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Emergency UN aid reaches 400,000 Afghans hit by rising food prices
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has distributed assistance to some 400,000 Afghans hit by soaring wheat prices, but warned that the most vulnerable will continue to need aid for a while as the record high prices show no sign of abating.
In the past few weeks, the agency has handed out about 30,000 tons of food in Kabul, as well as in the east and south of the country, WFP Country Representative Rick Corsino told reporters in the capital today. It expects to finish the first round of distributions in Kabul by next Sunday.
In January, the UN and the Afghan Government appealed for more than $80 million to help over 2.5 million people facing food shortages due to the soaring price of wheat, the most important food crop in the country.
Mr. Corsino announced that nearly all of the $78 million requested for food has been provided by 10 donors – United States, Canada, Denmark, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Finland and Norway.
"I am really happy to be able to report today that the appeal has essentially been fully resourced," Mr. Corsino said.
While the appeal has gone well, the concern now is what happens in a few months' time. "Very few people think that the factors that came into play pushing the price of wheat up to record highs in the early part of this year are going to disappear," he stated.
"What this means of course is that those people most affected by the higher prices are unlikely to get too much relief," he added.
While there is usually a seasonal reduction in the price of wheat when the harvests arrive both in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mr. Corsino said he does not expect it to be such that the prices will return to what they were a few years ago.
Another concern is how productive Afghanistan's cereals crop will be this year. "It is still too early to tell, but there has been some concern raised both by the UN and the Government that the crop this year may not be as good as expected," he noted.
"So together, the Government and the UN continue to watch that and continue to look at interventions that may be necessary in the short, in the medium and in the longer term to assist Afghans who have been hurt by the higher food prices and who potentially might be harmed by a poorer crop this year."
Several senior UN officials have called for urgent measures to tackle the global food price crisis, which threatens to hit the world's poor the hardest and to lead to increased tensions and unrest.
The past few weeks have witnessed violent protests over the increased costs of wheat, maize and rice in a number of countries, including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Senegal, Morocco and, most recently, in Haiti, where several people have died in riots.
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Q: How to reverse index a dictionary containing list of values d = { "claims": [
              "Georg",
              "Bob",
              "Jeny",
              "John",
              "Catherin",
              "Tommen",
              "Linda",
              "Bran",
              "Sansa",
              "Ross",
              "Lyana",
              "Gilly",
              "Daario",
              "Sam",
              "Tyrion",
              "Peter",
              "Arya",
              "Sandra",
              "Catelyn"
            ],
     "names" : ["Lyana",
              "Gilly",
              "Daario",
              "Sam",
              "Tyrion",
              "Peter",
              "Arya",
              "Sandra",
              "Catelyn"]

          }

my_dict = {value: key for key in d for value in d[key]}
print(my_dict)

A: I would not recommend the use of a dict comprehension in this case for the sake of readability. The dict-method 'setdefault' is the method you are looking for.
d = { "claims": [
              "Georg",
              "Bob",
              "Jeny",
              "John",
              "Catherin",
              "Tommen",
              "Linda",
              "Bran",
              "Sansa",
              "Ross",
              "Lyana",
              "Gilly",
              "Daario",
              "Sam",
              "Tyrion",
              "Peter",
              "Arya",
              "Sandra",
              "Catelyn"
            ],
     "names" : ["Lyana",
              "Gilly",
              "Daario",
              "Sam",
              "Tyrion",
              "Peter",
              "Arya",
              "Sandra",
              "Catelyn"]

          }

new_dict = {}
for k, v in d.items():
    for i in v:
        # return empty list if key not found, thereafter append 'names' or 'claims' to the returned value
        new_dict.setdefault(i, []).append(k)

A: def invert_dict(d):
    inverse = dict()
    for key in d:
       for item in d[key]:
            if item not in inverse:
                inverse[item] = [key]
            else:
                inverse[item].append(key)
    return inverse
invert_dict(d)

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New study shows digital media has damaging impact on the reintegration of white collar criminals
Digital media has damaging impact on the reintegration of white collar criminals
Offenders convicted of occupational crime and corruption are having their rehabilitation negatively affected by long term 'labels' attached to them on digital media, according to new research by the University of Portsmouth.
The study, published in the Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, shows these 'labels' can lead to economic strains and social fractures that hinder productive reintegration into society. It had been thought that those convicted of white collar crimes, such as fraud and bribery were less likely to experience long lasting negativity after finishing their sentence. However, researchers discovered media coverage published online was having a much larger detrimental effect than had been previously assumed.
The archive, search and sharing features of digital media ensures that the online identity of offenders is dominated by their crime long after a sentence is completed. The study shows this ultimately ends up with individuals having a "personal digital criminal legacy" (PDCL). This sticks with them, disrupting their lives and the lives of their families, long after the reported crimes.
Historically it has been assumed that white-collar crime was un-newsworthy and offenders were unlikely to be confronted by the negative impacts of adverse publicity
Dr David Shepherd, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies
Lead author, Dr David Shepherd, from the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth, said: "Historically it has been assumed that white-collar crime was un-newsworthy and offenders were unlikely to be confronted by the negative impacts of adverse publicity. Consequently, there has been very little research in this field. We wanted to assess this perception and explore the accounts of some white-collar criminals who have experienced the attention of the press."
This is believed to be a rare study into white collar criminals after release from prison. It shows outcomes that directly conflict with the idea that criminal justice is most successful when it encourages the positive reintegration of offenders back into society. Seventeen participants, aged 30 - 65, were questioned and their answers analysed. Overall the group became less economically productive after release from prison. Two remained long-term unemployed and five could only find work in the gig economy where fewer questions are asked. The association of stymied employment opportunities, a permanent criminalised digital identity and Google was keenly felt by all the participants.
We wanted to assess this perception and explore the accounts of some white-collar criminals who have experienced the attention of the press
Tony, an employee convicted of occupational fraud, said: "I was all over the Internet, all over the BBC news, so if I typed in my details on Google you will find everything about me."
Frank, a businessman convicted of corporate fraud, said: "You can't erase Google. And the problem is the media portrayal of what went on. It wasn't the truth and it's rarely the truth. But that's what people read, and if they read it, they believe it.
The research concludes that the Internet poses a major challenge to the confidentiality provisions included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Dr Shepherd said: "The analysis of digital media shows that even local press stories now have a sustained destructive vitality through the creation of a PDCL. The resulting widespread and enduring stigmatisation impacts for offenders, as well as for families and those wrongly accused, have significant implications for productive reintegration, criminal and social justice."
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Central University of Jammu organised annual prize distribution function at TAB, Sainik colony. The event marked the end of Academic session 2015-16. The event organised by the office of the Dean Students Welfare, is a signature event of the University where prizes are distributed for all functions organised around the year. Two Mega events for which the prizes were given away included Udaan- Annual Cultural Festival and Sports meet.
The event was graced by Madam, Priya Sethi, Minister of state for Education, Technical education, Culture Tourism, Prof. Ashok Aima, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jammu, Prof. Lokesh Verma, Academic Coordinator, Deans of various schools, Heads of departments, officers of the University and faculty of the University.
Speaking on the occasion, Madam Priya Sethi, congratulated the students for achieving excellence in sports and cultural activities. And wished them success in their career pursuits. Earlier in the day, she inaugurated the community college of the University. It was informed to the minister that one year diploma program in Beauty and Wellness is being offered by the college in collaboration with VLCC. The University is offering a scholarship of Rs. 1000 per month to the students pursuing the said course, besides free transport. Admission for the program is open till August 2016. Prof. Ashok Aima gave away the prizes to the winners amidst applause and enthusiastic cheers of the students. In all there were 10 events of the cultural festival Udaan and 7 events of annual sports meet. Prof. Aima complimented the Dean Students Welfare, and his team for successful culmination of the programmes conducted throughout the year.


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Options for Australia's nuclear submarines – all of them impractical
Nuclear-powered submarines for Australia: what are the options? The Strategist , 20 Jan 2022, Pete Sandeman The political and strategic ramifications of the AUKUS pact involving the US, UK and Australia continue to reverberate, but the details of how Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) have often been overlooked. There are daunting technical, industrial and financial challenges on the long road to joining that club.
Even the acquisition of conventional submarines isn't easy and projects completed on time and budget are rare. Nuclear propulsion adds another layer of complexity and cost, and the engineering challenge has been described as more demanding than building the space shuttle. There are good reasons why SSN ownership is limited to a small group of elite nations—the US, Russia, China, the UK, France and India. (With considerable French assistance, Brazil is on track to have its first nuclear boat in the late 2020s.)
………. Some commentators suggest that Australia's first boats at least could be bought off UK or US production lines. Alternatively, old or 'surplus' submarines could be leased until new vessels are available. These assumptions are at odds with the US Navy's and Royal Navy's struggles with bringing new boats into service and maintaining ageing vessels.
…….Defence Minister Peter Dutton has said the RAN is considering leasing boats from the USN or RN but that's far from a certainty. The RN is already severely short of active boats—nominally down to six SSNs, and able to field two or three on a good day. The USN is trying to maintain its existing force, struggling to build enough new Virginia-class SSNs while its Los Angeles-class boats are phased out. However supportive of Australia the UK may be, it has no suitable boats available to lease. The US has a far bigger fleet with 28 Los Angeles boats still active, but its force is already overcommitted and Washington is unlikely to offer anything, except perhaps a recently retired boat as a static training vessel.
Neither the US nor UK keeps submarines 'in reserve'. The UK has already expensively extended the 1980s-vintage Trafalgar-class boats well past their 30th birthdays. None of the growing collection of decommissioned hulks could be returned to service with all the funds and will in the world. Their nuclear fuel is spent, and they would need colossally expensive refits and refuelling. More critically, submarines have finite hull lives. Every dive fatigues the pressure hull and pipework to a point where safe diving becomes severely restricted or the boat becomes unseaworthy. Older boats become increasingly hard to maintain and struggle to retain their all-important minimal acoustic signature.
The US has a more effective submarine dismantling program than the UK and its LA-class boats are gradually being scrapped. The inactive boats that remain intact are equally tired and some were withdrawn from service prematurely to avoid the cost of mid-life refuelling. There's a slim chance that one or two of these boats could see further service with the RAN but only at enormous expense, and refitting them would put more strain on overburdened US industrial capacity.
………. Some suggest the Astute's the best solution, optimistically proposing that the first couple be built in the UK before technology transfer enables the remaining six to be made in Australia. …… Unfortunately, there are almost insurmountable obstacles to the class ever numbering more than seven.
In the UK, completion of the remaining Astute-class boats is finely balanced with the construction of the Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and there's not space in the shipyard or skilled people available to add additional boats….
People didn't prepare for nuclear submarine exports and AUKUS was a bolt from the blue.
Assuming money was no object, new engineers could be recruited and the Barrow facilities could be enlarged, the project would still be in trouble because the Astute's PWR-2 reactor no longer meets modern safety benchmarks and production has almost ceased……
Even if additional PWR-2 reactors could be acquired and the Astute boats could be constructed in Australia, they'd be semi-obsolete when they began to arrive in service by the late 2030s.
………….. Although the USN benefits from an established design and an industrial base that's vastly more efficient than that of the RN, the yards and supply chain will need to expand significantly to fulfil the ambitious plans to grow the USN fleet. A recent report to Congress noted that 'observers have expressed concern about the industrial base's capacity for executing such a workload without encountering bottlenecks or other production problems in one or both of these programs'.
The USN also has issues maintaining its existing submarines. …………………..
When the AUKUS announcement was made, the Australian government promised to acquire at least eight nuclear submarines to be built by ASC in South Australia. There's limited submarine building experience left at ASC since the Collins boats were completed in the early 2000s. The deal with the French to build Attack-class boats included technology transfer to regenerate the skills base. Whatever SSN design is selected, greater assistance will be needed from the UK or US. With limited nuclear infrastructure, Australia is unlikely to be able to enrich uranium to fuel the reactors. It's likely that the reactor compartments will have to be imported pre-fabricated from the US or UK. The entire submarine enterprise will require Australia to establish a new safety and regulatory framework.
………. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said of the AUKUS deal: 'There is no design, no costing, no contract. The only certainty is that we won't have new submarines for 20 years, and their cost will be a lot more than the French subs.' This is broadly correct. The eventual acquisition of SSNs is possible, but there are many potential showstoppers. The single biggest factor will probably be just how much the US government is willing to prioritise industrial assistance to the RAN at the expense of growing and supporting its own submarine fleet. The US has only ever exported nuclear technologies to Britain and must amend its laws to do the same for Australia.
A couple of elderly SSNs might be available for lease in the 2030s, but realistically it will be the 2040s before the RAN has sufficient SSNs to exert a strategic effect. The geopolitical situation could be vastly different then, and growing Chinese power and influence won't wait for others to attain parity. The Australian public will also have to buy in to a project needing political commitment for decades and the RAN will have to lean heavily on allies and provide an enormous budget to cover the true financial costs of nuclear ownership.
Pete Sandeman is the main writer and editor of the UK site Navy Lookout, which he founded in 2007. He is a regular contributor to Warships International Fleet Review magazine and a member of the UK's Independent Defence Media Association. This is an edited version of a piece he wrote for Navy Lookout. https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/nuclear-powered-submarines-for-australia-what-are-the-options/
January 22, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL


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A Canadian banking group supports the idea of using blockchain technology as part of a digital ID system for residents. Canada eyes the opportunities afforded by so-called open banking, a reenvisioning of the banking field that would allow third-party companies such as fintech startups to participate and share access to user data.
Major tech firm IBM has partnered with MineHub Technologies to deliver a blockchain solution that will improve supply chain management in the mining and metals industry. The newly announced mining supply chain platform will be built on the cloud-based IBM Blockchain Platform powered by the Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Fabric.
The solution targets the inefficiencies of the global mining and metal market — which is estimated at $1.8 trillion.
The Surround platform will enable the entire music entertainment industry to streamline operations through secure transfer of copyright assets, streamlined connectivity as well as better monitoring and management systems.
WWF-Australia and the BCG Digital Ventures jointly launched a new blockchain platform called OpenSC to track the environmental and ethical impact of food and other consumer products.
Through OpenSC, businesses and consumers will have a whole new level of transparency about whether the food we eat is contributing to environmental degradation or social injustice such as slavery.
WordPress is launching a new publishing platform backed by Google, ethereum development studio ConsenSys and more, and notably blockchain tools will be built in. The new product – Newspack – is described as an "inexpensive" platform offering technology and support for small- and medium-sized news organizations.
Google led Newspack's funding, with a $1.2 million investment, while ConsenSys contributed $350,000.


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Q: Cannot use hg-git or hg convert to convert a Git repository to Mercurial I am trying to convert an existing git repository to mercurial, but am having no luck. I have already tried hg convert, but when I run hg convert as follows:
hg convert --source-type git --dest-type hg file:///home/localalexa/GitProject/

I get the following error:
file:///home/localalexa/GitProject/ does not look like a Git repository

When I try to clone the repository using hg-git, I get the same error. I have tried using hg convert and hg-git against locally cloned repositories and repositories served over HTTP, and I have tried the conversion/cloning process on Windows and Linux machines. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

A: I finally figured out a way to make Mercurial recognize the git repo as a git repo, the steps I took are below (this is assuming you have already set up hg-git on your system):

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*Install git on your system, and if the repository is remote, clone the repository to your local system.

*Serve your local repository using git daemon on your local system, as follows (on Windows you may omit the '&', this just tells Linux to execute the command asynchronously):
git daemon --base-path=/path/to/repository/parent/ --export-all&

*Clone the repository using Mercurial:
hg clone git://localhost/GitProject


Glen Hansard and All Tvvins are more Irish new entries set for this week's chart.
This week is shaping up to be a big one for Irish acts on the charts, with two homegrown acts battling for Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart and a further three aiming for new entries in the Top 50.
Leading the way at Number 1 on the Official Chart Update today (April 15) are Walking On Cars. The second studio album from the Dingle rock group, called Colours, is just over 600 combined sales ahead of Dogrel, the debut collection from Dublin post-punk band Fontaines D.C..
At the midweek stage, Walking On Cars are ahead on CD sales and digital downloads, while Fontaines D.C. are cleaning up on vinyl. Should Walking On Cars hold onto their momentum, the four-piece will claim their second consecutive chart topper: their 2016 debut Everything This Way was Number 1 for two weeks and spent 31 consecutive weeks in the Top 10.
Colours was recorded between the band's home studio in County Kerry and London's famous RAK studios and Angelic Studios, and sees the band take on a more synth-rock sound. They'll be supporting the release with three huge shows across Ireland in May and June: at Belfast's Waterfront Hall on May 21, Dublin's 3Arena on May 23 and Cork's Irish Independent Park on June 21.
Billie Eilish should also not be ruled out for a third week at Number 1; her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? leads on streaming and is at Number 3.
Meanwhile, singer-songwriter and actor Glen Hansard is looking at a strong debut this week. The Oscar winner's fourth studio album This Wild Willing currently sits at Number 15 and could become his fourth Top 20 record as a soloist.
Elsewhere, Dublin duo All Tvvins land at 22 with Just To Exist, while trad group Dervish are at Number 45 with their 12th album The Great Irish Songbook.
Find out the final chart placings for these albums on OfficialCharts.com/Ireland when this week's Irish Albums Chart is revealed at 3pm on Friday (April 19). See the latest albums Top 50 here.


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Chapter 9 - Thinking and Language
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a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people
a mental image or best example of a category. This provides a quick and easy way to categorize new stimuli
a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Not as fast as the use of heuristics, but more accurate
a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently
a sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem; it contrasts with strategy-based solutions
a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
the inability to see a problem from a fresh perspective.
Mental set
a tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a way that has been successful in the past
Functional fixedness
a tendency to think of only the familiar functions for objects, without imagining alternative uses
Representativeness heuristic
judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes. This may lead to ignorance of other relative information
estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common
the tendency to be more confident than correct - to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments
Belief perseverance
clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or though, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning
the way an issue is presented
our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning
in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit. For example, chat has three - ch, a, and t.
Morpheme
in a language, the smallest unit that carries a meaning; may be a word or a part of a word, such as a prefix or suffix
a system of rules that enable us to communicate with and understand each other.
the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; also the study of meaning
the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language
Receptive language
an infant's ability to comprehend speech. Begins very early and by about seven months, they can segment spoken sounds into individual words
Productive language
a baby's ability to produce words
Babbling stage
beginning at about four months, the stage of speech development in which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language
One-word stage
the stage in speech development from about age one to two during which a child speaks mostly in single words
Two-word stage
beginning at about age two, the stage in speech development during which a child speaks mostly two word statements
Telegraphic speech
early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram ("go car") using mostly nouns and verbs
Skinner and Operant learning
the theory that language development comes from association (the sights of things with the sounds of words), imitation (of the words and syntax modeled by others), and reinforcement (smiles and hugs from parents when something is said correctly
Chomsky and inborn universal grammar
the theory that, given adequate nurture, language will occur naturally. This theory comes from the fact that children learn untaught words and grammar at an incredibly fast rate and they generate sentences they've never heard, some with errors like adding -ed to make things past tense
impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage to either Broca's area (speaking) or to Wernicke's area (understanding)
Broca's area
an area of the frontal lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movement involved in speech
Wernicke's area
an area usually in the left temporal lobe that is involved in language comprehension and expression
Angular gyrus
an area in the brain that receives visual information and recodes it into auditory form
Linguistic determinism
Benjamin Lee Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think
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GWTW Forum > Kites! Kites! Kites! > Sport Kites > New Trick ?
I am not very good off the grass hitting the SB & Tornado (I usually don't even try) but @ The beach, yeah mucho easier.
I was kidding when I said I invented the Mutant Tornado 2000. I just made that up to be ridiculous.
I'll leave the video making to you new hot shots. I'm like one of those old school skate boarders that still rides a 1970's board. The only tricks I do are Side slides, Flat spin based stuff, flick flacks, roll ups, lazy Susan type stuff, tip stabs, reverse coin tosses, back spins and down wind glides. For precision I only do boxes and low ground passes.
FLy what you like to fly and have fun doing it You still pull out your elixir? NExt to the eclipse thats still one of my favorite classic prisms.
Pop Up Launch to Jacobs Ladder at about 2:26. Video was shot January 2005.
So cids got you beat by about 6 years on that ... do I get naming rights?
John - I am a skateboarder from the 70s, Those young ones just don't trick like that anymore. Sometimes I wish my body wasn't so busted up so I could go ride. But then I just trick my kite instead.
It's like skateboarding without the street pizza.
NIce Steve. like that mantis color scheme.
No, you are too late to apply for a patent now.
I will call it cids take-off but I will give credit to you guys.
Who want the remaining 'c' and 'i' ?
Please come forward to claim it ASAP.
I am working with the Goff ´trick very often now and it looks better and better the more often I do this trick...so I don`t think so that this trick is silly...even Chris Goff himself was doing this in Stella very often...I think you should try it and get the hang of it, before saying that...believe me, it is fun !!!
Thanks Peter, I saw that new Goff trick video you posted and will be giving it a try myself.
That trick is silly. Watch at 0:18 in this video. There is another at 1:18. Simply the coolest new move I have seen recently for sure. He is really from another planet on that Fury 85.
That's Chris doing a real trick. He is bouncing the wing tip and then using the spring to enter a taz machine/540. NO ONE has ever done this one, even by accident.


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ESPN shuts down Deportes Radio
June 11, 2019 by Veronica Villafañe
ESPN Deportes Radio will soon be history. ESPN announced today it is shutting down its Spanish-language radio division on September 8.
The company will lay off 10 full-time and 25 part-time employees. Some roles will be reassigned. ESPN will also close the division's offices in Coral Gables.
ESPN issued the following statement regarding the closure:
"Hispanic audience consumer habits are changing rapidly and this requires ESPN to evolve as well. It's no secret Hispanic fans skew heavily on digital and social which is why we made the decision to discontinue ESPN Deportes terrestrial radio (ESPN Deportes Radio) in September. Moving forward, ESPN will continue serving Hispanic sports fans with the widest variety of sports through multiple platforms including television, digital, social, mobile and audio podcasts."
ESPN will keep some ESPN Deportes Radio shows as on-demand podcasts, including "Jorge Ramos y Su Banda," "Raza Deportiva," and "Fútbol Picante."
ESPN Deportes Radio launched in October 2005 and currently airs on over 40 affiliates, mostly AM stations, across 15 states.
According to several reports, ESPN Radio Deportes had a 70% drop in ratings over the past five years.
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George Rosas says
Im very disappointed…. extremely to say the list !!!!!!
Mr Ramos and his colleagues are a fantastic group of professionals.
They have make my family my Friends and me live FOOTBALL ….. real FOOTBALL that is ……the way we in SOUTH AMERICA are use to and it's really sad that ESPN just decide to cut this EXCELLENT and unique broadcast of one of the best in the business like Mr Ramos and colleagues.
Mr Ramos, I hope you get this message!
I want to thank you for all the great times and emotions that you made us live through out your broadcast every time..
May GOD BLESS YOU and all your colleagues with their respective families.
Por siempre SOUTH AMERICA/ por siempre URUGUAY!


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Making South Kern Beautiful!
On Saturday May 12, Greenfield residents celebrated murals that were added to the community building in Rexland Acres Park over the past year. Responding to a call from the Arts Council of Kern in August 2017, community members were asked for input on mural content. Following many months of work by artists Carlos De Guzman, Jorge Guillen, and Garrett Memering, community members' concepts were unveiled in completion.
Support Our Students!
Building Healthy Communities South Kern's Education Justice Collaborative launched a media campaign to inform parents how the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) impacts their children. The campaign encourages parents to be familiar with their district's Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and provide feedback about the plan, which outlines how dollars will be used to student outcomes, to their school district. Look for our ads on billboards, local buses, and digital signs!
Congratulations to California Walks and Kern Youth
Yesenia Ocampo from California Walks, along with youth from South Kern, were selected to present at this year's American Public Health Association's (APHA) annual conference. Their presentation "Youth Voices for a Healthy, Safe, & Active California" fits squarely with APHA's conference theme this year: Creating the Healthiest Nation: Health Equity Now". They will be sharing local work at an event with more than 12,000 attendees! Congratulations!
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Arvin Stands Up for Families
Joining over 21 localities across California, the City of Arvin signed-on to an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief that was filed on Friday May 18, 2018 urging the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California to uphold Senate Bill 54, the California Values Act, and two related State laws against an attack by the federal government.
At its May 15, 2018 meeting, the Arvin City Council authorized Mayor Jose Gurrola and the City Attorney to sign-on to the brief, which was co-authored by the Santa Clara County Counsel's Office, the City of Oakland, and the County of Los Angeles.
Speaking on SB 54's impact on Arvin's public safety, Mayor Gurrola said, "President Trump and Attorney General Sessions' anti-immigrant policies and attacks on SB 54 further undermines the public's trust in our criminal justice system and makes law enforcement's job more difficult. I'm proud to join leaders from across the state to stand up for our values and public safety against the ill-advised attacks from President Trump."
"The people in our city, our state, and the entire country deserve to feel safe regardless of their immigration or citizenship status. Ensuring that everyone feels safe and comfortable enough to reach out to law enforcement when they need help is essential to public safety everywhere. If our national government refuses to see the importance in this, it is up to the rest of us to do what we can to make it happen," said Arvin City Councilmember Jazmin Robles.
Other geographies signing the brief included: City of Albany, City of Berkeley, City of Culver City, City of Davis, City of East Palo Alto, County of Marin, County of Monterey, City of Morgan Hill, City of Mountain View, City of Palm Springs, City of Richmond, City of Sacramento, City of San Diego, City of San José, City of Santa Ana, County of Santa Cruz, City of Santa Monica, County of Sonoma, City of Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, and City of West Hollywood.
Marching Toward Safe Drinking Water
An estimated 1 million Californians drink unsafe water at home, school, or in public places. Californians deserve water that is safe to drink, free from toxins. Kern County residents have joined forces with other Californians across the State to reach that goal. On May 11, the Dolores Huerta Foundation hosted an event in downtown Bakersfield in support of Governor Brown's Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund. And last week more than 100 San Joaquin Valley residents meet with Sacramento legislators to share their stories about how unsafe drinking water impacts their families and their communities.
Governor Brown has asked the State legislature to enact a statewide tax on drinking water to treat unsafe wells and treatment systems. The proposed tax is expected to be voted on this summer and requires a two-thirds majority to pass. The projected cost per person would be $11.40 each year.
Read what Bob Price has to say about the impact of water safety: http://www.bakersfield.com/columnists/robert-price/robert-price-toxic-cocktail-no-more-water-fund-a-step/article_eb52e93e-4c90-11e8-afb1-d379589079bc.html
Census 2020: Everyone Counts!
On Wednesday May 9th, the US Census Bureau and California Complete Count staff hosted a Regional Readiness Assessment Convening at the Beale Library. Rolling out the timeline for the 2020 census, the speakers shared changes in the administration of the census, the need for local organizations and individuals to collaborate to ensure hard to reach populations are counted, and employment opportunities for local residents.
At this point, the focus is on outreach to hard to reach populations, starting with assembling a diverse network of local organizations that will work together with their respective constituencies to get the word out that every Californian needs to be counted. Without an accurate count, California and Kern County will not receive adequate funding for public services such as schools, health care, and infrastructure. Even our voice at the national level is impacted because the Census count determines how many Representatives California has in Congress. In addition, many Census-related job opportunities will be available for Kern residents over the next two years; ranging from management positions to door-to-door neighborhood canvasing teams. For the first time, an electronic version of the census will be available, allowing individuals to complete the information on-line. Stay tuned as we near 2020!
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A Forgotten History: Why Doesn't my School Place a Great Emphasis on Black History Month?
By Ja'Nell Gore, South Kern Sol
Every year, some local high schools have assemblies recognizing Cinco de Mayo – a holiday largely ignored in Mexico, but held up in America as a day to celebrate Mexican culture with piñatas, tacos and a lot of alcohol. Meanwhile, throughout the whole month of February, my high school has done nothing to commemorate Black History Month.
Schools should be doing something to show appreciation, or even just acknowledge the evolution of black history – but at Bakersfield High School, nothing like that happened last month.
I would have loved to attend an assembly where they focused on my culture and history, opening the eyes of kids who know little about it.
And this desire of mine isn't uncalled for, especially in a district that has acknowledged it engaged in a years-long practice of disproportionately suspending and expelling minority students, including African Americans. The district was sued, settling the lawsuit last year for more than $670,000. Among the settlement terms? The district must recognize Black History Month and allow students to celebrate.
Instead of taking initiative and organizing such a celebration, they are leaving it up to students. Considering that most students have never planned a school event (or don't even know they have the option) why would they 'leave it to the kids'?
We are Proud to Launch Our New Webcast Series: 'In The 661″
Building Healthy Communities Kern in partnership with South Kern Sol youth media, have launched a new youth-produced webcast. "In the 661" will present stories, current events and good work happening in the community- all through a lens of health and racial equity.The show not only gives youth the opportunity to learn about what it takes to produce a video segment, but it also gives young journalists the opportunity to lift up issues that matter to them and might otherwise go untold.
There's a lot of good work happening across the community, but rarely do organizations or residents who are working to improve community health have the opportunity to amplify their voice via mainstream media.
This show gives residents and organizations the opportunity to examine health in interesting and innovative ways. Health doesn't only happen in a doctor's office. Health happens where we work live and play. Health happens when people tap into their power, work together and change the odds in their neighborhoods.
The show will be aired weekly on "In the 661's" Facebook page and will be shared widely on Building Healthy Communities Kern's website and social media platforms.
The new show is produced by South Kern Sol youth reporters, Alejandra Alberto, Dean Welliver, Marilu Cisneros, and Veronica Morley and hosted by former KGET news anchor, Kiyoshi Tomono.
Third Annual LGBTQ Youth Summit Offers Youth a Special Space
By Dean Welliver, South Kern Sol
The Third Annual LGBTQ Youth Summit hosted by the Kern County LGBTQ Youth Roundtable was held this past Saturday at Cal State Bakersfield. The summit offered middle school and high school aged LGBTQ youth a space where they could be themselves without judgement, make new friends, and learn about the resources that are in the community to support them.
"The goal of the event is to bring the LGBTQ community of Kern County together and to ensure young people who identify as being part of the community do not feel isolated," said Gloria Garcia, lead organizer of the event and LGBT Community Worker at California Rural Legal Assistance.
To Julian Melendez, a senior at Foothill High School, the LGBTQ Youth Summit provided an opportunity for LGBTQ youth to connect to their culture.
"It gives a lot of youth a lot of information that they didn't receive in school and this way we interact with our own gay culture we are more in tuned especially because in Bakersfield there isn't very much pride," said Melendez.
Melendez also noted the importance of having an event like this in Bakersfield.
"I feel like it is important having it in Bakersfield because it does much to combat the conservative nature of Kern county and I feel like it raises lots of awareness for these types of issues," Melendez said.
Read more from South Kern Sol here.
"We believe this narrow interpretation of the settlement is at odds with the spirit of the agreement and the District's stated commitment to improve school climate for African-American and Latino students. By putting the burden on student clubs and student organizations to put on celebratory events, the District is sending an explicit message that Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month are not a priority and are not worthy of District resources and staff time."
Sahar Durali, California Rural Legal Assistance
Parents, students, teachers, and community advocates were among the attendees who packed the Kern High School District (KHSD) board chambers on the evening of Jan. 30 for the district's second community forum on school climate, a condition of the discrimination settlement agreement, which requires KHSD, among other things, to hold two community forums a year where administrators must present data related to suspensions, expulsions and involuntary transfers. The agreement also mandates that the district celebrate Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month and allow students to celebrate these events.
Sahar Durali, directing attorney with California Rural Legal Assistance, which took part in the suit settlement answered a few questions about the progress the district has made with regard to school climate.
BHC-SK: This is the second KHSD community forum on school climate. In an over-arching sense, what progress has been made with regard to the lawsuit settlement? What needs to be improved?
SD: The district has made some progress with respect to reducing suspension, expulsion, and transfer numbers. However, the data released at the community forum demonstrates significant disparities still exist in discipline of students of color, especially African-American students. It appears the district has also moved forward with a more comprehensive implementation of Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), and more staff are being trained on PBIS, implicit bias, and social emotional learning concepts. However, KHSD board members have not been trained, and have not indicated whether or not they will participate in any trainings related to PBIS, implicit bias, and social emotional learning concepts.
The district should do more to reduce disparities in discipline. Additionally, during the forum it became evident that some schools still have alarmingly high suspension rates, especially for African-American students. Moreover, school climate surveys reveal that students of color feel especially racially harassed and isolated. The district should do more to address the racially hostile environment these students are facing.
BHC-SK: Now for some specifics with regard to the settlement: Why is KHSD not leading celebrations of Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month, especially when these celebrations are so meaningful to create a healthy school climate?
SD: The District agreed to recognize Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month under the settlement. At the last two community forums, the District indicated it was recognizing these months by allowing students to celebrate them. Dr. Brenda Lewis [KHSD Assistant Superintendent of Instruction] also stated that the district had alerted administrators that they should permit students and student organizations to put on events. At no point did the district communicate that individual school sites or the District were leading their own events.
We believe this narrow interpretation of the settlement is at odds with the spirit of the agreement and the District's stated commitment to improve school climate for African-American and Latino students. By putting the burden on student clubs and student organizations to put on celebratory events, the District is sending an explicit message that Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month are not a priority and are not worthy of District resources and staff time. Additionally, based on the District's communications, we suspect that at schools where student clubs are not active, and no student initiates celebrations, Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month are simply not being commemorated. It is standard practice for schools statewide and nationwide to put on events during these cultural months, and a commitment to celebrating Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month could go a long way to build trust and repair relationships with the Latino and African-American communities.
BHC-SK: As part of the agreement, the school district is required to train teaching and non-teaching staff on implicit bias. During the forum an attendee asked whether the KHSD board would be required to get this training as well. Do you feel that training the school board is important? Why or why not?
SD: Training the school board on implicit bias would demonstrate to the community that the Kern High School District is engaging in self-reflection and taking a meaningful step forward to eliminate bias at the highest levels of leadership.
BHC-SK: The district has been successful at reducing expulsions and transfers rates, but we still see disparities when it comes to African-American students. What should KHSD do to address this?
SD: The settlement identifies the need to address racial disparities by requiring that the District address bias and implicit bias through training, review of policies and development of the behavior matrix. Rachel Godsil of the Perception Institute and Dr. Eddie Fergus were identified in the settlement agreement because of their expertise in this area, along with Dr. Nancy Dome. Their recommendations must be implemented by the District in a meaningful manner to make sure that these disparities do not continue.
BHC-SK: In a survey conducted by the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS), the percentage of African-American students who felt isolated and/or harassed at school due to their race or ethnicity in the 60 days prior to taking the survey jumped from 16 percent in 2016-17 to 19 percent in 2017-18. Clearly, KHSD needs to improve how it treats African-American students. Any specific suggestions, even beyond the settlement?
SD: Under the Local Control Funding Formula, school districts must create specific goals for numerically significant student subgroups in their Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP). At the KHSD, African-American students are a numerically significant subgroup. The district could follow in the footsteps of other school districts to create more targeted, comprehensive programs that create supports specifically for African American students. Additionally, the district should work with its commissioned experts, Rachel Godsil of the Perception Institute and Nancy Dome of Epoch Education, to identify the root of the expressed isolation of African-American students, and to work to eliminate harassment of these students by other students and/or staff. Both Rachel Godsil and Nancy Dome are leading experts in addressing implicit bias and racially hostile educational environments and could work closely with the district to create solutions at all levels.
BHC-SK: KHSD is a diverse district. Results from the CHKS suggest that the administration and staff have not done enough to embrace that diversity and ensure that all students are valued for who they are and the rich personal and cultural experiences they bring to the district. The settlement agreement addresses the training that staff may need to address these issues. How can KHSD address these discipline disparities?
SD: One way that KHSD could probably address discipline disparities and create a more inviting school environment for African-American students and other students of color is to ensure school staff are representative of their student body. The district made a commitment to recruit and hire a diverse staff in both the settlement agreement and their LCAP, which is the document that lays out their priorities for each school year and the budget expenditures related to those priorities. In fact, the LCAP specifically created a goal for hiring teachers that reflect the student demographics. However, of the new hires for the 2017-18 school year, 62.6% were white, 26.3% were Latino, and 2.6% were African American. In comparison to the demographic makeup of the student body, which is approximately 22% white, 65% Latino, 5.9% African-American, 2.6% Asian, 1.3% Filipino, and 2% identified as another race, the District is falling drastically short of their goal!
Read more about KHSD's Forum on School Climate from South Kern Sol here.
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Economists watch sentiment levels to get a feeling for the direction of consumer spending. Earlier this week, the government reported that retail sales rose in February, the first increase in three months.
The government's most recent report on jobs showed solid employment growth.
But rising gas prices and concern over action in Ukraine may be making consumers gloomier, economists said before the data's release.


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Barking man arrested after attempt to pull victim onto live tracks at Mile End underground station
An appeal for witness has been made after a man was almost pulled onto live tracks at Mile End underground station. Picture: PA - Credit: Archant
An appeal for witnesses has been launched after a man was nearly pulled onto live tracks at an underground station.
A 40-year-old man from Barking has been arrested in connection and since released on bail after the assault at Mile End station at 8.25pm on Thursday, April 9.
A British Transport Police spokeswoman said: "Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact us by texting 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40."
The attack was on the eastbound platform where the suspect grabbed a man, trying to pull him onto the rails.
But an eyewitness rushed to help, breaking the attacker's grip and pinning him to the floor.
Despite the arrest, detectives want to speak to more witnesses to get a better picture of the circumstances.
When contacting the BTP, quote the reference number 325 of 09/04/20 or alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Home Medical Plastics News + Device News eg technology Introduces the Orion Enuresis Monitor
eg technology Introduces the Orion Enuresis Monitor
The Orion Enuresis Monitor is based on a behaviour modification method of treatment where the child is woken as soon as they start to urinate, thereby associating the feeling of a full bladder with waking.
Product design and engineering consultancy eg technology Ltd (www.egtechnology.co.uk) will introduce the Orion Enuresis Monitor this month at the world's largest annual medical trade fair, Medica, in Dusseldorf, Germany (www.medica-tradefair.com). The Orion Enuresis Monitor is designed to treat prolonged bedwetting in children, a problem which affects 1 in 40 seven year olds and can cost affected families up to £300 a year in laundry costs and pull-ups. The Orion Enuresis Monitor is eg technology's first internally developed product.
The Orion Enuresis Monitor is based on a behaviour modification method of treatment where the child is woken as soon as they start to urinate, thereby associating the feeling of a full bladder with waking. This in turn trains the child to wake independently and visit the toilet. Orion consists of a bedside unit and a small wireless sensor which attaches to the child's night time underwear with a simple clamp. The sensor detects urine in milliseconds and wirelessly triggers the sound and light alarm on the bedside monitor in less than a second. The sensor is completely sealed and washable, ensuring hygiene and durability. It can be recharged in just a few minutes by placing it in a dock at the back of the bedside monitor. The lack of wires removes any parental concerns about strangulation or discomfort and makes it more acceptable to the user. The bedside monitor is cleverly designed to look and function as an alarm clock, reducing the risk of embarrassment and stigma, as well as making it a useful addition to a child's bedroom. A seven day wet/dry history is available on the device at the click of a button and up to a year's history can be downloaded by the child's GP or Enuresis specialist via USB, enabling effective specialist support.
Danny Godfrey, Director of eg technology, says "Orion is the first enuresis system to offer data storage; other monitors rely on parents to keep paper records which are often forgotten or inaccurate. It is also the first to combine the bedside monitor with an alarm clock, taking the psychological impact of enuresis treatment into consideration. Research has shown that if a child is motivated to tackle their bedwetting then treatment is much faster and more permanent. We think that the Orion system not only delivers an effective and fast method of treatment but importantly it takes the user into consideration in terms of comfort, ease of use and unobtrusive design. "
eg technology will introduce the Orion Enuresis Monitor at the Medica tradefair in Dusseldorf, Germany from the 20-23 November 2013 in Hall 16, stand G20-2.
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Q: PHP module curl not loaded and error using curl_init() i've made a little php for testing :
    // create curl resource
    var_dump(extension_loaded('curl'));?>

I've on my computer Apache 2.4 with PHP 7.2.22 deployed.
When i display this Php using a browser, the value is True (module is ok)
When use this with Windows command line using php -f curl.php, the value is false (module not loaded).
When i use phpinfo() i see the curl module, so when i use php -m curl is missing in the list (maybe it's normal).
i've already put php folder in path, extension is ok (uncommented) in php.ini file, no errors in php_errors.log.
Can someone help me.
Thanks a lot.


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Runners compete along the Bandra-Worli sea link over the Arabian Sea during the Mumbai Marathon in Mumbai, India, on Jan. 19, 2020. Thousands of the city's residents took part in t...
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Kenya's Hellen Obiri crosses the line to win the Women's 3000m at the IAAF Diamond League in Doha, Qatar.
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Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates her new women's 800m world record at the IAAF Diamond League in Doha, Qatar.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 800m at the IAAF Diamond League in Doha, Qatar.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis reacts after jumping m. 6.15, the highest ever outdoor mark, during the men's pole vault competition at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea IAAF Diamond League ...
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Sprinter Dutee Chand poses for photographs with her gold medal after winning the 100m dash during the Khelo India University Games 2020, in Bhubaneswar.
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Athlete Bhavna Jaat who made a national record and qualified for Tokyo Olympic 2020 poses with her Gold Medal during the 7th National Race/Walk Championships 2020, in Ranchi, Jhark...
Indian athletes gold medalist Srinu Bugatha (L), silver medalist Tirtha Pun(C) and bronze medalist Harshad Mhatre pose for photographers after winning the Tata Steel 25K Elite (Men...
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Brigid Kosgei of Kenya, wins the Women's Bank of America Chicago Marathon while setting a world record of 2:14:04 in Chicago.
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Joshua Cheptegei, of Uganda, right, celebrates winning the gold medal with fellow countryman Abdallah Kibet Mande, left, in the men's 10,000 meter final at the World Athletics Cham...
Shericka Jackson of Jamaica races to the finish line to win the women's 4x100 meter relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
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Kendra Harrison, (4) of the United States, competes in a heat of the women's 100 meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
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Gold medalist triple jump winner Yulimar Rojas, of Venezuela, competes at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
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Gold medalist in the 4x100; Jonielle Smith, Natalliah Whyte, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, of Jamaica, celebrate at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, poses after winning the women's 1500 meter final and setting a new championship record during the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Steven Gardiner, of Bahamas, 3rd right, wins the gold medal in the men's 400 meter final ahead of Fred Kerley, of the United States, bronze, 4th right, at the World Athletics Champ...
Christian Coleman of the United States starts at the men's 4x100 meter Relay at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
SAI Appoints Belarus' Nikolai Snesarev As Indian Athletics' Middle And Long Distance Coach
The 72-year-old has been appointed till the end of September, a period which will include the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to take place in July-August.
Put Olympic-Bound Athletes, Coaches In Priority Group For COVID-19 Vaccine: Panel
Parliamentary panel also voiced concern over large number of vacancies of coaches, saying they should be filled up in a time-bound manner so that Olympic preparations do not suffer.
Achieved Success With Single Kidney: Anju Bobby George Makes Stunning Revelation
Anju Bobby George is India's first and only World Champion in Athletics IAAF World Athletics Final
Neeraj Chopra And Other Indian Javelin Throwers Begin Training In Bhubaneswar
The other javelin throwers are Annu Rani, Rohit Yadav and Rajinder Singh. They are accompanied by coaches Uwe Hohn and Dr Klaus
Delhi Half Marathon: Record-breaking Ethiopian Amedework Walelegn Dethrones Andamlak Belihu
The 21-year-old Walelegn bettered the earlier course record of 59:06, which was held in the name of compatriot Guye Adola, set in 2014
Indian athletics' High Performance Director Volker Herrmann quits
The German was appointed to the post in June 2019 for a term till the end of the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Delhi Half Marathon: World Record Holders Brigid Kosgei, Ababel Yeshaneh To Add Lustre To Star-studded Field
While the elite runners will be at the start line at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, amateurs across the world will join the event using the new Airtel Delhi Half Marathon Mobile App
Olympian Hurdler Jagmohan Singh, Who Introduced Scientific Training Methods, Dies
Jagmohan Singh, who had held national records in 110m hurdles and decathlon, also served Indian sport as teacher, coach, administrator and physical trainer
Cristiano Ronaldo Definitely Faster Than Me, Says Olympic Gold Medallist Usain Bolt
World-record holder and eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt feels five-time Ballon d'Or winner and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is faster.
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Some Lockdown Tips For Athletes
Here's some simple ways to stay mentally and physically fit without leaving your home
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Deep Secrets Revealed! Why Yohan Blake Is Bitter About His Rivalry With Usain Bolt
Yohan Blake, the youngest ever world 100 metres champion, blames coach Glen Mills for not letting him challenge Usain Bolt enough number of times. Was Bolt scared of losing to Blake, his training partner?
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Promising Hima Das Spicing Up India's Olympic Dreams
A clutch of gold medals in low-grade European competitions grabbed headlines but sprinter Hima Das is building a stomach for a tough fight at the upcoming world championships
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Indian Sport Needs Urgent Reforms, Writes Ashwini Nachappa
Indian sport, monstrously run as ever, needs urgent reforms. A flicker is visible.
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Jinson Johnson: Asia's Top-Ranked 800m Runner
After shattering the 800m and 1500m national records recently, Jinson Johnson's confidence is on an all-time high; he's now eying the Asian Games podium in the two races.
Asian Games: Rumble In The Dangal
A trickle of precious gold at the Asiad could herald a gush of metal. Remarkably, our athletes are backed by self-serving official apathy, callousness and greed.
Dutee Free, But Most See Fiery Red
IAAF targets women athletes with high testosterone, sparking ethical and racist questions
Service, Then Jubilation
Young Indians are plucking gold at the CWG at will. Tougher challenges await them at August's Asiad.
Base Camp For A World Podium Finish
The Asian Athletics Championship yields India's best-ever haul. Our track stars now aim for London.


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Acquisitions and mergers are a fact of life for anyone in the technology world, let alone the business world in general. They are the result of companies trying to find the best way to join forces to get more customers and build better products and services. While there is always a corporate cover story to mergers, the secret of what makes a good acquisition is really what happens after all of the press releases have gone and the media attention fades. This is the Post-Merger Integration phase, or PMI, where the hard work of colliding cultures and values need to be sorted out. Having been on both sides of this equation for about a dozen such transactions, I've seen times that things work, and times that they don't. This is an often challenging time for every group, including product development teams that need to find their collective way forward and define how they want to work together. To make this successful, there are several key ingredients that need to come into play. I'll share my experience on what makes integrations work and what can create obstacles.
First, everyone involved must fully accept that change is not only acceptable but required. For any organization to move forward, things must change continuously. What worked yesterday won't necessary solve tomorrow's challenge. To quote Benjamin Franklin, "When you're finished changing, you're finished." So given that things will change, we each have an individual choice, embrace it or reject it. Personally, I know that I feel a reluctance to change, especially when it puts me outside my comfort zone. I have learned to recognize that instinct, and when I feel it, I embrace it and use it as an indicator that I need to make sure the change is in the best interest of the organization. This of course means that not all change is good, and we should use our instincts and intuition to discern the impact of change on the organization to refine and direct it, but not to block it.
One of the ways that we can mitigate the resistance to change is that as an organization we embrace the concept of making smart decisions quickly and if you fail, fail fast. No one wants to fail, but fear of failure will be the biggest obstacle to change. The concept of failing fast is that when we make a change, or a decision, lean into it quickly making the best decision with the information available. This isn't a license to make a reckless decision (i.e. let's try this experiment on the production database), but a license to make a decision quickly and not be afraid to fail. If it fails, you've learned something and you take a new direction based on what you learned. What's important is to make sure that the decisions are not decisions that can impact the viability of the business and that you can identify a way to quickly discern success or failure.
Second, we need to over communicate decisions and plans by asking lots of questions. There are two methods of communications push and pull. Push is the sending out of information, and pull is asking lots of questions. During PMI, both are critically important and everyone has a shared responsibility here. Often times, in the lack of specific direction, uncertainty will cause individuals to step into an issue without all of the available information. You're probably asking yourself…"Isn't this talking about doing the opposite of failing fast? If I wait to gather all of the information how can I make quick decision?" Not at all. What I am suggesting is that you should ask sufficient questions of the relevant parties as part of the communication process to make sure you understand and they understand what you are thinking. Questions, no matter how seemingly trivial, are a necessary part of communication because we all have all of our past background and baggage that frames our view of the world. Asking questions, clarifies issues and allows you to understand others perspective. A good integration involves everyone asking lots of questions. One final note on questions, after a couple of back and forth discussions in email, IM or ticket comments, you should pick up your feet or the phone and talk directly to the person. Email and IM are good for some things, but to get a real understanding involves person to person discussion.
Always assume the best of intent from others.
Third, always believe that everyone is operating for the best intention of the company, and where you disagree know that it's because you have a different view of what is best for the company. I can count on one hand the number of times that I actually have discovered that people were deliberately not doing what was best for the company. It does happen, but the vast majority of the time it does not. When you disagree, seek to understand by listening to really understand why they hold a particular view or what background they bring to the table that impacts their mindset. This ties in tightly to the second issue above, by over communicating and asking lots of questions you can also share your background and experiences.
As companies integrate, the most important aspect of that integration is not the new products they bring to market, but the new culture and environment that are created. Everyone needs to work effectively to get things done, but more importantly everyone needs to work collaboratively to build a new team, a changed team, a better team. By accepting change, over-communicating, and always assuming the best from your teammates, you can help drive a new organization that will be more than the sum of its parts, an organization that we will all be proud to engage in. Trying to live by example, in writing this blog post, I was using a new tool that our teammates from the recent ThreatSim application put together. I asked a few people about the topic, and asked Laura Whalin lots of questions about how to write it, and how to get the pull request in place. When she asked for volunteers, I quickly applied and was a bit suprirsed that I was the first. My immediate assumption was that she thought it would be best if I started off the combined blog post. I didn't for a minute believe that she was trying to make me appear foolish (I am quite capalble of doing that all on my own). I am so thankful for her leadership on this. Frankly, I would be much more comfortable talking in front of a room full of people then committing my thoughts to digital ink. So here I am out of my comfort zone, pushing information, asking questions, and hoping that you'll think about about the team you want to help me create! I am looking forward to this journey.


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An oration, delivered at Bennington, Vermont, August 16th, 1799.
In commemoration of the Battle of Bennington. : Published at the request of the audience.
Published 1799 by Printed by Anthony Haswell in Bennington [Vt] .
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Statement By Anthony Haswell. ; [Five lines of verse]
Series Early American imprints -- no. 35599.
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VA delays Forever GI Bill housing stipend fix. Again.
The VA will not change the way it calculates Post-9/11 GI Bill housing stipends until the spring 2020 semester, department officials announced Wednesday. (University of Colorado Colorado Springs)
By: Natalie Gross November 28, 2018
Editor's Note: This story has been updated.
After blowing through the initial deadline to bring its GI Bill housing stipends in line with the Forever GI Bill law, Veterans Affairs Department officials said Wednesday that they will not be able to implement the fix until December 2019.
The big delay comes after months of technology hiccups that have plagued the agency, which failed to meet the original Aug. 1 deadline to put the changes in place. These problems have contributed to a large backlog of claims for veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill to attend school this fall, and the agency has come under fire as thousands of student veterans have had to wait longer than usual for their tuition and housing payments.
VA Sec. Robert Wilkie said in a news release that redesigning the way the Veterans Benefits Administration calculates the housing stipend portion of the GI Bill during a busy academic season "was like flying a plane while building it, and that was unfair and frustrating to veterans and taxpayers. That's why we are resetting our implementation of the law for the next year to ensure we get the technology and formula right to put veterans first."
The VA is also looking for a new contractor to take on this task, ending its work with Booz Allen Hamilton for this portion of the Forever GI Bill, VA spokesman Curt Cashour told Military Times.
What students can expect
Students receiving housing stipends this semester are currently getting paid under 2017 rules. Under those rules, students are paid based on the location of their school's main campus or headquarters — not where they take the most classes, as was supposed to be the case starting in August. But that portion of the new law, signed by President Trump in 2017, will now not go into effect until the spring semester of 2020.
Moving forward, until next December, housing stipends will be paid as if the original deadline never existed. Payments will be adjusted to account for a 2018 cost of living increase, and students will retroactively be paid the difference — or forgiven any overpayments — for discrepancies that occurred this fall. VA housing stipends are approximately 1 percent higher than what the Defense Department pays its E-5s with dependents in the same location.
However, despite numerous assurances from the VA that students' payments would also be corrected based on their primary campus location once the IT updates were made, the VA is no longer planning to retroactively fix those payments because of the workload it would represent for schools, according to congressional staffers and veterans service organization officials. Cashour confirmed this.
Lawmakers grill VA over GI Bill 'debacle'
Nearly four months after the Veterans Affairs Department was supposed to have changed the way it calculates Post-9/11 GI Bill housing stipends, students are still getting the wrong amount each month ― and there's still no end in sight.
By: Natalie Gross
Will the VA keep its promise?
VA's announcement met with mixed reviews from lawmakers and veterans advocates, who have been pressing the department to resolve this issue for months. Many said they are still seeking answers about what, exactly, these changes mean and how many students they affect.
"For the past 11 months, VA has continually failed to deliver a functioning IT system that can process housing payments as dictated by the law," House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Ranking Member Tim Walz, D-Minn., said in a statement, in which he also called the VA's new Dec. 1, 2019 deadline "extremely optimistic." "The changes VA announced today, however, raise more concerns than confidence that student veterans will be taken care of anytime soon."
A committee aide questioned whether the VA has the authority to decide not to honor its promise to retroactively honor the portion of the housing stipend change based on a students' primary campus location, when the law states that this should have been implemented already.
"You have to go back and make students whole," the aide said, adding that the committee has asked the VA for legal justification. "Just saying we're just not going to do it because it would be a lot of work is not an answer."
Tanya Ang, vice president of Veterans Education Success, agreed this part of the VA's solution is problematic.
"That could be hundreds of dollars for some students — per month," she said. "If this was a disability benefit, this would never fly."
However, Ang and other advocates are pleased that the near-term resolution should mitigate the severe payment delays that some GI Bill users have been experiencing.
In recorded testimony during a Nov. 15 hearing on Capitol Hill, VA Education Service Director Robert Worley said at that time, more than 10,000 education benefits claims had been pending between 31 and 60 days. Another 1,000 had been pending for longer. And although the pending inventory of education claims was three times higher than normal in September, it is now on par with normal levels, according to the VA.
"Students should not see the same delays in their housing stipends in the spring that they experienced in the fall," said Lauren Augustine, vice president of government affairs for Student Veterans of America.
Leading VA education official reassigned amid GI Bill problems
Robert Worley, a retired Air Force general, will become the executive director of the Houston VA Regional Office in January. Though the timing suggests Worley's reassignment is a result of the GI Bill payment delays, the VA has not confirmed the correlation.
The VA is also scrapping its "initial interpretation" of the Forever GI Bill that counted the location of a student's off-campus internship or medical practicum as a campus to be considered for a housing stipend, based on ZIP code. Moving forward, the VA will limit this to branch campuses, which have facility codes — the type of codes the VA has used to calculate housing stipends in the past. Sources said these technicalities were proving to be especially challenging, and understood the need for this change in the rules.
"I think that today shows the VA is listening and willing to hear advocates and hear Congress on some of the frustrations that students have seen," said SVA's Augustine. "They're proving that they're willing to set a new course and right the ship when it's starting to roll."
Other Congressional leaders who have taken the VA to task for the slow implementation said they are glad the VA is choosing to focus on getting student veterans their payments, even if it means pushing back the deadline for the IT updates to be completed.
"While I am disappointed that the VA does not yet have an effective IT system in place, I understand Secretary Wilkie's decision to reset implementation of certain sections of the 'Forever' GI Bill while improvements continue to be made," Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said in a statement. "Right now, the VA's priority must be to ensure accurate payments are sent to student veterans in a timely manner. Student veterans rely on the GI Bill to support themselves and their families while they are in school, and the VA is responsible for keeping those payments going, even as it implements the new law."
Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., chairman of the House veterans' committee, which pressed VA leaders for a new deadline at the Nov. 15 hearing, said Wilkie's move "will ensure that monthly housing payments are made with minimal delays."
Both lawmakers said they would continue their efforts to hold the VA accountable. And advocates are hopeful the agency will listen to their concerns in the meantime.
"We're hoping that their minds are not completely made up and that they're willing to work with us on finding a better, more efficient solution," Ang said.


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One of the first things a company needs to do before it goes public is to coordinate with an investment bank in order to decide on share price, as well as the number of shares which will be made available for public purchase. These factors are particularly important because these will help determine how well the company will perform in the future. For instance, the number of shares made available will definitely determine how much percentage of ownership still maintained by the company's actual owners. At the same time, it will also dictate how much the company can earn from the sale of its shares. The investment bank makes a profit from this partnership because it buys the shares from the company and then takes charge of selling these to the public at profit.
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