's statistics, the monthly income of farmers in 2015-16 was Rs 8,059. Now according to the 2021 Situation Assessment Survey of agricultural households, a farming household's monthly income was Rs 10,218, which is quite far from the target announced for 2022.
And the silence on this issue in this year's budget seems to suggest that the government might have missed the target.
Crop Insurance Schemes:
Crop insurance is particularly important because of adverse weather from climate change and this too has seen a reduction.
Allocation for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) or crop insurance scheme was also reduced marginally to Rs 15,500 crore for this year from Rs 15,989 crore in 2021-22. This is significant at a time when crop loss has been increasing.
Schemes like Agriculture Infrastructure Fund or AIF has seen a marginal increase from Rs 200 crores in 2021-22 (RE) to Rs 500 crore in 2022-23. However, this AIF which was announced as a Rs 1 lakh crore fund in 2020 as part of the government's Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan was meant to be spent over the subsequent six years has been a non-starter.
Only Rs 6,627 crore worth of projects have been sanctioned until now after two years and the actual disbursals are much lower at only Rs 2,654 crore.
This is about 2.6 per cent only of the target (one lakh crore), which is indicative of poor implementation of the scheme.
Decrease in Capital Investment:
Allocation for rural development was 5.59% in the previous Budget and it has been reduced to 5.23%. The allocation of funds towards schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM KISAN), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana, though desirable, will not result in long-run asset generation.
Most of them are poor farmers with small landholding sizes. They cannot invest in irrigation techniques in a country where seasonal rains through the monsoon fail regularly.
They cannot invest in required agri-technology and scientific methods to increase their per unit crop yield.
The Bright Spots in the Agriculture Budget:
One bright spot in the agriculture budget is the focus on the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) that has been losing its sheen in the last few years. The programme has been restructured to include schemes like:
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna-Per Drop More Crop
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna
National Project on Soil and Health Fertility
Rainfed Area Development and Climate Change
Sub-Mission on Agriculture Mechanization including Management of Crop Residue
These schemes were earlier a part of the Green Revolution programme. Allocation under PM-KISAN, which provides income support by way of the cash benefit to all landholding farmers, has also increased marginally to Rs 68,000 crore from Rs 67,500 crore last year. Overall, the farm sector has very little cheer in this year's Union Budget.
Digital and hi-tech services to farmers: While countries like Israel, Vietnam, China etc., have been spraying pesticides in a regulated manner through sprayers from the sky, Indian farmers to a large degree are spraying them manually. Initiatives like promoting the use of 'Kisan drones' to crop assessment, digitisation of land records, spraying of insecticides and nutrients through the public-private partnership model will go a long way in helping Indian farmers reap the benefits of technological advancements.
Promoting chemical-free natural farming starting with farmers' lands close to the Ganga.
Post-Harvest value addition, consumption and branding of millet products, funds to finance start-ups for agriculture and rural enterprises, supporting FPOs through these enterprises, and boosting domestic oilseed production, have the potential to transform the sector.
Implementation of the Ken-Betwa River interlinking project is the other thrust area of the Budget for the farm sector.
Need for Increased spending to Boost Farm Incomes:
Although the overall budgetary allocation towards the agricultural sector has marginally increased by 4.4% in the Union Budget 2022-23, the rate of increase is lower than the current inflation rate of 5.5%-6%. The picture changes and rather looks disappointing when we look at the Agriculture Orientation Index (AOI)- an index that was developed as part of Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015.
The Agriculture Orientation Index (AOI) is calculated by dividing the agriculture share of government expenditure by the agriculture value-added share of GDP. In other words, it measures the ratio between government spending towards the agricultural sector and the sector's contribution to GDP.
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 emphasises an increase in investment in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, development of technology to enhance agricultural productivity and eradication of poverty in middle- and lower-income countries. India's index is one of the lowest, reflecting that the spending towards the agricultural sector is not commensurate with the sector's contribution towards GDP.
India holds only the 38th rank in the world, despite being an agrarian economy wherein a huge population is dependent on the agricultural sector for its livelihood, and despite being among the largest producers of several crops produced and consumed in the world. India's poor AOI is a stark reminder of the need to attain a key sustainable development goal of higher agri-growth.
Steps that can be taken for the Improvement of Agricultural Sector:
Engaging Universities in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Horticulture and NABARD to prepare a profile of the State in terms of soil, climate changes, emerging technologies and the pitfalls or inadequacies of the present system.
Reduction in the GST and customs duty rates on some of the agro-chemical products could have reduced the overall cost for the farmers increasing their income.
The budget should contain only those resources that flow from the governments and not from the credit institutions. The budget for agriculture should not include the crop loan targets as it will be misleading.
Irrigated farming and rain-fed farming should be separate components as much as livestock, horticulture, apiculture, and aquaculture.
In the high-income zones of the farm sector, we see the adoption of robots, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Possibilities of introducing agricultural income tax may be considered.
The perverse subsidies in the farm sector, like for fertilisers, could be considered to be scrapped.
Balancing the food system with the environment and renewable or alternative energy systems are essential to building a resilient food production system.
When States formulate a budget for agriculture, there is scope for the right balance between the resources and expenditures consistent with their respective agro-climatic zones.
Intensification in government spending towards the agricultural sector is the key to attaining higher agricultural growth and farm income. The focus on the development of irrigation facilities, urban infrastructure and development of national highways must be complemented with an emphasis on the development of rural infrastructure and rural transportation facilities, along with an increase in the number of markets. Such measures can play a crucial role in enhancing farmers' access to markets and integrating small and marginal farmers into the agricultural supply chain.
During the last five years, the Budget allocation to agriculture has seen positive shifts consistent with the Centre's role in research, marketing, exports, and agricultural education. This year too the basket has a lot to cheer about, and at the same time leaving areas for improvement.
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Army looks to get hi-tech drones, robotic mules to replace animal transport
Shifting banks of the Ganga in West Bengal
SEBI ban on Agri commodities trade
Investment in Capital Markets through P-Notes dropped
Declining Indian Exports


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The "Cake by the Ocean" hitmaker has officially arrived in Manila for In The Mix music festival 2017!
Composed of Joe Jonas, JinJoo Lee, Cole Whittle and Jack Lawless, the American funk-pop band has just set foot in Manila. Fans got a chance to get a glimpse of the band during their arrival and have posted photos on social media. After revealing in a MYXclusive interview last March that they have been planning to visit the country for some time now, they're finally here!
It's going to be super fun tonight because they are going to perform for their Filipino fans with other great artists such as 5 Seconds of Summer, Two Door Cinema Club, Zara Larsson, Dua Lipa, and Daya.
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The faculty at the University play one of the biggest roles in students' lives. Mental health is shaped by a community, so it is important that students are able to turn to their professors and Graduate Student Intructors for support and understanding. The key to helping fellow students is accessibility and communication. Professors' voices are important, and we will respect what you have to say. We know that you want your students to succeed, and we want to suggest ways to support our academics and health. School can be hard, and mental health often takes the back seat to final grades. In a highly competitive environment and with the pressures of multiple exams and papers bearing down over short periods of time, it becomes a challenge to balance studies with mental wellness. Without enough time to relax, some students develop a toxic mental health lifestyle.
As an easy first step, we would like to encourage you to incorporate new mental health language in your syllabi, like that which has been proposed by Central Student Government. Incorporating this statement in your syllabi will demonstrate your support for students' well-being.
Secondly, we would appreciate promoting an inviting environment in your courses. Actions such as friendly emails before and after stressful exam periods, asking how we are doing and letting us know that we can come to you with mental health concerns would go a long way. We ask that you emphasize the value of self-care, especially during times like the upcoming finals week. With that in mind, remind us that we are valued and perhaps recommend ways for staying relaxed. We would also appreciate you to continue your guidance a few weeks prior to final exam week on how best to prepare. These reminders are very helpful in keeping us studying long-term and not cramming last-minute all-nighters in.
Finally, we ask that you treat mental illness the same way you treat other illnesses. Though we as students are doing our best to fight the shame associated with mental health topics, the stigma can still, at times, be debilitating. Your leadership and central role in our lives can play a critical part in our fight to break down mental health barriers, and we look forward to the achievements we can make together at the University of Michigan.


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The Fall of Japan
The Final Weeks of World War II in the Pacific
New York Times Bestseller: A "virtually faultless" account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives (The New York Times Book Review).
By midsummer 1945, Japan had long since lost the war in the Pacific. The people were not told the truth, and neither was the emperor. Japanese generals, admirals, and statesmen knew, but only a handful of leaders were willing to accept defeat. Most were bent on fighting the Allies until the last Japanese soldier died and the last city burned to the ground.
Exhaustively researched and vividly told, The Fall of Japan masterfully chronicles the dramatic events that brought an end to the Pacific War and forced a once-mighty military nation to surrender unconditionally.
From the ferocious fighting on Okinawa to the all-but-impossible mission to drop the 2nd atom bomb, and from Franklin D. Roosevelt's White House to the Tokyo bunker where tearful Japanese leaders first told the emperor the truth, William Craig captures the pivotal events of the war with spellbinding authority. The Fall of Japan brings to life both celebrated and lesser-known historical figures, including Admiral Takijiro Onishi, the brash commander who drew up the Yamamoto plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor and inspired the death cult of kamikaze pilots., This astonishing account ranks alongside Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day and John Toland's The Rising Sun as a masterpiece of World War II history.
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//
//  DDGetUserUnreadMessagesAPI.m
//  IOSDuoduo
//
//  Created by 独嘉 on 14-6-12.
//  Copyright (c) 2014年 dujia. All rights reserved.
//

#import "DDGetUserUnreadMessagesAPI.h"
#import "DDMessageEntity.h"
#import "Encapsulator.h"
#import "DDUserModule.h"
#import "DDMessageModule.h"
#import "RuntimeStatus.h"
@implementation DDGetUserUnreadMessagesAPI
/**
 *  请求超时时间
 *
 *  @return 超时时间
 */
- (int)requestTimeOutTimeInterval
{
    return 2;
}

/**
 *  请求的serviceID
 *
 *  @return 对应的serviceID
 */
- (int)requestServiceID
{
    return DDSERVICE_MESSAGE;
}

/**
 *  请求返回的serviceID
 *
 *  @return 对应的serviceID
 */
- (int)responseServiceID
{
    return DDSERVICE_MESSAGE;
}

/**
 *  请求的commendID
 *
 *  @return 对应的commendID
 */
- (int)requestCommendID
{
    return DDCMD_MSG_UNREAD_MSG_REQ;
}

/**
 *  请求返回的commendID
 *
 *  @return 对应的commendID
 */
- (int)responseCommendID
{
    return DDCMD_MSG_GET_2_UNREAD_MSG;
}

/**
 *  解析数据的block
 *
 *  @return 解析数据的block
 */
- (Analysis)analysisReturnData
{
    Analysis analysis = (id)^(NSData* data)
    {
        DDDataInputStream* bodyData = [DDDataInputStream dataInputStreamWithData:data];
        NSMutableDictionary* msgDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
        NSMutableArray* msgArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
        NSString *sessionId = [bodyData readUTF];
        uint32_t msgCnt = [bodyData readInt];
        DDLog(@"msgList for session: %@", sessionId);

        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < msgCnt; i++)
        {
//            UInt32 seqNo = [bodyData readInt];

            NSString *fromUserId = [bodyData readUTF];
            NSString *fromname = [bodyData readUTF];
            NSString *fromnickname = [bodyData readUTF];
            NSString *fromavater = [bodyData readUTF];
            NSInteger creatTime = [bodyData readInt];
            UInt8 msgType = [bodyData readChar];
            // UInt8 msgRenderType = [bodyData readChar];
            NSString* messageContent = nil;
            NSMutableDictionary* info = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

            if (msgType == DDMessageTypeText || msgType == DDGroup_Message_TypeText ) {
                messageContent = [bodyData readUTF];
            }else if (msgType == DDMessageTypeVoice || msgType == DDGroup_MessageTypeVoice)
            {

                int32_t dataLength = [bodyData readInt];
                NSData* data = [bodyData readDataWithLength:dataLength];
                NSData* voiceData = [data subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(4, [data length] - 4)];
                NSString* filename = [NSString stringWithString:[Encapsulator defaultFileName]];
                if ([voiceData writeToFile:filename atomically:YES])
                {
                    messageContent = filename;
                }

                NSData* voiceLengthData = [data subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, 4)];

                int8_t ch1;
                [voiceLengthData getBytes:&ch1 range:NSMakeRange(0,1)];
                ch1 = ch1 & 0x0ff;

                int8_t ch2;
                [voiceLengthData getBytes:&ch2 range:NSMakeRange(1,1)];
                ch2 = ch2 & 0x0ff;

                int32_t ch3;
                [voiceLengthData getBytes:&ch3 range:NSMakeRange(2,1)];
                ch3 = ch3 & 0x0ff;

                int32_t ch4;
                [voiceLengthData getBytes:&ch4 range:NSMakeRange(3,1)];
                ch4 = ch4 & 0x0ff;

                if ((ch1 | ch2 | ch3 | ch4) < 0){
                    @throw [NSException exceptionWithName:@"Exception" reason:@"EOFException" userInfo:nil];
                }
                int voiceLength = ((ch1 << 24) + (ch2 << 16) + (ch3 << 8) + (ch4 << 0));
                [info setObject:@(voiceLength) forKey:VOICE_LENGTH];
                [info setObject:@(0) forKey:DDVOICE_PLAYED];
            }
            else if(msgType == DDMessageTypeImage)
            {
                messageContent = [bodyData readUTF];
                if ([messageContent hasPrefix:DD_MESSAGE_IMAGE_PREFIX])
                {
                    msgType = DDMessageTypeImage;
                }

            }

            DDMessageEntity *msg = nil;
            if (msgType == 0)
            {
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                NSUInteger messageID = [DDMessageModule getMessageID];
                msg = [[DDMessageEntity alloc ] initWithMsgID:messageID msgType:msgType msgTime:creatTime sessionID:fromUserId senderID:fromUserId msgContent:messageContent toUserID:[RuntimeStatus instance].user.userId];
                [msg setInfo:info];
            }

            [msgArray addObject:msg];
            DDLog(@"receive msg from:%@ content:%@",fromUserId,messageContent);
        }
        [msgDict setObject:sessionId forKey:@"sessionId"];
        [msgDict setObject:msgArray forKey:@"msgArray"];

        return msgDict;
    };
    return analysis;
}

/**
 *  打包数据的block
 *
 *  @return 打包数据的block
 */
- (Package)packageRequestObject
{
    Package package = (id)^(id object,uint32_t seqNo)
    {
        DDDataOutputStream *dataout = [[DDDataOutputStream alloc] init];
        uint32_t totalLen = IM_PDU_HEADER_LEN + 4 + strLen(object);

        [dataout writeInt:totalLen];
        [dataout writeTcpProtocolHeader:DDSERVICE_MESSAGE
                                    cId:DDCMD_MSG_UNREAD_MSG_REQ
                                  seqNo:seqNo];
        [dataout writeUTF:object];

        DDLog(@"serviceID:%i cmdID:%i --> get unread msg from user:%@",DDSERVICE_MESSAGE,DDCMD_MSG_UNREAD_MSG_REQ,object);

        return [dataout toByteArray];
    };
    return package;
}
@end

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1. Walk to Bedok Bus Interchange from Exit 'B'. 2. Board Bus 9, 14, 35 and alight at Bus Stop No. 84061 (The Tanamera Condo).
3. Walk approximately 2 minutes to our clinic.
1. Walk to the bus stop outside Tanah Merah MRT station from Exit 'A'. 2. Board Bus 2, 9, 14, 24, 31, 35, 45 and alight at Bus Stop No. 84069 (Blk 55). 3. Walk approximately 1 minute to our clinic.


Truro Hockey Club is the highest achieving and the largest senior hockey club in Cornwall. The Men's 1s are the highest placed team in the county and all of the team represent the County in annual competitions. The Men's 2s have won the County Cup competition in 6 of the last 7 seasons, including winning it in April 2018. They are playing at a high standard and promotion may well be on the cards for our top men's teams. Our 3s are a vital stepping-stone for youngsters, whilst the 4s continue to bring youngsters through from the junior section and have gained promotion twice in two seasons. The Ladies continue to develop and have eyes on promotion. The club currently has 6 teams and a membership total of around 150 members.
Competing with a positive fair play attitude around The South West, the club's ethos is all about making hockey accessible for all, offering grass roots hockey with a clear path for youngsters to develop and progress to a high level of performance. We pride ourselves on having a close community within the club, a family friendly atmosphere where we can come together to compete, exercise and socialise.
Our aim is to grow, to continue to provide a high level of facilities and coaching to as many people of all ages and abilities as possible.


An impeccably presented period farmhouse with no immediate neighbours. 5 Bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, kitchen, utility room, bathroom and shower room. Delightful gardens and useful outbuildings. Additional land available. EPC Band E. 1.93 Acres in all.
Located on the fringes of St Keyne, with a general store and primary school 1.8 miles away at Duloe. The market town of Liskeard is some 3 miles distant and offers a wider range of day to day amenities, educational and recreational facilities and a leisure centre. The A38 trunk road links Bodmin with the city port of Plymouth. In addition there is a railway station serving London Paddington (via Plymouth). The South Cornish coastline is only 6 miles distance offering a variety of beaches to visit along the coast.
Available to the open market for the first time in over 70 years, this detached period farmhouse enjoys a sheltered position with no near neighbours and retains many character features including exposed beams.
The accommodation is clearly illustrated on the floorplan overleaf and briefly comprises: front door opening to the entrance hall with stairs to the first floor and door to the rear, snug with a fireplace housing a woodburner on a tiled hearth, office, rear porch and ground floor shower room. The sitting room and separate dining room feature a fireplace with double sided woodburner, enjoyed from both sides. The kitchen comprises a range of base units with wooden worktop, an inset electric hob with extractor over, electric oven and a door to the lean-to greenhouse with a tiled floor. The utility room has a tiled floor, base units and worksurface over with space and plumbing for appliances.
The first floor has a half landing with access to the bedroom which has restricted head height to one side and a roof light. Stairs continue to the main landing with a further four bedrooms and family bathroom. A door from the landing opens to a staircase which leads to the loft space, which has been partly boarded.
The gravel driveway provides parking for several vehicles and leads to the useful outbuildings including linhay with power and light and former cattle shed, also with power and light. There is an open fronted store with one section currently being used as a wood store.
The property sits within formal gardens which are mainly laid to lawn with a variety of mature trees and shrubs. Immediately adjacent to the property, there is a patio with a timber pergola providing an ideal seating area. There is a further decked area to the rear of the property. The gardens include a wooded copse and a five bar gate which leads up to the orchard with a productive Bramley Apple tree. The property amounts to 1.93 acres in all or thereabouts.
Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Please note the agents have not inspected or tested these services. The property is sold subject to all local authority charges.
Additional land available by separate negotiation (up to 27 acres).
From the A38, take the Liskeard junction and follow signs through the town to the railway station. Pass the station on your left and continue down Lodge Hill. Follow this road for just over 1.5 miles into the village of St Keyne. Take the first right after entering the village and then right again. After approximately 0.3 miles the property can be found on the right hand side.


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Abandoned Cardinal Stadium
Located at 937 Phillips Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, rests the abandoned Cardinal Stadium.
Originally named Fairgrounds Stadium when it opened in 1956, the stadium was the official home of the University of Louisville Cardinals football team for 40 years.
When the University of Louisville football team exited the stadium at the end of the 1997 season, the baseball team moved in. The Cardinals called the stadium their home from 1998 until 2004. However, the stadium was no stranger to the game of baseball. It had already been the official home of the Louisville Redbirds/River Bats since 1982 and would remain their home until 1999.
Surprisingly, the very first game that was played in Cardinal Stadium was an NFL preseason game between the Baltimore Colts and the Philadelphia Eagles on September 9th, 1956.
The stadium was officially renamed Cardinal Stadium instead of Fairgrounds Stadium in 1982 when the Louisville Redbirds (the AAA team of the St. Louis Cardinals) became co-tenants of the stadium.
After 2004, the stadium was no longer home to any University of Louisville teams. However, it was still used as a venue for concerts for the next 10 years. On April 26th, 2013, the seating within Cardinal Stadium was claimed to be unstable for people to safely sit on. Seating was placed on the field in 2013 and 2014.
Demolition of the most unsafe portions of the stadium, including the entire northern bleachers, began on November 17th, 2014.
Surprisingly, almost three years later, a very large portion of the stadium still stands. It is currently owned by the Kentucky Exposition Center. The center uses the more stable portions of the stadium for animal housing during the Kentucky State Fair, and a large amount of space is used for outdoor storage.
At this point, it looks like nothing is going to change anytime soon. The stadium continues to stand, deteriorate, and fade further into history.
Here's what we captured from within:
You can still see the yard lines from the football field.
Standing on the goal-line in the West endzone.
Inside the baseball dugouts.
Inside the baseball locker room.


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Coaches Using Bye For Deep Self-Analysis
Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh put the team's 43-13 loss in Houston on his shoulders.
"It's on me," Harbaugh said in his opening statement Monday.
"We were not in position to win that game. We didn't put our players in a great position to win the game. We obviously weren't ready to handle their scheme, their intensity, the crowd. All the things we were up against in that game, we did not do a good job with, and I take full responsibility for that."
With Harbaugh taking the blame, he decided to give his players the rest the week off following a Tuesday practice. They'll be free to heal their aching bodies and visit with family.
But over this week's bye, the entire coaching staff will conduct some deep self-reflecting.
Primarily, the staff will take aim on figuring out how it can have a more productive offense on the road and fix a defense that's getting gashed on the ground and, more recently, through the air.
On Sunday night, the head coach re-watched the Houston loss from the perspective of the offense, defense and special teams – twice each.
On Monday morning, Harbaugh met with all the coaches individually to get their take on what happened and ideas for moving forward. He also talked to a lot of players, gathering as much information as possible.
Usually, the offensive and defensive coordinators exchange tape and evaluate each other. The Ravens offense looks for holes in the Ravens defense and vice versa. This year, Harbaugh said each unit will hone in on their own side of the ball.
"I don't want to be too vague on this, but it's kind of hard to pinpoint exactly what we're going to do, because we don't know yet," Harbaugh said.
"We have everything we need – we have all the players we need, and we have all the scheme we need. Now, what we have to do is organize it in a way that gives our players a chance to play their fastest and their best under pressure, on the road – against good teams – and at home."
The Ravens want to decide which offense to pack for traveling. The unit scored just six second-half points in a loss in Philadelphia. It failed to score a touchdown in a 9-6 win in Kansas City. It posted just 179 total yards in Houston.
Harbaugh tossed out different possibilities such as using the run game more, changing the tempo and altering communication. He also mentioned shaking up the offensive line.
It is also a larger scheme question. Harbaugh said they are "in the process of determining exactly what we are going to be able to do on the road." The Ravens will play three of their next four games away from M&T Bank Stadium.
The Ravens have tried to institute more of a no-huddle, high-flying passing offense this season. It has been successful at home in high-scoring wins over Cincinnati, New England and Dallas, but hasn't traveled well.
"When you push the envelope like we are pushing it a little bit, sometimes it pushes back," Harbaugh said. "And, to me, that is part of the growth process. You try to do that as much as you can by winning games and figure that stuff out. We did it this game by, obviously, not performing well at all. So, I like to think we learned a lot in that game."
There are also a number of defensive problems to correct – something new for Baltimore's typically stingy unit. The Ravens have given up an average of 400 yards per game, ranking 26th in the league. Their 23 points allowed per game are tied for 17th.
Harbaugh said the defensive line isn't where it has been in the past, when the Ravens could put seven men in the box and stop the run.
He said there won't be any drastic defensive scheme or personnel changes, but floated out the idea of using some younger players more, perhaps such as defensive tackle Bryan Hall or rookie defensive end DeAngelo Tyson. Both were active for the first time Sunday.
Harbaugh said the Ravens' defensive struggles could impact their offensive philosophy.
On one hand, the offense could slow down the game by running the ball more with the hope of limiting opponent's possessions and thus taking some of the pressure off the defense. On the other, it could try to put up as many points as fast as possible to win shootouts.
"That's something that we probably have to look at and kind of get a grip on," Harbaugh said. "That's something that I have to make some good decisions about."
Harbaugh's family is getting away to Gettysburg, Pa., this weekend. But before that, there's plenty of work to do in Baltimore following the worst loss (in terms of point differential) during the Harbaugh era.
Still, Harbaugh reminded reporters that the team is still 5-2 and in control of the AFC North.
"Let's get in the laboratory for three days here as coaches, and let's figure out the things that we feel like we can do the best in [the Week 9 Cleveland] game and then for the next nine games to be the best," Harbaugh said.
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John Harbaugh Defends Ravens' Passing Scheme From Critics
Baltimore's passing scheme and routes have been called too basic by Steve Smith Sr. and Kurt Warner in recent weeks. John Harbaugh strongly disagrees.
Bills Mafia's Donations Nearing Half a Million in Support of Lamar Jackson, Blessings in a Backpack
Bills fans challenged Chiefs fans to reach $500,000 before Sunday's AFC Championship game and it's at $445,500 as of Jan. 19.
Ravens running back Mark Ingram said he's 'looking forward to [his] next opportunity' and thanked the organization, fans and teammates.
Bills Fans Are Donating to Lamar Jackson's Favorite Charity
After Lamar Jackson was knocked out of the divisional playoff games with a concussion, Bills Mafia sent their well wishes.
Ravens Sign 11 Players to Reserve/Future Deals, Waive Four Veterans
Baltimore will retain quarterback Tyler Huntley and other rookies to groom this offseason.
Pending Free Agents Matthew Judon, Willie Snead IV Talk About Their Futures
The Ravens have some tough decisions to make with two of their leaders and most productive players on their respective sides of the ball.
Lamar Jackson Makes First Public Comments Since Buffalo Loss
The Ravens quarterback talked about being proud of his team and said he'll be back (and better) next year.
Report: Ravens to Explore Contract Extension for Lamar Jackson This Offseason
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports that Baltimore may look to get a deal done in the Spring or early Summer. Where could the deal land?
Ravens Say Bills Mafia's Noise Affected Offensive Line, Snaps
Baltimore was forced to go to a silent count midway through the game because of the noise inside Bills Stadium.
Mike Macdonald Officially Hired By Michigan as Defensive Coordinator
After three years as the Ravens' linebackers coach, Mike Macdonald will go from one Harbaugh to another.


Christ is our center and our circumference and Christ calls us to community.
Community living assists us in developing godly character.
Competence leads to our ultimate calling in God's kingdom.
Calling is specific for each of us and God will make His calling clear.
Our unique approach to business and leadership education has proven over time to be an invaluable foundation for building community, character, competence, and a clear sense of calling in our graduates who now serve in business and leadership around the world.
Christ is the first and the last, the alpha and the omega. Our lives must be first and foremost centered in Christ and ultimately covered in the blood of Christ's sacrifice. In this manner, Christ needs to be both the center and circumference of our lives. As individual believers in Jesus Christ, we must all aspire to be growing and thriving in our faith walk with Jesus Christ. There is no higher calling than to be a disciple of the living God. Christ calls us to community.
While we each will kneel before Jesus as individuals, he intended for each of us to be immersed in a community of believers. Such a community is vital for our continued discipleship and personal accountability. Community sets the stage for building a godly character.
To reach excellence, you must first be a leader of godly character. You must do everything you are supposed to do. Character develops over time. A person's observable behavior is an indication of his or her character. This behavior can be strong or weak, good or bad. A person with strong character shows drive, energy, determination, self-discipline, willpower, and nerve. This person sees what they want and goes after it. They attract followers. Character breeds competence.
Ultimately, an effective leader must be equipped with the tools and skills required for their mission ahead. The pioneering witness for Christ in the workplace is competence. To earn the right to be heard about our personal faith, we must first measure up in our day-to-day performance on the job. The foundational goal for our graduates is that they hold true competence in all of the foundational skills required in the modern workplace. These include competencies in accounting, business fundamentals, business law, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, problem solving, decision-making, strategic thinking, and technology skills. Adding these professional competencies to the core competencies of any CCU graduate (Bible/Theology, English/Literature, Fine Arts, History, Public Speaking/Debate, Philosophy, Science/Math, and Worldviews) equips graduates of CCU's School of Business and Leadership to serve as successful leaders anywhere in the world. Competence breeds credibility.
We all too easily assume that "the calling" is reserved only for those within full-time ministry. Yet we are ALL called to service in the kingdom of God. In Ephesians 4:1 (NIV), Paul writes, "As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received." For the believer, work is always a service to Christ, requiring attention to our choices in vocation. Our work as business professionals and leaders can and should bring glory to God but also improve our lives and our communities as well. Our calling is specific for each of us and God will make his calling clear. We will work beside you in your search for God's calling on your life.


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