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Koei's Announcements: Dynasty Warriors 7, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3, Samurai Warriors 3 Xtreme Legends, Warriors Orochi 3, & Dynasty Warriors Online Preview
As if there was every any doubt, this is Kaiju… This time I'm bringing you some information on Koei's next installments in Dynasty Warriors, Gundam, and Warriors Orochi.
The next wave of game releases and gaming expos is right around the corner and Koei is hard at work with its highly successful 'Warriors' franchises. Currently there are 3 titles in particular that fans have their sights set on. The seventh entry in the Dynasty Warriors series, the third in the DW Gundam series, and the third in the Warriors Orochi series are all heavily anticipated.
Dynasty Warriors 7 is looking at an announcement either at next year's E3 or sometime this winter. Like previous games it will be set during the chaotic faction-based wars between Wu, Shu, and Wei- though with a greater than before focus on the lesser groups. The likes of Dong Zhou, the Nanman, the Yellow Turbans, the Yuan family, and the Eunuchs will be getting larger roles in DW7- much like their counterparts in the Three Kingdoms novel, the Chinese classic Dynasty Warriors is based on.
These lesser used factions in the Dynasty Warriors series will be getting new playable faces as well as deeper story modes in DW7. You can also expect some new warriors from Wu, Wei, and -to a lesser extent- Shu. Word has it that Jiang Wei, Pang De, Zuo Ci and Zhu Rong will be making a return to series- four of the characters dropped from the Dynasty Warriors 6 roster. There is also talk of an online co-op free mode- a heavily desired feature for the series.
As for the platforms Dynasty Warriors 7 will be landing on, it's looking to be an exclusive on the PS3. Talk of a later Wii or 360 version exists, but isn't entirely confirmed. The potential Wii version is rumored to use a modified version of its Samurai Warriors 3 engine while the PS3 and 360 will simply use a refined version of the DW6 engine. The Wii version is stated to have more characters, stages, motion control functionality, and faster load times- though the game may be in development for the Wii's rumored HD successor. The 360 and PS3 versions on the other hand will feature a greater number of enemies, HD graphics, and more fleshed out online features. Dynasty Warriors 7 will likely be releasing in 2011.
The next rumored title to be announced is Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3. The third entry in the Gundam hack & slash titles is rumored to be skipping the Xbox 360 and falling only on the PS3 and Wii- though this could merely be conjecture. Though not much is known about DW: Gundam 3, it's said that G Gundam, Gundam Wing, Gundam F91, and ZZ Gundam will be given the largest roster additions in terms of playable pilots and mobile suits. There's also talk of a new art style and expanded online options.
The friendship system in the second game's mission mode is being refined and overhauled for the third game and the statistic tracking is being deepened. The likes of Duo, Trowa, Iron Mask, Dorothy, Kyoji, and Ellie are all being discussed as potential roster updates. You can also expect to see deeper representations of Victory Gundam and Char's Counterattack. There's also word that Char and his custom Zaku II will be gracing the cover. The only other rumored information you might learn of is a supposed crossover 'official mode', similar to the first game. Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 will either be releasing this Winter or in 2011.
Samurai Warriors 3 has been a critical success thus far- its move to being exclusive to Wii is likely to praise. Gamers have adored the new gameplay elements and refinements to the combat system- as well as the new characters. Thanks to this success, according to my source, Koei will be launching a Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends follow-up exclusively on the Nintendo Wii. The title is likely to release early in 2011. Nintendo will likely take the role as publisher in the U.S as it did previously. Not much else is known, though unique NPCs Aya and Fukushima will make fully playable appearances- as opposed to being custom-only. You can look forward to more levels, more game modes, and a deeper online experience. Samurai Warriors 3: Empires is stated to be in early development with the intended consoles unknown.
The last Koei game rumored to be making an appearance at E3 is Warriors Orochi 3. Little is known about it other than potential releases on the Wii, PS3, and 360 next year. The game will feature a greater number of characters from its Samurai Warriors side as well as a 'Empires' sort of extra mode. There's no talk of an online mode just yet, but there is a supposed greater focus on the 3-man team multiplayer which will be further discussed either at E3 or this Fall.
The only other tidbit worth mentioning is that the game may follow the stateside release of Warriors Orochi: The Collective on Playstation 3- the highly popular combination of Warriors Orochi 1 & 2, as well as Dynasty Warriors Online for PC. Any of these titles could be announced at the next E3 or during the numerous autumn gaming conferences- keep your eyes on Koei in the meantime. Strange creature, traitor to the world, this has been Kaiju.
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In vitro fertilization may be in jeopardy following Roe v. Wade decision
Debates over when life begins may affect IVF procedures, according to one fertility doctor.
Author: Laryssa Leone
Published: 10:26 PM CDT June 27, 2022
Updated: 10:26 PM CDT June 27, 2022
CLIVE, Iowa — Two out of every 100 babies born in the United States in 2022 are conceived via in vitro fertilization, according to Dr. Donald Young with Mid-Iowa Fertility.
However, with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, he said this process could be in jeopardy.
"That is a whole lot of babies that won't be born if this comes to pass and they aren't very, very careful with the wording of any laws," Young said.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a procedure where people with uteruses who are struggling to get pregnant undergo between seven to ten days of injections to stimulate their ovaries so they mature more eggs.
Then, medical professionals retrieve the eggs out of the ovaries through an ultrasound-guided procedure. The eggs are then put into dishes and combined with sperm to create embryos. From there, the embryos are put in an incubator for five days.
After that time, parents can decide if they want to inject the eggs into the uterus or freeze them for a later date.
Young said the issue some people have with IVF is based on the belief that life starts at fertilization. With IVF using multiple eggs to ensure success, Young said this creates a blurry line of what is considered an abortion.
From a scientific standpoint, however, Young said the separation is very clear.
"From a scientific basis, that does not fit," Young said. "You can't say that it's a person at the time of fertilization from a science basis at all. It does not happen until implantation in the uterus in the womb."
Here in Iowa, a national organization called Resolve has a chapter that supports families going through IVF.
Representatives from the organization said when legislation is introduced to limit abortion access or threaten access to what they say is safe, effective family building options, they are prepared to fight for that care.
"We will not back down," the group said in a statement. "We will fight every bill, ballot initiative or regulation that threatens access to building a family."
Young said his appointments will surely be booked up as people from across the state are wondering what their options are.
"We've had numerous phone calls [the] last few days from patients who are wanting to get IVF done immediately because they're worried about Iowa putting in some sort of law," Young said. "Or [just calling with] questions about their embryos that they have frozen, that we have stored here or at an off-site facility. And what will happen with those embryos that they have?"
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This is episode #19 and I am happy to have with us today Matthew Tillman.
Haven supports customers around the world from offices in Singapore, Switzerland and San Francisco. They raised a Series A round of $11 million.
Prior to founding Haven, Matt held Technology and Product leadership roles at several Finance and Advertising companies specializing in Artificial Intelligence. But before that, Tillman was the son and grandson of truckers. He's the first in three generations not to drive a truck for a living.
[01:18] Tell us a bit – what is it that you do and the story of Haven Inc and what are you trying to achieve.
[06:02] How do you differentiate yourself from a traditional broker? I know you are adamant about your brand as a software company.
[07:32] Talking about data – how do you get your data? How do you make sure you get 'healthy' data?
[10:54] How important was the series A investment and how did it impact your growth speed? What were some of your main learning for other startups listening to us?
[15:12] What made you come to Asia and Singapore in particular?
[17:36] Who are the biggest partners and supporter of the company? I know that you work closely with the Singapore government.
[19:13] How did the 3PL industry react to your service?
[22:04] Let's talk consolidation. How do you see the future of the industry? I know you have some clear thoughts on this.
[27:41] What is the most important mark that you want Haven to leave on the industry?
[30:31] How do we get over the 'black sheep' in the blockchain room AKA customs?
[37:20] Apart from price and service, what topics do you see driving 3pl selection in 2019?
[39:48] How do you hire people to join Haven? What are the top attributes you are looking for?
[43:20] What do you shape the culture of the company?
[45:14] What are the key learning that you got during your entrepreneurship journey?


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Q: Workbox cache is not served in offline im trying to precache all chuncks so that if there is a new build the user will be able to get the old chunks (until he will refresh the page)
So, I configured the GenerateSW() in the webpack configuration (with no configuration).
new WorkboxPlugin.GenerateSW()

also tried with this configuration:
new WorkboxPlugin.GenerateSW({
      skipWaiting: true,
      swDest: 'sw.js',
      runtimeCaching: [
        {
          urlPattern: /^http:\/\/localhost:3000\/static\/.*$/,
          handler: 'NetworkFirst'
        }
      ]
    })

and registered the service worker like this:
  if ("serviceWorker" in navigator){
    window.addEventListener("load", () => {
      navigator.serviceWorker.register("/sw.js");
    })

Im able to see that the service worker indeed working and caching all the chunks, but when React is lazy loading one of them, I'm getting a server error (I tried to just shut down the server). instead of getting the cached chunk.
What am I doing wrong? thanks.
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Q: java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-02289: sequence does not exist In this method I am getting error java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-02289: sequence does not exist I have gone through posts and I m not getting any Idea to fix it
public void saveOrUpdateProcessRun(ProcessRun argProcessRun) {
LOGGER.info(METHOD_START);
getHibernateTemplate().saveOrUpdate(argProcessRun);
LOGGER.info(METHOD_END);
}

This is Mapping I have XML Based Configurations Generator class is not Working(PROC_RUN_ID_SEQ)
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC
    "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
    "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-mapping package="com.uhg.esbdb.common.beans">

    <class name="ProcessRun" table="PROC_RUN">
        <id name="processRunID" type="integer" column="PROC_RUN_ID">
            <generator class="sequence">
                <param name="sequence">PROC_RUN_ID_SEQ</param>
            </generator>
        </id>

        <property name="processID" type="integer" column="PROC_ID" />
        <property name="processRunStartDatetime" type="timestamp"
            column="PROC_RUN_STRT_DTTM" />
        <property name="processRunEndDatetime" type="timestamp"
            column="PROC_RUN_END_DTTM" />
        <property name="processRunStatusCode" type="integer" column="PROC_RUN_STS_CD" />
        <property name="createdByID" type="string" column="CRE_BY_ID" />
        <property name="createdDatetime" type="timestamp" column="CRE_DTTM" />
        <property name="modifiedByID" type="string" column="MOD_BY_ID" />
        <property name="modifiedDatetime" type="timestamp" column="MOD_DTTM" />
    </class>

    <class name="FileLoad" table="FL_LOAD">
        <id name="fileLoadID" type="integer" column="FL_LOAD_ID">
            <generator class="sequence">
                <param name="sequence">FL_LOAD_ID_SEQ</param>
            </generator>
        </id>
        <property name="dataFileName" type="string" column="DATA_FL_NM" />
        <property name="dataFileSizeByteNumber" type="integer"
            column="DATA_FL_SZ_BYTE_NBR" />
        <property name="fileLoadStatusCode" type="integer" column="FL_LOAD_STS_CD" />
        <property name="loadStartDatetime" type="timestamp" column="LOAD_STRT_DTM" />
        <property name="loadEndDatetime" type="timestamp" column="LOAD_END_DTM" />
        <property name="createdByID" type="string" column="CRE_BY_ID" />
        <property name="createdDatetime" type="timestamp" column="CRE_DTTM" />
        <property name="modifiedByID" type="string" column="MOD_BY_ID" />
        <property name="modifiedDatetime" type="timestamp" column="MOD_DTTM" />
        <many-to-one name="processRun" class="ProcessRun" column="PROC_RUN_ID" />
    </class>

    <class name="ControlTotal" table="CTL_TOT">
        <composite-id name="id" class="ControlTotalID">
            <key-many-to-one name="fileLoad" class="FileLoad"
                column="FL_LOAD_ID" />
            <key-property name="controlTotalTypeCode" type="integer"
                column="CTL_TOT_TYP_CD" />
        </composite-id>
        <property name="controlTotal" type="string" column="CTL_TOT" />
        <property name="createdByID" type="string" column="CRE_BY_ID" />
        <property name="createdDatetime" type="timestamp" column="CRE_DTTM" />
        <property name="modifiedByID" type="string" column="MOD_BY_ID" />
        <property name="modifiedDatetime" type="timestamp" column="MOD_DTTM" />
    </class>
    <!-- Added for loading wfg transaction ids from BE017 and BNKACH feeds to the EDB table  EDBREF.WFG_ACH_PAYMENTS-->
    <class name="WfgTransactionIdBean" table="EDBREF.WFG_ACH_PAYMENTS">
        <id name="traceNumber" type="string" column="TRACE_NUMBER"></id>
        <property name="sourceSystem" type="string" column="SOURCE_SYSTEM" />
        <property name="transactionDate" type="timestamp" column="TRANSACTION_DATE" />
        <property name="processed" type="string" column="PROCESSED" />
    </class>
</hibernate-mapping>

Instead of PROC_RUN_ID_SEQ I am getting-> DEBUG main SQL logStatement:92 - select hibernate_sequence.nextval from dual

A: The causes can be different:

*

*The name of the sequence you have mapped in your pojo is different

*You have no permission to use sequence

*You have no defined a sequence on your database

Solutions

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*Fix the sequence name on your pojo

*Grant the sequence for your database user

*Add the sequence on your database

EDIT AFTER UPDATED QUESTION
Try as follow:
<id name="propName" type="long" unsaved-value="null">
        <column name="columnName" not-null="true" unique="true"
            index="pkName" />
        <generator
            class="org.hibernate.id.enhanced.SequenceStyleGenerator">
            <param name="optimizer">none</param>
            <param name="increment_size">1</param>
            <param name="sequence_name">PROC_RUN_ID_SEQ</param>
        </generator>
</id>


Thought you didnt; but here's the pretty awesome video proof. It was at the right amount of angle at low speed, accompanied by just the right amount of headwind. This makes for the plane to look almost alien in it's slow-motion traversal past the onlooking crowds.
The phenomenon has a simple explanation: the Airbus is making a very slow low pass, taking advantage of the very strong head wind combined with the minimun air speed and a high angle of attack to achieve lift for its flaps configuration (which is hard to see from the ground). What results from this is an extremely low groud speed, which occurs from the A330's air speed minus the speed of the head wind. All of these factors, combined with the weight of the aircraft gives for a near-frozen effect to the plane as it passes by at such a low speed. Fascinating.
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Collaboration Agreement between FAPESP And University Of York Versão em português
The SÃO PAULO RESEARCH FOUNDATION, established by Law nº 5.918, of October 18th, 1960, with headquarters at Rua Pio XI, 1500, Alto da Lapa, São Paulo, SP, enrolled in CNPJ/MF under nº 43.828.151/0001-45, herein represented according to article 11, "a" of Law nº 5.918, combined with its General Rule approved by Decree n° 40.132, of May 23, 1962, represented by its President, Prof. Marco Antonio Zago, in the exercise of the powers delegated by Act of the Governor of the State of São Paulo, published in the Official Gazette of the State, of September 29 th, 2018, hereinafter referred to as FAPESP, and the UNIVERSITY OF YORK, England, whose registered office is Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, England, represented by Professor Saul Tendler, Acting Vice-Chancellor, hereinafter referred to as YORK and both to as "Parties":
CONSIDERING the importance of promoting cooperation in scientific and technological research between York, England, and the State of São Paulo, Brazil, wishing to strengthen this cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit;
CONSIDERING the need to strengthen the links between the scientific communities of both countries and also to encourage new forms of collaboration between their research centers;
WISHING to promote collaboration initiatives in scientific research and technological development in priority areas of interest to both parties, fostering bilateral cooperation;
Agree as follow:
Through this Cooperation Agreement, the Parties will implement scientific and technological cooperation between researchers from York, England, and from the State of São Paulo, Brazil, through the funding of joint research projects.
Methods of Collaboration
The Parties will promote such collaboration, observing their international obligations and domestic laws and other existing regulations through mechanisms such as:
a) Implementation of joint research projects on issues of common concern, exchanging knowledge and results;
b) Organization of scientific and technological seminars, specialized workshops, symposia and other scientific meetings of mutual interest, to promote interactions between institutions and research groups relevant to both Parties, with the goal of identifying future areas for cooperation;
c) Promotion of activities of scientific exchange that will help prepare the ground for the development of cooperative research projects between teams from the State of São Paulo and from the University of York, including, but not limited to, scientific exchange visits, workshops and bilateral scientific seminars.
(i) In case of scientific exchange, the Parties will appreciate proposals that contribute to prepare the base for a joint research proposal.
3. Scientific Areas
The activities mentioned in the first item could be developed, in principle, in all areas of knowledge. Areas of interest can be specified by the Steering Committee, in the calls for research proposals.
a) The Parties will establish one or more actions according to Clause 2 and in accordance with the scientific relevance and the national legislation in each country of the Parties and their own budget availability.
b) The Parties will appoint two representatives, one from each Institution, who will form a Joint Steering Committee responsible for the continuation of this Agreement and for drafting the call for proposals.
c) For the elaboration of the actions, the Parties may provide, by agreement, the most appropriate procedures including mechanisms such as delegation meetings, workshops, correspondence and other procedures.
d) Each Party will receive and review the proposals according to its own criteria and rules. After the revision of the proposals, the Parties will decide in a meeting which proposals will be supported.
e) The Parties may establish joint procedures for the submission and review of the proposals in case of mutual interest and decision of the Joint Steering Committee.
a) For each of the research projects that are approved, York will assume the funding of research teams from York, and FAPESP of the research teams from the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in all cases according to their national rules and regulations and budget availability.
b) The amount for funding to be offered to support collaborative research projects will be defined by the Joint Steering Committee in each Call for Proposals.
a) The Parties agree that when the actions taken by virtue of this Agreement result in products of commercial value and intellectual property rights, they will be regulated by national legislation and international conventions in force. Participants should also observe the Intellectual Property Policy of the Party responsible for the funding of their team.
b) In the case of joint ownership of Intellectual Property, the relevant parties will in good faith endeavor to establish a joint ownership agreement regarding the allocation and terms of exercising that joint ownership, taking into account the relevant contributions of the parties.
7. Legal compliance
a) FAPESP and the University of York shall comply with all applicable local, government and international laws, regulations and guidelines which are effective during the term of this Agreement, including those governing health and safety, data protection, equal opportunities and matters such as race and gender equality, disability, age, religion and sexual orientation.
b) This Agreement is not intended to be legally binding. The Parties agree that this MoU is produced in good faith, so that any dispute and / or interpretation arising therefrom in relation to its implementation, execution and compliance will be resolved jointly by them and shall be in writing. If no agreement is reached between the Parties, this document will be terminated without liability to the Parties that should agree how to conclude the actions in progress to date of notification of termination by either party.
a) This Agreement shall be valid for a period of 5 (five) years from the date of its signing and may be extended by mutual agreement between the Parties in a written amendment to this Agreement.
b) Any Party may terminate this Agreement by written notice, with a period of six months in advance.
c) The termination of this Agreement shall not bring harm to the implementation of projects and programs already approved or which have already started, in which case the Parties should keep their budget for the projects and programs during the term of their validity.
Any notice to be served on either of the Parties by the other shall be made in writing and shall be sent to the following addresses:
(a) FAPESP:
Rua Pio XI, 1500 – Alto da Lapa
CEP 05468-901 – São Paulo / SP – Brasil
Att.: Scientific Director
(b) UNIVERSITY OF YORK:
Heslington
Att: Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research
This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent of the Parties and made official by Addenda.
a) Each Party covers its own administration costs regarding its contribution to the call, unless otherwise jointly decided.
b) This Agreement is subject to the availability of funds in the budget of the Parties and the applicable laws and regulations of their respective countries.
c) The Parties shall maintain the highest ethical and legal standards in funding research under this Agreement.
d) The Parties agree that this Agreement is produced in good faith, so that any dispute and / or interpretation arising therefrom in relation to its implementation, execution and compliance will be resolved jointly by them and shall be in writing. If no agreement is reached between the Parties, this document will be terminated without liability to the Parties that should agree how to conclude the actions in progress to date of notification of termination by either party.
Signed on October 28, 2019 in two original copies in English and Portuguese, both texts being equally authentic.
URL: https://fapesp.br/13876/collaboration-agreement-between-fapesp-and-university-of-york


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Love or power — these are the opposing poles of a choice every child is compelled to make, very early in its life, in a drama that sets it irrevocably on its path through life. This startling new insight into a formative experience fundamental to our development is the subject of Dr. Arno Gruen's pathbreaking contribution to the psychoanalytic view of the human soul, and what distorts it into pathology.
What happens to an infant when it learns that the love it craves from its parents is available only at the price of submission to their will? In paying this price, as Dr. Gruen found in many years of experience with his patients, the infant renounces its true, autonomous self and instead embarks on a search for power with which to manipulate the world around it — a quest that will henceforth rule its life.
In The Betrayal of the Self, Dr. Gruen maps out the process by which this striving for power, once the fatal choice has been made, masks the child's inner emptiness, dulls its fears, and soothes its secret feelings of self-loathing. Its need for power soon bars all access to its real emotions, and corrupts all of its relationships into ones based on mastery and domination. The power-oriented world around it, which puts a premium on stoic "strength" and "invulnerability," further confirms the child in this pursuit of power, leading it on to a path of dehumanization which pervades our entire society. Thus human destructiveness and evil are not innate, but develop in a complex process of growth marked by the failure to attain autonomy.
In contrast, Gruen defines autonomy as that state of integration in which we live in full harmony with our feelings and needs. It is a natural state of being experienced in early childhood when the infant is loved unconditionally and without the need to earn this love by the self-sacrifice of submission.. It allows the child to remain vulnerable to feelings of self-doubt, helplessness, pain, and rage — the very emotions the infant fearfully flees in its decision to betray its own self. The fear of these emotions, Dr. Gruen shows, alienates the male in particular, destroying his soul, depriving him of his ability to love, and imposing on him the need to oppress others, women especially.
How can therapy help the patient to find the way back to health and his autonomous self? Dr. Gruen discovered the clue to the therapeutic process in the active role the patient originally played in his choice between love and power, when he took refuge in power in his flight from pain. The therapist's task in helping the patient is to teach him how to accept the vulnerability he once feared in order to recover his lost autonomy.
By defining man's vulnerability as his strength, Gruen points the way to a psychoanalysis of personal courage and social responsibility. At the same time, by exposing the childhood split which leads man to abandon his true self, Gruen has written a powerful indictment of our modern culture which mirrors the individual's self-alienation in growing social violence and loss of humanity.
About Arno Gruen
Dr. Arno Gruen was born in Berlin in 1923 and emigrated to the United States as a child in 1936. After completing his graduate studies in psychology at New York University, he trained in psychoanalysis under Theodor Reik. Dr. Gruen has held many teaching posts, including seventeen years as professor of psychology at Rutgers University. Since 1979 he has lived and practiced in Switzerland. Widely published in German, his other groundbreaking book to be released in English, The Insanity of Normality, has also been re-published by Human Development Books. For more information about, and articles by, Dr. Gruen, please visit his English-language web site www.ArnoGruen.net
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Kiss carries Bryant past Fairleigh Dickinson 105-93
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) Peter Kiss had 30 points as Bryant won its ninth straight home game, getting past Fairleigh Dickinson 105-93 on Saturday.
Kiss, who entered the weekend as the leading scorer at the Division I level, joined Chris Clemons, Trae Young and Doug McDermott as the only players in the past 10 seasons to score 25 points in eight straight games.
Charles Pride had 24 points and nine rebounds for Bryant (17-9, 13-2 Northeast Conference). Adham Eleeda added 17 points and six rebounds. Greg Calixte had 14 points.
Ibrahim Wattara had 16 points for the Knights (3-20, 3-10). Devon Dunn added 14 points. Ansley Almonor had 10 points.
Brandon Rush, whose 13 points per game entering the contest led the Knights, shot only 20 percent in the game (2 of 10).


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I know something you don't know. And I'm not going to tell. I'm just going to remind you every few minutes that I know a secret. It's a really cool secret. You really want to know. But I'm not going to tell.
Is this annoying, childish and reminiscent of your little sister? Yes. Is it the stuff of great literature? Sadly, Maggie O'Farrell seems to think so.
Lily meets Marcus at an art gallery and overhears him saying he needs a new flatmate. He is devastatingly attractive and she lives with her mum, so she does the natural thing in the circumstances: decides to move in with a complete stranger. Only this stranger has a dark secret – yes, one that I'm not going to tell you – and soon Lily starts seeing what appears to be the ghost of Marcus' ex-girlfriend Sinead. This 'ghost' pops up all over the place, even watching them having sex, and Lily becomes a nervous wreck. Which is all rather odd, since Sinead is not even dead. That's not the secret by the way, and infuriatingly, Sinead's ghostly presence is never explained.
Suspense created when everyone knows what is going on apart from you is not big and it's not clever. Nothing happens while we wait to find out the secret and we are given no indication of why Lily finds Marcus so attractive, who these people are, or why we should care.
The overriding impression of My Lover's Lover is one of laziness. One feels O'Farrell could do a lot better, but really can't be bothered; can't be bothered to develop characters, evoke emotions or produce more exciting sentences than 'It begins to rain and Lily realises she's forgotten her umbrella'. And the only plot device – the secret – is poorly executed and, once revealed, deeply disappointing.
Review date: April 2002
To buy this book anyway, click here My Lover's Lover
Or try her much much better debut After You'd Gone - also relationship drama but good, rather than rubbish
Shyama Perera
Shyam and Chita, aka Rama and Sita, meet in an internet chatroom. Both in India, they are married within the year, but due to an obscure clause in Shyam's father's will, they are forced to move to England to pursue careers in management consultancy. Is this starting to sound strangely familiar? If not, read on…
Despite their idyllic marriage, they are beset by problems when Sam, Chita's boss, takes a shine to her and begins pursing her relentlessly. Innocent that she is, Chita takes Sam at face value, and makes a mistake that costs her dearly on the couple's eventual return to India. Got it yet?
OK, so it's chick lit, and yes, the heroine is strong, successful and sickeningly perfect. But as ever, Shyama Perera manages to tell a modern fairytale with intelligence, wit and charm. And when the unexpected revelation comes, it is delicious in its elegant simplicity.
Review date: January 2002
To purchase this great book, click here Do the Right Thing
Her earlier book Bitter Sweet Symphony is fantastic and I am sure her other book Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet is pretty good too
For the orginal Story of Rama and Sita, read The Ramayana
Antoni Libera
"Subjecting these feelings to a thorough analysis I concluded that they were symptoms of a subconscious fear," reveals our hero, explaining a momentary faltering in his quest for the beautiful and elusive Madame.
The story of a self-obsessed teenager in desperate adolescent pursuit of his unobtainable French teacher in 1960s Poland is a symphony of intellectual romantic obsession. Everything he does is couched in terms of a game of chess and contains ample references to high art, history and politics, delivered in a pompous manner: at first charming; rapidly becoming irritating; eventually somewhat tedious.
Yet his schemes are engaging as chess is. Each move is carefully calculated and the possible ramifications methodically explored. Madame is skilfully written and the subtle backdrop of communism interesting and convincing. But no matter how well Libera invokes our narrator's youthful arrogance and pretension, the fact remains that it is arrogant and pretentious. And irritating.
Review date: March 2002
To buy this, click here Madame
Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido is also set against an interesting political backdrop
For a very different but fascinating book about chess (and alcoholism) try The Grass Arena by John Healy
Ben Faccini
Jean-Pio is the 'middle child'; both in the usual sense, and in that he sits in the middle of the backseat. His family lives in their car, never stopping anywhere for more than two weeks. This is an awful life, as anyone who has ever been on a family car journey knows. Thus the scene is set. For the entirety of Part One.
The family wisely decides to settle down, but, unfortunately, the only home available to them belonged to Grandfather, who tragically drowned two years ago. Now follows, for the remainder of the book, a series of vignettes of Jean-Pio discovering more about his grandfather's death.
Nothing actually happens. There are realistic, nice characters, and they do normal things. It is sometimes pretty and occasionally moving. But 295 pages of evoking a moment eventually becomes tiresome, and ultimately this is little more than whimsical self-indulgence.
If you don't agree with Anna and would like to buy this anyway, click here The Water-breather
Frozen Music by Marika Cobbold has good family dynamic and a much better evocation of childhood, though falls down a little at the end
Christopher Rice
In New Orleans, Meredith, Brandon, Greg and Stephen like to play in the cemetery. But their lives are changed forever when they go to High School and decide not to speak to Stephen any more because he is gay. Then Greg's brother dies. Then Greg shoots himself. Then Meredith gets drunk. Then everyone falls in love with Stephen. Then… OK, that's enough about the 'story'.
This is bad. Scream meets The Secret History, meets Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, meets an angsty talentless teenager with ideas so far above his station it's not even funny. It stumbles mindlessly from meaningful silence to enigmatic comment, taking in plot devices that might be predictable if the book were remotely engaging. Mommy Anne Rice, of Interview With A Vampire fame, is clearly the only reason this transparent wish-fulfilment exercise ever saw an agent, let alone the light of day.
Review date: February 2002
If you don't believe it can be this bad and would like to read it for yourself, click here A Density of Souls
Astonishingly Christopher Rice went on to publish another book. Maybe it's better - if you fancy your luck click here The Snow Garden
You could try Mommy's Interview with the Vampire
If you actually liked this book, then try Poppy Z. Brite who writes the same kind of teen gothic horror Lost Souls or Wormwood
The Secret History deals with the teenager aspects, a very gripping thriller about a group of college students who find themselves mixed up in murder
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is very readable and much much better than the film - set in Savannah and peopled with intriguing characters, it is much more than the murder mystery it is billed as
Kris Kenway
James, a reluctant mobile phone salesman, is stranded in Beirut when his plane runs out of fuel. He phones his girlfriend, only to discover that she has been cheating on him. And to make matters worse, he misses his flight onwards.
Luckily, that very evening, he meets and falls in love with the gorgeous Maya, and quickly makes some Palestinian and Lebanese friends. Cue a love story, set against the fascinating backdrop of an enigmatic war-torn city, just before the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon?
Perhaps, if it was remotely well-written. Sadly, the plot is wildly improbable, there is no character depth and it is atrociously edited. Its only merit is being set in Beirut, where you have to ask after every member of someone's family before discussing business and the women are "better dressed than the ones in the fashion magazines". However, Lonely Planet: Lebanon is a good read.
Review date: August 2003
To buy Bliss Street, click here.
To buy Lonely Planet: Lebanon, click here.
To read a facinating - though prescriptive - non-fiction book about the relationship between Lebanon and Israel, try From Beirut to Jerusalem, by Thomas Friedman
Tony White
***** Foxy-T and Ruji-Babes run the E-Z call internet and phone shop down Cannon Street road and live a quiet idyllic life together until Zafar turns up and tries to throw a spanner in the works.
Not a terribly exciting story really, but Foxy-T has a novelty motif: it is narrated in the voice of a rudeboy. What Irvine Welsh did for Scots, Tony White is trying to do for Bangladeshi East Londoners: 'Foxy-T just wave her hand as if to say like "Don't talk to me now man I'm thinking init" Then after a while she would probaly try whatever it was she been a think about...'
But unsurprisingly the novelty does wear off: some kind of plot is required, and there just isn't enough here to fill 230 pages. Plus the jury is still out on whether it matters that the author is clearly no rudeboy himself. He's white.
Review date: July 2003
To buy this book click here Foxy-T
***** You know that bloke in the pub, who tells you all about his trip to India where he met the most amazing people and took the most fascinating drugs? He is boring – so is On the Road. It is Kerouac's worship-like pursuit of Neal Cassidy: the "living epitome of beat", the "Angel", the "Saint", who tediously wanders around America marrying women, having kids by them, leaving them, letting all his friends down and talking rubbish. Kerouac spent seven years following Cassidy, then wrote the book in three weeks. "That's not writing, that's typing" said Truman Capote, and in fact Kerouac was convinced his artistic flow would be interrupted by changing the paper at the end of a page, so he taped together twelve-foot-long sheets to feed into his typewriter in order that not a second of his epic trip would be lost. Perhaps if he'd had access to a computer he'd have realised he had nothing to say.
Review date: June 2001
Still want to buy it? On the Road
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EA states count losses over Uganda, Rwanda row
Monday June 17 2019
Travellers at the Gatuna border that connects Rwanda and Uganda, before it was closed. The closure has affected trade. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Although Kenya does not share a direct border point with Rwanda, it has been affected indirectly by the closure as Kenyan exports passing through Uganda were also locked out.
The closure has forced Ugandan traders to look for alternative markets.
Kampala has lost more than $664 million's worth of exports to Rwanda while Kigali has lost $104 million during the three months the Gatuna border has been closed, according to Uganda's East African Community Ministry.
The data excludes losses incurred by other service providers like transporters, health and education providers.
Rwanda's minerals, tea, and coffee are transported to the port of Mombasa through Uganda. Now, more than 80 per cent of Rwanda's imports pass through Tanzania.
Kenya exports mainly finished products to Rwanda.
The economic benefits accruing to the EAC member countries have been the main argument for Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in seeking a quick resolution to the dispute.
Ugandan Junior Minister for EAC Affairs, Julius Maganda Wandera, said economics rather than politics is responsible for efforts to open the border.
"Our exports have gone down to zero from $166 million per month," he said. "But even Rwanda has not been spared. Rwanda had been exporting goods worth $26 million per month to Uganda, so definitely, if the border is not opened, we will continue to lose out while encouraging smuggling and extortion across the borders."
Also affected are VISA sales that dropped to below five per cent, while meetings scheduled by the Inter-University Council of East Africa flopped, resulting in delays in taking decisions regarding scholarships for students in Rwanda.


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World in Shadows #5
Bridget Blackwood
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The strongest love cannot be broken
Once, Tsura dreamed of a world where she could live happily ever after with Nikolai. A dream was all it would ever be. Tsura's father would never allow her to marry a soldier, even the most decorated one in the Vampire army. But now, her father has been branded a traitor and executed alongside Nikolai's uncle. Two noble houses are left shadowed by deceit and without an heir to lead them. The solution? Disband both houses, starting a new one under Nikolai and Tsura's leadership. Joined in marriage, for the sake of politics, Tsura is exactly where she always wished she could be. There can be no happy ending until every dark secret left behind by the fallen houses is brought to light. If Tsura is going to survive the murderous plot waiting for her, she'll need the help of a stranger she once called friend.
In Japan, Livia Bonvillian is safe from hurting others or herself with her deadly fire magic. The dragon shifters are her best chance for learning how to wield the fire inside. Embracing both sides of her heritage, Fae and wolf shifter, is the key to unlocking her potential. She takes the first steps toward growing into the woman she is destined to be, the warrior she is prophesied to become. The strength of her power calls out across the void to a malevolent being. One who plans to usher in a new age of darkness.
Winter Summersun grows unstable. The Soul Bond must be repaired to save the would be Queen from falling over the edge into oblivion. All the while, the final pieces of the Fae civil war are set upon the board. Once the game begins, there will be only one piece left standing. Varian vows to do whatever is necessary to ensure his mate is the one crowned victorious. He decides the war will have to wait, first he needs to convince Winter to fight for their love above all else.
Bridget Blackwood is an East Texas native living in Dallas with her husband, three children, and a menagerie of pets. She is a self proclaimed horror movie addict and an avid reader with a voracious appetite for romance of all kinds. Her paranormal series, World in Shadows, started as a what-if daydream scenario. Loud, demanding characters keep pushing her to write more.
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The Parkland Students Offer Hope for the American Democracy
Activism is alive in Parkland Florida. And not merely alive, but raging.
Agree with them or not; support them or not: one must be impressed by the vital energy that the survivors of the Parkland mass shooting have directed toward being the change they seek. Merely two weeks after a mentally ill former student massacred 17 people and injured 14 others at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School survivors have mounted a massive campaign to reform gun laws in this country. They have debated with lawmakers, with an NRA representative and others in a nationally televised Town Hall. They have started a national fundraising movement under the hashtag "NeverAgain" in an effort to fund local efforts to remake gun laws.
And they have received death threats.
Opponents of reasonable gun control legislation have also circulated false conspiracy theories alleging that the Parkland students were "crisis actors" who were paid by a "secret cabal" to appear at staged school massacres to justify "gun confiscation." Some even proffered the theory that the Parkland student movement was an FBI plot to discredit Trump. Even Donald Trump Jr. "liked" a tweet that sought to legitimize this repulsive absurdity.
Through it all, the grieving for friends dead, the personal attacks, the conspiracy theories, the death threats and everything else, these young men and women are effective. Since they began their advocacy, corporate America is abandoning the chief obstructionist force of gun control: the NRA. More corporations are cutting ties with the group every day. And as to be expected, the NRA is hitting back.
But more importantly, the Parkland students have reignited a national conversation about our Nation's love affair with guns. The Parkland students have begun a wave of local activism not seen as a result of any of the other mass shootings, a wave that looks to have enough force behind it to outlast the cowardly inaction that has always followed our elected representatives' thoughts and prayers. Multiple gun control rallies and demonstrations are planned across the country. It just may be that the Parkland students have recognized a tipping point that has eluded their elders, and they are not afraid of those that would silence them.
These 17 year olds will be 18 soon. They will be able to vote. And as President Abraham Lincoln, a real American leader once said, "The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
February 27, 2018 Steven Knowlton
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I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)
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In Africa, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian zoos. Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson by beating the hell out of him and his gang.
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This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that, according to legend, houses demons. The egg hatches into a…
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When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds…
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In Peter Hyams's adaptation of the famous Alexander Dumas story The Three Musketeers, the young D'Artagnan seeks to join the legendary musketeer brigade and avenge his father's death – but…
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Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.
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I am therefore very pleased to see that, through the Co-operation agreement with the Welsh Government, that Plaid Cymru has secured an independent review into the floods. We are focused on making a difference and it is only because of community pressure and our influence in the Senedd that we are making progress on this issue. The review is an important step towards justice for flooding victims across RCT.
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Urban Green Council to lead building resiliency task force in NYC; blue ribbon panel to make in-depth recommendations on building preparedness.
At the request of New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Urban Green Council will convene a special Building Resiliency Task Force of leaders in the NYC real estate community. The charge of the Task Force is to take an in-depth look at how to prepare city buildings for future storms and infrastructure failures.
Urban Green Council will be working with the City Council to identify key stakeholders and potential Task Force members in the coming weeks. Work will begin immediately, with plans to release recommendations by the summer of 2013.
GPRO, a national training program for building trades, contractors, and operators.
Urban Green Council is the New York Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Recognizing that urban life leaves a smaller footprint than the suburban alternative, we envision cities that coexist in harmony with their natural environment and contribute to the health and well being of all.
A non-profit organization established in 2001, Urban Green is funded by contributions from foundations, its 1,100 members, and over 50 corporate sponsors. Our in-house experts and a dedicated network of volunteers are helping to transform the built environment in New York City with models that can be replicated in urban centers nationwide.
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This beloved classic about place-naming in the United States was written during World War II in a conscious effort to pay tribute to the heritage of the nation's peoples. George R. Stewart's love of the surprising story, and his focus not just on language but on how people interact with their environment, make Names on the Land a unique window into the history and sociology of America. From the first European names in what would later be the United States–Ponce de León's flowery Florída, Cortez's semi-mythical isle of California, and the red river Rio Colorado–to New England, New Amsterdam, and New Sweden; the French and the Russians; border ruffians and Boston Brahmins: Names on the Land is no dry dictionary but a fascinating panorama of language in action, bursting at the seams with revealing details. In lively, passionate writing, Stewart explains where Indian names were likely to be kept, and why; the fad that gave rise to dozens of Troys and to Athens, Georgia, as well as suburban Parksides, Brookmonts, and Woodcrest Manors; why "Brooklyn" is Dutch but looks English and why "Arkansas" is Arkansaw, except of course when it isn't. His book has delighted generations of road-trippers, armchair travelers, and anyone who ever wondered how their hometown, or (more likely) the next town over, could be called that. Stewart's answer is always a story–one of the countless stories that lie behind the rich and strange diversity of America.
Brooklyn occupies the west end of Long Island and before its incorporation into New York City was America's fourth largest city in the 1890 census. Arkansas was part of the territory acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase and was a border state that joined the Confederacy during the Civil War.


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Japanese owner's restaurant, SPRING'S offers Vietnamese cuisine for foreigners
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Vietnamese restaurant SPRING'S (47 Phan Ke Binh, Cong Vi, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi) which is run by a Japanese owner opened in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi on May 21.
The owner, Masao Ooyama says "I did not like South East Asian herbs and spices before. Therefore, I came up with my style of Vietnamese cuisine." The name of the restaurant came from Vietnamese spring rolls.
Ooyama says "Through my life in Vietnam, I recognized Vietnamese food culture has a wide variety of dishes. At the same time, I realized there are many ingredients that foreigners also like." He also adds "I came up with a fusion Vietnamese menu for tourists who come to Vietnam for the first time and kids who cannot eat herbs and spices."
The restaurant is on the first and second floors of the building. They have 15 tables, and 5 counter seats and can accommodate approximately 55 people. The second floor is with stage and is used as a kid's space on weekdays. On the other hand, this area is also used for film screenings and Vietnamese music live sessions on weekends. Customers can also order menus that are offered by Ooyama curry and CAMPUS CAFE. These two restaurants are run by the same owner.
The menu includes; Fried rice with pork (120,000 VND), which uses organic pork; Vietnamese savory pancake, Banh Xeo (200,000 VND); Vietnamese fried shrimp, Banh Tom (160,000 VND); Lunch combo C (165,000 VND) with stewed chicken, rice, salad, and soup. For drink, they have; Coconuts coffee (50,000 VND); Watermelon juice (40,000 VND); and Lemon smoothie (55,000 VND).
Oyama says "One of the purposes that I opened this restaurant is a cultural exchange in Vietnam. We hold an international cultural exchange event for young locals here every weekend. Also, we have a Vietnamese cooking class so I hope many people will join in."
Opening hour is from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The parking lot is for 10 motorbikes.
Lunch combo C = Vietnamese restaurant, SPRING'S opens in Hanoi
Vietnamese fried shrimp, Banh Tom = Vietnamese restaurant, SPRING'S opens in Hanoi
Inside SPRING'S = Vietnamese restaurant, SPRING'S opens in Hanoi
Second floor with a stage = Vietnamese restaurant, SPRING'S opens in Hanoi


Organization: Uttarakhand Public Service Commission.
Post Name: Assistant Review Officer & other Posts.
First of all, go to the UKPSC official site.
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Click on the button "Click here" to download the Answer Key. As a result, the pdf will be available.
Finally, check the UKPSC Cut Off Marks.
Check the steps to know UKPSC ARO Cutoff Marks 2017. Therefore for any details visit the Official site & download the Official Answer Key. Furthermore, check our website for all the Job details.


.iso as file extension. If we have ISO image, we don't want to look for the CDROM or DVD, Instead we can mount the ISO image on LINUX with using loop device. Most of the time when we download any Software or packages or OS that might be ISO images. Without wasting the time for copy the image on other CD/DVD we can read and use the content by mounting the image through loop device.
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Packed with charm, this adorable kiosk is classified as historic building. At this place, both young and old can have fun and relax. It has a sandy playground, century-old swings and a carousel for children. The small restaurant offers pizzas, salads, hot dogs, pancakes, gauffres, ice cream and cotton candy.


This shirt dress is perfect for the in-between-weather we've been having.
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Students with LDs typically have learning differences in one or more areas of reading, writing, math, listening comprehension, and expressive language. Multisensory techniques enable students to use their personal areas of strength to help them learn. They can range from simple to complex, depending on the needs of the student and the task at hand.
Some researchers theorize that many students have an area of sensory learning strength, sometimes called a learning style. This research suggests that when students are taught using techniques consistent with their learning styles, they learn more easily, faster, and can retain and apply concepts more readily to future learning. Most students, with a disability or not, enjoy the engaging variety that multisensory techniques can offer.


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Have a friend call you, accept the phone call.
Make a new security code.
Enjoy! Note, this worked on Android 2.1, I don't know about compatibility on other versions.


In order to access Taskfeed, each user must be given a Taskfeed user License and a Taskfeed Permission Set.
Does everyone in my Salesforce Org need a License?
No, only users who want to see Taskfeed need to be licensed.
The type of license assigned will depend on the level of usage, and whether those are Salesforce internal users or Community users (customers or partners) in your organization.
The permission set defines what each licensed user can see and do within Taskfeed.
Taskfeed User lets your team create Boards and Tasks and manage their work within Taskfeed and Salesforce.
Collaborate (Read-only) lets you to share your plans throughout the organisation to review and participate through Chatter.
Taskfeed Community allows your customers, partners and contractors participate in the project as part of the team.
Note: Requires a Salesforce Community license. More information regarding Salesforce Community Licenses.
Community Collaborate (Read-only) allows your customers, partners and contractors view the project as part of the team.
External Sharing is a frictionless way to share the plan with customers, partners and contractors.
** Force.com Sites Limits and Billing applies. Force.com sites usage is governed by monthly and daily limits.
*** External Sharing requires a Standard Taskfeed User Licence be assigned to enable the feature.
For more information, speak to us about license options and pricing.
There are different levels of permission sets that come out of the box, which you can clone to create a custom permission set if required.
Taskfeed Standard User: Taskfeed Standard User is recommended for standard users of Taskfeed. A Taskfeed Standard User can Create, Edit and Delete Tasks, Checklists and Time Logs. They can create and edit Boards but cannot create or edit Lists.
Taskfeed Super User: recommend when your users need a bit more control over Taskfeed. A Taskfeed Super User can do everything a Standard User can including creating and editing Lists. Super Users can Switch Inbox but cannot manage Templates.
Taskfeed Admin User: Taskfeed Admin User has full access to all Taskfeed objects. They can also collaborate with other users via Chatter.
Taskfeed Standard Read-Only User: Taskfeed Standard Read-only User is recommended for users who just require view-only access to Taskfeed. A Taskfeed Standard Read-only User can View Boards, List, Tasks, Checklists, and Time Logs. They can also collaborate with other users via Chatter.
*Notifications: Used by Taskfeed to deliver notification either in-app or by Email. In-app notifications are deleted as soon as they are dismissed or overnight.


Trustees of special needs trusts wear many hats. They act as investment manager, bookkeeper, distribution manager, benefits advocate, and financial planner. Often trustees are in constant communication with the beneficiary and the beneficiary's caregivers regarding many aspects of the beneficiary's life such as approving distributions for the purchase of a vehicle or even the purchase of a home.
This level of involvement can be confusing for beneficiaries and their families, who may be under the impression that the trustee has the decision-making power in all aspects of a beneficiary's life. If a trustee can approve or reject the proposed purchase price of a home for the beneficiary, can't they also decide where the beneficiary lives? In general, the answer is no.
While a trustee is very involved in making distributions from the trust and administering it, the trustee's duties do not extend to day-to-day decisions that need to be made involving the management of the beneficiary's care and placement. These decisions are typically assumed by a parent (or both parents), a close family member, or a guardian of the beneficiary who is acting as the beneficiary's care manager.
The reason that these decisions are not taken on by trustees is because although a trustee may have had the opportunity to get to know a beneficiary well, the family members of the beneficiary typically know how best to serve the beneficiary's needs. This is why it is important to make this distinction and plan appropriately to ensure that the beneficiary has an advocate not just for the lifetime of the family member managing his or her care, but for the beneficiary's entire lifetime.
If you have questions about the trustee's role, or if you want to ensure that your loved one will be cared for even when his or her current caregivers are no longer able, contact your special needs planner.


BROOKINGS – John Wiik kept his seat as state senator in District 4, and Fred Deutsch and incumbent John Mills topped a five-candidate race to claim the state representative seats in District 4, as well.
Jason Kettwig chose not to seek re-election in the House race.
Senate incumbent Wiik took 6,499 votes for 65 percent of the 10,024 votes cast to beat Democrat Dennis Evenson, who tallied 3,525 votes for 35 percent.
Deutsch topped the field with 5,933 votes for 32 percent of the 18,350 votes cast in the House race.
Mills gained 5,284 votes for 29 percent.
Democrat Kathy Tyler was third with 4,002 votes for 22 percent.
Democrat Jim Chilson got 2,674 votes for 15 percent.
Libertarian Daryl Lamar Root got 457 votes for 2 percent.


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A lot of slot manufacturers have incorporated electronics into their slot machines, which allow them to provide advanced bonus rounds, video graphics, and interactive elements. For example, Betsoft has a portfolio of more than 150 video slots. The company's popular slots have earned it a reputation for quality.
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Lightning Dust – "Devoted To"
New Music June 27, 2019 9:00 AM By Keely Quinlan
Lightning Dust is the duo of Canadian musician Amber Webber and Josh Wells, who are both former members of Black Mountain. It's been awhile since we've heard from them, as its been six years almost to the day since their 2013 Fantasy LP. Today, they are announcing their fourth LP together, titled Spectre. They're also sharing the lead single, "Devoted To."
This track seems to signal a move away from that spooky synth-pop tonality towards something psychedelically darker — and a tad apocalyptic. It's over a minute and a half into the track before we hear any vocals, and that time is utilized fully to establish the eerie sonic foreground that we can expect on the album. Guitars and drums swirl under hair-raising synths as Webber states, "I will find my way back in even if I never sleep/ Gotta find my way back in, it's all that I believe." A Stranger Things-like sci-fi synth winds the track down before evaporating into space.
Here's Webber with more details on this track:
It made me realize that art and music are still my light. Spectre is my journey. It's for all the women warriors that have been battling throughout life looking for a place to express themselves that feels inclusive and inspiring. It's about finding yourself when no one is paying attention and inventing a new way of creating that feels honest and sincere. I truly feel that women, especially as we age, are underrepresented. That was truly the driving force to creating this album.
Listen to "Devoted To" below, where you can also check out the Spectre tracklist and Lightning Dust's tour dates with Silver Jews leader David Berman's new project Purple Mountains. (Incidentally, at one point Berman was planning to record the Purple Mountains album with Black Mountain as his backing band.)
01 "Devoted To"
02 "Run Away"
03 "Led Astray"
04 "Inglorious Flu"
05 "When It Rains"
06 "Joanna"
08 "A Pretty Picture"
09 "Competitive Depression"
10 "3am / 100 Degrees"
08/27 Toronto, ON @Lee's Palace (w/ Purple Mountains)
08/28 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa (w/ Purple Mountains)
09/12 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown (w/ Purple Mountains)
09/13 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre (w/ Purple Mountains)
09/15 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom (w/ Purple Mountains)
Spectre is out 10/4 on Western Vinyl. Pre-order it here.
CREDIT: Lightning Dust
Keely Quinlan Contributor keelyquinlann
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Warner Music adopts SoundCloud's user-centric revenue model
WMG is the first major label to embrace the artist-friendly model
By Ariel Shapiro
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Warner Music Group has cut a licensing deal with SoundCloud to adopt the streamer's Fan-Powered Royalties system, which allocates royalties based on individual user listening and is thought to be more artist-friendly. WMG is the first major label to adopt the system, and its embrace of the model could signal a larger shift for the industry.
SoundCloud made waves last year when it introduced the new payout model in which money paid by subscribers is allocated to artists they actually listen to. That may seem like a no-brainer, but it is far from the industry standard. The pro rata model, which is used by industry heavyweights like Spotify and Apple Music, pools all subscription money and divvies it up based on total streams across the platform.
The pro rata method has contributed to an extremely top-heavy distribution system. Rolling Stone previously reported that the top 1 percent of artists end up getting 90 percent of streaming revenue. That typically benefits the major labels, so it is curious how Warner stands to gain from SoundCloud's user-centric system. Aside from its megastars like Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran, it does have a roster of B-listers and its own creator distribution platform, Level. (Though a representative on behalf of SoundCloud did not disclose whether artists who use Level are included in the deal.)
"The evolution of the music industry brings new ways to create, consume and monetize," said WMG chief digital officer Oana Ruxandra in a statement. "As the ecosystem expands, WMG is focused on advancing and experimenting with new economic models to ensure the opportunities for our artists and their communities are maximized."
The Fan-Powered Royalties system has certainly been working for SoundCloud. Within a year of introducing it last spring, SoundCloud saw a 30 percent jump in subscribers to its premium creator services, which start at $30 a year and go as high as $144 per year.
The deal is another sign that the user-centric model is gaining traction, though it isn't close to becoming the norm. Tidal announced last fall that it was moving to a user-centric model as well. Spotify has acknowledged the new approach to royalties but is waiting to see what the rest of the industry does. Warner, though the smallest of the three biggies (Universal is the biggest, with Sony coming in second), could help move the needle.
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Q: converting String that contains Letters to Datetime i got a string that looks like :
2012-10-01 13:00:00 +0000 UTC

i want to change it to DateTime format in python, I've tried this
data['dt']=pd.to_datetime(data['dt'])

and got the following errors:
1- TypeError: Unrecognized value type: <class 'str'>

2- ValueError: Unknown string format

also tried to add  format='%d%b%Y %H:%M' but got errors number 1 and
ValueError: time data '2012-10-01 12:00:00 +0000 UTC' does not match format '%d%b%Y %H:%M' (match)

A: data['dt']=pd.to_datetime(data['dt'], format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S +%f %Z')

A: I would recommend this:
import time
pd.to_datetime(time.strptime('2012-10-01 13:00:00 +0000 UTC', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z %Z'))