Entrepreneur and investor Gemma Godfrey is a CEO of Moola. That's an innovative mobile application that has (among other things) the aim to become the best app for stock trading for beginners and amateurs. According to it's creators, Moola should help you grow your money and take control of your savings and investments at the same time. Godfrey has an estimated net worth of $3.5 million and we also know who's the husband of this beautiful businesswoman.
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She married film producer Wayne Marc Godfrey in 2010. In her free time, she enjoys yoga and spending time with her family. In 2017, Godfrey joined the cast of reality TV show The New Celebrity Apprentice. She'll be one of several business advisers on this series who will train contestants in various skills and her pretty impressive resume makes her perfect for the job.
Gemma has a college degree in Quantum Physics from University of Leeds where she graduated in 2004. But during her studies, Godfrey already focused on investing as well. She gained an internship at Goldman Sachs, well respected investment banking company. Later, she worked as a fund manager at GAM. Currently, Godfrey is a board member at California Lutheran University and money expert for several stations, such as BBC and Sky News.
In 2015, Gemma decided that among all stock trading apps there is still place for a low-cost and easy-to-use one and started Moola. Traditional online brokers face tough competition with this new type of mobile applications. Moola has an ambition to be a leading investment instrument for those who know little and don't have large sums to invest.
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Unheard of celluloid stories
Trans World Features | @indiablooms | 27 Jan 2018, 10:18 pm
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Films made in rare languages of India are even rarer in the film festival circuit. But these films tell tales of lands and communities that are part of the rich diversity of the country. The Kolkata International Film Festival has been showcasing some of these little-known films for the last two years. Ranjita Biswas reports
We know and hear a lot about films that go off-stream. Films that defy the formula films of Bollywood, Tollywood, or other film hubs of the country. Even then films that are made in languages 'not in the mainstream' are rare to come by. Hence being able to get introduced to these films is a welcome treat.
At the recent 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), besides the presence of prize-winning films in Indian languages, a section was devoted to "Unheard India: Rare language Indian films", focusing on films hardly known beyond the specific regions.
For example, Sonam (2006) is in the Monpa language. The community lives in the Western Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering Bhutan. The story, written by Yashe Dorje Thonshi, brings up a rare subject i.e. polyandry, when a woman takes more than one husband, practised by the yak rearing community of the Brokpas. Polyandry is a reverse to polygamy which was/is more common in many parts of India. It is also practised in some parts of the lower Himalayas in north-western India. Directed by Ahsan Muzid, the film looks at the man-woman relationship in a triangular situation when a new husband enters the household and the older one suffers from loneliness.
However, this is not the first time that this section was a part of the festival. "The journey of the section Unheard India started last year," informs Santanu Ganguly, curator. "It was an eye opener not only for the unsung filmmakers from the remotest parts of India but also for the various film festivals across the country, particularly the government supported film festivals none of which included indigenous or aborigine languages of our country till then."
Recently, the Bengaluru International Film Festival started the 'Invisible Incredible India' section which Ganguly curated too.
This year KIFF featured four different language films from the North East -in Khasi (Onaatah- Daughter of the Earth on a rape survivor), Chakma, Bodo and Monpa languages.
The Chakma film, Tanyabi Firti (Tanyabi Lake)-the first film ever in the language, is by filmmaker Satarupa Sanyal. It is based on a folk tale of separation of lovers, Tanyabi and Punang Chan, and how the girl's tears flowed into a stream. Chakma people are mainly from the Bangladesh – Myanmar border, but due to the ethnic cleansing or atrocity against them, they migrated to India, mainly in Tripura and other parts of the North East. The peaceful Buddhist refugee community has lots of folktales and fables in its rich oral history tradition. Tanyabi Firti is one among them.
Noted filmmaker from Assam Manju Borah, besides making Assamese films has also made a couple of films in various indigenous languages from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Her Bodo language film Dau Huduni Methai (Songs of the horned Owl) has already been to various prestigious film festivals including the Montreal film festival, and it won the National Award too. The film's story revolves round the suffering of simple Bodo villagers in the face of militancy and senseless violence.
This film has been made after a gap of about thirty years when the first Bodo language feature film Alayaron was made. Bodo language is a major languages in Assam just after the Assamese language.
From neighbouring Mithila, the northern part of Bihar which has strong affinity with Bengal.. came Lalka Paag (Red Turban) -Prashant Nagendra's Maithili language film. The director said at an interactive session during the festival how it was important to tell the story of a simple housewife Tiru, somewhat metaphoric for his land, whose husband Radhakant rebels against his forced marriage while he prefers a college friend. So what does Tiru want as she seems to give in to his and his family's pressure? She is an enigma in her silent ways.
Another four films in the section were from Jammu and Kashmir in Dogri language (Geetiyan –Pebbles) by Rahul Sharma on a true story of small gangsters in the 1980s, Karnataka's Kodava language of the Coorg region (Baake Mane-Husband's Home) directed by M.D. Kowshik and Konkani language film Aa Vai Jaa Saa (ABCD) by K.Ramesh Kamath.
"These rare language films are truly independent project by nature and film festivals are the most important platform for any independent film," reiterates Ganguly.
" It's important to showcase the real India or the remote part of India which is vast and far beyond the so called existence of the popularly known regional languages like Bengali, Assamese, Tamil, Telugu etc. Some of these languages do not even have any written script but they are valuable documents of those regions and need to be shown to educate ourselves about our own language, culture, tradition," the curator says.
Recently, debutant director Rajaditya Banerjee also made a feature film -Death Certificate- in an unusual Indian language.
The director chose Kurmali language for the film, which portrays the lives of Kurmi people. 'Death Certificate' narrates tribal woman Sabitri's search for her missing husband Ramlokhon who served water to rail passengers in a small station in eastern India.
When asked about the motive behind filming on lives of Kurmi people, Rajaditya, whose film will be shown in Toronto and New York in coming months, says: "I found my father Debasish Bandopadhyay's story Death Certificate fascinating. It was on the marginalised society and also not much work have been done on Kurmis. Hence I decided to highlight the issues of the lives of Kurmis in their language."
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Polymer hydration and stiffness at biointerfaces and related cellular processes
This review focuses on the studies that demonstrate how hydration/dehydration affects biological processes at the cell–biomaterial interface.
Degree of hydration and water molecules binding energy depends on macromolecular chains architecture, determines the mobility of polymer chains and surface stiffness at biointerfaces, and plays an important role in controlling cytoskeletal signaling pathways in cellular processes. In a number of studies it was demonstrated that substrate stiffness is an essential factor in regulating cell proliferation and differentiation. It has been also shown that surface hydration can play a stronger role in comparison with surface stiffness in the control of platelet adhesion. The mechanical properties of extracellular matrix (ECM) to a great extent depend on properties of ECM component collagen, and the conformation and mechanical properties of collagen depend on water molecules that through water bridges stabilize triple-helical conformation of collagen.
Fig. 1. The effect of hydration at biointerfaces on protein adsorption, platelet adhesion and related diseases.
The states of water have been reported as a tightly bound water, loosely bound water and bulk water. The formation of tightly bound hydration layer prevents protein adsorption at the polymer interfaces. Collagen molecules are surrounded by a hydration layer. Dehydration leads to the tighter packing of collagen fibrils and enhances stiffness by increasing intra-molecular hydrogen bonds. Collagen is one of the main components of ECM and various tissues. So the mechanical properties of collagen play important role in many biological processes and can be linked with various age-related diseases.
It has been demonstrated that soft PEG hydrogels had minimum fibroblast cell adhesion, spreading and proliferation, but the addition of silica nanospheres significantly decreased the hydration degree, increased the mechanical strength and the toughness of the PEG hydrogels, and increased cell adhesion, cell spreading and the metabolic activity.
The migration rate of endothelial cells (ECs) over smooth muscle cells (SMCs) can play an important role in the acceleration of endothelialization of blood-contacting implants and in prevention of vascular restenosis.
Rates of cells migration can also be related to the rates of cancer metastasis. The migration rate of cancer cells is higher on surfaces with lower stiffness where adhesion of cells is low.
The effect of hydration at biointerfaces on protein adsorption, platelet adhesion and related diseases schematically represented at Figure 1.
The increased stiffness was reported to be an additional mechanical stimulus to promote chondrocyte growth and proliferation.
Elevated sodium and dehydration stimulate inflammatory signaling in endothelial cells and promote atherosclerosis (Fig. 2).
Many cellular processes are regulated by the changes in protein conformation and may be linked to various diseases. Water is an integral part of proteins. Conformational changes of proteins are closely related with behavior of hydration water. Water is tightly coupled to protein conformations and dynamics.
Chong and Ham at Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea, demonstrated that water molecules play a crucial role in determining the protein aggregation propensity. It is known that protein aggregation is linked to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and type II diabetes.
Fig. 2. Effect of dehydration on plasma sodium concentration, endothelium stiffening and related atherosclerotic plague formation.
Increase in matrix stiffness promotes cardiovascular diseases as a result of enhanced endothelial permeability and leukocyte transmigration.
Hydration/dehydration of macromolecules in ECM and in polymer coatings of implants can change surface stiffness and lead to related changes in cellular processes.
Degree of hydration and water molecules binding energy depends on macromolecular chains architecture, determines the mobility of polymer chains and surface stiffness at biointerfaces, and plays an important role in controlling cytoskeletal signaling pathways in cellular processes.
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Riga Technical University, Latvia
Polymer hydration and stiffness at biointerfaces and related cellular processes.
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Q: ExtJs: collecting continuous responses I have a mathematical problem and several algorithms that solve it. When an algorithm solves the problem, a json, which represents a plot's points, is formed. I need to show all the plots on one picture. The algorithms are processed sequentially, so I need to add a new plot to the picture as soon as the algorithm finishes processing. I've read about line plots in extjs, but I can't image how to send data (plot) sequentially.
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Opinion | How Democrats could falter on health care
So, in all likelihood, a second Trump term would likely feature what the first term…
So, in all likelihood, a second Trump term would likely feature what the first term has: regulatory and administrative efforts to undermine health security, with the president occasionally claiming that in two weeks he'll release a fantastic health-care plan, which he never does.
Democrats, on the other hand, are eager to address the genuine problems in our health care system, such as the fact that in 2019, before the pandemic hit, nearly 30 million Americans were uninsured for at least part of the year. But there's a danger ahead: that political success could make them pull back on what ought to be the next phase of their long battle to make our system something to be proud of, not the source of misery, exasperation and shame that it is now.
Consider this all-too-plausible scenario. In the next month or so, Republicans rush through Trump's nominee to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court. Disgust and condemnation is widespread enough — particularly the threat that the new 6-3 court majority will agree with a Republican lawsuit to nullify the entire Affordable Care Act — that it helps Joe Biden win the presidency and Democrats take the Senate.
But then it turns out that the court is not particularly eager to blow its legitimacy on what even many conservative legal experts consider an absolutely absurd suit. The court's two savviest political operatives — John G. Roberts Jr. and Brett M. Kavanaugh — side with the liberals and reject the GOP's assertion that the entire ACA must be struck down.
They have a much broader and deeper agenda in transforming the landscape of American law — undermining abortion rights, enhancing corporate power, destroying unions, limiting regulation of business and chipping away at voting rights. Making it clear so early in the new majority's tenure that the court will just rubber-stamp whatever loony claim Republicans make is bad for the court's image. So they take a pass.
Then Democrats celebrate: Twenty million people didn't lose their health coverage! Protections for people with preexisting conditions survived! And then they feel like their major work on health care is done.
After all, there are things the Biden administration can do to through its regulatory powers to make health care more secure (starting with reversing the damage the Trump administration did). And besides, another legislative battle on the scale of what they went through to pass the ACA just looks so daunting.
The insurers and drug companies and hospitals and other well-resourced interests are just as opposed to Biden's public-option plan as they are to Medicare-for-all, because any expansion of government-provided coverage threatens their profits. To even think about a sweeping piece of legislation of the kind Biden proposed, you'd have to get rid of the Senate filibuster anyway. Maybe Democrats put that off until after they've passed a big stimulus bill and controlled the pandemic.
This scenario is hardly far-fetched; for all the reasonable fear that the court will strike down the ACA, I suspect it's just as likely that they don't, and with everything else going on, there will be many Democrats who are not eager to have a knock-down, drag-out fight about health care.
But here's the reality: They may only have two years, and if they give up the chance early in the Biden administration, they might not get it again for a long time.
The political future is hard to predict, but there's a good chance that if Biden does win, an opposition backlash will give the party out of power a huge victory in the 2022 midterm elections, just as happened in 2018 and 2014 and 2010.
Which means that Democrats have a short window in which to accomplish all their legislative goals, including health care.
It won't be easy, and it will require courage. The courage to say: We're going to do this, because it's what we promised and because it's right. We're going to address this problem — not just maintaining the victory we won a decade ago, but taking it where it should go now. We're going to whatever is necessary procedurally, including eliminating the filibuster, to make it happen. And if there's a political price to pay, we'll pay it.
I'd like to say I'm confident Democrats will have that courage, but no one familiar with the party could be so naive. Right now, with no power in their hands, health care is merely an "issue" — a political factor that can be used to their advantage. Four months from now, more may be asked of them. We'll see if they're up to it.
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How Princess Diana's 1995 Interview Affected The Young Prince William
Mark Alcala | Mar 06 2019, 10:16AM EST
When Princess Diana was interviewed by BBC's Martin Bashir in 1997, it shocked royal family fans as she finally revealed to the public a few interesting details of the royal couple's failed marriage. However, the interview also led to something that even Diana might not have totally expected — an infuriated Prince William, who was so angry with what his mom did.
In the 2012 biography "Prince William: Born To Be King: An Intimate Portrait," author Penny Junor wrote that William was still a 13-year-old schoolboy at that time. In fact, he was in the study of Andrew Gailey, his master at Eton College, when Princess Diana's BBC interview was aired.
When he heard what his mother had to say on television, he was just as shocked as everyone else. Apparently, even William had no inkling that Princess Diana agreed to be interviewed. "Not unnaturally, he was deeply upset," Junor wrote of William.
Prince William's reaction confirmed what Simone Simmons, Lady Di's psychic and close friend, wrote in her book "Diana: The Last Word." "He was furious that she hadn't told him what she was going to do … Furious that she had spoken badly of his father, furious that she had mentioned [James] Hewitt," she said.
Like boys his age, the young Prince William was worried that his friends might poke fun at him. He also felt at that time that his mother made a mistake and made a fool not only of herself but also of William. "He was so angry with her," Simmons wrote. "He started shouting and crying and, when she tried to put her arms around him, he shoved her away."
Among the shocking statements that the late Princess Diana made during the BBC interview was her admission that Prince Charles' relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles was one of the reasons for the royal couple's marital woes. "Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded," Diana said when asked by Bashir on whether Bowles was a factor in the breakdown of her marriage.
She also told BBC that Prince Charles was upset that she was getting more attention from the press. Surprisingly, she even revealed that she never saw herself becoming Queen of England one day. "I'd like to be a queen of people's hearts, but I don't see myself being queen of this country," she said.
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import * as R from 'ramda';

import {LexemeType} from 'core/syntax-tree/lexicon';

import MultiColumnsSyntaxTree from './MultiColumnsSyntaxTree';
import QuerySyntaxTree from './QuerySyntaxTree';
import SingleColumnSyntaxTree from './SingleColumnSyntaxTree';
import {RelationalOperator} from './lexeme/relational';
import {
    IColumn,
    FilterLogicalOperator
} from 'dash-table/components/Table/props';

export const getMultiColumnQueryString = (
    asts: SingleColumnSyntaxTree[],
    operator: FilterLogicalOperator
) =>
    R.map(
        ast => ast.toQueryString(),
        R.filter<SingleColumnSyntaxTree>(
            ast => Boolean(ast?.query) && ast.isValid
        )(asts)
    ).join(` ${operator === FilterLogicalOperator.And ? '&&' : '||'} `);

export const getSingleColumnMap = (
    ast: MultiColumnsSyntaxTree,
    columns: IColumn[]
) => {
    if (!ast.isValid) {
        return;
    }

    const map = new Map<string, SingleColumnSyntaxTree>();

    const statements = ast.statements;
    if (!statements) {
        return map;
    }

    R.forEach(s => {
        if (s.lexeme.type === LexemeType.UnaryOperator && s.left) {
            const sanitizedColumnId = s.left.lexeme.present
                ? s.left.lexeme.present(s.left)
                : s.left.value;

            const column = R.find(
                c => c.id.toString() === sanitizedColumnId,
                columns
            );
            if (!column) {
                throw new Error(`column ${sanitizedColumnId} not found`);
            }

            map.set(
                sanitizedColumnId,
                new SingleColumnSyntaxTree(s.value, column)
            );
        } else if (
            s.lexeme.type === LexemeType.RelationalOperator &&
            s.left &&
            s.right
        ) {
            const sanitizedColumnId = s.left.lexeme.present
                ? s.left.lexeme.present(s.left)
                : s.left.value;

            const column = R.find(
                c => c.id.toString() === sanitizedColumnId,
                columns
            );
            if (!column) {
                throw new Error(`column ${sanitizedColumnId} not found`);
            }

            if (
                s.lexeme.present &&
                s.lexeme.present(s) === RelationalOperator.Equal
            ) {
                map.set(
                    sanitizedColumnId,
                    new SingleColumnSyntaxTree(`${s.right.value}`, column)
                );
            } else {
                map.set(
                    sanitizedColumnId,
                    new SingleColumnSyntaxTree(
                        `${s.value} ${s.right.value}`,
                        column
                    )
                );
            }
        }
    }, statements);

    return map;
};

export {MultiColumnsSyntaxTree, QuerySyntaxTree, SingleColumnSyntaxTree};

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My name is Stephen Hiatt-Leonard. I'm a senior at Southern Illinois University Carbondale currently majoring in rehabilitation services. I'm also an ADA Pace Paratransit user.
I came to the realization this summer that ADA Paratransit does not give individuals with disabilities who are eligible for the service the flexibility to do things with their friends or at a moment's notice – because we have to call 24 hours in advance for next-day service.
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My paratransit work began at SIU, where the paratransit system did not serve students well. As a Senator for students with disabilities in the Undergraduate Student Government, I worked with administration to correct the problem. In a year, we had a new paratransit system in place.
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The plan could see the pay TV operator reduce its headcount in its home territory by 500 out of 2,800, according to local press, with a focus on editorial posts but with an impact across distribution, studios and administration.
The move comes as Canal+ continues to struggle to arrest a long-term decline in its subscriber count and revenues in France. Canal+ has lost around 228,000 subscribers over the last year, taking it total in its domestic market to 4.6 million.
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Q: DataGrid select last cell programmatically When the DataGrid below gets the focus for the first time and only the first time (ie, after some other control has had the focus), the last row, 2nd column should be focused and in edit.

I added a handler for the DataGrid.GotFocus, but it's complicated code and not getting the result above.
Anyone got an elegant, bullet proof solution?

I made tiny modifications to the code

*

*the sender should always be the grid I want, so I just used that instead of relying on a name

*When the SelectionUnit is FullRow, as my grid was before I changed it to CellOrRowHeader you
apparently can't call SelectedCells.Clear()

Code below:
private void OnDataGridKeyboardGotFocus(object sender, KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
{
    var dg = sender as DataGrid;
    if (_hasHadInitialFocus) return;

    var rowIndex = dg.Items.Count - 2;
    if (rowIndex >= 0 && dg.Columns.Count - 1 >= 0)
    {
        var column = dg.Columns[dg.Columns.Count - 1];
        var item = dg.Items[rowIndex];
        var dataGridCellInfo = new DataGridCellInfo(item, column);

        if (dg.SelectionUnit != DataGridSelectionUnit.FullRow) {
            dg.SelectedCells.Clear();
            dg.SelectedCells.Add(dataGridCellInfo);
        }
        else {
            var row = dg.GetRow(rowIndex);
            row.IsSelected = true;
        }

        dg.CurrentCell = dataGridCellInfo;
        dg.BeginEdit();
    }

    _hasHadInitialFocus = true;
}

New Question
I want to repeat the selection when the focus goes to another control in the window and then back to the grid.
I thought I could turn that _hasHadInitialFocus latch to false in a LostFocus event, but the code below is firing on cell changes.
Do you know how I should be trapping the lost focus event better, and do you agree that is the place to turn the latch off?
    private void DataGridLostFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
        _hasHadInitialFocus = false;
    }

A: You may have to fiddle with the offsets depending on whether there's an new item row visible or not, but this works for me.
    private bool _hasHadInitialFocus;

    private void DataGridGotKeyboardFocus(object sender, KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (!_hasHadInitialFocus)
        {
            if (dataGrid.Items.Count - 2 >= 0 && dataGrid.Columns.Count - 1 >= 0)
            {
                var dataGridCellInfo = new DataGridCellInfo(
                    dataGrid.Items[dataGrid.Items.Count - 2], dataGrid.Columns[dataGrid.Columns.Count - 1]);

                dataGrid.SelectedCells.Clear();
                dataGrid.SelectedCells.Add(dataGridCellInfo);
                dataGrid.CurrentCell = dataGridCellInfo;
                dataGrid.BeginEdit();
            }

            _hasHadInitialFocus = true;
        }
    }

I noticed that clicking into the grid leaves one cell selected and the target cell in edit mode.  A solution to this if required is:
    private void DataGridGotKeyboardFocus(object sender, KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        EditCell();
    }

    private void PreviewMouseLBDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
    {
        if (!_hasHadInitialFocus)
        {
            e.Handled = true;
            EditCell();
        }
    }

    private void EditCell()
    {
        if (!_hasHadInitialFocus)
        {
            if (dataGrid.Items.Count - 2 >= 0 && dataGrid.Columns.Count - 1 >= 0)
            {
                var dataGridCellInfo = new DataGridCellInfo(
                    dataGrid.Items[dataGrid.Items.Count - 2], dataGrid.Columns[dataGrid.Columns.Count - 1]);

                dataGrid.SelectedCells.Clear();
                dataGrid.SelectedCells.Add(dataGridCellInfo);
                dataGrid.CurrentCell = dataGridCellInfo;
                dataGrid.BeginEdit();
            }

            _hasHadInitialFocus = true;
        }
    }


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Q: How can I create Django's form at mongoengine? QUESTION: Is there decision as similarly as Django's modelforms?
pip freeze:
...
pymongo==2.5
mongoengine==0.7.10
...

MY ATTEMPTS:
django-mongodbforms
It doesn't work. I tried do it but I got an exception which it was fixed by me. Then I got result without form's fields by code:

from mongodbforms import DocumentForm
from myapp.mongomodels import MyModel

class BlogForm(DocumentForm):
    class Meta:
        document = MyModel

I didn't continue and decided to ask here.

A: MongoDBForm which you are trying doesn't work with pymongo > 2.2. I think it's not compatible with mongoengine 0.7.x


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State aid for payment of communal services to the displaced persons should be replaced with automatic transfer of funds.
The Deputy Minister on Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Georgiy Tuka made such statement while commenting on the situation with power outage and water supply shutdown in the sanatorium "Teterev" in Zhytomyr Region, where displaced persons reside.
"I have information that situations like this may occur all around the country now. On one hand, rates have increased, on the other – there have been plenty of instances when the displaced refuse to pay for communal services… The displaced persons receive financial aid from the state specifically to cover payment for communal services. I consider unacceptable that people who receive funds to cover payment of power and water bills, spend them on other needs" , he noted.
"Maybe we should consider the possibility of automatic transfer of corresponding funds instead of making cash payments" , Deputy Minister said.
Earlier, the representatives of public organizations came to the Cabinet of Ministers with big glasses thus calling on the Head of the Government Vladimir Groysman to open his eyes to the problems of the internally displaced persons.
Source: Human Rights Information Center
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Are listeners simply sheep to be led like automatons? Simply crank the bpms and they dance; process a sample and they jump?
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Befitting the roving man of mystery that is Common — rapper, PETA/AIDS activist and actor (he plays Barnes in the forthcoming Terminator Salvation) — Universal Mind Control was recorded in multiple studios. Mr. DJ recorded basic tracks at his Camp David Studio and Outkast's Stankonia Recording in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Common recorded vocals at Electric Lady (New York), CRC (Chicago Recording Company), Nelly's Derrty Entertainment (St. Louis), Record Plant (L.A.) and South Beach Studios (Miami).
Typically, Common records 20 takes per track. "What I look for in all those takes is a feeling and a certain truth," Common states. "When the truth is in a take, the A&R man, the producer and I all know that is the take. And I'm checking my tone and energy, and how I sound rhythmically and that I enunciate the words the way I wanted to.
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Majordomo behind Camp David Records and Dungeon Ratz Productions, Mr. DJ cut his teeth as Outkast's live DJ before producing such classic tracks as "Ms. Jackson," "Bombs Over Baghdad" and "Da Art of Storytellin'." He produced Universal Mind Control's "Everywhere," "Changes" and "Make My Day" (featuring Cee-Lo). Speaking from the gated Atlanta mansion that houses his studio and business, Mr. DJ explains his contributions to UMC.
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Q: How do I fix the AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'text'...when looping I am a beginner and answers on this forum have been invaluable.  I am using Python 3 and Beautiful Soup to scrape (non-table) data from multiple web pages on the same website by looping the page number.  It works but I keep getting the AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'text' after the first iteration.
Here is the code I have tried thus far:
import requests

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

import csv

import lxml

# Lists to store the scraped data in

addresses = []
geographies = []
rents = []
units = []
availabilities = []

# Scraping all pages

pages_url = requests.get('https://www.rent.com/new-york/tuckahoe-apartments')

pages_soup = BeautifulSoup(pages_url.text, 'html.parser')

list_nums = pages_soup.find('div', class_='_1y05u').text

print(list_nums)

pages = [str(i) for i in range(1,8)]

for page in pages:

    response = requests.get('https://www.rent.com/new-york/tuckahoe-apartments?page=' + page).text

    html_soup = BeautifulSoup(response, 'lxml')

    # Extract data from individual listing containers

    listing_containers = html_soup.find_all('div', class_='_3PdAH')
    print(type(listing_containers))
    print(len(listing_containers))

    for container in listing_containers:
        address = container.a.text
        addresses.append(address)

        geography = container.find('div', class_='_1dhrl').text
        geographies.append(geography)

        rent = container.find('div', class_='_3e12V').text
        rents.append(rent)

        unit = container.find('div', class_='_2tApa').text
        units.append(unit)

        availability = container.find('div', class_='_2P6xE').text
        availabilities.append(availability)

        import pandas as pd
        test_df = pd.DataFrame({'Street' : addresses,
                                'City-State-Zip' : geographies,
                                'Rent' : rents,
                                'BR/BA' : units,
                                'Units Available' : availabilities

        })
        print(test_df)

Here is the output:
240 Properties
<class 'bs4.element.ResultSet'>
30
                     Street                      City-State-Zip     Rent                 BR/BA    Units Available
0  Quarry Place at Tuckahoe  64 Midland PlaceTuckahoe, NY 10707  $2,490+  1–2 Beds • 1–2 Baths  2 Units Available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "renttucktabletest.py", line 60, in <module>
    availability = container.find('div', class_='_2P6xE').text
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'text'

The result I am looking for is all 240 listings in the pandas dataframe exactly like the first iteration shown in the output above.  Can anyone help to fix this error?  Would be much appreciated.  Thank you!

A: As pointed out, the issue is some of the containers are missing certain div elements. eg no 'unit' or 'availability' information.
One way to deal with this would be to use if - else statements. Append only if the element exists, else append a NaN value. Something like:
import requests
import numpy as np
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

import csv

import lxml

# Lists to store the scraped data in

addresses = []
geographies = []
rents = []
units = []
availabilities = []

# Scraping all pages

pages_url = requests.get('https://www.rent.com/new-york/tuckahoe-apartments')

pages_soup = BeautifulSoup(pages_url.text, 'html.parser')

list_nums = pages_soup.find('div', class_='_1y05u').text

print(list_nums)

pages = [str(i) for i in range(1,8)]

for page in pages:

    response = requests.get('https://www.rent.com/new-york/tuckahoe-apartments?page=' + page).text

    html_soup = BeautifulSoup(response, 'lxml')

    # Extract data from individual listing containers

    listing_containers = html_soup.find_all('div', class_='_3PdAH')
    print(type(listing_containers))
    print(len(listing_containers))

    for container in listing_containers:
        address = container.a
        if address:
            addresses.append(address.text)
        else:
            addresses.append(np.nan)

        geography = container.find('div', class_='_1dhrl')
        if geography:
            geographies.append(geography.text)
        else:
            geographies.append(np.nan)

        rent = container.find('div', class_='_3e12V')
        if rent:
            rents.append(rent.text)
        else:
            rents.append(np.nan)

        unit = container.find('div', class_='_2tApa')
        if unit:
            units.append(unit.text)
        else:
            units.append(np.nan)

        availability = container.find('div', class_='_2P6xE')
        if availability:
            availabilities.append(availability.text)
        else:
            availabilities.append(np.nan)

import pandas as pd
test_df = pd.DataFrame({'Street' : addresses,
                        'City-State-Zip' : geographies,
                        'Rent' : rents,
                        'BR/BA' : units,
                        'Units Available' : availabilities

})
print(test_df)

                     Street                      City-State-Zip     Rent  \
0  Quarry Place at Tuckahoe  64 Midland PlaceTuckahoe, NY 10707  $2,490+
1     address not disclosed                  Tuckahoe, NY 10707   $2,510
2     address not disclosed                  Tuckahoe, NY 10707   $4,145
3        60 Washington St 1  60 Washington StTuckahoe, NY 10707   $3,500
4        269 Columbus Ave 5  269 Columbus AveTuckahoe, NY 10707   $2,700

                  BR/BA    Units Available
0  1–2 Beds • 1–2 Baths  2 Units Available
1        1 Bed • 1 Bath                NaN
2       2 Beds • 2 Bath                NaN
3       3 Beds • 2 Bath                NaN
4       2 Beds • 1 Bath                NaN

A: If you pull the info from a script tag and treat as json that problem goes away. None or 0 is returned from the json where had you been trying for class name etc you would have got an error.
import requests
import json
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
import re
import pandas as pd

def add_records(url, s):
    res = requests.get(url)
    soup = bs(res.content, 'lxml')
    r = re.compile(r'window.__APPLICATION_CONTEXT__ = (.*)')
    data = soup.find('script', text=r).text
    script = r.findall(data)[0]
    items = json.loads(script)['store']['listings']['listings']

    for item in items:
        street = item['address']
        geography = ', '.join([item['city'], item['state'], item['zipCode']])
        rent = item['aggregates']['prices']['low']
        BR_BA = 'beds: ' + str(item['aggregates']['beds']['low'])  + ' , ' + 'baths: ' + str(item['aggregates']['baths']['low'])
        units = item['aggregates']['totalAvailable']
        listingId = item['listingId']
        url = base_url + item['listingSeoPath']
        # all_info = item
        record = {'Street' : street,
                  'Geography' : geography,
                  'Rent' : rent,
                  'BR/BA' : BR_BA,
                  'Units Available' : units,
                  'ListingId' : listingId,
                  'Url' : url}
        results.append(record)

url = 'https://www.rent.com/new-york/tuckahoe-apartments?page={}'
base_url = 'https://www.rent.com/'
results = []

with requests.Session() as s:
    for page in range(1, 9):
        add_records(url.format(page), s)

df = pd.DataFrame(results, columns = [ 'Street', 'Geography', 'Rent', 'BR/BA', 'Units Available', 'ListingId', 'Url'])
print(df)

A: Here is another approach to achieve the same.
import pandas
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

urls = ['https://www.rent.com/new-york/tuckahoe-apartments?page={}'.format(page) for page in range(1,9)]

def get_content(links):
    for url in links:
        res = requests.get(url)
        soup = BeautifulSoup(res.text, 'lxml')
        for items in soup.select("._3PdAH"):
            d = {}
            d['address'] = items.select_one("[data-tid='property-title']").text
            try:
                d['geographies'] = items.select_one("[data-tid='listing-info-address']").text
            except AttributeError: d['geographies'] = ""
            try:
                d['rent'] = items.select_one("[data-tid='price']").text
            except AttributeError: d['rent'] = ""
            try:
                d['units'] = items.select_one("[data-tid='beds-baths']").text
            except AttributeError: d['units'] = ""
            try:
                d['availabilities'] = items.select_one("[data-tid='property-unitAvailText']").text
            except AttributeError: d['availabilities'] = ""
            dataframe.append(d)

    return dataframe

if __name__ == '__main__':
    dataframe = []
    item = get_content(urls)
    df = pandas.DataFrame(item)
    df.to_csv("output.csv",index=False)


When Hanan al-Hroub returns to her classroom after a week's absence on Sunday, her arms full of puppets, socks, wooden clothes pegs, toy cars and a clown's wig, she will be additionally weighed down with a trophy inscribed with her name as this year's winner of the $1m Global Teacher prize.
Hroub, 43, was named last weekend as this year's winner of an award described as the Nobel prize for teaching, out of a field of 8,000 candidates and a final shortlist of 10 from the US, the UK, Japan, Australia, Finland, Pakistan and India. "And Palestine," she said with visible pride.
At a ceremony in Dubai, Pope Francis, the Duke of Cambridge and Bill Clinton were among those who paid tribute by video to the woman who grew up in a refugee camp in Bethlehem and was inspired to teach after her daughters were shot at by Israeli soldiers.
In the West Bank, supporters watched the televised ceremony on a big outdoor screen in the centre of Ramallah. When the pope read Hroub's name, the crowd erupted in cheers and waved the Palestinian flag. Among them were Hroub's adult children. "We were praying, and then we cried," said one.
The judges chose Hroub after watching, and participating in, a sample lesson in which she used her tools of everyday items in her "play and learn" technique.
At the Samiha Khalil school in al-Bireh, just outside Ramallah, Hroub's pupils – aged between six and 10 – live in an environment where violence is endemic, she told the Guardian. They are often disruptive, unstable and manipulative; some engage in violent acts themselves.
"The environment outside the classroom is violent. Inside I provide peace, harmony and security," she said.
Often wearing a clown's wig and red nose, Hroub uses games to get children to work cooperatively in teams, building trust and respect, and rewarding positive non-violent behaviour. She has written a book about her teaching philosophy, called We Play We Learn.
Hroub only began working as a teacher in 2007. After leaving school, she was forced to abandon her plans for further education when Palestinian universities closed during the first intifada, or uprising, between 1987 and 1993. Instead she got married and had five children.
In 2000, when her youngest was established at school, Hroub resumed her education part-time at Al-Quds University. Within months, her husband, Omar, and two of her daughters were shot at by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Bethlehem. Omar was injured in the shoulder and the girls were traumatised.
Combining university with family duties, it took Hroub five years to graduate. She now earns 2,500 shekels (£450) a month; Palestinian teachers walked out on strike for higher pay while Hroub was in Dubai.
She vehemently rejects Israeli claims that Palestinian schools incite children against Israel. "My message to those who say that is that all children should be protected from violence. I had a very hard childhood, and I don't want these children to experience the same. Once a cycle of violence is created, it's very hard to break.
Omar, Hroub's lawyer husband, said he had never doubted that his wife would win. "I was totally confident, and I was right. I was very happy," he said, flanked on a sofa by four of the couple's five children. Their twin daughters are newly-qualified lawyers, another daughter is an accountant, one son is a chef, and the youngest, a boy, is training to be an architect.
She plans to use her $1m prize money, disbursed over 10 years, to support young people studying to become teachers as well as to train teachers in her methods. A condition of the award, run by the Varkey Foundation, is to remain working as a classroom teacher for five years, a requirement she is more than happy to fulfil.


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The Pac-12 Conference could be headed in a radically different direction with the hire of George Kliavkoff, the president of sports and entertainment at MGM Resorts, as its new commissioner.
The decision to go with someone with extensive media rights and entertainment experience — from Las Vegas, no less — speaks volumes in terms of the Power Five conference's priorities and long-term vision.
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Meeting the Duchess of Cambridge with Family Action
Last Tuesday, Autumn and I both had what was probably a once in a lifetime experience. We were asked to attend a (non blog related) event with Family Action. The VIP guest was none other than our future Queen, the Duchess of Cambridge!
This was a very exciting prospect for me, as I've always followed her in the media and found her very likeable. However, I was also looking forward to helping Family Action to express various perinatal mental health issues and just how necessary their support is.
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I've recently written a little about Family Action and how they helped me. They support families with all kinds of needs including poverty and mental health issues. The support given is tailored to each person. It may be emotional, practical or financial support. Sometimes it's even a mixture of the three!
It would be wonderful if you'd consider donating to them, or getting involved in some other way. What they provide is invaluable. The help they've given me, and the help they've given others really is amazing. They help to change people's lives.
I stopped requiring support from Family Action a few months ago now. This was one reason I was even more honoured to be chosen to go. My ex support worker picked me up and we travelled with others from Medway via Ebbsfleet International. I was really quite anxious on the way to St Pancras International.
Some of my anxiety revolves around travel and I've had bad panic attacks on trains before. I'd never been on the fast train before and I haven't travelled to London without my husband since I was a child. Both of these are factors that also caused more anxiety. However, I managed to hold myself together. Once I got through the first 15 minutes of slight weak feelings and palpitations, I found myself relaxing more and not really minding the journey. I think it helped that I threw myself into playing with Autumn with a couple of finger puppets that one of the ladies from Family Action had brought along to entertain the children.
It was a day of firsts, it would seem. Autumn and I also took our first black cab! I was beginning to feel very excited by this point. I was a little worried about how Autumn was going to get any sleep though. It was midday and she was beginning to get grouchy for her lunch and early afternoon nap.
The children's centre
When we arrived at Hornsey Road Children's Centre, I was slightly in awe. It's a beautiful listed building that used to be public baths. Here's some quick snaps I took in the evening when we were leaving:
As we walked into the children's centre, there was such a buzz of excitement! The afternoon went by in a blur of introductions, smiles, unsuccessfully trying to get Autumn to nap and trying to keep her out of mischief. I met some amazing people and lovely children. When we went into the room where we were to meet Her Royal Highness, Autumn managed to injure herself. Her and another little girl were playing at a table with toy teacups and teapots. One teacup fell on the floor and Autumn hit her head as she was trying to look for it. It left quite a mark on her head. "Brilliant", I thought, as she already had a scratch on her cheek and scratches on the back of her neck.
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The Duchess of Cambridge came into the room so elegantly in a beautiful cream coat. I honestly don't think the cameras do her justice, I thought she was even more beautiful in real life. She made her way around the room, listening to our stories and how we'd all had support from Family Action.
When it came to my turn to be introduced, she said hello to me and shook my hand. Then Autumn was introduced, as she was crawling under my chair. She smiled as I gestured to Autumn and referred to her as "this little one down here somewhere". When she asked how old Autumn was I told her 13 months and she replied "Congratulations!"
I briefly told her my story of losing too much blood at birth and becoming severely anaemic. I told her of how desperately ill Autumn had been and about her operation at 5 weeks old. She listened carefully throughout and seemed genuinely interested. HRH said it was a lot to go through, especially so soon after birth.
We discussed how my health visitor had helped me to get in touch with Family Action and how it was really to support me rather than Autumn, due to my terrible anxiety after everything. I talked about how they helped me to get out of the house when I felt unable to and how we would get into the fresh air and go for a walk. I also talked about how they had supported me to start driving again, which had given me freedom. It allowed me to go to baby groups with Autumn rather than being isolated at home.
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HRH said that Autumn was very well behaved and moved on to the next person. About a minute later, Autumn started driving a plastic toy fire engine into her foot. I was quite mortified and rushed down onto the floor off of my chair to pick both Autumn and the fire engine up. I looked up and said a quiet "Sorry!" Whether she heard me or not, I don't know, but she carried on as though nothing had happened. Of course, with young children she's probably used to that kind of behaviour.
The Duchess of Cambridge seemed genuinely sad to go and said it had been lovely meeting us and our very well behaved children. Phew! Autumn hadn't tarnished her reputation with that fire engine after all!
Whether or not you like the royal family, it was wonderful to have someone of such a high profile there. When it comes to perinatal mental health, we need influential people to share that it's okay to say you're not okay and ask for help. These services are absolutely vital and I'm proud that I fought some of my anxieties to get there and share my story.
As for Autumn, she fell asleep 4 hours after her usual nap time as she was rocked waiting for the black cab to take us back to the lovely, Christmassy train station.
She stayed asleep for most of the train journey home too. Well, it had been a big day for us all!
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Great Rivalries: the North-West Derby (Part 3)
Not your typical Derby, but surely this great rivalry is the most anticipated clash in English football. The two clubs are the most successful English teams in both domestic and European competition and between then they have won 38 league titles, 8 European Cups, 3 UEFA Cups, 4 UEFA Super Cups, 19 FA Cups, 12 League Cups, 1 FIFA Club World Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 36 FA Community Shields.
Gerrard has travelled the 32 miles, along the M62, on 35 occasions to face his old enemy. He has won 13, drawn 2 and lost 19 times against the Red Devils of Manchester. Gerrard shares the mantle as the top scorer in the North-West Derby with George Wall and Sandy Turnbull (both of Manchester United), and has scored 9 goals in this fierce rivalry.
Gerrard's most famous victories over Manchester United include the League Cup Final win in 2003, where Stevie scored the opening goal and Liverpool lifted the trophy winning 2 – 0 at the Millennium Stadium. Also included in the list of famous victories over Man U is the 4 – 1 thrashing at Old Trafford in 2009. Again, Gerrard was amongst the scorers that day. Some of you may remember Gerrard racing towards the corner flag, kissing the Liverpool badge then kissing the camera in celebration after hammering the ball into the net from the penalty spot to put Liverpool ahead in the first 45 after trailing a goal behind. Gerrard cheekily revisited the camera kissing celebration in 2014, when he scored two goals from two penalties winning the game 3 – 0 at Old Trafford.
Gerrard had some great days, and some terrific goals against Manchester United. Unfortunately, his last game against the Red Devils was tainted by his sending off, after only 38 seconds on the field. Gerrard replaced Adam Lallana at half time, and after moments on the field he was sent down the tunnel for stamping on, Manchester midfielder, Andre Herrera who had lunged in on Gerrard to win the ball. Not a good day for Captain Fantastic.
His first game against his bitter rivals didn't end with much success either. Liverpool lost 3 – 2 on September 11th 1999 at Anfield against their bitter rivals. Gerrard had to wait over a year to get his first victory over Man Utd. In December 2000 Liverpool walked away as 1 – 0 winners at Old Trafford. He would have to wait a couple more months to score his first North-West Derby goal. On 31st March 2001 Gerrard got his just rewards and scored a long-range screamer at Anfield, when Liverpool bet the Red Devils 2 – 0.
Gerrard had a passion for these games. They meant everything to his city, and to his family. Although he cannot boast the greatest success against his rivals, he always has fantastic memories of getting one over on them on several occasions. Gerrard perfectly summed up his passion for the North-West Derby in his autobiography:
"From Huyton to Melwood to Anfield, for more than twenty-six years, I had always felt compelled to show fire towards United. They were the enemy. You never rolled over against United. If they got one over you, you fought back. You went in harder, with just a little more crunch, just to let them know it really was personal. They did the same to us." (Steven Gerrard, 2015)
There was rarely a dull moment in these fixtures and it will be weird not seeing the famous number 8 feature in future North-West Derbies, but we can always recall the best of the action and the man at the centre of it all….Steven Gerrard.
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