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In Florida, you have the right to stand your ground when you feel threatened. This is in contrast to laws in other states that impose a duty to retreat, a legal obligation to make every possible effort to escape from a threat before engaging in violence as a form of self defense.
Your right to stand your ground is your right to defend yourself from the threat of harm. For an instance of physical violence to be accepted as an instance of self defense, though, certain criteria must be met.
Did you Reasonably Fear for your Life or Safety at the Time of the Conflict?
The crux of any stand your ground case is whether the defendant reasonably feared for his or her life or safety. Without this reasonable fear, an individual may not use violent force against an attacker, even if he or she does have a reason to fear minor physical harm. For example, if an individual fears that another party is going to slap him or her, he or she cannot shoot the prospective attacker and claim that it was in self defense. In contrast, if the individual feared that he or she would be raped or kidnapped, shooting the attacker could be justified.
You may use violent, even deadly, force to protect yourself from harm at the hands of an attacker. This includes force with a firearm or another type of weapon.
Individuals engaged in illegal acts at the time of their altercations cannot argue that they stood their ground in most cases. The right to stand your ground is reserved for incidents that occur inside your home, vehicle, or any other space you are legally permitted to enter and occupy.
When an individual cites self defense as a defense against a battery charge, the court must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this was not actually the case.
Your right to stand your ground in the face of imminent danger is not a defense to a criminal charge in the traditional sense. Rather, it is a procedural rule that grants you immunity from criminal prosecution if you lawfully defend yourself against a legitimate threat. Instead of presenting your right to stand your ground as a defense strategy at your criminal hearing, you can actually invoke this right to avoid trial altogether.
Our team of Miami criminal lawyers at Ratzan & Faccidomo, LLC has experience helping clients assert their right to stand their ground. If you are facing a battery charge or any other type of violent offense charge despite lawfully defending yourself at the time of the altercation, you can potentially use this to avoid prosecution. To learn more, contact our team today to schedule your initial consultation in our office.


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Data Sharing: Key Challenge for Cancer Moonshot (& American Health)
If we're going to make progress in healthcare, we need to connect up the data. A report for the national Cancer Moonshot initiative highlights the massive problem disconnected databases have become in the fight against cancer. But this problem isn't limited to cancer. The well-intentioned HIPAA act of 1996, for example, included strict privacy controls that have turned into a problem for medical research generally.
Vice President Biden oversees the $1 billion effort to eradicate cancer using public-private partnerships and carefully directed funding. (photo courtesy Shutterstock)
A report from oncologists and cancer researchers for the national Cancer Moonshot initiative highlights the massive problem that disparate data and disconnected databases have become in the fight against cancer.
The Cancer Moonshot program was launched by President Obama in this year's State of the Union address; Vice President Biden now oversees the $1 billion effort to eradicate cancer using public-private partnerships and carefully directed funding. In a report released last week, a panel of scientists, physicians, and company executives recommended 10 areas where new investment will make the biggest difference. Aside from a few recommendations focused on basic research or technology development, virtually all of the panel's suggestions include some aspect of improved data sharing and interoperability of databases.
In the course of making these recommendations, the panel considered more than 1,600 ideas. The experts split up into seven different groups focused on key oncology themes, such as pediatric cancer, immunology, and early detection. While each group left its fingerprints on the final recommendations, the overarching theme of data sharing—or the inability to share—carried across almost all of the selected topics. According to the report, "Cancer Moonshot funding would enable a remarkable level of coordination—especially across organizations—that will allow data from many different researchers, clinicians, and patients across the country to be assembled in new ways that will help them be of use to patients, doctors, and researchers." This illustrates just how broken modern cancer care is, and simultaneously represents an incredible opportunity for anyone with a real solution.
The problems of data in medicine aren't limited to cancer, and they are the result of myriad byzantine decisions spanning decades. Consider just one: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA. Signed into law in 1996, HIPAA accomplished several important things, including enacting a strict privacy rule to prevent the release of a patient's medical data without his consent. This stemmed from great intentions, but today, HIPAA is a thorn in the side of researchers around the country. Zealous application of HIPAA rules now prevents scientists from sharing data with each other, even when doing so would further basic research or help them develop a cure for that patient's illness. Imagine an entire universe of rules like HIPAA, all governing different areas of data and privacy and security, and you begin to understand why medical progress doesn't happen as quickly as we would like.
As for the recommendations, the goal of boosting clinical trial enrollment is targeted with proposals for a data-heavy patient network and specialized clinical trial network. Long-term studies to track data are envisioned for better managing cancer symptoms and more effective prevention or early detection of cancer. One recommendation would increase research access to tumor specimens, which are often untapped treasure due to privacy regulations or too-narrow consent policies. Another would build something like a Google Map for tumors, giving scientists a high-resolution view of tumors as they evolve over time. To cap them all off, the panel recommended the development of a "cancer data ecosystem" that would facilitate data sharing across institutions and enable the kind of collaborative research that too often gets quashed because of privacy regulations.
Interestingly, the panel's report also identified several policy challenges that came up during its discussions. These were beyond the panel's bailiwick, but they were nevertheless included in a nod to the many other issues that will have to be addressed to improve cancer care in this country. Among the problem areas: health insurance coverage and reimbursement; privacy and consent in patient data; and fragmented patient care.
These problems, and cancer in general, can't possibly be solved all at once. But it's extremely encouraging to see recommendations that get right to the heart of the problems facing cancer care. And if national sharing of patient data for medical progress were to improve as a result, it would be a welcome fringe benefit.
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Johnny Depp's aggressive messages to Amber Heard are revealed
by Isra Shams April 14, 2019 April 13, 2019
Earlier, Amber Heard, the former wife of Hollywood screen idol Johnny Depp released a secret video online in which the star actor can be seen losing his temper and smashing wine glass while fighting with estranged wife.
The 1 minute 37 seconds long clip featured the 53-year-old actor going berserk, in the kitchen, during a fight with her 30-year-old wife Heard.
The clip opened with the actor smashing cabinets and cursing as Heard asks him again and again "What happened?".
Now, Amber has revealed texts that can be proof to the fact that Johnny was aggressive towards her.
In the texts, sent in May 25, 2014, he taunted her for filming The Adderall Diaries with James Franco, a movie she said she needed to take part in for the paycheck.
The exchange occurred at a time when, Heard claims, Depp had returned to drinking and using drugs. They met when he was sober, she says.
The pair had just been involved in a violent fight on board a private jet from Boston to New York.
He first texts her to apologize, saying that he had found himself in a place of 'deep regret and shame' but when she did not reply within two hours, he texted her again.
'I see that understanding and forgiveness ain't on the menu. I'm disappointed to see that but not too surprised,' he said.
She replied: 'No, I don't, but it is alright and could work.'
She went on to explain that she had taken the movie because she needed the paycheck and that Depp did not understand that.
'Just cuz it's not "a money job" doesn't mean I don't need the money it will pay…I'm in a tough situation right now and need the work. I know you forget how that feels but please try to understand,' she said.
She went on: 'What I don't want to loose (sic) is a paycheck I need. Tht (sic) my parents need. That's it. I work. This is my job.
'Unfortunately, I need to work because I'm in a tight spot. But I held off saying a decision – in either direction – because of you.
'And your feelings and our conversations (which we have yet to be able to really have) about it.'
'Wouldn't you just want that from me? Would you do that exact thing for me?'
He shot back: 'Were you hoping for my opinion on the James Franco piece??
'I'd rather you didn't stoop to that level, but… you've already told me how much you like the material and that it's not a money gig… So… it's "art"… I'm not gonna tackle that greased up piggy….No m'am…You have to do that film!!! You really want it, obviously… I'm going to sleep. Goodnight…'
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Debate over making lemonade AZ's state drink far from over at the State Capitol
Matt Galka's Reports
PHOENIX (FOX 10) -- The Great Lemonade Debate is far from over for the Arizona State Legislature, as the lemony drink still has a fighting chance to become the State Drink of Arizona.
After passing the house, HB 2692, which would have designated lemonade as the official state drink, was voted down in the Senate, in a 12-18 vote, according to information available on the legislature's website.
The bill, however, may be back again. FOX 10's Matt Galka reports.


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The dark clouds of the coming administration rolled in this week with a fury, producing a flood of strange and worrisome news.
There was the utterly terrifying confirmation hearing of Jeff Sessions as our next attorney general, at which he signaled in no uncertain terms his hostility to the protective posture that the Justice Department has taken to safeguard vulnerable populations over the last eight years.
There was the long-awaited news conference conducted by the president-elect that, predictably, turned into a circus of boasting, hubris, hostility, distraction and deflection.
And then there was the release of the unsubstantiated intelligence report, with its nausea-inducing claims, which I don't know what to do with.
I have not always agreed with the president's positions or tactics, and this feels normal to me. Freethinking people are bound to disagree occasionally, even if a vast majority of their values align.
But none of those differences in opinions about strategy injured in any way my profound respect for the characteristics of the man we came to take for granted: bracingly smart, exceptionally well educated, literate in the grand tradition of the great men of letters. He was scholarly, erudite, well read and an adroit writer.
And he was an orator for the ages. We got so used to elegant, sometimes masterly speechifying, that I will admit I sometimes tuned it out. We had an abundance of riches in that regard.
But listening to the president's farewell address, I was hit with the force of a brawler that the decency and dignity, the solemnity and splendor, the loftiness and literacy that Obama brought to the office was extraordinary and anomalous, the kind of thing that each generation may only hope to have in a president.
In a way, it was the small things, the way he made reference to Atticus Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird" in his discussion of race relations in this country. It was the ease of confidence that comes from having read the book and not just the speechwriter's script.
Even more impressive is Obama's skill for raising and parsing delicate issues like race, so that all of the people involved feel respected and represented, so that all participants in the debate feel that they have been truly heard and seen.
He hasn't always gotten this right. No human being has always gotten everything right. Holding him to that impossible standard hardly seems fair. But he started from a very strong and respectable position and has grown even more steady and sure from there.
So as the end of his presidency draws close, America is confronted with the reality of what is being lost. It is no wonder that a Quinnipiac University Poll released Tuesday found that "American voters approve 55–39 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing, his best approval rating in seven years." For comparison, Trump's approval rating as the president-elect is only 37 percent.
Obama wasn't perfect, but neither is anyone — you or I — and neither was any other president. But Obama is a good man and a good president. Some would argue that he was great on both counts.
We will remember that — and miss it — when Trump's whirlwind of scandal, conflict, crudeness, boorishness and vindictiveness barrels into Washington.
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Emerging Curators Can Apply to the Center for Craft's 2023 Curatorial Fellowship
by Center for Craft December 14, 2021 December 10, 2021
In this yearlong program, three fellows will each receive $5,000 to develop and mount an exhibition at the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC. Applications are due February 14, 2022.
What Do Pots Want?* Building a Bigger Field of Craft Studies Together
by Warren Wilson College December 8, 2021 December 8, 2021
Warren Wilson's low-residency MA in Critical Craft Studies produces researchers who turn the mic in a new direction.
Bigger Field, Better Questions: What Do Pots Want?*
by Warren Wilson College October 18, 2021 January 18, 2022
Warren Wilson College's low-residency MA in Critical Craft Studies produces researchers who turn the mic in a new direction.
Painting the Stories of Artists Who Are Also Caretakers
by Lauren Moya Ford August 24, 2021 August 24, 2021
Around Asheville, people have volunteered their front yards to showcase Suzanne Schireson's portraits.
The Center for Craft Celebrates 25 Years of Advancing the Field
by Center for Craft June 8, 2021 June 7, 2021
The nonprofit organization salutes 25 years of craft through special events and a new national membership program.
What Do Pots Want?
by Warren Wilson College January 7, 2021 January 5, 2021
Warren Wilson Colleges low-residency MA in Critical Craft Studies produces researchers who turn the mic in a new direction. Applications are due March 1, 2021.
Warren Wilson's MA in Critical Craft Studies Releases Its First Publication
by Warren Wilson College October 15, 2020 November 10, 2020
Each purchase of Mapping Craft: This is how we meet supports scholarships for BIPOC students enrolled in the low-residency program, which is currently accepting applications until March 1, 2021.
Over 1,600 Materials From the Black Mountain College Archives Will Be Digitized
by Valentina Di Liscia January 29, 2020 February 11, 2020
Thanks to a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the Asheville Art Museum will digitize its largely hidden Black Mountain College Collection.
Center for Craft Opens National Craft Innovation Hub
by Center for Craft November 15, 2019
Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this first-of-its-kind destination will expand the center's reach and enhance its efforts in building a future for craft.
A Father and Daughter's Art in Conversation Across Six Decades
by Diana Stoll October 21, 2019 October 21, 2019
This exhibition of works by Stan and Sara VanDerBeek shows how both artists span traditional boundaries between media and engage similarly intangible concepts: spirituality, the mutability of time, memory, and space.
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by Warren Wilson College January 8, 2019
A low-residency format designed to build a field of craft studies.
Applications Open for MA in Critical and Historical Craft Studies at Warren Wilson College
by Warren Wilson College October 30, 2018
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package io.joern.javasrc2cpg.util

import better.files.File
import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers

import java.nio.file.Path

class SourceRootFinderTests extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterAll {

  private val rootTmpDir: File = File.newTemporaryDirectory("javasrc_root_test").deleteOnExit()
  private lazy val rootPath    = rootTmpDir.pathAsString
  // Root path using unix separators
  private lazy val stdRootPath = rootPath.replaceAll("\\" ++ java.io.File.separator, "/")

  override def beforeAll(): Unit = {

    val directoriesToCreate = List(
      File(rootPath, "maven", "mvn1", "src", "main", "java", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "maven", "mvn1", "src", "main", "scala", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "maven", "mvn1", "src", "test", "java", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "maven", "mvn1", "src", "main", "resources", "jars"),
      File(rootPath, "maven", "mvn2", "src", "main", "java", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "src", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "test", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "some", "nested", "directories", "src", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "some", "nested", "more", "directories", "src", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "some", "nested", "more", "directories", "test", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "nosrc", "nested", "directories", "io"),
      File(rootPath, "code", "project", "src", "main"),
      File(rootPath, "code", "project", "src", "random"),
      File(rootPath, "code", "project", "src", "test")
    )

    directoriesToCreate.foreach { file =>
      file.createDirectories()
      file.deleteOnExit()
    }
  }

  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
    super.afterAll()
    if (rootTmpDir.exists) {
      rootTmpDir.delete()
    }
  }

  private def rootsWithUnixSeparators(file: File): List[String] = {
    SourceRootFinder
      .getSourceRoots(file.pathAsString)
      .map { srcPath => srcPath.replaceAll("\\" ++ java.io.File.separator, "/") }
  }

  it should "find all the correct source directories if tmp root is given" in {
    val sourceRoots = rootsWithUnixSeparators(File(rootPath))
    sourceRoots.sorted shouldBe List(
      s"$stdRootPath/maven/mvn1/src/main/java",
      s"$stdRootPath/maven/mvn2/src/main/java",
      // Over-approximate to avoid missing sources
      s"$stdRootPath/maven/mvn1/src/main/resources",
      s"$stdRootPath/maven/mvn1/src/main/scala",
      s"$stdRootPath/src",
      s"$stdRootPath/some/nested/directories/src",
      s"$stdRootPath/some/nested/more/directories/src",
      s"$stdRootPath/code/project/src/main",
      s"$stdRootPath/code/project/src/random"
    ).sorted
  }

  it should "find the given directory if no matching subdirectories are found" in {
    val sourceRoots = rootsWithUnixSeparators(File(rootPath, "nosrc"))
    sourceRoots shouldBe List(s"$stdRootPath/nosrc")
  }

  it should "find a src directory without main/test subdirectory" in {
    val sourceRoots = rootsWithUnixSeparators(File(rootPath, "some", "nested", "directories"))
    sourceRoots shouldBe List(s"$stdRootPath/some/nested/directories/src")

    val specificSourceRoots = rootsWithUnixSeparators(File(rootPath, "some", "nested", "directories", "src"))
    specificSourceRoots shouldBe List(s"$stdRootPath/some/nested/directories/src")
  }

  it should "find the correct directory if a rootPath partly into a src/maintest/java string is given" in {
    val srcRoot = rootsWithUnixSeparators(File(rootPath, "maven", "mvn2", "src"))
    srcRoot shouldBe List(s"$stdRootPath/maven/mvn2/src/main/java")

    val mainRoot = rootsWithUnixSeparators(File(rootPath, "maven", "mvn2", "src", "main"))
    mainRoot shouldBe List(s"$stdRootPath/maven/mvn2/src/main/java")

    val javaRoot = rootsWithUnixSeparators(File(rootPath, "maven", "mvn2", "src", "main", "java"))
    javaRoot shouldBe List(s"$stdRootPath/maven/mvn2/src/main/java")

    // This is an example of where the SourceRootFinder gets the wrong result. This is because it never
    // searches "up" from the given directory.
    val ioRoot = rootsWithUnixSeparators(File(rootPath, "maven", "mvn2", "src", "main", "java", "io"))
    ioRoot shouldBe List(s"$stdRootPath/maven/mvn2/src/main/java/io")
  }
}

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RETIRE IN STYLE BLOG: Keeping the Romance Alive? I have some date night ideas for you!
Keeping the Romance Alive? I have some date night ideas for you!
An article I wrote this last week has been published on Generation Fabulous. Date Night Keeps the Romance Alive is a tongue in cheek discription of what date night looks like as we grow older. I think you will like it a lot.
I just love it when reality makes me laugh...a lot. Just a little lie here and a little bent truth there...voila I have a story. I hope you enjoy it.


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Page Updated:- Tuesday, 20 November, 2018.
PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton
Spoken 1977 New Street Pub
From the Dover Express, 17 July, 1977.
£5 million development scheme welcome, but...
TALKS ARE to be held between representatives of Dover District Council and an architect for a London company to make more acceptable a new £5,000,000 development planned for the Market Square at Dover with stores, shops, rialto-style malls, and a multi-storey car park near York Street.
Details of the latest plan — just one of many that have been produced in the last five years — were outlined to members of Dover District Council's planning committee this week.
Although, generally, councillors found the plan "imaginative" they pointed out a number of features about which they were not happy and decided to set up a working party of councillors and officials to try to overcome these with the architect.
Points to be considered are:
Access into the 600 car multi-storey car park, at present planned via Worthington Street and Queen's Gardens.
The foundation levels, to reduce damage to the rich area of archaeological remains.
To lessen interference with the forecourt to the Roman Painted House museum.
Materials to be used on the York Street frontage of the development.
The siting of a proposed pub-cum-restaurant, planned for New Street.
The latest scheme — revealed in the Dover Express three months ago — is submitted by Amalgamated Developers Ltd. (Projects). Architect Mr. Frank Risdon detailed the development to councillors at a public committee meeting.
The development consists of rialto-type malls with murals, leading into nearly 14,000 square metres (nearly 150,000 square feet) of retail development, a car park for 600 cars, public lavatories, the demolition of the "Prince Regent" public house in the Market Square and a new pub with restaurant facilities off New Street.
There will be a department store on two floors, a super store of 50,000 square feet on the ground floor, and two smaller stores, plus four smaller shops.
One feature of the development is that a large area will be slabbed over so that archaeologists can continue their search for Dover's historic past while trade is in progress in the shops above.
There is the possibility that the Roman bath-house system, parts of which have already been located, could be linked underground with the Roman villa now encased in the mini-museum ofl New Street.
The area of the proposed development covers three acres and is bounded by Queen Street, York Street, New Street and the back of the shops in the main street.
The 600-place car park would be on three storeys facing the Market Square and on four-storeys facing York Street.
That would bring it as high as the Maybrook office block now being slowly occupied in York Street. Lifts would take shoppers from the multistorey park down into the shopping area.
Access to the multi-storey car park would be up a ramp in New Street — already built as part of a previous abortive development — and the exit would be via Queen Street.
SHOPS PLAN SEEN AS THREAT TO DOVER'S NEW TOURIST ASSET.
MEMBERS of the Roman Painted House Trust — who look after the interests of Dover's latest tourist attraction — are angry at proposals by the developers to build on part of their brand new £5,000 forecourt.
They believe it could slash the growing number of tourists who find their way to the villa with its painted walls.
The trouble is the forecourt is on land owned by Dover District Council and leased on a temporary basis to the Trust.
News of the proposal to build on part of the forecourt came as a "Bombshell" to the Trust, said its chairman, Councillor George Ruck, who is a member of the council's planning committee.
The proposal to build a new Whitbread Fremlin's pub — to replace the "Prince Regent" — would reduce the width of the forecourt to 19 feet, said Mr. Ruck.
The idea is for a new-style public, house with refreshment facilities such as a restaurant and tea rooms.
Archaeologists are also concerned about the level at which the development will be built. It is claimed the proposed level would destroy much of what remains of the Roman remains near Dover's town centre, and much of the foundations of St. Martin le Grand.
"This will be a bitter blow to the archaeologists who have worked so hard," said Councillor Mrs. Jane Du Boulay, also a member of the Trust.
And another member of the Trust, Councillor Harold Dennard, reminded colleagues that £50,000 of ratepayers' money had gone into the construction of the cover building over the painted house.
These points will now be discussed by the architect and officials.
Another worry is the problems that will be created by vehicles getting into the car park via Queen's Gardens, off Worthington Street.
And the long horizontal facade of the multi-storey car park along York Street, and its facing material (a light coloured stone has been suggested by the architect) will also be discussed.
The planning committee decided to defer further consideration of the proposal until talks have been completed.
Maybrook Properties, who own much of the land, won outline planning consent for shops, offices and car parking for the same area in 1972. Amalgamated's plan does not include offices, but makes provision for an office block at a later stage.
The latest proposal also includes the use of the frontage of the Market Hall, protected by a State order for preservation.


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Mandrake's netconfig insanity has driven me over the edge.
So I'm taking the plunge and installing Debian.
I've managed to get all my hardware drivers installed, it seems. The Debian installer is strangely unhelpful in some things, but amazingly helpful in others.
And then the configuration started, and it was still going when I left to come to work. Must remember to sort out the Lilo conf before I reboot. I meant to leave the install paused at that point, but a cat decided to step on the Enter key and off it went.
I'm looking to have a pocket/secure usb thumbdrive so I can be on the go with data if needed. I'd like it to be a file system both readable/writeable by windows and linux. Also, if there are any biometric features built in that will work with both OS... that'd be awesome. anyone have suggestions?
Ok, here's the deal. Me and a buddy had a server out on the net, for quite a while for that matter.. well our funds went short and the server got shut down. We had our own DNS running on the afore mentioned server. well.. since we had multiple domains pointing there multiple of our projects are now busted. We have backups of all the domains and their sites locally and we wanted to get the sites to run from my home temporarily, and since they never got much traffic anyway, there wouldn't be much load on the connection.
I've been trying to set up a DNS from home, but i've been having some trouble. I've been following the Howto over at TLDP.ORG. here's where i'm worried.. i've heard that some ISP's don't want to you set up your own DNS at your home.
I just started doing some skins I like (see earlier post on my first skin and possibly see my other ones in miniature at http://anivair.fotopic.net).
I'm also working on some gmplayer skins and playing with the aterm setup to match various themes.
At the moment my desktop themes are scripted to come up randomly in Windowmaker, changing every time I log in, which i love.
So the question becomes how difficult do you all think it would be to change everything else? That is to have a gmplayer theme that matched the desktop and to have aterm alter itself to match as well as other apps that I want to skin?
Do I just create one large file that runs at startup that points to the various other scripts for changing the theme? In theory the best idea is to change the WindowMaker theme and then alter the other files dependant on that new input. The more I think about it the more it sounds like I'm not thinking of something, though, so I thought I'd run it by and see if anyone's ever done anything like that with any degree of success.


We're moving forward on mobilization efforts with community around the three policy priorities identified at our first strategy session: 1) rent control; 2) inclusionary zoning; and 3) racial reparations for Black/African-Americans (which will be discussed and further developed by Black/African-American organizers and community members).
At this session, we will review examples of policies, draft our own policies/proposals, and collectively develop an action plan for the mobilization of community around policy implementation and the creation/strengthening of community-based solutions.
There will be a small space devoted to younger children to draw/read/play (with limited supervision). Have questions/requests regarding space or accommodations? Please email us at thepeoplesassembly253@gmail.com. RSVP or learn more here.


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Children of the gulag live with amnesia
FORGETTING THE PAST Young people don't know and aren't interested in the Stalin-era deportations and repression that landed their families in Kazakhstan's gulag camps
NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
Maria Sadina hunched over fading pictures of her parents, ethnic Ger-mans who were deported in 1941 from Russia's Volga region to one of Karaganda's many gulag camps.
Sadina's father was imprisoned for praising the quality of a German-made tractor, and for a decade he worked as a slave laborer in the nearby coal mines. Her mother was sent to the Karaganda gulag simply for her German heritage.
They had married and reared their daughter, Sadina, in a two-room brick house so low to the ground that visitors must bend over to avoid hitting the ceiling. Sadina, now a grandmother, continues to live in the same house.
She pointed to the neighbors' homes through her kitchen window.
"These people are all children of the gulag," she said. "Nobody talks about it anymore. Nobody even wants to look at their pictures anymore."
The gulags once spread over the Kazakhstan steppe like a thick wreath. Eleven camps with names like Alzhir, a Russian acronym for the Akmolinskii Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland, housed hundreds of thousands of prisoners and their families. The camps, built shortly after the creation of the Soviet Union, were partly emptied to provide soldiers and workers during World War II and were eventually closed, although not dismantled, after Josef Stalin died in 1953.
In Kazakhstan today, a large percentage of people have parents or grandparents whose lives were savagely rewired by deportation and imprisonment in the camps. But memories of the gulags are dying.
"For younger generations the gulag is uninteresting," said Arest Savchak, a 61-year-old teacher whose parents and grandparents were exiled to Karaganda for supporting Ukrainian nationalism.
"After the collapse of the Soviet Union, when we entered market economy, the values and the views of people have changed. Unless the gulag can be linked to the present time, it is meaningless," he said.
For many Karaganda youngsters, the oppression the gulags stand for does not register.
"This was just a village for miners," said Sasha Talabaev, 12, who was riding a bicycle through the heart of what was one of the gulags.
Some of the reasons for a collective forgetting are obvious. The memories are painful. And since the fall of the Soviet Union and Kazakhstan's independence in 1991, there are more pleasant things to focus on. Growing affluence is one of them.
But there are political aspects to a sidestepping of Kazakhstan's recent history, too, often born out of the government's determination to stay friendly with Russia.
To sustain support for a pro-Russia foreign policy, "the Kazakhstan state has gone to great lengths to construct an ideology for its nation-state that glosses over its colonial and neo-colonial history with Russia," Sean Roberts, a researcher in Central Asia affairs at Georgetown University, wrote on Dec. 19 in his Web log.
Although those efforts have not added up to a blanket ban on public remembrances of the gulags, the government has chosen to ignore the issue. And it has used its control of the education system to keep texts from dwelling on the topic.
In a more pointed example of control, the government forbade large-scale of a violent uprising in Almaty, the capital, that took place in December 1986. As many as 40,000 ethnic Kazakhs poured into Almaty's central square then to protest then Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev's firing of the chief of the Kazakh Soviet state. Soviet security forces are estimated to have killed at least 200 protesters on the square.
The rebellion was a watershed for Kazakh identity. It resonated too strongly for the government to ignore this year, so in October, President Nursultan Nazarbayev quietly dedicated a statue to commemorate the event. But the gesture received little coverage in the press, which is controlled by the government.
Opposition leaders and several thousand nationalists hoped to use the statue as a gathering point for an anti-government rally, but the government moved swiftly to crush preparations for it.
With Kazakh nationalism having become mostly the purview of the anti-Russia opposition here, the government has had to use other avenues to promote a coherent national identity. That is no small challenge in this country of 17 million people who span 80 different ethnicities and nearly as many religions -- a direct legacy of the Soviet Union's use of Kazakhstan as a holding pen for prisoners, dissidents and people who did not fit in the Russian mainstream.
Popular culture has been one tool of choice, especially through the government-financed movie studio KazakhFilm. This year the studio released its biggest hit yet, a historical piece called Nomad that tells the little-known story of an ancient battle to give an uplifting view of Kazakh identity. The film, a US$34.5 million production, broke box-office records in Kazakhstan, grossing more than US$1 million.
Eruption felt worldwide, serious damage in Tonga
HOUSES FLOODED: The ground shook in Tonga as explosions were heard, followed by gushing water and pelting rocks, sending people running to higher ground A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific caused "significant damage" to the island nation's capital and smothered it in dust, but the full extent was not apparent with communications still cut off yesterday. The eruption on Saturday was so powerful that it was recorded around the world, triggering a tsunami that flooded Pacific coastlines from Japan to the US. Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, suffered "significant" damage, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, adding that there had been no reports of injury or death, but a full assessment was not possible with communication lines down. "The tsunami has
Chinese dialects fading on Xi's watch
Two years ago, Qi Jiayao visited his mother's hometown of Shaoxing in eastern China. When he tried to speak to his cousin's children in the local dialect, Qi was surprised. "None of them was able to," said the 38-year-old linguist, who teaches Mandarin in Mexico. The decline in local dialects among the younger generation has become more apparent in recent years as Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) has sought to bolster a uniform Chinese identity. Mandarin is now spoken by more than 80 percent of China's population, up from 70 percent a decade ago. Last month, China's State Council promised to
COVID-19: Omicron in China further threatens supply chains
PORT CONGESTION: Ships heading for Omicron-affected Dalian and Tianjin are being redirected to Shanghai, which does not have the capacity for the sudden cargo influx China has detected the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a second major port city, deepening concern that the vastly more infectious variant could spread quickly across the world's largest trading nation, upending global supply chains. Chinese officials said yesterday that at least one person has Omicron in Dalian, a city of 7 million. A second person also tested positive for the virus, but the variant is unknown. Both are college students who returned home for the Lunar New Year holiday from Tianjin, where at least 137 other cases were traced as of Wednesday. Dalian joins Tianjin as the second crucial port city
China's birthrate falls to 61-year low despite efforts
DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS: Beijing is attempting to address its population decline, including considering raising the retirement age and allowing more than two children China's birthrate has fallen to its lowest level in six decades, barely outnumbering deaths last year despite major government efforts to increase population growth and stave off a demographic crisis. Across China, 10.62 million babies were born last year, a rate of 7.52 per thousand people, the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. In the same period 10.14 million deaths were recorded, a mortality rate of 7.18 per thousand, producing a population growth rate of just 0.34 per 1,000 people. The growth rate is the lowest since 1960, and adds to the findings of May last year's once-per-decade census, which found
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Anyone having trouble booking? keeps saying club code error.
Managed to do it through my phone and booked up.
1st time on stand with you guys.
Booked !!! what time have some of you booked the parade lap for ?
Car: Evo VIII MR FQ340 Stage1 425/380 Brakes Suspension DEFI Guages LOTS of Carbon!!


I reported a price reduction to the 38m motor yacht Indigo Star on November 4th 2011, and today brings news of a further €1 million cut from Jurgen Koch at Fraser Yachts.
Indigo Star was built by Siar Moschini in 1995 to a design by Andrea Bacigalupo and this ABS classed superyacht was last refitted in 2008.
She can accommodate 10 guests in one master, one VIP, two double and one twin cabin. A range of 4,200 nautical miles at 10 knots is delivered by two 2285hp MTU diesel engines, which offer a top speed of 24 knots.
Lying in Mallorca, the new asking price of Indigo Star is €2.95 million.


I decided to flip through the school newspaper for the first time in... pretty much ever while waiting for my friend the other day. There was an article about how 3OH!3 was going to come perform at our school. Well naturally, I flipped out and ran around shouting it at the top of my lungs for a while. I saw them in concert last year, and it was incredibly fun.
... And then I realized I was reading the April 1st issue. Apparently, they publish newspapers early nowadays. Aaaaaand I'm incredibly gullible. That is the LAST time I read our school newspaper. Bitterface.
"Louboutin shoes, she got too much pride. Her feet are killin' her. I call it shoe-icide."
Did I mention how much I loved Shareen of Vintage Mavens before? Because I love her even more now. How cool is it that one of my idols just put my picture on her blog?! Happy dance time.
By the way, I'm going to be picking the winner of my giveaway at the end of month, so you still have a few more days to enter!
Now I don't usually dress very tough because well, I look like a tween... but sometimes, you just gotta let your inner BAMF out.
I recently purchased a dress from Vintage Mavens, which is a cute online vintage store run by Shareen. She is one of the fashion bloggers who inspires me the most; I pretty much aspire to BE her. She's so beautiful and her photos are breath-taking.
Since I'm on this topic, I might as well mention that my other favorite blogger is Nicole of Gary Pepper Vintage. Again, gorgeous girl, beautiful photography, just straight up amazing. She also runs an online vintage store.
Come to think of it, these two bloggers are very similar in many ways. Ultimately, that's the direction I want to head in, and I would love to follow in their footsteps.
Right, so the point of this post was to show you guys the dress I got from Vintage Mavens, and here it is!
The lovely Erica of In the Light of Style has chosen me to be her first featured blogger! I feel incredibly honored and flattered. She had so many sweet things to say about my blog.
If you so choose to learn more about my super wild and crazy life (sarcasm intended), I copied and pasted the interview here as well.
1. When & why did you first start blogging?
I started blogging on the first day of February, so around 2 months ago. I came across the 30 for 30 challenge from Kendi Everyday's blog, and I realized that I had a truckload of impulse buys that I never wear. I made myself wear only those items for a month and took a picture every morning of the different outfits I could think of. That's pretty much how the rock got rolling, and it's been downhill from there.
2. Where do you go to school and what are you studying?
I go to school at a prestigious little university in Massachusetts. I'll keep this a mystery, and you can all try to guess what school it is. A hint is that not many people have heard of it, but it's a Top 30 school. I'm studying Biology and Public Health on the pre-medical track, so I'm pretty much a huge science nerd.
3. What is your ultimate fashion goal?
My ultimate fashion goal is to become a successful fashion blogger as a side job. I would absolutely love to be a professional blogger, but I'm pretty sure my parents would disown me if I wasn't a doctor. As surprisingly time-consuming as blogging is, I'm going to try my best to keep it up through my future schooling and career. Come on, who doesn't want a stylish doctor? Imagine reading your doctor's fashion blog... Haha, that would be interesting.
I spend most of my free time blogging and going on photo shoots now. If I'm not studying organic chemistry, I'm blogging. But I can usually squeeze in some time to goof off with my friends, who are incredibly supportive of my new blogging hobby. One of my best friends and I are practically Siamese twins joined at the hip; it's a rare phenomenon to discover one without the other. The two of us are always laughing our butts off at stupid things on the internet like memes (if anyone knows what they are) and hilarious viral videos.
Favorite animal, hands down: rabbits. I think they're the most adorable animals to ever exist. I have a pet bunny at home named Nicholas, and I love him to ridiculous amounts. The only problem is that rabbits don't like to be picked up because it's evolutionary disadvantageous since usually, it means they're about to be eaten by a hawk or something. It's near impossible to pick him up and cuddle him, he puts up the biggest fight. He's really nice about letting you pet him while he's in his cage, but the second you let him out to run around, he's like, "YES I'M FREE BABY! Yo, don't touch me."
When I woke up this morning (aka afternoon), I was pleased to find that I'd been chosen to be featured in a segment called A Blogger to Know. I love how interviews make you feel important. When that goes up on Erica's blog, I'll be sure to link you guys.


The Erris Volunteer Fire Association was formed in 2009 by a group of concerned citizens who recognized the need to provide both Fire and Medical First Response to the residents of the Erris area. Our jurisdiction begins at the 12 kilometre mark along the Princeton Summerland Road and extends to the 31 kilometre mark – including both Baker Hill Road and Pinewood Crescent.
The Erris area is outside the districts of both the Princeton Volunteer Fire Brigade and Hayes Creek Fire and Rescue. The EVFA has an elected board consisting of: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Director. These positions are for a one year term with elections being held in July.
EVFA is a volunteer fire association dedicated to creating and maintaining a local fire hall, and to providing fire protection and first response for the Princeton/Summerland Rd area, between km. 12 and the Bankier sign.


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Minneapolis chef Gavin Kaysen wins Beard award
A Minnesota native who made his name in New York and returned home to open his own restaurant is the winner of the James Beard Foundation's best chef Midwest award.
Gavin Kaysen of Spoon and Stable in Minneapolis won the award Monday night in Chicago.
Finalists for the Midwest category included Milwaukee chefs Karen Bell of Bavette La Boucherie, her first appearance as a finalist, and Justin Carlisle of Ardent in his fourth appearance, as well as Steven Brown of Tilia and Anna Kim of Young Joni, both in Minneapolis.
Kaysen, a native of the Twin Cities area, opened his showpiece restaurant in 2014, after serving as executive chef of Cafe Boulud for Daniel Boulud in New York City. He previously won the Beard Award for rising star chef of the year in 2008, awarded to chefs under 30, and he was awarded his first Michelin star that year.
One chef with Wisconsin ties did win an award Monday: Racine native Alex Seidel, for best chef Southwest for his restaurant Mercantile Dining & Provision in Denver.
"Lazer 103 was playing ... free soda ... it was like an instant family," Seidel said from the Lyric Opera stage, recalling his first restaurant job. He had been nominated several times for his first restaurant, the fine-dining Fruition in Denver. Mercantile is a more casual — but much larger and splashier — restaurant.
The foundation's Midwest region includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and North and South Dakota.
The complete list of finalists for the awards will be available on the foundation's website, jamesbeard.org.


Organizations are still challenged with setting strategy. From our efforts with the Online Community Research Network, we still see that only about 25% of our participant organizations have a comprehensive community strategy in place.
Factoring the goals of the business, the needs of the members, and the opportunities in the social media ecosystem to create a presence architecture that maps out where to focus engagements.
Guidance on how to select a community platform, along with recent ratings for major platforms.
An overview of the important and evolving role of the Online Community Manager, building an online community team, and best practices on moderation.
What metrics to collect, what they tell you, who to report them to, and how often.
How to develop community and social media policies that fit your organization, and how to deploy them.
Creating a governance structure in your organization, keeping exective stakeholders informed and engaged, and achieving the right balance of of inter-departmental communication and guidance.
A review of the best superusers programs, with a focus on process, identification and incentives.
For me the topic would be timely.
I do hope you will aggregate it all in the end into an ebook or at least a single page full of all the posts in the series.
I wass looking to get back to basics and discovered your post at the top of the heap when searching "develop community strategy". There is a complexity to the options available on the internet that can make anyone's head hurt. Before we go off half-cocked, it's good to fully understand who's on the team, what they want and need, and were we are headed. I'll be following the series and passing it on to others.
This is a great starting point for discussion of communities.
My organization is involved in managing several large communities for high tech companies and we view the community as having both online and offline components. All of our communities started off as user groups which meet in physical locations. We also have an online component. Our challenges are to integrate these two modes to drive value to our community members.


WAYNESBORO - The one thing Shawn Moran is discovering this summer about the difference between being an assistant coach and the person in charge is it's no longer just about the Xs and the Os.
He still has to worry about football, but there's a lot of other items on the periphery that are his concern now.
"Everyone comes to you for the little stuff and the stuff that's kind of a headache." Moran said Monday afternoon following his first official practice as Waynesboro's head football coach.
In January Moran was named the head coach after four years as offensive coordinator and 12 years as an assistant at Waynesboro. Derek McDaniel stepped down as head coach, focusing all of his energy on his duties as athletics director.
While there were other candidates for the job, most people around the team felt all along Moran was the best person to take over the program.
So he's not new to football or the Little Giants, and he ran all of the offseason workouts as head coach, but there was something a little different about this week, the first official week of practice for the fall season.
For instance, on the practice field Monday Moran was probably more vocal than he had ever had to be in those 12 years as an assistant. He was the one players and coaches were looking to for direction.
"I was making sure some of the other position groups were doing what they needed to be doing," Moran said. "So not just concerned about my group, but the entirety of the team."
And Moran told his players that. He emphasized that, while there wouldn't be major changes from what McDaniel did, there would be some differences they would notice.
"It's just little stuff, maybe policy stuff and things like that," Moran said. "Nothing major."
In the past, Moran said the players got donated practice packs, but this year his staff has decided to make them earn the packs. The players will have to do certain things in the weight room or sell fundraising cards to earn those packs.
"Hopefully that instills some work ethic in them," Moran said. "We try to be as blue collar around here as we can. Maybe it makes them appreciate it a little more. When you work for stuff it means a little bit more for you."
There was a point, before McDaniel arrived, that Waynesboro had just seven wins over six seasons. But in 2014, Waynesboro reached the playoffs and hasn't missed the postseason since.
Is there pressure to keep that success going?
"That stuff kind of takes care of itself," Moran said. "We'll come out here and do things the right way. Ask the kids to give 100 percent. And that stuff will handle itself. Expectations are for other people."


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Epidemics that weren't: How countries did it – Times of India
Jan 1, 2023 billy yumaine, congo ebola, ebola virus disease, tom frieden, us centers for disease control and prevention
When Ebola swept through eastern Congo in 2018, it was a struggle to track cases. dr Billy Yumaine, a public health official, recalls steady flows of people moving back and forth across the border with Uganda while others hid sick family members in their homes because they feared the authorities. It took at least a week to get test results, and health officials had difficulty isolating sick people while they waited.
It took two years for the country to bring that outbreak under control, and more than 2,300 people died.
A similar disaster threatened Congo in September 2021. Members of a family in North Kivu province fell ill with fevers, vomiting and diarrhea, one after the other. Then their neighbors became sick, too.
But that set off a series of steps that Congo put in place after the 2018 outbreak. The patients were tested, the cases were quickly confirmed as a new outbreak of Ebola and, right away, health workers traced 50 contacts of the families.
Then they fanned out to test possible patients at health centers and screened people at the busy border posts, stopping anyone with symptoms of the hemorrhagic fever. Locallabs that had been set up in the wake of the previous outbreak tested more than 1,800 blood samples. It made a difference: This time, Ebola claimed just 11 lives. "Those people died, but we kept it to 11 deaths, where in the past we lost thousands," Yumaine said.
You probably didn't hear that story. You probably didn't hear about the outbreak of deadly Nipah virus that a doctor and her colleagues stopped in southern India last year, either.
Or the rabies outbreak that threatened to race through nomadic Masai communities in Tanzania. Quickthinking public health officials brought it in check after a handful of children died.
Over the past couple of years, the headlines and the social feeds have been dominated by outbreaks around the world. There was Covid, of course, but also mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), cholera and resurgent polio and measles. But a dozen more outbreaks flickered, threatened—and then were snuffed out. While it may not feel that way, we have learned a thing or two about how to do it, and, sometimes, we get it right.
A report by global health strategy organization Resolve to Save Lives documented six disasters that weren't. All emerged in developing countries, including those that, like Congo, have some of the most fragile health systems.
While cutting-edge vaccine technology and genomic sequencing have received lots of attention in the Covid years, the interventions that helped prevent these six pandemics were steadfastly unglamorous: building the trust of communities in the local health system. Training local workers in how to report a suspected problem effectively.
Making funds available to dispense swiftly, to deploy contact tracers or vaccinate a village against rabies. Increasing lab capacity in areas far from urban centres. Priming everyone to move fast at the first sign of potential calamity.
"Outbreaks don't occur because of a single failure; they occur because of a series of failures," said Dr. Tom FriedenCEO of Resolve and a former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "And the epidemics that don't happen don't happen because there are a series of barriers that will prevent them from happening. ,
Yumaine said that a key step in shutting down Congo's Ebola outbreak in 2021 was having health officials in each community trained in the response.
#Epidemics #werent #countries #Times #India
Explosions rock Ukraine's Kyiv in early hours of New Year's Day
Mark Cuban on the habit all 30-somethings need to succeed: Without it, 'you're not expanding your mind'


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Microsoft's Certification and Skills Assessment group plans to announce new tracks for systems administrators and developers.
The Microsoft Certification and Skills Assessment group on Friday released a memo on new tracks for systems administrators and developers, which may be available as early as first quarter 2002.
According to the memo, the new track targets "network administrators, technical support specialists and Web administrators who implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot the network and system environment for the Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows .NET Server platforms," which indicates that it's likely an intermediate track that may provide stepping stones to the MCSE track. The memo only provides scant details and doesn't offer details on whether qualification will consist of completely new exam offering or consist of currently available MCSE exams.
As well, that same memo also provides a rough sketch of a new certification that's aimed at developers who create "software components including complex macros, desktop and Web clients, and data access and business logic objects," but no details on the scope of exams or expertise are included.
Microsoft is expected to make a formal announcement of these tracks during its Microsoft Fusion Conference this weekend in Anaheim, Calif., with more details to follow sometime this fall.


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Club secretary Mícheál Ó Gallachoir, and Drumconrath NS school team coach Kevin Flanagan, present underage training equipment to Vice Principal Mrs Rowe, Master Hickey, and the NS Gaelic team, after their win against Carnaross NS.
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This is quasi-HPC related, since some of you have Force10 gear in your centers, but I'll keep it short.
[Force10] shipped product to more than 1,100 customers in 63 countries in the year ended Sept. 30.
For that period, Force10 posted a profit of $33.4 million on revenue of $86.1 million, compared with prior-year earnings of $472,000 on revenue of $48.2 million. An acquisition helped the latest results.
The acquisition referenced is the merger last year of Force10 and Turin Networks.


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Specialization "Biology", Faculty of Biological Sciences, Perm State University, 1988.
Academic Degrees and Titles
Candidate of Biology, 1997, Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEGM UB RAS).
Senior Research Fellow, 2000.
Doctor of Biology, 2006, IEGM UB RAS.
Stages of Professional Career
Engineer, IEGM UB RAS, 1988-1991.
Junior Research Fellow, IEGM UB RAS, 1991-1997.
Senior Research Fellow, IEGM UB RAS, 1997-2003.
Leading Research Fellow, IEGM UB RAS, 2003 till present.
Reader, Perm State University, 2005-2007.
Professor, Perm State University. 2007 to present date.
Membership in Scientific Councils and other State and Public Associations
Chairman of Scientific Council at IEGM UB RAS.
• Dissertation Council awarding Doctor degree at IEGM UDRS,
• Interregional Microbiological Organization "Microbiological Society",
• editorial board of the journal "Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology",
• editorial board of the journal "Perm University Herald". Series: Biology.
Scientific Project Management
1. NATO ENVIR.CRG Grant 972277 for the project "Controlling Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants". 1999-2000.
2. Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Programme of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS Presidium) "Physical-Chemical Biology". Project: "Biosynthesis of Surface-Active Compounds Induced by Alkanotrophic Rhodococcus". 2006-2008.
3. Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Programme of the RAS Presidium "Molecular and Cell Biology". Project: "Biosynthesis of Surface-Active Compounds as a Mechanism of Rhodococcus Adaptation to Assimilate Hydrophobic Substrates". 2006-2008.
4. Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Programme of the RAS Presidium "Molecular and Cell Biology". Project: "Biosynthetic Mechanisms and Functional Characteristics of Biosurfactants from Non-Pathogenic Actinobacteria". 2009-2011
1. The Royal Society p750/LJH Grant for the project "Fundamental and Applied Research on Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacteria of the Genus Rhodococcus". 1994-1997. (person in charge).
2. International NATO Programme "The NATO Sciences Programme and Cooperation Partners", Network Infrastructure Grant NIG 60787. 1997-1999. (Executive researcher).
3. International NATO Programme "The NATO Sciences Programme and Cooperation Partners", Grant ENVIR.CRG 972277 for the project "Controlling Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants". 1999-2000. (Russian team, coordinator).
4. The «Green Curtain» of Ford Motor Company Grant in the sphere of environment preservation "Conservation and Environmental Grants", 2001-2002. (Person in charge).
5. INTAS 01-2151 Grant for the project "Approaches to the Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Soils and Crude Oil Wastes Using Immobilised Hydrocarbon-Oxidising Bacteria". 2002-2005. (Russian team, coordinator).
6. 7th EU Framework Programme (FP7). International project BRIO – European-Russian initiative to establish a network of microbiological resource centres (Banking Rhizosphere Micro-Organisms: European-Russian Initiative to set up a network of rhizosphere microbiological resources centres). 2010-2012. (Executive researcher).
Current Research Activities
Studies on ecological, physiological, genetic and biochemical properties of Rhodococcus actinobacteria and evaluation of potential industrial applications of these microorganisms in biotechnology and environment protection.
Possibilities for optimization of oxidative biotransformation process of hydrocarbon compounds using non-pathogenic Rhodococcus immobilized on organic carriers were proved. Stable multifunctional biocatalysts based on polyvinyl alcohol cryogel- and hydrophobized sawdust-fixed rhodococcal cells were developed to produce target products of biosynthesis using hydrocarbon raw material, for bioremediation of oil-contaminated ecosystems, and production of bioactive intermediates for pharmaceutical industry. New data was obtained on functional versatility of Rhodococcus-synthesized biosurfactants pertaining to their role in liquid hydrocarbon utilization and adaptation of bacterial cells to extreme environments. A mathematical model of the oil-washing process from oil- and oil product-contaminated soils using biosurfactants was developed; patent were taken out on the biopreparation and a bioremediation method for soils contaminated with oil and oil products in frigid climate.
Academic and other Awards
Demidov Young Scientists' Award, 1997.
Russian Federation Government Prize in the field of science and technology, 2008.
Honorary Mention of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1999.
Honourable Diploma of the Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001.
Honourable Diploma of the Presidium of Perm Regional Council of
All-Union Society of Inventors and Innovators, 2006.
Total Number of Publications
137 scientific articles.
5 chapters in collective monographs.
7 patents.
1. Bell K.S., Kuyukina M.S., Heidbrink S., Philp J.C., Aw D.W.J., Ivshina I.B., Christofi N. Identification and environmental detection of Rhodococcus species by 16S rDNA-targeted PCR // Journal of Applied Microbiology. 1999. Vol. 87. P. 472-480. (in English)
2. Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B., Richkova M.I., Chumakov O.B. The influence of cell lipids' composition on the production of non-specific resistance of antibiotics of alkanotrophic Rhodococcus // Microbiology. 2000. Vol. 69, issue 1. P. 62-69. (in Russian)
3. Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B., Philp J.C., Christofi N., Dunbar S.A., Ritchkova M.I. Recovery of Rhodococcus biosurfactants using methyl-tertiary butyl ether extraction // Journal of Microbiological Methods. 2001. Vol. 46. P. 149-156. (in English)
4. Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B., Ritchkova M.I., Philp J.C., Cunningham J.C., Christofi N. Bioremediation of crude oil-contaminated soil using slurry-phase biological treatment and land farming techniques // Soil Sediment Contamination. 2003. Vol. 12. P. 85-99. (in English)
5. Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B., Makarov S.O., Litvinenko L.V., Cunningham C.J., Philp J.C. Effect of biosurfactants on crude oil desorption and mobilization in the soil system // Environment International. 2005. Vol. 31, № 2. P. 155-161. (in English)
6. Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B., Krivoruchko A.V., Podorozhko E.A., Lozinsky V.I., Cunningham C., Philp J.C. Novel biocatalysts based on immobilized Rhodococcus cells for oil-contaminated water purification // Journal of Biotechnology. 2007. Vol. 131. P. 99-100. (in English)
7. Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B., Osipenko M.A., Nyashin Y.I., Tyuleneva A.N., Serebrennikova M.K. On control of the form of free surface of liquid while modeling the process of immobilization of bacteria cells on solid carrier // Russian Journal of Biomechanics. 2009. Vol. 13. № 2(44). P. 10-14. (in Russian)
8. Kuyukina, M.S., Rubtsova E.V., Ivshina I.B., Ivanov R.V., Lozinsky V.I. Selective adsorption of hydrocarbon-oxidizing Rhodococcus cells in a column with hydrophobized poly(acrylamide) cryogel // Journal of Microbiological Methods. 2009. Vol. 79. P. 76-81. (in English)
9. Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B. Rhodococcus biosurfactants: biosynthesis, properties and potential applications // Microbiology Monographs / Ed. A. Steinbuchel. Springer-Verlag, Dordrecht, London, New York. 2010. Vol. 16. Р. 292-313. (in English)
10. Kuyukina, M.S., Ivshina I.B., Rubtsova E.V., Ivanov R.V., Lozinsky V.I. Adsorptive immobilization of rhodococcal cells in hydrophobized derivatives of wide-pore poly(acrylamide) cryogel // Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology. 2011. V.47. P. 158-164. (in English)
11. Korostina O.A., Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B., Kostina L.V., Osipenko M.A., Nyashin Yu.I. Mathematical modeling of the heavy metal-contaminated soil washing process using biosurfactant // Russian Journal of Biomechanics. 2011. V. 15, No. 3(53). P. 75-91. (in English)
12. Stukova G.I., Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B. antiadhesive activity of rhodococcus biosurfactant against gram negative and gram positive bacteria // Herald of Ural Medical Academic Science. No. 4/1 (38). P. 55-56. (in Russian)
13. Rubtsova E.V. , Krivoruchko A.V. , Nogovitsina E.M., Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B. Adhesive properties of rhodococcus tn5 mutants // Herald of Ural Medical Academic Science. No. 4/1 (38). P. 49-50. (in Russian)
14. Gein S.V., Kuyukina M.S., Ivshina I.B., Baeva T.A., Chereshnev V.A. In vitro cytokine stimulation assay for glycolipid biosurfactant from Rhodococcus ruber: role of monocyte adhesion // Cytotechnology. 2011. DOI: 10.1007/s10616-011-9384-3. (in English)
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Mod allows you to quickly find the location of the ore, there is a special selection function to search for ore. After selecting a particular ore, ore texture blocks automatically enhance the range of textures. Because of this effect, you will see ore even in the dark. And there will be signs on the surface above the place where you have to dig to find a block of ore.
This has made a big impact on my minecraft ?????


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When you are ready to begin the process of getting your license, there are many steps that you will need to take care of first. One of the first things you will need to do is take the Indiana knowledge test. This is the first step in the process of obtaining your driver's license.
The Indiana knowledge test is based on information that you will find in the Indiana Driver's Manual. Passing the knowledge test involves showing that you have a basic understanding of Indiana traffic laws and that you understand safe driving techniques and traffic signs as well. The knowledge test is made up of multiple-choice questions about traffic signs and driving maneuvers.
The knowledge test is not difficult if you know what to expect before you get there. No appointment is necessary to take the test unless you are hearing-impaired or you need to have the exam read to you. You will need to arrive at least an hour before the license branch closes to ensure you have plenty of time to take the test.
If you have properly prepared for the test, you should be able to pass with no problem. If you do fail the knowledge test, you will be required to wait one business day before you can retake it.
The primary resource for preparing for the knowledge test is the Indiana Driver's Manual. All the questions that you will have on the test are covered in the manual. Reading this handbook carefully for a week or so before you take the test will ensure that you know the material and will be able to pass the exam without a problem.
The best way to make sure you are ready for the exam is to take practice tests, which are available online. Taking the pre-tests can show you if there are any areas that you need to review, so you won't have problems when you are taking the actual exam.
Preparing for the knowledge test is like preparing for any test. The more you study, the more prepared you will be. If you wait until the night before the exam to try and cram everything in, it's likely that you won't do a very good job. Follow these helpful tips to ensure your success during the test.
Whenever you are riding in a vehicle, make sure to look around and test yourself on the various traffic signs that you encounter. Make sure to pay attention to the shape, color, and symbols that are on the signs. Some tests only show the shape and color of the sign, so learning to recognize them by color and shape can make the traffic-sign portion of the test much easier for you.
Have a family member or friend ask you different questions from the handbook about safe driving maneuvers. Answering questions verbally can help you retain the information better during the test. You can also have them read the questions from the practice test, and you write down your answers on paper.
If you have trouble retaining information, make sure that you take the practice test several times, as well as having people help you by asking you random questions from the handbook. You can even make your own flash cards if you are having a difficult time with signs or other aspects of the test.
If you plan on applying for your learner's permit the same day you take the knowledge test, there are documents that you will need to have with you. The documents are listed below.
To learn more about documentation requirements for obtaining a permit, please visit the Indiana BMV website.
The night before you take the test is not the time to stay up all night and worry. Get a good night's sleep so you will be clear-headed and rested. If you have followed the above tips for preparing for the Indiana knowledge test and have given yourself plenty of time to study properly, there will be no reason to stress.
If you will be applying for your learner's permit at the same time, put all your needed documents listed above in a folder and place it where you won't forget to bring it with you. If you are missing anything, you will not be able to get your permit until you provide ALL the documents required.
You don't want to eat a heavy meal that will sit in your stomach and potentially cause you to feel uncomfortable and ill, especially if you are nervous about taking the test. A light meal will prevent your stomach from growling and give you mental fuel as well.
Once you're taking the test, read the questions carefully and take your time. There is no need to rush through as fast as you can. Once the test is passed, you'll be ready for the next step, which is to get your permit. Good luck–you're going to do just fine!


Quantum cryptography, as being based on the laws of physics, was claimed to be much more secure than all classical cryptography schemes. (Un)fortunately physical hardware is not beyond of an evil control: We present a successful attack of an existing quantum key distribution system exploiting a photon detector vulnerability which is probably present in all existing devices. Without Alice and Bob losing their faith in their secure communication, we recorded 100% of the supposedly secret key.
The actual eavesdropping hardware we have built will be shown during the conference.


Problem solving skills are highly valued in the workplace because every workplace has problems to solve. There is no shortage of problems to be solved, from small problems to big problems and everything in between. Many people are good at finding problems but not as many want to put the time and effort into solving them. If you are a manager who wants to increase your value and make yourself more promotable, get good at problem solving.
Effective problem solving means solving the right problem. This requires a certain degree of skill. A lot of people know how to make snap decisions without getting all the facts and they end up solving the wrong problem resulting in wasted time, energy, and effort. This is not an admirable trait and will not help you get promoted. How do you know if you're solving the right problem?
Problems that are worth solving are the ones that affect cost, time, quality, and productivity.
Gaps in processes that result in late payments, redundancies, and miscommunications. Are your procedures current? Do you have procedures? Lack of procedures is the cause for most problems.
Automating manual processes to improve productivity and reduce the amount of staff needed. This is especially important in the current environment of record-low unemployment when employers are having a hard time filling open positions.
Lack of standards. According to Gallup, 50% of employees don't know what's expected of them at work. The first question a manager should ask when problem solving is, 'Have I communicated job expectations to my staff?' If your answer is no and you don't know how to begin, Communicate Like a Boss will walk through the steps.
Get the facts! Don't waste time solving a problem that affects a tiny percent of output, processes, or customers. This is a huge mistake that many managers make. They hear about a problem and set out to fix it without realizing the impact was minimal to begin with. To avoid focusing on the trivial few, as Stephen Covey warned in the classic 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, gather the facts and assess the impact.
Only after you have determined you have a problem worth solving is it time to get into solution mode. Coming up with a wide-range of solutions requires creativity, an open mind, and input from others. There are many ways to come up with ideas and the most important thing to remembers is that you want a lot to choose from so don't stifle creativity.
After you have a variety of solutions to choose from, decide what criteria will be used for decision-making. 3 common decision-making factors are: Time, Cost, and User Satisfaction.
Time to implement. How much time will it take to implement the solution? A solution that takes 6 months to implement isn't ideal if the problem affects customers. Problems worth solving typically rank high in time to implement. Think about it, a problem that affects quality, quantity, or time will affect the bottom line and therefore requires a faster turn-around time.
Cost to implement. You may decide to go with a low-cost solution for a temporary fix while you work out a better long-range solution. Duct tape is really cheap but may not be the best long-term solution. The threshold of my front door is currently being held down by duct tape. Let me tell you, this is not an ideal solution and I really hope my husband is working on a long-term solution to the problem. However, it works for now. Have you budgeted for unexpected issues or will the problem have to wait until the next budget cycle? Anticipate the unexpected and add a line item for contingencies or process improvements.
User satisfaction. Whether the end-user is the staff or the customer, consider how happy they will be with the solution. Implementing a solution that requires more work for the staff is not ideal and will rank low. There is always a way to find a better way that requires less steps. A solution that removes options for customers is not ideal either.
Case in Point: An organization was working on a solution to deal with unpaid customer invoices. Instead of solving the real problem – no internal process for collecting payments – a decision was made that limited the ways in which customers could pay. In effect, 98% of the customers will be negatively impacted because there isn't an internal process to follow up with the 2% of customers who don't pay on time.
You've probably heard this mantra before. Use this as the final guide for all your problem-solving decisions. Any solution you implement should improve quality, quantity, or time without creating more work or a negative customer experience. As a final check, if the solution increases time or effort or negatively affects the end user, go back to the drawing board and make sure that 1) you are solving the right problem, and 2) you have considered a wide-range of solutions.
If you want to increase your value to the company and make yourself more promotable, improve your problem solving skills. Constantly be on the lookout for ways to make processes faster, better, and easier and both you and your team will go far.
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As you can see, the issues and their effects on stakeholder groups varies. One thing remains constant, the need for transparency across the food supply chain. Only with that transparency can the sector begin to win back stakeholder trust. Ultimately, trust leads to confidence, which is in short supply in the food sector.
The recent food safety scares have led to action on the part of the global food industry. I was in Washington D.C. last week at the Global Food Safety Conference and the 700 delegates in attendance from organisations around the the globe proved that the issues are real and are being taken seriously.
It is important that food safety stakeholders know the truth about their industry. Organisations, governments and regulators, they all care! Companies want nothing more than their supply chain to be safe. They are willing to invest people and time to get it right. The complexity of global food supply chains means that large, global organisations and their corporate reputation are only as good as the weakest point in their supply chain. That weakest point could be anywhere, as recent scares have shown.
In today's world, it is not enough for food sector organisations to say what they are doing or even do what they are doing. Independent assurance of food supply chains is crucial if the sector is to restore stakeholder confidence. So, food organisations need to take action, have a comprehensive food safety management system in place, get it independently assured and then tell everyone about it (starting with your own supply chain!).