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Once upon a time I went through all the Women of the Underworld books that Kelley Armstrong wrote. That was back when there were only eight plus a novella. Um. I think she's up to eleven novels in that series, with a twelfth to be released later this year. There are also two short-story collections and four novellas, one of which is this one, published by Subterranean Press some time last year. Also another series, the first of which will be reviewed shortly. She's still Canadian. I checked.
Octavia Butler–described by Vibe as "do[ing] for people of color" what William Gibson did for "young, disaffected white" speculative fiction fans–unfortunately passed away in 2006. But before she did that, she wrote a dozen or so novels and a couple collections of short stories, primarily science fiction. She described herself as primarily a novelist at one point, although she started as so many authors do with a short story publication in the early 1970s. Over her career, she won a handful of major awards, including Hugos, Nebulas, and a MacArthur Genius Grant. She is primarily known for tackling social issues unflinchingly through her works, and Fledgling, a solo novel published about a year before her death, is no exception.
Stephanie Laurens lives in a completely different hemisphere from me, and hits best-seller lists with pretty much every book she produces. She has written, oh, approximately 40 volumes of historical romance, including the sprawling Bar Cynster series, which has expanded to include in-laws, friends, and people who are almost entirely unrelated to the original six Cynster cousins. She started a side series, based on an old novel called Captain Jack's Woman, regarding seven or so gentlemen, all friends, who have come back from the Napoleonic Wars and realized that, well, they need wives. Neatly sidestepping any possibility of PTSD, each of these gentlemen has either recently come into a large fortune, a title, or both (generally both), and would be a major catch on the Marriage Mart, if they weren't almost entirely certain to avoid it. This is the last book in the Bastion series, and kind of a bonus story: the boss of the other gentlemen, the mysterious Dalziel.


If you enjoyed your weekend like I did, you'll enjoy reading about my saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach. Burgers, Martinis, and the cutest little macaroons filled my day as I shopped and had a wonderful meet and greet with some fellow bloggers.
While spending my time here I stopped into one of my favorites restaurants ROK Brgr where the burgers are super juicy and the happy hour special keeps you wanting more. Mingling and networking with some fellow bloggers helped me to gain that extra boost of confidence I needed in expanded myself as a blogger and enthusiast. It always good being in the presence of like minded people who are willing to believe in your dream and support you. Adding that nothing is more delightful that to mingle while indulging in a little happy hour madness.
To top it off we stretched our stomachs and carried the conversations to a dainty dessert place called "Le Macaron" where the french inspired theme was kid friendly and made me very interested to see what was there to offer. To say this was my first time trying macarons and it won't be my last, they were so cute, petite, and sweet.
My weekend at gulfstream was by far a great chillax day and something I encourage everyone to do often. Relax, unwind, and dine.


Ideally each page here would actually be a bespoke HTML page of its own, but using a wiki, at least for now, feels like an easy way to get nice functions such as tags and categories, and also enable me to quickly add stuff. Perhaps it will transform once there's more content.
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Nata Janberidze and Keti Toloraia, designers and founders of Interior and Product Design Company Rooms, were born in Tbilisi, Georgia in the spring of 1981. They met and became friends while studying Interior Design at Tbilisi Academy of Arts. Soon after graduating in 2007, the Rooms studio was born.
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Trump's Own Inspector General Shatters Trump's Claims of FBI Bias in Opening Russia Investigation
For years now, President Donald Trump has claimed that the investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 election was a concentrated effort from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to undermine his campaign and subsequent presidency.
Now, the highly-anticipated review of the investigation's origins from Inspector General for the Justice Department Michael Horowitz—released Monday—has effectively debunked Trump and his allies' claims.
One of the most notable findings is that the infamous Steele Dossier—information regarding Trump and Russia compiled by British intelligence official Christopher Steele—did not play a role in the decision to open the Russia investigation. In fact, the investigation was already open when the FBI received information from the dossier. This flies in the face of Trump and his supporters' claims that Steele was working for Democrats and that the Russia investigation stemmed from Democratic opposition research.
In fact, it turns out that Trump's daughter and advisor, Ivanka Trump, was friends with Steele, communicating with him intermittently from 2007 to 2015. Steele even gifted Ivanka with a tartan from her grandmother's native Scotland.
Another revelation relates to FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page, dubbed "the lovers" by Trump's Twitter feed. According to Trump, texts between Strzok and Page discussing an "insurance policy" were evidence that they began the investigation out of dismay for the 2016 election results.
When Lisa Page, the lover of Peter Strzok, talks about being "crushed", and how innocent she is, ask her to read Pe… https://t.co/UtXqn6GE4Q
— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1575310064.0
This is one of the most horrible abuses of all. Those texts between gaga lovers would have told the whole story. Il… https://t.co/HDIw6kmC1w
I am on Air Force One flying to NATO and hear reports that the FBI lovers, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page are getting c… https://t.co/LIi8L9inPo
However, the review found that Lisa Page had no input in the decision to begin the investigation. While Strzok was among those charged with making the decision, he wasn't the sole or the highest-level official to support the determination.
So, while the report does determine that the FBI made careless mistakes in commencing the investigation, the verdict found that political bias and animosity for Donald Trump didn't play a factor in the decision to investigate Russian election meddling.
Nevertheless, both Trump and Attorney General William Barr claim the findings support assertions that the investigation was corrupt from the start, with Trump calling it "far worse than [he] would've ever thought possible."
Trump: "The IG report just came out and I was just briefed on it and it's a disgrace what's happened with respect t… https://t.co/OA3YontMKe
— The Hill (@The Hill) 1575925746.0
Barr concurred, saying:
"The inspector general's report now makes clear that the F.B.I. launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken."
Barr's primary objections were with the application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) grant to surveil Trump's foreign policy advisor Carter Page. The report did find that the FBI omitted several important details in its applications for these warrants, but didn't find evidence that it pursued FISA grants for Trump officials other than Page, contradicting prior Trump claims.
People were flummoxed at Trump's assertion that the report proved him right.
The IG report confirmed all of Trump's core claims were wrong. There was no political bias and the launch of the… https://t.co/jCy4ou01Eu
— Judd Legum (@Judd Legum) 1575922424.0
This is the exact opposite of what the report says. But Trump doesn't care because he knows he can get away with it… https://t.co/Gl9BOCkSNf
— Mehdi Hasan (@Mehdi Hasan) 1575923417.0
Trump and the Republicans are waging war on the idea of objective truth and they are winning. https://t.co/thjKhQvTvO
— Dan Pfeiffer (@Dan Pfeiffer) 1575924102.0
So the current occupant of the White House just lied to America about what is in the IG report. Here is my advice… https://t.co/fl1i5ZNYgA
— Fred Guttenberg (@Fred Guttenberg) 1575922569.0
I know this will come as a huge surprise but everything Trump is saying here is the complete opposite of reality. https://t.co/AxWa5JRkxU
— Zack Hunt (@Zack Hunt) 1575923814.0
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The Open Arms travel grants subcommittee of the ICM 2018 Organizing Committee is finalizing the selection of applicants for financial support to attend the Congress. The list of winners will be published in the next few days. All Open Arms grantees must complete their registration and pay the registration fee by March 27, 2018: failure to do so will result in cancellation of the grant and the corresponding resources being assigned to an applicant on the "waiting list".
Further information can be found on the website of the ICM 2018.
Some members of the Korean Mathematical Society (KMS) enjoyed the benefits of the IMU travel assistance program to travel to ICMs in the 70's and 80's. Such assistance not only benefited the recipients of the travel assistance but also the students and young researchers with whom the recipients of IMU assistance shared the excitement and experience gained from ICMs. The KMS and its members fully acknowledge the gracious and friendly support received from the international math community, and hope more countries can share in the benefits. Being a late starter, based on its own experience, the mathematics community in Korea understands the challenges met by mathematicians in many developing countries. This had motivated the theme of Korea's bidding for the ICM 2014 proposal: "Dreams and Hopes for Late Starters".
In order to realize the proposed theme, the Organizing Committee of ICM 2014 offered to invite 1,000 mathematicians in developing countries to Korea to participate in ICM 2014, many of whom would not have been able to visit an ICM otherwise, stand to bring the ICM excitements and new knowledge back to their home countries. The ICM 2014 Travel Fellowship Fund was set up and the Organizing Committee of ICM 2014 estimated the average cost to be approximately 1,500~2,500 USD per person, making the total cost 2 mill. USD.
The application and selection procedures for "NANUM 2014" was based on merit and with due regard for gender and geographical balance.


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Saturday 28th September is Thame Food Festival where the whole town bursts into a bustle of stalls, food and more food. Over 150 stall holders selling delicious, tasty, mouth watering goodies line the streets as the public sample their way around the town.
The Welsh will be represented by Authentically Welsh and Black Mountain Smokery.
So busy prepping for this event as its a busy day with lots of day trippers as it's free to enter. We really hope to see you there as the forecast looks like its going to be great day.


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FG to sanction FIRS, NNPC, other MDAs for backdoor recruitment
Some federal ministries, departments and agencies have continued to engage in backdoor recruitment despite the employment embargo imposed by the Federal Government since 2020, findings by our correspondents have revealed.
The Federal Government has, however, threatened to sanction those involved in the illegality, including the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigeria Customs Service, among other MDAs.
Investigations showed that some agencies issued employment letters to jobseekers, which were not accredited by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation and the Federal Civil Service Commission, while others simply replaced retired or dead officials with friends and family members.
But the replacements were done without the approval of the OHCSF and the Federal Civil Service Commission
It was also reported how the OHCSF uncovered over 1,500 civil servants with fake employment letters in a ministry.
Corroborating this, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, said her office had detected a total of 1,618 workers whose letters of employment were either fake or illegal in the Federal Civil Service.
This is despite the embargo placed on employment by the government.
In 2019, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was reported to have employed many individuals without following the due recruitment process.
Many groups, including the Niger Delta Youth Consort of Nigeria, protested against the NNPC for excluding the region and southerners in the secret recruitment.
The National Coordinator of the NDYCN, Chuks Onuoha, described the practice as unacceptable, but the then NNPC spokesman, Kenny Obateru, denied the recruitment.
According to him, what the NNPC management did was to fill the vacancies with personnel who were already in the system and were qualified rather than recruiting fresh ones from outside the system.
But applicants, who got to the final stage of the screening process, accused the oil giant of substituting their names with favoured candidates.
"The NNPC replaced most of the EH positions under the guise of a hurriedly planned scheme codenamed Internal Open Resource where some people, who contracted third party staff members and did not meet the requisite experience and qualifications in the advertised EH vacancies, are being deployed through the backdoor in an unfortunate and disappointing bid to jettison the EH merit list," the President, Transparency in Recruitment at Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Felix Sunday, had lamented then.
The current NNPC spokesman, Garba Deen Muhammad, asked one of our correspondents to send a message to him on WhatsApp three Fridays ago, but he had yet to respond to the message as of the time of filing this report.
Similarly, the Federal Inland Revenue Service was enmeshed in a recruitment scandal in 2021 after it emerged that it secretly engaged 2,000 workers, a development that put a strain on its budget.
The Nigerian Civil Service Union, which disclosed this in a petition to the FIRS Chairman, Muhammad Namu, in June 2021, also revealed that the agency was finding it difficult to pay salaries at some point after the secret engagement of the staff members within a period of 18 months.
It demanded an end to the re-engagement of retired directors and other categories of staff.
The media aide to the FIRS chairman, Tobi Wojuola, refused to respond to the allegations against the service when contacted.
Reacting to allegations of illegal recruitment, the Nigerian Customs Service spokesman, Timi Bomodi, insisted that there had been no backdoor recruitment in the service.
He said, "We advertise every recruitment in newspapers; there is no ministry and department of government in Nigeria that is as transparent in its recruitment process as the Nigeria Customs Service.
Gunmen storm Ogun communities, shoot three persons
PSC directed to reinstate officer – Police
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Life is made up of a series of days; some of those days are pretty darn cool, others are crap. Put together they are the quilt of your life, creating an overall great quilt in spite of some not so great days. Every quilt I have ever made has some fabrics I adore and others that quite frankly, I could do without. This is the lens I use to look at life, as a quilt. This quilt is still being stitched.
Quality fabrics make better quilts.
If you work a little bit at it every day, at the end of a month, a year or two years, you will have created a pretty cool quilt. Little by little, keep at it is the secret!
Ripping is part of sewing - you will make mistakes so just rip them out and start all over.
A really good chair will make it easier, especially on your back!
There are lots of ways to make a great quilt.
As you read the blog you will see pictures of my quilts, some instructions and some places I go to see quilts and buy fabric. Lots of fabric! But there is always the larger life lesson because our days are not just a series of random blocks, they make up a quilt. Let's do this quilting bee together!
You can follow me on my Facebook page or email me at quiltingsewingcreating@gmail.com.


I've been designing, developing, and teaching courses for more than thirty-five years. Over that time span, I have consistently encountered students who try to cheat the system.
I think there's a kernel of truth in the pressures students face to parlay their college experience into success in the workplace. When so much emphasis is put on the transactional nature of education — pass this course, achieve this degree, get this salary — it's easy to forget the inherent value of learning for personal growth.
In general, students who cheat see little connection, beyond the attainment of a credential, between their coursework and professional success. The credential, coupled with their personality and potential, will get them in the door. In other words, these students view the specific skills related to the credential as having limited value. They believe they can learn what they need to once they get a job.
This attitude has been enabled and empowered by a couple of factors. The first, and least important, is the growth of Internet sites and companies that make it easier for students to cheat. NPR had a segment this week on how many students are cheating their way through school with the help fo essay-writing companies. This exchange between NPR's Toia Smith and a student captures both the practice and some of the sentiment behind it.
SMITH: Send us the assignment; we'll write it for you, they offered. The student, who asked that her name not be used for fear of repercussions at school, picked one that cost $10 a page and breathed a sigh of relief. In the cat-and-mouse game of academic cheating, students know plagiarism will get caught by computer programs that automatically compare essays to a massive database of other writings. But to students like this one, buying an original essay seemed like a good workaround.
UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT: Technically, I don't think it's cheating because, like, you're paying someone to write an essay, which they don't plagiarize, but they write everything on their own.
SMITH: So they may not be plagiarizing, I say, but aren't you?
UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT: That's just kind of a difficult question to answer. I don't know how to feel about it. It's kind of like a gray area.
The second factor contributing to the rise in cheating is our systemic failure — by institutions, accrediting bodies, faculty, and curriculum designers — to help students recognize and appreciate the real value of the information and skills they acquire in their courses. If students do not understand the specific skills and knowledge they are acquiring in each course, as well as how those translate to future personal and professional success, it can be difficult for them to value actual learning more than grades (or a credential).
This is one of the reasons we place such a great emphasis on demonstrable mastery in our TEL courses. We understand the value of asking students to produce evidence of their learning that can serve proof of their abilities. Our rubric-based Evidence assignments are designed as contextualized, step-by-step critical thinking activities that prioritize feedback and improvement (learning) over grades.
Over the coming months, we will be building on this focus with two additional initiatives. In May, we will introduce our new TEL Mastery Standards and Outcomes, which are designed to give students greater insight into what they are learning and the value of course-specific skills/knowledge as applied to professional success. In June, we will roll out plans for a library of Experiential Learning modules that require students, working in groups, to identify and solve local, real-world problems related to specific course areas.
Our goal with this work is to help students recognize and appreciate the real value of the information and skills they acquire in their courses. This, we believe, will lead them to value learning over grades and the importance of doing their own work instead of cheating.


James Middleton might be the younger brother of royal duchess Kate Middleton, but he still prefers to keep a low profile. And up until recently, he preferred to keep a private profile. Now, the 31-year-old businessman has decided to share his adventurous life with the world by making his Instagram profile public, allowing everyone to vicariously live through his nature escapades and many adorable moments with dogs. You don't have to scroll through his page to figure out what he loves most: animals and the outdoors.
In one snapshot of him sitting with a cute bunch of pups, he shared their names in the caption, writing, "Rafa, Ella, Zulu, Inka & Luna." Another picture shows him posing on a boat, which he noted was "probably one of my most random eBay purchases!" Yep, he's out here randomly buying boats. He's also traveled to places around the world, including Hong Kong and Switzerland. What a life.
James, who calls himself the "new age Willy Wonka," currently runs his company, Boomf, which allows customers to print their Instagram pictures on marshmallows. But aside from traveling, running a company, and spending time with his beloved pets, James is also dedicated to his family. Although he doesn't post about his royal extended family, he's previously said that he wants to be "the best uncle ever" to Kate and Prince William's children, Prince George, 5, Princess Charlotte, 3, and 8-month-old Prince Louis as well as Pippa and James Matthew's 2-month-old son, Arthur.
By the looks of his social media posts, he certainly has "cool uncle" vibes, so we're sure he has fun with his niece and nephews. Check out some of his best (and hottest) Instagram photos ahead!


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Steve Jobs often swam against the tide of prevailing opinion.
On April 5, 2011, 41-year-old John Gass received a letter from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.
Once upon a time, Glenn Greenwald was a lonely voice in the blogging wilderness, and Edward Snowden was an isolated functionary at the heart of the American national-security state.
Six months ago, Chinese Internet-search giant Baidu signaled its ambitions to innovate by opening an artificial-intelligence center in Silicon Valley, in Google's backyard.
In just four years of operation, Uber has ignited a new global ride-sharing industry with the promise of transforming urban transportation and helping many people get by without owning cars.
President Obama rattled the internet this week when he unloaded his opinion on net neutrality, the notion that all internet traffic should be treated equally.
To succeed at a moonshot, you need curiosity, impulse, and a problem that no one seems to be investing in.
After a journey that took more than a decade, the world is scheduled to witness a first when the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission attempts to land a small spacecraft on the surface of a comet.
I taught a class a few years ago at Columbia Business School called "What Makes a Hit a Hit—and a Flop a Flop."
Even if you've never heard of William Gibson, you're probably familiar with his work.
Claudia Alexander has spent the last 15 years of her life waiting for this moment: landing a spacecraft the size of a washing machine on the surface of a speeding comet.
Thanks to theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, real science is embedded in Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar, in which explorers seek a new home for humankind.
Anurag Acharya, co-creator of Google Scholar, talks about the service's history and what he sees for its future.
I'm generally upbeat on Twitter. Many of my posts are enthusiastic blurts about science or research in which I use way too many exclamation points!!
On July 23rd, 1969, Geoffrey Crowther addressed the inaugural meeting of the Open University, a British institution that had just been created to provide an alternative to traditional higher education.
In an interview, Princeton University professor Arvind Narayanan and the Center for Information Technology Policy's Solon Barocas discuss the ethical and social ramifications of online tracking.
What's the point of a computer in a hermit country sealed off from the internet?
Ebola sounds like the stuff of nightmares. Bird flu and SARS also send shivers down my spine.
New technologies are making it easier for private companies and the government to learn about everything we do—in our homes, in our cars, in stores, and within our communities.
"My own personal opinion is that time is a human construct," says Tom O'Brian.
On November 12th 2014 the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission will eject the small robotic lander Philae on a trajectory that should take it down to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (or 67P/C-P for short).
Oculus Rift is "fantastic" but virtual reality won't replace movies just yet, according to two legends of special effects.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) is the first terrorist group whose members have grown up on the internet.
Wouldn't the world be a happier place if 90 per cent of the people with jobs put their feet up instead and left the robots to do the work?
What Is It Like to Control a Robotic Arm with a Brain Implant?
Jan Scheuermann is not your average experimental subject.
Considering recent privacy- and security-related events through this column.


Sandeman made his mark on the electronic music scene last year with a stream of releases on top tier labels. His dance floor killer "Ice" on Get Physical stormed the charts with support from Damian Lazarus, Seth Troxler and Pete Tong. After its success, OM Records released "A lovers Dream" and featured him as the next generation of innovative artists.
Stu SANDEMAN also started BREATHPOD - breathing and coaching programmes that help individuals, groups and businesses access their full potential.
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Error 8504104: While installing Norton Antivirus from Norton.com/setup, one may encounter a few errors during the installation process. This should not take any credibility away from Norton being the remarkable Antivirus that it is. Norton, by itself, is a prolific antivirus that has made the lives of computer users easier in terms of safe online transactions and communication all across the world and the errors have to do with software and hardware technicalities associated with user systems and servers. Downloading Norton is hassle-free and it only takes a few minutes for the process. Pertaining to the Error 8504 104 while installing Norton, We are going to discuss the error in this blog. So here it goes.
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The Proteas struggled against the Indians on Sunday and will look to eventually break the shackles as they go head to head against in-form West Indies. Most probably, they may be wary of double-centurion Chris Gayle who scored a record-breaking 215 against Zimbabwe. Even as South Africa look to find ways into poaching the Calypso men, their main bowler Dale Steyn must improve in order to torment Gayle and co. Steyn's cutting edge has been blunted at the tournament so far with his two matches giving him total figures of two for 119 from a win over Zimbabwe and a crushing loss to India.
Even though Gayle struggled at the start of the competition, making 36 in the defeat by Ireland and just four in the win over Pakistan, he did comeback with a bang in that historical match at Canberra on Tuesday. Now the spotlight turns to the Sydney Cricket Ground where Dale Steyn will look to dismiss the West Indian southpaw,who has only been dismissed once by the Proteas' ace bowler.
That came in the first match of the 5-match ODI series last year when Gayle hit a brisk 41 in damp Durban, albeit in a losing cause. The 35-year-old Jamaican hit two fours in Steyn's first over and was looking to add more to the crease. But before Gayle could go on and smash a ton, Dale Steyn pounced in at the wicket.
But things could change pretty quickly in cricket as the blistering Gayle demonstrated in man-of-the-match performance against Zimbabwe where he shared a second-wicket stand of 152 off 75 balls with Marlon Samuels, who made 60.
As for Steyn, the bowler will be under even greater scrutiny on Friday with fellow seamer Vernon Philander sidelined due to a hamstring strain and Wayne Parnell having been gone for plenty against India at the MCG last weekend with the left-armer finishing with figures of one for 85.
With a lot at stake here, West Indies and South Africa just got a whole new meaning of being titled as the 'firecracker' of a tie.


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Q: Rails 4 selective asset digest I want to specify which asset file names get a digest and which are not. Can I do this and how?
I need this functionality because I will use one asset on an external website and this URL needs to be the same.
What is the best solution to this problem?

A: All files get digested. In Rails 3 all files also had a copy without digest but this was removed in Rails 4. Now you're supposed to have non digested assets in /public. A workaround is to create a rake task which copies the assets. More details can be found in https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails/issues/49 in there is also a monkey patch to restore the old behavior.

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FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2016-- Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) today announced that it has received approval from the European Union to acquire Office Depot.
The European Commission approved the acquisition on the condition that Staples divest Office Depot's European contract business and all of Office Depot's operations in Sweden. Staples will meet these requirements, and the parties have decided that they will also divest Office Depot's retail, online and catalog operations in Europe in connection with closing the transaction. The divestiture of Office Depot's European business is subject to the closing of the acquisition.
The merger is the subject of ongoing litigation with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as well as the Canadian Competition Bureau. The companies recently announced the completion of financing arrangements and the extension of their merger agreement from February 4, 2016 to May 16, 2016.
The company expects to deliver more than $1 billion of annualized synergies net of investments to provide increased value to customers by the third full fiscal year post-closing. The combined company will be better equipped to minimize redundancy, reduce costs and optimize its retail footprint.
In connection with the proposed merger, Staples has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 that includes a proxy statement of Office Depot that also constitutes a prospectus of Staples. Staples filed the final proxy statement/prospectus with the SEC on May 18, 2015. The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on May 15, 2015. Office Depot mailed the definitive proxy statement/prospectus to stockholders of Office Depot on or about May 19, 2015, and the stockholders approved the transaction on June 19, 2015. The registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus contain important information about Staples, Office Depot, the transaction and related matters. Investors and security holders are urged to read the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto) carefully.
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Statements in this document regarding the proposed transaction between Staples and Office Depot, the expected timetable for satisfying conditions to the merger, including receiving regulatory approvals, and completing the transaction, future financial and operating results, benefits and synergies of the transaction, future opportunities for the combined company and any other statements about Staples or Office Depot managements' future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans or prospects constitute forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements that are not statements of historical fact (including statements containing "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "may," "will," "would," "intends," "estimates" and similar expressions) should also be considered to be forward looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward looking statements, including: the ability to consummate the transaction; the risk that regulatory approvals required for the merger are not obtained or are obtained after delays or subject to conditions that are not anticipated; the risk that the financing required to fund the transaction is not obtained; the risk that the other conditions to the closing of the merger are not satisfied; potential adverse reactions or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the announcement or completion of the merger; uncertainties as to the timing of the merger; competitive responses to the proposed merger; response by activist shareholders to the merger; uncertainty of the expected financial performance of the combined company following completion of the proposed transaction; the ability to successfully integrate Staples' and Office Depot's operations and employees; the ability to realize anticipated synergies and cost savings; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the merger; litigation relating to the merger; the outcome of pending or potential litigation or governmental investigations; the inability to retain key personnel; any changes in general economic and/or industry specific conditions; and the other factors described in Staples' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2015 and Office Depot's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2014 and their most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q each filed with the SEC. Staples and Office Depot disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this document.


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A compass rose, sometimes called a wind rose, rose of the winds or compass star, is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points. It is also the term for the graduated markings found on the traditional magnetic compass. Today, a form of compass rose is found on, or featured in, almost all navigation systems, including nautical charts, non-directional beacons (NDB), VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) systems, global-positioning systems (GPS), and similar equipment.

Types

Linguistic anthropological studies have shown that most human communities have four points of cardinal direction. The names given to these directions are usually derived from either locally-specific geographic features (e.g. "towards the hills", "towards the sea") or from celestial bodies (especially the sun) or from atmospheric features (winds, temperature). Most mobile populations tend to adopt sunrise and sunset for East and West and the direction from where different winds blow to denote North and South.

Classical

The ancient Greeks originally maintained distinct and separate systems of points and winds. The four Greek cardinal points (, ,  and ) were based on celestial bodies and used for orientation. The four Greek winds (, , , ) were confined to meteorology. Nonetheless, both systems were gradually conflated, and wind names came eventually to denote cardinal directions as well.

In his meteorological studies, Aristotle identified ten distinct winds: two north-south winds (, ) and four sets of east-west winds blowing from different latitudes—the Arctic circle (, ), the summer solstice horizon (, ), the equinox (, ) and the winter solstice (, ). Aristotle's system was asymmetric. To restore balance, Timosthenes of Rhodes added two more winds to produce the classical 12-wind rose, and began using the winds to denote geographical direction in navigation. Eratosthenes deducted two winds from Aristotle's system, to produce the classical 8-wind rose.

The Romans (e.g. Seneca, Pliny) adopted the Greek 12-wind system, and replaced its names with Latin equivalents, e.g. , , , , etc. The De architectura of the Roman architect Vitruvius describes 24 winds.

According to the chronicler Einhard (), the Frankish king Charlemagne himself came up with his own names for the classical 12 winds. During the Migration Period, the Germanic names for the cardinal directions entered the Romance languages, where they replaced the Latin names borealis  with north, australis with south, occidentalis with west and orientalis with east.

The following table gives a rough equivalence of the classical 12-wind rose with the modern compass directions (Note: the directions are imprecise since it is not clear at what angles the classical winds are supposed to be with each other; some have argued that they should be equally spaced at 30 degrees each; for more details, see the article on Classical compass winds).

Sidereal

The sidereal compass rose demarcates the compass points by the position of stars in the night sky, rather than winds. Arab navigators in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, who depended on celestial navigation, were using a 32-point sidereal compass rose before the end of the 10th century. In the northern hemisphere, the steady Pole Star (Polaris) was used for the N-S axis; the less-steady Southern Cross had to do for the southern hemisphere, as the southern pole star, Sigma Octantis, is too dim to be easily seen from Earth with the naked eye. The other thirty points on the sidereal rose were determined by the rising and setting positions of fifteen bright stars. Reading from North to South, in their rising and setting positions, these are:

The western half of the rose would be the same stars in their setting position. The true position of these stars is only approximate to their theoretical equidistant rhumbs on the sidereal compass. Stars with the same declination formed a "linear constellation" or  to provide direction as the night progressed.

A similar sidereal compass was used by Polynesian and Micronesian navigators in the Pacific Ocean, although different stars were used in a number of cases, clustering around the East-West axis.

Mariner's

In Europe, the Classical 12-wind system continued to be taught in academic settings during the Medieval era, but seafarers in the Mediterranean came up with their own distinct 8-wind system. The mariners used names derived from the Mediterranean lingua franca, composed principally of Ligurian, mixed with Venetian, Sicilian, Provençal, Catalan, Greek and Arabic terms from around the Mediterranean basin.
 (N) Tramontana
 (NE) Greco (or Bora)
 (E) Levante
 (SE) Scirocco (or Exaloc)
 (S) Ostro (or Mezzogiorno)
 (SW) Libeccio (or Garbino)
 (W) Ponente
 (NW) Maestro (or Mistral)

The exact origin of the mariner's eight-wind rose is obscure. Only two of its point names (Ostro, Libeccio) have Classical etymologies, the rest of the names seem to be autonomously derived. Two Arabic words stand out: Scirocco (SE) from al-Sharq (الشرق – east in Arabic) and the variant Garbino (SW), from al-Gharb (الغرب – west in Arabic). This suggests the mariner's rose was probably acquired by southern Italian seafarers not from their classical Roman ancestors, but rather from Norman Sicily in the 11th to 12th centuries. The coasts of the Maghreb and Mashriq are SW and SE of Sicily respectively; the Greco (a NE wind), reflects the position of Byzantine-held Calabria-Apulia to the northeast of Arab Sicily, while the Maestro (a NW wind) is a reference to the Mistral wind that blows from the southern French coast towards northwest Sicily.

The 32-point compass used for navigation in the Mediterranean by the 14th century, had increments of 11° between points. Only the eight principal winds (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW) were given special names. The eight half-winds just combined the names of the two principal winds, e.g. Greco-Tramontana for NNE, Greco-Levante for ENE, and so on. Quarter-winds were more cumbersomely phrased, with the closest principal wind named first and the next-closest principal wind second, e.g. "Quarto di Tramontana verso Greco" (literally, "one quarter wind from North towards Northeast", i.e. North by East), and "Quarto di Greco verso Tramontana" ("one quarter wind from NE towards N", i.e. Northeast by North). Boxing the compass (naming all 32 winds) was expected of all Medieval mariners.

Depiction on nautical charts

In the earliest medieval portolan charts of the 14th century, compass roses were depicted as mere collections of color-coded compass rhumb lines: black for the eight main winds, green for the eight half-winds and red for the sixteen quarter-winds. The average portolan chart had sixteen such roses (or confluence of lines), spaced out equally around the circumference of a large implicit circle.

The cartographer Cresques Abraham of Majorca, in his Catalan Atlas of 1375, was the first to draw an ornate compass rose on a map. By the end of the 15th century, Portuguese cartographers began drawing multiple ornate compass roses throughout the chart, one upon each of the sixteen circumference roses (unless the illustration conflicted with coastal details).

The points on a compass rose were frequently labeled by the initial letters of the mariner's principal winds (T, G, L, S, O, L, P, M). From the outset, the custom also began to distinguish the north from the other points by a specific visual marker. Medieval Italian cartographers typically used a simple arrowhead or circumflex-hatted T (an allusion to the compass needle) to designate the north, while the Majorcan cartographic school typically used a stylized Pole Star for its north mark. The use of the fleur-de-lis as north mark was introduced by Pedro Reinel, and quickly became customary in compass roses (and is still often used today). Old compass roses also often used a Christian cross at Levante (E), indicating the direction of Jerusalem from the point of view of the Mediterranean sea.

The twelve Classical winds (or a subset of them) were also sometimes depicted on portolan charts, albeit not on a compass rose, but rather separately on small disks or coins on the edges of the map.

The compass rose was also depicted on traverse boards used on board ships to record headings sailed at set time intervals.

Modern depictions

The contemporary compass rose appears as two rings, one smaller and set inside the other. The outside ring denotes true cardinal directions while the smaller inside ring denotes magnetic cardinal directions. True north refers to the geographical location of the north pole while magnetic north refers to the direction towards which the north pole of a magnetic object (as found in a compass) will point. The angular difference between true and magnetic north is called variation, which varies depending on location. The angular difference between magnetic heading and compass heading is called deviation which varies by vessel and its heading. North arrows are often included in contemporary maps as part of the map layout.
The modern compass rose has eight principal winds. Listed clockwise, these are:

Although modern compasses use the names of the eight principal directions (N, NE, E, SE, etc.), older compasses use the traditional Italianate wind names of Medieval origin (Tramontana, Greco, Levante, etc.)

4-point compass roses use only the four "basic winds" or "cardinal directions" (North, East, South, West), with angles of difference at 90°.

8-point compass roses use the eight principal winds—that is, the four cardinal directions (N, E, S, W) plus the four "intercardinal" or "ordinal directions" (NE, SE, SW, NW), at angles of difference of 45°.

12-point compass roses, with markings 30° apart, are often painted on airport ramps to assist with the adjustment of aircraft magnetic compass compensators.

 16-point compass roses are constructed by bisecting the angles of the principal winds to come up with intermediate compass points, known as half-winds, at angles of difference of 22°. The names of the half-winds are simply combinations of the principal winds to either side, principal then ordinal.  E.g. North-northeast (NNE), East-northeast (ENE), etc. Using gradians, of which there are 400 in a circle, the sixteen-point rose has twenty-five gradians per point.

32-point compass roses are constructed by bisecting these angles, and coming up with quarter-winds at 11° angles of difference. Quarter-wind names are constructed with the names "X by Y", which can be read as "one quarter wind from X toward Y", where X is one of the eight principal winds and Y is one of the two adjacent cardinal directions. For example, North-by-east (NbE) is one quarter wind from North towards East, Northeast-by-north (NEbN) is one quarter wind from Northeast toward North. Naming all 32 points on the rose is called "boxing the compass".

The 32-point rose has 11° between points, but is easily found by halving divisions and may have been easier for those not using a 360° circle. Eight points make a right angle and a point is easy to estimate allowing bearings to be given such as "two points off the starboard bow".

Use as symbol

 The NATO symbol uses a four pointed rose.
 Outward Bound uses the compass rose as the logo for various schools around the world.
 An 8-point compass rose was the logo of Varig, the largest airline in Brazil for many decades until its bankruptcy in 2006.
 An 8-point compass rose is a prominent feature in the logo of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball club.
 Hong Kong Correctional Services's crest uses four point star.
 The compass rose is used as the symbol of the worldwide Anglican Communion of churches.
 A 16-point compass rose was IBM's logo for the System/360 product line.
 A 16-point compass rose is the official logo of the Spanish National University of Distance Education (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia or UNED).
 A 16-point compass rose is present on the seal and the flag of the Central Intelligence Agency of the Federal government of the United States (the CIA).

In popular culture
The Compass Rose is a 1982 collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin.

See also

 Nautical star
 Pelorus (instrument)
Points of the compass
 Rhumbline network
 Wind Rose

References

External links

 Origins of the Compass Rose
 The Rose of the Winds, an example of a rose with 26 directions.
 Compass Rose of Piedro Reinel, 1504, an example of a 32-point rose with cross for east (the Christian Holy Land) and fleur-di-lis for north.
 The Compass Rose in St. Peter's Square
 Brief compass rose history info
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Thumbs Up for one of my new favorite local sites Little Daily Planner. Sorry, non-San Antonio residents, this one is SA only. This great resource has a weekly calendar of activities happening each day for kids. Click on a link that interests you and you get all of the details for that activity - location, cost, recommended ages. I take a look at the beginning of the week to see if there any must do activities for The Squirrel.
Thumbs Up for Crock Pots. I guess these suckers are all the rage these days for my generation. The Crock Pot Girls are making a huge splash in the social networking world. I liked them on Facebook earlier last week along with 145,000 of my closest FB friends and they are about to hit the 1 million mark! I see a cookbook in their future...or at least a really good PR agency. I typically only break the crock pot out for the occassional Fat A%@ Dip or SuperBowl Soiree but they swear that all parts to a meal can be crocked and it makes life much easier on moms trying to put a hot meal on the table. So I'm giving the ol' crock pot a whirl tonight and I'll let you know if it stands up to its reputation. I didn't get my recipe from The CPGs but instead from this blog via Mrs. Boo Arnold. And yes, I reverted back to the 1950's way of addressing your friends in honor of you dear crock pot (even though you were a 1970's creation).
Brown the sausage, drain and set aside. Melt cream cheese and add two cans of Rotel. Don't drain the Rotel. Melt together and stirl. Add sausage and crock pot until hot.


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Patronyme
 Aaron Downey (né en 1974), joueur canadien de hockey sur glace.
 Brian Downey (batteur) (né en 1951), batteur irlandais de Thin Lizzy (1970-1983).
 Brian Downey (acteur) (né en 1944), acteur canadien.
 Doug Downey (né en 1970), homme politique canadien en Ontario
 Michelle Downey, actrice américaine.
 Morton Downey Jr. (1933-2001), acteur et chanteur américain.
 Robert Downey Jr. (né en 1965), acteur américain
 Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), réalisateur, acteur et scénariste américain
 Rod Downey (né en 1957), mathématicien et informaticien néo-zélandais et australien.
 Roma Downey (né en 1960), actrice et productrice britannique.

Localité
 Downey est une ville située au sud-est du Comté de Los Angeles ;
 Downey est une ville de l'Idaho.

Homonymie de patronyme
Homonymie de localités aux États-Unis


A Tribute To All The Really Great Men Out There !
This is the sight that greeted me in the kitchen on Thursday...oh my Gosh! As I entered the kitchen,there was this huge spider high up near the ceiling, just sitting there and staring at me.
Of course, I hadn't the nerve to do anything else except quiver and shake...and call for a HERO to help me out !
I have some terrible phobias that includes 2, ...OK, make that 3 things!
When I encountered this biggie in my kitchen, I could hardly move, let alone breath!
Sam Chan, I needed your wisdom at this moment...My fear took over completely, and I was frozen to the spot.
How lucky we are to have men in our lives, whether it be father, lover, friends, neighbours or family members ...if not, who would carry out all the horrible jobs of squishing bugs, spraying cockroaches and removing spiders for us females?? Not to mention putting up shelves, helping to move heavy cupboards and a host of other things I could never accomplish without the aid of a male. You guys are the Bomb !


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The Silver Shooter
audio title
A Rose Gallagher Mystery
Erin Lindsey
Erin Lindsey's third historical mystery The Silver Shooter follows Rose Gallagher as she tracks a monster and searches for treasure in the wilds of the Dakota Territory.
It's the spring of 1887, and Rose Gallagher is finally coming into her own. She's the proud owner of a lovely little home near Washington Square, where she lives with her mother and friend Pietro, and she's making a name for herself as a Pinkerton agent with a specialty in things . . . otherworldly. She and her partner Thomas are working together better than ever, and mostly managing to push aside romantic feelings for one another. Mostly.
Things are almost too good to be true—so Rose is hardly surprised when Theodore Roosevelt descends on them like a storm cloud, hiring them for a mysterious job out west. A series of strange occurrences in the Badlands surrounding his ranch has Roosevelt convinced something supernatural is afoot.
It began with livestock disappearing from the range, their bodies later discovered torn apart by something monstrously powerful. Now people are dying, too. Meanwhile, a successful prospector has gone missing, and rumors about his lost stash of gold have attracted treasure hunters from far and wide – but they keep disappearing, too. To top it all off, this past winter, a mysterious weather phenomenon devastated the land, leaving the locals hungry, broke, and looking for someone to blame.
With tensions mounting and the body count rising, Roosevelt fears a single spark will be all it takes to set the Badlands aflame. It's up to Rose and Thomas to get to the bottom of it, but they're against the clock and an unknown enemy, and the west will prove wilder than they could possibly imagine…
A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books
"Exceptional . . . Lindsey keeps the suspense at a high pitch throughout. Fans of Preston and Child's Pendergast series will be enthralled." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Superbly characterized . . . Based on historical characters and filled with high adventure, romance and scares, Rose's newest adventure is a winner." —Kirkus
Erin Lindsey:
ERIN LINDSEY has lived and worked in dozens of countries around the world, but has only ever called two places home: her native city of Calgary and her adopted hometown of New York. In addition to the Rose Gallagher mysteries, she is the author of the Bloodbound series of fantasy novels from Ace. She divides her time between Calgary and Brooklyn with her husband and a pair of half-domesticated cats.
Publisher Name Macmillan Audio
Imprint Macmillan Audio
Fiction & Literature » Fantasy
Fiction & Literature » Mystery & Suspense » Crime & mystery: women sleuths


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Punish Lieutenant Colonel Agyeman for brutalising Caleb Kudah – Sammens to National Security
by GhLinks Media May 13, 2021, 11:23 am
Mr. Samuel Attah-Mensah, chief executive officer of Citi Tv and Citi Fm, has called for punitive actions against the Director of Operations of National Security, Lieutenant Colonel Agyeman.
According to him, the soldier exhibited a high level of unprofessionalism by physically assaulting a Citi News journalist, Caleb Kudah who was in the custody of the National Security.
Mr. Caleb Kudah was arrested for filming some abandoned MASLOC cars parked within the premises of the National Security Ministry.
Another Citi Journalist, Zoe Abu-Baidoo, was also picked up later at the premises of Citi FM/Citi TV in a raid for receiving some files from Caleb Kudah.
Following his release, Caleb Kudah has been recounting harrowing experiences during his time with the National Security operatives.
Mr. Kudah said he was slapped several times and physically assaulted by the security operatives,
He said one of the security operatives even kicked him in his groin.
Speaking on Citi TV's current affairs programme The Point of View, Mr. Samuel Attah-Mensah said the Director of Operations and the operatives who molested Mr. Kudah must be sanctioned to deter others.
Mr. Attah-Mensah insisted that their actions have brought disgrace to the entire government and the National Security as an institution.
"They have to take action against Colonel Agyeman because he is a disgrace to the government, he is a disgrace to the National Security, and he is not fit for that job. For this person to treat this young man (Caleb Kudah) like this because he has done something you (Col. Agyeman) consider inappropriate? This is why we fought for this democracy. Take him [Kudah] to court [if he has done something wrong]. This is what we are saying. Process him for court, this is what we call due process."
"If he did anything wrong he is wrong and wrong is wrong. So you process him for court and let the due process of the law take its rule. When the likes of Nana Akufo-Addo in the 70s and 80s were fighting for this democracy, where were you? You come and turn everything upside down in the name of primitive National Security."
On the same issue, the Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said the action by the national security has embarrassed Ghana on the international scene.
"National security should stop embarrassing us to the international community and even more worrying, they must stop exposing their pathetic cybersecurity vulnerabilities to criminals and potential enemies of Ghana — for as the experts have warned, the next frontier of war is cyberwarfare."
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Q: Filter using string with any possible content in BigQuery I am a newbie using BigQuery.
I am building a query that I will share with several other people. Each person is responsible for different business units and I want them to be able to easily insert the name of their business units in this query.
I built something like this, and it works fine from what I tested:
DECLARE business_units array<string>;

SET business_units = ["unit_A", "unit_C", "unit_D"];

SELECT *
FROM dataset
WHERE bu_name IN UNNEST(business_units)

Problem
I also want to be able to easily change that query in order to search for all possible business units.
Ideally, I just want to change the "SET" line. I tried different things but none of them seem to work. I believe that I need to use metacharacters or regular expression, but I am not being able to find the right combination. I have already looked into the BigQuery documentation, but I am not being able to understand how to do this.
I have tried things like:
SET business_units = ["."];
SET business_units = ["*"];
SET business_units = ["\."];
SET business_units = ["%%"];

When I use any of these, my result return as empty.
Could someone point me in the right direction, please?

A: There are many options for you here. I will show you those with minimal changes to your original solution
Option #1
DECLARE business_units array<string>;

SET business_units = ["unit_A", "unit_C", "unit_D", "ALL_UNITS"];

SELECT *
FROM dataset
WHERE bu_name IN UNNEST(business_units)
OR "ALL_UNITS" IN UNNEST(business_units);

As you can see here - when you want all units - add "ALL_UNITS" in your SET line
Option #2
DECLARE business_units array<string>;
DECLARE all_units boolean;

SET business_units = ["unit_A", "unit_C", "unit_D"];
SET all_units = TRUE;

SELECT *
FROM dataset
WHERE bu_name IN UNNEST(business_units)
OR all_units;

here - you have one more parameter all_units. When you want to see all units  - just set it to TRUE, otherwise to FALSE

A: IN can not process a list using LIKE or regular expressions, and LIKE or regular expressions can't take arrays as parameters.
The straight forward approach is to just use a JOIN on you un-nested list.
DECLARE business_units array<string>;

SET business_units = ["unit_A", "unit_C", "unit_D"];

SELECT
  *
FROM
  dataset
INNER JOIN
  UNNEST(business_units)  AS param_pattern
    ON dataset.buname LIKE param_pattern

If a row matches more than one element in the array, you'll get duplication (each dataset row joined with every pattern that it matches).
How you deal with that is up to you.  You might just have SELECT DISTINCT dataset.*, but your question doesn't cover that.  (If you're unsure how to proceed with that, open another question once you have this part working.)


Installed a few too many apps and now you're not sure what to clean out and what to keep? This app might help you.
Are you always looking for an app that does exactly what you want for a particular service? Like a Twitter client that displays everything the way you wish it would, or a specific kind of live wallpaper? You may install many of the options available, but then forget which ones you want to get rid of later.
For times like these, Useless Apps Remover is the only additional app you'll want to download -- until you make more room, that is.
Grab a copy of the app for your Android device and then open it after it finishes installing. You should see a list containing all of the apps installed on your device. If you just want to view the ones you never use, tap the small gray arrow near the top right-hand corner. This will give you a drop-down menu in which you can choose "Never used apps."
An important note to make here is that an update to an app seems to affect each app differently. For some, it means that you have not logged in since it was last updated and the status will show as never used; and for others, it will show the app as being used, but only because the update triggered it.
To make Useless Apps Remover more useful, I suggest leaving it on the device for a week and then looking over the apps again. I found that the results were different from when I installed the app and then looked at the list again 12 hours later.
Last used status aside, you can use this app as a quick way to uninstall the apps you want to ditch. Just tap the Delete button and then confirm the deletion on the next screen. This process is slightly less tedious than uninstalling through the application manager or Google Play.
How do you keep tabs on the apps you are and aren't using? Or do you have strict rules that you follow before installing anything on your device? Share your thoughts in the comments.


When time is of the essence, it is important to know where to go to find emergency care. If you live on Fort Knox or in the surrounding community and have a medical emergency…life threatening injuries and illnesses…something that endangers life, limb, or vision…Please call 911 immediately or please proceed to Hardin Memorial Hospital's emergency department.
An Acute Care or Urgent Care facility is designed for your care should you experience minor illness or injury, such as, colds, flu, ear infections, sore throats, fevers, rashes, minor cuts, burns, animal bites, or sprains.
IRAHC (Ireland Army Health Clinic) has expanded its acute care hours to accommodate TRICARE Beneficiaries.
Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
CareFirst Urgent Care Center, Ring Road Medical Plaza, 1111 Ring Road, Elizabethtown KY.
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Medicine publications
Title: The long-term psychiatric sequelae of severe injury: a 6-year follow-up study
Author: O'Donnell, M.
Alkemade, N.
Creamer, M.
McFarlane, A.
Silove, D.
Bryant, R.
Forbes, D.
Citation: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2016; 77(4):e473-e479
Publisher: Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
Responsibility: Meaghan L. O, Donnell, Nathan Alkemade, Mark C. Creamer, Alexander C. McFarlane, Derrick Silove, Richard A. Bryant and David Forbes
Abstract: Objective: The impact of mental health on disease burden associated with injury represents a major public health issue, yet almost no information is available on the associated long-term mental health outcomes. The primary aim of this study was to assess the psychiatric outcomes 6 years after a severe injury and their subsequent impact on long-term disability. The secondary aim was to investigate the relationship between a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and long-term psychiatric disorder and its impact on disability. Methods: From April 2004 to February 2006, randomly selected injury patients admitted to 4 hospitals across Australia were assessed during hospitalization and at 72 months after trauma (N = 592). Injury characteristics, the presence of an mTBI (ICD-9 criteria), and previous psychiatric history were assessed during hospitalization. Structured clinical interviews for psychiatric disorders (DSM-IV and DSM-5) and a self-report measure of disability (WHODAS II) were administered at 72 months. Results: At 72 months after a severe injury, 28% of patients met criteria for at least 1 psychiatric disorder, with 45% of those presenting with comorbid diagnoses. The most prevalent psychiatric disorder was a major depressive episode (11%) followed by substance use disorder (9%), agoraphobia (9%), posttraumatic stress disorder (6%), and generalized anxiety disorder (6%). The presence of any psychiatric disorder was found to increase the risk for disability (P < .001, odds ratio = 6.04). An mTBI was found to increase the risk for having some anxiety disorders but not to increase disability by itself. Conclusions: The long-term psychiatric consequences of severe injury are substantial and represent a significant contributor to long-term disability. This study points to an important intersection between injury and psychiatric disorder as a leading contributor to disease burden and suggests this growing burden will impose new challenges on health systems.
Keywords: Humans; Brain Concussion; Substance-Related Disorders; Wounds and Injuries; Disability Evaluation; Risk Factors; Retrospective Studies; Follow-Up Studies; Mental Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Depressive Disorder, Major; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Middle Aged; Female; Male; Young Adult
Rights: © Copyright 2016 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.14m09721
Grant ID: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/568970
Appears in Collections: Medicine publications


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EchoPark
What is a sedan
What is a sedan?
A basic sedan definition is a 4-door passenger car, made of three main compartments – passenger, cargo, and engine.
The sedan has a super diverse range of models – family-friendly mid-sized cars, sophisticated sporty models and luxurious premium silhouettes – there is a sedan for every lifestyle and occasion.
Best-selling models, such as the Toyota Camry, Toyota Corolla and Honda Accord, are both affordable and efficient. Each passenger space can fit five people comfortably, with a separate trunk – perfect for family adventures.
What is a full-size sedan?
Full-sized vehicles have a volume of more than 120 cubic feet – a perfect choice if you need a roomy, four-door vehicle. Big brands such as Audi, BMW and Lexus boast luxury full-sized sedans.
What is a mid-size sedan?
Mid-sized sedans, or family sedans, are the perfect size for families and extra baggage. A mid-sized sedan can be defined as having a combined volume of 110 to 119 cubic feet. The 2022 Honda Accord is a highly ranked mid-size with its spacious interior, comfy drive and peppy engine options.
What is a compact sedan?
Compact sedans are nestled in between subcompact and midsized classes – with a combined volume of 100 to 109 cubic feet. For example, the 2022 Hyundai Elantra is a compact sedan with a spacious interior and dynamic design.
The Pros and Cons of a Sedan
The benefits of a sedan
By definition, a sedan is associated with comfort – the name deviates from Latin 'to sit'. Its fusion of comfort and practicality makes a sedan an attractive choice for families, couples and commuters.
Some key benefits of a sedan include:
3Fuel economy – the sedan is typically very fuel-efficient, its sleek shape contributes to a lower drag.3
3Versatility – the sedan is one of the most versatile car models. From large family-friendly vehicles to compact city cruisers and even limousines, there's a model for every occasion.
3Affordability – get more bang for your buck with a sedan. The intense competition between brands means you could get additional features for a similar cost.
Handling – the sedan is a comfortable drive. Its lower weight makes braking and accelerating easy. They're also more aerodynamic than larger SUVs.
Safety – the sedan's relatively low ground clearance helps with stability and balance, making it less likely to roll. Its lower center of gravity helps it to move quickly.
The drawbacks of a sedan
Despite the popularity of the sedan, there are some drawbacks to its distinctive style and shape. These include:
Less cargo space – the more compact shape of a sedan means that there's less cargo space than with an SUV.
Low ground clearance - a sedan has less ground clearance than an SUV, so it's not well suited to difficult terrain.
Less passenger space – the sleek style and low roof of a sedan mean there's less headroom for passengers when compared to an SUV.
What are the differences between a sedan and a hatchback?
The main difference between a sedan and a hatchback is the design of each car:
A sedan has four doors with a separate trunk.
A hatchback has either two or four doors with a tailgate that flips upwards (the hatch) instead.
In terms of proportions, a hatchback is shorter than a sedan, which is great for maneuvering and parking. However, this means that space in the passenger compartment is compromised – the three-component body of a sedan allows for more spacious legroom. If headroom is a deal-breaker, the sleek frame of a sedan is outmatched by the generous height of a hatchback.
If cargo space is your top priority, a hatchback is the one for you. Despite a sedan having a family-friendly trunk, the design of a hatchback's tailgate means that the vehicle has extended storage space. Lifting the tailgate and folding down the back seats provides some extra room in the main body of the car – perfect for awkwardly shaped luggage.
Top sedan models
A sedan is a great choice for comfort, style and relative affordability. Whether you opt for luxury with an Audi A3, an affordable Toyota Camry or a sporty Hyundai Sonata, there is a sedan for you just waiting to be discovered at EchoPark.
Turn heads with its sharp and sporty exterior and driver-oriented interior. A strong turbocharged engine and luxurious design stand an Audi A3 out from the crowd.
A fusion of sophistication and modern design, the Volkswagen Jetta not only looks good but is economical to run and boasts low maintenance costs.
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Design innovation lends itself to this sporty vehicle, with the iconic black mesh grille, sleek shape and even night trims on the newest model. Strong fuel efficiency makes this family car a great value.
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The Honda Civic doesn't hold back, with the 2021 model boasting a 180-horsepower, turbocharged engine. A comfortable cabin and generous trunk size welcome family adventures.
The Toyota Camry presents everyday practicality fused with sophistication and progressive hybrid technology. The Camry puts safety first with Pre-Collison Safety System (PCS) warning, blind-spot monitoring and SRS airbags in the newest models.
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