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Q: How to set the selected image as the first image to show in a bootstrap carousel in Angular? I have created a small tuto code in which I have a list of cards. on these cards I have a click event that pass the index of this cards that I will use it later to set the first image to show in carousel.
This index is past via a service shared with the created components.
for now this index is past successfully, when I receive it in carousel component put it in <ngb-carousel [activeId]="activeIndex">, as montioned in the doc
 /**
 * The slide id that should be displayed **initially**.
 *
 * For subsequent interactions use methods `select()`, `next()`, etc. and the `(slide)` output.
 */
 activeId: string;

However, what I have done has no effect, because the carousel still show me the first image every time. Did I miss someting?
here you can find the source code: https://github.com/agentjoseph007/modal-carousel
Any help will be much appreciated.

A: try to play with images at the carousel constructor as it's an array you just move.
you pick the index and you move the slide that matches that index at the first position. I'd recommend using a *ngFor at your carousel template.
in carousel.component.html
<ngb-carousel (slide)="onSlide($event)">
  <ng-container *ngFor="let slide of slides; let index = index">
    <ng-template ngbSlide [id]="index">

{{slide.label}}

{{slide.content}}

    </ng-template>
  </ng-container>
</ngb-carousel>

Maybe the community might have other proposition on how to handle the slides, but I propose to you this code
and in carousel.component.ts
  photos = [944, 1011, 984].map((n) => `https://picsum.photos/id/${n}/900/500`);
  slides = [
    {
      index: 0,
      image: this.photos[0],
      label: 'First slide label',
      content: 'Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue mollis interdum.',
      alt: 'my first slide image'
    },
    {
      index: 1,
      image: this.photos[1],
      label: 'Second slide label',
      content: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.',
      alt: 'my first slide image'
    },
    {
      index: 2,
      image: this.photos[2],
      label: 'Third slide label',
      content: 'Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur.',
      alt: 'my first slide image'
    }
  ];

  ...

  constructor(private imageHandlerService: ImageHandlerService) {
    console.log('CarouselComponent');
    console.log(this.imageHandlerService.selectedIndex);
    this.slides.forEach((element, i) => {
      if (element.index === this.imageHandlerService.selectedIndex) {
        this.slides.splice(i, 1);
        this.slides.unshift(element);
      }
    });
  }

hope it helps ;)

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Connect to the GO! via Wi-Fi, launch the Iridium GO! app (a free download from the App store or Play store)and make satellite phone and data calls/send satellite SMS using your smartphone. It is a true game changer in satellite communications!
Includes GO! device, rechargeable Li-Ion battery pack, AC and DC chargers, international plug adapters, USB cable, weathershield.
The GO! is jet-water resistant, shock and dust resistant and built to military specifications. GPS enabled with SOS functionality, it is a must-have for remote communications!
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Q: Dynamic php pages based on user role I have hit a cross roads with my database design and believe it to be flawed but hoping somebody could assist because I am so far into the build.
Tables:
**users**
user_id  | user_email      | user_role | dashboard_id
1        | admin@admin.com | 0         | 1
2        | user@user.com   | 1         | 2
---------------------------------------------------

**dashboards**
dashboard_id | dashboard_name |
1            | dashboard 1
2            | dashboard 2
---------------------------------------------------

**roles**
role_id | role_name |
0       | super_admin
1       | user
---------------------------------------------------

Superadmins: they login and they go to a top level page where they can create a new dashboard.
User: can login and taken to the dashboard they are associated to.
Superadmins: to have the ability to click on the dashboards and view that dashboard, but as you can see they are also bound to dashboard.
Now, I display the information on the dashboard by getting the users ID in the session and also getting the value from the dashboard_id form the users table and the match them like so:
function clientReportName() {
global $conn;
global $dashboardIdNew;
global $user_dash_id;

    $sql = "SELECT * FROM dashboards WHERE dashboard_id = $user_dash_id";
    $result = $conn->query($sql);

    if($result->num_rows > 0){
        while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()){
            echo $row["dashboard_name"];
        }
    }
}

What the above does is gives me the title of the dashboard they are associated to.
the issue I have is HOW to retain the top level dashboard and allow super admins the view any dashboard and keep the users to only see/access the dashboards they are associated too.

A: Add a check to the beginning of your function that checks if a GET parameter is set for dashboard_id.
If it is, check the user is a super_admin and that the requested dashboard exists.
If that's also true, then set $user_dash_id to the value of the requested id instead of getting it from the DB
You will obviously need to add links so the admins can pick from a list or something and select their preferred dashboard.
Example:
<?php
function clientReportName()
{
    global $conn;
    global $user_id; //you'll need to provide the user_id
    global $user_dash_id;

    if(isset($_GET['dashboard_id']) && is_numeric($_GET['dashboard_id'])){

        $sql = "SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `user_id` = $user_id AND `user_role` = 0";
        $result = $conn->query($sql);

        if($result->num_rows > 0){
            //they are super_admin

            $dash_id = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $_GET['dashboard_id']); //this is probably inadequate to protect you from SQL injection

            $sql = "SELECT * FROM `dashboards` WHERE `dashboard_id` = $dash_id";
            $result = $conn->query($sql);

            if($result->num_rows > 0){
                //The requested dashboard exists, so set it as the new id to be requested
                $user_dash_id = $dash_id;
            }
        }
    }

    $sql = "SELECT * FROM dashboards WHERE dashboard_id = $user_dash_id";
    $result = $conn->query($sql);

    if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
        while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
            echo $row["dashboard_name"];
        }
    }
}

This may need some refactoring, but I think it shows the idea.


Angry Birds 2 has arrived and the birds are angrier than ever before with new gaming elements to make life more miserable for the pigs.
Now admittedly the Angry Birds have been to space, Rio, made some friends (Angry Birds friends). They have also played make-believe as being 'Star Wars' characters and as 'transformers'. We also saw Stella.
And though there have been 11 versions of the game till now, yesterday (July 30th) we had the official Angry Birds 2 unveiling.
Currently, the game is available for iOS and Android. The Windows version for Angry Birds 2 is coming soon.
Well, just as the original game all players are going to have to get their slingshots ready; the birds are in the mood to be shot and the pigs are in for a lot of troubles.
However, sequel allows you choose which birds you get to shoot instead of the old shoot-as-you-get play style. This new improvement also gives the game new strategy elements.
Angry Bird 2 also features a new bird called Silver. Players will get spells instead of the accustomed power-ups.
Some levels will have boss fights where the bosses will have a health bar, and players are supposed to use the environment to their advantage if they wish to come out victorious.
Gifts and cards are new elements of the game and can be acquired inside the levels.
As of July 2015, the series has reached over three billion downloads making it the highest downloaded freemium games of all time.
So it is only natural to have high expectations from the official sequel to the Rovio masterpiece. Lets hope Angry Birds 2 lives-up to expectation.


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Walk to benefit March of Dimes
Kellie Bramlet
Shay and J.D. McDaniel know firsthand the March of Dimes doesn't just help premature babies.
"Yes, March of Dimes is about premature babies," Shay said. "But it's about babies with birth defects, too."
Shay found out about her own son's defect before his birth through an ultrasound performed during her pregnancy. The March of Dimes was one of the first ones to advocate for ultrasound use.
Kolt McDaniel was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. His aorta was so small the left side of his heart never developed. It's like he has a half a heart, Shay explained.
Kolt is now 3 years old. He knows his ABCs, but suffers physical development delays. He has been walking only for a year. Shay said physically, Kolt is at the same stage as a 11/2-year-old, but he's making progress.
The March of Dimes has funded research projects on hypoplastic left heart syndrome, including locating the gene that causes it. Researchers hope this knowledge will lead them to find ways to prevent the defect.
On April 30, the March of Dimes will showcase the variety of their work at a display featured at the annual March for Babies, held in Mackenzie Park. This year's walk will spotlight a butterfly garden, displaying foam butterflies representing the babies who have benefited from the March of Dimes efforts.
Purple butterflies represent healthy babies; green represent premature babies; yellow represent babies born with a birth defect; and white butterflies will stand in a memory of babies who have died.
"It's a way to have a visual of what the March of Dimes actually does for babies," said Allison McMillian, March of Dimes division director.
Butterflies can be purchased for $25. All proceeds will go the March of Dimes.
The March for Babies is the Lubbock division of the March of Dimes' largest fundraiser. Last year the event brought in $280,000.
It includes a 31/2-mile walk, and games and activities for kids.
"It's a great way for the family to come together and celebrate babies," McMillian said.
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Nicknames for Cabral. Add your names, share with friends. Click to copy.
This nickname maker is designed to create username for Cabral or to generate many other things, such as business name ideas, domain names of the website e.t.c.


Carolina Hurricanes defenceman James Wisniewski suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament on Thursday, managing just 47 seconds of ice time in his debut with his new team. And now, Wisniewski will require surgery and will be out for at least six months.
The Hurricanes acquired Wisniewski in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks in the off-season and they were set to pair him with John-Michael Liles on the blueline. The 31-year-old was injured in his second shift of the game against the Nashville Predators.
Wisniewski was supposed to be an instant upgrade to a questionable defensive group for Carolina, so this injury certainly stings. In 69 games last season between the Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets, he scored eight goals and added 26 helpers. In 552 career NHL games, Wisniewski has 274 points.
For now, dealing with it means defenceman Michal Jordan will see action sooner rather than later. He was a healthy scratch on Thursday but will suit up for the Hurricanes' home opener on Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings.
Defenceman Danny Biega was called up from the Charlotte Checkers, plus Francis says the Hurricanes will take a look at some other options. A trade is also possible, plus there are a few available free agents.
Carolina's top pairing continues to be Justin Faulk and Ron Hainsey and that's not about to change, but a lot more will be required of the dynamic duo in terms of ice time and production. Liles, too, will expect to see more minutes as the Hurricanes cope with what has to be a significant loss.


THIS is the Cadillac ad libs are whining about? Love. It.
I saw it. I liked it. When I heard there was an ad by Cadillac that had leftists with their hair on fire, I thought it was a different one.
GOT DRUGS? The D.E.A. is calling on Americans to empty their medicine chests and turn in their private stash of potentially dangerous pharmaceuticals. But what's more American than self-medication? And how else to make it through election season? Republicans oppose such sweeping confiscations and the "Pledge to America," taking a limited-government approach, promises to seize only any "unspent stimulus." Nancy Pelosi explains in song why Congress is not covered by ObamaCare. They have their own plan that gives them special benefits and heavy drug use may be the reason that Congress is so ineffective. "Take Ten Pills and You're Fine" was written and performed by the Capitol Steps'. Visit the Capitol Steps Website for more information on performances and DVDs.


What a beautiful fall we've had. Only a good God could create such beauty! I thank God for the great variety and beauty in God's creation. I thank God for all of you — for those I've seen grow in faith and service to Jesus Christ; for those who work behind the scenes to make things work at Aldersgate; for those who have heard the call to help out in various ministries and responded; for all those who contribute financially to the church according to their means. I give thanks for family and friends and food and shelter and so much more. Above all I give thanks to God for God's unconditional love in Christ Jesus our Lord! What are you thankful for today?
I pray that you are still praying for a mighty work of the Holy Spirit at Aldersgate and are "ALL IN": INterceding (praying for) your friends who aren't part of a church family, INvesting time in your relationships with them, and actively praying for an opportunity to INvite them to join you at church so together we can INtroduce them to the love of God in Christ Jesus. Don't lose heart. Keep on INterceding and INvesting. Persist in prayer.
I also pray you have been encouraged and challenged by the "Remember the Future" study. The church council will be looking at the input you've provided for recurring themes toward which the Holy Spirit is directing us as we move into the future together. Thanks for taking the time to be a part of it.


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Home » Knowledge » Publications » Forests and food security: a review
Forests and food security: a review
Forests are the largest source of terrestrial biodiversity and contain over half of the world's terrestrial plant and animal species. In addition to the multitude of species supported by forest systems, forests are also responsible for life-sustaining ecological processes such as nutrient cycling and water regulation. As a rich source of plants, animals, soil, and water, the connection between forests and food seems undeniable. However, until recently, this relationship has been poorly understood. In this review, we explore three main pathways in which forests contribute to food security and nutrition. These include: (1) a direct consumption pathway, (2) an income pathway and (3) an agroecological pathway. We find the following: (1) forests contribute directly to people's diets through the harvest of bushmeat, wild fruits and other forest-sourced foods; (2) the sale of non-timber forest products contribute to people's income, enabling the purchase of a diversity of food items from markets; and finally (3) forests and trees support diverse crop and livestock production through an array of ecosystem services such as pollination, soil fertility and water and climate regulation. Our findings shed light on the vital role that forests play in food security and we conclude that further research is needed to understand the interactions between the ecological, socioeconomic and cultural dimensions of forests and diets.
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https://doi.org/10.1079/PAVSNNR202015019
CAB Reviews 15(19): 1-10
Sunderland, T.C.H.; O'Connor, A.
Forests, food security and nutrition
The links between forests, food security & nutrition
Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition: Contributing to the "Zero Hunger Challenge"
Editorial: Forests, biodiversity and food security


MDRAP is a new 3GA health workforce program designed to bring more doctors to rural and remote communities throughout Australia. Non-vocationally recognised (non-VR) doctors participating in the MDRAP will be able to access a Medicare benefit while working towards entry to a college Fellowship Program.
Am I eligible for MDRAP?
have the necessary skills and experience to perform the role.
A doctor's previous 3GA placement history will be considered when assessing MDRAP applications.
in an area classified as Modified Monash Model (MMM) 2–7.
Doctors who work at a practice classified as an Aboriginal Medical Service or that hold an exemption under s19 (2) or s19 (5) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 are also eligible for a MDRAP placement.
Doctors on the MDRAP will be able to access items from group A7 of the Medicare Benefits Schedule. These items are set at 80% of the equivalent general practice items.
How long can I be on the MDRAP?
An initial MDRAP placement is for 2 years. Doctors can seek extensions for a period up to 4 years total in some circumstances.
The MDRAP supports doctors working towards joining a college Fellowship Program; doctors participating in the MDRAP must make a minimum of one application to a Fellowship Program each year.
Doctors who participate in the MDRAP must complete foundation general practice training modules provided by either the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners or the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine within 6 months of commencing on the MDRAP.
Doctors who participate in the MDRAP for a year must ensure at least half of the annual professional development required by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHRPA) is relevant to general practice.
Will I have to be supervised?
The MDRAP provides a supervision framework for doctors who have less than 6 months general practice experience. The supervision requirements vary depending on the category of the doctor. Information about supervision is available in the MDRAP Guidelines.
The More Doctors for Rural Australia Program (MDRAP) guidelines are currently being updated and finalised. Thank you for your patience as we work closely with the Rural Workforce Agencies to finalise the implementation of the MDRAP.
These updates will not affect location eligibility requirements.
To register your interest for a MDRAP placement please contact the Rural Workforce Agency in your state or email the Department at Access.Programs@health.gov.au. Any further questions may be directed to the Department.


Have you ever wondered if you qualify for Motability?
Frequently asked questions about Motability qualification.
If you receive: the Higher Rate mobility component of the disabled living allowance, the enhanced rate of PIP (Personal Independence Payment), Armed Forces Independence Payment or a War Pensioners allowance, then the answer is yes, you qualify for Motability.
The only condition is that you have at least 12 months award remaining. There are no credit checks or other restrictions.
Are Busseys serious about Motability?
Busseys are proud that we have helped 340 plus disabled people, each year, to obtain a brand new car through the Motability Contract Hire Scheme.
I don't drive, can I still apply for Motability?
Even if you do not drive, you can still obtain a vehicle and choose up to two other people to drive for you.
I am a parent/carer to a child who receives the allowance, can I apply?
Yes you can. If you are a relative or carer to someone who claims the allowance (recognised by the DWP as an appointee), you can apply on their behalf.
The only condition is that the car is used for the benefit of the disabled person. This can involve travelling in the vehicle or a driver running errands for the disabled person.
I am a carer for a person living in a care home or supported living who receives the allowance, Can I apply?
The only condition is that the car is used for the benefit of the disabled person. This can involve travelling in the vehicle or a driver running errands for the disabled person. An 'open' insurance policy for numerous drivers can also be applied for, where multiple carers drive on behalf of the disabled person.
What if I am unsure if changing to the new PIP (Personal Independence Payment) will affect me?
You are able to apply for a car, as long as you meet the current application criteria. If you lose your allowance, part way into the contract, you would have to return the car. You would be eligible for 'transitional' help from Motability including, some money back (this could be as much as £2000 depending on how long you have been with Motability). Motability may also allow you to purchase your car. Please ask for further details.
As well as having a brand new car, are there other benefits?
Yes, included in the Motability Contract Hire, at no extra cost, is a Mileage allowance of 20,000 per year, Road tax, Fully comprehensive insurance for up to two drivers (a third driver at extra cost, or an open policy for numerous drivers in certain situations), Full RAC cover, All servicing, warranty work and MOT, Tyres (worn or punctured) will be repaired or replaced and windscreens (that are chipped or cracked) will be repaired or replaced. . (Excess applies to insurance claims and windscreen replacements).
As you can see the scheme offers excellent value for money, all this in exchange for your higher rate mobility allowance. Many cars have nothing extra to pay (including some automatics*). On larger or more expensive vehicles an advance payment may also be required. The advance payments start from as little as £45*.
Also, grants are available for more expensive advance payments or complex adaptations**. Commonly ordered adaptations are available with part funding from Motability providing they are ordered with the vehicle, offering savings approximately £500.
If this sounds good to you, and I am sure it will, call in to our Motability specialists at our Busseys branches at Whiffler Road, Norwich, Hall Road, Norwich, Yaxham Road, Dereham, Enterprise Way, Fakenham or Buckenham Road, Attleborough, to see just what we can offer.
Our Motability specialists look forward to hearing from you soon.
*These prices are correct at time of publication 14/11/17. Subject to terms and conditions.


Dr. Brian Hargreaves is Professor of Radiology, and by courtesy Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering at Stanford University, specializing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) developments and applications to patient care for cancer, vascular and orthopedic imaging. He teaches courses in MRI and mixed reality at Stanford. Most recently, he is co-director of the Incubator for Medical Mixed and Extended reality at Stanford, a "maker" space for mixed reality in medicine that offers course training, prototyping, and research facilities to Stanford.


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Recreation Park is a public, urban park in Raymore, Missouri. Located on the southern end of Raymore, Recreation Park is bordered by South Madison Street on the West and Hubach Hill Road on the South. The park contains numerous soccer fields, a baseball complex with concessions, two shelter houses with additional concessions, walking paths, and a playground. It is also home to the Raymore Skate Park and Recreation Park Pond.

References

Urban public parks
Parks in Cass County, Missouri
Tourist attractions in Raymore, Missouri

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var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var router = express.Router();
var passport = require('passport');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy;

var reimbursement = require('./reimbursement');
var maintenance = require('./maintenance');
var reimbursement = require('./reimbursement');
var loginRegister = require('./loginRegister.js');
var apartments = require('./apartments');

var app = express();

app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false}));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(require('express-session')({
    secret: 'secret',
    resave: false,
    saveUninitialized: false
}));
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  var allowedOrigins = ['http://127.0.0.1:3000', 'http://localhost:3000', 'http://ec2-54-218-76-216.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com', 'http://ec2-54-218-76-216.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com:3030', 'http://ec2-54-218-76-216.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com:3000'];
  var origin = req.headers.origin;
  if(allowedOrigins.indexOf(origin) > -1){
       res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', origin);
  }
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, OPTIONS');
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Content-Type, Authorization');
  res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Credentials', true);
  return next();
});

app.get('/maintenanceCheck', maintenance.getAllTickets);
app.get('/maintenanceCheck/:usr', maintenance.getTicketsByUser);
app.get('/maintenanceTicket/:ticket_id', maintenance.getTicketById);
app.post('/maintenanceCheck', maintenance.submitNewTicket);
app.post('/maintenanceUpdate', maintenance.updateTicket);

app.get('/apartments/allusers',apartments.allusers);
app.get('/apartments', apartments.findAllApartments);
app.get('/apartments/:aptId', apartments.findApartmentsByAptId);
app.post('/apartments/allusers/:userName/:aptId',apartments.updateAptID);
app.post('/apartments', apartments.addApartment);
app.post('/apartments/:aptId/:userName',apartments.updateApartment);

app.get('/reimbursements', reimbursement.findAllReimbursements);
app.get('/reimbursements/:id', reimbursement.findReimbursementById);
app.get('/reimbursement/:username', reimbursement.findReimbursementsByUsername);
app.post('/reimbursements', reimbursement.addReimbursement);
app.post('/reimbursements/:id/:decision',reimbursement.updateReimbursement);

app.post('/login', loginRegister.loginUser);
app.post('/createUser' , loginRegister.createUser); //create a new user
app.get('/logout', function(req, res){ //passports logout function
  req.logout();
  res.redirect('/');
});

app.listen(3030);
console.log('Listening on port 3030...');

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ADMIN SETTINGS> General settings> Options> Manual software Updates.
The Polycom codec with the basic settings of language, country, username and time zone have to be set as shown in the user guide or admin guide. Click the URL below to download the user guide.
Procuring the License key code: The LYNC / SKYPE FOR BUSINESS (SFB) license has to be purchased from the Polycom. The key code will be given by the End Point distributor.
Registrar server type –> select Microsoft from the drop down menu.
Save the settings . The registration status changes to Registered.
Select 'Required for all calls' from the drop down menu under Require AES encryption for calls and save the changes.
Procuring Certificates: You will require server certificate details from your LYNC / Skype For Business (SFB) provider. VOIP Connections customers can reach us at support@voip-connections.com to get the Certificates. Once you have these certificates you can upload them to the server.
You are now done with setting up and integrating your Polycom Real Presence Group series Unit with Microsoft LYNC / SKYPE FOR BUSINESS (SFB) server hosted by VOIP Connections.
Using the Polycom interface projected on the screens.
How to make a call from the POLYCOM Web portal or the Admin panel ?
You can access the web portal of the Polycom Equipment by entering the IP assigned to the unit.
Redialling your Recent calls list : You can call your recent called contacts or ID's or even the PSTN numbers by scrolling the Recent calls list on to the right and selecting the desired entity to make a call.
Dialling a contact: Search for contacts of your SfB account in the search bar and click on them to make a call.
Dialling form the Speed Dial: You can also save a few ID's or numbers to the speed dail list to make a quick call.
In-Call screen: You can see the call control options on the top. This helps you manage the call from the web portal.
How to make a call using a Polycom Interface?
The above information, under Manage calls has been fetched from the Polycom Real Presence User Guide 5.0.0, September 2015 release.
You can type the contact name or the SfB ID in the address bar to make a call. You can access the remote to type or you can use the virtual keyboard by selecting the keyboard option on the screen.


Today, we're proud to share the release of a new book authored by Doug Collins, VP of Innovation Architecture at Spigit.
This book, titled Great Question! Generating Effective Questions for Successful Outcomes, is intended for the leader of a group of people who would like to help that group identify the critical question for the purposes of innovation, collaboration, and problem solving.
Each part includes worksheets that the leader can use with their teams. And can be used to achieve better results through asking the right questions.
Great Question! Generating Effective Questions for Successful Outcomes can be purchased today on Amazon.


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Letter: Cuomo has done more for education than credited
By Staff|Published Sat, Sep 22, 2018
Jim Anderson is peddling the same tired arguments that have been disproven time and time again, and rejected by the courts. The fact is no governor in history has done more to ensure high quality education for all New Yorkers and curb the school to prison pipeline.
New York schools spend more per student than any other state, and under Gov. Andrew Cuomo, education aid has increased 36 percent since 2012, with a $1 billion increase this year - 72 percent of which went to schools with the highest need - bringing funding to a record total of $26.7 billion.
As the governor has repeatedly said, the question is not only about spending more, but examining how funding is allocated, which is why he included landmark legislation in this year's budget to help ensure education equity by requiring school districts to report school level funding allocations to the public.
Gov. Cuomo has also invested record levels of funding in pre-K and community schools and launched the Excelsior Scholarship to provide tuition-free college for full time students at public colleges and universities. Combined with other state aid, hundreds of thousands of students from middle and low-income families will attend tuition-free.
At the same time, Gov. Cuomo has accomplished a long list of improvements to the criminal justice system. He led the effort to raise the age of criminal responsibility for minors and extended landmark reforms to ensure that indigent defendants are provided with adequate legal counsel. Since Gov. Cuomo took office, New York State has closed 24 prisons and juvenile detention centers and the prison population has decreased by more than 6,000. Further, the governor established the Work for Success Initiative which has helped over 18,000 formerly incarcerated people find work upon their release.
While the legislature failed to pass Gov. Cuomo's proposals to eliminate cash bail and ensure a speedy trial, he continues the fight for these reforms.
We invite Jim Anderson and Citizen Action to stop their misdirected empty outrage and join Gov. Cuomo's ongoing work to make New York a fairer and more just state for all.
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Q&A: For 'The Mandalorian' actor Katee Sackhoff, space is the place
Mando (Pedro Pascal) lastly meets a fellow Mandalorian, Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackoff), in "The Mandalorian." (Francois Duhamel/Lucasfilm Ltd/Disney+/TNS)
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Katee Sackhoff arrives at Houston's Comicpalooza conference this weekend as a type of visitors whose queue of excited followers runs throughout a number of franchises. She began appearing greater than 20 years in the past and located her first position of a lifetime in 2003, reinventing the Starbuck character within the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" miniseries and TV present.
Since then, Sackhoff loved a protracted arc on "24" and landed one other position of a lifetime with the Western crime story "Longmire," which ran six seasons till its conclusion in 2017. She has continued to work within the science-fiction realm with the TV sequence "One other Life," the second season of which is forthcoming. And in an fascinating arc, Sackoff joined the hit "The Mandalorian" for its second season. Although new to the present, she drew from the acquainted, taking part in the warrior Bo-Katan Kryze, a personality she voiced on two earlier "Star Wars" animated exhibits. Given this physique of labor, Sackhoff is at all times a beloved draw at comedian conventions. She mentioned her profession and her affinity for science-fiction tales.
Q: I hope this isn't too unusual a topic, however I used to be considering the way you got here alongside at such an ideal time for TV. Was an actor might get outlined by a single TV position. However you've managed to have a number of now with devoted fan bases. A few of it's this golden age of tv. A few of it's the rise of comedian conventions.
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A: No, I fully perceive what you're saying. I grew up at a time … I moved to Los Angeles on the excellent time for a younger actor. It was a time when younger TV actors might get work that translated effectively in the event that they had been focused on movie. And that was new within the business. There was this time the place it appeared like an individual needed to be one or the opposite. However you possibly can achieve success in each. There weren't loads of choices on the time. However the business was altering. And "Battlestar" — I don't wish to sound self-aggrandizing — however it was a groundbreaking present. It simply was. Round that point, individuals began to take discover exterior of fundamental cable and HBO. So with nice content material got here nice alternative. So I used to be fortunate and blessed and ready to be in the suitable place on the proper time with these three exhibits that outlined me for durations of time however by no means pigeonholed me.
Q: For an actor, being pigeonholed is a blessing and curse. There's safety for a short while, however then when the present goes away …
A: Proper. And folks deliver this up rather a lot with me. "Are you frightened at being typecast?" And I can have a look at it in a really black-and-white form of manner. You would see me as being typecast as a robust feminine. Nice. However that's not how I have a look at it. I like to consider myself as a personality actor in these large worlds, whether or not it's "Battlestar," "Longmire" or "The Mandalorian." In all three, they've outlined my profession, however a very powerful world has been the exhibits themselves. That's what they've in widespread.
Q: You've gotten an odd historical past with Bo-Katan on "The Mandalorian" in that you simply return with the character to the animated "The Clone Wars." I do know there's an unseen physicality that comes out doing voice work. However I assume you've needed to do the identical character very in a different way throughout these exhibits.
A: It's wildly totally different, though they're like totally different sides of the identical coin. You need to perceive the character and the world they're in. And I say this on a regular basis, I transfer manner an excessive amount of. I've had producers inform me issues I do with my face are unattractive. However that's what I'm recognized for, like it or hate it. Bo-Katan is fascinating, although. On digicam, she's a tree, an unmoving tree. She stands and watches and waits. Nothing is completed on accident. It's deliberate and meticulous, and he or she's stoic. And that's not who I'm as an individual. So it took a beat for us to seek out her on digicam, for me to seek out her. However one of many nice issues about "The Mandalorian" is Bryce Dallas Howard, who directed my first episode, and Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, who developed the present. They created a tempo that was extra like movie to seek out her, as an alternative of getting to ship in a single or two takes and transfer on. So it took some time to seek out her, however we did. It's humorous, I've a better time contained in the helmet. Then my face strikes the best way it at all times does.
Q: I can't think about it's nice to have a colleague say, "Cease doing that factor along with your face."
A: No, it's troublesome. However I've come to consider what I'm doing on digicam is simply this one piece of me. It's one piece of me that works on this explicit venue. There are different items of me which are extra upbeat. Which might be large and daring, an individual who laughs rather a lot.
Q: Your YouTube sequence affords a few of that.
A: And even then, that's not all of me. I don't suppose there's a spot the place all of me has proven up but. It's humorous, once I was 20, I tattooed "Public Property" on my arm. I firmly consider on this business you give a bit of your self away that you simply by no means get again. There have been moments in my profession once I might inform one thing shifted, getting acknowledged extra or supplied extra alternatives. And that was the second the place I might have stop or determined to guard some a part of me and push ahead understanding I'd be giving one thing away. Twenty years later, I now not really feel like public property, however I'm nonetheless guarded and protecting of me and my fiance and our lives as individuals. So it's not nearly me anymore. I lined up that tattoo with one other on my arm.
Q: Tattooing over tattoos has a popularity for being painful.
A: Oh, my god, I sat nonetheless for eight hours, and never one minute of it was enjoyable. It's one of many hardest issues I've carried out in my life.
Q: You're attending to act in "One other Life" but additionally work as a producer. It suits the science-fiction world you've come to know so effectively, however it has a really totally different tone.
A: Sure, there was this totally driving drive to be a part of this present. I've been type of overwhelmed and exhausted by darkish exhibits which are metaphors for the human situation. And there's a spot for that, belief me. I like that (expletive). As an actor, you wish to do one thing with gravity to it, with heavy themes. However I additionally wish to do one thing enjoyable, the type of sci-fi I noticed as a child within the '80s and '90s. There's a spot for each in sci-fi. So if individuals go in searching for "Battlestar Galactica" they'll be upset. This present is popcorn. It's speculated to be enjoyable.
Q: So have you ever plotted methods to maintain your "Mandalorian" helmet when the present is over?
A: (Laughs.) So Filoni and I've been conniving and attempting to determine a manner to purchase two of them, considering perhaps that may be inexpensive. However we should not have them. That mentioned, we've each been blessed to have had helmets made for us by these good armory makers and cosplay individuals. I've a beautiful helmet sitting in my home, and I like it. There's this teenage child on Twitter who requested if I appreciated the helmet he'd made. I retweeted it. And now he does it as a job, a summer season job creating helmets. That's what I like about this complete world, the conventions. You discover these individuals who uncover their creativity all by way of the world of cosplay.
Andrew Dansby covers tradition and leisure, each native and nationwide, for the Houston Chronicle. He got here to the Chronicle in 2004 from Rolling Stone, the place he spent 5 years writing about music. He'd beforehand spent 5 years in e-book publishing, working with George R.R. Martin's editor on the primary two books within the sequence that may develop into TV's "Sport of Thrones. He misspent a yr within the movie business, concerned in three "main" movement photos you have by no means seen. He is written for Rolling Stone, American Songwriter, Texas Music, Playboy and different publications.
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Saturday morning on the PCH means almost as many road bikers as cars, which means we get passed in silence by dudes in color-coordinated Lycra suits more times than we can count. Soon after we leave the park the mansions and compounds of Malibu start to appear in force, with their wrought iron gates, fountains, rows of palm trees, perpetual remodeling projects, and all of the cameras and intercoms that go along with security systems priced in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. I watch several groups of teenagers jog past throughout the morning, which is one of the more disheartening things I've seen in the last month. I want to yell out, "You're seventeen! Go play sports or go surfing and stop worrying about what you eat and whether or not you have six-pack abs! Jogging is for adults with jobs and car payments and mortgages, not teenagers! Go be a kid!"
Try to steal the artwork, end up with a bullet in the chest.
We dedicate a lot of time to making fun of the roadies. There's the guy who yells out "Two on your right!" like a drill sergeant; the guy who passes us without a word and then cuts into the traffic lane without signaling, where he almost gets demolished by a passing Bentley; the woman who holds out her right arm in front of cars at an intersection, as if they will be frozen in place by the power of her gloved palm; the guys with calves so big it looks as if they've got melons trying to escape from beneath their skin; and the groups of twelve that ride in one amorphous pack, all eight inches away from one another, deep in animated conversation about jobs and prep schools and USC football the entire time.
Tbe backdrop for everything isn't the ocean or the traffic or the perfect weather, but money. It's impossible not to notice the bikes worth eight grand, the high-end boutiques, the Italian sports cars, the estates perched on mountain ridges, and the private university that costs at least $50,000 per year to attend. At certain points we ride right above the turquoise tint of the water and the near-white sand of the beaches, but almost always we're instead behind the walls and garage doors of the long lines of homes and condos that crowd to within inches of each other on both sides. Riding becomes a challenge of avoiding fast-moving traffic on the left and the garbage cans, pedestrians, yard workers, and luxury car washers that clog up the narrow strip of pavement on the right. It's hard to imagine that three weeks ago we were deep in the Cascade Mountains, traveling as many as two full days between towns, none of which had more than a thousand residents.
The gates to the mansion where Cher lives, which we stop in front of to put on sunscreen. I yell to her that I believe in life after love, but even after waiting for like five minutes I never get a response.
Malibu gives way to Santa Monica, where we pick up a path along the beach that will just about take us to the end of our ride through California. Because it's Saturday the path is thick with bicycle riders and joggers and distracted tourists. The beach is a living collage of volleyball players tanned to the shade of fried chicken, pale vacationers drenched in sunscreen, surfers walking toward the shore with boards tucked under their arms, sun umbrellas of yellow and orange and pale blue, and homeless men laying flat in the sand with hats pulled over their faces and everything they own crammed into the dirty and frayed backpacks they use as pillows.
We see bikes mounted with boom boxes, cruiser bikes by the hundreds, and people walking expensive purebred dogs. Soon we ride beneath the Santa Monica Pier. Then we reach the boardwalk in Venice, where you can buy a skateboard or shoes or a cellphone, eat pizza or funnel cakes or churros, get drunk for ten dollars, or get a Chinese massage or a tattoo or a medical marijuana card. The boardwalk is a strange mix of very interesting people surrounded by people that never once in their lives have been called interesting. It's a fascinating assault of food smells and mariachi music and aggressive commerce set to the ocean breeze, the hazy skies, and the warm but never hot sun of the Southern California coast.
Even though the bike path is crowded and we have to dodge the occasional walker or jogger or baby stroller, it turns out to make for fun riding. Whereas riding the highways can feel like a life-and-death battle for survival — which in some cases it is — riding on the boardwalk feels like a video game, where we have to bob and weave our way around obstacles, but where the worst that can happen is we bump into someone, tip over into the sand, and then pick the bike back up and start rolling again.
Beyond Marina Del Rey we pass below the endless stream of airliners taking off from LAX and bound for Chile, Japan, Germany, and Albuquerque. Then we pass through the long series of beach towns — Manhattan, Hermosa, Redondo — that all front the water with homes spaced about a foot apart from one another and also from the pathway on which we ride. There's so much wealth on display that after awhile it becomes the rule, not the exception. Yet it doesn't make me envious or wishful, because on the bike, even though I'm carrying so little, I almost never want for anything more than I have. What I do want tends involves the things I can't change, like less traffic, less headwind, or more pizza shops. It seems like the farther I ride, the less I worry about earning more money or buying new things, because the adventure itself becomes more than enough to leave me satisfied, content, and fulfilled. Everything else would just slow me down.
We stuff ourselves on burgers, chicken strips, onion rings, sweet potato fries, milkshakes with whipped cream, and cherry Cokes as a kind of reward from cycling all the way from Portland to Los Angeles. Right after, we head to the end of the boardwalk and then start heading up the big climb to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Given all of the garbage and liquid we just pumped into our stomachs it starts to feel like it's not the best decision we've ever made. But soon the squishing and sloshing recede into the background, because we find ourselves on Palos Verdes Drive, a road that Kristen has traveled more than a thousand times in a car but not once on a bicycle. From its bends and crests we watch surfers paddle and catch waves in small coves along the coast, and look down the flocks of pelicans that hang on the wind being pushed up from below. To the north we can make out the skyscrapers of downtown L.A., the smaller towers of Westwood, and along the water we can trace back the path we followed today — to Santa Monica, to Malibu, and all the way back to the state park where we started, now pale and white and blurred in the haze of the late afternoon.
When we arrive at Kristen's house, the only one around to welcome us back and congratulate us on what we just accomplished is Maggie, a seventy-pound black Standard Poodle who is by any objective measure the smartest dog in the world. Kristen's mom and stepdad haven't yet returned from their trip to Hawaii and we won't see her sister and brother-in-law until tomorrow. But it some ways it's nice to be alone, because it gives us a chance to drink a few cold beers, open a good bottle of wine, raid the pantry, and start the process of unwinding from twenty-four straight days of riding. We now have a week to rest up, pack up, and prepare for spending five months out of the country, which is about four months longer than either of us have experience with. This leaves us feeling equal parts excited, optimistic, curious, and apprehensive about what's to come.


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3D printing: A new dimension
Science fiction is fast becoming science fact, and none more so than 3D printing, which is now being adopted as a production process for everything from buildings to aircraft components.
It's like magic. Layer upon layer of heated plastic or metal is injected from the nozzle of a 3D printer onto a plate, where it builds up into a three-dimensional object. It makes for a wondrous sight to see a tool or a toy, a prosthetic limb or a spare part for a jet engine being produced before your eyes.
It's a process that has the potential to transform both industrial production and the supply chain. Products can be made at a fraction of the cost of manufacturing processes such as forging, molding and sculpting, as there is no need to build special equipment to create each new product.
Already, 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, has moved beyond the experimental stage, and is being used in a variety of applications where often the parts are complex to produce or require high levels of customization.
Game-changer
DHL has investigated the future of 3D printing in an in-depth study that looks at the implications and uses of the technology across sectors and the supply chain.
The report – "3D Printing and the Future of Supply Chains" – concludes the technology will "undoubtedly be a game-changer in many industry segments" and will lead to improved product quality and, in some cases, completely new types of products. It highlights a number of use cases where 3D printing could have a disruptive effect and implications for the future of supply chains. Companies could team up with logistics providers offering 3D printing in areas such as "spare parts on demand," which would enable them to save substantial amounts on storage; end-of-runway services, to enable fast production of parts that need to be put into operation in the shortest possible timeframe, or product postponement services to increase customization options but at the same time reduce lead time to the customer.
The promise for 3D printing comes as new industrial applications of the technology are springing up all the time. The report says Airbus has already introduced 1,000 3D-printed parts to its A350 airliner model. Each part weighs just half as much as the one it replaces, significantly reducing the weight of the aircraft.
Airbus has heralded a breakthrough by producing a partition wall for its planes through 3D printing. This product is billed as the world's largest 3D-printed airplane cabin component. The partition wall, which fits between the passenger seating area and the plane's galley, has a bionic structure, mimicking the structure of organic cells and bones. The new design dispenses with the weight, materials and bulk of older versions of the partition and is 45 percent lighter than previous versions. It is also much stronger, supporting the jump seats used by cabin crews. When installed in the fleet of A320 planes, Airbus claims it will save up to 465,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions each year.
Rocket Parts
Meanwhile, U.S. space program NASA is experimenting with ways of printing rocket parts, and has manufactured and tested 75 percent of the parts needed to build a 3D printed rocket engine. The turbo pumps, injectors and valves have been successfully tested together, suggesting it would be possible to build a 3D engine for landers, in-space propulsion, or the upper stages of the rocket engine. NASA has also manufactured 3D-printed objects on the International Space Station (see box).
General Electric (GE) has also made some big commitments to 3D printing. The industrial giant recently opened The Center For Additive Technology Advancement (CATA), producing 3D-printed parts such as fuel nozzles for jet engines. GE is investing $40 million in the facility, which will develop industrial applications for 3D printing across its businesses.
BMW Group has integrated 10,000 3D-printed parts into production of the Rolls-Royce Phantom. The complex geometry of some of the parts required lent itself to 3D printing, and they could be manufactured significantly faster than with traditional methods without any loss of quality. BMW is now planning to roll out 3D printing technology across its production range.
Meanwhile, Dubai's Museum of the Future project has unveiled what it calls the world's first 3D printed office building. A 3D printer was used to create the building layer by layer, using cement. It took 17 days to print the 250 square meter building at a cost of some $140,000. The printer used to make the building – including all interior furnishings and detailing – is 120 feet (36 meters) long, 40 feet (12 meters) wide and 20 feet (6 meters) high.
3D printing also has huge potential to help developing nations provide basic supplies to people living in remote areas. According to the DHL report, startup re:3D is donating a "Gigabot" to some of these communities to make clothing and other products on a day-to-day basis. Another firm, Field Ready, is collaborating with World Vision to establish an innovation lab in Nepal to produce 3D-printed supplies for relief camps – reducing aid agencies' logistics costs by 40-50 percent.
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Sales of consumer-grade printers priced at under $5,000 from companies such as Ultimaker and Makerbot have grown rapidly. In 2015, some 258,000 were sold globally, up from 35,500 in 2012.
"Affordable desktop printers are expanding tremendously in sales and adoption, moving into places in industry and engineering in a bigger way than before," says Matt Griffin, Director of Community, North America, for 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker.
He explains that, in the same way low-cost PCs are networked together, a similar process can be used with consumer-grade 3D printers to set up a small production line that makes all the components for a particular product.
"Each machine is like a unit of production, it will do whatever it is assigned with the materials available to it," says Griffin. "You can deal with these magic [production] numbers between 100 and 1,000 products, where there isn't enough of them to make it worth setting up tooling for injection-molding or any other processes.
"That is actually very interesting when you can leverage this kind of system to produce something really quickly. You can respond to a need or a trend quickly, and get the entire object produced without necessarily needing to make a business case to produce 10,000."
In the short term, industrial-grade 3D printing – where printers can cost upwards of $1 million – is likely to complement existing production and delivery techniques rather than directly replacing them. The challenge in the longer term is to improve the technology and make the printers faster and more agile, able to use multiple materials and capable of producing higher-quality items.
As these challenges are met, 3D printing is likely to lead to greater customization of goods and
localized production. There is no doubt that additive technology will develop and enhance manufacturing and logistics in the years to come. But just like the technology itself, the changes will unfold step by step. — David Benady
Great strides are being made with 3D printing in life sciences and healthcare. At the University of Melbourne, engineers and doctors have worked together to model and 3D print the heart arteries of patients. The models allow doctors to see the twists and blood flow in these vessels and accurately construct the most suitable heart stent, a mesh tube used to support narrow or weak arteries.
In collaboration with researchers at the University of Wollongong's ARC Centre of Excellence in Electromaterials Science, the team is able to print a patient's artery within a day.
Their aim is to improve the technology so they can print the artery while the patient is in surgery – and ultimately, to be able to 3D print a custom heart stent on the spot.
"No two arteries are shaped the same," says Professor Peter Barlis, Honorary Principal Fellow at Melbourne Medical School and Melbourne School of Engineering.
"We've gone to our engineers and created 3D models looking at a million data points in the artery. We want to use models to predict the best type of stent for a patient. Once this process is streamlined, we can have a patient on the table and an artery 3D-printed and modeled to guide the procedure."
Other medical teams have used 3D-printed heart models to prepare for complex surgical procedures – especially when operating on babies and young children.
Airbus has unveiled a drone made of parts that have been 3D printed in polyamide. The initial version of the THOR (Testing High-tech Objectives in Reality) aircraft weighs 21 kilograms, can fit in a four-meter by four-meter square and is powered by two 1.5-kilowatt electrically-driven propellers. Airbus says the time taken to produce the prototype was much shorter than with traditional methods – seven weeks to print the THOR aircraft's 60 structural segments, with one week for assembly and three days for finetuning. "The first version was to test whether the slogan 'Print me an airplane' can be converted into reality," says Detlev Konigorski of Airbus' Emerging Technologies & Concepts activity in Germany, who oversees the THOR project. "The first flight was simply about flying. Now, we want to generate basic data on things like altitude, speed and acceleration in a turn." Follow-on THOR versions are being assembled at the new Center of Applied Aeronautical Research in Hamburg. The second THOR version will have interchangeable wings, including concepts for a hexagonal wing with a support structure derived from a honeycomb design; a metallic aluminum wing; and a flexible wing made from carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics.
"If a THOR aircraft takes off, and after 30 feet (9 meters) makes a nose-dive back to the ground, our attitude is, 'Good, let's sweep it off the runway and come up with a better idea'," says Konigorski. "In a few weeks, we can print a new aircraft!"
Space engineering
The International Space Station's 3D printer completed the first phase of a NASA technology demonstration by printing a tool with a design file transmitted from the ground to the printer, using 104 layers of plastic. The tool was a ratchet wrench.
"For the printer's final test in this phase of operations, NASA wanted to validate the process for printing on demand, which will be critical on longer journeys to Mars," explains Niki Werkheiser, the space station 3D printer program manager at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "In less than a week, the ratchet was designed, approved by safety and other NASA reviewers, and the file was sent to space where the printer made the wrench in four hours."
The ratchet wrench will be returned to the ground for analysis and testing, along with other parts printed in space. The 11.4 by 3.3 centimeter wrench was designed by Noah Paul-Gin, an engineer at Made In Space Inc., a Californian company that NASA contracted to design, build and operate the printer.
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