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Professor inducted as Fellow into American College of Medical Informatics
A Professor of Nursing Health and Informatics at the University of Salford has been inducted as one of 19 Fellows into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).
Nicholas Hardiker received the honour on Sunday, November 16 at a ceremony during the American College of Medical Informatics (AMIA) 2014 Annual Symposium on Biomedical and Health Informatics, where 2,500 informatics professionals gather for five days of workshops, scientific sessions, and educational panels on topics including translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, public health informatics, consumer informatics and applied clinical and operational informatics.
Professor Hardiker, who is also Associate Head (Research & Innovation) of the School of Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work & Social Sciences, said: "ACMI is one of the most prestigious and influential organisations in my area of research and I fell very honoured to have been welcomed by such distinguished colleagues"
Professor Hardiker has a background in Nursing and has Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees in Computer Science from the University of Manchester. He has more than 20 years' experience of theoretical and applied research in Health Informatics, with a particular focus on Health Records and Terminologies. Nick holds an adjunct position of Professor at the University of Colorado, Denver, USA and is Director of the International Council of Nurses' eHealth Programme. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Informatics for Health and Social Care.
ACMI President Dr Alexa McCray, PhD, FACMI, Director of Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, welcomed the esteemed new Fellows to the College and said: "The election of ACMI Fellows represents the strength and diversity of biomedical informatics with recognition of 19 accomplished individuals who are subject matter experts in the science of informatics as it relates to clinical care, research, education, and policy practicing in domains as varied as academic institutions, delivery systems, government, and industry. It reflects the growing impact of the field in healthcare."
ACMI is an honorary College of elected Informatics Fellows from the United States and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics and who have met rigorous scholarly scrutiny by their peers. Incorporated in 1984, ACMI dissolved its separate corporate status to merge with the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics (AAMSI) and the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC), when AMIA was formed in 1989. The College now exists as an entity within AMIA, with its own bylaws and regulations.
AMIA, the leading professional association for informatics professionals in the United States, serves as the voice of the nation's top biomedical and health informatics professionals and plays an important national and international role in medicine, health care, and science, encouraging the use of data, information and knowledge to improve both human health and delivery of healthcare services. To find out more about AMIA click here.
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Arc hunts on after two abortive bids
By James Mclean
Updated: 19:00 EST, 1 May 2001
AFTER two abortive takeover attempts, silicone chip designer Arc International booked a hefty £100,000 in legal charges during its first quarter.
But Arc said it still has 'north of £50m' from its massive cash pile to spend building the company. Finance director Simon Poulton said the group had been close to signing a deal after short-listing one British and one overseas group as acquisition targets, but walked away after unexpected problems.
Poulton said the group was still acquisitive. It came to market last September and was valued at more than £1bn. It retains net cash of about £140m, and says its intellectual property licensing model protects it from the IT spending slowdown.
Losses are set to peak in the current quarter, as the group then begins a long haul towards its first full year of profitability in 2003. Quarter-on-quarter revenues grew 5%, and will slow to about 4.2% this quarter before picking up again later in the year to show annual growth of 80% to 90%. Sales of £3.67m in the three months to 31 March exceeded a pre-tax loss of £6.36m.


When you have a garden, of course you want your plants to strive and more than anything this means dealing with pests effectively. To be safe on your plants and as well make sure that you are not causing any harm to the environment, a great idea is to create some homemade garden pest control products yourself, at home.
There are some fantastic homemade garden pest control recipes that you can follow, which will produce effective lawn and garden pest control products that will work to help your garden strive.
One homemade garden pest control recipe that you will want to try is this onion concoction. For it you need to use a blender and make a smooth paste of 4 onions, 2 tablespoons of cayenne pepper, 2 garlic cloves and 1 quart of water. Now before using this homemade paste you want to dilute it with 2 tablespoons of soap flakes and 2 gallons of water, just so it is not too strong that it will cause damage to your plants.
Another great recipe idea for pest control is to prepare an insecticidal soap at home, and you can do this by dissolving 1 teaspoon of your favorite liquid dish soap in 1 liter of water. Then you just put this in a spray bottle, and you are ready to go.
Another idea for homemade garden pest control is to 1 liter of water dissolve 1 teaspoon of baking soda and also add a few drops of any liquid dish soap. This homemade solution is effective against blackspot, powdery mildew and rust. For best results, make sure that you spray this solution after at least 1 to 2 weeks.
These are just a few ideas when it comes to preparing a homemade garden pest control product, and the best idea is going to be for you to check out what other options you have available to you as well before making any final decisions.
Also keep in mind that the best results are going to come from trial and error. You may even have to end up using a combination of different products in order to get the results that you are looking for. Also, you can get the help of a professional if you need it, but generally these homemade recipes are pretty easy to follow and because they usually only contain natural ingredients they will not be dangerous for you to whip up.


This hat is made with cardboard and covered in a crowd of sock monkey fabric. There are red pom poms around the bottom and a large red pom pom on top. There is a red felt "1" (or other number, see options below) on teh front of the hat. There is elastic to hold the hat in place.


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Rolex Fastnet Race 2007
The first Fastnet Race
Some critics refused to acknowledge the first Fastnet race in 1925 as a true ocean race as racing did not cover long distances across an ocean or sea. However, the race quickly evolved due to the popularity of the new sport of ocean racing in England.
The first race catered for a new breed of yachtsman, the amateur cruising man looking for a challenge, which cruising alone could not satisfy. Typically, he would sail the yacht himself and perhaps only employ a deck hand or two, unlike the pre-war yachtsman who needed up to 30 men to sail his huge racing yacht.
After racing in the 1924 Bermuda race aboard one of the entries, Northern Light, a young Englishman named Weston Martyr was so impressed with the sport that he wrote a letter about it to an English yachting magazine. 'It is,' Martyr wrote, 'without question the very finest sport a man can possibly engage in for to play this game at all it is necessary to possess, in the very highest degree, those hallmarks of a true sportsman: skill, courage and endurance.'
The Fastnet race was now firmly established by the 1930's after running races for several years with fluctuating numbers. The 1930 race saw six American and two French yachts competing alongside the nine British entries.
The early Fastnets saw a high proportion of yachts failing to complete the course. This was mainly due to the toughness of the course, inexperienced crews, old, slow and ill-equipped yachts and the traditional designs of the British yachts lagged behind their fellow competitors from across the pond. Bad weather was also a dominant factor and the 1931 Fastnet saw gale force conditions and many problems for participating yachts, with one person being lost overboard. The tragedy marred what otherwise would have been a classic Fastnet, as the four leading yachts raced the last miles in close company and finished within minutes of one another.
Advances in Ocean Racing
Over the next couple of decades, yacht design for ocean racers moved swiftly and the introduction of multihulled catamarans and trimarans into ocean racing was making an impact. By the 1950's synthetic fibres were introduced and more sophisticated equipment began to bring about change. By the 1960's a more ruthless attitude to racing was emerging and the competitive spirit was sharpened by the introduction of such races as the Admiral's Cup and other major events. The Fastnet of 1965 saw the design of a radical new boat - Rabbit - a 34-foot sloop, which incorporated new ideas ensuring its victory in Class III.
The 1965 Admiral's Cup had also attracted teams from Sweden, Holland, France and the US. Irish and Australian teams also took part as relative newcomers. In 1967 the Australians took the Admiral's Cup trophy back to Sydney showing they were now in the same league as the Americans and Europeans.
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Marajó è un'isola situata alla foce del Rio delle Amazzoni nello Stato brasiliano del Pará.

Geografia

Con una superficie di 40.100 km² (che arrivano a 49.602 km² aggiungendo il piccolo arcipelago di isole vicine), l'isola di Marajó è la più grande isola deltizia al mondo. Il nome nella lingua tupi-guaraní significa "barriera del mare". Marajó è circondata completamente da acqua dolce.

Sebbene la sua costa nord-orientale si affacci sull'oceano Atlantico, la portata d'acqua del Rio delle Amazzoni è così grande che l'acqua del mare ha una bassa salinità per una certa distanza dalla foce del fiume sudamericano.
L'incontro delle acque del fiume con l'oceano provoca il fenomeno del pororoca.

Marajó è un'isola pianeggiante e acquitrinosa. Nella parte orientale è coperta dalla savana, mentre in quella occidentale prevalgono le foreste pluviali. Durante il periodo delle piogge abbondanti, tra gennaio e maggio, l'isola è allagata da acquitrini. Durante il resto dell'anno le piogge sono frequenti ma meno intense.

Le città principali sono Breves (95.000 abitanti circa nel 2006), Portel (45.000), Afuá (36.000), Muaná (28.000), Melgaço (26.000), Gurupá (26.000), Curralinho (24.000), Soure (22.000), Anajás (21.000), Ponta de Pedras (20.000), São Sebastião da Boa Vista (20.000), Salvaterra (18.000), Cachoeira do Arari (18.000), Chaves (17.000).

La città portuale di Belém, capitale dello Stato del Pará, è posta di fronte all'isola di Marajó, da cui è separata dalla baia di Marajó.

Storia

Dal 1870 la grande isola è stata oggetto della ricerca archeologica brasiliana. Nei suoi tumuli sono state trovate ceramiche di vari formati color grigio crema; alcuni esemplari di giare da acqua, ovali o cilindriche, con bocche larghe o strette, ornato da rilievi, presentano pitture a disegno geometrico intrecciato di color rosso o bruno su fondo crema, sia all'interno che all'esterno. Alcune giare ovali recano un'ornamentazione geometrica incisa. Le urne funerarie, di forma troncoconica, possono talvolta presentare una decorazione a rilievo con figure umane coperte da disegni geometrici a forma di T o di H. Nel complesso le urne venivano decorate a larghe forme curvilinee rosse su fondo crema.

È possibile, anche se la datazione non è ancora precisa, che la cultura di Marajó, che sembra tuttora attestata nei primi secoli della nostra era, sia esistita sin dal primo millennio a.C.. Se ne trovano testimonianze nelle raccolte del Musée de l'Homme a Parigi e dell'University Museum di Philadelphia.

Economia

Le attività economiche più importanti sono lo sfruttamento delle foreste e la produzione di caucciù. Parte della foresta originaria ha lasciato il posto a grandi tenute terriere dove si allevano i bufali.

Tipiche delle popolazioni indigene dell'isola erano le ceramiche marajoara rinvenute in scavi archeologici. Oggi la replica di tali ceramiche è un'attività artigianale diffusa.

Nel corso dell'epidemia di spagnola del 1918 – 1919 l'isola di Marajó fu la sola area al mondo con una popolazione consistente ad essere risparmiata dall'epidemia.

Un decreto legge del Parlamento brasiliano del 2002 prevede la possibilità di tenere un plebiscito per istituire il Territorio Federale di Marajó.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Scheda dell'IMDb sul film Marajó, Barreira do Mar (1967) di Libero Luxardo
  un articolo del 2 agosto 2006 nel quale si illustrano i motivi che hanno portato il governo federale ad emanare un'ordinanza che ha istituito un gruppo interministeriale per studiare e risolvere i gravi problemi di Marajó.

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The Untited States' electricity could be much cleaner, and cheaper, if it would embrace natural gas over coal, argues Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the FT today.
The U.S. is awash in natural gas, which is much cleaner than coal. Gas production capacity is 450 GW, while coal is only 336. But the U.S. squanders its gas.
Presently, utilities are generally forced to dispatch coal-fired electricity ahead of natural-gas fired electricity. This is making coal the dominant energy source. Flip the regulation, and suddenly, 3/4 of the coal plants are shut down, and we can "save a small fortune in energy costs."
…Around 920 US coal plants - 78 per cent of the total - are small (generating less than half a gigawatt), antiquated and horrendously inefficient. Their average age is 45 years, with many over 75. They tend to be located amidst dense populations and in poor neighbourhoods to lethal effect.
These ancient plants burn 20 per cent more coal per megawatt hour than modern large coal units and are 60 to 75 per cent less fuel-efficient than combined cycle gas plants. They account for only 21 per cent of America's electric power but almost half the sector's emissions. Properly assessed, the costs of operation, maintenance, capital improvements and repair of these antiquated facilities make them far more expensive to run than natural gas plants. However, irrational energy sector pricing structures make it possible for many plant operators to pass those costs to the public and make choices based exclusively on fuel costs, which in the case of coal appear deceptively cheap because of massive subsidies.
Mothballing or throttling back these plants would mean huge savings to the public and eliminate the need for more than 350m tons of coal, including all 30m tons harvested through mountain-top removal. Their closure would reduce US mercury emissions by 20-25 per cent, dramatically cut deadly particulate matter and the pollutants that cause acid rain, and slash America's CO2 from power plants by 20 per cent - an amount greater than the entire reduction envisaged in the first years of the pending climate change legislation at a fraction of the cost.
To quickly gain further economic and environmental advantages, the larger, newer coal plants that remain in operation should be required to co-fire with natural gas. Many of these plants are already connected to gas pipelines and can easily be adapted to burn gas as 15 to 20 per cent of their fuel. Such co-firing dramatically reduces forced outages and maintenance costs and can be the most cost effective way to reduce CO2 emissions.


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Staff consulted ahead of proposed improvements to orthopaedic services
Published on: 8 October 2019
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust staff are being given the opportunity to have their say on the Trust's plans to improve the way orthopaedic services are provided.
The Trust has announced plans to treat all patients who require emergency surgery on broken bones at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, with Royal Hampshire County Hospital, in Winchester, becoming a centre of excellence for hip and knee replacement surgery.
The proposed changes would allow the Trust to carry out emergency orthopaedic surgery at Basingstoke hospital seven days a week, meaning fewer delays, quicker recovery and improved outcomes for patients requiring this treatment. It is also expected to significantly reduce the number of patients whose planned operations are postponed due to emergencies, meaning shorter waiting times.
Following a lengthy period of informal internal discussions about how the service could be improved, formal consultation has now begun with the medical, nursing and support staff most closely involved in providing orthopaedic services for patients at both sites.
Julie Maskery, chief operating officer at Hampshire Hospitals, which runs Basingstoke and Winchester hospitals, as well as Andover War Memorial Hospital, said: "This consultation will enable us to understand the impact on those staff who will be directly affected, as well as give them the opportunity to have their say on how the proposed changes are implemented."
Proposals have been shared with Hampshire's Health and Social Care Advisory Committee (HASC), who agreed that the Trust could start testing the new service model at the same time as it carries out engagement with a wider range of staff, patients and other stakeholders, including carers, partner organisations and the public.
The Trust is hoping to start using the new way of treating trauma and orthopaedic patients in early December, to test whether the changes will bring about the anticipated benefits. This will be done by monitoring the quality of the service through a range of quantitative and qualitative measures to ensure that any unforeseen consequences are recognised and addressed at the earliest opportunity.
Julie Maskery added: "Throughout this process, our aim is to make sure that we find the right balance of specialist centralisation and local services, ensure any changes will work practically and safely and that we fully understand the potential impact, so they can be addressed or minimised."
Visit our orthopaedic reconfiguration page for more information.
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From Katie: Max's baseball birthday party was a real hit! (ugh. no pun intended.. haha). It was a perfect summer night with good food (hot dogs and shish kabobs grilled by matt and his dad// bags of popcorn and caramel corn// and a table full of sweets), funny music (thank you andrews sisters...i'll never get tired of seeing little ones run around to old music), and amazing friends and family. We sat around and watched the kids scoot about, playing backyard baseball, and dodging stray balls until the sun went down. We made a little concession stand awning out of ikea fabric and tent poles that we had laying around // a photo cut out board from this image // cherry vanilla, peanut butter, and dark chocolate old timey mustaches on a stick// felt pennants on dowel rods and white paper pennant banners (ran through my sewing machine with red thread) to hang outside// i found vintage baseball card images online that i printed off on a thick cardstock for max's friends...and made little canvas drawstring bags for them to stuff with a baseball and sweets to take home. It was a perfect party for our baseball-loving little guy.
I love the new blog!!!congratulations!!


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module ActsAsAudited
  # Specify this act if you want changes to your model to be saved in an
  # audit table.  This assumes there is an audits table ready.
  #
  #   class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  #     acts_as_audited
  #   end
  #
  # To store an audit comment set model.audit_comment to your comment before
  # a create, update or destroy operation.
  #
  # See <tt>ActsAsAudited::Auditor::ClassMethods#acts_as_audited</tt>
  # for configuration options
  module Auditor #:nodoc:
    CALLBACKS = [:audit_create, :audit_update, :audit_destroy]

    # @private
    def self.included(base)
      base.extend ClassMethods
    end

    module ClassMethods
      # == Configuration options
      #
      #
      # * +only+ - Only audit the given attributes
      # * +except+ - Excludes fields from being saved in the audit log.
      #   By default, acts_as_audited will audit all but these fields:
      #
      #     [self.primary_key, inheritance_column, 'lock_version', 'created_at', 'updated_at']
      #   You can add to those by passing one or an array of fields to skip.
      #
      #     class User < ActiveRecord::Base
      #       acts_as_audited :except => :password
      #     end
      # * +protect+ - If your model uses +attr_protected+, set this to false to prevent Rails from
      #   raising an error.  If you declare +attr_accessibe+ before calling +acts_as_audited+, it
      #   will automatically default to false.  You only need to explicitly set this if you are
      #   calling +attr_accessible+ after.
      #
      # * +require_comment+ - Ensures that audit_comment is supplied before
      #   any create, update or destroy operation.
      #
      #     class User < ActiveRecord::Base
      #       acts_as_audited :protect => false
      #       attr_accessible :name
      #     end
      #
      def acts_as_audited(options = {})
        # don't allow multiple calls
        return if self.included_modules.include?(ActsAsAudited::Auditor::InstanceMethods)

        options = {:protect => accessible_attributes.empty?}.merge(options)

        class_inheritable_reader :non_audited_columns
        class_inheritable_reader :auditing_enabled
        class_inheritable_reader :audit_associated_with

        if options[:only]
          except = self.column_names - options[:only].flatten.map(&:to_s)
        else
          except = [self.primary_key, inheritance_column, 'lock_version',
            'created_at', 'updated_at', 'created_on', 'updated_on']
          except |= Array(options[:except]).collect(&:to_s) if options[:except]
        end
        write_inheritable_attribute :non_audited_columns, except
        write_inheritable_attribute :audit_associated_with, options[:associated_with]

        if options[:comment_required]
          validates_presence_of :audit_comment, :if => :auditing_enabled
          before_destroy :require_comment
        end

        attr_accessor :audit_comment
        unless accessible_attributes.empty? || options[:protect]
          attr_accessible :audit_comment
        end

        has_many :audits, :as => :auditable
        attr_protected :audit_ids if options[:protect]
        Audit.audited_class_names << self.to_s

        after_create  :audit_create if !options[:on] || (options[:on] && options[:on].include?(:create))
        before_update :audit_update if !options[:on] || (options[:on] && options[:on].include?(:update))
        before_destroy :audit_destroy if !options[:on] || (options[:on] && options[:on].include?(:destroy))

        attr_accessor :version

        extend ActsAsAudited::Auditor::SingletonMethods
        include ActsAsAudited::Auditor::InstanceMethods

        write_inheritable_attribute :auditing_enabled, true
      end

      def has_associated_audits
        has_many :associated_audits, :as => :association, :class_name => "Audit"
      end

    end

    module InstanceMethods

      # Temporarily turns off auditing while saving.
      def save_without_auditing
        without_auditing { save }
      end

      # Executes the block with the auditing callbacks disabled.
      #
      #   @foo.without_auditing do
      #     @foo.save
      #   end
      #
      def without_auditing(&block)
        self.class.without_auditing(&block)
      end

      # Gets an array of the revisions available
      #
      #   user.revisions.each do |revision|
      #     user.name
      #     user.version
      #   end
      #
      def revisions(from_version = 1)
        audits = self.audits.where(['version >= ?', from_version])
        return [] if audits.empty?
        revision = self.audits.find_by_version(from_version).revision
        Audit.reconstruct_attributes(audits) {|attrs| revision.revision_with(attrs) }
      end

      # Get a specific revision specified by the version number, or +:previous+
      def revision(version)
        revision_with Audit.reconstruct_attributes(audits_to(version))
      end

      # Find the oldest revision recorded prior to the date/time provided.
      def revision_at(date_or_time)
        audits = self.audits.where("created_at <= ?", date_or_time)
        revision_with Audit.reconstruct_attributes(audits) unless audits.empty?
      end

      # List of attributes that are audited.
      def audited_attributes
        attributes.except(*non_audited_columns)
      end

      protected

      def revision_with(attributes)
        self.dup.tap do |revision|
          revision.send :instance_variable_set, '@attributes', self.attributes_before_type_cast
          revision.send :instance_variable_set, '@new_record', self.destroyed?
          revision.send :instance_variable_set, '@persisted', !self.destroyed?
          revision.send :instance_variable_set, '@readonly', false
          revision.send :instance_variable_set, '@destroyed', false
          revision.send :instance_variable_set, '@marked_for_destruction', false
          Audit.assign_revision_attributes(revision, attributes)

          # Remove any association proxies so that they will be recreated
          # and reference the correct object for this revision. The only way
          # to determine if an instance variable is a proxy object is to
          # see if it responds to certain methods, as it forwards almost
          # everything to its target.
          for ivar in revision.instance_variables
            proxy = revision.instance_variable_get ivar
            if !proxy.nil? and proxy.respond_to? :proxy_respond_to?
              revision.instance_variable_set ivar, nil
            end
          end
        end
      end

      private

      def audited_changes
        changed_attributes.except(*non_audited_columns).inject({}) do |changes,(attr, old_value)|
          changes[attr] = [old_value, self[attr]]
          changes
        end
      end

      def audits_to(version = nil)
        if version == :previous
          version = if self.version
            self.version - 1
          else
            previous = audits.descending.offset(1).first
            previous ? previous.version : 1
          end
        end
        audits.where(['version <= ?', version])
      end

      def audit_create
        write_audit(:action => 'create', :audited_changes => audited_attributes,
          :comment => audit_comment)
      end

      def audit_update
        unless (changes = audited_changes).empty?
          write_audit(:action => 'update', :audited_changes => changes,
            :comment => audit_comment)
        end
      end

      def audit_destroy
        write_audit(:action => 'destroy', :audited_changes => audited_attributes,
          :comment => audit_comment)
      end

      def write_audit(attrs)
        attrs[:association] = self.send(audit_associated_with) unless audit_associated_with.nil?
        self.audit_comment = nil
        self.audits.create attrs if auditing_enabled
      end

      def require_comment
        if auditing_enabled && audit_comment.blank?
          errors.add(:audit_comment, "Comment required before destruction")
          return false
        end
      end

      CALLBACKS.each do |attr_name|
        alias_method "#{attr_name}_callback".to_sym, attr_name
      end

      def empty_callback #:nodoc:
      end

    end # InstanceMethods

    module SingletonMethods
      # Returns an array of columns that are audited.  See non_audited_columns
      def audited_columns
        self.columns.select { |c| !non_audited_columns.include?(c.name) }
      end

      # Executes the block with auditing disabled.
      #
      #   Foo.without_auditing do
      #     @foo.save
      #   end
      #
      def without_auditing(&block)
        auditing_was_enabled = auditing_enabled
        disable_auditing
        block.call.tap { enable_auditing if auditing_was_enabled }
      end

      # Disable auditing.
      def disable_auditing
        write_inheritable_attribute :auditing_enabled, false
      end

      # Enable auditing.
      def enable_auditing
        write_inheritable_attribute :auditing_enabled, true
      end

      # All audit operations during the block are recorded as being
      # made by +user+. This is not model specific, the method is a
      # convenience wrapper around
      # @see Audit#as_user.
      def audit_as( user, &block )
        Audit.as_user( user, &block )
      end

    end
  end
end

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Sofoklis put his house up for sale.
Randal is young and beautiful.
Loren will be here very soon.
Luis stood in line for an hour.
Charles thought he'd be safe there.
Harris is a good student.
Roberto asked if I'd found my key.
Hazel didn't hesitate at all.
I want to ask Jeannie something.
It's not my problem. It's Kory's.
I'll try to persuade Liber to help us.
Kylo wanted Bert to cook him dinner.
I know exactly what Naren is up to.
Were you the one who poisoned Rich?
Cris was thinking of the consequences of his actions.
Tricia was in the hospital for three weeks.
Pratt needs open heart surgery.
Laurie is probably not happy right now.
Julianto got used to ignoring the noise.
I have to apologize to Julia.
Lewis knows what Gigi is thinking.
Why didn't Dean ask someone else do it?
Charley is seriously considering that.
I was raised by Donna and Turkeer.
Allan bought a house in Boston.
I'm sure Wendell will agree to help.
Harvey's a great guy to hang out with.
Dorothy ate a quarter of the cake.
Randal was home with a cold last week.
Polly was jealous of Kate's popularity.
Jeffery declared war on the corruption in his country.
Socorrito had two pairs of skis tied to the roof of his car.
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The 9 ounce capacity may seem small, but it is good for several hundred shots. 9 ounces is the equivalent of over TWENTY-ONE (21) 12 gram CO2 cartridges. Example: If you were getting 30 shots per cart, then you will get over 600 shots from one of these tanks per fill. NICE!
The size of these is 10 1/2 " length and 2.1" outside diameter.
The aluminum construction and size makes for light weight and is sleek for mounting to some of our guns.
I use these on my bulk fed Crosman 2400 and a QB79 I am playing with (shown in picture #2 and NOT INCLUDED).
These do not have to be hydro tested.
There is a pin valve, so when I unscrew it from the adapter it DOES shut off and not waste all the juice. You can;t easily do THAT with a 12 gram cart, either.
These are getting harder and harder to find (and get) because the paint ball guys need WAY more shots than this for their hopper fed guns they use. The larger tanks rule in paintball, but I think this is the very best size for our CO2 guns.
They are new and are empty. You will need to make friends with your local paintball filing station. I pay $4 per fill for these small tanks. Your mileage may vary.


574 Leatherwood Drive is a $1,499,000, 4,188 square foot, 3 bedroom, 5.0 bath home on a 1.02 acre lot located in Maggie Valley, NC.
One of a kind Honka Log Home - TRULY TURN KEY- furnishings like you've never seen before. You must make the trip to see this designer residence - done with taste and style. The views are one in a million and the finishes are for the person who can truly appreciate quality. The exterior of the home has been meticulously maintained from the circular drive with waterfall, exquisite mature landscaping, and consistent log sealing. Walk in to the Great Room with soaring stone WB fireplace, floor to ceiling glass to capture the views. Also on the main level are the sumptuous Master Suite and Master Bath with steam shower and spa tub. The upper level offers guest room with bath, office/loft and a charming balcony overlooking the waterfall - to while away the hours. The lower level provides even more with a second Master Suite - family room, second kitchen and billiard table. The outside area has a fenced area for dogs and children plus a hot tub. All and all, it's amazing.
I am interested in 574 Leatherwood Drive, Maggie Valley, NC 28751.


The Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation (Bruce CFDC) is a community based not for profit corporation, committed to small business and community economic development. Affiliated through Industry Canada's - Community Futures Program, this independent corporation embraces initiatives and activities in support of economic diversification and community prosperity.
Incorporated in 1986 as a not for profit corporation in the Province of Ontario, a volunteer Board of Directors continues to govern the directions, priorities and policies of the Bruce CFDC. Board members are representative of a broad geographic area and bring a variety of skills including strong small business experience and expertise. Board meetings are held monthly, with a full review of operating matters as well as detailed consideration of eligible loan requests. All are dedicated to the health and prosperity of the area.
A core staff of four manage the daily affairs of the corporation. Contract and/or part-time staff are hired as required to implement special projects.


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Industry 4.0 and climate change pose serious challenges to global stability – tough choices must be made if we are to avoid major social upheaval
Martin Luther King said: "We are faced with the fact that tomorrow is today". As the International Labour Organization (ILO) embarks on its centenary year it is busy preparing for the challenges of the coming decades and the radical upheaval the employment market is undergoing.
These issues are starkly framed by the Global Commission on the Future of Work's report, 'Work for a brighter future', the outcome of a 15-month project initiated by the ILO and co-chaired by President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa and Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden.
The Commission's findings lay out some stark choices raised by Industry 4.0 technology, evolving work practices and climate change. The chief message is the need for a collective global response to the disruptions and a human-centred agenda that puts people's needs at the heart of policies. The ILO has a unique membership structure that brings together governments, workers' and employers' organisations as equals to shape its work, something that should put it in a strong position to promote this approach. But can it make its tripartite stakeholders listen?
There are numerous projections available for the upheaval posed by automation. For example, PwC recently estimated 38% of jobs in the US, 30% of jobs in the UK, and 35% in Germany were at risk, however the Commission report avoids posting any specific figures of its own. For good reason, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. "It's not that we don't think it's important, but there is a real danger in doing so because it creates a sense of technological determinism," he says, "The employment impact of innovation will be, above all, a function of the policies we apply. This is a policy debate so we looked at the qualitative impact on jobs, rather than the quantitative dimension."
The emergence of the international digital platform economy threatens to further destabilise the existing, already delicate, world-of-work ecosystem of governments, employers and workers, applying an informal employment model across entire continents. In response, the 27-member Global Commission recommends a 'Universal Labour Guarantee' that includes protecting workers' rights and collective bargaining.
"Chancellor Merkel said the application of new technology could help us improve our lives but it could also create a 21st Century generation of digital day labourers and that's a policy decision." maintains Ryder, "There's a clear international dimension to the platform economy which is a challenge to regulation. The report calls for an international response."
"There's a critical decision to be made about the way we want to organise our markets and the way we regulate and constrain bad behaviour, but there's actually nothing new about those challenges."
Guy Ryder, Director-General. ILO
One of the key tenets of the report's human-centred agenda is the requirement for 'lifelong learning', beginning with education, continuing through the acquisition of skills, reskilling and upskilling to tackle the impact of rapid technological progress. In addition - considering it took around 75 years for the telephone to connect to 50 million people while Pokemon Go was downloaded 100 million times in a month - there is a fundamental factor about the pace of change to be grasped.
We have to re-examine the idea that we learn for the first 20 years of our lives and work for the next 50. The two must be intertwined and combined so they continue," says Ryder. "This is firstly a role for government to overhaul the state provision of education, then employers because they are often well-placed to train staff, and equally, workers need to be open and receptive to learning new skills."
Another significant aspect of the Future of Work report is its focus on the environment. The impact of climate change will challenge business in ways unforeseen during last century's economic expansion. Rising temperatures, poor air quality, natural disasters and migration are all likely to accelerate unless action is taken, but the ILO message is that this doesn't necessarily have to come at the expense of jobs. Its World Employment and Social Outlook 2018 Greening with Jobs report says 1.2 billion jobs depend on a stable and healthy environment, but it also suggests the green economy can create 24 million jobs. In turn, the Future of Work report urges investment in sustainable business.
"For some time there was a widely held view that there was a choice to be made between creating jobs and generating growth on the one hand, and on the other protecting the planet, and the decision was to keep our foot on the pedal of growth and jobs," says Ryder. "It's only in the last five to ten years that the evidence has revealed this was a false choice. Protecting jobs now goes hand-in-hand with protecting the planet. There are huge policy decisions to be made about restructuring industrial and productivity systems but they must be taken and the ILO will lead the debate."
For Ryder, the transformation of industry and the impact on the labour market will pose real threats to global stability but can also provide the opportunity for positive change. He believes the ILO should be front and centre in these debates about constructive solutions, using its unique strengths and structure to make the case for a new order prioritising decent work and social justice.
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Weaver Leather Breakaway Original Adjustable Chin & Throat Snap Halter, A soft, supple burgundy latigo leather crown is the perfect addition to the popular original nylon halter. This convenient breakaway halter features a 1" nylon construction, oblong buckle holes, box-stitching at stress points, a comfortable rolled throat and true-to-fit sizing. Also features brass plated double crown buckles and a sewn-in, non-rust solid brass throat snap. Average horse or yearling draft.


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O'Hare To Screen For CoronavirusO'Hare International Airport is joining four other airports that are screening travelers arriving from China. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Special Prosecutor Requested For Officer's DUI CaseJoliet police Officer Erin Zilka is charged with driving under the influence in the crash that killed Berwyn police Officer Charles Schauer.
Two-Alarm Fire In Two Buildings In South Chicago NeighborhoodThe Chicago Fire Department responded to a two-alarm fire Friday night in the South Chicago neighborhood on the Southeast side.
2 Dead, 4 Wounded In Wednesday Shootings Across ChicagoWednesday's latest shooting happened about 8:45 p.m. during a robbery in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
5 Killed, 24 Wounded In Chicago Weekend Gun ViolenceThe weekend's latest fatal shooting happened about 7:20 p.m. Sunday in the South Chicago neighborhood.
2 Killed, 7 Wounded In Chicago Shootings WednesdayThe most recent fatal shooting happened about 2:20 p.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
Man Tied Up, Woman Raped During Home Invasion, Robbery In South ChicagoPolice said two males forced their way into a 39-year-old man's first-floor apartment, tied him up, and raped a 30-year-old woman who was inside.
Woman Who Suffers From Mental Disability Missing From South ChicagoMzima Davis, who also goes by Janice, went missing Thursday from the 8500 block of South Burley, according to Chicago Police.
1 Killed, 6 Wounded In Monday Gun Violence Across ChicagoThe shootings, all falling within a span of six hours, included a homicide about 2:35 p.m. in the South Chicago neighborhood.
2 Men Killed, 26 Wounded In Chicago Weekend ShootingsThe weekend's latest killing happened at 8:34 p.m. Sunday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Armed Robberies Reported In South Chicago, South ShoreFour armed robberies have been recently reported in the South Chicago and South Shore neighborhoods.
1 Killed, 6 Wounded In Tuesday Shootings Across ChicagoA 14-year-old boy was shot shortly after 5 p.m. in the South Chicago neighborhood. He later died at Comer Children's Hospital.
Man Charged With Putting Toddler In Burning Hot Bath WaterJarvon Crossley, 36, faces one count of aggravated battery to a child, according to Chicago Police.
8 Wounded In Tuesday Shootings Across ChicagoThe day's latest attack happened about 10:10 p.m. in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
Person In Custody After SWAT Incident At South Chicago HomeChicago Police SWAT officers responded when the male barricaded himself inside the house at 7:03 p.m. in the 8400 block of South Luella.
13-Year-Old Boy Among 4 Killed, 11 Wounded In Monday ShootingsFour people were killed, including a 13-year-old boy, and 11 others were wounded in shootings Monday across Chicago.
Man Charged With Fatally Shooting Woman In South ChicagoGregory L. Pearson, 49, faces one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 53-year-old Tina Brown, police said.


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APIAVote Partners in the News!
As campaigns on both sides of the aisle invest more to engage AAPI voters, they join the efforts of community organizations like our partners, Asian Community Development Council (ACDC) and APALA's Nevada chapter.
APIAVote honored with Community Advocate Award
Last Saturday, APIAVote was honored with the OCA Community Advocate Award, given at the OCA National Gala Awards.
AAPI YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
The Youth Leadership Summit (July 26-27) will provide a platorm for high school leaders in the Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland area to reflect on the significance of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history, share emerging trends in AAPI communities, and develop concrete strategies to promote civic engagement.
Job Opening: Communications & Policy Associate
APIAVote is hiring for a candidate who is detailed oriented and has experience in communications and policy. This is a full time permanent position with a competitive compensation and benefits package.
Join us in July-help make the AAPI community's voice heard!
Join APIAVote on Capitol Hill next week!
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders hold the cards in Vegas for Nevada primary
In a state where AAPIs make up 10 percent of the electorate, politicians know they must reach this key voting bloc if they want to win.
What are on the minds of young voters?
Our high school interns are part of a movement in which young people are making their voices heard in school, on the streets, and at the polls. They believe that voting is a civil right and ticket to accurate representation in our democracy. And they are doing something about it.
What are you doing next Tuesday? June 5 primaries to watch
Do you live in California or New Jersey? Make a plan to vote in your state's primary on June 5th to pick your next Congressmember. Learn more about the impact of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
As 2018 election season heats up, young people register their peers to vote
Do you want to take action and help the effort to get out the vote in 2018?
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This month's theme was I'm Your Biggest Fan. We heard stories about trying to keep calm while meeting lifelong idols, family heroes, and getting recognized as a local celebrity. In the end we had a tie - Eileen Joyce, with her story about getting to know and love a new hometown, and Melissa Snavely, who shared a story about auditioning for the lead in her high school musical.
Eileen and Melissa are pictured here with this month's host, Carter Grimm. They each won an exclusive York Story Slam journal from our friends at Story Supply Co. and earned a spot in our Grand Slam in November.
Tickets for our September story slam are on sale now. Our events often sell out in advance, so get your tickets now! The theme is #adulting, and Matt McDunnell will be our host for the evening.


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Q: VirtualHosts 404 for hidden files I'm using a friendly url solution that i achieve with the following lines in VirtualHosts
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ script.php?$1

So i can have url's like http://example.com/something/something/else/other/things/
But how could i send a 404 status to the user who requests any url that has a folder starting with /. (it doesn't have to exist)
Example: http://example.com/.svn/this/should/be/404
Example: http://example.com/other/things/.cannot/access/here
Example: http://example.com/this/should/be/.denied

Examples that shouldn't be denied:
Example: http://example.com/t.his/is/ok

I've tried playing with FilesMatch and DirectoryMatch but this is more of a virtual path and i couldn't get it to work. Thank you for your help

A: If I understand the question, you are looking to throw a 404 error anytime some tries to access a hidden or directory? If so the following will do so, though I can't say it works against no existent files.
RewriteRule "(^|/)." - [R=404,L]
HTML5 Boilerpplate has a very nice and well documented .htaccess file, I would recommend checking that out. http://html5boilerplate.com/

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Design of the main annual catalog for the summer tourist season.
Catalog design for City break travel arrangements.
Designing corporate promotional slogans, slogans for individual advertising campaigns, writing texts for leaflets and catalogs.
Web design for news portals.


Familiarize yourself with all things afterschool in these short and to-the-point fact sheets that cover everything from figures on participation in afterschool to outcomes associated with afterschool.
The research on afterschool programs is vast and continues to grow, with more than 15 years' worth of evaluations and data on afterschool program participation spanning a decade. This section includes materials that present the highlights of afterschool facts and figures in a short and succinct package. Looking for figures that establish the need for afterschool programs? Interested in the key outcomes associated with afterschool program participation? You're in the right place.
Learn more about 21st CCLC, a critical source of funding for many afterschool programs.
Find state-specific information on the condition of afterschool in your state, including federal funding levels and public support for afterschool.
A one-pager that makes the case for afterschool STEM using the latest research.
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) initiative is the only federal funding source dedicated exclusively to before-school, afterschool, and summer learning programs. This fact sheet provides an overview of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program, highlights its outcomes and benefits, and addresses the current state of funding.
21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) are afterschool and summer learning programs that are locally-designed school and community solutions that help kids learn and grow, keep children and teenagers safe, and support families to balance work with home. This fact sheet provides a small sampling of findings from evaluations of the federally-funded Community Learning Centers programs that demonstrate the positive impact programs across the country are having on students' academics, school-day attendance, engagement in learning, and behavior.
Afterschool and summer learning programs inspire students to learn, keep children and teenagers safe, and give parents peace of mind. This fact sheet provides a small sampling of findings—from meta-analyses to program-level evaluations—that show that there is demonstrable evidence of the positive impact programs have on students' academics, school-day attendance, engagement in learning, and behavior.
Afterschool programs across the county are inspiring learning, providing safe and supportive environments, and giving students the essential supports they need to succeed in school and beyond. This fact sheet and accompanying appendix highlights research that shows that afterschool programs are helping support students' success.
The Afterschool Alliance is proud to present this fact sheet as part of the third edition of America After 3PM, which spans a decade of household survey data chronicling how children spend the hours between 3 and 6 p.m. This fact sheet highlights the key findings related to the African American community and analyzes overall parent responses.
The Afterschool Alliance is proud to present this fact sheet as part of the third edition of America After 3PM, which spans a decade of household survey data chronicling how children spend the hours between 3 and 6 p.m. This fact sheet highlights the key findings related to the Hispanic community and analyzes overall parent responses.
A concise overview of the state of afterschool in the U.S., as well as key research on the benefits and outcomes associated with participation in programs.


Spector Group has developed the new offices of video advertising company Tremor Video located in New York City.
Tremor Video's new headquarters is inspired by the vibrancy and energy of its new Times Square neighborhood. The project is unique in that the space was originally a theater and boasts 20-foot ceilings and an airy, column-free layout. The charge was to transform the space into a modern office that would capture the personality and creativity of the firm.
A highlight is its unique layout, which revolves around a communal area called 'Times Square Plaza.' It features a raised town square platform where people can gather, collaborate and draw inspiration from one another, as well as a ping pong area to bring a touch of fun to the office environment.


We had a 2 day window where the high was only in the 70's and the lows were in the 60's. It was beautiful. I took full advantage!
Oooh! LOVE that bag!! Looking good mama :) I always make wish lists too! I call it online "window shopping." Haa! :)Hope you had a great weekend!
Ah yes, window shopping! I call mine....waiting for my hubby to a). say yes, b). not notice, or c) owe me an apology shopping lists! haaa I kid I kid!
Oh I can't wait for more days like these! Live the jacket!!
i have the same bag and i LOVE it! it's the perfect everyday bag, i use it all the time. be warned, the inside lining is a little delicate, i've had to do some sewing and patching, but i also apparently have razor sharp keys.
Katrina, why am I not surprised!? We have good taste!
I have also found that the buckle holding the shoulder strap undoes on occasion, so I glue gunned the buckle shut! ;) I don't mind a very lived in bag. It's so perfect for everyday wear!
That jacket's great! I can't believe it's victorias secret!


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Q: jsf ajax must be in the same form? The jsf page below produces the error as follows. Does that mean that the ajax tag must be in the same form as the render target? Is there anyway to workaround this limitation?
SEVERE: Error Rendering View[/ajax.xhtml]
javax.faces.FacesException:  contains an unknown id 'sum' - cannot locate it in the context of the component x
<h:body>
    <h:form>
        x:
        <h:inputText id="x" value="#{ajax.x}">
            <f:ajax event="keyup" render="sum mul"/>
        </h:inputText>

        y:
        <h:inputText id="y" value="#{ajax.y}">
            <f:ajax event="keyup" render="sum mul"/>
        </h:inputText>

    </h:form>
    Sum: <h:outputText id="sum" value="#{ajax.sum}"/>

    Multiply: <h:outputText id="mul" value="#{ajax.multiply}"/>

</h:body>

A: Just prefix the id with a colon
eg. <f:ajax event="keyup" render=":sum :mul"/>
See this blog post


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Alexis Jevgenjevitsj Pantchoulidzew (Russisch: Алексей Евгеньевич Панчулидзев) (Pjatigorsk, 18 september 1888 – Diepenheim, 10 april 1968), in de Nederlandse literatuur ook bekend als Aleksey Pantchulidzew of Aleksey Pantschulidzev koosnaam: "Tschuli", was de enige Nederlandse deelnemer aan de Olympische Zomerspelen van 1956. In het Lockheedomkoopschandaal van de jaren zestig en zeventig wordt hij genoemd als tussenpersoon die mede de overboeking regelde van 1 miljoen US-dollar smeergeld, bestemd voor de Nederlandse prins-gemaal Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld. Pantchoulidzew was in 1937 een van Bernhards getuigen bij zijn huwelijk met kroonprinses Juliana. Hij werd geboren als Rus en behoorde tot de lijfwacht-huzaren van de keizerlijke garde en was kolonel in het Russische Keizerlijke leger.

Biografie

Afkomst en opleiding
Oorspronkelijk kwam Pantchoulidzew uit het Russische Pjatigorsk, waar zijn vader diende als generaal bij de cavalerie. In de stad Saratov in Rusland staat een standbeeld van generaal Aleksey Pantchoulcize (Georgische spelling), een van zijn adellijke voorvaderen. Pantchoulidzew was tijdens zijn opleiding vanaf 9 september 1904 lid van het Keizerlijk Page Regiment en in dienst van de keizerin-moeder tsarina Maria Fjodorovna, geboren prinses Dagmar van Denemarken. Dit was de vooropleiding voor het elite keurkorps van de cadetten van de Nicolas Cavalry School in Sint Petersburg, die hij van 1912 tot 1914 bezocht. Hij werd bevorderd tot kornet van het Grodno Huzaren Regiment. Op 6 december 1912 werd hij er luitenant. Hij huwde in 1912 met de weduwe van kolonel Buchmeyer, Mariya Federovna Meyer. In de Eerste Wereldoorlog vocht hij tegen de Oostenrijkse en Duitse keizerlijke legers en was tot 1917 adjudant van generaal Brussilov.

Russisch kolonel
Zijn kolonelsrang zou hij volgens mededelingen in 1969 in het Nederlandse hippische blad De Hoefslag van de Zwitserse hippische correspondent Max E. Amman - een functionaris van de FEI en een goede kennis van prins Bernhard - aan een bijzondere gebeurtenis in zijn leven hebben te danken. Pantchoulidzew was lid van het Russische springteam onder leiding van luitenant-generaal Alexander Rodzyanko. Een ander lid van het team was de geestelijk leider van het Kalmukkenrijk en latere diplomaat prins Danzan Toundoutoff. . Ritmeester Alexis de Pantchoulidzew won de Kaiserpreis in Wenen-Krieau met zijn lichtbruine paard Barine. Het bleef doodstil op de tribunes toen de uitslag bekend werd dat de Russen hadden gewonnen, volgens de berichtgeving in de hippische literatuur. Pantchoulidzew kreeg niet de Kaiserprijs-bokaal en het daarbij behorende bedrag van 10.000 Kronen uitgereikt uit handen van de Oostenrijkse keizer Frans Jozef zoals de gewoonte was. Oorzaak was de grote spanning tussen Oostenrijk-Hongarije en Rusland die reeds voor de moord op kroonprins Frans Ferdinand en zijn vrouw Sophie in Sarajevo in 1914 in de lucht hing. Naderhand werden de Russen ervan verdacht bij deze aanslag betrokken te zijn geweest. Als troostprijs kregen Pantchouldizew en de teamleden door het bestuur van de "Gesellschaft zur Prämiirung guter Campagne-Reiter in Wien" een erepalm uitgereikt. Toen hij terugkwam in Sint-Petersburg kreeg hij uit handen van tsaar Nicolaas II een gouden medaille uitgereikt en werd hij bevorderd tot Polkovnik (kolonel) van de lijfwachthuzaren.

Via Finland naar Denemarken
Na zijn deelname aan de vijandigheden gedurende de Russische Revolutie van 1917 ontvluchtte Pantchoulidzew met zijn vrouw hun vaderland via Finland. Als gevolg van deze schermutselingen heeft hij de rest van zijn leven vijf kogels in zijn lichaam meegedragen die niet verwijderd konden worden. Dit vertelde hij trots tijdens zijn lezingen in Karlsruhe tijdens zijn inleiding. In het voormalige groothertogdom Finland verbleef hij op het landgoed van de eerste schoonvader van zijn echtgenote. Vanaf 1918 woonde en werkte Pantchouldizew in Kopenhagen, waarheen ook de keizerin-moeder gevlucht was, en waar hij tot 1921 verbleef.

Duitsland
Daarna ging hij naar Berlijn. Zijn eerste Duitse werkgeefster was Victoria A. (Vicky) Glahn, geboren Staudt, die getrouwd was met de ritmeester buiten dienst en auteur Erich Glahn. De familie Glahn was eigenaar van de springstal Georgen in Belgard a.d. Persante (nu Białogard) in Pommern, waarvan Pantchouldizew de wedstrijdpaarden bereed in onder meer Aken en Berlijn op het concours hippique.

Pantchoulidzew verhuisde in 1922 naar het landgoed Woynowo in de provincie Posen nabij de stad Züllichau, later Grensmark Posen-West-Pruisen, het ouderlijk huis van toen nog prins Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld. Hij was er eerst als gast, daarna als hoofdopziener en vervolgens als beheerder. Hij was het die Bernhard en zijn broer leerde paardrijden. Zijn echtgenote verbleef sinds 1922 in Parijs, om dichter bij haar zoon en dochter uit haar eerste huwelijk te zijn. Zij bleef met haar man contact houden en stierf in 1933. Haar huwelijk met Pantchoulidzew bleef kinderloos. Na de dood van haar echtgenoot in 1934 hielp Pantchoulidzew prinses Armgard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld met het beheer van hun bezit Reckenwalde. In januari 1937 was hij een van prins Bernhards getuigen bij diens huwelijk met de Nederlandse kroonprinses Juliana. Op de huwelijksakte schreef hij zijn naam met het Duits adellijke 'von', hoewel hij volgens het Duitse adelsregister daar geen recht op had. Wel was hij oorspronkelijk lid geweest van de Georgische adel. Na de val van het Duitse Keizerrijk schafte de nieuwe Weimarrepubliek de adelstand af. De nieuwe grondwet van 1919 bepaalde in artikel 109 kort maar krachtig: "Publiekrechtelijke voordelen of nadelen van geboorte of stand moeten worden opgeheven. Adellijke titels zijn uitsluitend een deel van de naam en mogen niet meer worden verleend."

Pantchoulidzew, die sinds zijn vlucht uit Rusland automatisch zijn staatsburgerschap verloren had, was in het bezit van een Nansenpaspoort voor stateloze burgers. Het Nansenpaspoort was een door de Volkenbond ingevoerd identiteitsbewijs of reisdocument voor vluchtelingen die niet beschikten over een paspoort uit het door hen ontvluchte land.
Daarom werd Pantchoulidzew op 7 februari 1944 schriftelijk gemeld dat hij als hulpkracht op het treinstation van Frankfurt aan de Oder te werk zou worden gesteld bij de Reichsbahndirektion Osten. Op 24 februari meldde de Gestapo dat hij voor zijn functie was goedgekeurd door de politiearts en dat hij zijn betrekking per omgaande diende op te nemen. Zijn dienstrang en werkzaamheden werden omschreven als assistent-beladingsconducteur (Aushilfsladenschaffner), waarvoor hij eerst een korte opleiding heeft gehad. Blijkens een Dienstausweis die op 6 april werd afgegeven werkte hij in dienst van de Deutsche Reichsbahn en was werkzaam als cargadoor voor de belading van de treinen, vertelde hij aan zijn vriend Reitmeister Egon von Neindorff. Aan het eind van de oorlog vluchtte hij met prinses Armgard naar Bad Driburg.

Nederland
Hij werd na de bevrijding door prins Bernhard naar Nederland gehaald. Hiervoor regelde Bernhard dat hij een accreditatie kreeg voor het nieuwe Nederlandse soldatenblad Pen Gun, waardoor Pantchoulidzew bij de landsgrens vrije doorgang kreeg. Op 6 november 1945 werd Pantchoulidzew als kolonel Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten ingeschreven te Baarn. Op zijn Nederlandse persoonskaart stond hij tot 16 december 1949 geregistreerd als Alexis von Pantschoulidzew en ingeschreven als woonachtig op Paleis Soestdijk. In werkelijkheid verbleef Pantchoulidzew samen met prinses Armgard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld en een kleine hofhouding van 1945 tot februari 1952 in Haus Wittgenstein te Roisdorf. In datzelfde jaar verhuisden prinses Armgard en Pantchoulidzew en gingen zij beiden definitief in Nederland wonen op kasteel Warmelo in Diepenheim, dat Bernhard voor zijn moeder gekocht had. Per wet van 4 november 1949 werd hij met de naam Alexis Pantchoulidzew genaturaliseerd tot Nederlander. Conform de Nederlandse wetgeving had hij om Nederlander te worden minimaal vijf jaar in Nederland moeten wonen. In 1949 voldeed hij daar nog niet aan. Bernhard wist de minister van Justitie Wijers er echter van te overtuigen om uit te gaan van 1938 als vestigingsjaar. Volgens Bernhard wilde hij al in dat jaar Pantchoulidzew laten overkomen, maar zag hij daar vanwege de politieke onrust in Duitsland vanaf. Volgens Bernhard vond hij het zelf verstandiger als Pantchoulidzew om die reden bij zijn moeder bleef. Door de oorlogshandelingen was overkomst eerder dan 1945 vervolgens niet meer mogelijk.

Dressuurrijden en Olympische Spelen van Melbourne
Vanaf begin 1952 werd Pantchoulidzew onderwezen in de kunst van het dressuurrijden in de houten overdekte rijbaan op Warmelo. Zijn leraar en coach was 'Direktor' Ludwig W. Zeiner, Hofbereiter i.R. van de Spanische Reitschule in Wenen. Pantchoulidzew deed in 1954 in Londen met het paard Lascar van prins Bernhard voor het eerst mee aan een internationale wedstrijd.

Pantchoulidzew nam als dressuurruiter namens Nederland deel aan de Zomerspelen van 1956. Bernhard had dat voor hem geregeld. Zijn deelname wekte nogal wat verbazing, omdat hij zich niet vooraf had hoeven te kwalificeren voor het Nederlands Olympisch Comité. Dit werd ook toegeschreven aan de invloed van Bernhard. De paardensportjournalist Hans Eijsvogel noemde Pantchoulidzew "de schaduw van de Prins". De ruiteronderdelen van deze Spelen werden vanwege de strenge Australische quarantainebepalingen in Stockholm gehouden. Hij mocht deelnemen op eigen kosten. In het programmaboekje staat hij vermeld met het startnummer 1. In een veld van 36 deelnemers eindigde hij als 28e.

Omdat Nederland later dat jaar de Spelen in Melbourne boycotte (vanwege de rol van de Sovjet-Unie in de Hongaarse Opstand), was hij uiteindelijk Nederlands enige deelnemer aan de Zomerspelen van 1956. Pantchoulidzew was 67 jaar en 270 dagen oud toen hij in Stockholm meedeed. Daarmee is hij nog altijd de oudste Nederlandse deelnemer aan de Olympische Spelen.

De paardensporthistoricus Jan Maiburg heeft les gehad van Pantchoulidzew in Karlsruhe bij het rij-instituut Egon von Neindorff.

Lockheedomkoopschandaal
Pantchoulidzew wordt genoemd in verband met de Lockheedaffaire. Zo is hij degene geweest die op 3 oktober 1960 in Zwitserland aan een Lockheedmedewerker een briefje met zijn naam en bankrekeningnummer gaf waarop één miljoen US-dollar smeergeld bestemd voor prins Bernhard gestort zou moeten worden. Aan dat verzoek werd gevolg gegeven.

Overlijden
Pantchoulidzew overleed in 1968 te Diepenheim op 79-jarige leeftijd. Hij werd begraven op de plaatselijke Algemene Begraafplaats.

Onderscheidingen
Pantchoulidzew ontving meerdere onderscheidingen, onder meer:
 Orde van Sint-Vladimir, vierde graad met zwaarden en boog
 Orde van Sint-Anna, derde graad met zwaard en boog
 Orde van Sint-Stanislaus, derde graad met zwaard en boog
 Grootofficier in de Huisorde van Oranje

Literatuur
 Amman, Max E., De ruiters van de Tsaar, in: De Hoefslag, 18 december 1969.
 Glahn, Erich, Reitkunst am Scheideweg. Die XV!e Olympischen Reiterspiele in Stockholm 1956, Heideheim, Hoffmann, 1956
 Rapport van der Voet (deel 1, 2004-02-15). Uit in Duitsland afgenomen beëdigde en notarieel vastgelegde verklaringen
 Schrage, E.J.H., Zur Lippe Biesterfeld. Prinses Armgard, prins Bernhard en hun houding tegenover nazi-Duitsland. Amsterdam: Balans, 2004. .
 Vieux Sang, Een ruiterlijk ruiterleven, in De Hoefslag, 20 juni 1968
 Buurman, A., & Eysvogel, H., 1000 paarden en een prins: memoires van Hans Eysvogel, De Boekenmakers, 2008
 Metternichsberg/Haus Wittgenstein, Heimatfreunde Roisdorf e.V.
 Secretaris Paata Natsvlishvili van het Georgische Olympische Commitee.Uitgave Nr.21 uit het jaar 2011
 Daniel E. A. Perret The Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta and the «Corps des Pages», Russia's Dream of Chivalry
 Chebotarev, Tanya and Marvin Lyons "The History". The Russian Imperial Corps of Pages, An Online Exhibition Catalog. Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
 Wiener Zeitung, zaterdag 13 juni 1914- rubriek paardensport.

Trivia
In de jaren vijftig kwam Pantchoulidzew vaak op Paleis Soestdijk om de oudste dochters van prins Bernhard paardrijles te geven. Hij tankte dan steevast zijn auto vol bij de garagepomp van het paleis, en kreeg daarom van het paleispersoneel al snel de bijnaam 'Petroliechef'.. De liefde en kennis omtrent gemotoriseerd vervoer had Pantchoulidzew al in 1912. Hij zat namelijk in een commissie voor de Russische regering die zich bezig hield met de aankoop van vrachtauto's voor het leger bij de firma H. Büssing in Wenen XX/1. Volgens de Oestereichische Soldaten Zeitung uitgave van 25 december 1912 kocht hij samen met leden van de commissie vijftig vrachtwagens met een gezamenlijke waarde van één miljoen Florint.

Externe links
 Olympische Spelen 1956, met foto van Pantchoulidzew
 Uitzending Netwerk over Pantchoulidzews deelname aan de Olympische Spelen van 1956

Nederlands ruiter
Nederlands olympisch deelnemer
Militair in het keizerrijk Rusland
Dressuurruiter


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Indian Top Court Recognizes Transgenders
Reuters reports that India's top court has recognized the country's long marginalized transgender community as a third gender and, in a landmark judgment lauded by human rights groups, called on the government to ensure their equal treatment.
There are hundreds of thousands of transgenders in India, say activists, but because they are not legally recognized, they are ostracized, discriminated against, abused and often forced into prostitution.
"Recognition of transgenders as a third gender is not a social or medical issue but a human rights issue," the Supreme Court's two-judge bench said in its ruling.
"Transgenders are also citizens of India. The spirit of the constitution is to provide equal opportunity to every citizen to grow and attain their potential, irrespective of caste, religion or gender."
A person who is transgender does not identify with the gender stated on their birth certificate.
The court ruling – which came after hearing a petition filed by a group of transgenders demanding equal rights – recognized the community as a marginalized group and directed authorities to implement policies to improve their socio-economic status.
The petitioners' lawyers said that this would mean that all identity documents, including a birth certificate, passport and driving license would recognize the third gender, along with male and female.
The government will also have to allocate a certain percentage of public sector jobs, seats in schools and colleges to third gender applicants, said lawyer Sanjeev Bhatnagar.
Due to their lack of access to jobs and education, many male-to-female transgenders – also known as "hijras" – are forced to work as sex workers or move around in organized groups begging or demanding money.
Hate crimes in the conservative country are common, say activists, yet few are reported partly due to a lack of sensitivity by authorities such as the police.
Transgender rights activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi said the verdict was a great step towards ending such discrimination.
"Today Justice Radhakrishnan and Justice A.K. Sikri said that any nation can progress only after it grants all the rights and human rights to its citizens. The transgenders have been given the biggest right," said Tripathi. "Today I feel a proud citizen of India."
The Supreme Court was slammed by human rights activists in December when it reinstated a ban on gay sex, following a four-year period of decriminalization that helped bring homosexuality into the open. The court said only parliament could change the law.
Human rights groups said they hoped the ruling on transgenders would encourage the new parliament to repeal the anti-homosexuality law as one of its first actions.
India is currently holding general elections with the results due on May 16.
(Writing by Nita Bhalla; Additional reporting by Suchitra Mohanty and Sunil Kataria; Editing by Douglas Busvine)
Local Company's Slippery Slope: First Reproductive Rights, Then LGBT Civil Rights?
By Mike Wood
Will a Lancaster County company's legal challenge to providing contraceptive care eventually curtail LGBT civil rights?
With a final decision expected sometime in June, the U. S. Supreme Court on March 25 heard oral arguments in the case of Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby Stores & Conestoga Wood Specialities Corp. Conestoga Wood is based in East Eart, placing the local business at the crossroads of a national.
The two privately owned-companies named in the suit are seeking exceptions to healthcare requirements set forth in the Affordable Care Act. The ACA requires that insurance plans provided by employers include paid coverage for women seeking contraception. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood are arguing that ACA's mandate violates rights afforded them in the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court heard whether or not corporations can opt out of the law on religious grounds and, after 90 minutes of oral arguments, the Court seems evenly split along conservative and liberal lines. This may leave the deciding vote to Chief Justice John G. Roberts. A decision on the case is expected sometime in June.
The Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby chain is owned by the Green family, evangelical Christians who say they run their business on biblical principles. They operate some 600 stores in 41 states across the country with more than 15,000 full-time employees who are eligible for health insurance benefits.
The other company named in the lawsuit, Lancaster County's Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, based out of East Earl, is a far smaller company (less than 1,000 employees) that manufactures wood cabinets and is owned and operated by a religious family of Mennonite Christians. Both companies want an exemption from ACA's contraception mandate. Hobby Lobby's lawyers claim the healthcare reform law violates the corporation's free exercise of religion by requiring that they provide their employees with a health plan that covers the intrauterine device (IUD) and oral contraceptive pills that go against their clients' religious beliefs. According to Hobby Lobby's website the Greens and their family businesses "have no moral objection to providing 16 of the 20 FDA-approved contraceptives required under the HHS mandate and do so at no additional cost to employees under their self-insured health plan." What the Greens do object to is having to provide contraceptive care to their employees that they deem to be forms of abortion (like the "morning after pill").
Marci A. Hamilton, a professor of law at Cordoza Law School at Yeshiva University in New York City, who advises lawmakers on church-state issues, tells Central Voice that science refutes the idea that the four types of birth control Hobby Lobby refuses to cover are, in fact, abortifacients (abortion-inducing agents) , and asks, "what happens when the next employer fights funding for vaccinations, blood transfusions, or HIV medications? The primary problem for the believers in this case is that they have not offered a credible limiting principle to their theory."
As noted by Hamilton, this case is inextricably linked to LGBT rights in this country because of what could become the slippery slope in varying interpretations of the Supreme Court's decision to and its language that could lead to discrimination. One need only look to the highly-publicized case of Arizona governor Jan Brewer vetoing the so-called "turn the gays away" bill only after pressure from outside sources warned her of its far-reaching implications. The case in Arizona is not an isolated incident. Similar bills are springing up across the country under the guise of religious protections and religious freedoms. On April 1 the Mississippi legislature approved a measure that would enable businesses and individuals to refuse services to any person they choose purely on religious grounds referencing the Religious Freedom Reformation Act (RFRA) of 1993 which prevents laws that burden a person's free exercise of religion.
And while there is no mention of LGBT individuals specifically in the Mississippi measure, the legislation would certainly discriminate against LGBT people seeking any number of services in the state because these services—from dining at a restaurant or being treated at a hospital—could be refused or denied based solely upon one's personal religious convictions. When one considers what a religious exemption could cover, the implications are frightening. Where is the line ultimately drawn? All the Mississippi bill needs is a signature from governor Phil Bryant and, at press time, he says he's going to sign the bill, which means it will go into effect July 1.
Activists for religious freedom cite the First Amendment and believe individuals and corporations should be able to refuse service to whomever they choose if it conflicts with one's religious beliefs. Because of the First Amendment, churches are exempt from nondiscrimination laws in most cases, but private companies are not religious institutions even if they are owned by religious-minded people. Hamilton believes the RFRA is "a license for mischief and for believers to pursue ends that are beyond the pale. It is a formula that invites discrimination and inevitably hurts the vulnerable."
This may all sound familiar to those who remember Mitt Romney's caught-on-video "corporations are people" catchphrase that exploded the debate about the differences between corporations and individuals back in 2011. Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby is poised to become the Citizens United of the war against marriage equality and refuel or add fuel to the already blazing cultural war in this country. The question at the heart of this case is nearly the same: Do corporations have, in this case freedom-of-religion, rights like individuals do? If the Supreme Court finds that they do, then religious employers of for-profit corporations will have grounds for refusing coverage on a litany of items that could include anything from HIV medications for a gay patient or pre-natal care for an unwed mother because of religious objections about that person's "lifestyle."
While only Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties are named in the lawsuit, some 100 companies have also sued the U.S. government for the same rights to deny some type of medical coverage on religious grounds. If Hobby Lobby prevails in the Supreme Court case and its plaintiffs have religious or moral objection to providing contraception, surely it stands to reason that other types of privately-owned, for-profit businesses would be able to find convenient ways to discriminate against all kinds of people—LGBT, minorities, women—based on so-called religious freedom.
We reached out to Hobby Lobby and Conestega Wood but were told by their representatives they were not available for interviews or comment at this time.
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If you spend any time in the food blogosphere, you're probably aware that August is National Peach Month. My latest craving for peaches with streusel fell at the perfect time – these mini breads are an incredibly tasty way to celebrate the sweet and juicy peach. Studded with diced peaches, the loaves emerge from the oven golden and moist. To profile the fruit even further, I layered sliced peaches over the batter before sprinkling on the oatmeal, brown sugar, and cinnamon streusel topping.
This recipe yields three mini loaves, so you'll have peach bread that's easy to share (though I wouldn't blame you if you decide not to share, either!). And beware of that streusel – you'll be tempted to devour it straight from the bowl. I promise.
For the streusel topping, whisk together oats, brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl; use a pastry cutter to cut in butter until mixture forms coarse crumbs. Divide batter evenly between loaf pans; top with sliced peaches and streusel topping.
Place pans on preheated baking sheet and bake, rotating pans halfway through, for 25-26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely. Wrap breads well and store in the refrigerator up to 2 days. Warm before serving.
What a delicious way to use fresh summer peaches! I wasn't aware that August is national peach month, but god knows I've posted enough about peaches lately! I thought I was on peach overload but now that I've seen these, I'm certain I've recovered and have at least one more peach dish to go before I truly surrender!
This bread looks incredible! I definitely am adding this to my summer list.
this is some gorgeous bread Laura. I am obsessed with peaches at the current moment!
I need to buy some peaches, this looks amazing!!
This bread looks fantastic. Oh how I love peaches, must try this one out, thanks Laura.
Oh my gosh, Laura… must make these!! Beautiful!
These look adorable, Laura! I love the idea of peaches with streusel – yum!
I have peaches, and this is amazing!
Oh my goodness…those chucks of peaches mixed inside the bread are making me so hungry for this! …and I love how you add the calories! Lovely!
Those look like mini loaves – one per person. Maybe they aren't but I am obsessed lately with making small quantities and mini everyuthing so I don't eat so much but don't have to give up completely on my sweet tooth.
Stunning! I love fresh peaches! I am definitely making this soon!
You're killing me again with the streusel! What a great way to use summer peaches!
Oh, these sound amazing. I love peaches, and adding streusel is just perfection!
Lovely little breads! So tempting.
Have to get peaches and make this. Its so tempting!!!!
What a great use for summer peaches! This looks so delicious! Wish I had a big piece with my coffee right now!
anything with streusel on top is lovely, adding the juicy delight of ripe peaches makes it all the more unique and delightful.
That is a lovely dessert, by the way.
How adorable! I always have way too many peaches around, and I'd love to distribute these to friends and neighbors. Shortcut to popularity, right?
Your bread looks incredible! Love the peaches and that streusel sounds amazing!
That looks great and I don't think one mini loaf would be enough for me. Three is perfect! I love the combination that you put. This recipe is a keeper!
I love these mini loafs! The idea of adding that extra layer of peach is a lovely idea! Love the oatmeal streusel topping too!
WOW – my mouth is completely watering at this moment. Loving this bread and need to make soon before peach season is over. Pinning now…Happy weekend to you!
Three mini loaves is a splendid idea. My mom is 86 and when I visit I like to share a sweet treat with her. Peaches will be a sweet summer memory very soon, so I am more than happy to keep baking with them as long as possible!
you got me at streusel! i adore peach in everything…baked goods, grilled with salad, poached, in iced tea, in sorbets, in just about everything! add streusel to that and i'm in heaven!
Your mini loves are gorgeous Laura! I had no idea there was a national peach month. Who decides upon these things? 😀 I can't wait for peach season here as I just adore peaches.
I love that these are mini and peaches + streusel topping = mmmmm good!
Beautiful crumble and colour, Laura!
What pretty loaves! I love peach baked goodies – this looks like one to try, for sure!
You've been making lots of peach goodies and as a peach lover, I'm always drooling at your site. I want to get a mini cake mold. I am afraid I can finish the whole bread by myself everyday. This looks beautiful and delicious!
This is just perfect for breakfast! I really love your pictures, they're amazing.
Why do I read your blog on an empty stomach??? It's growling like crazy! I am loving these fully loaded peach loaves. So happy peach season is upon us!
I like the bread recipe selection on your site. Great recipes!


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Куддус Каніфович Латипов ( — ) — радянський військовий льотчик, Герой Радянського Союзу (1946).

Біографія
Народився 14 липня 1923 року в селі Новомещерово Башкирської АРСР (зараз Мечетлінського району, Башкортостан) у селянській родині. Башкир. Закінчив Месягутовське педагогічне училище. Був шкільним учителем, займався в аероклубі.

У Червону Армію призваний в 1941 році. У тому ж році закінчив Свердловську військову авіаційну школу пілотів.

На фронтах німецько-радянської війни з серпня 1942 року. Командир ланки 187-го гвардійського штурмового авіаційного полку (12-а гвардійська штурмова авіаційна дивізія, 3-й гвардійський штурмовий авіаційний корпус, 5-а повітряна армія, 2-й Український фронт) гвардії лейтенант Латипов К. К. до травня 1945 року здійснив 134 бойових вильоти на знищення бойової техніки і живої сили противника.

15 травня 1946 року гвардії лейтенанту Латипова Куддусу Каніфовічу присвоєно Звання Героя Радянського Союзу з врученням ордена Леніна і медалі «Золота Зірка» (№ 6665).

У 1952 закінчив Військово-політичну академію імені Леніна. Обіймав посади заступника командира авіаполку і начальника політвідділу авіадивізії. Потім служив в управлінні ВПС Київського військового округу і в центральному апараті ВПС.

З 1974 року полковник Латипов К. К. у запасі. Живе у Москві.

Вшанування пам'яті
Ім'я Латипова Куддуса Каніфовича носить школа в селі Новомещерово Мечетлінського району Башкортостану.

Література
 Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь в 2 томах. Том 1: — Москва: Воениздат, 1987. — стор. 849

Посилання
 Біографія К. К. Латипова на сайті «Литературная карта Республики Башкортостан»
 Біографія К. К. Латипова на сайті «lemeztam.narod.ru»

Уродженці Башкортостану
Радянські льотчики Другої світової війни
Герої Радянського Союзу — башкири
Поховані на Троєкурівському цвинтарі


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#include "webrtc/base/ratetracker.h"
#include "webrtc/base/timeutils.h"

namespace rtc {

RateTracker::RateTracker()
    : total_units_(0), units_second_(0),
      last_units_second_time_(static_cast<uint32>(-1)),
      last_units_second_calc_(0) {
}

size_t RateTracker::total_units() const {
  return total_units_;
}

size_t RateTracker::units_second() {
  // Snapshot units / second calculator. Determine how many seconds have
  // elapsed since our last reference point. If over 1 second, establish
  // a new reference point that is an integer number of seconds since the
  // last one, and compute the units over that interval.
  uint32 current_time = Time();
  if (last_units_second_time_ != static_cast<uint32>(-1)) {
    int delta = rtc::TimeDiff(current_time, last_units_second_time_);
    if (delta >= 1000) {
      int fraction_time = delta % 1000;
      int seconds = delta / 1000;
      int fraction_units =
          static_cast<int>(total_units_ - last_units_second_calc_) *
              fraction_time / delta;
      // Compute "units received during the interval" / "seconds in interval"
      units_second_ =
          (total_units_ - last_units_second_calc_ - fraction_units) / seconds;
      last_units_second_time_ = current_time - fraction_time;
      last_units_second_calc_ = total_units_ - fraction_units;
    }
  }
  if (last_units_second_time_ == static_cast<uint32>(-1)) {
    last_units_second_time_ = current_time;
    last_units_second_calc_ = total_units_;
  }

  return units_second_;
}

void RateTracker::Update(size_t units) {
  total_units_ += units;
}

uint32 RateTracker::Time() const {
  return rtc::Time();
}

}  // namespace rtc