Heelease was developed by UK surgeon, Mr Ranjan Vhadra in 2010.
Mr Vhadra graduated in medicine from the St. Bartholomew's Medical School in London. He is a practicing consultant orthopaedic surgeon and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and an International member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. When not operating or lecturing other orthopaedic surgeons, Mr Vhadra was working on the treatment in the hope of bringing some relief to the millions of sufferers of plantar fasciitis.
Heelease evolved from research Mr. Vhadra carried out as a trainee Surgeon. Shockwave therapy has been available for many years with much research published in the medical literature on its effectiveness. However, the treatment required large and expensive machines which meant the therapy was only available in hospital. Mr. Vhadra, working with a team of engineers has been able to miniaturise the electronics to make it portable and available to everyone. Heelease is now an easy to use, safe and effective treatment that many plantar fasciitis sufferers have found invaluable.
For many patients Heelease allows relief of their painful condition without having to take drugs. It can even prevent the need for surgery. Heelease is available in many countries and has successfully bought relief to many thousands of sufferers.


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MCSC gears up for Marine Week Charlotte - The Binocular Night Vision Goggle II will be one of many pieces of equipment Marine Corps Systems Command will display at Marine Week Charlotte Sept. 5-9. The BNVG II is a helmet-mounted binocular that gives operators improved depth perception at night. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T. T. Parish)
MCSC gears up for Marine Week Charlotte
Marine Corps Systems Command will join nearly 700 Marines as they converge on Charlotte, North Carolina, for Marine Week Sept. 5-9. During the five-day event, Marines will showcase hands-on displays, live demonstrations, time-honored Marine Corps traditions, musical performances and more.
Master Sgt. Jorge Carrillo, staff non-commissioned officer-in-charge at Marksmanship Training Battalion aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, fires an M72 Light Anti-Tank Weapon, one of the new additions to the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer III. The ISMT III adds three new weapons, 3-D imagery, and enhanced training modes, giving Marines a better, more realistic training experience as they prepare for the complexities of modern warfare. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo) - The Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer III will be one of many pieces of equipment Marine Corps Systems Command will display at Marine Week Detroit Sept. 6-10. ISMT III gives Marines a better, more realistic training experience as they prepare for the complexities of modern warfare. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)
MCSC gears up for Marine Week Detroit
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Staff Sgt. Charles McKelvey, Public Affairs Systems program analyst at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates how a Marine can single-handedly setup the new Public Affairs Live Media Engagement System in less than 10 minutes. PALMES is a lightweight, deployable media system designed to stream live video, conduct interviews with media and upload content via internet. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Mathuel Browne) - Staff Sgt. Charles McKelvey, Public Affairs Systems program analyst at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates how a Marine can single-handedly setup the new Public Affairs Live Media Engagement System in less than 10 minutes. PALMES is a lightweight, deployable media system designed to stream live video, conduct interviews with media and upload content via internet. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Mathuel Browne)
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A Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fires on virtual targets with an Mk-19 automatic grenade launcher during training at the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 5, 2015. The ISMT—used to train Marines on Mk 19s, M2 50-caliber machine guns, M240 medium machine guns and M16 service rifles—will be part of the Marine Corps Systems Command display at Marine Week Phoenix Sept. 10-13. - A Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fires on virtual targets with an Mk-19 automatic grenade launcher during training at the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 5, 2015. The ISMT—used to train Marines on Mk 19s, M2 50-caliber machine guns, M240 medium machine guns and M16 service rifles—will be part of the Marine Corps Systems Command display at Marine Week Phoenix Sept. 10-13.
MCSC gears up for Marine Week Phoenix
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Michael Santiago, 12-year-old Cleveland native, controls a Marine Corps robotic system at the Marine Corps Systems Command display tent outside the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland in June. The display was part of Marine Week Cleveland events. Explosive ordnance disposal and infantry Marines use the robots, which have been in use in combat zones since 2001, to protect Marines and prevent injuries. The Marine Corps is currently developing a remote that units can carry with them which will control both ground robots and unmanned aircraft as well. More than 750 Marines were in Cleveland all week displaying Marine aircraft, vehicles and equipment, as well as interacting and sharing with the public the values and character of the Marine Corps. One of the culminating events was a Marine Air Ground Task Force demonstration at Burke Lakefront Airport, which showcased Marines' ability to assault from ship-to-shore via ground and air. - Michael Santiago, 12-year-old Cleveland native, controls a Marine Corps robotic system at the Marine Corps Systems Command display tent outside the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland in June. The display was part of Marine Week Cleveland events. Explosive ordnance disposal and infantry Marines use the robots, which have been in use in combat zones since 2001, to protect Marines and prevent injuries. The Marine Corps is currently developing a remote that units can carry with them which will control both ground robots and unmanned aircraft as well. More than 750 Marines were in Cleveland all week displaying Marine aircraft, vehicles and equipment, as well as interacting and sharing with the public the values and character of the Marine Corps. One of the culminating events was a Marine Air Ground Task Force demonstration at Burke Lakefront Airport, which showcased Marines' ability to assault from ship-to-shore via ground and air.
Cleveland residents get a look at MCSC equipment, gear
Clevelanders got a chance to get up close and personal with the gear, vehicles and equipment currently being used by the Marine Corps at the Marine Corps Systems Command display outside the Great Lakes Science Center during Marine Week Cleveland in the middle of June.Children enjoyed climbing inside up-armored humvees and other Marine vehicles just
MCSC to rock Cleveland during Marine Week
Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) is taking part in Marine Week Cleveland June 12-17. Marine Week is an annual event that celebrates community, country and Corps in a different city every year. "It provides a unique experience that directly connects the American public and Marines," said Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, commander of Marine Forces
Gunnery Sergeant Tasha Johnson of the Marine Corps Systems Command's Ammunition program office discusses the 155mm howitzer round with a youngster during Marine Week St. Louis. - Gunnery Sergeant Tasha Johnson of the Marine Corps Systems Command's Ammunition program office discusses the 155mm howitzer round with a youngster during Marine Week St. Louis.
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The spirit of St. Louis was alive and well in June as tens of thousands of spectators came out to various locations throughout the city to meet America's Marine Corps. They tested the latest Marine Corps technology; climbed aboard state-of-the-art Marine vehicles and aircraft; and experienced the full strength of the Corps' capabilities during

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Graffiti HeArt aims to increase positive exposure to street art and educate the next generation of creatives
Posted by: CanvasCLE	Categories: Artist Features Community Profiles
Story by Becky Raspe | Photography by Amanda Koehn
While traveling extensively in 2009, Stamy Paul found herself drawn to the street art she saw around the world. She even posted a Facebook photo album, "Graffiti Around the World."
Not long after, inspiration struck to bring that art inside, and she decided to add a graffiti mural in her Tremont neighborhood home. But, Paul didn't know where to start to find an artist.
On a flight out of LaGuardia Airport in New York that same year, Paul had an idea, and Graffiti HeArt – at least in name and concept – was born. Its mission was realized over time, trending toward its most current iteration: supporting graffiti artists by commissioning projects where artists get paid, and raising funds for outreach and educational opportunities within the community.
"I've got this love and passion of the urban culture, and I love street art and art form that is raw, unassuming, unapproved," Paul says. "Don't get me wrong, I enjoy experiencing many forms of more established art and spending time at art museums. But there is something to be said about having a public, non-permission gallery of this very different type of art form that never really got recognized, let alone accepted in the mainstream – including Cleveland."
Stamy Paul in the new Graffiti HeArt space on Cleveland's East Side, in front of a mural by Los Angeles street artist RISK.
Paul says once the idea was fully realized, things moved quickly. In 2013, the name Graffiti HeArt was incorporated and a board was formed. The first board meeting was held in 2014, and the organization's first project followed as a piece for the International Gay Games 9, a multi-sport event and cultural gathering for LGBTQ+ athletes held in Cleveland in 2014. The website was established soon after. In 2015, its first public mural "Greetings from Cleveland" by artist Victor Ving was unveiled in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland.
Paul says the organization aims to function as a "virtual arm" for graffiti artists. And now, after opening its first brick-and-mortar space on Cleveland's East Side in October, that mission is closer to being accomplished.
"The hope is that through this new home for Graffiti HeArt, we can develop and provide programs where more experienced artists can work with the youth and the art form, especially regarding safety, both in personal protective equipment and technique, and learning about the different forms of aerosol and medium," Paul says during an October interview in the new space at 4829 Superior Ave. "Most people don't grow up and say they want to become a graffiti artist, but why not? Why not have a child say they want to become a professional graffiti writer, aerosol artist or street artist?"
Bringing graffiti inside
As an underground art community, many consider unsolicited graffiti on buildings, or tagging, vandalism – which legally, it is. Whether or not the street art is associated with gangs or considered tagging, Paul says part of her mission is to shed light on the talented and misjudged community behind it.
"Yes, unapproved public display of art can be considered illegal, but we all know we see the trains going by, and you're mesmerized by the pieces on (the train cars)," says Paul, whose day job is vice president of human resources at Airgas in Independence. "Once you get more familiar with the culture, you may see names and works of artists that you know of. Though there is some truism to the negative connotation, that isn't all there is."
A mural in Graffiti HeArt's stairwell created by Canton-area artist 'Monster Steve,' or Steve Ehret.
Stereotypes crept into even the naming of Graffiti HeArt, as Paul says she was intentional in using the word "graffiti" in it, even though others didn't understand why. Moreover, she wants to provide opportunities for the style of art to be commissioned and valued.
"They would go right to the negative," she says of how others reacted when she told them of her initial concept. "That's why 'graffiti' is in the name … to be provocative. … That is the point of the organization – taking this art form and putting it on legal canvases. … As it becomes a cool thing, that negative connotation may let up."
Though she doesn't necessarily see it as her fight, Paul says familiarizing the public with the graffiti community will raise understanding and appreciation. Although graffiti artists often operate at night or in the background, face to face exposure and opportunities to take in the art in a prime space can bring new understanding and interest.
"When you bring these artists face-to-face with a client or community, it offers a new perspective on artwork that is often done anonymously from the shadows," says Bob Peck, a Cleveland artist who has been a
longtime local leader creating street art. "When people get to watch the process and speak with artists on a personal level, it removes many of the stereotypes of the culture."
Stepping into Graffiti HeArt's new gallery and educational space does just that. With an open floor plan and minimalistic design, artists have ample room to get motivated. Along with murals on the walls and art around every turn, Graffiti HeArt removes some of those boundaries, both physical and metaphorical, associated with graffiti art to inspire artists – both established and up-and-coming.
Artist Bob Peck with his 2015 mural at 78th Street Studios in Cleveland. Photo courtesy of the artist.
The next gen component
Peck was initially contacted by Paul to become involved with Graffiti HeArt near the organization's inception, but he had some hesitation.
"At first I was a bit stand offish because I had my own projects going, but once I saw a few of the students receiving scholarships and how excited they were, I decided to come aboard," Peck says. "I'm glad I did."
A key point in combating the stereotypes surrounding graffiti lies in educating upcoming artists. By targeting this age group, Paul says younger artists can learn the code of graffiti and become better in the future.
Another large piece of Graffiti HeArt's mission is exactly that – using the new space for educational and mentoring opportunities.
According to Graffiti HeArt's website, the organization has sponsored 30 scholarships to high school-age students, contributing nearly $70,000 in funding since 2015.
"You have these established graffiti artists that paid their dues, (and) are experienced and confident in their craft," Paul says. "They respect the code of graffiti and had their hard knocks. With the younger artists, they're eager and learning and exploring. When I think about the younger aspiring artists, it's fun to see them interact with the more experienced ones because there is truly this kind of big brother/sister, almost mentor interaction."
Stamy Paul walks through the street art-covered alley of Graffiti HeArt.
With almost 20 years of experience, Peck says he's seen how having a project to focus on – and getting paid for it – can change an artist's life.
"It's the idea of being able to create art that in turn assists those that need it," he says. "Having grown up in a low-income family myself, I know how hard it is to have extra money to pay for schooling and supplies outside of making ends meet."
Along with scholarships and providing opportunities to learn about street art, Paul believes graffiti art should be taught, or at least discussed, in the classroom. Doing so may dispel stereotypes and speak to a cultural phenomenon the students are likely familiar with anyways. She says she's in talks with a few teachers to bring them to Graffiti HeArt for hands-on experiences.
"It's important to teach about it, especially in the inner city and urban areas where students may have graffiti artists in their family or the family's network," she says. "If it's not taught, they're going to miss out having an open mind to the world that they live in. So, when they see it, they can be a student but also be a little wise about what all art can do, not just certain forms of art. We don't want people to be brainwashed into thinking only specific art is 'good'.'"
A changing view
Residing in a building painted top to bottom in a large rainbow color scheme by Los Angeles-based artist RISK, Graffiti HeArt works to add to the landscape of the neighborhood it resides in. But, in this quest to inform the public about street art, Graffiti HeArt also brings commissioned projects into the greater community with pieces at locations like CLE Urban Winery in Cleveland Heights and the Tremont Athletic Club in Cleveland, and neighborhood murals at Tyler Village and Gordon Square in Cleveland.
The exterior of Graffiti HeArt, designed by RISK.
With these artistic additions to the streets of the city, Cleveland is already becoming more welcoming to street artists, Paul says.
"Now we know that the presence of public murals has increased in the recent years in Northeast Ohio, we're seeing more and more artist collaborations occurring, where talent is diverse and vibrant," she says. "We encourage artists, and others, to express their opinions. We welcome everyone and expect this to be a safe and inclusive space. We're here, and if you want to be part of it, we're happy to have you."
As popular culture welcomes international graffiti icons like Banksy and with movies like "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," which has a subplot centered around graffiti art, the Cleveland community is also following suit – even if slowly.
"But, if you say street murals, everyone accepts it," she says. "It's all in the words you choose. It's the negative connotation that comes along with the word graffiti. It creates that discourse. But, approval has been on a sort of upswing in concert with the economic development of Northeast Ohio. There is a correlation between these communities developing, and there is more interest in using art as part of the whole community fabric."
The first floor of Graffiti HeArt contains an open space for creating, overlooked by a mural by Ish Muhammad, a Chicago-area artist.
Moreover, Graffiti HeArt can help artists gain work. And for younger artists, that may mean pursuing a career in the arts.
"One of the biggest things is that they help graffiti and street artists who are looking to transcend into commercial and public art, by presenting them with opportunities that they may not normally have access to or knowledge of," Peck says.
And, learning more about the art form can help bring about new talent.
"It's an untapped skill that is in our community," Paul says. "In a world where there is so much negative that we hear about, we need more platforms for the positives that exist. The art form has been around for many decades, and it's important to nurture and promote it. RISK, the Los Angeles artist that painted the exterior of our Graffiti HeArt graffiti gallery, said it well, that 'graffiti is the last hand to medium to surface art form.' That says it all."
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5 Questions … with Stamy Paul
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Graffiti HeArt's president and founder discusses the grand opening weekend, May 30 to June 1, for the organization's new gallery at 4829 Superior Ave. in Cleveland.
Graffiti HeArt's grand opening weekend is packed with programming over three days. What are some of the highlights?
Premier, world-renowned artist RISK (Kelly Graval) is painting the exterior of the new Graffiti HeArt graffiti gallery all week. RISK will be painting throughout the week and will be part of the events starting with the movie screening of "Saving Banksy," at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at Capitol Theatre, which will be followed by Q&A with RISK and Brian Greif, the film's executive producer. That will be followed by Friday's VIP Reception at the new Graffiti HeArt graffiti gallery at 4829 Superior Ave., and on Saturday, June 1, events will end with the Community Open House & Ribbon Cutting event, which is open to the public. The ribbon cutting is at 1 p.m. and there will be food truck, DJ and live graffiti art in play!
What might someone who's never encountered graffiti art in a gallery setting expect from attending an opening weekend event? In what ways might the experience be similar or different from a show at any other gallery?
This gallery will be the home of Graffiti HeArt. It will include aerosol and other street art elements in the gallery, and it will feature various artists' work throughout, including on-wall installations. The space will bring elements of the street art and graffiti indoors. We will use the space for artist gallery shows, events, educational workshops and programming.
Images courtesy of Graffiti HeArt.
Graffiti HeArt was founded in 2013. With what other projects around Northeast Ohio might people be familiar?
"Greetings From Cleveland" (in Ohio City) by Vic Ving; "Welcome to Tremont" on the Tremont Food Mart by Vic Savage and Alan Giberson; "More Heart Than Art" in the Gordon Square Arts District by Ish Muhammad and Eileen Dorsey; and the "Color Block" mural at Tyler Village, and more.
What led to the decision to open a gallery in 2019, six years after getting started?
Momentum, progress, and planning. I bought the building myself, took out savings and took out a mortgage in order to make this happen – something I've envisioned since the beginning but needed the right timing, the right building and the stars needed to align. It's fulfilling to take the jump and watch it all come together.
In what ways will Graffiti HeArt's new gallery help it carry out its mission?
The gallery and home base will allow us also to have a home for our participating artists and aspiring artists to have a place they can play, experiment and create. We can also bring the community together to showcase inspiring work of artists that truly changes the environment and instills positive energy in the community. We plan on bridging more communities through public art in the future. CV
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Jan. 25, 2023 (Florence) - A local surgical team is planning to travel to Guatemala in hopes to provide medical care to people in Guatemala, where they plan to perform and document upwards of 60 surgeries in the span of three days.
"It is humbling to see the number of people who need care," said operating room nurse Joe Brinkman. "Since we are there for such a short period of time, some patients unfortunately have to be turned away. But even then, despite the language barrier, you can see by their smiles how grateful the patients are to receive care."
The team, which consists of an ER physician, an operating room nurse, a surgical technologist and a photographer and blogger, is hoping to raise $20,000 for the self-funded trip.
"I've always wanted to go on a mission, but I had young children and couldn't go," said surgical technician Kara Alford, who accompanied the team last year, led by local surgeon Dr. Jordan Raymer. "I was a little afraid to go on missions because I didn't know what it was like."
It wasn't easy, with the team staying in a gated compound five hours out of Guatemala City.
Medical clinics throughout the area identify surgery needs and set up appointments for the patients to meet with the surgical team.
Brinkman stated the surgery facility is minimalistic, "and how every single supply is used and re-sterilized is amazing - This practice of re-use would not be allowed in the U.S."
Sometimes patients walk for more than a day to arrive with their families for the procedures.
"A lot of these people don't have anything - they make maybe one-to-two dollars a day," Alford said. "They live in shacks, and they sometimes have to wait for ten years to have something fixed that can be done in a thirty minute procedure. You're able to give them back their life that they have missed out on because their ailment hindered them in taking care of their family. … You see how hard they've worked for so little."
Due to health reasons, this will most likely be the last year Alford attends the mission.
"But it's something I need to do," she said. "I love my job here, and it's such a heartwarming reward to be able to pay back to my community in the medical field. To go down to Guatemala was such an eye opening experience, I brought it back with me. Doing that made me even love my job even more, helping people that are so thankful."
The trips are planned through the ecumenical Christian nonprofit Faith in Practice, which provides various medical services to the citizens of Guatemala. While the Florence team has been gathering supplies for the trip throughout the year, there are still donations to afford the trip by mid-February.
"The commitment to do this trip is huge," said Brinkman. "We are responsible for paying for our own travel including hotel, flight and food in addition to any fees associated with being a part of Faith in Practice. We also do not receive our salaries and use our own accrued time off to participate. But the rewards are so gratifying and humbling."
Tax-deductible donations can be made through Cross Road Assembly Church, which has agreed to be the financial sponsor for the trip. Donations can be made out to Cross Road Assembly, and either dropped off or mailed to Cross Road Assembly Church at 1380 10th St., Florence, earmarked for the Guatemala trip.
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Questions can be directed to Brinkman at 218-791-8432 or King at 541-997-2248.
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The late Ruth Tugheh, 44, became ill on March 15 and admitted herself on Thursday of the same week after complaining of a sore throat and body pain. Unfortunately, Laurence was the one who took his sick sister to the hospital before her death. He says that he never knew that his sister was suffering from Ebola.
According to the teary eyed man, it was his girlfriend, who's name has not been mentioned, that helped the sick woman to sell her market of spaghetti and beans before she could was admitted to the hospital.
"When Ruth couldn't sell for herself for those four days, it was Laurence's woman who helped. She would bring whatever she made on the school campus back to Ruth," added Kelvin, his roommate.
Laurence and his girlfriend are both being quarantined among the more than 80 people being quarantined in and around Ruth's residence.
Before Ruth's death, rumor circulated in Caldwell about Laurence, and every day since then, Kelvin says, has been nothing but chaos for the two.
Kelvin, who has become somewhat of a spokesperson for Laurence says, "The people in the house where he lives would not allow him to enter. There came a time they began threatening to kill him and burn him alive," he added.
Kelvin says he has been actively fighting the fight against Ebola since it entered Caldwell before Ruth's case. He feels that Laurence's situation is sad.
"He can't even go home. I had to call the police the other night because of the chaos in our yard. They said he had Ebola according to one of my colleagues, Paradise, who came to our house to tell them," he shared.
"But it's a lie. So far Laurence has not begun to show any signs of sickness, so what my colleague did was bad," he added.
According to Paradise, who is an active contact tracer, he says he was not the one to have started the stigma on Laurence.
"The yard says a boy driving a motorcycle gave them the information and since everyone knows that I drive one, they asked if it was me by name, and they said yes. But I would never do that," he stated.
Meanwhile, Laurence was whisked away to a secret location early last week by an organization that asked not to be mentioned.
"He's being protected for 21 days until we can figure out how to help him. Now that his sister has died, he was among the group that went to bury her and has decided to stay where we did the burial," one of the organizers mentioned.
Laurence, who does nothing but cry when he thinks about his family's ordeal, seems to be in a safe place now. Everyone in Caldwell has wished the family well and look forward to hearing that no one else has fallen to the disease.
"So far Ruth's daughter's second test came back negative and she is okay, but we still worry for Laurence, his woman and the boy who slept with Ruth. We pray all goes well for them," Kelvin added.


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As promised, here is another hint for the Guess-the-Outfit contest. I've heard only one guess, so far! Hopefully, as the 'thon progresses it'll be easier to tell what the outfit is. You can always view the past hints via my Blogathon 2006 page.
Hint #6: I've had it since high school.


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Montclair, MKA among top teams in Essex tourney
Steve Tober
When the Essex County boys soccer tournament semifinals are contested Oct. 25 at Belleville, it will certainly appear likely that the top two seeds, Seton Hall Prep and Montclair High, will be there as part of what should be an attractive twin bill to springboard the final two sides into the Oct. 28 (5:30 p.m.) championship match at Caldwell's Bonnel Field.
And, while third-seeded Millburn and fourth-seeded West Orange are more than capable of getting to the ECT semifinals as well, there could be some fireworks before that late October evening comes around as there does appear to be at least one quarterfinal to keep an eye on in addition to a couple of potentially first-rate, first-round encounters.
The ECT boys soccer field was seeded Oct. 10 with state power SHP accorded the No. 1 seed as expected and the Mounties, No. 2. In addition to those two early-line favorites, Millburn and West Orange are certainly among the top-tier teams to watch in addition to (5) Montclair Kimberley Academy, (6) defending champion East Side, (7) Caldwell and (8) West Essex.
Montclair High (9-1-1, 5-1-1 in the SEC-American Division) entered this week having won seven straight since a tough 1-0 overtime setback at SHP back on Sep. 23.
"You want to be playing your best soccer come tournament time and facing the competition we do in our conference prepares us well," said Mounties second-year head coach Toure' Weaver.
Another of the surging teams of late has been ninth-seeded Columbia (8-5, 5-1 SEC-Liberty Division), which will have an attractive first-round match in the 8-9 game vs. West Essex (6-6-1, 1-5-1 in the ultra-tough SEC-American).
Both teams play excellent defense and although they appear a long shot to knock off SHP in a quarterfinal, Columbia did play the Pirates to a 1-0 score in regular-season play. The Columbia Cougars also picked up a nice SEC crossover victory Oct. 11, edging Millburn, 2-1, in overtime.
Among the potential best ECT quarterfinal matches could be MKA (6-4-3, 3-4 SEC-American) at West Orange (7-2-3, 2-2-3) on Saturday. The two SEC-American Division teams played a nip-and-tuck, regular-season match in which the Mountaineers came out on top, 1-0.
The Cougars were tied by Verona, 2-2, on Oct. 11 in an SEC crossover contest and may have to get past the dangerous 12th-seeded Hillbillies, who are guided by legendary, former Montclair coach Jack Weber, in the ECT first round before even thinking about West Orange.
The Mountaineers, a perennial ECT and Group 4 title contender, have already earned a draw with Montclair (0-0) earlier this season and fell to SHP, 1-0, in overtime Oct. 9.
As far as the ECT schedule goes, it will unfold as follows over the next two weeks:
All rounds preceding the semifinals will be played at the higher-seeded team's home field. The first preliminary round had to be played by Oct. 14 (see results below). The second preliminary round is scheduled for Oct. 17. The first round is set for Thursday and the quarterfinals Saturday. The aforementioned semis are Oct. 25, 5 and 7, at Belleville and the final will be 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 at Caldwell's Bonnel Field preceding the scheduled 7:30 p.m. ECT girls final.
Essex County tournament schedule
First preliminary round results, Oct. 14
(21) Technology 5, (24) North Star Academy 2
(20) Newark Tech 6, (25) Barringer 2
(18) Irvington 1, (27) Shabazz 0
(19) Orange 3, (26) West Side 0
(22) North 13th St. Tech 0, (23) Cedar Grove 0 (North 13th advances on PKs, 5-4)
Second prelim round, Oct. 17
Upper bracket
(17) Central at (16) Science Park
(21) Technology at (12) Verona
(20) Newark Tech at (13) Nutley
Lower bracket
(18) Irvington at (15) Belleville
(22) North 13th Street Tech at (11) Livingston
(19) Orange at (14) Bloomfield
First round, Oct. 19
Central/Science winner at (1) SHP
(9) Columbia at (8) West Essex
Tech/Verona winner at (5) MKA
NT/Nutley winner at (4) West Orange
Irvington/Belleville winner at (2) Montclair
(10) Glen Ridge at (7) Caldwell
North 13th Street/Livingston winner at (6) East Side
Orange/Bloomfield winner at (3) Millburn


In part one of this report on the Character Central blog, I shared with you our adventures around Shanghai Disney Resort, outside of the main theme park. I told you about the Disney hotels, Disneytown and other relevant areas. Over on the Two Lost Boys blog, I gave my account of arriving in Shanghai and visiting the Disney Store in the city. Now, in this part, we are going to step through the main gates of the park and discover the magic and wonder of Mickey Avenue!
There are a LOT of photos in this post, and I will be covering every last detail, including all the stores and restaurants, inside and out, character greetings and any other relevant information regarding Mickey Avenue.
So, let's kick off with the view you will see when arriving at the front entrance - a vast gray concourse, with security entrance lines, and the Steamboat Willie fountain.
Today, 9th January, is Daisy Duck's 78th birthday! Daisy fist appeared in the 1937 Donald Duck short, Don Donald. Let's celebrate with a cavalcade of pictures from our adventures with Daisy at the Disney Parks around the world!
Welcome to part 2 of this new mini-series here on the blog, focussing on character wardrobes from the Disney Parks and Resorts around the world.
The Disney Characters are the best dressed celebrities in the world, with an outfit for literally any occasion! Today I wanted to share with you some of the sassy Daisy Duck's collection. Part 1 was for Minnie Mouse, which you can see here.
Let's start with California, where Daisy visits guests at the PCH Grill for breakfast, wearing her bright pink floral dress.
In Florida she becomes Madame Daisy Fortuna in her gorgeous fortune teller's outfit for Pete's Silly Sideshow at the Magic Kingdom.
At Disneyland Paris she greets guests every day at the Walt Disney Studios, dressed ready to pose for the cameras on the red carpet.
At Hong Kong Disneyland's Enchanted Garden, Daisy takes on a more humble role, with her cute apron tied around her, helping the chefs at this delightful restaurant.
With exquisite boutiques and a quaint harbour, Mediterranean Harbor at Tokyo DisneySea is a glamourous place to shop, giving Daisy the perfect opportunity to wear the latest fashions.
When you sail aboard Disney Cruise Line, be sure to check your itinerary with the ocean's most glamourous cruise director, Daisy Duck!
You can vote for the next character to feature in our Character Couture collection by clicking here, and voting on our forum!
Today is the eleventh of December, so it is time to open the next door of our very special Character Central Advent Calendar!
Today is the second of December, so lets see who is behind door number two of our Character Central Advent Calendar!


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Islamicized Armenians in Turkey: A Bridge or a Threat? Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 14 Issue: 46
By: Paul Goble
April 5, 2017 08:51 PM Age: 5 months
Groups whose identities do not fit the mold others have for them often become problems for both their host countries and the different communities of which they are a part. In addition, they often make particularly tempting targets for interference by outsiders. One such group is the Hemshins of Turkey, a community of approximately 150,000 people who have Armenian backgrounds, often speak Armenian, but have become Islamicized. This development puts them at odds with Christian Armenians in Armenia proper, without integrating them fully into the predominantly Muslim Turkish nation (for background on this group, see Hovann H. Simonian, ed., The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey, London, 2015).
As a result, the Hemshins have yet to be included in the more capacious definition of Turkishness now being offered by Ankara to other minorities such as the Circassians, Chechens and Dagestanis living in that country (On Kavkaz, April 2). That has made them a new focus of Armenian and Russian attention, which is certain to create new problems not only for the Hemshins but also for Turkey, for Armenia and for the Russian Federation.
Last week (March 31), Saida Oganyan, an ethnographer who heads the Amshenka Union of Hemshin Armenians in Western Armenia, published a long article on the Russian nationalist news portal, Rex. Her piece suggests that this little-known group may become an ideological and even more broadly political and security challenge in the coming months, especially if tensions between Moscow and Ankara re-emerge or if Yerevan decides it needs to focus on a foreign problem to distract attention from its domestic ones (Rex, March 31).
One reason that the Hemshin issue is so complicated, she says, is that the name itself covers at least four distinct groups. She cites the conclusion of Ruben Melkonyan, a Turkologist at Yerevan State University, that these include: "Armenians who have been living in Hamshen [Armenian name for the northeastern Turkish district of Hemşin] and were Islamicized already in the 17th and 18th centuries but have preserved their identity, including language and customs," crypto-Armenians who have preserved their identity via ethnic monogamy, Islamicized Armenians who have not retained their identity and intermarry with Muslims, and finally those who have an Armenian origin but do not consider themselves Armenians, even though many Turks and other Armenians continue to view them as such. No good data exists on the relative sizes of these communities, but the Amshenka Union head believes crypto-Armenians, many of whom were forced to convert at the end of Ottoman times in an effort to save themselves, form the majority (Rex, March 31).
Most Armenians around the world consider their identity to be rooted as much in the Christian religion as in language. But Oganyan points out "there are other communities that are united around language and not religion" and that "one must not confuse religion with ethnic origin." That means, of course, that if the Hemshin issue becomes more important, it could present a challenge to Armenian self-definition, even as it re-energizes Armenian nationalism over the tragic issues surrounding 1915.
For Turkey, the Hemshins present an even greater problem, Oganyan suggests, because of the two ways they have found to defend their communities: On the one hand, many of them have turned to radical forms of Marxism and joined local revolutionary cells. And on the other, some have sought "to become 'more Catholic than the pope' " and joined the ranks of the most radical Turkish nationalists, often to a greater degree even than the Laz, who are well-known for doing that.
Not surprisingly, the situation the Hemshins find themselves in now presents a temptation for Russia to interfere. Oganyan's recent article is, therefore, conspicuous for two reasons. First, because of where it appeared—on a site that has often been a bellwether of Moscow's actions. Second, for its tone—which concludes with a call to exploit international attention toward minority peoples in order to promote the Hemshin cause and ultimately seek a revision of the borders between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, in favor of the latter.
But what Russia and Armenia must both do immediately, she says, is to recognize and celebrate the fact that "not all Islamicized Armenians in Turkey have lost their identity" and that the assimilation they had been subject to in the past not only has slowed but in many cases has been reversed. Moscow and Yerevan can encourage this via the media. But "unfortunately," Oganyan continues, there are not enough printed or electronic Hemshin media outlets. Furthermore, she asserts there is insufficient public attention to Hemshin issues in Russia, where some 1,500 members of this minority live in the south, or in Armenia, which has a vital interest in the survival of Armenian communities abroad. She argues that this neglect must be corrected because those who fail to do so de facto become complicit in the crimes visited upon Armenians in the past.
Article on the situation of Hemshins, a Muslim Armenian ethnic group in Turkey
https://jamestown.org/program/islamicized-armenians-turkey-bridge-threat/
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Q: Hide a tab bar item but still display the controller I will accept answers in both swift and objective-c as the translation is fairly easy.
I want to display a tab bar with a splash screen, but I don't want that splash screen to be in the tab bar items for selection.
My setup now (below) shows the landing screen as the first displayed controller when the tab bar displays. However, I want that tab bar item hidden. Only the other three tabs should be selectable by a user. How do I do this?
//Create and add landing view
        navigation = UINavigationController()
        landingView = WGMLandingViewController(nibName: XIBFiles.LANDINGVIEW, bundle: nil)
        navigation.pushViewController(landingView, animated: false)
        navigation.title = "Landing View"
        controllers.append(navigation)

        //Create and add library view
        navigation = UINavigationController()
        libraryView = WGMLibraryViewController(nibName: XIBFiles.LIBRARYVIEW, bundle: nil)
        navigation.pushViewController(libraryView, animated: false)
        navigation.title = "Learn More"
        controllers.append(navigation)

        //Create and add pad view
        navigation = UINavigationController()
        orderPadView = WGMOrderPadViewController(nibName: XIBFiles.ORDERPADVIEW, bundle: nil)
        navigation.pushViewController(orderPadView, animated: false)
        navigation.title = "Order Pad"
        controllers.append(navigation)

        //Create and add lookup view
        navigation = UINavigationController()
        partLookupView = WGMLookupViewController(nibName: XIBFiles.LOOKUPVIEW, bundle: nil)
        navigation.pushViewController(lookupView, animated: false)
        navigation.title = "Lookup"
        controllers.append(navigation)

        //Set up controller list
        self.setViewControllers(controllers, animated: false)

A: Apple's existing APIs don't allow you to do this, but we it shouldn't too hard to sub-class UITabBarController and get it to do what you want.
Ok.. my original answer won't work these days.. or I've gone senile and it never worked and I did something else. *cough*
So anyway, you'll have to roll your own tab bar controller. It's not so hard (just time consuming) now that we have containment view controllers and you can still use the UITabBar.

*

*Create a UIViewController (your tab bar controller) and stick a UITabBar and a UIView in it.

*Create an outlet for the view (this is where your view controllers will go) and tab bar

*Configure the UITabBar however you'd like it.

*Set the delegate of the UITabBar to be your view controller and implement the didSelectItem method.

*Create a method to load your splash screen view controller and stick in your viewDidLoad or where you want it.

Something like
 - (void)loadSplashScreen  {
    // load in the child view controller
    UIViewController *splashScreenController = ...;
    [self loadChildViewController:splashScreenController];

    // make sure nothing in the tab bar is selected
    self.tabBar.selectedItem = nil;
}

Then also add code to load the appropriate view controller whenever the various tabs are selected
 - (void)tabBar:(UITabBar *)tabBar didSelectItem:(UITabBarItem *)item {
    // logic to figure out which view controller you want based on `item`
    // ...

    UIViewController = ...;
    [self loadChildViewController:viewController];
}

- (void)loadChildViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController {
    [self removeCurrentTabController]; // remove the existing one, if any using whatever memory management techniques you want to put in place.

    [self addChildViewController:viewController];
    [self.tabView addSubview:viewController.view];  // where self.tabView is your outlet from step 2.
}

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ABU DHABI, UAE, September 12, 2018/PRNewswire/ –Rubique Technologies, India's leading financial matchmaking platform for loans and cards, is among the five global companies chosen by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) for its FinTech Regulatory Laboratory (RegLab) programme in first cohort. Charting its ambitious growth plans and making strides toward rapid expansion, Rubique team will aggressively explore partnership opportunities with UAE financial institutions. Rubique has been already approached by few large business houses in UAE and aims to pursue opportunities with leading financial institutions to kick start its operations soon.
With USD 360 billion in loan outstanding and 8% year-on-year growth in the same UAE offers huge potential in lending which can be disrupted through technology. Also, there are many market similarities with India & UAE on consumer front as well as in terms of the market inefficiencies like difficult access to finance leading to huge lending gap, ambiguity in assessment right product in absence of common platform etc.
This year, Manav Jeet, MD & CEO along with Suraj Agarwal, Chief Technology Officer will be present in Abu Dhabi fintech summit to discuss its plan for UAE & MENA market & showcase its proprietary solution SPOT (Single Point of Truth) which is integrated with paperless-focused features like eKYC, bank statement analysis, credit bureau check, credit memo generation and MCA integration among others while allowing real-time credit decision making on the application.
Started in the year 2014, Rubique with its approach of 'technology thinking of financial services', has proven itself as the one of the fastest growing Fintech companies in India, witnessing 4X growth year on year. Built on a proprietary matchmaking algorithm, Rubique's financial matchmaking platform along with its Credit Decisioning Engine have been integrated with financial institutions' systems for real time processing and providing faster credit facilitation to the customers. Presently, Rubique offers more than 350+ financial products through its tie up with leading financial institutions in India. Rubique today has serviced more than 2,00,000 happy customers by facilitating over USD 500 million loans and over 1,50,000 credit card setups generating revenue of USD 9mn.
Rubique is India's leading financial matchmaking platform across credit cards, personal loans and SME lending. With Rubique, customers can choose from more than 350+ financial products through its tie ups with 100+ financial institutions. Rubique's proprietary AI based recommendation engine and financial matchmaking platform allow financial institutions real-time processing, instant online approvals and seamless disbursal while enabling right and the best deals for customers. Further, Rubique's unique Credit Decisioning Engine(CDE) and Credit Policy Digitisation are transforming the credit underwriting process along with improved credit disbursal pipeline for financial institutions. The platform is embedded with features including e-KYC, bank statement analysis, credit bureau check, credit memo generation & real time application tracking. Rubique was the winner of The Asian Banker 'Beijing Financial Innovation Showcase and Competition 2018'. The company was also part of FinTech Regulatory Laboratory (RegLab) program curated by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).


Dwayne Johnson fans have been given the perfect Valentine's Day gift as the actor revealed production for Jumanji 2 is getting underway today.
2017's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle saw most of what we already knew about the game flipped on its head.
Rather than spitting out wild animals and enveloping the one of the players' lovely home in vines, the films main stars were dropped into the jungle and transformed into their chosen characters in a much more interactive version of the game.
Who'd have thought it could get any more interactive than one of the players being turned into a monkey?
Welcome To The Jungle brought Jumanji into a more modern setting, as four teenagers in detention stumbled upon a video game version of the game, and just couldn't resist giving it a go.
Despite the dangers and challenges they faced in the jungle, it seems the gang haven't had enough just yet and are ready to head back into the game as Johnson confirmed production begins today.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the four main cast members, namely Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan will all be back, along with new characters played by Danny Glover, Awkwafina and Danny DeVito.
From Awkafina [sic] to Danny DeVito to now one of my action heroes, Danny Glover — it's been awesome having so many actors and OG legends raise their hands wanting to come and play in our Jumanji universe.
Johnson previously announced the release date for the sequel as December 13, 2019, so we don't have too long to wait to find out what else the game has to offer the players.
Officially planting our JUMANJI flag.
On DECEMBER 13th, 2019 – the game is not over.
Can't wait for you to see what our new adventure & new characters have in store as Christmas comes early.
And once again, I get to slap @kevinhart4real's lip's into next week. The world is happy.
Let's hope the players are ready for everything the game has to throw at them!


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Freshman year housing is such a unique experience – it's where I met some of my best and closest friends, and the people that I lived with last year and this year. Two years ago, I lived in Birnkrant Residential Hall, which was the honors college (now, that's McCarthy). You can read all about the perks of dorm vs. suite life, and why I chose to live in BK here.
After freshman year, I decided that I still wanted to live in USC housing. The benefits are great – most USC owned apartments have kitchens, access to meal plans at the dining halls, designated study spaces, and 9-month leases, so you don't have to worry about figuring out subletting for the summer months. They're also furnished! Last year, I lived in Troy Hall, which is now graduate housing, but most sophomores lived in Cardinal Gardens (Car Gar) or Troy. Now, you've got so many more options for USC housing with the Village. I loved being close to my friends, and being able to walk down the hall or up a flight of stairs to get to see people. A lot of USC housing apartments have courtyards or outdoor spaces with hammocks, fireplaces, and other places to relax or get a nice change of scenery. Plus, you've still got RAs who set up cool events and programs; some of my favorites last year were when the RAs brought puppies for us to pet during finals season, and RAs bringing us free cupcakes and doughnuts.
However, some of the other really great options are to get a house with friends. Lots of people like to live with a larger number of people, or be able to host more people at their place at a time. This is a really great option if that's more your style, and it was something that I was considering for this year. I really wanted to be able to have my own room this year – my own space to study, nap, and hang out with friends, and I chose the route of getting a group of friends and finding an apartment off campus, and non-USC owned. I really love living where I do now! It's nice to have an apartment again; we've got a nice little kitchen/common area to hang out in, do homework in, and make cookies in at 1 in the morning. Luckily, we found a place that's super close to the engineering section of campus, so I get an extra ten or fifteen minutes to sleep in in the morning, before biking off to class.
Though I chose not to live on campus after my first year, there's also the option to do so! Webb Tower and Parkside Apartments are two of the on-campus options for students to live in after their first year, plus the new buildings in the 8 new non-freshman buildings in the Village! Many people who are involved in Greek life choose to live in their sorority and fraternity houses, as well, and there are even people who live at home or downtown, and commute every day!


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'Surely it can't happen'? Coventry City fans are dreaming and here's why
All the latest Coventry City news and views from CoventryLive after the win over Stevenage
Shane Ireland
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Story of the match
A quick-fire brace from leading scorer Marc McNulty inside the first six minutes helped the Sky Blues blow away ten-man Stevenage to strengthen their grip on the play-offs.
City's leading scorer hit a 35-yard screamer past the visiting keeper after just a minute and 20 seconds to light the sky blue touchpaper and followed it up with a second minutes later from a corner in an action-packed first half at the Ricoh Arena.
Although Alex Revell pulled one back in the 20th minute, City midfielder Liam Kelly restored the two-goal cushion just past the halfway mark before Borough had a man sent off for allegedly stamping on McNulty off the ball.
But it was arguably the best half of league football seen at the stadium this season with a superb atmosphere to match as 8,613 City fans sang their hearts out throughout.
McNulty's opener came after Jonson Clarke-Harris closed in and blocked a clearance from keeper Tom King and the ball fell to the striker who took aim and wellied it with the sheer power and swerve beating the No.1.
And City went for the kill from a corner a few minutes later when Rod McDonald flicked the ball on to the far post where the striker bundled home to leave Dino Maamria's side shell-shocked.
Borough pulled one back on 19 minutes when Danny Newton intercepted McDonald's attempted clearance and the ball bounced kindly along the 18-yard line to Alex Revel who was able to side foot past the exposed Lee Burge to reduce the deficit.
However, the impressive Kelly restored Coventry's two goal cushion in the 36th minute when he was teed up by Jordan Shipley and hit a precise angled shot inside the far post in an increasingly fiesty affair at the Ricoh.
The referee booked both skippers and had a word with four Stevenage players about their antics before pulling out a straight red card and reducing the visitors to ten men, seven minutes before the break.
Centre-back Luke Wilkinson was given his marching orders for leaving McMulty on the deck and requiring treatment in an off-the-ball incident, the defender understood to have stamped on the striker.
What the manager said
"The second half was disappointing because we didn't have that quality we were looking for, that we had in the first half. We seemed to sit on our laurels a little bit and that's not what we were looking for in terms of finishing the game off.
"My attention turns to the game on Tuesday and we've spoken about it now because it's a different kettle of fish.
"There's a good team coming and we need to be right up for it.
"That was a great result tonight and parts of the performance were really good. I'm really pleased with the three points because what that does is put the pressure on everybody else playing tomorrow.
"We were on top but the sending-off has affected the game – it does sometimes which is strange. You should be able to keep a rhythm going, try to get our goal difference up.
"It was a fantastic start; we got a goal from a set-play again which was pleasing; and we were in the ascendancy – just what the doctor ordered. Then all of a sudden we inexplicably give them a chance and a sniff which I was furious about.
"When you're on top like that you've got to try to make them pay, keep the ball moving. We knew what we needed to do to open them up and we did it to start with and then got a little bit of complacent.
"We've got to be better than that for the 90 minutes, without a shadow of a doubt.
Why Coventry City's comfortable win over Stevenage left Mark Robins DISAPPOINTED
LEE BURGE: 6
Had no chance for the goal after being left completely expose and a relative bystander for much of the game as Stevenage rarely troubled City.
JACK GRIMMER: 7
Got forward well to support Ponticelli down the right flank and played a key role in the third goal by putting the ball into the danger area.
Read the ratings in full by following the link below:
Coventry City player ratings: Sparks fly as Marc McNulty and Co brush Stevenage aside
What the fans said
Rob Summerfield: Great win for the Sky Blues, pleasing and poignant for me. My Dad, a lifelong City fan passed away yesterday aged 77. He saw his first game over 70 years ago and the club meant a lot to him. He always called Highfield Road, his spiritual home. That one's for you Dad.
Curtis: Just when I'm done with Coventry City, I fall in love all over again.
Fantastic atmosphere tonight, goosebumps hearing the Sky Blues song in full voice.
We're the City boys, making all the noise!
Royston Dooley: Absolutely fantastic support by the Coventry fans tonight, up there with one of the best I've worked this season. Helps that the team put in a good, performance with a comfortable 3-1 win. 1 down, 3 to go
Chay Thompson: 21 times we have scored first this season resulting in 19 wins and 2 draws. Some record that
Darren Nugent: Cracking result and performance
Mark: A step closer to the playoffs. A step closer to Wembley. A step closer to our first promotion in 51 years. Surely it can't happen can it?
Coventry City's transfer focus switches with just under a fortnight left in the window
Coventry City FCThe Sky Blues have brought in two new players in the January transfer window and are now looking to move people out
'Take him back' - Coventry City fans debate deal for former defender ahead of Championship move
Coventry City FCThe defender has impressed with MK Dons after leaving Derby County in controversial circumstances
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Coventry City FCCoventry City injury news latest ahead of Tuesday's Championship trip to Reading


I created AstLinux but I write and rant about a lot of other things here. Mostly rants about SIP and the other various technologies I deal with on a daily basis.
We've been trying to get the Asterisk Cookbook going. It's the same format as other O'Reilly cookbooks - practical instructions for specific problems posted as recipes, just like a cookbook you'd use in the kitchen (at least that's what people usually do with them).
I haven't contributed much but I have an excuse - I don't really work with Asterisk that much anymore. So, a couple of days ago I asked the other authors and editors if we could widen the scope of the book to include some of my favorite technologies. Anyone that reads this blog knows what that means - Cisco, OpenSER, etc. I plan on writing quite a bit about OpenSER. As I said in my OpenSER book review, OpenSER needs more press and documentation. Let's work on that!
I've now contributed three recipes! My SIP DoS/DDoS mitigation script and a couple OpenSER scripts. Some of the OpenSER stuff is a little obscure and probably won't make it to the final book. I'll be adding more OpenSER, Cisco, and SIPp stuff over the next days/weeks/months. Keep checking here and there for updates.
Oh, and if you feel like you have something to add, get a hold of one of the authors (myself, Jim, Leif, Matt, Jared, etc) and we can figure out how to get you an account on the wiki.


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Math is Hard, Sez Barbie.
When I was newly-married, I read the book Michaelmas by Algis Budrys. This was during the post-Star Wars paradise of science fiction book releases, multiple racks of them, even in hometown discount stores. The story was about the world's Most Beloved Newsreader, who wrote the news, and who was himself a CG construct.
Think Max Headroom, only interesting.
This novel led me to prophesy that the time was coming when it would become difficult-to-impossible to tell the difference between "real" and "virtual" events. I believe that I am close to being justified in this Cassandran utterance. The sheep entrails, however, do not augur a forecast dire, rather one of mild interest; "Not with a bang, but a whimper."
Movies are over-run with CGI effects, to their detriment. Yeah, The Last Starfighter was a rum go, delightsome in its odd way, especially Centauri's channeling of Prof. Harold Hill, but the spacecraft were accomplished with sheer computational brute force. No models dangling from wires nor attached to motion-control rigs, just the numbers going in, going around and around, and coming out here! They worked, but they were too perfect, too clean. Lawrence of Arabia would have loved it there. Computer spaceships have taken the solar wind from the sails of SF TV and movies. Even the venerable Star Trek was not immune to the pixelated siren's song, for they have replaced the practical, real-world effects with CG Enterprises, Tholians, Klingons, and sundry planets. The charm is gone. Godzilla (2014)? No zipper.
Math is hard, and the endless parade of mathematically-induced droids and orcs rendered me insensate. I slept through the major battle scenes in Lord of the Rings movies AND the last batch of Star Wars flicks. Thankfully, there is a move to restore the realm of "practical effects" to its rightful place and altitude. Rick Baker is seeking to preserve his effects work history, and Gerry Anderson's son is crowdfunding a return to marionettes with real models, real explosions...everything!
Let's bring back practical, real-world effects, and forestall the Virtual Apocalypse!
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"So round, so firm, so fully packed." Lou Costello's scheming girlfriend starts , and he finishes.
That is the best line in Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein.
I have never been an Abbott and Costello fan, not even "Who's on First?", nor any of the other bits derived therefrom. Lugosi has always been over-rated. The character of Larry Talbot is a whiny-boy.
Frankenstein's monster isn't Karloff.
Other than that, it's a pretty good movie.
My favorite Mudd episode "Mudd's Women" was on tonight. Roger C. Carmel has steely cunning in this turn, as opposed to the over-the-top comedy of "I, Mudd".
The women are, well..
"Is this your crew, captain?"
"Well, no, captain. This is me cargo."
Kirk trying not to smirk. Such range!
Third season Lost in Space. 'Nuff said.
There may yet be hope.
I posted this on FaCHAYbook:
"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" cancelled?
I think the nation's collective IQ just went up 1 SD.
A con buddy sez
You may be being generous with how much of an increase there was in it.
I dunno, Ren...it WAS pretty bad, and the cultural drag thus released would make for a pretty good leap upward. It may settle back to a more pedestrian level, but in the next two weeks I expect true cures for cancer, ebola, and the completion of several unfinished symphonies. Also, a jet pack that runs on sugar water.
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In Dust and Ashes....
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I have neglected the myriad of reader here at my little corner of the Blog-o-VerseTM and for that I repent in dust in ashes! Not without a whinging excuse, however. Your Aardvark has been busy. Amazingly so; simply covered up with work. This is a GOOD thing, but is tiring on a body, and has taken my attention away from more creative endeavors, such as the BlogRadio thing. I shall attempt to do more writing. I have several things rabbiting around in my head to deal with, Things of Import.
But now is not that time. Mr. Wolff and I are great fans of the series SUPERCAR. He writes some amazing stories from that universe. We became friends on the Yahoo group Black_Rock_One, and one of the Supercar discussions was the possibility of building a Gerry Anderson Supermarionation theme park. Hilarity and creativity ensued.
The Dread Dormomoo and I went to Chattanooga for a couple of days Away, and went to our Amusement Park of Choice, Lake Winnie (really Lake Winnepesaukah) We found a wonderful ride which would be perfect for the STINGRAY section of the Supermarionation Park. The most evident bad guys are Aquaphibians:
Well, kiddies, the perfect Aquaphibian ride is "The Sea Warrior". A little paint modification will do the trick!
It is an...intense ride, made the moreso by my discovery of a phobia of thrill ride latches. The latch on this thing was secure. I checked it, the ride operator checked it. The ride is comparatively tame as things go, a scrambler with Z-axis motion as well, heavy on the centripetal force. My little brainworm kicked in and I had visions of our being flung across the park. I have never been afraid, really afraid on a ride before.
Then there was The Matterhorn. (Video by TheDrivingBlogger)
More latch worries. Lake Winnie has a GOOD reputation for ride maintenance, but fears are not rational, and I was NOT rational. Let's just say I wasn't speaking English by the time the ride was through. It was fun, and I enjoyed all the sensations concomitant with high-speed air travel, but the concern of our being catapulted across the park, well, that's me all over.
We went to Raccoon Caverns as well. I felt safer with megatons of rock above me.
This is not as grim as I paint it. We had a VERY fun time, just those two rides that tweaked my lizard brain. It's just that having fun is more work than it used to was.
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STOP....END....TERMINATE
Photo from "The Andromeda Strain", Universal Pictures
I do not care if you are a giggling fanboy of Hizzoner Mr. Obama, or if you are his most ardent foe; the President and his court of jesters are making dreadful decisions, deadly decisions, decisions that could truly decimate (and MORE) the population of these United States.
When I was in, oh, the sixth grade, we learned about the typhoid epidemic, and about the protocols that public health officials developed to track down Patient Zero, and then, all the potential exposed persons. Included in those protocols was quarantine. Later, "The Readers Digest" titillated its readers by detailing the selfsame methods used to track down those with syphilis and gonorrhea in attempts to deal with the incipient epidemic of STDs in the '60s and '70s. Point: we have a disease of frightening virulence being treated like a head cold. There is no effort being made to limit incoming travelers from Ebola hot zones. The CDC head his own self said "The right of return (via air travel-ed.) is more important than preventing disease.". Our borders are perilously porous, and should an outbreak reach Central America, there will be a flood of Ebola victims coming north to the cornucopia of medical wonders. I do not think that the President's feel-good whistling past the graveyard will prevent National Guard units and state militias setting up machine guns on the border facing south, and producing scenes that make Walking Dead and World War Z look like a Disney movie. "War on Ebola"? That will be the warfare, unless we can miniaturise submarines ad SEALS to fight the virus hand-to-hand.
I call on Congress, and upon the President to cease giving a deadly virus civil rights, end air travel to and from hot zones like Liberia, and seal our borders. Mr. Kerry has said "We NEED open borders. We NEED unimpeded air travel (from Liberia, Sierra Leone, etc. -ed.)". Why? WHY? Why are these things needed? What purpose is served by these conditions? This putative need is not axiomatic; it is merely a step toward, a precursor to...what?
Is the "what" worth an epidemic entering, being imported into our country, an epidemic which makes you bleed from every orifice? Does Mr. Obama wish to see his daughters bleed out before his eyes? Does he and his followers wish to see mass exsanguination of his fans and foes alike?
Viruses are a-political; they just wish to use you as a vast reproductive organ. If our leaders do not begin treating this disease like a disease instead of as a privileged minority, well, we will be screwed.
Royally.
"So round, so firm, so fully packed." Lou Co...


Automated scheduling applications have features that staff can utilize to apply for time off or to swap shifts. Now, you don't have to fumble through emails and sticky notes to remember which requests were made before you begin to build a schedule. What's more, you can approve or deny these requests within the application, and the staff members involved are automatically notified.
One of the best features about automated scheduling is its ability to integrate all of your rules and policies into the application to automatically build a schedule that conforms to the unique needs of your organization and its people. This step has the potential to be reduced to just a few minutes for some organizations, now that they do not have to build each schedule by hand.
When making a manual schedule, you likely had to check it several times before sending it out to your staff. Automated scheduling applications remove this step with conflict detection. This feature gives you an alert that something on the schedule is incorrect, allowing you to make a change before the final schedule is published.
Rather than posting a schedule in the break room or hoping your staff will open it from an email, you can set your schedule to be published in an automated scheduling application. When this is done, an email will be sent to everyone in your organization; but what's more, the application can even sync each staff member's schedule with their Outlook, iCal or Google Calendar, allowing everyone to have their schedule where they will see it most easily.


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The Starry Midnight We Make Combines Visual Novel And Celestial Growth Simulation
By Chris Priestman July 3, 2015
Japanese studio Cavyhouse combines visual novel with celestial growth simulation and puzzle elements in its latest game The Starry Midnight We Make.
Set in the early 20th century, it has you following Hamomoru Tachibana, who creates celestial objects using the mysterious Star-seeing Basin, which is a device that makes it possible to grow stars and a model of the night sky using pebbles.
But Tachibana isn't able to do this alone. As she lost her money while on her vacation in Kyoto, Tachibana ends up seeking help with lodgings during her stay. She finds this in a student of the sciences called Chuuya Shingoh. Tachibana helps him out with his research while he supports her as she experiments with the Star-seeing Basin.
"According to Chuuya, the stars created in the Basin may be able to influence the rest of the city in a manner similar to what is often described in onmyou divination," the game's description reads. "To confirm this, Hamomoru and Chuuya shall walk the streets of Kyoto, all while creating stars within the Star-seeing Basin…"
The Starry Midnight We Make is available to purchase on Steam right now for Windows. There's also a free demo that you can download from its website.
The Starry Midnight We Make


A video produced by Canadian Curriculum Services and the Ministry of Education on Learning Through the Arts in Music through the One World Youth Arts Project.
Welcome to Learning through the Arts! These videos are intended to support classroom teachers by demonstrating how they can implement the revised Arts curriculum. They are examples of how teachers have integrated the arts into their programs to best meet the needs of their learners.
Students use technology to record and edit their own pieces of music.


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Q: How to enable syntax help on sublime Text 3? Currently I use Komodo Edit and, Komodo helps me with syntax remembrance or highlighting, I can't seem to get any other IDE to do that.  I was wondering how do you enable it in sublime Text 2 or 3?  Notice in the image below, there is a drop down menu highlighting setInterval. I would like that for Sublime Text Editor, for it to help me with built in functions or methods of whatever language I'm using.

A: Sublime Text has packages that you can install. Here's one that does something like your screenshot for autocompletes: http://sublimecodeintel.github.io/SublimeCodeIntel/
Different languages have different autocomplete packages. Here's one for Javascript: https://packagecontrol.io/packages/JavaScript%20Completions
And here's one for Python: https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Anaconda


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Revan & Bapaga Recalled
Club News 12 January 2022 1159Views
Grimsby Town Football Club can confirm that Sebastian Revan and Will Bapaga have been recalled by their parent clubs, Aston Villa and Coventry City respectively.
Both youngsters penned season-long loan deals with the Mariners in the summer but have found their first-team chances limited in recent weeks.
Revan made a total of nine appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring twice with both goals coming in the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round tie at Bromsgrove Sporting.
Bapaga made a total of 12 appearances in all competitions for the Mariners, scoring on three occasions.
We would like to thank both players for their efforts whilst at the club and wish them both all the best in their future.
Match Report – Halifax Town 1 – 0 Grimsby Town
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If the father is supposed to provide income, and the mother is supposed to nurture, it can be detrimental to the child and even the spouse if one or both of those roles are not being upheld.
"Some social patterns are dysfunctional because they have a negative impact on a group or society." (Stewart, lecture 2). If one person (structure) of the family is expected to maintain a certain function and doesn't uphold that, it will have a negative effect which, if left to cultivate, will cause dysfunction. This idea works the same if one individual has too much power. If that happens, the others can be shut out and the same dysfunction can happen.
"Manifest and latent functions are two kinds of functions. Manifest functions are intended and recognized; they are present and clearly evident. Latent functions are unintended and unrecognized; they are present but not immediately obvious." (Stewart, lecture 2). The best way to explain this in a family function is through example: Say a parent asks a child to do a chore; the child can either consciously choose to not do it for whatever reasons (manifest) or they could possibly forget just because of other influences (latent). Either way, this is an influence on the family as a whole and can lead to many different outcomes. This is why each member needs to follow through with their structure to help a family function together smoothly.


There's always a special buzz in any venue where the Hofesh Shechter Company happens to be performing. The average age of the audience drops precipitously; and the level of excitement and expectation rises commensurately.
And so it is at Sadler's Wells, where Israeli-born, UK-based Hofesh Shechter's latest work, Grand Finale, has just had its UK premiere.
An ambitious commentary on the apocalyptic feel of modern times, Grand Finale includes many of Shechter's trademark elements: high-energy, strongly rhythmic movement, often incorporating quotes from Middle Eastern folk dance; pulsating percussion, sometimes so loud you feel it vibrate inside your body; a reference to the Jewish holocaust; and undifferentiated dancing for his 10 male and female performers.
New to Shechter's work are stage sets by Tom Scutt, who is also responsible for the costumes – loose trousers and shirts in neutral colours. Scutt has created a series of large upright rectangular panels, which the dancers themselves move around the stage, creating a variety of areas, and at one point building one of the recurring themes of our modern world: The Wall.
Death is the leitmotif here, reprised a number of times as dancers collapse and are dragged around, only to rise again; and collapse again.
The theme of death is treated most effectively in two particular sequences: one where all 10 dancers launch into a frenzied kind of disco dancing to a pulsating drums beat, blindly and mindless dancing on the edge of the precipice.
Even more powerful is the sequence that brings the first half to a close. Here the panels enclose the dancers in quite a claustrophobic space. They stand still and raise their eyes to heaven as soap bubbles slowly descend like snow, only to disappear as they touch the ground. It's impossible not to see a reference to a concentration camp; more so when living dancers drag inert ones around in a poignant waltz of death to music played live on stage by a string quintet.
Here, then, is what was happening in my head as I sat and watched the performance: there is no doubt that Grand Finale 'has arrived with a bang' as the FT put it after the work's world premiere in Paris this past summer. Shechter's work is nothing if not an explosion of sound and movement.
Did it, however, in any way further my sense of the modern world, of the chaotic and seemingly apocalyptic nature of so much that surrounds us? Did it cause pangs of anguish in my heart or raise question marks in my mind? Did it hold me enraptured at all times? I can't say that it did.
Much of Grand Finale is powerful in Shechter's typical high-octane way. Some of it is rather repetitive. His amazingly energetic dancers are perfectly attuned to his very specific and immediately identifiable brand of choreography. There are many ideas bubbling away throughout this piece; but not all are particularly original and neither does his choreographic language appear to have developed significantly.


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Liverani leaves Orient
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Leyton Orient have confirmed that Fabio Liverani has left his role as manager of the club.
Former Genoa boss Liverani took over from Mauro Milanese in December, but was unable to prevent Orient from sliding into League Two.
"We announce today that Fabio Liverani will be leaving his role as manager of the club by mutual consent," an Orient statement read.
"His assistants, Maurizio Cantarelli and Marcello Donatelli, will also be leaving the club.
"The club would like to thank Fabio, Maurizio and Marcello for their efforts this season, and we wish them all the best for the future.
"The club will now focus on rebuilding for next season, in the hope that we can make a swift return to League One.
"We do not underestimate the challenge that we will face in the coming season, but the players and staff will work together to achieve the success that our loyal fans deserve. We thank you for your ongoing support."


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Ратуша Янгона — мэрия Янгона, крупнейшего города Мьянмы, и резиденция Комитета развития города Янгона. Здание внесено в список наследия города Янгон.

История
Здание считается образцом синкретической бирманской архитектуры с традиционными многоярусными крышами, пятхат. Здание было спроектировано бирманским архитектором У Тином, который также спроектировал Центральный железнодорожный вокзал Янгона. Строительство началось в 1926 году и закончилось в 1936 году. Ратуша занимает бывшее место Рипон-Холла.

Ратуша была центром нескольких крупных политических демонстраций, в том числе митинга Народного комитета мира 1964 года, поддержанного Такином Кодо Хмайном, который собрал 200 тыс. человек и впоследствии был подавлен социалистическим режимом. Мэрия была местом нескольких взрывов, в том числе в 2000, 2008 и 2009 годах.

Он расположен в центре города Янгон, рядом с несколькими важными достопримечательностями, такими как пагода Суле, парк Маха Бандула, Верховный суд Мьянмы и Главное почтовое отделение.

См. также
 Центральный железнодорожный вокзал Янгона
 Губернаторский дворец (Рангун)

Примечания

Здания и сооружения Янгона
Ратуши
Здания и сооружения, построенные в 1936 году
Появились в XX веке в Мьянме
1930-е годы в Мьянме

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Q: How do GSI (Global Secondary Index) work? New to using DynamoDB and NoSQL.  How does the GSI work?
If I was to create a table like so:
UserID     Email    Username

Let's say UserId was my primary key and Email and Username where the composite GSI.
Is the GSI searchable without using UserId and across ALL partions (not just one)? Or does the GSI need to have UserId as part of the GSI?

A: you can get the full answer here:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/GSI.html
for your questions - (Is the GSI searchable without using UserId and across ALL partions (not just one)? Or does the GSI need to have UserId as part of the GSI?) - "A global secondary index contains a selection of attributes from the table, but they are organized by a primary key that is different from that of the table. The index key does not need to have any of the key attributes from the table; it doesn't even need to have the same key schema as a table"
UserId dont need to be one of your GSI.


The Hadera suicide bombing catches Abbas in the midst of a severe political crisis.
The Hadera suicide bombing caught Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the midst of a severe political crisis that culminated on Wednesday with a stormy session of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Ramallah.
Yet Abbas seems to be facing an even bigger challenge. The events of the past few days have shown that many of the militiamen belonging to his ruling Fatah party are operating openly together with Islamic Jihad in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Islamic Jihad operative Luai Sa'di, who was killed in an IDF operation in Tulkarm earlier this week, had been working closely with Fatah gunmen in the area.
Sa'di's cohort, Majed al-Ashkar, a senior leader of Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, was also killed in the IDF raid. Sources in Tulkarm said the two men had formed a joint Fatah-Islamic Jihad cell responsible for a series of attacks on Israel over the past 18 months.
Similar cells have also begun operating in Jenin and Nablus, where Fatah and Islamic Jihad members are often seen roaming the streets together. And in yet another indication of the harmony between the two groups, masked gunmen belonging to Fatah and Islamic Jihad held a joint press conference in Gaza City Wednesday night to claim responsibility for the Hadera attack.
The fact that such a press conference is held in public in the center of Gaza City - and is attended by scores of journalists - shows that the PA security forces have almost no control over what's happening in the area.
The phenomenon poses a serious challenge to Abbas, who is in the process of incorporating hundreds of disgruntled Fatah gunmen into the PA security forces. It could also jeopardize the PA's efforts to establish five military training camps in the West Bank for the Fatah gunmen.
The growing cooperation between Fatah and Islamic Jihad activists in the West Bank has prompted some of Abbas's top aides to voice concern that Islamic Jihad elements would now try to infiltrate the PA security forces.
According to one aide, dozens of Fatah gunmen have "defected" to Islamic Jihad in protest against the PA's failure to pay them salaries and give them high ranks in the security forces.
"It's not a matter of ideology, but money," he explained. "And the money is coming from Damascus and Hizbullah."


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Our 2019 season has been an amazing one already with us winning our first District Championship, then placing 3rd in our second District event and winning two awards for robot design.
With success comes extra costs. We have qualified for the State Championship in Saginaw Michigan and plan to take the whole team to this event. We feel confident that we are in a good place to qualify for the World Championship which will be held in Detroit this year.
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Andersson enjoys maiden Proton test
PG Andersson completes a pre-Monte Carlo test with Proton ahead of the opening round of the 2011 IRC season
PG Andersson has completed his first test at the wheel of the Proton Satria Neo S2000 that he will drive on the opening round of the 2011 IRC season in Monte Carlo next month.
Andersson completed two days of running just south of Grenoble and will return to the French Alps early next month for further tests ahead of the classic event.
The initial test saw Andersson complete more than 200km of running in heavy snow in a car running in 2010-spec, with an updated engine due to be used for the January test.
"I knew from a long time ago, from talking to the other drivers, that the Proton chassis was good - and it really is good," he said. "I'm very pleased with the first test. As the conditions on the test changed a little bit, we made some changes to the chassis and you could feel those changes straight away. It was good to get plenty of running on studded tyres before the Monte.
"By the end of the second day of the test, we did have a clean line coming on the road and we were able to run without the studs, but it would be good to get some time on dry asphalt on the next test. I'm really looking forward to the event now. I feel positive with the car and the team.
"The Monte is going to be a very big event for everybody, there are a lot of very good drivers coming out for the event and the competition will be tough. But I'm very happy with the Proton and where I am for the start of the season."
Dempsey withdraws from racing to focus on family and acting
Welch Motorsport's Paddock Pass - Silverstone
Andersson will partner Chris Atkinson in the Proton line-up for the Monte Carlo event.
Welch Motorsport's Paddock Pass - Rockingham
Tom Cave ready to rock and roll at Rallyday
Positive test for Ford
YOUR VOTES REVEALED: WRC class of 2010 (Pt.1)
Andersson withdrawn from Rally Sweden
Silverstone - Free practice (2)
Cave ready to fly the flag
Proton confirms 'reshuffle', focuses on twin title bid
Group Lotus committed to F1