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])

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function($rootScope, utils) {
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      $scope = $scope || $rootScope.$new(true);

      if (!_.isObject(context))
        throw Error('argument 1 must be an object');
      if (!utils.isScope($scope))
        throw Error('argument 2 must be a scope');

      this._stoppables = [];
      this._context = context;
      this._scope = $scope;
      this._dependencies = context._dependencies = {};
    }

    helpers(props = {}) {
      if (!_.isObject(props))
        throw Error('argument 1 must be an object');

      _.each(props, (v, k) => {
        if (!this._dependencies[k]) {
          this._dependencies[k] = new Tracker.Dependency();
        }

        if (_.isFunction(v))
          this._setFnHelper(k, v);
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          this._setValHelper(k, v);
      });
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    autorun(fn, options) {
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        let diff = jsondiffpatch.diff(this._context[k], cursor.fetch());
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      let observation = cursor.observe({
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          this._context[k].splice(atIndex, 1);
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  return ReactiveContext;
}])

.factory('$reactive', [
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function(ReactiveContext) {
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    'autorun',
    'subscribe',
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    'stop'
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    return this;
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  return Reactive;
}]);


In last weekend Andrey Shevchenko-a trainen from Ukraine-visited us. I thought that it was the right time for Mona to hers first defense training (she was 10months old).
Everything was based on hers hunting instincts and a game between dog and trainer. Mona perceived the running trainer with excitement and evaluated him as a good quarry.


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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Atlanta Intown, Buckhead, Intown Arts, Top Stories
Who is Trust Zabo? Meet the man behind the skulls
This story first appeared in Sketchbook by Rough Draft, a weekly Arts newsletter.
by Isadora Pennington October 26, 2022 October 27, 2022
Artist Peter Karpick, also known as Trust Zabo, in his home studio, photographed by Isadora Pennington
They've been popping up around Atlanta for years. Sometimes happy, sometimes haunting, usually trippy or psychedelic, artist Trust Zabo's skulls have become a familiar part of the fabric of Atlanta's street art scene. I recently had the opportunity to chat with the man behind the skeletons, artist Peter Karpick, in a garage studio behind his Oakhurst home. The air smelled of oil, paint, and wax, and a window-mounted AC unit hummed behind me as we talked. Adjacent to his project car– a vintage VW Bug– are a desk, work station, shelves, screen printing setup, street signs, collectibles, and of course plenty of artwork on the walls.
Karpick, who grew up in South Carolina, has always been drawn to art. His father is an architect and his mother was constantly doodling and drawing so he had easy access to art supplies and tools from an early age. Another major influence in Karpick's life is his love for skateboarding and all of the art and imagery associated with the sport. "As a kid I was always drawing on my boards, my shoes, my clothes. My mom would buy me a new pair of shoes and they'd be covered in drawings and paints on the same day." Sure enough, during our interview I noticed that his pants and socks bore the faint remnants of doodles.
Following high school Karpick attended SCAD in Savannah where he studied illustration and later pursued a degree in graphic design at Rhode Island School of Design. A pivotal moment for Karpick's career was when he landed a position in the design department of a jewelry factory in Massachusetts. "I would actually hand draw their jewelry for their catalogs, and I made a friend who was a model maker. We started doing a lot of collages," recalled Karpick. "There was a photocopier there so we would work back and forth with some of the stuff that I still love today. It was so weird and fun. That kind of got me into collage stuff, and it really sparked. I was in a slump; it helped me to kick it up a notch."
As for the name? Trust Zabo is a throwback to those early days working at the jewelry factory in Massachusetts. He and his friend found a picture of a man named Edward Zabo in the Providence Phoenix Paper, cut it out, and incorporated it into their art. They began writing "Trust Zabo" on the bottom of their collaborated artworks and then hanging them around town for months.
Since growing up in a small town, Karpick gravitated towards cities and especially became enamored with discarded and forgotten items he finds on the street. "For a while I was into collecting parts of fire hydrants and parking meters… Sometimes I would paint on them and put them right back on the street where I found them. There's something about reclaiming that grungy lost stuff. I love painting on signs and old skateboards, even old paintings that I find in the trash." He is most comfortable when engaging with art on a free and publicly accessible level, sometimes finding it hard to place a price on his pieces when he lists them for sale.
Artworks by Trust Zabo, courtesy Peter Karpick
Eventually Karpick and his now wife made their way to Atlanta, her hometown. Karpick worked as a creative director at Adult Swim for a decade. Today, he works as a Design Director at Trioscope and spends virtually all of his free time making art, skateboarding, and churning out skateboard wax skulls for his company Shred Heads. He has exhibited his work at local galleries, participated in live painting performances with the Outerspace Project, and was a regular contributor to the Free Art Friday movement in its heyday.
These days Karpick stays busy with design and creative work on productions with his day job at Trioscope, parenting his two teenage sons, working on project Volkswagens, skateboarding around the neighborhood, and compulsively drawing in his sketchbook. He hopes that he will find more retail outlets for his Shred Heads wax and more opportunities to showcase his work in gallery settings. To learn more about Trust Zabo and see more of his artwork check out his website and follow him on social media.
Tagged: Atlanta artist, Atlanta Intown, Spotlight
Isadora Pennington
Isadora Pennington is a freelance writer and photographer based in Atlanta. She is the editor of Sketchbook by Rough Draft, a weekly Arts newsletter. More by Isadora Pennington

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Another wooden frame :) Personal Use, S4O, S4H OK.
Thank you for sharing this lovely frame.
This is really pretty, I can just see all those diamonds sparkling :) Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much. I LOVE the wood!


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A probabilistic approach to t…
A probabilistic approach to the concept of probable maximum precipitation
S.M. Papalexiou, and D. Koutsoyiannis, A probabilistic approach to the concept of probable maximum precipitation, Advances in Geosciences, 7, 51-54, doi:10.5194/adgeo-7-51-2006, 2006.
The concept of probable maximum precipitation (PMP) is based on the assumptions that (a) there exists an upper physical limit of the precipitation depth over a given area at a particular geographical location at a certain time of year, and (b) that this limit can be estimated based on deterministic considerations. The most representative and widespread estimation method of PMP is the so-called moisture maximization method. This method maximizes observed storms assuming that the atmospheric moisture would hypothetically rise up to a high value that is regarded as an upper limit and is estimated from historical records of dew points. In this paper, it is argued that fundamental aspects of the method may be flawed or inconsistent. Furthermore, historical time series of dew points and "constructed" time series of maximized precipitation depths (according to the moisture maximization method) are analyzed. The analyses do not provide any evidence of an upper bound either in atmospheric moisture or maximized precipitation depth. Therefore, it is argued that a probabilistic approach is more consistent to the natural behaviour and provides better grounds for estimating extreme precipitation values for design purposes.
See also: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-7-51-2006
1. D. Koutsoyiannis, A probabilistic view of Hershfield's method for estimating probable maximum precipitation, Water Resources Research, 35 (4), 1313–1322, doi:10.1029/1999WR900002, 1999.
2. S.M. Papalexiou, Probabilistic and conceptual investigation of the probable maximum precipitation, Postgraduate Thesis, 193 pages, Department of Water Resources, Hydraulic and Maritime Engineering – National Technical University of Athens, Athens, September 2005.
1. D. Koutsoyiannis, Older and modern considerations in the design and management of reservoirs, dams and hydropower plants (Solicited), 1st Hellenic Conference on Large Dams, Larisa, doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3213.5922, Hellenic Commission on Large Dams, Technical Chamber of Greece, 2008.
2. D. Koutsoyiannis, and A. Langousis, Precipitation, Treatise on Water Science, edited by P. Wilderer and S. Uhlenbrook, 2, 27–78, Academic Press, Oxford, 2011.
3. D. Koutsoyiannis, and S.M. Papalexiou, Extreme rainfall: Global perspective, Handbook of Applied Hydrology, Second Edition, edited by V.P. Singh, 74.1–74.16, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2017.
4. A. Koskinas, A. Tegos, P. Tsira, P. Dimitriadis, T. Iliopoulou, P. Papanicolaou, D. Koutsoyiannis, and Τ. Williamson, Insights into the Oroville Dam 2017 spillway incident, Geosciences, 9 (37), doi:10.3390/geosciences9010037, 2019.
1. Clark, C., Uncertainty and the breach of Gasper dam, International Water Power and Dam Construction, 59(11), 24-28, 2007.
2. Deshpande, N.R., B.D. Kulkarni, A.K. Verma and B.N. Mandal, Extreme rainfall analysis and estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) by statistical methods over the Indus river basin in India, Journal of Spatial Hydrology, 8(1), 22-36, 2008
3. Casas, M.C., R. Rodríguez, R. Nieto and A. Redaño, The estimation of probable maximum precipitation: The case of Catalonia, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1146, 291-302, 2008.
4. Fattahi, E., A. M. Noorian and K. Noohi, Comparison of physical and statistical methods for estimating probable maximum precipitation in southwestern basins of Iran, Desert, 15, 127-132, 2010.
5. Casas, M. C., R. Rodríguez, M. Prohom, A. Gázquez and A. Redaño, Estimation of the probable maximum precipitation in Barcelona (Spain), International Journal of Climatology, 31 (9), 1322-1327, 2011.
6. Ohara, N., M. L. Kavvas, S. Kure, Z. Chen, S. Jang and E. Tan, Physically based estimation of maximum precipitation over American River Watershed, California, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 16 (4), 351-361, 2011.
7. Gheidari, M. H. N., A. Telvari, H. Babazadeh and M. Manshouri, Estimating design probable maximum precipitation using multifractal methods and comparison with statistical and synoptically methods - Case study: Basin of Bakhtiari Dam, Water Resources, 38 (4), 484-493, 2011.
8. Bossé, B., B. Bussière, R. Hakkou, A. Maqsoud and M. Benzaazoua, Assessment of phosphate limestone wastes as a component of a store-and-release cover in a semiarid climate, Mine Water and the Environment, 10.1007/s10230-013-0225-9, 2013.
9. Mishra, P. K., D. Khare, A. Mondal, S. Kundu and R. Shukla, Statistical and probability analysis of rainfall for crop planning in a canal command, Agriculture for Sustainable Development, 1, 45-52, 2013.
10. Lagos, M. A. Z., and X. M. Vargas, PMP and PMF estimations in sparsely-gauged Andean basins and climate change projections, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 10.1080/02626667.2013.877588, 2014.
11. Costa, V., W. Fernandes and M. Naghettini, A Bayesian model for stochastic generation of daily precipitation using an upper-bounded distribution function, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 10.1007/s00477-014-0880-9, 2014.
12. Hassanzadeh, E., A. Nazemi and A. Elshorbagy, Quantile-based downscaling of precipitation using genetic programming: application to idf curves in the city of Saskatoon, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 19 (5), 943-955, 2014.
13. Ishida, K., M. Kavvas, S. Jang, Z. Chen, N. Ohara and M. Anderson, Physically based estimation of maximum precipitation over three watersheds in Northern California: Atmospheric boundary condition shifting, J. Hydrol. Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001026, 2014.
14. #Salas, J. D., G. Gavilán, F. R. Salas, P. Y. Julien and J. Abdullah, Uncertainty of the PMP and PMF, Handbook of Engineering Hydrology - Modeling, Climate Change and Variability (ed. by S. Eslamian), Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 575-603, 2014.
15. Griffiths, G.A., A. I. McKerchar and C. P. Pearson, Towards prediction of extreme rainfalls in New Zealand, Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand), 53 (1), 41-52, 2014.
16. Rousseau, A. N., I. M. Klein, D. Freudiger, P. Gagnon, A. Frigon and C. Ratté-Fortin, Development of a methodology to evaluate probable maximum precipitation (PMP) under changing climate conditions: Application to southern Quebec, Canada, Journal of Hydrology, 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.053, 2014.
17. Micovic, Z., M.G. Schaefer and G.H. Taylor, Uncertainty analysis for Probable Maximum Precipitation estimates, Journal of Hydrology, 521, 360-373, 2015.
18. Chavan, S.R., and V.V. Srinivas, Probable maximum precipitation estimation for catchments in Mahanadi river basin, Aquatic Procedia, 4, 892-899, 2015.
19. #Haddad, K., and A. Rahman, Estimation of large to extreme floods using a regionalization model, Landscape Dynamics, Soils and Hydrological Processes in Varied Climates (ed. by A.M. Melesse and W. Abtew, 279-292, 10.1007/978-3-319-18787-7_14, 2016.
Tagged under: Course bibliography: Hydrometeorology, Determinism vs. stochasticity, Extremes, Stochastics


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package com.fuzzylite.defuzzifier;

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public abstract class Defuzzifier {

    public abstract double defuzzify(Term term, double minimum, double maximum);
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HomeLifestyleChina counts 106 virus deaths as US, others move to evacuate
China counts 106 virus deaths as US, others move to evacuate
January 28, 2020 Lifestyle Comments Off on China counts 106 virus deaths as US, others move to evacuate
China has reported 25 more deaths from a new viral disease, raising the total to 106, as the United States and other governments prepared to evacuate their citizens from the city at the center of the outbreak
JOE McDONALD Associated Press
BEIJING —
China on Tuesday reported 25 more deaths from a new viral disease, raising the total to at least 106, as the U.S. government prepared to fly Americans out of the city at the center of the outbreak.
The total includes the first death in Beijing, the Chinese capital, and 24 more fatalities in Hubei province, where the first coronavirus illnesses occurred in December.
The U.S. Consulate in Wuhan, where authorities cut off most access Jan. 22 in an effort to contain the disease, was preparing to fly its diplomats and some other Americans out of the city. Japan, France, Mongolia and other governments also were preparing evacuations.
China's increasingly drastic containment efforts began with the suspension of plane, train and bus links to Wuhan, a city of 11 million people in central China. That lockdown has expanded to 17 cities with more than 50 million people in the most far-reaching disease-control measures ever imposed.
China extended the Lunar New Year holiday, the country's busiest travel season, by three days to Sunday to keep the public at home and reduce the risk infection will spread.
U.S. health officials expanded their recommendation for people to avoid non-essential travel to any part of China, rather than just Wuhan and other areas most affected by the outbreak. Mongolia closed its vast border with China, and Hong Kong and Malaysia are barring visitors from Hubei province. Chinese travel agencies were ordered to cancel group tours nationwide.
There were 1,771 new cases confirmed on Monday, raising the national total to 4,515, according to the National Health Commission. It said 976 were in serious condition.
Also Tuesday, the Education Ministry canceled English-proficiency and other tests for students to apply to foreign universities were canceled. Public schools and universities have been ordered to postpone reopening following the Lunar New Year holiday until further notice.
Stock markets around the world were down sharply Monday as investors worried the outbreak could hurt the global economy.
More than 45 cases have been confirmed elsewhere in the world. Almost all involve Chinese tourists or people who visited Wuhan.
Sri Lanka confirmed its first case Monday. Infections also have been confirmed in the United States, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, France, Canada and Australia.
As of Monday, there were five Americans diagnosed with the virus in Washington state, Chicago, Southern California and Arizona, all of whom had recently traveled to central China. Health officials said they had no evidence the virus was spreading in the United States and they believe the risk to Americans remains low.
China also reported eight cases in Hong Kong and five in Macao.
The epidemic has revived memories of the SARS outbreak that originated in China and killed nearly 800 people. Then, Chinese authorities were criticized for reacting slowly and failing to disclose information. The government has responded more aggressively to the latest outbreak.
Wuhan is building two hospitals, one with 1,500 beds and another with 1,000, for the growing number of patients. The first is scheduled to be finished next week.
The virus is from the coronavirus family that includes the common cold but also more severe illnesses like SARS and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. The new virus causes cold- and flu-like symptoms, including cough and fever, and in more severe cases, shortness of breath and pneumonia.
The virus is thought to have spread to people from wild animals sold at a market in Wuhan. On Sunday, authorities banned trade in wild animals and urged people to stop eating meat from them.
Countries evaluate evacuation of citizens in virus epicenter
Billie Eilish says 'anything is possible' after making history at the Grammys
Durant joins ownership group of MLS' Philadelphia Union
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Vaping illnesses top 800, CDC confirms
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Hurricanes sweep Islanders with 5-2 victory in Game 4
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Pacheco-Ortiz scores 16, Liberty wins 13th straight game
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Arola at Raffles Istanbul captures guests' palates with a menu based on Chef Sergi Arola's philosophy of creative tapas-style plates, ideal for sharing. His signature dishes, such as Las Bravas de Arola, (Arola's Bravas Potatoes), or Calamares Fritos Como un Clásico Bocata de Calamares (his famous Calamari 'sandwich') stimulates not only the appetite, but the curiosity of Raffles Istanbul's most sophisticated guests.
Arola at Raffles Istanbul is managed by a hand-picked team, headed up by two of Arola's most senior colleagues, who have worked with him, hand-in-hand, on many of his projects around the world. Omar Mosquera, in the team since early 2011 is leading the kitchen, while Daniel Ocana Lorenzo, Sergi Arola's Maitre D for several years, is in charge of the front of the house.


Adventure Games is a computer table-top gaming store located at 851 Main St in Dickson City, PA. As America's oldest computer table-top gaming store; our store boasts a 32 computer-LAN & with 30 tables, there is tons of space for miniature battle games or even your favorite board games. We also have a large table-top roleplaying game community & the table space to match!
We are the regions premiere location for Magic the Gathering & Yu-Gi-Oh, whether it is casual fun games or our weekly tournaments. In our expansive library of 1 million+ cards, everyone finds something they are looking for. We carry a extensive stock of excellent gaming product lines such as Pathfinder, Warhammer 40k, Dungeons & Dragons, HeroClix & many more.
Due to the amount of customers coming to the store, parking has been at a premium.
Our customers are allowed to park in a lot across the street.
As you could see in the map shown, this parking lot is only a couple of doors away.


As I explained previously ("Obama's Eligibility and the 20th Amendment"), the 20th Amendment (ratified A.D. 1933) to The Constitution of the United States includes three references to a presidential "qualification" process.
This qualification process apparently takes place between the time when a presidential candidate is elected (last November 6th) and becomes "President elect" and the date when he is inaugurated (next January 21st) and becomes the President.
The purpose of the qualification procedure is to determine if the man who won the November election is actually qualified and therefore eligible to become the President in January. If the qualification procedure determines the President elect is not qualified to become President, the Vice President will be appointed to take over.
Vote for the whitest guy in the race.
If you think it's bad now, just wait until after the election.


Summits in a baby are fairly common and then mainly in children between 1 and 4 years. Other names for hives are hives or urticaria. Galbultes with a baby look like red spots or bumps and can proceed to thickened areas. The red spots can appear on the body in various places and disappear again. In most cases it is gone within a day to a few days. Read more about gallops in a baby here.
To know if your baby has hives or hives, it is useful to know what it looks like. Galbultes may look like one red spot or bump or there are more. The bumps are similar to a mosquito bite. Or they look the same as the spots you get when you have touched a nettle.
Gallbots usually start with red spots with a clear border. The spots then turn into thickened spots that are slightly paler in the middle. Individual hives can coalesce into large spots. In most cases the spots cause itching, but in severe cases it can also be painful and give a burning sensation. The hives can occur over the entire body. Some bumps are a few millimeters, others a few centimeters.
Sclerosis is a symptom or complaint in an acute allergic reaction. The allergic reaction can have various causes. It can be a reaction to certain medications, insect bites, certain substances or plants, foods (in particular nuts, fruit or milk products) and certain coloring agents or preservatives in food. Also, hives in a baby can also arise as a result of a disease such as an infection or when the skin is exposed to too much heat, cold, sun or pressure.
Hives or gallops are not contagious. This is because it is caused by an allergic reaction of the person and not by contact with another person with hives. So you can just hug your sweet baby if he or she has hives.
Galbultes in a baby are not dangerous. They often arise spontaneously and disappear after a few days to a few weeks. Your baby will not suffer permanent damage to the skin or organs due to the bumps. What is very annoying is the itching that can cause the bumps. Try to ensure that your baby or child does not scratch because that can actually aggravate the symptoms. Actually, it is not necessary to go to the doctor because the hives in most cases go away automatically.
Summits in a baby usually do not cause a fever. If that is the case, then this can be a sign of a violent infection. It is then wise to go to the doctor immediately. Also go to the doctor if the hives last longer than 3 weeks or if your baby or child gets anxious and suffers from swollen lips or eyelids.
with which your baby has been in contact.
If you do this every time your baby or child gets hives, you might find the cause. But do not feel guilty if you can not figure out the cause. In most cases in this is not known.
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Joseph Edward "Joe" Corvo (* 20. Juni 1977 in Oak Park, Illinois) ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Eishockeyspieler portugiesischer Herkunft, der im Verlauf seiner aktiven Karriere zwischen 1994 und 2014 unter anderem 758 Spiele für die Los Angeles Kings, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals und Boston Bruins in der National Hockey League auf der Position des Verteidigers bestritten hat.

Karriere

Corvo wurde als Spieler der Western Michigan University in der vierten Runde des NHL Entry Draft 1997 von den Los Angeles Kings ausgewählt. Bis zu seinem Debüt in der National Hockey League in der Saison 2002/03 spielte Corvo für zahlreiche unterklassige Vereine. Während des Ausfalls der NHL in der Saison 2004/05 spielte Corvo einige Spiele für die Chicago Wolves aus der American Hockey League. Am 1. Juli 2006 unterschrieb er bei den Ottawa Senators einen Vierjahres-Vertrag im Wert von 10,5 Millionen US-Dollar. Das Franchise transferierte ihn jedoch am 11. Februar 2008 zusammen mit Patrick Eaves für Mike Commodore und Cory Stillman zu den Carolina Hurricanes.

Am 16. März 2008 gelang Corvo gegen die Ottawa Senators sein erster Hattrick in seiner Karriere – ausgerechnet nur knapp einen Monat nach seinem Wechsel gegen seinen Ex-Verein. Im Juli 2010 wechselte er zu den Carolina Hurricanes. Diese transferierten den Verteidiger am 5. Juli 2011 im Austausch für ein Viertrunden-Wahlrecht im NHL Entry Draft 2012 zu den Boston Bruins. Im Juli 2013 unterzeichnete Corvo einen Einjahresvertrag bei den Ottawa Senators. Dort bestritt er bis März 2014 25 Spiele, ehe er an die Chicago Wolves aus der AHL ausgeliehen wurde, wo er nach der Spielzeit seine Laufbahn als Aktiver beendete.

Restaurant-Vorfall
Corvo wurde 2002 in Boston festgenommen, nachdem er eine 34 Jahre alte Frau in einem Restaurant am Gesäß angefasst hatte. Die Angestellten forderten ihn zum Gehen auf, doch Corvo kam zurück, schlug die Frau und trat sie, als sie am Boden lag. Daraufhin wurde er zu einer dreijährigen Bewährungsstrafe verurteilt. Sein damaliger Arbeitgeber, die Los Angeles Kings, beließen es bei einer internen Drei-Spiele-Sperre.

Erfolge und Auszeichnungen
 1996 CCHA All-Rookie Team
 1997 CCHA Second All-Star Team
 2003 Teilnahme am AHL All-Star Classic

International
 1997 Silbermedaille bei der Junioren-Weltmeisterschaft
 1997 Bester Verteidiger der Junioren-Weltmeisterschaft

Karrierestatistik

International
Vertrat die USA bei:
 Junioren-Weltmeisterschaft 1997
 Weltmeisterschaft 2003
 Weltmeisterschaft 2006

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Eishockeyspieler (Carolina Hurricanes)
Eishockeyspieler (Washington Capitals)
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2) The exclusionary rule applies to too little police misconduct, and even then, only to that which occurs within the context of a criminal case.
The cases that interest us here apply the "good faith exception" to the exclusionary rule in multi-officer situations.
The exclusionary rule is expressly governed by a cost-benefit inquiry.
It diffused from constitutional tort law to postconviction habeas law and the rules governing the exclusionary rule as a remedy for Fourth and Fifth Amendment violations.
The exclusionary rule, which obviously deters only unlawful searches for physical evidence, has created opportunities for courts to frequently define when searches may be lawfully conducted.
His commitment to the exclusionary rule is reflected in the time he spends detailing the historical and logical basis for the rule, documenting that abusive search and seizures were a major cause of the American Revolution--although he faithfully reports and explains the Supreme Court's growing list of exceptions.
In 1979, and again in 1982, Florida courts held that the exclusionary rule applied in probation revocation hearings.
The exclusionary rule does not apply automatically, however, in every case that involves a Fourth Amendment violation.
Part II analyzes developments in constitutional criminal procedure and the exclusionary rule for evidence obtained in violation of defendants' constitutional rights in the era that followed.


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Anti-Coronavirus Opponents Clash with Police in Paris and Lyon
Clashes with police took place in Paris and Lyon, where demonstrations took place on Saturday against the so-called sanitary passes and the mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 for people of certain professions. By data French television channel BFM TV, in the capital, firecrackers, bottles and paving stones were thrown at police officers. The security forces used tear gas and threatened protesters with truncheons.
In some streets, protesters erected barricades. They also tried to block the highway, but the police used a water cannon. According to the TV channel, about 900 people took part in a peaceful protest in Paris, and about a hundred people took part in clashes with the police.
Protests against the restrictive measures of the French authorities are taking place in other cities, in particular in Dunkirk, Perpignan, Toulouse, Marseille, Nice. Last Saturday, according to the French Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 114 thousand people took part in similar actions throughout France, about 18 thousand people gathered in Paris.
Rosstat proposed to postpone the all-Russian census in order to "give people a rest" after the September elections
In Sevastopol, court sentenced Jehovah's Witness to six years in prison
Izvestia published a fake about a record rise in the price of air tickets. "Vesti" refuted this with the help of another fake


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Q: Issues with Python hashlib.sha256 (2.4.3) So I have some code:
signature = hmac.new(
    key=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
    msg=string_to_sign,
    digestmod=hashlib.sha256).digest()

That runs perfectly on my own computer (has python 2.6.1). However, when I run this code on my server (Python 2.4.3) I get the following:
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   66     key=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
   67     msg=string_to_sign,
   68     digestmod=hashlib.sha1).digest()
   69
   70 # Base64 encode the signature
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  103     You can now feed arbitrary strings into the object using its update()
  104     method, and can ask for the hash value at any time by calling its digest()
  105     method.
  106     """
  107     return HMAC(key, msg, digestmod)
global HMAC = <class hmac.HMAC>, key = 'xR6MsC/+Vc2xkd0YYbER0meR/IkWEU', msg = 'GET\necs.amazonaws.com\n/onca/xml\nAWSAccessKeyId=A...CommerceService&Timestamp=2010-07-03T18%3A56%3A48', digestmod = <built-in function openssl_sha1>
 /usr/lib/python2.4/hmac.py in __init__(self=<hmac.HMAC instance>, key='xR6MsC/+Vc2xkd0YYbER0meR/IkWEU', msg='GET\necs.amazonaws.com\n/onca/xml\nAWSAccessKeyId=A...CommerceService&Timestamp=2010-07-03T18%3A56%3A48', digestmod=<built-in function openssl_sha1>)
   40
   41         self.digestmod = digestmod
   42         self.outer = digestmod.new()
   43         self.inner = digestmod.new()
   44         self.digest_size = digestmod.digest_size
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      args = ("'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute 'new'",)

I know the obvious response is to just update Python on my server, but my host has to do that and I don;t know how long it'll take. I'm just curious if this is a common/known issue on 2.4.3 or if something else is going on.
Thanks

A: hashlib is new in 2.5. You'll need the backport for older versions of Python.

A: This is a hack to make hashlib backport work with hmac on python 2.4:
class mysha256:
    digest_size = 32
    def new(self, inp=''):
        return hashlib.sha256(inp)

and use hmac like this:
signature = hmac.new(
    key=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
    msg=string_to_sign,
    digestmod=mysha256()).digest()

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Wisconsin education officials released results Wednesday from the beleaguered Badger Exam, the one-off state standardized test given for the first and final time last spring.
The results showed that 51.2 percent of public school students in grades three through eight were proficient or advanced in English language arts and fewer than half, 43.7 percent, were proficient or advanced in math, according to the state Department of Public Instruction.
Whether to cheer or bewail those numbers is more subjective than ever this year.
Comparisons with the previous Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) are not possible because of significant differences between the two tests, DPI said. And because of the Badger Exam's fleeting existence, students' performance on future tests cannot be measured against this year's results.
That's left local school district officials to ponder how much significance to give the scores.
The results still are helpful, she and others said, but as one data point on a continuum of assessment results.
Simultaneously Wednesday, state officials released the results of last year's first-ever testing of nearly all high school juniors on the ACT college admissions exam. The statewide composite score was 20, out of a possible 36.
For instance, while 60 percent of white third-graders tested proficient or advanced in English language arts, the comparable figures were 19.8 percent for black students and 35.3 percent for Hispanic students. Economically disadvantaged students had a composite ACT score of 17.4, compared to 21.3 for those students who are not economically disadvantaged.
The Badger Exam was built around the controversial Common Core national academic standards by a group of states called the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. Wisconsin leaders began to sour on the test due to significant cost overruns and technical glitches that delayed its administration and diminished some of its trumpeted attributes.
Gov. Scott Walker, in his biennial budget proposal last year, stripped funding for the test. Its replacement, to be called the Wisconsin Forward Exam, will align to state academic standards, of which the Common Core standards are a part. But it is being developed by a different vendor and will no longer be associated with the Smarter Balanced consortium.
That means that this spring, Wisconsin students will take a different state exam for the third time in three years.
It's not an ideal scenario, as any new test comes with an understanding that the first year may have some bugs, said Andrew Statz, executive director of accountability for the Madison School District. There can be technical problems, he said, and students need some time to become familiar with a new test's approach and format.
"When a test is brand new, you really do take that into account when looking at results," Statz said. For that reason, districts tend not to make sweeping curriculum changes or establish new performance goals based on first-year scores, he said.
Statz said the district's internal testing through the Measures of Academic Progress test, or MAP, remains the primary, consistent way Madison tracks student academic growth over time. As for this year's Badger Exam results, "I'd file it under, 'Good to know. Thanks,'" he said.
Last spring, 367,327 students statewide took either the Badger Exam or the new Dynamic Learning Maps exam, which measures the academic progress of students with significant cognitive disabilities. The scores reported by DPI include results from both tests.
More than 700 students, or about 7 percent, of elementary and middle school students in Madison opted out of taking the tests, compared to about 2 percent statewide.
DPI officials say the Badger Exam has value in that it is the first to measure how well students are meeting the new academic standards the state adopted in 2010.
The Badger Exam broke new ground in other ways, too. It was completely computer-based, replacing pencil-and-paper exams, and it was more dynamic, incorporating short writing responses and interactive elements. Prior tests relied mostly on multiple-choice questions.
Paulisse, with the Middleton-Cross Plains School District, said many teachers and students preferred it over the WKCE.
"They found the format and type of activities more interesting and engaging, and we thought the questions better addressed our curriculum and the state's standards," she said.
The Badger Exam initially was intended to be adaptive — or able to adjust the difficulty of the questions based on how the test taker answered previous questions — but that element later was dropped because it wasn't ready.
School districts got Badger Exam results over the summer and shared individual student scores with teachers and parents at that time. But until Wednesday, when DPI released the data, districts could not share publicly their schoolwide and districtwide results.
Consequently, districts did not know until Wednesday how they scored relative to other districts.
Tim Schell, director of curriculum and instruction for the Waunakee School District, said his district will compare itself to numerous "benchmark districts" across the state, ones that are similar in size, demographics and per-student spending to Waunakee.
"If we see that a district similar to us has much better results in, say, math with low-income students, we'll look at what that district does," he said.
Like many district officials, Schell said he hopes for more stability and fewer surprises in future tests.
"We've got a bit of a 'Groundhog Day' scenario going on," he said, referring to the 1993 movie in which Bill Murray's character repeats the same day over and over. "It was a steep learning curve with the Badger Exam, and it will be another steep learning curve with the Forward Exam.
For the first time in state history, all public high school juniors had the opportunity to take the ACT.
The state picked up the cost — about $56 per student.
With this new statewide ACT measure, there is potential for confusion, as there now will be two differing ACT numbers released each year.
Historically, ACT results have been released annually for all public and private school graduates who took the test during their high school career. For last year's graduating class, the composite score was 22.2.
That score represents about 73 percent of all graduating seniors, whereas this new measure represents almost all high school juniors. For that reason and others, comparing the two numbers would be misleading, DPI officials say.
In addition to reporting the composite ACT score for all juniors Wednesday, DPI said it took an additional step and converted the scores into performance levels.
Those results show that 45.7 percent of juniors who took the ACT were proficient or advanced in English/language arts and 35.9 percent achieved at those levels in math.
State Journal reporter Molly Beck contributed to this report.
The test provider's bid for a 10-year contract is $63 million.
The state is asking for $7.2 million more than originally estimated over the next three years to administer new Common Core-aligned tests.
The case now goes to the School Board, which can accept, reverse or modify the recommendation.
Dereian Brown is accused of bringing a BB gun to Cherokee Heights Middle School.
Under the new standard, classes likely will be cancelled when the wind chill hits minus 25.
New Glarus, Jefferson and Marshall are among 11 school districts in the state with referendum questions on the ballot.
Hundreds of black male students look to benefit from mentoring, career advice and general support as a project to reduce truancy and increase graduation rates among that demographic was announced Wednesday.
Sixty percent of eligible students in the statewide voucher system didn't take the Badger Exam in 2015.
The issue affects middle school students who opted out of the Badger Exam last spring and are now taking high school-level courses this year while still in middle school.
State's ACT score for juniors, also released Tuesday, showed a slight uptick.


In recent years, New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamases 1 (bla NDM-1) has been reported with increasing frequency and become prevalent. The present study was undertaken to investigate the epidemiological dissemination of the bla NDM-1 gene in Enterobacter cloacae isolates at a teaching hospital in Yunnan, China.
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using VITEK 2 system and E test gradient strips. The presence of integrons and insertion sequence common region 1 were examined by PCR and sequencing. Clonal relatedness was assessed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing. Conjugation experiments and Southern blot hybridization were performed to determine the transferability of plasmids.
Ten E. cloacae isolates and their Escherichia coli transconjugants were exhibited similar resistant patterns to carbapenems, cephalosporins and penicillins. 8 (80%) of E. cloacae isolates carried class 1 integron and 1 (12.5%) carried class 2 integron. Integron variable regions harbored the genes which encoded resistance to aminoglycosides (aadA1, aadA2, aadA5, aadB, aac(6′)-Ib-cr), sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (dfrA17, dfrA12, dfrA15) and Streptozotocin (sat2). Six E. cloacae isolates belonged to ST74 and exhibited highly similar PFGE patterns. Each isolate shared an identical plasmid with ~33.3 kb size that carried the bla NDM-1 gene, except T3 strain, of which the bla NDM-1 gene was located on a ~50 kb plasmid.
Our findings suggested that plasmid was able to contribute to the dissemination of bla NDM-1. Hence, more attention should be devoted to monitor the dissemination of the bla NDM-1 gene due to its horizontal transfer via plasmid. In addition, nosocomial surveillance system should actively monitor the potential endemic clone of ST74 to prevent their further spread.
Enterobacter cloacae is an important nosocomial pathogen, which can cause various infections including urinary tract, skin and soft tissue, respiratory tract, surgical site, biliary tract, sepsis, intravenous catheters, central nervous system and outbreaks at neonatal units [1, 2]. New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamases 1 (bla NDM-1) are Ambler class B Metallo-β-lactamases(MBLs)with carbapenemase activity that confers resistance to all β-lactams except aztreonam, was first identified in a carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain recovered from a Swedish patient who was hospitalized in India in 2008 , and mainly detected in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. in mainland China. However, NDM-1-mediated carbapenem resistance in E. cloacae has been rarely reported in China.
The widespread dissemination of bla NDM-1 is mainly due to plasmids, integrons, insertion sequence common region (ISCR) and clonal outbreaks . Plasmids are extrachromosomal DNA molecules capable of autonomous replication, and can confer resistance to the major antimicrobials . Integrons are bacterial genetic elements able to capture and express genes contained within mobile gene cassettes. Typically, integrons are composed of two conserved regions, a 3′ conserved segment (3′CS) and a 5′ conserved segment (5′CS), as well as an internal variable region containing gene cassettes that encode antimicrobial resistance determinants . ISCR elements can transpose adjacent DNA sequences by a process called rolling-circle replication, now it is recognized as powerful antibiotic resistance gene capture systems and playing a major role in spread of antibiotic resistance genes. However, whether these mobile elements mediate the dissemination of bla NDM-1 gene is still an unsolved mystery in the region. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the epidemiological dissemination of the bla NDM-1 gene in E. cloacae isolates at a teaching hospital in Yunnan, China.
In total, ten NDM-1-producing E. cloacae isolates were collected from hospitalized patients in the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University between June 2012 and January 2016. All isolates were identified by VITEK2 automated identification system (bioMerieux, France). Carbapenemase activity was assessed by the modified Hodge test, MBL production was examined by imipenem-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) disk method and the bla NDM-1 gene was determined by PCR in the early stage of the study. All patients were of Yunnan descent and none had a recent history of travelling epidemic area (Table 1).
Antimicrobial susceptibilities for the NDM-1-producing isolates and transconjugants were initially tested using the VITEK2 system. MICs of imipenem, meropenem and ertapenem were re-evaluated using E test gradient strips (bioMerieux, France) on Mueller–Hinton agar plates and the results interpreted according to the CLSI guidelines . Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 was used as quality control strain.
Isolates were grown overnight in M–H Agar plates at 37 °C and genomic DNA was extracted using boiling method. Class 1, 2, 3 integrons and ISCR1 were, respectively, amplified using the primers intI1/intI1, intI2/intI2, intI3/intI3, hep58/hep59, hep74/hep51, orf513F/orf513R and orf513F/sul1R (Table 2). The amplified PCR products were analyzed by electrophoresis in 2% agarose gels and finally visualized in gel documentation system. PCR amplification products were sequenced. The resulting DNA sequences were analyzed by the BLAST program (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/).
Bacterial genomic DNA was prepared in agarose plugs and digested with the restriction enzymes XbaI (Promega, USA). The DNA fragments were separated by use of a CHEF Mappar XA PFGE system (Bio-Rad, USA), with running time of 22 h and pulse times ranging from 5 to 40 s. The running buffer was 0.5 × Tris-boric acid-EDTA (TBE). Salmonella ser. Braenderup H9812 was used as a standard for comparison. PFGE patterns were compared visually following previously described criteria . Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was performed on representative isolates. Internal fragments of the seven housekeeping genes were amplified using the primers given at the Institute Pasteur MLST Databases web site (http://pubmlst.org/ecloacae/). The PCR products were sequenced. Sequence types (STs) were assigned using online database tools.
The transfer of carbapenem resistance was tested using a conjugation test, E. coli 600 (rifampicin-resistant) was used as the recipient strain, NDM-1-producing E. cloacae clinical isolates were used as the donor strains. Donor and recipient cells from M–H broth cultures were mixed in a ratio of 2:1 and transconjugant clones were screened on M–H agar plates containing rifampicin (256 mg/L) and Imipenem (1 mg/L). Conjugation events occurred at 37 °C. The presence of the bla NDM-1 gene in transconjugants was determined by PCR and sequencing. Genomic DNA was digested with S1 nuclease (Promega, USA). The linearized plasmids and partially digested genomic DNA were separated through the CHEF-Mapper XA PFGE system with a switch time from 2.16 to 63.8 s for 18 h at 6 V/cm at 14 °C. Linear plasmids generated by S1-PFGE were transferred to nvlon membrane (Millipore, USA) and hybridized with a digoxigenin-labeled probe specific to bla NMD-1. Probe labeling and signal detection were carried out with DIG high primer DNA labeling and detection starter kit according to the manufacturer's instructions (Roche Applied Sciences, Germany).
The antibiotic susceptibility results showed that all the NDM-1-producing E. cloacae isolates exhibited resistance to carbapenems, cephalosporins and penicillins. Only one isolates remained susceptible to aztreonam, which was not hydrolysed by metallo-carbapenemases, thus suggesting the presence of additional β-lactamases in the remaining isolates. Ten isolates exhibited different level resistance to tetracycline, amikacin, ciprofloxacin and tigecycline, seven isolates were resistance to tetracycline, one to amikacin, nine to ciprofloxacin and one to tigecycline. These results are summarized in Table 3.
Class 1 integrase gene was detected in 80% (8/10), while the variable region of class 1 integron was detected in 70% (7/10) NDM-1-producing E. cloacae isolates. Among them, six different gene cassette arrays were found, which included: dfrA12+aadA2, dfrA15+dfrA17, aadA2+aadA5+dfrA17, dfrA15+aadB+aadA2, dfrA15 and dfrA15+aac (6′)-Ib-cr. Those genes encoded resistance to aminoglycosides and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim. 10% (1/10) strains possessed class 2 integron, and the variable region of class 2 integron harbored sat2+aadA1 genes, which mediated antibiotic resistance to streptothricin and streptomycin. None of the isolates harbored class 3 integron. 50% (5/10) isolates carried ISCR1 elements. However, in the five ISCR1 positive isolates, the cassette arrays could not be detected.
According to Tenover's criteria , Six E. cloacae isolates, of which four obtained from transplantation center, one from general practice and one from emergency intensive care unit, belonged to ST74 and shared the same PFGE fingerprint pattern (Fig. 1), suggesting they were clonally related, the remaining strains were characterized by unique genotypes. MLST of representative isolates assigned the E. cloacae to four sequence type (ST), ST74, ST182, ST754 and ST175, respectively.
Conjugation experiments revealed that plasmids harboring bla NDM-1 were transformed into E. coli 600. All transconjugants conferred resistance to carbapenems, cephalosporins and penicillins while all of them remained susceptible to ciprofloxacin and amikacin (Table 1). Isolates harbored three to five plasmids according to S1-PFGE electrophoresis. Southern hybridization analysis with a bla NDM-1-specific probe revealed that bla NDM-1 was located on a ~33.3 kb plasmid in nine isolates and on a ~50 kb plasmid in one isolates (Fig. 2).
The bla NDM-1 was first identified in a clinical isolate of K. pneumoniae in New Delhi, India, and suddenly got disseminated around the world. The bla NDM-1-carrying bacteria conferred resistance to all most β-lactam antibiotics. Thus, treatment of infections with NDM-producing bacteria was a major challenge, leaving few options for clinical treatment beside tigecycline or colistin. The bla NDM-1 gene have been identified in a variety of gram-negative bacilli, including Acinetobacter spp. , Enterobacteriaceae  and Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Lack of uncontaminated potable water and abuse of over-the-counter antibiotic administration offered the ideal setting for the development of a latent endemic situation, and international "medical tourism" played an important role in the spread of bla NDM-1 gene . Yunnan Kunming is a famous tourist city in the world, and large numbers of domestic and foreign tourists come here every year, thus "medical tourism" may play an important role in the spread of bla NDM-1 among carbapenem-resistant bacteria in this region.
In China, plasmid-carrying blaNDM-1 have been identified in Enterobacteriaceae isolates in several regions including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shandong Henan and Yunnan province, the size of plasmids harboring bla NDM-1 were vary from ~50 to 360 kb [17, 18]. Our research shows that bla NDM-1 gene was mainly located on a plasmid with ~33.3 kb size, were different from previously reported in China before. The bla NDM-1 gene was not detected in integrons and ISCR1 mobile elements. Integrons only carried these genes encoding resistance to aminoglycosides [aadA1, aadA2, aadA5, aadB, aac(6′)-Ib-cr], sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (dfrA17, dfrA12, dfrA15) and Streptozotocin (sat2). Those results suggested that plasmid was the most important mobile element that mediated the dissemination of bla NDM-1 and integrons were the basis for the formation of multiple drug-resistant bacteria in the region. In addition, it was worth noting that there had been some evidences which demonstrated that integrons and ISCR mobile elements were located on plasmids , thus, the resistance gene through the plasmids spreading was not a single element, but by 1 + 1 or 1 + 2 mode. This mode of dissemination should arouse high concern of the relevant departments.
Clonal spread was an important factor involved in the prevalence of NDM-1-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Outbreak of NDM-1-producing K. pneumoniae ST105 and ST147 have been reported in Yunnan  and Xi'an , and NDM-1-producing E. cloacae ST120 have been reported in Henan , China, respectively. Our study showed that 5 clusters for 10 strains, 1 cluster from 6 closely related isolates was found to exhibit similarities which is more than 90%. The result suggested that 6 NDM-1-producing E. cloacae isolates were clonally related. However, there was no significant epidemiological relatedness among them. Hence, we could not trace their origin. MLST analysis revealed four ST types including ST74, ST754, ST175 and ST182, among them, ST74 was the major type in NDM-1-producing E. cloacae isolates, which was different from previous types reported before such as ST66, ST78, ST108, ST114 and ST120 . ST74 has been identified among non-susceptible to ertapenem of E. cloacae isolates in North-Eastern France, and was associated with OXA-48-producing E. cloacae isolates in Spain [20, 21]. The present study is the first to report on an outbreak of NDM-1-producing E. cloacae ST74.
Infection control measures were strengthened to prevent the further transmission of bla NDM-1. They included hand hygiene, contact isolation, active screening, environmental surface disinfection, standard aseptic manipulation techniques, among them, hand hygiene was the most effective and economical strategy for reducing cross infection .
To conclude, our study demonstrated that plasmids were the most important elements that mediate horizontal transfer of the bla NDM-1 gene. Furthermore, we identified a potential endemic clone of ST74. The emergence of NDM-1-producing E. cloacae ST74 isolates is worrying, nosocomial surveillance system should pay more attention to prevent their further spread.
YD designed the study; ND drafted the first version of this manuscript; SL and MN collected the isolates and clinical informations; ND performed the PFGE; ND and JM preformed the antimicrobial susceptibility test and conjugation experiment; RC, JY, MZ, SL, MN and ND carried out the molecular biology experiments. YD and YD participated in manuscript correction. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Escherchia coli 600 and Salmonella ser. Braenderup H9812 was a kind gift from Prof. Yunsong Yu, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. This study was supported by grants from the Health and Family Planning Commission of Yunnan Province (Grant No. 2016NS030).
Guillard T, Cholley P, Limelette A, Hocquet D, Matton L, Guyeux C, Lebreil AL, Bajolet O, Brasme L, Madoux J, Vernet-Garnier V, Barbe C, Bertrand X, de Champs On Behalf of CarbaFrEst Group C. Fluoroquinolone Resistance Mechanisms and population structure of Enterobacter cloacae non-susceptible to Ertapenem in North-Eastern France. Front Microbiol. 2015; 6:1186. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01186.


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Love All Serve All Help Ever Hurt Never Visit www.srisathyasai.org.in official website of Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust , Prasanthi Nilayam
A day in Ashram
THE DIVINE HOMECOMING
Prasanthi Nilayam - 8th June 2006. The spiritual town of Prasanthi Nilayam was all agog, ecstatic, bustling with joy of recapturing something so dear… still eluding. It was on 9th April 2006, Bhagawan set out of Prasanthi Nilayam to embark on His summer trip to Kodaikanal…then to Bangalore, with an entourage comprised of students and devotees. For Puttaparthi and Prasanthi Nilayam, these were the days of separation…separation from the Beloved. Expectancy was very much in the air and with the minds and hearts joyful and exuberant; it was yet another day, another occasion for the villagers, for the ashramites and for the entire township to go all agog welcoming the Lord.
Over the years, Puttaparthi, the village designated with the heavenly privilege to host the divine advent had identified herself with the Divinity and that the pangs of separation from the physical frame of Divinity, whenever He moved out, have always had its toll on this spiritually hallowed township. Adding to her woes come the blazing sun with his summer package that always brought her to a virtual naught.
An early monsoon followed by renewed hopes of Bhagawan's imminent arrival had already bolstered the entire township and it was brimming with ecstasy, with the nature receiving early showers and the guardian hills around this spiritual epicenter adorning lush green tops as if heralding the imminent great good fortune …
8th June 2006 was indeed the end of another 'soul-search' for this tiny hamlet whose 'soul-cry' was aptly heard and rewarded by the Greater Heaven with His physical presence. Bhagawan arrived at Prasanthi Nilayam at 1:50 p.m. and was accorded a grand traditional welcome with Poornakhumbham and Vedic Recital by the students of the Institute which was followed by a colourfully attired dancing troupe from Higher Secondary Wing and a welcome song sung by students from the Institute. It was indeed an act of greater magnanimity and supreme love and compassion that Bhagawan who had three hours of car journey from Brindavan to Puttaparthi chose to sit for almost fifteen minutes on the podium upon His arrival, showering the bliss of coveted darshan to one and all gathered in Sai Kulwant Hall. Later, Bhagawan received Mangala Aarathi before proceeding to Yajur Mandiram, His Divine Abode.


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HDP, CHP criticize Erdoğan's claim that HDP co-chair Demirtaş is a terrorist
Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Turkey's main oppostion Republican People's Party (CHP) have criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said he perceived HDP Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş to be a terrorist.
The HDP released a statement on Saturday condemning Erdoğan's remarks, which came during a press conference after the G20 summit in Hamburg.
"We condemn and protest this statement by Erdoğan in the strongest manner possible. History will tell who the terrorist is. We would like to share with the public our determination to hold the AKP [Justice and Development Party] chairperson accountable for his abovementioned arrogant words – in both the political sphere and in the field of international law," said the statement.
The HDP also criticized Erdoğan's interference in judicial decisions, accusing him of influencing verdicts and making contradictory statements about the rule of law in Turkey.
"With his statement Erdoğan has clearly intervened in the proceedings and the judiciary, and he is, in effect, dictating the verdict. At the same time he is openly threatening the Constitutional Court of Turkey. In addition to all this, for Erdoğan to say, precisely one sentence before calling Demirtaş a terrorist, 'Turkey is a country under the rule of law,' and then, a minute later, for him to say, 'The judiciary is independent,' is frankly quite noteworthy: He is lying in both cases. It is in no way acceptable for a president to give speeches in this tone," said the HDP statement.
CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu also criticized Erdoğan for his accusations against Demirtaş and said Erdoğan was labelling everyone as a terrorist and considering himself to be the judiciary.
"Politicians, businessman and tradesman do not decide who is guilty and who is not. The judiciary gives the decision. But Erdoğan puts himself in the place of the judiciary and calls everyone a terrorist. And the judge makes a decision to arrest accordingly. Saying that 'serious convictions will happen,' he means 'I can ensure any punishment to whomever I want.' He is intimidating all segments of society," said Kılıçdaroğlu.
"Turkey is a state of law. The person you mentioned [Selahattin Demirtaş] is a terrorist. He is such a terrorist that he made all my Kurdish brothers take to the streets and then got these 53 Kurdish brothers murdered by some other Kurds. This is only one of the crimes he committed. There are many other similar ones," Erdoğan said during a press conference after the G20 summit in Hamburg on Saturday.
Erdoğan's statement refers to the "2014 Kobanî protests," large-scale protests by Kurds in Turkey as a spillover of a crisis in Syrian town of Kobanî. (turkishminute.com) July 9, 2017


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How to Hide UI FFXIV, it's a common question which is game lovers frequently asking with each others now a days. FFXIV is one of the most popular MMORPG game platform in the world. UI FFXIV game released on September 3, 2014 and immediately became one of the most popular MMORPGs on the market. Recently, there was a big update to the game that added new content and features. One of the new features is a new HUD, or graphical user interface.
In this article, we will tell how to hide UI FFXIV? The HUD is an overlay that displays important information while you play the game, such as your health and MP (mana points), as well as your inventory and quest progressions.
The UI in FFXIV can be customized to one's liking. Some players prefer to have all of their important information visible at all times, while others may want to hide certain elements until they need them. There are also several different settings that you can customize to make the HUD more discreet or easier to use anytime.
UI FFXIV is the graphical interface of Final Fantasy XIV, which replaced the original Windows-based design in 2013. The new layout was met with mixed reactions from fans, who found it difficult to get used to. Many players have since opted to hide UI FFXIV or FFX14, using third-party tools or modifying their setup to revert to the old format (less beautiful).
UI FFXIV was created in an attempt to modernize the game and make it more user-friendly. However, some players find it difficult to navigate, and prefer the older layout which they are familiar with. In addition, many players complain that the new layout is cluttered and outdated.
In Final Fantasy XIV, the User Interface (UI) can be hidden by changing the settings in the game. This is helpful if you want to focus on the game instead of the interface. The following tutorial will help you, how to hide UI FFXIV and show you how to hide UI in FFXIV on PS3 and PS4.
To hide the UI in FF XIV on PS3:
1. Open up the Settings configuration menu using mouse button.
2. Choose select key "System" from the list on the left-hand side.
3. Choose "Video" from the list on the right-hand side.
4. Choose "Display Settings." (Choose Settings and change the key)
5. Under "Screen Display," select "Hidden Mode."
6. Confirm that you want to change your settings by selecting "Okay."
7. You now need to restart your system in order to apply these changes!
There are a few ways to hide the UI in Final Fantasy XIV on PlayStation 4. The first is to use the "Hide UI" function in the options-menu. This will hide all of the interface elements, including the minimap and chat-windows. Another option is to use the game's Settings-menu and toggle off "Show Interface.
" This will hide all of the graphical elements but leave the text displayed onscreen. If you want to go even further, you can completely disable the interface entirely by pressing down on D-Pad left and right while in combat, revealing only a black background. In this way you can understand how to hide UI FFXIV very easily. Now you can know how to hide UI FFXIV in this excellent game.
If you're like most PC gamers and want to get the most out of your game, you'll want to hide the UI.
Here are few steps how to hide UI FFXIV on pc:
1. Make sure your game is running in full screen mode. This will hide the menu-bar at the top of your screen, as well as any other pop-ups or notifications.
2. Change your display settings to "Include desktop-windows." This will let the game run in a window, but it will still hide all of the UI elements.
3. Use a gaming mouse with a DPI setting that's higher than the default. This will help you track more accurately on-screen targets, which can be helpful when playing fast-paced games like FFXIV.
4. Use Windows 10's Game Bar to hide your game. This is a nifty feature that comes with the latest versions of Windows.
I was just about to head out for the day when I noticed my FFXIV HUD had disappeared. I clicked on the character info icon to check, and it wasn't there. I scrolled down through the menus and buttons, but they were all gone or you can say I tried to use scroll lock button. It must have been a glitch – thankfully nothing important was backed up or saved in that particular location.
I checked to see if it happened on other characters and it did for two of the three I had logged in that day. My first thought was: "Gee, this must be a new feature from the patch yesterday." But then I noticed something strange. All of my other characters seemed to have their HUDs (and the player menu) intact. I didn't see any other people having this problem, and there was no reason for it to happen on all three of my characters. If you like to hide the HUD or turn on, it depends on your choice. on the same pattern, you can enjoy & know how to hide UI FFXIV?
In Final Fantasy X14, there is a hotbar for each action that can be taken in the game. This means that you don't have to use the keyboard or mouse to control your character. The game was released on PS 4 and PC last year and has been very well received. Some of the simple steps that players need to take in order to get the most out of the game are to make a preference file, create a slot, and adjust their hotbars. Enjoy with how to hide UI FFXIV?
In Final Fantasy X14, screen shots can be taken by right-clicking (right-click) the middle mouse button and selecting "Take Screenshot." You can create a screenshot folder as well for your convenience, after taking screenshots paste there. The screenshot will be saved to your hard drive in the same folder as the game's save file. This means that you can take multiple screenshots in one go, and you don't have to worry about overwriting previous ones.
Gpose UI FFXIV also allows players to capture their in-game actions with a console command. To do this, open the console by pressing ~ (tilde) on your keyboard, and type "gpose [action name]." For example, if you want to take a screenshot of yourself attacking an enemy, you would type "gpose attack.
Customize Your Layout UI FFXIV In Final Fantasy X14, the players are able to customize their layout UI. This allows for a more personalized experience and lets players organize and control game information more easily. Additionally, this customized UI can be used with any character on the same account. Players can also download different formats for use in battle or other activities can develop how to hide UI FFXIV.
The touchpad on the PlayStation 4 controller is one of its key customization options. Though it isn't exactly another key, users can customize the format to suit their needs. This can be done by downloading a third party application or using the in-game interface. Though it lacks some of the features found on other consoles, the touchpad is still an important part of the PS4 controller.
You're probably familiar with the standard keyboard and mouse-controls in most games. But what about if you want to change your format? In Final Fantasy XIV, you can customize your UI to make it look just the way you want. This can be done by changing the keybinds, two different buttons combination, or even using a macro.
Here are some tips on how to customize your FFXIV format:
-First, find out what keys are used for different actions in the game. This will help you determine which keybinds need to be changed.
-Next, find out which hotkeys are available in the game. These hotkeys will usually show up as text at the bottom of the screen when you press a button.
-Finally, use a macro or two to speed up common tasks to know how to hide UI FFXIV.
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In Final Fantasy XIV, the hide UI command allows players to hide the game's main-menu and other UI elements. This can be useful for those who want to focus on their combat or exploration without being distracted by extraneous menus. The command is available from the main menu, and can also be accessed by pressing "O" on the keyboard.
How to Hide UI FFXIV?
If you're looking to hide your UI from view, there are a few different methods you can employ. The first is to simply minimize the game-window. This will allow you to see the main interface, but any additional-windows will be hidden. You can also use the keyboard shortcuts to hide specific-windows, or switch to full screen mode if you want to completely conceal the game interface.
If you need to show certain-windows while hiding others, FFXIV's default or change the key binding, let you do just that. If all else fails and you still want to see your UI, there's always the option of turning on frame rate smoothing and letting the game run at a lower resolution.
How to Hide Hud FFXIV PS4?
UI elements in XIV may take up a lot of screen space, but there are a few ways to hide them so they're not as noticeable. One way is to use the minimap. You can drag it off the top of the screen or resize it so it's smaller. Another way is to adjust the game's settings. In the "Game Settings" menu, find "Display" and change the text size to "Small." Finally, you can disable certain UI elements by selecting them in the inventory and pressing "X" on your keyboard.
There are many ways how to hide UI FFXIV. Explicitly the most common way is to use the keyboard controls, but there are also methods for controllers and PC. A good way to get started is by reading this guide on how to hide UI in XIV. Remember that different players will have different preferences, so find what works best for you and your playstyle.
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Trend setting Harare based traditional healer Sekuru Banda real name Sekuru Kamwelo Banda has been selected as the African representative to attend a line-up of conferences on herbal therapy on the continents of Europe, Asia and South America.
The conferences will focus on Chinese, African, European and American medicine with particular interest in herbal therapy.
Sekuru Banda, whose healing portfolio includes recovering stolen property, prescribing concoctions on cheating partners, returning evil spirits to witches and wizards as well as healing different ailments is Zimbabwe's richest traditional healer, who is also into philanthropic work.
This popularity gained him the first spot as the most influential healer in Zimbabwe. From his powers Sekuru Banda attracts to his shrine people from all walks of life and various backgrounds. People visit from countries like United States of America, Europe, Asia and the rest of Africa.
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Haiti isn't exactly the first country that comes to mind when you mention chocolate, despite the fact that Haitian cacao is rated among the top 50 in the world. But Corinne Joachim-Sanon has decided to change that by introducing the country's first and only bean-to-bar chocolate company, Les Chocolateries Askanya.
In operation for just over two years, the award-winning company has already garnered accolades internationally, including winning the Mott Green Sustainability Award at the 2017 Northwest Chocolate Festival, which is the top show for chocolate in North America. It also received recognition at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris, the world's largest event dedicated to chocolate and cocoa.
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That is no small feat considering Joachim-Sanon, who earned an engineering degree from the University of Michigan, had no prior knowledge of the workings of the chocolate industry. An industrial engineer who left a six-figure consulting job in New York to return to her native Haiti, she was a complete newbie to the world of cacao, but zeroing in on chocolate was a well-researched decision and her engineering background helped her fulfill the business goals she set out to accomplish.
"I didn't even know what a cacao pod looked like, I had never seen a cacao pod before," says Joachim-Sanon, who is also a graduate from the prestigious Wharton School of Business. To bring her up to speed, she hired experts in the chocolate industry. "Whatever I could do, those were my strengths – the strategy and operations management. What wasn't my cup of tea, I hired the best to do it."
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That included hiring Chloé Doutré-Roussel, ex-head of chocolate production at Ladurée and Maria Fernanda Di Giacobbe, winner of the Basque Culinary World Prize in 2016 for her work with Venezuelan chocolate. The two trained and taught the Askanya team about the chocolate making process while Charley Wheelock and Duncan Ellinwood from Woodblock Chocolate in Portland assisted with choosing the right flavors and sizes.
Introducing the World to Haitian Chocolate
Askanya chocolate bars are currently sold in four flavors – two in milk (47 percent cacao and 50 percent cacao with brown sugar) and two in dark (60 and 90 percent cacao). Made with all-natural ingredients, the chocolate bars are available in two sizes – regular 2-ounce versions and smaller bite sizes. Bestsellers vary by region. Other flavors, including lime, mango, orange, cashew nut and sea salt, are ready to go to market but considering the business costs associated, Joachim-Sanon is unveiling them one at a time.
There are many evolving steps in the bean-to-bar process of making chocolate. Askanya sources its single-origin cacao from farmers who are members of the Federation des Cooperatives Cacaoyeres du Nord (FECANNO). These 3,000 farmers grow their cacao on farms located throughout northern Haiti. Once the bean is sourced and harvested, it is checked for the desired level of ripeness and then fermented and dried. This is followed with sorting and roasting the bean, then cracking and winnowing to make the chocolate. Finally, it is grounded and refined, tempered to the consistency required, and then packaged for sale in visually striking wrappings that showcase Haitian flora and fauna.
As with any business venture, highs and lows are expected. Joachim-Sanon witnessed her fair share of ups and downs with production in Haiti. Issues with infrastructure posed a challenge during the first year but the team learned a lot from the experience. "The second year going into third, it is more stable," she says. "When we started, we had every issue possible and imaginable so we are more comfortable now being able to produce day in, day out."
Taking it all in stride, Joachim-Sanon and her dedicated team at Les Chocolateries Askanya are looking forward to more growth in 2018. Hoping to increase distribution with more store locations and introduce a new flavor to add to the current repertoire, they want more consumers globally to indulge in Haitian cocoa of the finest quality.
To learn more about Les Chocolateries Askanya or see their store locations, visit www.askanya.ht and connect with them on Facebook and Instagram.
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In the morning after breakfast you will drive to Londrose gate, there you will register your guide will pay your park fees. From the gate you will drive to Morom Beria gate 12km, your vehicle will park there and you will walk 1.5km to Shira one, from there you will view Kibo peak and Shira peak. In the rainforest you will see Eucalyptus trees, bird life, and Colobus monkeys. After lunch, hike back to park gate and drive back to Arusha to Mount Meru hotel for overnight stay.
We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees.In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink! After extensive game drive in Serengeti National park until late evening, your driver/guide will drive you to Serengeti Sopa Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Among other animals, you will see buffalo, bushbuck, a variety of antelope and blue monkeys. Birds are in abundance. A deep soda lake covers a large part of the crater floor. There is a track to the crater-floor and one around the rim of the crater. On a nice, clear day, one can see Oldonyo Lengai mountain, Lake Natron and Mt. Kilimanjaro. The scenery is left to your imagination!! You will walk around the crater take some picture of the beauty crater with stunning views. There after you will ascend to the top where you will meet your driver and drive you to Ngorongoro Sopa lodge for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. It's natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania's dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African national park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater kudu, the fringed-eared oryx, as well as a few ashy starlings. After a picnic lunch, we do an afternoon game drive. Letter evening drive to Tarangire Sopa Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day9: Trip to Hudzabe Bushmen Lake Eyasi.
This day we spent with the women of the village. Joining them as they forage for roots, tubers and berries this is wonderful day learning about plants and their various uses; we spend time with one of the Hudzabe communities that choose to live a traditional hunter gather lifestyle. They live far from the normal tourist route and are therefore very difficult to reach by car. We always plan to spend three nights in a small mobile camp close to the Hudzabe village. Also since it is difficult to understand and absorb the harmony and serenity of the Hudzabe with a flying visit. Later evening you will drive to Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge.for dinner and overnight.


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FFSA Mobile Rural Depot (MRD) Programme Expands to More Rural Communities
Given that foodbanking is largely an urban solution to addressing hunger, FoodForward SA devised its Mobile Rural Depot (MRD) Programme in 2019 to address the problem of rural food insecurity. Each month, we take quality surplus food into designated rural communities (depots) so that beneficiary organisations that do important social upliftment work can use food as a catalyst for social change.
Our MD, Andy Du Plessis, reflecting on our 2019/2020 financial year in our latest annual report, says: "For me, the greatest (and most heart-warming) decision taken this financial year was the implementation of our MRD programme". At the moment, the UN's Population Division estimates South Africa's rural population at just over 33% or a third of the country's population.
We selected Worcester in the Breede River Valley in the Western Cape, as our pilot MRD. Since its launch in June 2019, the number of beneficiary organisations (BOs) which form part of the Worcester MRD have increased from five registered BOs to 20 which collectively serve 3,500 beneficiaries from communities such as Worcester, Roberston, Ashton, Swellendam, Zwelethemba, Ceres and Montagu.
Rudolph Roscher is one of our MRD champions in Worcester. He continues to provide us with invaluable support like assisting BOs to register with FFSA, arranging collection points monthly and helping facilitate introductions to farmers who want to support our Second Harvest Programme. Says Roscher, "The main challenge for the BOs we support through FFSA is food, especially now with COVID and the economic crisis. Your support supplements existing initiatives in a big way."
In addition to Worcester, we've also launched MRDs in other Western Cape towns, namely Greyton, Malmesbury, Oudtshoorn, George and Beaufort-West. In September we launched our third MRD in Kwa-Zulu Natal. The KZN MRDs, located in Pietermaritzburg, KZN South and KZN North, serve beneficiary organisations from Pietermaritzburg, Cato Ridge, Dundee, Peaceville, Harding, Margate, Port Shepstone, Mtubatuba, Kokstad, Estcourt and Nongoma.
In North West Province, we now have an MRD in Mahikeng and one in Klerksdorp. They serve BOs from Jouberton, Kanana, Stilfontein, Potchefstroom, Mahikeng, Libertas, Mmabatho, Klerksdorp, Swartruggens, Wolmaransstad, Ganyesa, Tlakgameng, Verdwaal and Logageng. East London is home to our MRD in the Eastern Cape and serves BOs from Gompo Town, Mdantsane, Mzamomhle, Nahoon, King William's Town and Stutterheim.
The rapid growth of our MRD programme is thanks to the continued support of our donors. Thanks to your help, through our MRD programme, we now provide nutritious monthly food provisions to 108 registered BOs which collectively feed just over 50,000 beneficiaries.
Photo: The latest addition to FFSA's MRD programme in KZN North Coast region launched on 15 September with beneficiary organisations coming from Mtubatuba (three community creches), Estcourt (a support club) and Nongoma (a community feeding programme).
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Barry Jacobs October 5, 2020 at 4:59 pm
Sir/Madam
I as chairman of Kindersorg Welfare,Groot-brakrivier plead to your organisation to include us in your program because the poverty rate is high in our community
Like to hear from you soon.
Fayrene Langson November 11, 2020 at 10:32 am
Dear Barry ,
Thank you for your email.
We work directly with community-based organisations to alleviate food insecurity in communities on an ongoing basis. We do not do once off donations to any organisations.
If you would like to apply to be on our database you would need to apply at the following link: https://foodshare.cloud/client-application
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Helen J Jack October 24, 2020 at 2:27 pm
Good Day Sir / Madam
How does one become a Benefit organisation?
We are in the Namakwa Region, Northern Cape Province. Email information to kleinjack@absamail.co.za please.
Dear Helen,


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In her latest video "My N*gga," Oakland singer/songwriter Jane Handcock is stunning. As she sings about real love (Take me, don't break me/ Glow me up, don't stress me out/ See my self esteem is better/ since you came in, without a doubt), Jane is seen traveling through her city, visiting a record store, and singing on her front steps---all while GLOWING as she pours out her heart. As she reflects on all the qualities that make her relationship so important to her, the scenes from her life as she finds "the one" show her playful-but-sincere personality.
As usual, the narratives in Jane Handcock's "My N*gga" are wise beyond her years. As she waxes poetic about her true love, she still reflects honestly on his imperfections (as well as her own). My past ain't perfect/ But you still see that I'm worth it. This is no infatuation…"My N*gga" is about finding someone she's ready to call her own.