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Ambléon is een gemeente in het Franse departement Ain (regio Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Ambléon telde op   inwoners.

Geografie
De oppervlakte bedraagt 5,88 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 19 inwoners per km² (per 1 januari 2019).

De onderstaande kaart toont de ligging van Ambléon met de belangrijkste infrastructuur en aangrenzende gemeenten.

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwoneraantal van Ambléon vanaf 1968. De cijfers zijn afkomstig van het Frans bureau voor statistiek en bevatten geen dubbel getelde personen (zoals studenten en militairen).

Gemeente in Ain

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Q: How to read fetched data from API? I am trying to fetch data and display it in my app. I am fetching the data on initState. However I am facing this error:

 @override
  void initState()  {
    super.initState();
    context.read<UseAuth>().fetchUser();
  }

and trying to display the data
Text("${context.watch<UseAuth>().userData.length}")
Then in my provider file I got
  User? userData;

  fetchUser() async {
    var response = await fetchUserData(apiClient);
    userData = jsonDecode(response.data).map((json) => User.fromJson(json));
    notifyListeners();
  }

How do I make sure my data loads and displays?
Response:
{
  "avatar_url": "https://google.com",
  "description": "Test",
  "id": "0c70bbb5-c3e7-41ac-9c80-5b597449232e",
  "nick": "test"
}

class User {
  String? avatar_url;
  String? description;
  String id;
  String nick;

  User({ this.avatar_url, this.description, required this.id, required this.nick });

  factory User.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
      return User(
        avatar_url: json['avatar_url'],
        description: json['description'],
        id: json['id'],
        nick: json['nick']
      );
  }

}

A: make your userData nullable and in your build method check if userData is null, show loading else use userData contents

A: Hope it would help.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final usersList = context.watch<UseAuth>().userData;

    if (usersList == null || usersList?.isEmpty == true)
      return CircularProgressIndicator();

    return Text("${context.watch<UseAuth>().userData.length}");
 }

Let me know if the above code doesn't work.
There are other ways to solve this error as well.

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Today's science lesson: because birds are small and have a high need for energy they can digest food rapidly. This is one reason young birds mature quickly and migrating birds are able to store fat which enable the long flights. There are some species of birds that are known to increase their weight 40% in 10 days.
Birds may break up their food or crush it with their bill, they don't chew it. Parrots, birds of prey, and finches have short, thick, fleshy tongues which allow them to manipulate their food. Where humans swallow with our soft palates, birds have to tilt their heads back to get the food from inside their mouth (buccal cavity) to the first part of their throat (Oesophagus). The oesophagus continues to draw the bird's food down into it's body - where it stands at the Crop.
Parrots use the crop to store food eaten in a hurry so they don't get caught by predators. From the crop food goes into the stomach where it finally begins to get digested. The stomach has two sections one of which produces the necessary digestive juices and enzymes which soak the food which is then passed to the gizzard. The gizzard has a lot of muscles that grind up the food - what we do with our teeth.
Digested food now moves to the first part of the small intestine which is divided into two parts and where most of the digestion and absorption of the food now occurs in the parrot's gut. A bird's pancreas is actually better developed than a mammal's pancreas. This is probably to compensate for a lack of some saliva and chewing. It produces proteins, digesting enzymes, carbohydrates and fat which are delivered into the small intestine.
The food then moves into the large intestine which is really small compared to mammals and doesn't really have a lot to do with digestion and birds. The food journey ends at the cloaca (which also serves as a reproductive organ) where waste materials are collected and expelled.
Soft billed birds like Finches and Canaries swallow their seeds whole. Parrots are able to remove the hulls from the seeds with their beaks. Now that we know about the gizzard, we should note that the soft billed birds could use a little help grinding down these whole seeds. This is why we introduce small amounts of grit they can swallow which will help grind up the seeds while in the gizzard.
That said, a seed diet is okay, just be mindful that you need to supplement with some vitamins, minerals and amino acids. You can do this by supplementing with fresh fruits and vegetables. Halved walnuts for larger birds and cracked walnuts and slivered almonds for smaller birds are good source of omega-3 fatty acids. You can also simply add a commercial supplement like Prime.
And then there are all the brands. We just added our 15th brand of bird food to the website. Why do we carry so many brands? We offer everything we can based upon what you, our customer asks for. Which brand is better, that's up to you and your bird(s). To further complicate the issue, there are brands within brands Hagen offers Living World seed mixes, Tropimix hull-less which is a blend of seeds fruits and nuts and other nutritious items, and Tropican pellets. Higgins offers seven lines of food including Mayan Harvest, a natural gourmet blend of seeds fruits and legumes and exotic spices, Higgins Vita Seed an economy seed mixture and Worldly Cuisines cooked bird food.
Volkman is a very popular and very clean bird seed coming in a variety of species specific blends. They even offer a special Eclectus seed mix (which can also be eaten by other species) which is not vitamin fortified in accordance with the most recent avian nutritional research. Volkman has no chemical preservatives or artificial flavors and is a very clean, dust free seed line. Dr. Harvey's bird food is an all-natural blend containing only human grade ingredients too.
Birds in the wild are scavengers, they have to be in order to survive. Mark Hagen says it well "Wild animals and birds are shown by their parents the right combination of sometimes very limited types of foods to meet their requirements for flight, growth, reproduction and living! These wild food items have been selected through thousands of years of evolution. In captivity they are under different conditions and eating different foods and we expect them to select the best combination immediately.
But it is not necessarily better to feed what birds eat in the wild to those in captivity. Many plants in the wild contain secondary plant compounds or are very low in many essential nutrients. Some Breeders have a romantic notion that captive diets which are complicated, labor intensive, using expensive ingredients are the most nutritious. Yet it is possible to feed easy to prepare, cost efficient diets which do not compromise proper levels of essential nutrients".
This is one of the reasons that pellets were developed. Pellets combine all the "good stuff " into one relatively neat package. We know parrots can be picky so a dish of food where everything looks the same offers less visual temptation to remove the contents. Zupreem makes pellets with colors and without. If your bird likes colorful food Zupreem Fruit Blend or Pretty Bird Daily Select offer colorful pellets that many birds find attractive.
LaFeber's Nutriberries although considered a bird treat offer a comprehensive nutritionally balanced diet for your bird consisting lots of human grade ingredients like pineapple, papaya, carrots and raisins all rolled up in neat balls. The ball design provides your bird with a variety of beak and tongue sensations while enabling foraging activities.
Harrison's offers USDA certified organic bird food pellets. TOPS Parrot Food offers very pure pellets and seeds. Goldenfeast bird food has no dyes or preservatives. There can be benefits to these organic bird foods but just like in the grocery stores you'll find the cost of organic bird foods higher. Scenic bird food although not as well-known as the others has been around for more than 25 years and is popular in zoos and animal themed parks as a daily diet. Their pellets are shaped to improve feeding techniques, ease of manipulation, and low waste. Roudybush offers pellets in several sizes and uses different fruits like dried peaches, apricots, plums, bell peppers and carrots in their California Blend as an example.


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SCB Abacus has announced their partnership with Humanica, the largest HR solutions provider in Thailand, in developing AI-powered online lending platform for use in automatically processing loan for the employees of Humanica's clients. The partnership marked another step forward in enhancing service scope and capability of both organizations in offering a total solution for their customers.
As Thailand's pioneer in applying AI and machine learning technology for credit-scoring and loan personalization, SCB Abacus has successfully developed digital lending solution that allows Humanica employees to access online loan service with personalized conditions to meet each individual need and immediate approval without the need of additional documentation. SCB Abacus' digital lending platform is guaranteed with distinguished international awards such as the Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards 2018 presented by The Digital Banker, and the Digital Disruptor of the Year 2018 presented by IDC (International Data Corporation).


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Why Don't Married Women Work?
From Tyler over at MR. Too interesting to pass up. What do you think?
" If you're a married woman living in the New York City area, there's a better than 50 percent chance that you don't work, according to a recent analysis of Census data by economists affiliated with the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.
More specifically, only 49 percent of white high school-educated married women in their prime working ages were holding down jobs in the New York area as of the 2000 Census. To put that in perspective, there are roughly 2 million woman over 15-years-old who are married in the New York area.
The national average for this particular demographic is 67 percent. At the other end of the spectrum is Minneapolis where almost 80 percent of these married women are employed -- that's larger than the percentage of working men aged 25 and older in the U.S.
And why is this?
Surprisingly, the economists argue, the most important specific thing seems to be traffic.
And if you do work in these traffic-heavy areas, you are likely to work more hours. But is it all causal?
With all due respect to The Walker Art Center, if I wanted to be a kept woman I would not start my quest in Minneapolis. High density, as you find in Manhattan, means lots of fun things to do in your copious free time as a kept woman and also a higher degree of income inequality and thus the hope of snaring a rich man. There's a reason why they didn't set Sex in the City in Paramus and most of the women there will be working even when the traffic gets worse."
Tyler got the pointer here.
chart per portfolio.com
Labels: gender, marriage, New York, Women
Again, location calls the shots on this one. It makes more sense for this scenario to exist in a place like NYC than middle America.
How would women's Lib read this?
And how about non-working men in their 50's who lead leisurely lives in the Big Apple? Wait, do they exist?
Location, location, location. And this is not just a line annoying Hollywood producers find relevant! Place does matter. To most of us.

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Spent 3 years working for small design firms but toward the end of this time built up my own small stable of clients until I felt comfortable enough to go it alone in January 2004. Now married with two dogs, living and working from my home studio in the brilliant but little known suburb of Arch Hill (Grey Lynn), Central Auckland.
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A flammable solid that can qualify as a mailable limited quantity or ORM-D material is permitted in the domestic mail via surface transportation only, provided all applicable requirements in 344 are met.
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Firman Zulkifli Amin, Department of Dermatology, University of South Wales, United Kingdom.
Pierfrancesco Morganti, Professor, Skin Pharmacology and Applied Cosmetic Dermatology, Postgraduate School in Dermatology and Venereology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy.
Mahaveer Mehta, Chairman and Medical Director, Dr. Mahaveer Mehta Medical Center, Dubai, UAE.
Kiymet Handan Kelekci, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Turkey.
Shigeo Masuda, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery (Sawa Lab), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Deepak Jakhar, M.D. Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy at University College of Medical Sciences, Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Hironobu Ihn, Professor & Chairman, Department of Dermatology & Plastic Surgery, Faculty Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Programme Notes - Pain and Glory
Spoiler warning: these notes are best read after viewing the film. They contain discussion of plot and character details.
"When I start to write a screenplay, the first scenes do have some connection to my life. But then fiction comes into play, and when we write, we have to be true to fiction, not to reality."[1] This was Pain and Glory writer/director Pedro Almodóvar's response to the question of the autobiographical nature of his 22nd feature, when it premiered at Cannes earlier this year. This is very likely one of the first questions audiences will ask after watching the film; its central character Salvador is an ageing Spanish film director, and there are many parallels to be found between Salvador's life and work and that of the film's creator. The fact that Salvador is played by Antonio Banderas with a greying, spiked hairstyle reminiscent of Almodóvar's own unmistakable coiffure (and wearing some of the director's own clothes) only pushes the point further.
But while there is clearly a personal story being told here, it is not necessary for an audience to know anything about Almodóvar or his films to be able to connect with Pain and Glory. The bold and broad nature of the film's title suggests that, in telling this very focused story centred on one key character, Almodóvar is leading us to consider the universal nature of these two pillars of human experience. Hopefully we don't fully relate to the catalogue of physical and spiritual pain illustrated in the film's strangest sequence – in which a montage of computer-generated diagrams guides us through Salvador's encyclopaedia of suffering. But we all know what it feels like to be betrayed by our own bodies in some way. And we may not have had dramatic personal and professional relationship breakdowns on the level of Salvador's, but we all know the sting of a heartbreak.
The underlying truth found in Almodóvar's film is that this kind of suffering can be, and perhaps ultimately must be, a catalyst for a moment – but perhaps only a moment - of 'glory'. In this story Salvador digs into the pain of his past, and the resulting artwork, his soul-baring monologue, leads directly to the glory of reconciliation. This is true both in Salvador's reconnection with his lead actor of 32 years previous, and more significantly in his momentary reunion with his ex-lover Federico. It is a wish-fulfilment of a kind; the coincidence that Federico is in the right place at the right time to end up in the audience for Alberto's monologue, and can then walk to Salvador's apartment, find him in and alone, ready to talk. But the graceful restraint of Almodóvar's approach in Pain and Glory plays down the chance nature of all this, and allows the pure emotional truth of it to be the film's driving force. As Manu Yáñez Murillo notes in his excellent review of the film, "Pain and Glory is guided by an austerity and quietude that only pulls back in the most exuberant childhood flashbacks."[2] The film's lack of any attention-grabbing camera movement is unusual for Almodóvar, but it allows Pain and Glory to feel gentler, less insistent and more considered than any of his previous works. This lack of showiness prompts the audience to lean in and pay attention to the details.
The same can be said of the lead performance by Antonio Banderas. His quiet, subtle portrayal of Salvador is a revelation, even in the context of him having already returned to Almodóvar's world in 2011 to star in The Skin I Live In. Whereas that was a big performance that had much of the Hollywood showman about it, this is a Banderas we haven't seen before. As Almódovar himself has said, "The character is the opposite to the bravura of the characters he has played to date. Profound, subtle, with a very varied gallery of minute gestures, he has pulled off a very difficult character."[3]
Pain and Glory makes an interesting comparison with another recent work from a beloved director who also seems to have one eye on the end of his career: Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood. But Tarantino's film, while similar to Almodóvar's in its thoughtful and meditative qualities, ultimately seems to suggest film can be a vehicle for violently reckoning with history in order to preserve an idealized past. Almodóvar's approach is more about using film as a catalyst for reconciliation with the past. This is not to say that the past we see in Pain and Glory is any less idealized than the one evoked in Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood. In fact, Almodóvar's final revelation, that the Penelope Cruz character we have been watching is an actress playing Salvador's mother, makes explicit that the version of history that we see in the movie is the most beautiful version possible. But the fact that Salvador is making the movie is the deeper 'glory'; he has found a way to look at the past and be at peace with it.
Paul Gallagher
GFT Programme Manager
If you have watched Pain and Glory and want to share your thoughts on the film, we would love to hear from you. Tweet @glasgowfilm or email feedback@glasgowfilm.org and tell us what you thought.
[1] https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/372893/ - Pedro Almodóvar – Director of Pain and Glory
[2] https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/review-pain-glory/ - Review: Pain and Glory, Film Comment
[3] https://www.ft.com/content/05d327d0-bdae-11e9-b350-db00d509634e - Antonio Banderas on playing Almodóvar, Pain and Glory and leaving Hollywood, Financial Times
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package org.springframework.boot.context.event;

import org.springframework.boot.ConfigurableBootstrapContext;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;

/**
 * Event published when a {@link SpringApplication} is starting up and the
 * {@link Environment} is first available for inspection and modification.
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent extends SpringApplicationEvent {

	private final ConfigurableBootstrapContext bootstrapContext;

	private final ConfigurableEnvironment environment;

	/**
	 * Create a new {@link ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent} instance.
	 * @param application the current application
	 * @param args the arguments the application is running with
	 * @param environment the environment that was just created
	 * @deprecated since 2.4.0 for removal in 2.6.0 in favor of
	 * {@link #ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent(ConfigurableBootstrapContext, SpringApplication, String[], ConfigurableEnvironment)}
	 */
	@Deprecated
	public ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent(SpringApplication application, String[] args,
			ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
		this(null, application, args, environment);
	}

	/**
	 * Create a new {@link ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent} instance.
	 * @param bootstrapContext the bootstrap context
	 * @param application the current application
	 * @param args the arguments the application is running with
	 * @param environment the environment that was just created
	 */
	public ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent(ConfigurableBootstrapContext bootstrapContext,
			SpringApplication application, String[] args, ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
		super(application, args);
		this.bootstrapContext = bootstrapContext;
		this.environment = environment;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the bootstap context.
	 * @return the bootstrap context
	 * @since 2.4.0
	 */
	public ConfigurableBootstrapContext getBootstrapContext() {
		return this.bootstrapContext;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the environment.
	 * @return the environment
	 */
	public ConfigurableEnvironment getEnvironment() {
		return this.environment;
	}

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Oh yes! I do so hope that the Jackasses of the Left, especially the Feminazi cunts, have the chutzpah to actually cue up and launch into one of their screeds on "White Privilege" and "Toxic Masculinity" when the three front-runners for the 2020 Democrat presidential nomination are: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Beto O'Rourke – all well-to-do White men and all with a history of "inappropriate" behavior towards women.
But we all know that they will cue up that screed and rant it to world and uncaring heavens, don't we? After all, "it's not the same thing" in their minds any more than Clinton, Franken, or Ellison are the same thing – again, in their minds.
But, to be fair, this is a form of progress. The New Crazy isn't the same as the Old Crazy. Old Nancy, mad as a hatter or 3rd-Stage Syphilitic or not, always had a certain level of acumen, something that made her a danger. Such cannot be truthfully said for Orcasio-Cortez.
Yep. CNN's turkey, Jim Acosta acts just like that. Like any good, Leftist propagandist, he substitutes accusations and snide lectures for the actual questions a true journalist would ask the POTUS if he was granted the privilege of having such access.
When it comes to defending one's homeland, one should be able to concentrate outward upon the borders and the the threats massed past them. Sadly, however, in these degenerate times you have to always check your six because there's traitors within the gates ready and willing to throw them wide, destroy you and your homeland's defenses, and usher the enemy within.
Yes, in these days it's not just necessary to man and watch the borders. It's even more important to take action against the traitors, e.g., the judges of the 9th Circuit Court and their families, to ensure the security and integrity of our nation and our people.


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23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
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, parfois commercialisé sous le nom , est un film italien réalisé par Fernando Di Leo et sorti en 1985.

Synopsis
Un groupe de malfrats, mené par un certain Burton, est engagé par un puissant industriel surnommé « Son Excellence » pour dérober une précieuse formule chimique. L'opération est diligentée avec succès mais sitôt en possession de la formule, Son Excellence élimine le groupe. Seuls deux d'entre eux, Sterling et Ferrari, parviennent à en réchapper. Ils vont minutieusement préparer leur vengeance contre Son Excellence.

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 Titre original italien :  ou
 Réalisation : Fernando Di Leo
 Scénario : Fernando Di Leo
 Photographie : Roberto Gerardi
 Montage : Amedeo Giomini
 Musique : Franco Campanino
 Décors : 	Franco Cuppini
 Costumes : Elisabetta Locascio
 Trucages : Cristina Rocca, Gloria Granati
 Production : Mario Colajanni
 Société de production : Robur Film
 Pays de production :
 Langue de tournage : italien
 Format : Couleur
 Durée : 95 minutes (1h35)
 Genre : Action
 Dates de sortie :
 Italie :

Distribution
 Henry Silva : Sterling
 Edmund Purdom : Son Excellence
 Mario Colajanni (sous le nom de « Albert Janni ») : Ferrari
 Franco Diogene : Burton
 Fernando Cerulli : Jaffe
 Dalila Di Lazzaro : Cherry
 Raul Lovecchio : Bob
 Agostino Crisafulli : Fred
 Cinzia De Ponti : La secrétaire de Son Excellence
 Carlo Greco : Sean
 Roberto Dell'Acqua : Le tueur du zoo

Exploitation
Il est resté inédit dans les pays francophones. Le film est ressorti en DVD en Italie le  chez Raro Video.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Film réalisé par Fernando Di Leo
Film italien sorti en 1985
Film en italien
Film d'action italien


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Early in "How to Be Single," workaholic Manhattan doctor Meg (Leslie Mann) tells her regretfully single sister, Alice (Dakota Johnson), to stop watching "Sex and the City" — a wink-wink inside joke not only because they're starring in an adaptation of the first novel by that show's writer and story editor, Liz Tuccillo, but also because in every respect, Christian Ditter's film plays like a condensed, slapdash version of that HBO hit. Following four women — three of whom know each other, one of whom is wholly unrelated — as they attempt to navigate relationships, careers and one-night stands, this awkward hybrid of romantic comedy and ribald girls-just-wanna-have-fun romp is so scattershot that it never earns any of its eventual heartstring tugging. Though facing little in the way of female-centric theatrical competition, its thin plotting and general dearth of laughs will likely inspire only unflattering comparisons to the escapades of Carrie Bradshaw and company.
Working from a screenplay by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein and Dana Fox, "How to Be Single" eschews its source material's primary plot, in which Alice embarks on an "Eat Pray Love"-style international trek to achieve self-definition through singlehood. Instead, it situates its protagonist in bustling, rowdy New York, where she moves in with Meg, gets a job at a law firm and befriends wild-child receptionist Robin (Rebel Wilson), who introduces her to the metropolitan nightlife — which, for Robin, means staying out and getting drunk until dawn, and then sloppily falling into the waiting arms of whichever guy is most ready, willing and able.
Robin is the story's de facto comedic relief, and thus devoid of the contrived character arcs with which the rest of the characters are saddled. After four years of dating in college, Alice has broken up with nice-guy Josh (Nicholas Braun) in order to experience being alone for the first time in her life — an idea that seems born not from some cogent inner motivation, but from a hazy conception of solitude as an ideal time for doing those things about which she's always dreamed. A less happy vision of being single is provided by Meg, a middle-aged obstetrician who likes to stridently lecture her younger sibling about the joy of putting professional ambition ahead of matrimonial dreams, but who — as revealed in a bit in which she fails to resist the charms of an adorable baby girl — secretly pines for a tyke of her own.
Alice's and Robin's paths soon cross with that of bartender Tom (Anders Holm), a brazen hit-it-and-quit-it bachelor who counsels Alice in the ways of casual sex and commitment avoidance (the key, he believes, is keeping no breakfast food in his fridge). Tom also strikes up a friendship with Lucy (Alison Brie), a hyper-intense woman intent on using algorithms and Excel spreadsheets to immediately find, and settle down with, Mr. Right. Like Alice, Robin, Meg, Tom and Josh, she's a familiar type, albeit one conceived with scant detail — she appears to have no career other than reading stories to kids at local bookstores — and, because she has no connection to the rest of the film's female players, little purpose to the primary action at hand.
While Lucy searches for a soulmate on "How to Be Single's" periphery — a quest that leads her to a largely squandered Jason Mantzoukas — Alice flitters in and out of contact with Josh (who's now dating a new woman) and briefly hooks up with both Tom and single dad David (Damon Wayans Jr.). Like her evening trysts, these relationships are of a blink-and-you'll-miss-them variety, dramatized with such one-note rapidity that the film's attempts, during its birthday-party climax, to make them resonate emotionally comes across as both misguided and desperate.
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Johnson's blandly earnest performance contributes to the listless atmosphere, as does Ditter's pedestrian direction, which is most notable for utilizing cutesy graphics for text conversations (a device that's fast becoming its own cliche). Most of the blame, however, falls on a script awash in various stereotypical ciphers partaking in formulaic hot-and-cold affairs. Even Meg's May-December fling with young Ken (Jake Lacy), which is complicated by her decision to have a child via artificial insemination, hinges on a groan-worthy role reversal: She wants to be the breadwinner, he's content with becoming a stay-at-home dad. Splintered between thinly sketched focal points rather than actually plumbing the real fear, paranoia and elation that come from operating without a romantic partner, "How to Be Single" never transcends its most sitcom-y instincts.
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Crew: Directed by Christian Ditter. Screenplay, Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Dana Fox, based on the novel by Liz Tuccillo. Camera (color, widescreen, HD), Christian Rein; editor, Tia Nolan; music, Fil Eisler; music supervisor, Season Kent; production designer, Steve Saklad; set decorator, Chryss Hionis; costume designer, Leah Katznelson; sound (DTS/SDDS/Dolby Digital); supervising sound editor, Ronald Eng; re-recording mixers, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell; visual effects coordinator, Jacob Eaton; stunt coordinator, Declan Mulvey; associate producer, Stefan Mentz; first assistant director, Steve Apicella; casting, Avy Kaufman.
With: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Leslie Mann, Damon Wayans Jr., Anders Holm, Nicholas Braun, Jake Lacy, Jason Mantzoukas, Colin Jost.
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Opening diplomatic doors with repressive regimes is good, until one opens a door with a repressive regime. Using warlike rhetoric is wrong, until one tries diplomatic rhetoric. Attacking Kim personally is wrong, until one says something positive. Diplomatic meetings are great, until one has a meeting.
That is, unless Donald Trump opens it.
When Trump met North Korean aggression with an equally aggressive stance, the elite foreign policy blogosphere waxed ballistic. The mainstream press streamed hours of hyperbolic public hand-wringing about the immanent advent of World War III. Trump was "ham fisted" and bellicose, risking all out war. The Independent presented an entire scenario of detailed steps leading from the tough rhetoric of Donald Trump to the immolation of San Francisco with an ICBM. Politico warned that the personal attacks of Trump against dictator Kim Jong Un would lead the world to "stumble into WW III".
CNN --- always leave CNN for last --- loyally quoted the head of the pacifist leftwing Ploughshares Fund, warning that the UK and North Korea could easily "stumble into conflict" (ah, now we know where Politico got that catchy phrase) as "two inexperienced and impulsive presidents in control of these massive military machines… let loose a war unlike anything we have seen since World War II".
And so on. And on.
Barack Obama, they cried, understood the need for diplomacy with rogue regimes. He would refrain from insulting the unstable leader of a rogue nation. He would never default to warlike rhetoric. He would negotiate, eschewing prideful posturing for wise outreach. The inability of the inexperienced Mr. Trump to follow his lead and extend an olive branch to the North Korean dictator risked worldwide immolation.
At least, that was the party line, until President Trump actually extended an olive branch to North Korea, at which point bellicosity became the preferred course of action and diplomacy a mistake of historic proportion.
Ending warlike rhetoric in favor of diplomatic language is suddenly 'weak'.
All diplomatic meetings with Kim are suddenly wrong, because they 'legitimize' him as the president of North Korea, which he is.
Complimenting Kim Jong Un instead of those personal attacks is suddenly 'embarrassing'.
Nevertheless, there has now been a summit, with a preliminary agreement to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and a pause in US / SK military exercises, pending further negotiations. (Which, just as an aside, is not a pause at all, since the exercises were already over until next spring, at which point we'll have successful denuclearization or start them up again as scheduled.... but I digress). This nascent rapprochement might be considered a wise course of action in a sane world, at least according to the doctrine established by President Obama that "no repressive regime can move down a new path, unless it has an open door". Trump has opened a tempting little door; he's waiting to see if Kim walks through it.
But in the view of those afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome, there is no sanity. Opening diplomatic doors with repressive regimes is good, until one opens a door with a repressive regime. Using warlike rhetoric is wrong, until one tries diplomatic rhetoric. Attacking Kim personally is wrong, until one says something positive. Diplomatic meetings are great, until one has a meeting.
If you are Donald Trump in the eyes of the Democrats, all is failure. If we only had Barack Obama back; he knew how to handle North Korea: let Kim Jong Un amuse himself building a nuclear arsenal and some nice ICBM's to deliver it, all the while delivering his own erudite warnings against "the satisfying purity of indignation" for the edification of his followers. And just let World War III take care of itself.


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Harry M. Collins, né le , est un sociologue des sciences britannique. Il est professeur à l'École des sciences sociales (School of Social Sciences) de l'université de Cardiff.

Biographie

Il est d'abord professeur à l'université de Bath où son nom reste attaché au développement de la sociologie de la connaissance scientifique (Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, SSK) et au programme empirique du relativisme (EPOR), ayant fait école sous le nom de l'École de Bath (« Bath School »). En 1993, il publie son ouvrage le plus célèbre: The Golem: What Everyone Should Know About Science. Dans Changing Order. Replication and Induction in Scientific Practice, Collins esquisse une théorie générale de la sociologie des sciences. S'inspirant des concepts de « jeu de langage » et de « formes de vie » introduits par Ludwig Wittgenstein, il tente d'expliquer comment les scientifiques se conforment à des règles et des contraintes lors de leurs expériences et dans leurs pratiques. Cette approche peut être dite relativiste, mais d'un point de vue strictement méthodologique.

Ses autres travaux portent notamment sur les ondes gravitationnelles en physique. Il soutient que les données peuvent varier selon l'interprétation qui en est donnée et que des aspects sociaux ou « non-scientifiques » interviennent souvent pour stabiliser des controverses scientifiques.

Dans un article paru dans le collectif Science as Practice and Culture, Collins et Steven Yearley critiquent la théorie de l'acteur-réseau (ANT) qu'ils considèrent comme une régression vers le positivisme et le réalisme des premiers travaux en théorie des sciences.

Au début des années deux mille, Collins et Robert Evans (également de Cardiff University) publient des travaux sur ce qu'ils nomment la « Troisième vague des Science Studies » (« Third Wave of Science Studies ») et, en particulier, sur la notion d'expertise interactionnelle (Interactional expertise). Ces dernières recherches tentent de poser la question de la légitimité et de l'extension vers un plus large public de la prise de décision scientifique.

Avec Trevor Pinch, Wiebe E. Bijker, et Thomas Hughes, il est l'un des initiateurs du courant de recherche socio-constructiviste portant sur la construction sociale de la technologie (Social Construction of Technology, SCOT) dans le domaine de la sociologie des sciences.

Principales publications
 avec Trevor Pinch, The Golem: What Everyone Should Know about Science, Cambridge University Press, 1993.
 Changing Order. Replication and Induction in Scientific Practice, 1985, The University of Chicago Press, 1995.
 avec Steven Yearley, « Epistemological Chicken », dans Andrew Pickering (ed.), Science as Practice and Culture, University of Chicago Press, 1992.
 Artificial Experts: Social Knowledge and Intelligent Machines, Cambridge, Mass: MIT press, 1990.
 Gravity's Shadow: the search for gravitational waves, University of Chicago Press, 2004.
 avec Trevor Pinch, Dr Golem: How to think about medicine, University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Annexes

Articles connexes
 David Bloor
 Programme fort
 Sociologie de la connaissance scientifique

Liens externes

  Page personnelle, sur le site de l'université de Cardiff

Naissance en juin 1943
Naissance au Royaume-Uni
Sociologue britannique
Sociologue des sciences
Sociologue de la connaissance
Constructiviste
Professeur à l'université de Bath
Professeur à l'université de Cardiff
Membre de la British Academy


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Introductory beginner's classes for those new to yoga or new to the Iyengar method, or for experienced yoga students to strengthen their practice of fundamental actions and alignment in asanas (postures). Learn how to align the body and improve functional movement and practice awareness in action. Sanskrit names and yogic philosophy terms are introduced.
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All categories of asana, pranayama, and yoga philosophy are taught. This class is for teachers and serious students who have a self-directed at home practice. Ability to maintain Salamba Sirsasana for 5 minutes and Salamba Sarvangasana unsupported for 5 minutes is a prerequisite for this class. The teacher's permission is also required.
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Yoga for children should be as dynamic and playful as the joyful innate nature of the child is to be present, alert, aware. Yoga is very beneficial for children's overall health and development. The practice has great potential for protecting the physical alignment of the body and uplifting the emotional well being through the vital development phases of a child's growth. The asanas (postures) are the physical foundation of the practice through which other aspects (moral, philosophical) can be learned. Through preparatory movements and actions, children learn to coordinate the two sides of their body through a playful yet methodical introduction to the yoga asanas. While the emphasis is upon mobility and agility for the younger ages, gradually the postures are improved and perfected. We will also learn and practice poses that are soothing for stomachaches, poses that help with headaches, those which help for sore necks and backs, and much more! This quickly-paced playful class is modeled on Jennifer's observation of the children's yoga program taught at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India. This class accepts children as young as 4 accompanied by a parent, but is ideal for older children, especially those age 8 & up. This class is offered in monthly sessions when enough students preregister. When kids and teen yoga class is not offered on the weekly schedule, older children and teens are welcome to attend regular classes with parents, and teens may also attend without parents.
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Little Known Black History Fact: Leon Ware
Written by D.L. Chandler
The music world lost another of its bright stars in Leon Ware last Thursday, but the songwriter has left behind one of the richest legacies in the industry. As a songwriter and producer, Ware was behind some of R&B's biggest hits and lent his pen to many a musical legend.
Ware was born on February 16, 1940 in Detroit, Mich. His career as a songwriter began in 1967, joining fellow songwriters Ivy Hunter and Steve Bowden in working on The Isley Brothers' "Got To Have You Back" track. In 1971, Ware began working extensively with Ike and Tina Turner for their Nuff Said album. Ware and Diana Ross' younger brother Arthur "T-Boy" Ross, eventually worked together on Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" from the Got To Be Here album.
The success of Jackson's record helped land Ware a recording deal of his own with a self-titled album seeing a 1972 release. This led to Ware writing for a bevy of artists, including the late Donny Hathaway and R&B group The Miracles. In 1974, Ware was recruited by Quincy Jones for the legendary producer's Body Heat album. Ware then began working alongside the late Minnie Riperton for her Adventures In Paradise album, which featured the classic hit "Inside My Love."
1976 was another fruitful year for Ware after a demo recording landed into the hands of Marvin Gaye. Though the demo was material Ware was intending to release for his second solo project, the track "I Want You" would go on to inspire the renowned Gaye album of the same name that year.
Ware focused on songwriting and producing after a less than stellar reception for his solo projects. Artists such as Teena Marie, Jeffrey Osborne, Loose Ends and James Ingram all benefited from Ware's pen during a busy period between 1979 and 2008.
In 1993, Ware co-produced and co-wrote on Maxwell's debut album, Urban Hang Suite, considered one of the classics of the neo-soul era. Ware wrote the album's big hit, "Sumthin' Sumthin'."
Ware was 77.
PHOTO: Stax Records, Jae Feinberg
Little Known Black History Fact: Leon Ware was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
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import * as Yup from 'yup'
import {
  DB_VERSIONS,
  OS_LINUX,
  OS_WINDOWS,
  OS_MAC,
  DB_TYPE_WEB,
  DB_TYPE_OLTP,
  DB_TYPE_DW,
  DB_TYPE_DESKTOP,
  DB_TYPE_MIXED,
  SIZE_UNIT_MB,
  SIZE_UNIT_GB,
  HARD_DRIVE_HDD,
  HARD_DRIVE_SSD,
  HARD_DRIVE_SAN
} from 'reducers/configuration/constants'

const MAX_INTEGER = 9999
const MIN_MB_MEMORY = 512

const DB_TYPES = [
  DB_TYPE_WEB,
  DB_TYPE_OLTP,
  DB_TYPE_DW,
  DB_TYPE_DESKTOP,
  DB_TYPE_MIXED
]

const HARD_DRIVE_TYPES = [
  HARD_DRIVE_HDD,
  HARD_DRIVE_SSD,
  HARD_DRIVE_SAN
]

export const validationSchema = Yup.object().shape({
  dbVersion: Yup.number()
    .required('Required')
    .oneOf(DB_VERSIONS, 'Unsupported database version'),
  osType: Yup.string()
    .required('Required')
    .oneOf([OS_LINUX, OS_WINDOWS, OS_MAC], 'Unsupported OS'),
  dbType: Yup.string()
    .required('Required')
    .oneOf(DB_TYPES, 'Unsupported database type'),
  totalMemoryUnit: Yup.string()
    .required('Required')
    .oneOf([SIZE_UNIT_MB, SIZE_UNIT_GB], 'Unsupported unit'),
  totalMemory: Yup.number()
    .required('Required')
    .integer('Must be an integer')
    .when('totalMemoryUnit', (totalMemoryUnit, schema) => {
      if (totalMemoryUnit === SIZE_UNIT_MB) {
        return schema.min(MIN_MB_MEMORY, `Must be greater than or equal to ${MIN_MB_MEMORY} MB`)
      }
      return schema.min(1, 'Must be greater than zero')
    })
    .max(MAX_INTEGER, `Must be less than or equal to ${MAX_INTEGER}`),
  hdType: Yup.string()
    .required('Required')
    .oneOf(HARD_DRIVE_TYPES, 'Unsupported hard drive'),
  cpuNum: Yup.number()
    .notRequired()
    .integer('Must be an integer')
    .min(1, 'Must be greater than zero')
    .max(MAX_INTEGER, `Must be less than or equal to ${MAX_INTEGER}`),
  connectionNum: Yup.number()
    .notRequired()
    .integer('Must be an integer')
    .min(20, 'Must be greater than or equal to 20')
    .max(MAX_INTEGER, `Must be less than or equal to ${MAX_INTEGER}`)
})


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Comedy > Romantic Comedy
Comedy Drama > Family Drama
Comedy > Parody/Spoof
Comedy Drama > Ensemble Film
Comedy Drama > Comedy of Manners
directed by David Gordon Green
featuring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner
directed by Matt Reeves
featuring Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirk Acevedo, Judy Greer
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
featuring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Toby Kebbell, Gabriel Chavarria, Judy Greer
The Wedding Planner (2001)
featuring Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson, Justin Chambers, Judy Greer, Fred Willard
Jawbreaker (1999)
directed by Darren Stein
featuring Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, Judy Greer, Chad Christ, Carol Kane, Pam Grier
13 Going on 30 (2004)
directed by Gary Winick
featuring Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis, Kathy Baker
27 Dresses (2008)
directed by Anne Fletcher
featuring Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Judy Greer, Edward Burns
directed by Kimberly Peirce
featuring Chloë Grace Moretz, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Julianne Moore, Gabriella Wilde
Elizabethtown (2005)
directed by Cameron Crowe
featuring Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer, Jessica Biel
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
featuring Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Linda Fiorentino, John Goodman, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Aaron, Judy Greer
The Descendants (2011)
directed by Alexander Payne
featuring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges
The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
directed by Jonathan Kesselman
featuring Adam Goldberg, Judy Greer, Andy Dick, Mario Van Peebles, Peter Coyote
Marmaduke (2010)
directed by Tom Dey
featuring Owen Wilson, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Fergie, Kiefer Sutherland, Marlon Wayans, Damon Wayans, Sam Elliott, Lee Pace, Judy Greer
New Blu-Ray, 2010
Archer: Season 02 (2011)
Love Happens (2009)
directed by Brandon Camp
featuring Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler, John Carroll Lynch, Martin Sheen, Judy Greer
Pottersville (2017)
directed by Seth Henrikson
featuring Michael Shannon, Thomas Lennon, Judy Greer, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks, Ian McShane
Driven (2019)
directed by Nick Hamm
featuring Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace, Judy Greer, Isabel Arraiza, Corey Stoll
featuring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Noah Lomax, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Tupper, Judy Greer, Abella Wyss, Grant S. Goodman, Grant Collins, Aidan Potter, Marlena Rayne Lerner, Iqbal Theba
Cursed (2005)
directed by Wes Craven
featuring Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jesse Eisenberg, Judy Greer, Scott Baio
Buffaloed (2020)
directed by Tanya Wexler
featuring Zoey Deutch, Judy Greer, Jermaine Fowler, Noah Reid, Jai Courtney
Men, Women & Children (2014)
directed by Jason Reitman
featuring Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ansel Elgort, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer
Maneater (2009)
directed by Timothy Busfield
featuring Sarah Chalke, Philip Winchester, Judy Greer, Marla Sokoloff, Noureen DeWulf
directed by Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
featuring Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer, Rae Dawn Chong
The Great New Wonderful (2006)
directed by Danny Leiner
featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olympia Dukakis, Judy Greer, Naseeruddin Shah
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I've gone and done it. I've started a blog.
I was recently challenged to "tell my story." Yet, where do I begin? Well, here goes it.
In the last two years, I've gone from a young, successful, professional woman with her whole life ahead of her, to a now two-time brain cancer survivor, who isn't so sure where life will take her.
While I cannot express myself as beautifully as Deepak Chopra, he teaches that our beliefs give us our identity. In other words, "What I believe is who I am." One of our limitations in life is that we define ourselves by labels, rather than by our beliefs.
If I were to explain who I am with labels, I could tell you that I am a girl (yes, I like to still call myself a girl) in my mid-30s. I am a wife and a daughter. I am a proud doggy mama to the most precious puppy ever. I consider myself a "New Yorker" although my technical location is just a mile outside of the City. I am a well-educated, successful attorney. And, I am a cancer survivor.
However, in following Deepak's teachings, it is my beliefs that make me who I am. While I am in no means some spiritual guru, I deeply value this type of thinking. So, I will tell you that I am deeply loving and do my best to be kind. I am compassionate and empathetic, sometimes even to a fault (i.e. Please do NOT show me those ASPCA commercials anymore! So many tears!). Along those lines, I am extremely sensitive, which I find to be a strength and not a weakness. I am trustworthy to my core. I am proud of the person I am and especially, the person I have become in these last few years. I am also not perfect, and have plenty of flaws, but who needs to hear about those anyway?
And now, it looks like I am a blogger.
I am dedicating this blog to sharing my experiences with cancer as a young adult, struck by this awful disease in the prime of my life. I hope that through telling my story, I can help other affected by cancer, and really anyone who has been challenged by life-altering, mind-blowing circumstances that have turned their world upside down.
If "what I believe is who I am" then ultimately, I'm just a girl tryin' to beat brain cancer, who believes, who knows, she will conquer anything that is put in her way!
Please continue to share your story! I clicked through each one to see how your story would unfold. A blog is a wonderful catharsis. I would love to nominate you for a Liebster Award. It is a recognition for new bloggers and helps get your blog noticed. Please let me know if you would be willing to accept. Here is the link to a post in which I was nominated so you can see what it is all about.
Dear Olya. I hope that your Dad is doing well and I'd be happy to connect with you! Please contact me at braincancerbabe@gmail.com.
Hello there! I finally hit submit on my Liebster post! Sorry it took so long…. Hope you are doing well!
Thank you so much! Your story is so powerful as well. Glad we can connect through our mutual experiences. Hope you have a fantastic day and Happy Friday!


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Tag Archives: European Union
Russia, US spar over Wagner Group presence in Sahel
Russian officials have condemned the newly imposed European Union sanctions brought on over the role of Wagner Group and private military fighters in the Sahel, defending the right of African nations to choose the services if they so prefer. "Private military companies are not controlled by official Russian authorities. Independent…
EU commits €15 million to East Africa's battle with locusts
The European Union has committed €15 million to the fight against desert locusts, which have devastated crops in East Africa. It's the worst outbreak in decades, and a new generation of locusts is now threatening the region with the potential to spread beyond the Horn of Africa and Yemen, into…
Report: Rwanda makes short list for EU travel reopen
Rwanda is the only nation in sub-Saharan Africa that appears to be approved for travel to the European Union as management of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, according to a list seen by the New York Times. The short list of non-European nations with citizens determined eligible to enter the EU,…
Report: EU travel reopen to include dozens of nations, but maybe not U.S.
Uganda may be on the list of nations approved for travel in the European Union, once it reopens to the world following weeks of a coronavirus-related ban. But the United States, which has failed to contain its COVID-19 outbreak, may not be. That's according to a New York Times report…
EU names 4 African nations to financial crimes watchlist
Ethiopia and Tunisia have been removed, but four African nations are now on a financial crimes watch list issued by the European Union. Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe are identified as high-risk countries for money laundering and the potential for funding terrorism, according to an EU statement. The additions are…
G7 nations, EU introduce measures to control COVID-19 pandemic
The G7 nations completed a conference call on Monday to discuss the global health and economic risk caused by the coronavirus pandemic, as the European Union issued its set of proposals to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. Some of the G7 nations are now among the hardest-hit on the planet,…
EU commits €100 million to Sudan's democratic transition
The European Union (EU) announced it is committing €100 million to support the democratic transition in Sudan, a three-year process that is expected to lead to free and fair elections in 2022. "Besides political support, financial assistance to Sudan remains crucial, given the severity of the economic crisis in the…
Seychelles named to EU's tax-haven 'blacklist'
The European Union has placed the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles on its "taxation blacklist," which it says is meant to encourage good governance and help countries reform their tax-haven policies. The EU list of "non-cooperative jurisdictions" now includes 12 nations listed because of concern that their policy environments…
Mozambique's Nyusi warns of extremist recruiters as US, EU urge vigilance
President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique issued a warning Saturday for youth living in the country's Zambezia region, where armed extremists – some claiming Islamic State affiliation – have been recruiting fighters from the population. "Those who kill can be killed," said Nyusi, speaking at a rally for Maganja da Costa…
Morocco has a new Brexit deal. It's the UK that still can't seal one.
The governments of Morocco and the United Kingdom signed an agreement over the weekend designed to ensure that trade between the two countries will continue as smoothly as possible once the UK leaves the European Union – a deal that underscores the "Brexit" implications for many African nations. "The signing…
Kenyan anti-FGM teens on short list for EU Sakharov Prize
Five students from Kenya have been named as short-list finalists for the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded for exceptional achievements in human rights. The five – Stacy Owino, Cynthia Otieno, Purity Achieng, Mascrine Atieno and Ivy Akinyi – developed an app to help young women…
Italy allows 27 minors to leave rescue ship at Lampedusa
Unaccompanied minors aboard the Spanish sea rescue ship Open Arms were permitted to disembark at the Italian port of Lampedusa on Saturday, one day after the head of the rescue organization warned the situation aboard the ship – where migrants have been trapped for two weeks – was rapidly deteriorating….
Migrants must be moved from Libya. It's too late for children at Tajoura.
The juxtaposition of the headlines was jarring, in a way that seemed newly unbearable despite all we've learned in recent years about African migrants seeking a pathway to Europe, the horrific realities they encounter in transit and in Libya – and the complicity of European governments in their suffering. The…
On Cameroon, EU's Mogherini urges humanitarian and human rights action
The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon must remain a priority for the European Union, particularly the need for humanitarian support for those displaced, said EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini in an address to the European Parliament. "Regrettably, unlawful killings and atrocities continue to be reported regularly, allegedly involving both the…
China defends role in Africa ahead of next month's Belt & Road forum
China is again denying any untoward economic goals in Djibouti and other African nations, as Beijing gets set to host the next Belt and Road Initiative forum in April. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Geng Shuang, speaking at Wednesday's daily press briefing, responded to questions on how China's investment…


I've been hunting old webpages. Years ago, I found a cross stitch message board where I met some really good friends. I've been trying to work out how long ago that was. Have managed to fine a snapshot of it on an old Tripod page, but, needless to say, all of the links are broken, and there's no way of finding out what year it was started. Since I was involved there, the Purple message board underwent a couple of upgrades and metamorphoses, but like so many others is now pretty much defunct after the advent of Facebook et al. The friendships people made there are far from defunct, though. I still have regular contact with a handful of people I met there, and a few of us even have our own little space over on Revelry – still called Purple – what else, after all these years?? Anyhoo, after a bit of discussion with a couple of Purple friends we came to the conclusion that it must be 15 years since we first met online. I think you could call those 'old friends' in anyone's book [though I'm the granny of the bunch – and old enough to be mother to at least two of them, so I'm not calling anyone 'old', I promise!] So, it was with more than a little excitement that I set off with a full purse and empty shopping bags yesterday, to travel towards South Wales, where I met two of those 'old' friends for the first time! Yesterday was a fabulous day, despite the wet weather in Wales. What a joy to meet Helen and Rachael for the very first time! There was so much chatter and giggling going on that you'd be forgiven for thinking we'd been let out of school for an end of term trip. Crawling out of bed this morning, the weather is still wet and miserable, but the day holds the promise of a load more fun as we venture out to Wonderwool for the day. Pictures will be taken, I'm sure, and I will post one or two, if the others don't mind, but for now, it's time to stock up on a hearty Welsh breakfast and do a bit mor chattering before we set off on our adventure……….


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Teammates help Team Jack grow without Andy Hoffman
At Team Jack's first in-person gala since Andy Hoffman's death, Huskers and other football figures are keepig the foundation running strong.
Alex McLoon
TOTHGEER AGAIN. BUT HUSKERS LIKE REX BURKHEAD BRENT QUALITY AND KENNY BELL HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEIR DAYS AT MEMORIAL STADIUM OBVIOUSLY STARTED WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL AND IT YOU KNOW, HERE ARE NINE YEARS LATER. FUNDING THE CURE FOR CHILDHOOD BRAIN CANCER SINCE 2013 JACK HOFFMAN'S PARENTS STARTED THE FO UNDATION WHEN HE WAS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD IS CRAZY, YOU KNOW, JUST SEEINGOW H TALL HE IS. NOW, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE'S GROWN UP AND JUST THE CONVERSATIONS WE CAN HAVE NOW COMPARED TO WHEN I FSTIR KNOW IT'S IT'S PRETTY COOL. IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEEOW H FAMILIAR FACES ARELA PYING APART JUST FOR THE RECORD BOAT. YOU MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO OUR FAMILY AND ALL OF TEAM JACK NOW IN HIS LATE TEENS JACK CARRIES THE MISSION WITHOUT HIS DAD ANDY WHO DIED OF BRAIN CANCER LAST YEAR, BUT LEFT THE FOUNDATIONN I GOOD HANDS OF RELIABLE TEAMMATES. THANKS TO HIS HARDK WOR TO RAISE AWARENESS OF PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER. I OFTEN SAY TTHA THE VIRTUE OF FOOTBALL OUTWEIGH THE RISKS OF FOOTBALL AND YOU YOU LEARN HOW TO BECOME PART OAF AND BECOME PART OF A BIGGER FAMILY AND A BIGGER PURPOSE BOOMER ESIASON, NOT ONLY PLADYE QUARTERBACK FOR THE CINCINNATI BENGALS. HE FOUNDED HIS OWN FOUNDATION RFO CYSTIC FIBROSIS RESEARCH BECAUSE HIS SON WAS EXPECTED TO LIVE 19 YEARS, BUT IS NOW IN HIS 30S BOOMER SAYS JACK AND INSPIRE SO MANY OTHERS LIKE HIM AND BY LIVING YOUR LIFE, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL INSPIRE SO MANY OTHERID KS THAT MAY END UP DEALING WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH WITH THE HELP OF FOOTBALL AND HUSRKE LEGACY THE TWICE THE FIGHT MANTRA KEEPS ON RUNNING. YOU CAN JOIN TMEA JACKET TEAM JACK FOUNDATION.ORG TO DATE THE FOUNDATION'S RAISED 9.5 MILLION DOLLARS
Huskers like Rex Burkhead, Brent Qvale and Kenny Bell have come a long way since their days at Memorial Stadium when Team Jack started with a spring toward the endzone."Here we are nine years later," Qvale said."It's been awesome to see it grow over the years," Bell said. "Now we're seeing some of the younger guys that are going to be in attendance."Funding the cure for childhood brain cancer since 2013, Jack Hoffman's parents started the foundation when he was about 8 years old.One of Jack's strongest bonds started with standout Husker running back and Super Bowl champion Rex Burkhead.Now a member of the Houston Texans, Burkhead recalled memories with Andy Hoffman, who passed away last March."Saturday mornings, we would go on a little run, and we would go up to the stadium. I remember taking him into the indoor facility once and he's like a kid in the candy store," Burkhead said. "There's a lot of great memories."Now that Jack is in his late teens, Burkhead is proud to see him grow."It's crazy just seeing how tall he is now," Burkhead said. "You know, how much he's grown up, and just the conversations we can have now compared to when I first met him."Jack now carries the foundation's mission without his dad. But Andy left Team Jack in the good hands of reliable teammates thanks to his hard work.Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason flew to Nebraska to be the gala's keynote speaker and share a story of his own foundation and his son. "I often say that the virtues of football outweigh the risks of football," Esiason said. "You learn how to become part of a team and become part of a bigger family and a bigger purpose."Esaison not only played quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. He founded his own foundation for cystic fibrosis research.He says his son was expected to live 19 years, but is now married and raising a child.Esiason says Jack can inspire so many others like him. "By living your life, you know you will inspire so many other kids that may end up dealing with what you're dealing with," he said of Jack Hoffman.With the help of football and Husker's legacy, Team Jack's 'twice the fight' mantra keeps on running.You can join Team Jack at TeamJackFoundation.org.
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Huskers like Rex Burkhead, Brent Qvale and Kenny Bell have come a long way since their days at Memorial Stadium when Team Jack started with a spring toward the endzone.
"Here we are nine years later," Qvale said.
"It's been awesome to see it grow over the years," Bell said. "Now we're seeing some of the younger guys that are going to be in attendance."
Funding the cure for childhood brain cancer since 2013, Jack Hoffman's parents started the foundation when he was about 8 years old.
One of Jack's strongest bonds started with standout Husker running back and Super Bowl champion Rex Burkhead.
Now a member of the Houston Texans, Burkhead recalled memories with Andy Hoffman, who passed away last March.
"Saturday mornings, we would go on a little run, and we would go up to the stadium. I remember taking him into the indoor facility once and he's like a kid in the candy store," Burkhead said. "There's a lot of great memories."
Now that Jack is in his late teens, Burkhead is proud to see him grow.
"It's crazy just seeing how tall he is now," Burkhead said. "You know, how much he's grown up, and just the conversations we can have now compared to when I first met him."
Jack now carries the foundation's mission without his dad. But Andy left Team Jack in the good hands of reliable teammates thanks to his hard work.
Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason flew to Nebraska to be the gala's keynote speaker and share a story of his own foundation and his son.
"I often say that the virtues of football outweigh the risks of football," Esiason said. "You learn how to become part of a team and become part of a bigger family and a bigger purpose."
Esaison not only played quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. He founded his own foundation for cystic fibrosis research.
He says his son was expected to live 19 years, but is now married and raising a child.
Esiason says Jack can inspire so many others like him.
"By living your life, you know you will inspire so many other kids that may end up dealing with what you're dealing with," he said of Jack Hoffman.
With the help of football and Husker's legacy, Team Jack's 'twice the fight' mantra keeps on running.
You can join Team Jack at TeamJackFoundation.org.


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