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Islamabad, June 13: The vice-president of International Islamic University (IIU), Professor Sahibzada Sajid-ur-Rehman, resumed his office on Wednesday after his restoration by Islamabad High Court (IHC) on an intra court appeal.
On Tuesday, IHC suspended the order of a judge declaring the appointment of Sahibzada Sajidur Rehman illegal.
that a retired officer could not be re-appointed after attaining the age of superannuation.
IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui said re-appointing Prof Rehman was a violation of the Supreme Court order passed in the Haj corruption case on January 27, 2011.
The apex court had observed that re-appointing retired officers was against the fundamental rights of the serving officials.
The petition against Prof Rehman was filed by the "Staff Welfare Association IIUI", a representative body of 2,100 employees (BPS 1-16) of the university, through the counsel Jahangir Wains.
However, Sahibzada Sajid ur-Rehman went in intra court appeal and was allowed to work temporarily.
"MESSAGE: SIR MERE ROLL NO SLIP LOST HO GYE HY PLZ ISSU AGAIN MY ROLL NO SLIP I SHALL BE VERY THANKFULL TO U"
Peshawar: The Higher Education Department (HED) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has asked the vice-chancellors of all public sector universities to verify possession of laptops given to students under the provincial government's scheme so as to prevent their sale in the market.
Official sources said that the step was taken after the HED received complaints that the laptops had been sold out by students in the market. They said that the students selling laptops given to them under the government scheme could be punished. However, they said, the nature of punishment had not been determined as yet.
The previous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government of the Awami National Party and Pakistan People's Party had launched the 'Naway Sahar Scheme' for distribution of laptops among the brilliant students. For this purpose, their government had allocated Rs1 billion in the provincial budget for 2012-13.
The sources said that with this fund the government procured 23,147 laptops and their distribution had almost been completed.
According to the eligibility criteria, laptops were distributed among the students of four-year Bachelor of Studies (BS) programme and those of professional medical and engineering colleges. Besides, laptops have also been given to the top 10 position-holders of government institutions in the intermediate examinations conducted by all boards of intermediate and secondary education of the province. Two per cent quota was reserved for the disabled students of BS programme and engineering and medical colleges.
The officials said that all the universities had complete record of the students availing of the laptop scheme, including their names, roll numbers, phone numbers and email and residential addresses. They said that every laptop had a specific service tag number, while the respective universities and the HED knew which laptop was given to whom (students).
They said that the laptops given under the government scheme were for use of the students and not for sale. In this regard, the universities' officials have been asked to go the classrooms and check the laptops with the students, said the sources.
"We have taken an undertaking from the students that they will not sell the laptops," said an HED official. He said that if any such laptop was found in the market, the student to whom it was given could be traced within a minute with the help of the service tag number.
The official said that soon after the start of distribution of laptops the HED had written to all the commissioners in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to randomly check the electronic markets in their jurisdictions and confiscate the laptops given to students under the Naway Sahar Scheme.
Sources in the University of Peshawar said that the university administration had received directives from the HED concerning prevention of sale of laptops.
Lahore: Punjab University Examination Department has issued revised practical date sheets for BS Home Economics Part-I 1st and 2nd year annual examination 2013, BS Home Economics Part-II 1st, 2nd and 3rd year annual examination 2013 and BSc Home Economics, final Year annual examination 2013.
Lahore: University of Education has announced the schedule of summer vacation. According to a press release issued on Wednesday, all campuses and divisions of the university will remain closed for summer vacations from June 15 to August 18, 2013.
Peshawar: The European Union (EU) delegation handed over equipment worth Rs30 million to the University of Peshawar at a simple ceremony here on Tuesday.
Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation Lars Gunnar Wigemark presented the items to Prof Dr Rasul Jan, the vice-chancellor University of Peshawar.Deputy Head of Delegation Pierre Mayaudon and Counselor Berend de Groot were also present on the occasion. The equipment included some 25 laptops and other electronic goods.
"The donation has been given as per set tradition of the EU, as whenever a EU election observation Mission (EOM) has completed its duties, all in-country procured equipment are donated to national institutions," said Pierre Mayaudon. He said around 110 observers came to Pakistan in the EU-EOM. The conduction process and transparency of election in 91 percent of the polling stations was satisfactory.


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Gary Numan Singles Collection 19781983 Boxset limited Signed Numbered PRESALE
PRE-SALE, ITEM RELEASED 5th NOVEMBER (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) AND WILL BE POSTED JUST AFTER THIS DATE. Fans have been asking for a singles collection, and we have truly delivered. On November 5th, a stunning bespoke box set will be released, containing. Each on translucent colored vinyl, the singles are boxed in a glorious bespoke, white vinyl wrapped DJ case, complete with laser foiled details, chrome corner caps, latch and handle.
An extensive 64-page tri-color booklet completes the set and contains front and back sleeve images, notes, recording and original release information for each single plus and archival images. The box set is limited to 2000 numbered copies worldwide. Is a pioneer, and his achievements over his four decade career (and counting) are remarkable for someone who never made any concessions to mainstream success. Seven Top 10 singles, including Are Friends Electric? And the debut solo hit Cars; seven Top 10 albums, three of which topped the charts; and huge critical acclaim, most notably with the Inspiration Award at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards.
In a career that spans over forty years, the music evolves and the themes change. But fans remain fascinated by.
For the very fact that hes so uncompromising. Gary recently released his twenty first album Intruder in May 2021.
BEG 05 That's Too Bad/Oh! Didn't I Say (Tubeway Army).
BEG 17 Down In The Park/Do You Need The Service (Tubeway Army). BEG 18 Are Friends' Electric/We Are So Fragile (Tubeway Army). BEG 35 We Are Glass/Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement). BEG 46 I Die: You Die/Down In The Park. BEG 62 She's Got Claws/I Sing Rain. BEG 70 Music For Chameleons/Noise Noise. BEG 77 We Take Mystery (To Bed)/The Image Is. BEG 81 White Boys And Heroes/War Games. BEG 95 Warriors/My Car Slides (1). BEG 101 Sister Surprise/Poetry And Power. The item "Gary Numan Singles Collection 19781983 Boxset limited Signed Numbered PRESALE" is in sale since Monday, October 11, 2021. This item is in the category "Music\Vinyl Records". The seller is "jjklubklass2021" and is located in Liverpool. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Cayman islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and caicos islands, Aruba, Saudi arabia, South africa, United arab emirates, Ukraine, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and tobago, Uruguay, Viet nam.
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A decade since Rocky
It's amazing to think that today is the tenth anniversary of David Rocastle's death. Where did those ten years go?
George Graham must have had to pinch himself when he took over the club just at a time when its youth programme had hit the jackpot. Sure, he added to their ranks with some players who would go on to be Arsenal legends, but imagine inheriting the potential of Adams, Keown, Thomas, Davis, Merson, Hayes, Quinn, Campbell and of course Rocastle. It was a time of brilliant reawakening for Arsenal after years of slumber, and Rocastle embodied that young, rising team.
He was fast, brave, skillful and could score outrageous goals. In his prime, a brilliant player.
I actually met him once. Well, of a sort. My little brother's birthday was looming, and I decided to get him Rocky's new video – The Rocky Road to Success. Rocastle was signing it at what was then HMV, at Oxford Circus. I remember going up the escalator, peering around to see what was going on, only to discover the man himself was standing on the next step up, also going up the escalator. I tapped him on his back and mumbled something embarrassing about him being skill or ace. Well these were the 80s.
The picture above must be 1986 or 1987. I was recently flicking through my 'Official Centenary History' of Arsenal (the one written by Phil Soar and Martin Tyler), when out it slipped. I'd cut it out a newspaper and stored it there for safekeeping.
Back then, he was my footballing hero. I have no other photos of players of that era, cut out of newspapers and carefully squirrelled away.
That was the power of Rocky, for me. What a player he was.
Tags: RIP, rocastle, rocky
Thierry's All Golden. Again.
That Was OK I Suppose
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Adrian L 31 Mar 2011
Amen to that, a true legend. If any of the heartfelt writing being published this week can in some way imbue the current crop with his passion for the club and drive the team on to the title, it would be a fitting legacy.
East Lower 31 Mar 2011
Wouldn't it just. Rocky in his prime would walk into this team. Then again, he'd walk into most teams.
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Michael Pacholek 31 Mar 2011
My Arsenal education came well after the fact. I first heard his name thanks to the film version of "Fever Pitch," as yet unaware that he had since died. But to hear contemporaries talk about how good he was before he gained the Kennedyesque patina of posthumous myth-expansion shows that he was the real deal. Arsenal could certainly use a player like him now. Especially if it means Denilson is the player who sits in exchange.
Jeff 31 Mar 2011
I've just seen video of a chipped goal against Man United. Nice effort, that.
Tim Merrick 31 Mar 2011
Nice piece Sir. I met him once also at a sporting goods shop in Wood Green…very early on in his career….he was really pleasant and I mumbled something about him 'being the business'.
I still miss him…he was born the same year as me and for some reason that was such an added kick in the teeth when we lost him. My favourite player during probably my most favourite time supporting Arsenal. We were a team in the doldrums but the mid 80's gave way to such excitement and hope which culminated of course at Anfield. Rocastle got the assist on the 2nd most important goal of that decade don't forget.
The perfect blend of skill, grit and pure class. No single player made me more excited to be an Arsenal fan, such a pity he didn't play in the 1990 WC in Italy.
Anonymous 31 Mar 2011
An absolute legend. I remember the montage being shown at half-time in the Valencia game immediately after his death. The only half-time I've ever spent with tears rolling down my face. To those who've come to be Gooners during the Wenger era believe me Rocky was as good as most of the wonderful players Wenger has brought to the club. And as Arsenal as it gets. I remember reading an interview with him late in his career and the interviewer saying to him that he'd never quite recaptured his Arsenal form at his later clubs because of his injuries. Rocky was having none of it; he basically said George Graham broke his heart when he sold him & he wasn't as good again because quite frankly he never quite cared enough once he left, football became simply his job when he wasn't in the Arsenal shirt.
RIP Rocky. You'll never be forgotten.
I love that anecdote. Leaving Arsenal broke his heart. Poor old Rocky.
He scored a lot of special goals, looking back.
Yep. Watch the goal montages. He was that good and Rocky in his prime would walk into this current team.
Definitely a player from before my time as a football supporter. Just reading about him and watching some of the video footage, I'm a fan.
Anonymous 1 Apr 2011
Wasn't that the same picture on the front of the video? I remember watching it over and over again. That and The Race for the Title 88-89. Watching them with a cup of tea and peanut butter on toast.


My buddy wore my art on a t-shirt at the Guggenheim Art Museum in NYC this weekend. He told me people were coming up to him in the museum and asking him where he got the shirt. At fian.com of course!!! Hope it turns into more sales.
More children's book illustrations for "Best In Show".
I have been such a bad blogger that I just wanna slap myself. Summer is tough, working on my deadlines, dealing with kids out of school and the occasional quick 4 day vacation peppered throughout the summer. So keeping up on a regular basis is a toughy at times...thats my excuse for now...gotta think of other ones for the rest of the year :-) I still want (and will) post videos of my working process just gotta get around to it.
But here are a few more final art pieces for the book I completed 2 weeks ago for Red Chair Press. The folks there at Red Chair are so easy to work with and really let me have alot of creative freedom with this book....wish it was always that easy! Since the loss of my own dog a year ago, this project has made me think about getting another dog. I had the worlds greatest and smartest dog, an Australian cattle dog named Sydney...its going to be tough replacing her.
There are more so let me know if ya wanna see them. Let me know which ones you think I should post to my portfolio page on the site.


The Hurunui River is one of the best salmon rivers in New Zealand South Island. Although it is fair to say that most of the salmon caught in the Hurunui River are actually caught in the surf just off the river mouth rather than in the river itself. In this respect, the Hurunui is quite different to the other salmon rivers further south. In the Rakaia and Waimakariri Rivers, for example, more salmon are caught upstream rather than in the surf.
Tim Nicol with a Hurunui River mouth salmon. Note the inflatable life-vest well worth wearing when river mouth salmon fishing.
View of the Hurunui River mouth looking south from the cliff-tops. There is a modest camping ground further around to the right of this picture. Access to the long shingle spit is difficult from any direction.
One good thing about the Hurunui River surf is that it is quite often fishable even when the Waimakariri and Rakaia Rivers are in flood. The trip to the north side of the Hurunui River mouth from Christchurch is about 100km and takes an hour and a quarter by car. Whereas a trip from Christchurch to the south side of the Rakaia River mouth is about 80km it would take similar travelling time. In both cases, there is going to be some walking involved to get to the mouth proper and into a good fishing position. Salmon fishing at the Hurunui River mouth is excellent, and very consistent, some years, whilst other years it can be patchy at best. I have done very well fishing at the Hurunui River mouth for salmon on the occasions I have travelled there. I have caught a salmon in the surf, at the mouth, on almost every trip. I remember catching a salmon in Hurunui River lagoon one evening while they were porpoising (showing their backs out of the water) around.
Charles Smith with a cracker silver salmon from the Hurunui River surf for the start of 2017. Photo courtesy of Charles Smith.
It's been a tough season, but that didn't stop Katrina Erickson (on a working visit here from Montana) catching her first NZ salmon – a brute over 20 lb. It did its best to pull her into the surf. But with plenty of advice from the friendly North Canty regulars, she eventually got it up the beach. No other fish makes a better trophy fish. Caught Sunday 21 February. Congratulations Katrina – what a beaut fish!
The Hurunui River mouth can be difficult to get to at times especially when the opening to the sea is at the far northern end of the lagoon. A quad bike makes the trip from the Blythe River Valley much easier than walking.
In this video Malcolm Bell from The Complete Angler shares some great tips and advice on spin fishing in the Hurunui River. I recommend you take a few minutes to watch this video – Allan Burgess.
As a rule, you will need a long rod if fishing the Hurunui River surf in order to get casting distance out over the breakers. If there is a bit of a swell running the salmon fishing can still be very good as the sea is quite deep off the mouth. You have to watch for sweeper waves coming right up the beach while you are fishing. In such conditions, a life jacket or flotation device is a must. Don't go too far down the beach towards the water. Instead, cover the distance to where the fish are with a long cast of your ticer. Sometimes you can see the salmon riding up and down in the swell. Sometimes the Hurunui River can be clear and fishable whilst the other major Canterbury salmon rivers are running high and discoloured. You should always check River Flows Canterbury for river levels before leaving home to go salmon fishing. According to Fish and Game optimal trout fishing condition for the Hurunui River is when the flow is reading between 10-30 cumecs at the Mandamus recorder. When the river is very low and clear there is a good chance that salmon will be milling about in the surf waiting for the river to rise so the surf at the river mouth is always worth a try for salmon during the season from November to April.
This view illustrates the methods used to get to the best salmon fishing at the end of the shingle spit. Some anglers have crossed the lagoon by dinghy while others have travelled north from the Blythe Valley by four wheeler motorbike.
Salmon and sea-run brown trout are taken fishing in the lagoon. The Hurunui River mouth, as with all river mouths, should be considered a dangerous place to fish for salmon, trout and whitebait. Almost every year anglers and whitebaiters are washed out to sea and drowned while fishing such places. Nowadays many anglers wisely wear some sort of floatation device. Keep in mind that the river is tidal in its lower reaches. You might wade out only to find that the incoming tide has cut off your retreat.
The author's quad bike on the shingle spit at the mouth of the Hurunui River.
View over the Hurunui River mouth looking south west from the cliffs above the camping ground. The red x on the left shows Nape Nape Beach about 3km away. The red x on the right marks the Blythe River Valley Road about 1.5km distant.
View from the cliffs above the camping ground looking north-east over the lagoon. In this photograph taken in mid-2014, the river mouth is at the far north-east end of the lagoon. You can make it out in the distance.
A good salmon from the mouth of the Hurunui River 2014/2015 season. Photo courtesy of Charles Smith from The Complete Angler.
One this that has always struck me as odd about the Hurunui River mouth is that I have caught salmon there on several occasions when I was the only angler present. I'm talking mid-week during the salmon season when the river and sea are clear and fishable with a clear blue sky overhead, even in January and February. Some salmon are caught in the gut on occasionally, as well as further upstream, but generally, the salmon fishing at the Hurunui takes place in the surf. There is also good sea-run trout fishing early in the season. The brown trout fishing all the way up to Lake Sumner is also good if you have the time.
This second view of the mouth of the Hurunui River was taken on the same day. Note how one angler, who has arrived from the south on the red motorbike, is fishing the gut in the green waders. The second angler has just crossed the lagoon in his dinghy. Like most of the big South Island east coast salmon rivers access is hard work on foot if you want to fish right at the mouth.
Access to the river mouth proper depends on where the river is exciting the lagoon. A small boat is a big advantage for getting across the lagoon to fish the surf. Otherwise it can be a long walk around the lagoon depending on the hight of the water. If the mouth is close to the camping ground on the north side anglers will sometimes be able walk part way around the lagoon and then wade across. I have always arrived at the mouth by quad bike down the shingle spit from the south side. This involves travelling down the Blythe River Valley Road towards Nape Nape. Parking at the beach, unloading the quad from the trailer, and riding down the beach to the mouth. To get to the campground on the north side you have to turn off SH1 at Domett. Anyway depending on the location of the mouth along the shingle spit access times be difficult and involve a bit of walking. If staying at the camping ground can sound a dinghy or kayak would be a definite advantage.
Henry Holderness landed this fresh sea-run chinook salmon from the surf off the mouth of North Canterbury's Hurunui River. It weighed 14 pounds and was caught in the Hurunui surf on the 18th of January. Congratulations Henry and many thanks for sending us the picture!
It turns out that many of the salmon caught off the Hurunui River mouth are tagged fish released into the Waimakariri and Rakaia Rivers. Perhaps these fish have been caught in the surf off the Hurunui River as they were swimming south to their home rivers. I suspect this is also the case with salmon caught off the beach behind the railway station at Kaikoura.
Hurunui River Mouth Map. Each blue square on the map is 1km across. Sourced from NZTopo50-BV26. Crown Copyright Reserved.
Keith Chin with a fat silver chinook salmon from the surf at the mouth of North Canterbury's Hurunui River.
Hurunui River bridge on State Highway 7 near Culverden, North Canterbury. There is a camping ground called Balmoral Recreation Reserve Camping Ground just over the bridge on the north side.
The upper Hurunui River looking towards Lake Sumner. Classic pool and riffle communities sustain some of the highest trout biomass in New Zealand. Photo courtesy of Wayne McCallum (NCFGC).
A brace of large Hurunui River brown trout taken in the mid-reaches.
Here is a great video about surfcasting for salmon with Malcolm Bell from The Complete Angler tackle store in Christchurch. The video includes some good footage of salmon angling in the Hurunui River surf – Allan Burgess.
Condition Factor of Trout and Salmon – What is it and how to calculate it?


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Cecelia King '23 Named John Robert Lewis Scholar
With mentorship, scholars "will be inspired to create positive societal change."
Cecelia King '23 has been named a John Robert Lewis Scholar. (Photo by Eli Burakian '00)
Matthew Gannon '22 Named John Robert Lewis Scholar
Cecelia "Cece" King '23 has been named a John Robert Lewis Scholar, joining a nationwide network of young civic-minded leaders supported by the Washington-based nonprofit Faith and Politics Institute, which honors the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia.
"The John Robert Lewis Scholars & Fellows Program is designed for undergraduate scholars and graduate student fellows to examine Lewis's nonviolent philosophy from a historical perspective; define its principles and strategies; and identify their applicability to modern times and movements, current issues, and everyday life," the FPI website says
Each year, FPI invites 20 students from across the U.S. "to be effective changemakers in civic life through their engagement in an applied learning program of nonviolent social impact philosophy that grounded John Lewis."
Inspired in part by her own family history, King will focus her scholarship project, still to be designed, on issues surrounding immigration.
"My grandmother's parents were Holocaust survivors and arrived in Bolivia from Poland. My great-grandfather was a doctor in the Bolivian army. Growing up, I was always fascinated by these stories," she says.
My grandmother's parents were Holocaust survivors and arrived in Bolivia from Poland. My great-grandfather was a doctor in the Bolivian army. Growing up, I was always fascinated by these stories.
Cecelia King '23
King has long been interested in social equity. As a high school junior in New York City, she spent a semester at the School for Ethics and Global Leadership in Washington, D.C. She's served as an interpreter for asylum seekers through legal clinics in New York and Texas, worked on a documentary film called The Art of Making It about the challenges COVID-19 posed to artists, and is a founding member of Curious Cardinals, an e-learning startup that develops personalized learning models for students.
At Dartmouth, King has been an active member of the Coalition for Immigration Reform and Equality at Dartmouth and the Sexual Violence Prevention Project. A gymnast-turned-aerial performer who got her start with French Woods, a circus camp for children, King is pursuing College recognition for the Dartmouth Aerial Arts (DAARTS) club that she started.
As a geography major with an Arabic/Middle Eastern studies minor, King says she has been influenced by "Global Movements," taught by Richard Wright, the Orvil Dryfoos Professor of Public Affairs.
Another class, "Geographies of Displacement" with Postdoctoral Fellow Son Ca Lam, also had an impact.
"Through this class, with a group of refugee students at Dartmouth, and students without refugee status, we formed the Dartmouth Displaced Students and Scholars Initiative at Dartmouth, which is a burgeoning program with support from the Department of Government and the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, to support displaced students on campus, particularly in light of Dartmouth's decision to grant need-blind admission to international applicants," says King.
She says the Lewis scholarship will pair her "with a mentor on an oral history project that reflects the civil rights leader's dedication to principles of nonviolence, and how we can apply them as the next generation of leaders."
Charlotte Albright
John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
It's a very interesting, complicated moment in both immigration history and farm labor history that we're living through right now.
Matthew Garcia, Latinx and labor history professor
Tadpole Scientists: Two N.H. Kids Co-Publish a Research Paper on Frog Eggs
Isabel and Ava Calsbeek, the daughters of biological sciences professor Ryan Calsbeek, co-authored a paper with him about how temperature and sunlight affect the growth of wood frog eggs. They are 11 and 8.


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Sleaford Town Council Covid-19 Risk Assessment (PDF, 190 Kb)
Sleaford Town Council Covid-19 Risk Assessment.
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package com.capgemini.archaius.spring.jdbc;

import java.util.Properties;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderUtils;
import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;

import com.capgemini.archaius.spring.jdbc.derby.AbstractArchaiusJdbcTest;
import com.capgemini.archaius.spring.jdbc.derby.ArchaiusPropertyDataUpdater;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;

/**
 *
 * @author Sanjay Kumar
 */
@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(locations = {"classpath:spring/jdbc/springPropertiesLoadingFromJdbcAndPropertiesFileTest.xml"})
@ActiveProfiles("default")
public class SpringPropertiesLoadingFromJdbcAndPropertiesFileTest extends AbstractArchaiusJdbcTest {

    private final String propertyKey = "var2";
    @Value("${" + propertyKey + "}") private String propertyValue;
    private final String expectedPropertyValue = "MY SECOND VAR";

    private final String propertyArchaiusKey = "Error404";
    @Value("${" + propertyArchaiusKey + "}") private String propertyArchaiusValue;
    private final String expectedSpringPropertyArchaiusValue = "Page not found";

    @Test
    public void propertiesAreLoadedFromDatabaseAndAccessedViaTheSpringValueAnnotation() {
        assertThat(propertyArchaiusValue, equalTo(expectedSpringPropertyArchaiusValue));
    }

    @Test
    public void springPropertiesAreLoadedFromSingleFileAndAccessedViaTheSpringValueAnnotation() {
        assertThat(propertyValue, equalTo(expectedPropertyValue));
    }

    /**
     * Of course this works as we're just testing Spring - instead we need to
     * document that you can't do this any more as it will ignore Archaius
     * changes.
     *
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void springPropertiesAreLoadedFromSingleFileAndAccessedViaPropertiesLoadersUtils() throws Exception {

        Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("properties/archaiusSystem.properties");
        Properties props = PropertiesLoaderUtils.loadProperties(resource);

        assertThat(props.containsKey(propertyKey), is(true));
    }

    @Test
    public void propertiesAreLoadedFromDatabaseAndAccessedViaTheSpringValueAnnotationButAreNotDynamic() throws InterruptedException {

        assertThat(propertyArchaiusValue, equalTo(expectedSpringPropertyArchaiusValue));

        // when updating the data in DB
        ArchaiusPropertyDataUpdater.updatePropertyData();

        //then  still spring context will have old data not the new values
        assertThat(propertyValue, equalTo(expectedPropertyValue));
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Location: Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Kiyoshi's son strangled him to death. He said he had done it because caring for his father was stressful.
Perpetrator: Koji Suzukawa (Son), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Julie's husband slashed her throat and left her to bleed out in the bathtub.
Perpetrator: Harvey Kneifl (Husband), charged with second-degree murder.
Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA.
Heidi's husband killed her with a box cutter.
During her fight with rectal cancer, Heidi formed a group called Annie's Cancer Club, where she and other people with cancer could support each other.
Perpetrator: Michael Winchester (Husband), charged with murder.
In his youth, Chet was a baseball player; as an adult he became a professional painter who painted murals in downtown Fresno.
He was found dead, and his stepdaughter was arrested for his murder. She had previously been renting an apartment from him, but was evicted when she set the building on fire.
Perpetrator: Katreeva Woolf (Stepdaughter), charged with murder, burglary, attempted arson, and possession of a stolen car.
Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA.
A neighbor had not seen Willie for some time and called the police to check on him. The welfare check triggered a five-hour standoff, after which police found Willie had been killed by his son.
Neighbors remember him as a kind man who used to help his neighbor move her trash cans.
Perpetrator: Chivalery Alexander Moore (Son), charged with murder.
Debbie was a religious woman, a faithful churchgoer whose neighbors remember her as extremely nice and soft-spoken.
Debbie was stabbed to death by a man who was living in her apartment at the time. Neighbors heard her calling for help and called the police, but not break down the door to come to her aid; by the time police arrived, her injuries were too severe to survive.
Perpetrator: Kehinde Afolayan (Housemate), charged with first-degree murder.


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Member Israel Niv Speaks: Create a Fuller Solution
The case at hand was brought to a recent Alliance meeting by an Alliance CEO who believed his company's stock price was extremely undervalued because of past missteps by prior management. Here's what Israel Niv, CEO of DCG Systems, Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor diagnostic, characterization and defect localization solutions, shared with the Alliance member.
If you were in this situation, what would you do?
If my industry is not favored by Wall Street, I would reposition the company as a player in my most profitable sector by creating a fuller solution.
As I understand it, your company's technology is not considered to be in a particularly high growth area. In my opinion, this affects how your company is being perceived by investors and by the market. It is difficult to change this perception, but it can be done.
For example, my semiconductor equipment had struggled with the same challenge. Most of the multipliers in that business are not that high and there are a lot of ups and downs. We decided to go after the laboratory instrumentation business. The margins are just OK, but the profits are more stable and there is much more potential for growth. This changed how we were seen in the marketplace.
If your company were my company, I would consider taking "my" technology and creating a specific application that is considered to be a high growth area. Even if the new application I chose did not generate significant volume right away, my company would no longer be identified as doing just one thing. Also, when companies move into a new business area, different analysts will begin covering them, and they will start attracting more attention for having a broader set of business and potentially more multipliers to their business.
If my industry is not favored by Wall Street, I would reposition the company as a player in my most profitable sector by creating a fuller solution. This may require an acquisition or two, but it would change the way my company is perceived, and as a result, its potential for future growth and profits.
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Peter Frampton is featured predominantly throughout the episode, including his song Baby, I Love Your Way.
Keith Richards is brought up when Frampton states that Death should be after Richards and not him.
Peter wins Lois over by using his belly to talk like Arte Johnson.
The Shadow, a comic from the pulp era, is passively mentioned by Peter.


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Federal Judge Favors Juvenile Parolees in Due Process Suit
By Linda Rapattoni | Daily Journal —
SACRAMENTO – A federal judge ruled Wednesday the state's parole revocation system for juveniles unconstitutionally denies them their due process rights, and he ordered the state to come up with a new plan within 30 days.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton granted a partial summary judgment motion in a class action filed on behalf of approximately 2,775 juvenile parolees in the state who have been held up to 60 days on allegations they violated the terms of their parole. L.H. v. Schwarzenegger, S062042 LKK/GGH.
Sue Burrell, a lawyer with the Youth Law Center of San Francisco who represents one of the plaintiffs, said Karlton appears to have relied on the same reasoning he used in a case involving adult parolees, Valdivia v. Davis, 94-0671LKK (2002).
Until now, adult parolees had more due process rights than juveniles, said Michael W. Bien, of Rosen, Bien & Asaro, who litigated the Valdivia case and also argued the juvenile parolee case.
"What happens now is a ward will be arrested, incarcerated, not given proper notice of the charges or a hearing, is removed from his family, community, job for extended periods of time before an officer is assigned to his case," Bien said. "That delay, without a hearing, violates the Constitution. The Constitution says when someone is arrested even someone on parole has rights."
The state attorney general's office, which represented the state, could not be reached for immediate comment on the ruling.
Karlton rejected the plaintiffs' request for an injunction that would have required the state to provide probable cause hearings for juvenile parolees within 10 days of their arrest, just as was ordered for adult parolees, saying it was premature.
"Although the due process failures that occur for juvenile parolees are similar to those the court identified in Valdivia, that does not necessarily require identical remedies," Karlton wrote.
In a footnote, he gave the defendants 30 days to offer a plan to address the due process issues.
Although the plaintiffs won a major part of their case, they still plan to pursue other issues at trial, including requiring the state to provide lawyers to represent the youths who have allegedly violated their parole, Bien said.
From 2004 to 2006, one in four parole revocations resulted from technical violations.
"Because of Judge Karlton's prior rulings in Valdivia, we expect the state will rapidly bring the juvenile justice system in compliance with the standard they already are applying to adults," Bien said. "The juveniles are younger, more vulnerable, less able to provide for themselves and yet the state provides them with less due process."
One of the lead plaintiffs, identified only as L.H., served time for robbery and assault and was threatened with having his parole revoked for drinking alcohol at a substance abuse treatment center where he was living, according to court papers.
He was working in an office, was married, but was detained on parole and held more than a month without a preliminary hearing, Burrell said. Because of a file mix-up, the matter was postponed for another three weeks and when the hearing came up, L.H. was forced to represent himself and was sentenced to several more months in custody.
Burrell said that was too harsh, given the progress he had shown
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Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin investigated the effect of glyphosate on honey bees.
New research out of the University of Texas at Austin suggests that a popular weed killer might be contributing to the precipitous decline of bees around the world.
The results of the study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week, found that honey bees "lose some of the beneficial bacteria in their guts and are more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria" when exposed to glyphosate—the most widely used herbicide in the world, and the active ingredient in Roundup.
The researchers exposed honey bees to glyphosate levels similar to the ones know to occur in crop fields, yards and roadsides. They painted colored dots on the bees' backs, so they could be identified and later recaptured. After three days, glyphosate was found to have "significantly reduced healthy gut microbiota" in the exposed bees.
Compared with bees with healthy guts, the bees with impaired gut microbiomes were far more likely to die when they were later exposed to Serratia marcescens, an "opportunistic pathogen" that infects bees around the world.
Researchers found that about half of bees with healthy microbiomes were still alive eight days after exposure to the pathogen, while only a tenth of bees who had been exposed to the glyphosate were still alive.
Monsanto, the manufacturer who produces Roundup, reportedly disagrees with the new findings.
We have a feeling we'll be hearing a lot more about this in the future and we're hoping for the best for our honey producing pals.


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Stussy's E-Commerce & Design Gurus Take Risks (& Win!) with Social
August 14, 2012 - Editor's Choice, Featured, News, Social - Tagged: Social - no comments
David Sinatra and Domenic Venneri are your typical Santa Monica techno-creative types who love what they do and can't help making you feel a little jealous. Jealous of their effortlessly cool style. Jealous of their artistic vision. Jealous of their enthusiasm. Jealous of their youth. They throw out quotes like, "If you think people are dumb you'll spend a lifetime doing dumb work," from George Lois. You wonder why you hadn't found that one.
But they quickly win you over. You can't help being inspired by their spark and the jealously quickly melts away.
It's in part due to this energy and the dynamic relationship between David and Domenic, that Stussy has come back to life (to the tune of triple digit growth). The clothing brand that's been around since 1980 wasn't doing so well in the last decade or so. It needed a serious revamp and a new approach.
David, now the company's Head of E-Commerce Web Marketing, wanted to remind customers what the brand was all about through the powerful tool that is social media.
"Social media is a permission based relationship," said David. "Understand why your customers love you. Align the way they love you with commerce."
Stussy's success has always been about its culture, said David, and he wanted to make sure the company was utilizing its well-defined image to get people excited about the brand again.
That's where Domenic came in. He's the a Lead Designer at Stussy and the "Chief" at Vokent, a creative agency that knows how to leverage social media to get people excited about and engaged with brands. The two work together very closely to find the best social message and ecommerce methods for their customers. They agree on the following strategy: start with an idea or a need, implement, analyze and refine, again and again…and again.
A new product Domenic recently introduced to David for Stussy is the "Social Board." It pulls in all images that are part of the Stussy conversation, from all over the web through sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and more. It then compiles the images into a beautiful storyboard type collage that can be displayed anywhere from on a retailer's website to a projection inside a retail store.
Domenic insists that the new client/agency relationship is evolving very quickly and the expectations now are that it is not merely a relationship, but a partnership. He also says that ecommerce websites are becoming more intuitive and easier: things like "hovering" versus clicking will come more into favor, he contends. He also stressed the importance of responsive design – when websites re-size themselves as users resize their browser windows. These innovations, which on the surface might seem only of aesthetic importance, actually pan out to make all the difference in an over-saturated ecommerce market.
One of the brand's recent successful social campaigns happened in standalone Stussy store in Amsterdam. The store a social media campaign called "Strip for Likes," where they featured a model on their Facebook page dressed in all the clothes for the upcoming season. Every time you "Liked" her (i.e. Liked the store), she would remove another layer of clothing, until you were left with a sexy, suggestive picture of a model in nothing but her skivvies. It was the perfect way to express the Stussy culture – one that's not afraid to take risks and laugh at itself a bit. That one campaign took the store's Facebook page from about 300 fans to just under 25,000 fans.
Both David and Domenic left the audience at eTail Boston 2012 with a few websites they like and often look to for inspiration and necessary information. We leave them for you, in hopes that you will glean some of their passion for marketing and technology as you evaluate and refine again, and again…and again.
David's 5 Good sites:
warbyparker.com
bonobos.com
bounceexchange.com
kaushik.net
getelastic.com
Domenic's 4 Good sites:
startupsthisishowdesignworks.com
dribbble.com
alistapart.com
thesocialboard.com


originally aired as four instalments of a month-long residency at NTS Radio through the month of April, 2018, captures their engrossing first show in its entirety.
The duo's first NTS session aired on April 5th, with following broadcasts streaming on April 12th, 19th and 26th. This is Autechre's most substantial piece of new music since 'elseq 1-5', a similarly sprawling package issued back in 2016.


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We hope you're keeping well and minding yourself during these strange times. We're just checking in to let you know a little bit more about who we are, where we came from and where we're going. We're going to leave some information below, should you be interested. Thank you for your continued support and we'll see you all again soon.
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Launched in the summer of 2017 by recent graduates of NUIG and UCD, Galway Daily has become one of the biggest online news websites in the country. Our goal was simple: to create a website for the people of Galway – in the county itself,
throughout Ireland, and across the world.
In those early days and ever since, we have strived to keep our readers in the loop about what's happening across Galway.
Like so many other non-Galway natives, we've made this part of the world our home.
Why? Galway is unique and our reasons for staying here to establish Galway Daily wouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has ever visited the city or county. So after we finished studying here, we saw an opportunity to create something new and unique, and we went for it.
Where We Stand Today
Today, Galway Daily is one of the leading online news websites in the west of Ireland, and we're constantly growing.
As a member publication of the Press Council of Ireland, the benchmark for our standards of reporting come from its Code of Practice.
During the COVID-19 crisis, we are working remotely while trying to continue to do what we've been doing for the last few years: Looking to the future.
We have big things planned for the near future. Never losing sight of our primary function as a reliable and trusted source of news, we want to bring our readers more. One of our missions is to transform our website into a hub for all things Galway. We're going to
do that by adding new pages to the website, which will deal with different aspects of Galway life and this will become a major part of Galway Daily in the months and years to come.
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This photoset shows the Stokke Scoot side by side with the Baby Jogger City Versa GT. These photos are purely to give an idea of size and proportion. We recommend you read the full reviews of both of these pushchairs to understand how each works and what each can do.
Fundamentally both are small neat folding pushchairs and both can be folded with the seat facing in both directions (we have only shown forward facing folding here but the parent facing fold is similar on both).
The Versa has 3 recline positions in either direction. The Scoot only has two reclines – lie flat or upright. Please note as well the lack of calf support on the Scoot for a sleeping child.
The Versa GT is heavier than the Scoot, but the standard Versa is only 0.9kgs heavier than the Scoot, so almost the same weight. The Versa fold is longer but flatter than the Scoot.


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Senator warns Facebook to get its act together or get 'broken up'
Redditors keep this data engineer's plants alive for him Today 5:20 PM
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'Mr. Zuckerberg is going to have a couple of very unpleasant days before Congress next week.'
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden minced no words in his warning to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he prepares to testify before Congress this week.
Zuckerberg will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday at 10am ET. The committee wants to discuss "the company's use and protection of user data" following the fallout from reports that Cambridge Analytica harvested data from more than 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
"Mr. Zuckerberg is going to have a couple of very unpleasant days before Congress next week and that's the place to start," Wyden, a Democrat, warned Friday at Oregon's TechFestNW conference, TechCrunch reports.
"There are going to be people who are going to say Facebook ought to be broken up," the senator continued. "There have been a number of proposals and ideas for doing it and I think unless [Zuckerberg] finds a way to honor the promise he made several years ago, he's gonna have a law on his hands."
Wyden wants to put an end to Zuckerberg's hiding the details of Facebook's data sharing procedure in the company's fine print.
"I think we got to establish a principle once and for all that you own your data, period," Wyden said. "What does that mean in the real world? It's not enough for a company to bury some technical lingo in their [terms of service]… It's not enough to have some convoluted process for opting out."
The Cambridge Analytica scandal has dealt a huge blow to Facebook's reputation, along with the reputation of its creator. Since news of the data harvesting broke, millions of users have deactivated their accounts and launched the #DeleteFacebook trending hashtag.
Wyden believes this moment of vulnerability may be the perfect opportunity to push for privacy reform.
"If there is a grassroots uprising about the issue of who owns user data, we can get it passed," the senator said, adding that social networks should obtain "explicit consent" from users before sharing their data with anyone, including advertisers.
"It's real basic. You have to give the OK for them to do anything with your data," Wyden said. "These companies have not gotten their heads around the idea that the data they collect is more than just their property."
Bryan Rolli is a reporter who specializes in streaming entertainment. He writes about music and film for Forbes, Billboard, and the Austin American-Statesman. He met Flavor Flav in two separate Las Vegas bowling alleys and still can't stop talking about it.
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Romania's President Designates New Pm As Crisis Nears End
By STEPHEN McGRATH
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president on Monday nominated a new prime minister to form an unlikely coalition comprised of the ruling National Liberal Party and its former Social Democrat Party rivals, as lawmakers hope to end a protracted political crisis.
After consultations with Romania's parliamentary parties on Monday, President Klaus Iohannis approved former army general Nicolae Ciuca of the center-right Liberals to form a government. It is Ciuca's second mandate after he relinquished a previous one on Nov. 2 after it appeared he did not have the required parliamentary support.
After his second nomination Monday, Ciuca said Romanian citizens "expect stability and solutions" from lawmakers as they push to solve an acute COVID-19 crisis, deal with an energy crisis and set about implementing key development funds from the European Union, to which Romania belongs.
A vote of confidence is expected to be held on Thursday for the new three-party coalition made up of the Liberals, the Social Democrats, and Romania's small ethnic Hungarian party UDMR. Between them, they hold about two-thirds of parliamentary seats.
"I hope that starting Thursday we will be able to start working seriously at the level of the government team," Ciuca said.
Part of the deal between the new coalition partners is the concept of rotating prime ministers. Ciuca will hold the premiership position for 18 months, after which a premier from PSD will take over. The PSD will head key ministries such as finance, transport, and defense.
Romania, a country of around 19 million, has been in political turmoil for the past two months after former Liberal Prime Minister Florin Citu fired the justice minister from its junior coalition partner, USR, for not signing off on a 10 billion-euro (11.2 billion USD) regional development fund.
USR, which had expressed concerns over transparency on how the money would be managed, retaliated by withdrawing from the three-party coalition. Citu's government was then ousted on Oct. 5 in a censure motion filed by PSD, which was supported by USR.
Government appointments and nominations
Klaus Iohannis


The average annual inflation-adjusted return of the S&P 500 between 1928 and 2015 has been about 8.5%, but – as the fine print always reads – past performance isn't a guarantee of future performance. In other words, investors should necessarily rely on a long-term average when calculating how much they need to save or invest for the future. In fact, some analysts believe that the performance over the past two decades may have been an anomaly.
In this article, we will take a look at whether or not investors can still rely on the commonly cited 7% to 8% annual returns when planning for their future.
McKinsey & Company's Diminishing Returns: Why Investors May Need to Lower Their Expectations contends that the forces that have driven exceptional investment returns over the past 30 years are weakening and even reversing. Inflation and interest rates fell sharply from their peaks, global economic growth was strong, favorable demographic trends were in place, and technology dramatically boosted productivity across advanced economies.
With growth slowing and interest rates chronically low, the report suggests that U.S. equity returns could fall as low as 4%, U.S. government bond yields could approach zero, European equities could average just 4.5%, and European government bond yields could approach zero – as they already have in some regions. Under a growth-recovery scenario, the report suggests returns could be modestly higher, but still well below the 20-year average.
These lower returns could have a profound impact on individual and institutional investors around the world. For example, the report points out that a 2% difference in average annual returns over an extended period would mean that a 30-year-old today would have to work seven years longer – or almost double their savings – to live as well in retirement. Public pension funds would also have to adjust their expectations or reduce payouts.
McKinsey & Company's report highlights some important risk factors that could translate to lower returns over the coming years, but there are other analysts who believe that the future could be a lot brighter as emerging markets grow and new technologies evolve. While these views are often based on future expectations versus past performance, the impact of technology in the 2000s has been undeniable.
Technological disruption beyond the levels anyone envisions today could accelerate gross domestic product ("GDP") growth in the future. For example, the evolution and application of machine learning and artificial intelligence across a multitude of industries could make workers significantly more productive in advanced economies. According to Analysis Group, artificial intelligence could have a $5.89 trillion impact on the global economy over the next 10 years.
Many emerging and frontier markets are also ripe for out-sized growth over the coming years if they modernize and mature. While China has been a clear catalyst for growth over the past several decades, the favorable demographics in India and Pakistan could drive further growth and innovation outside of the developed world. According to EY, emerging markets could account for 50% of global GDP and 55% of fixed capital investment by 2020.
International investors take both of these viewpoints into account when building and maintaining their portfolios for the future.
The first takeaway is that lower returns are likely given past performance, which means investors should certainly adjust their expectations accordingly. This could potentially mean planning to invest more capital early on to generate the same returns later in life or delaying retirement to enable more years of in the market. While the move may be painful in the short-term, the potential benefit of having enough for retirement down the road is worth the effort.
The second takeaway is that investors may need to look beyond traditional markets and asset classes for the best growth opportunities. For example, international investors might look to increase their emerging market exposure over the coming years as they become less risky and offer compelling returns compared to developed markets. It may also be necessary to reduce bond exposure and potentially increase exposure to the technology sector.
Individual investors have been told to plan on annual returns in the 7% to 8% range when planning for retirement, but these kinds of returns may be less likely over the coming decades, according to a report by McKinsey & Company. While new technological breakthroughs could change these predictions, investors should plan for the worst and hope for the best in order to properly manage their finances and ensure a timely and well-funded retirement.
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Cancer survivor Rich Little (R) building a woodland trail with other teachers and volunteers.
Rich Little is now living an amazing life – his passion for teaching and community-building led him on a journey from his family homestead in Oregon to bush schools in Alaska. After retiring from the State of Alaska in 2003, he returned to continue his work as a teacher and administrator in the town where he grew up, and where his parents and grandparents had served as educators.
However, in 2014, problems with fatigue led to tests that resulted in a serious diagnosis: Rich was suffering from a bone marrow disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome, in which immature blood cells never develop fully. Doctors treated him for a time with weekly blood transfusions, then as his condition worsened, chemotherapy was added. As his health continued to decline, Rich's case was evaluated by the OSHU Knight Cancer Institute in Portland, Ore., which recommended a bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplant if a matching donor could be found.
"In less than three weeks they called and told me a perfect match had been found," said Rich. "I felt there was a mistake. How could someone be identified as a perfect match in such a short time? I was certain that somehow, a donor would have to be a relative, but I had no living relatives who could help." In fact, due to the way the tissue types that determine matches are inherited, only 30 percent of donors are related to recipients. Seventy percent of donors are unrelated, although they often share ethnicity or have a similar ancestry.
Once Rich's match was found, his transplant was scheduled to happen quickly, leaving him only a short time to arrange for caretakers during his recovery. Transplant recipients undergo a conditioning regimen that not only destroys the diseased cells, but the entire immune system. Only then can the new blood stem cells take hold and create a new immune system free of the illness. This process is called engraftment.
During this time Rich needed constant support for several weeks. He is an important part of his community, and that community – from friends to former students to fellow teachers – stepped up to help him when he needed them.
In January 2017, Gift of Life arranged for Rich to meet the stem cell donor who had been a perfect match and saved his life, Ethan Krafft. At the Steps for Life 5k of South Florida, the two were introduced for the first time. "I feel almost as if I've known him my whole life," Rich said after meeting Ethan. "If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be alive now." Their emotional meeting confirmed the value of Gift of Life's mission: to find a matching donor for every person who needs one, whenever it is needed.
To read the story of their meeting, click here, and to watch a video about their introduction, click here.
Rich took extensive notes about his transplant experience, and hopes his practical knowledge may be helpful to other patients who are preparing for a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. "I would like to help others who are navigating through the process, for example, using social media to organize their caregivers," he said.
Rich is now expanding his ceramics studio with a classroom, where he plans to teach classes to the many who have asked him to share his knowledge. His goal is to create a place where arts and social interaction create a comfortable space for all.


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W.H.O. Says Monkeypox Is Racist: Decrees 'Mpox' as Alternative
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The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has dismissed the term monkeypox as inherently racist, decreeing "mpox" should be used instead when referring to the virus as a way of sparing the feelings and easing the stigma of those enduring an attack.
The Geneva, Switzerland-based organization said the move had been prompted by concerns not just over implied racism inferred by anyone who uses the term but lamented it stigmatized sufferers earlier this year when the term gained common usage.
"In several meetings, public and private, a number of individuals and countries raised concerns and asked W.H.O. to propose a way forward to change the name," it said.
Monkeypox was originally so-named because the virus was originally identified in monkeys kept for research in Denmark in 1958.
The W.H.O. flagged the pending change earlier this year by forming a committee to investigate the matter, as Breitbart News reported.
The disease has been found in a number of animals and most frequently in rodents, before crossing species and infecting humans.
The W.H.O. said when making the decision it considered scientific appropriateness, its use in different languages, the absence of geographical or zoological references and the ease of retrieving of historical scientific information.
"Mpox will become a preferred term, replacing monkeypox, after a transition period of one year," the organization said. "This serves to mitigate the concerns raised by experts about confusion caused by a name change in the midst of a global outbreak."
The Foreign Press Association, Africa, previously asked Western media outlets to avoid using images of Africans when showing monkeypox.
"As any other disease, it can occur in any region in the world and afflict anyone, regardless of race or ethnicity," the group said.
The group added that it was "disturbing" media outlets would instantly use images of black skin when showing monkeypox.
Monkeypox is a rare disease that was first detected among humans in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1970.
Though it sometimes spreads to other nations, the disease is mostly located in central and western Africa. It often transmits from animals (primates or rodents) to humans through a bite or scratch.
Assigning names to new and to existing diseases is the responsibility of W.H.O. under the International Classification of Diseases and the W.H.O. Family of International Health Related Classifications through a consultative process, ABC News reports.
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They sure can. Anyone who owns a cat knows that they are intelligent, inquisitive beings.
Most people associate obedience training with terms that include stay, heel, come, down etc. However, obedience training is only one type of training.
While that might seem obvious to some, it is at the core of every successful training program. Cats might find different things rewarding to them than dogs, but that doesn't mean they can't be rewarded and can't learn. Instead of a scratch behind the ear or tossing a stick, both of which will send the typical Golden Retriever into bliss yet earn you a blank stare or contempt with many cats, try a catnip toy or a delectable treat.
Taking the time to train a cat involves a future of companionship, friendship, excellent behavior and many long happy years together.
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I had no idea that cat training was available to owners. From my experience with my own cats, it seems like they are trying to train me to obey them! Maybe that is a sign that I need to try to train him and help him be more obedient.


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Q: ES6 modules - imported constants undefined if not in React component The only similar question I have found is this one but I can't see how would I have caused a circular dependancy in this case:
I have a file exporting constants like so:
(choices array version is for using in Select inputs and the other one secures from typing errors in condition checks)
payments.constants.js
export const paymentMethodChoices = [
    { id: "Cash", name: "Cash" },
    { id: "BankTransfer", name: "BankTransfer" },
];

export const paymentMethods = {
    Cash: paymentMethodChoices[0],
    BankTransfer: paymentMethodChoices[1],
}

When they are imported inside any of my react components all works as expected.
MyReactComponent.js
import React from 'react';
import { paymentMethods } from '../../../constants';

const defaultValues = () => {
    console.log("const object is available", paymentMethods)

    return {
        paymentMethod: paymentMethods.Cash.id,
        /* ... other scalar values*/
    }
};

const MyReactComponent = (props) => { ... }

But when I try to import the constants in another js file and merge them in another constants I got an error saying they are undefined:
defaultValues.js
import { paymentMethods } from '../../../../constants';

export const dailyCostCalendarDefaultValues = {
    paymentMethod: paymentMethods.Cash.id,
    vatReturn: true,
};

ERROR message: TypeError: Cannot read property 'Cash' of undefined

A: Ok, in the end it was really a circular dependancy but a really complicated one because of a long chain of files imports. Something like:
- external.js - file where the parent.js is imported
|
 ... - parent.js - deeply nested parent file importing fileWithProblem.js
    |
     -- fileWithProblem.js - importing external.js

A: sometimes the export const () => {} is not working.
I have fixed by changing them like export function () {} format.
After that it is working correctly but I can't understand why so.

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Global Innovation Symposium 2019
"I think of innovation as shifts in perspective….there's not just one way to innovate. Innovation comes out of all disciplines."
Those were part of the remarks delivered by Tsai CITY executive director Clare Leinweber as she opened the Global Innovation Symposium on September 26. The all-day event, a collaboration between the Knowledge Equity Initiative and Yale's Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program, was spearheaded by Baljeet Sandhu, Tsai CITY Senior Global Innovator and 2017 World Fellow. Building on last year's successful Global Innovation Series, which brought talks on innovation, leadership and impact to over 400 members of the Yale and New Haven community, the symposium gathered an inspiring lineup of speakers. 2019 Neighbor in Residence Donald McAulay, Jr. joined over a dozen World Fellows — leaders from around the globe — in a series of panels that connected local and global insights.
Over the course of the day, speakers explored innovation in fields from sports to politics, with the common aim of sharing innovative approaches they have deployed to tackle complex societal and environmental challenges around the world. Across the symposium's diverse topics, a number of shared themes emerged. Here are three that stuck with us.
Learning from the past is a key component of meaningful innovation.
While innovation is often associated with new things — from new ideas to new technologies — panelists argued that applying lessons from the past can also be an essential element of innovation. "Sometimes we need to stop looking forward and looking for fancy solutions, and we need to step back and look at systems that worked," observed sustainable-living advocate Rebecca Sullivan during a panel on food systems. She shared an experience working with coffee bean farmers in rural Uganda as part of an Engineers Without Borders project. While the team had originally envisioned installing expensive, high-tech dehydrators in the area, they quickly realized that the local method of drying beans in the sun on plastic sheets was just as effective. More broadly, much of Sullivan's work involves learning from the knowledge and wisdom of elders: through her Granny Skills Movement, she aims to bring together a multicultural community of women to share skills from growing food to making soap — fostering intergenerational connection and knowledge exchange, and preserving precious skills that may otherwise slip away. "If we all lived a bit more like our grandmothers, we'd be in a much better position," she told the audience.
Throughout the day, this theme came up repeatedly. During an afternoon panel on public policy innovation, Argentine politician and economist Nicolás Massot pointed out that sometimes the most innovative thing we can do is to restore practices that used to work. In an increasingly polarized political landscape, for example, he argued that finding ways back to consensus-building could represent a high-impact innovation in his country.
Panelists also highlighted how learning from the past had shaped the ways in which they viewed and approached their work. In a panel on storytelling and movement building, Syrian-Turkish journalist Onur Burçak Belli shared how she had grown up surrounded by stories and knowledge that were handed down, and how her community had used storytelling as a way of transferring wisdom and values. "Older generations," she said, "were like living libraries."
Lived experiences and personal connections can be powerful drivers of innovation.
In the day's first panel, which focused on sports and leadership, Simidele Adeagbo — a Nigerian Olympian, brand strategist, and advocate — emphasized the power of the stories behind achievements and innovations. "It's important that people see the work and we make it visible," she said. "I really try to get the narrative out there, because it's important." As the first African and black woman to compete in Skeleton at the Olympics, she is using her platform to share her personal story with others — with a particular focus on building leadership skills among girls. Drawing on her background in marketing at Nike, she also pointed out that brands understand the power of sports and athletes' journeys to unlock potential in people — and social initiatives can harness this power as well. As the conversation continued, 2019 Neighbor in Residence Donald McAulay, Jr. shared how this approach of combining lived and learned experiences has shaped his academic and innovation practice locally in New Haven.
Olympian Simi Adeagbo (center) shares her experiences during the Symposium.
Panelists from a wide range of fields highlighted the personal element of innovation. Olena Sotnyk, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, emphasized the importance of truly listening to people's experiences, observing that her work had been most successful when she came from a place of love and caring. Particularly in politics, she said, this can be surprisingly novel — people are accustomed to being treated poorly by politicians.
Speakers also discussed how cultural identities — and collaborations between people who hold a diversity of identities and lived experiences — can shape innovations. Ecuadorian diplomat Diego Tituaña talked about how people carry their cultural identities with them, and how thoughtful intercultural communication can open opportunities to share knowledge and ideas for innovation. He recounted how the first indigenous mayor of his hometown had actively fostered greater representation on his team. This was innovative, Tituaña explained, not because it was a new approach, but because it was a new application of an idea, shaped by local and personal cultural contexts.
The process is often just as important as the products.
When thinking about notable innovations, we often gravitate towards finished products, whether that means a new app or a campaign that has reached its goal. Many of the symposium's panelists emphasized that sometimes it's the process — how work is carried out, rather than just what the output of that work is — that's the true innovation.
Abdul-Rehman Malik, a 2017 World Fellow who works as a journalist, educator, and organizer, shared his experiences helping lead a project in Indonesia following a period of interreligious violence. The project aimed to promote intercultural dialogue by encouraging local local community leaders to talk and share their lived experiences and journeys of faith, with the goal of bringing communities together. A story has more power than a collection of facts, Malik said, largely because the process of telling a story involves making meaning of our lives and the world around us.
During the day's final panel, Wanjiru Mukoma, the former executive director of LVCT Health (one of Kenya's leading implementers of HIV and gender-based violence programs), shared another example of innovations in process. Emphasizing the importance of understanding existing systems, she discussed how health groups had gradually improved access to HIV healthcare for gay men in Kenya — despite discriminatory policies — by working at a local, targeted level. This behind-the-scenes ability to navigate existing constraints, strategically finding ways to improve healthcare over time, represented a key innovation.
Throughout the day, speakers highlighted the critical role of building meaningful inclusivity into organizations' processes, and the value of different forms of knowledge in creating impact. Former Bogotá Secretary for Social Integration Cristina Veléz Valencia described her work on a project to reclaim outdoor public spaces for children in Colombia. Rather than trying to scale the program by simply replicating the same model in different contexts, the team invited community members to take part in the planning process — generating a wealth of ideas and laying the groundwork for the project's ultimate success. Her fellow panelist, Nizam Uddin, currently Senior Head of Mosaic and Community Integration at The Prince's Trust in the UK, described how a seemingly simple process change in London — gathering input and feedback from elderly residents — had illuminated key needs like better access to restrooms, helping guide future city planning.
As the panel concluded and the symposium came to a close, it was Sandhu's turn to ask for feedback, as she thanked the audience for participating in inspiring conversations alongside panelists and encouraged them to "give the gift of feedback" through a short survey form. With the second iteration of the Global Innovation series complete, informed by the insights of last year's participants, it was time to reflect and look ahead to where Yale's global innovation initiative might go next — advancing the conversation and continuously inviting new voices, knowledge, and perspectives to join it.
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Jeg har virkelig ændret hvor jeg ser verden siden jeg flyttede til Danmark. Jeg plejede at tænke at Al Gore var lige en pjattet "tree hugger" men nu, ønsker jeg at de amerikanske befolkning har lyttet mere til ham!
I have really changed how I see the world since I moved to Denmark. I used to think that Al Gore was just a silly tree hugger, but now, I wish that the American people had listened to him more!
Mange af andringerne at jeg har lavet er ting at jeg har fortalt Jess som måde hun kan spare penge på sin el regning OG bliver grøn. For eksempel-- Mest mennesker har deres mobil oplader i stikket hele tid men ved du hvor meget energi det bruger (og spilder!)?! MEGET!!!
Many of the changes that I have made are things that I have also told Jess about as ways to help her save money on her electric bill AND be green. For example--Most people leave their cell phone charger plugged in all the time, even when their phone is not plugged in, but do you know how much energy that uses (and wastes!)?! LOTS!
Mads og jeg prøver at blive så grøn som mulig og siden vejret er ikke så koldt i Herning nu, cykler jeg på arbejde nåsten hver dag! Kan du tro det?!? Alle som kender mig bedst læser dette, jeg er sikker på, med deres munde åben i chock! Så jeg bestemmede at du har brug for bevist-- sådan har jeg 2 ting at vise dig!
Mads and I try to be as green as possible and since the weather is not so cold these days in Herning, I am biking to work almost everyday! Can you believe it?!? Everyone that knows me best is reading this, I am certain with their mouths open in shock! So I decided that you need proof---so I have 2 things to show you!
Wednesday morning at 730am, ready for work!
Jeg er ikke så speciel lige fordi jeg cykler på arbejde... fordi ALLE (inklusiv 80 år gammel bedsteforældre) cykler her! I stedet for, mærker jeg ligesom jeg bliver "en del af Danmark" lidt mere hver gang jeg gør det. Og det føler rigtigt godt!
I am not anything special just because I am biking to work... since EVERYONE (including 80 year old grandparents) does it here! Instead I feel like I am becoming a little more of a "part of Denmark" each time I do it. And it feels great!
That's great Kelli. I'm also thinking to get a bike too now that I think the bus card price is getting more and more expensive.
When Sharon saw the picture of Kelli all ready for work, all she could say was,"Oh, Kelli, your poor shoulder!" She is living proof that you can wear out your shoulder.
I wish biking places would catch on around here like it has in Austin. But around here, you get honked at and flipped off and other drivers get impatient with you. At least Denmark has embraced bikers by giving them specific lanes to drive in... I'd be too scared to bike here, even in Van Alstyne.
Something we did that has saved us several hundred dollars just in the past 12 months is put extra insulation in our attic. This has shaved about 30-40% from our electric bills. We were stunned.
:) Good Job!! I'm very proud of you!
Put a bike helmet on. :) Even if it doesn't match your outfit!
Love the picture of the SMS!!
You are truly an inspiration Kelli!! I'm going to follow your ways and walk or bike to work also once the snow is gone from the roads completely. Still some lying around..Of course the day I have a 7 o'clock shift I won't be riding my bike or walking but I'll do it the other days...GO GREEN!!!! I think quite honestly you need like bike pants and that cool helmet like I see the bikers here have..all pointy in the back..do you have a place to change at work so you can wear biking clothing and then change for work once you are there??
I'm still astounded that my family in the USA does not believe there is anything called global warming!!!!
Cool! I read that Copenhagen is going to be totally green - the green capital of the world - very soon. Love it that Denmark is really investing in becoming truly environmentally friendly!
I love the colour of your bike! I can't wait to get my own.
That is one thing I was never able to do in Denmark...bike to work. I took the bus every day. But you look so cute!
The other day I saw a guy riding a bike here in town and I was shocked! You don't see that very often here in the US.
Not too much longer and the sun will be rising before 7am, and I'll enjoy biking to work also. I can't wait!!
That's a great picture of you... I'm so happy for you, Kelli!


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ECPI introduces journalists to a sustainable model for the flexible PVC value chain
The third edition of the annual Media Field Trip, organised by the European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates (ECPI) took place in early October in the vicinity of Paris. The media trip, supported by VinylPlus, gave seven journalists from European specialised press the opportunity to get first-hand insights into the flexible PVC value chain through visits to two converting and one recycling factories.
Stéphane Content, General Manager of ECPI, inaugurated the event by illustrating plasticisers' many uses and applications: "Plasticisers are very versatile substances which, depending on their specific properties and characteristics, can be used in a multitude of applications such as resilient wire and cable, durable flooring, medical devices as well as adhesives, sealants and much more".
Michel Py, CEO at CIFRA, the first factory visited during the event, guided attendees through a business and production model combining high quality products and sustainability. CIFRA is in fact a factory producing up to 65% of products from post-industrial and post-consumer flexible PVC scrap. The latter is sorted depending on its properties, reprocessed through an innovative recycling process and transformed into high quality recycled PVC films which can be reused, for example, in the automotive sector or for water treatment and green roofing.
Day two of the trip was opened by Alexandre Dangis, Managing Director at EuPC (European Plastics Converters), who introduced the history and activities of the VinylPlus programme. This voluntary initiative launched in 2000 has greatly improved the sustainability credentials of the entire PVC value chain by "closing the loop" via its recycling programme.
Dangis explained that "in 2013 only, VinylPlus recycled 444, 468 tonnes of PVC; we are getting closer and closer to achieving our most ambitious goal ever, reaching an annual recycling target of 800,000 tonnes for 2020". According to Mr Dangis, the ambitious targets and the objectives achieved so far are even more impressive in the light of the current lack of a clear European legislative framework.
The media trip continued with the visit of Griffine, hosted by its General Manager Emmanuel Le Grand. With its 240 employees, worldwide sales and technical force, Griffine is a major international producer of high performance flexible PVC coated film for automotive, fashion, furniture and other applications. Griffine also sets the standards for sustainability thanks to a PVC scrap collecting system and long-standing collaboration with Chaize Environnement, the third and last factory visited during the trip.
Founded and directed by Bernard Chaize, Chaize Environnement has developed its own innovative technique to transform post-industrial PVC scrap containing textile fibres into new compounds which can be used as virgin material for the production of new PVC items such as car heel-pads, PVC slabs or "Claketts", PVC sandals with a very long life span.
The Media Field Trip was a great opportunity for the journalists to witness some good examples of innovation and controlled loop in the flexible PVC value chain and to learn about the benefits that flexible PVC products bring to everyday life with a variety of safe and high performance applications having multiple lives.