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Created by Canadian Icon and World-Renowned Actor/Director
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THE LIBRARY AT NIGHT
An immersive virtual reality journey that takes you inside iconic and mythical libraries throughout history.
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The Library at Night is an immersive and sensory virtual-reality journey that whisks you away to ten libraries, real or imagined, throughout time and across the globe – from Mexico to Japan, Copenhagen, Sarajevo and beyond.
Libraries are monuments of knowledge and ideas, and as the guardians of books they contain worlds within worlds. But what happens when the doors close and the lights go out? What lingers at the edges of what is known and understood?
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You will journey to and step inside Admont Abbey in Austria, Hasedera Temple in Japan, Captain Nemo's library aboard the Nautilus from Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the National Library of Sarajevo in Bosnia, the Alexandria Library past and present, the Vasconcelos Library in a dry riverbed in Mexico, the library of Social Sciences of Copenhagen University, Canada's Library of Parliament, the Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris, and the Library of Congress in Washington.
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Robert Lepage
"The Library at Night for us was a strange adventure into hitherto unsuspected places and times. Voyaging in the world of libraries inevitably brought us back to writing itself. The new technology we used for the exhibit opened the door to truly extraordinary things that had us writing in a new way. It's an astonishing language filled with promises, especially if you pair it up with the idea of "night," with all its mystery, restlessness, dreams, and imaginings. That's another thing this is — doing justice to the idea of dislocation, of expatriation."
Multidisciplinary artist and co-designer
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In order to comply with the City of Toronto's vaccine mandate, visitors at The Library at Night will be required to present proof of vaccination in order to enter the venue and attend the exhibit.
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Vaccine Mandate for
Robert Lepage's THE LIBRARY AT NIGHT
As of September 22nd, we will be implementing a mandatory proof of vaccination policy for all patrons attending this exhibit in the City of Toronto.
From September 22nd, all patrons will be required to present proof of vaccination to our entrance greeter in order to enter the venue and attend the exhibit.
Valid proof: Until such time as Ontario introduces its digital proof of vaccination platform, we will be accepting proof of vaccination by means of the vaccine receipt received after the final vaccination.
This can be shown to our attendants via phone, printout, etc. This receipt indicates whether it was a first or second dose, as well as the date on which it was administered.
Patrons will also have to provide a valid photo ID, to match the names on the vaccination receipt.
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Home Uncategorized Kenpo and Jeet Kune Do – A Comparison
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KENPO & JEET KUNE DO – A COMPARISON
by Phil Buck (with thanks to Lee Wedlake)
Author's Note: the following article is intended as an objective piece based on generalised comparison (not specific case studies) having studied & researched both arts in some depth. I make no judgements as to which is 'better'. Please bear this in mind when reading.
The popular and influential fighting methodologies of Ed Parker's Kenpo and Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do are both the product of 20
century minds, taking the traditions of the Chinese martial arts and restructuring them with the Western fighter in mind. Adherents of either strongly advocate their own approach yet often do not recognise the many similarities and shared ideas of the two, instead each often being critical of the other.
In historical terms alone the two methods, and their two creators, have things in common. As well as being contemporaries there were direct connections between them. Both men knew each other well, and Lee's 'big break' came at the famous Long Beach tournament organised by Parker in 1964. The two men compared notes on physical technique and philosophy, and Parker recalls his first meeting with Lee in the Infinite Insights series. The two men also actively sought out the acting community, with Lee the higher profile of the two with his success in movies (which came sadly only posthumously after his very early death) but Parker equally as influential and often called 'the High Prophet of the Hollywood Karate scene'. It is also interesting to note that many of the top names in JKD were originally Kenpoists – Dan Inosanto, Larry Hartsell and Paul Vunak to name but three.
But there is more to consider in a comparison than history alone.
The most striking fact that becomes immediately apparent when comparing Kenpo and JKD is the conceptual similarity of the two methods. Perhaps this is not all that surprising considering the Parker / Lee connections and sharing of knowledge. However, this similarity is disguised by the way in which the two methods approach their central tenet, which is to teach someone to be able to handle themselves on the streets of the present day. Both methods recognise a single common fact – that one cannot 'pre-program' set sequences of fighting. The nature of combat is dynamic and ever changing, therefore one cannot hope to predict what will happen. This is where many traditional arts have attracted criticism – that in employing preset patterns for self defence, the true nature of understanding what it is to actually fight is lost. Kenpo and JKD both address this fundamental problem, but in different ways.
The approach taken by both is essentially conceptual but often not apparently so. A series of principles and theories are laid down as a basic framework from which each student evolves their own tailored approach that will work for them, and allow each person to adapt to the conditions of combat. Both arts are rooted in the traditional Chinese disciplines followed by the absorption of other arts and methods. In Kenpo these are blended into a single whole, while in JKD it is common to study each art separately. Both also rely on the ability of a student to transcend their basic training and move to a level of ability where they can freely operate as required.
Kenpo refers to this as 'tailoring' and the 'spontaneous' phase of motion, and argues that this can only be achieved once one has come to understand the 'ideal' scenarios. To achieve this foundation of knowledge, Kenpo employs self defence techniques – sequences of motion – not as techniques to use per se but as examples and illustrations of ideas that can be built up into a vocabulary of motion. Kenpo master Lee Wedlake refers to these as 'fight simulations', functioning in much the same way as a flight simulation – providing a certain stimulus to which an ideal response is applied. In Kenpo, this structure allows a student to develop the necessary skills in a progressive way, with each level building on the next and over time introducing more sophisticated motion and concepts. Ultimately, by studying and understanding the base 154 techniques, given situational specifics and how they are effected by such factors as environment, one internalises the concepts through an understanding of 'why' as well as 'how', and is able to fluidly operate extemporaneously against any form of attack. Ultimately the Kenpoist is able to draw from the body of knowledge they possess but is not necessarily restricted to specific sequences of motion.
Where Kenpo emphasis a depth and breadth of understanding, JKD takes the more minimal approach but the philosophy is the same, as summed up in the famous phrase 'Take what is useful, reject what is useless & add what is specifically your own.' The JKD fighter studies fighting techniques from a variety of arts utilising a base structure of concepts (Lee's own modified Wing Chun system of Jun Fan) as a foundation, then takes a reductive approach, removing movements and techniques that on a personal basis are not found to be practical. What remains is that person's individual truth, and results in an individualised base of knowledge that enables one to flow from technique to technique as the situation requires. This knowledge is tied together by the concept of range, wherein the JKD fighter seeks to flow to whichever type of art or movement is appropriate within a given fighting distance or scenario. This in turn allows a person to connect arts together through their functionality in given ranges, and by relying heavily on sparring, one internalises the ability to simply react, enabling one to move spontaneously employ a relevant and effective technique regardless of its origin based on the stimulus given by the attacker. In JKD this is summed up in the phrase 'adapt like a shadow, respond like an echo.'
The foundation of any art is the basic stance, and it is interesting that the basic on guard stances of Kenpo and JKD are identical in all but name. Kenpo defines its neutral bow stance according to the specific body structure of each practitioner, and constructs the stances according to three basic ideas (the heel toe line to protect the groin, the knee-heel line to create a neutral depth and the 'line of sight' to sink the body weight for a combination of stability and mobility). This theoretical structure enables one to create a neutral, uncommitted posture within the three dimensions of height, width and depth which by extension allows the practitioner to instantly move in any direction through these dimensions via the medium of the connected stances of Kenpo (the bows, horses, cats, twists and so on).
The JKD 'by jhong' stance looks similar, and was originally devised within the Jun Fan curriculum as a way of allowing faster and more alive footwork (again this happened after Lee met Parker who famously demonstrated his perceived shortcomings of the basic Wing Chun fighting stance on Lee). It also maintains a heel toe line (although not referred as such) that protects the groin, and keeps the legs bent in order to be able to move explosively in any direction. The difference between the two comes in application – the neutral bow is designed as base neutral platform rooted to the ground from which one can explosively launch techniques, while the by jhong stance functions more as a boxer's stance would, enabling constant deceptive movement and footwork. In reality, both are interchangeable: it is how they are introduced and used differs.
Stance is a key area where the arts diverge – Kenpo footwork operates through a system of defined stances enabling a constant connection to the ground for balance, whereas JKD abandons the concept of structured stances in favour of using the by jhong as a catch all base from which to move as required (although it is still a defined stance).
Expanding out from this are a number of fundamental structural ideas shared by Kenpo and JKD. Both arts heavily employ the lead hand as a primary weapon. Both arts stress the ability to be fluid and adapt to changing conditions. Both arts strongly emphasise protecting the centreline. Both arts also strongly prefer an aggressive counter offensive mindset, and are not defensive in nature. They both essentially attack the attacker.
On a more conceptual level, both arts also define four ranges (albeit with different terminology) of combat beginning with the kicking range and moving through to the grappling range, referred to in Kenpo as control manipulation. Both arts have a preference to move to the close range as quickly as possible – Kenpo prefers the close hitting range (ie punching range and in) while JKD demonstrates a marked emphasis on the trapping range. Both therefore move to close range to dominate and control a fight and finish it efficiently.
Both arts also significantly employ sophisticated checking principles. Kenpo's checking principles are one of the arts more well known aspects and were scientifically devised and explored by Parker, whereas JKD applies check principles taken directly from Wing Chun (pak sao, lop sao etc.) and the live hand of Kali which is often described as being as if not more important than the lead hand. Deriving from this, both arts heavily employ simultaneous actions to defend / hit at the same time as well as other advanced timing-based principles of counter-attack such as strikes while checking, trapping actions to shut down counters, intercepting and the direct counterstrike (where no defensive action is applied – just the hit).
Many will point out that in application, Kenpo and JKD just look different. Well yes, there's no denying that. They are different arts – separate methods taught differently using different principles of movement. But if we examine this more closely, we can see that the differences lie not necessarily in the application of fighting skill but in the way in which those fighting skills are developed. Kenpo and JKD both employ combination techniques and use the ability to flow into back up moves as required. However Kenpo prefers to define these scenarios and explore them thoroughly, using this base to develop a logic-defined ability to overwhelm its attacker with a continuous assault with each movement logically creating the opportunity for the next in a dynamic flow of action and reaction. JKD is at the surface more deceptive, preferring not to pre-formulate scenarios but instead take advantage of opportunities as they present themselves as they would do in actual combat utilising principles such as 'five ways of attack' (single direct, progressive indirect, immobilisation, drawing and combination) to exploit weaknesses and adapt strategy as needed.
The reasons that the differences in the two methods have developed in the way they have may be more apparent when one looks at their founders. Parker was a large man, big built with a lot of mass to generate power. It is only natural he would want to take advantage of that, along with an ability to absorb punishment that comes from size – ie the ability to take a hit. The result – an emphasis at the basic level on power, blocking, hard punching and so on (although techniques of redirection and deflection become more apparent in advanced training). Bruce Lee by contrast was renowned for being shorter and lighter limbed with less physical mass. He heavily emphasised physical attribute conditioning but did so more as a way to develop stamina in a fight to last the distance rather than take punishment – ie avoid a hit. Thus, JKD principles centre around a person's ability to be mobile and adaptable, and emphasise counter-offensive tactics that do not rely on power but evasiveness, deceptiveness and footwork.
Even from these differences we can once more identify comparisons. Both Kenpo and JKD emphasise developing attributes – Kenpo through its techniques, sets and forms, JKD through its drills and conditioning. But those attributes differ. Witness contrasting defensive strategy – Kenpo blocks, checks or parries and moves directly or angularly into the attacker, employing evasive foot maneuvres as necessary. Thus one potentially needs the ability to take a blow – to stop a punch or kick – if necessary. JKD doesn't – it aims to get out the way or stop hit / intercept in line with the notion that an average person simply doesn't have the size or mass to stop a punch from a 260 lb. So the approach was defined accordingly – hence Jeet Kune Do, the way of the intercepting fist, to emphasise the move away from block hit counters.
It could therefore be said that Kenpo and JKD, from the same conceptual basis, evolved differently according to the preferences of their creators. Within this paradigm we can therefore look more critically at the nature of the two arts.
Parker used a terminology-intensive approach and often likened Kenpo to linguistics or academic study, thus requiring the student to move through a structured curriculum of techniques, forms and ideas. This is a system approach, and thus requires one to grasp the core concepts of the system in order to understand it and successfully be able to use it. However, the high level of structure in the teaching phase and the often complex nature of advanced techniques and principles often prevent individuals from transitioning to this freer approach and essentially trap them in the system on a 'see-do' basis on a quest for more and more structured material.
Similarly, using Parker's concept of tailoring, many have tried to do this too soon in their development with limited understanding, and others have chosen to reconstruct the system in line with their own preferences to such an extent that, in the words of Lee Wedlake, they 'innovate themselves right out of the system'. As a result many versions of the system exist making it harder and harder to find first generation students with genuine Parker information. Crucially, Kenpo is also criticised for its reliance of a traditional structure at odds with currently popular modes of practice that lean to an MMA freestyle approach. At worst, Kenpo has been decried as obsolete and even contradictory – citing the notion that using preset sequences will mean that body memory will always default to these most practised ingrained movements and therefore prevent free expression.
Initially JKD seems more in line with the MMA approach, but much of the method is rooted in Lee's own personal approaches, all of which were absorbed from other sources both technical and philosophical. Therefore it stands to reason that Lee's traits are reflected in the method he created. Many reports indicate that Lee, while talented, did not have the necessary depth of knowledge of or ability in his core system (Wing Chun) and so chose to abandon it to create his own method. He was known for studying for short periods of time in many different arts, and it can be argued that his resultant approach was simply a patchwork of superficial knowledge of various systems incorporating elements of philosophy he had encountered during his university education.
He was also by some accounts a poor teacher, preferring instead to condition and spar with his students, hence the JKD approach has often been criticized for having a poor basics and a lack of structure / substance in their training, instead relying on 'borrowing' from other arts. Perhaps most significantly, many argue JKD today defies its creator's own stated core concept of personal freedom, with Lee even saying the name JKD was meaningless. JKD students the world over not only trade on JKD and Lee commercially but also seem to study the same systems and move broadly the same way, thus apparently trapping them in ' a system of systems'. This would suggest the antithesis of personal freedom.
With this in mind one must ask one question – when we choose an art we want to study, are we able to accept its approach and do what the art requires of us ? Many choose the wrong art for them and quit. Some become highly critical of what they have left. Many simply plod along as part of their routine. A few are highly successful. Fewer still successfully pave the way for change. Indisputably both Parker and Lee fall into the latter category. Respective strengths and criticism aside, their methods catalysed evolution with martial arts and in many ways Kenpo and JKD can be looked at flipsides of the same coin – the same basic conceptual drive but a different face: one evolved from tradition, one rejecting it. In practice, one for someone who prefers structure and study, one for someone who prefers to get in there and learn by fighting perhaps. Certainly ideal methods for different types of people. But both are ultimately for the person who wants to learn to protect themselves.
This is the most important thing to remember regardless of personal preference, criticism, approach or political interference – both Kenpo and JKD are concerned with equipping their students to defend themselves effectively on the street.
As to which is best for the individual (there can never really be an objective 'best'), the best advice is usually the old maxim 'caveat emptor' – Let the buyer be aware. One must make up one's own mind – that is essentially the point.
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Q: How to perform onClick event in alertDialog? i created one exception class, inside declared Alert Dialog with OK button. Now i use this dialog in another class, this time when i click OK button it will redirect to another activity.
public class ExceptionClass {
public static void showAlertDialog(Context context, String title, String message, Boolean status) {
    AlertDialog alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(context).create();
    alertDialog.setTitle(title);
    alertDialog.setMessage(message);
    alertDialog.setButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
        }
    });
    alertDialog.show();
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Now i used this dialog in another class,like this
 ExceptionClass.showAlertDialog(Activity2.class, "Title","error message" , true);

Now when i click OK button then it will redirect to Activity1.

A: You can just pass the activity reference as a parameter to "showAlertDialog" method.And just launch that activity.

A: Don't call your AlertDialog from anotherclass. Create another one inside that class if you need. Then each of your AlertDialogs can perform different actions.
    alertDialog.setButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

    //start your activity here
    Intent i = ne Intent(ExceptionClass.this,Activity1.class);
    startActivity(i);
    }
});

A: Create a intent with the activity which you want to launch and change your showAlertDialog() method by adding one more parameter with the created intent.
showAlertDialog(Context context, String title, String message, Boolean status, Intent activityToBeLaunch)

And on "OK" button click start activity with the passed intent.
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
           context.startActivity(activityToBeLaunch);
        }

A: Inside onClick of OK you need to create intent and start activity.
write bellow one line code. It will work
context.startActivity(new Intent(context, Activity1.class));

A: The method named showAlertDialog is static. You want to call the method in any activity? You can make callback method inside onclick.

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Maria Adonis points to the huge crack in her ceiling.
Residents of the Ottery marble flats have spent yet another start to the new year with unsightly defects, such as cracks in walls, pipes and window frames, at their homes, after the City of Cape Town contractors upgraded the flats in 2011.
The improvements to the so-called marble flats was part of the City's Community Residential Unit (CRU) projects that were also implemented in Kewtown, Hanover Park, in Manenberg, Heideveld, Scottsville, Scottsdene, Uitsig, Woodlands, The Range (Elsies River) and Connaught.
Benedicta van Minnen, the City's mayoral committee member for human settlements, said Vusela Construction was the initial contractor on the Ottery project. "However, they experienced financial constraints, resulting in their contract being terminated. Filcon was appointed thereafter but their contract was also terminated when they also experienced financial difficulties.
"Most of the defects attributable to the contracts that were terminated have now been attended to. The balance of complaints are not associated with the project and are being referred to the housing maintenance office where these will be attended to. Any further complaints from the residents (tenants) must be lodged with the local Housing office."
However, Ottery residents spoke to Southern Mail a few days before Christmas and said they are "fed up" with being ignored.
Jenny Williams, a community leader, said she is inundated with calls and visits from her neighbours who have been complaining since 2011 about the snags. "We don't understand why the City does not respond after I have sent reports several times to the maintenance office listing their complaints. The contractor finished the project in September and they still didn't fix everyone's snags."
She said the last meeting was in November where the new Ward 66 councillor, William Akim called the community to air their views. "I heard about the meeting afterwards because not all of us were informed," she said.
Ms Van Minnen said: "On Tuesday November 8, at 7pm, a public meeting was held by Mr Akim and proportional representative councillor Elgan Fortune at the Ottery civic centre in Bruce Road to address the concerns by the residents (tenants). The City rejects the assertions that complaints are not being attended to."
A few residents showed Southern Mail the problems at their flats.
Maria Adonis, of Milwood Court, said she has had a crack in her ceiling since 2011. " I try to keep my house clean but this wall doesn't look nice and when it rains I must put a container under the crack to catch the rain-water. The kitchen wall next to the window was not completely plastered. The contractors wrote the letters SK on that wall but until today no one has come to fix it."
A piece of the kitchen window pane also fell off. "I preferred the old walls and the paint they used to use before the upgrade," said Ms Adonis.
Nazlie van der Fort, also of Milwood Court, feels that everyone pays rent and they are entitled to service delivery. "My windows can't open because the contractor sealed it off with silicon to stop the leaking. However, the middle section of the window is still leaking."
There is also a long gap from the ceiling to the wall where her window is. "It leaks through that gap and I have to clean off the mould every day," said Ms Van der Fort.
Patricia Kannemeyer, also from Millwood Court, said she, "can't keep the place neat. I have to use primer to clean the walls."
She said she spends more money on cleaning products. "They could have fixed the cracks in the walls and filled the crack in my bathroom pipe."
Ms Williams told Southern Mail that not only are some of the flats in a poor state, the wheelie bins are overflowing with dirt outside because there is a shortage of bins. "We have six bins for 16 flats. The wind is blowing the dirt all over and messing up the place."
Ms Van Minnen responded: "The issue with regard to safeguarding of the refuse bins is being attended to and a lockable facility is intended to be provided early next year. "It must, however, be noted that the wheelie bins are being stolen, vandalised and also being used for criminal activities."
"Therefore the City is employing local labour through its Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) to ensure effective cleaning of the area.
"It was indicated to the residents (tenants) that the City and the councillors will provide feedback during February 2017."
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Liliana Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno de Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi (10 May 1933 – 3 June 2022), commonly known as Liliana de Curtis, was an Italian actress and writer. She was the daughter of Totò and Diana Rogliani.

Early life
De Curtis was born in Rome in Lazio, Italy on 10 May 1933. Her given name was chosen by Totò in memory of Liliana Castagnola, to whom the Neapolitan actor had been romantically linked before joining Diana Rogliani and who had committed suicide for him.

Career
De Curtis had a brief experience in cinema, participating in the shooting of the film Saint John, the Beheaded in 1940 and appearing in the 1954 film Orient Express. She appeared in a half-hour documentary for Rai 3 entitled I knew him well, with speeches by Ninetto Davoli and Giacomo Furia. In 2007 she interpreted herself commenting in voice on the television program We are the United States.

In the theater, de Curtis collaborated with author-actor Antonino Miele, with whom she acted in the plays Pardon Monsieur Totò (alongside Vito Cesaro as well) and Totò behind the scenes (directed by Mario Di Gilio). With Miele himself and Matilde Amorosi she wrote the book Every limit has a patience, published by Rizzoli Editore and dedicated to Totò. She was often a guest on television, in reminiscent broadcasts of the figure of her father, of which she promoted the memory with events in various places in Italy, also dedicating biographical books, including Malafemmena, published in 2009 by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.

Personal life
De Curtis had two children, Antonello and Diana, from her first marriage to film producer Gianni Buffardi who she married in 1951. Subsequently, the marriage with Buffardi failed after a few years and she married Sergio Anticoli, with whom she had her daughter Elena (born in 1969, and founder of the commercial brand "CafféTotò").

On 8 December 2011, after a long illness, her daughter Diana died. Diana's ashes were interred in the cemetery of Santa Maria del Pianto, the same place her grandfather is buried. On 21 September 2013, de Curtis attended the feast of San Gennaro organized in Naples, where she received a lifetime achievement award.

De Curtis died in her home in Rome on 3 June 2022, at the age of 89.

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Fernando Landeros, Architect (University of Chile).
Fernando has over 10 years of experience in the field of arquitectural design, construction of infrastructure project, contract administration and analysis of claims. Previously to joining Wagemann y Cía, he led the division in charge of contractual analysis and expert opinion of the Engineering School of the University of Chile. He worked in over 50 disputes, providing technical support and opinion to parties and arbitral tribunals. He has expertise related to construction and engineering projects in private and public realm. He has appeared as expert in multiple proceedings before ordinary courts and arbitral tribunals.
In March 2017, Fernando joined Wagemann y Cia - Lawyers and Engineers, a Chilean boutique firm specialized in Construction Law. The interdisciplinary team of Wagemann y Cía supports customers in managing construction-related contracts in diverse infrastructure projects, in Chile and abroad, focusing on conflict prevention and claim management. The firm also offers support during dispute resolution stage.


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Q: How to configue cron job for jsp page? I need to execute a jsp page after every 30 minutes. I am using glassfish server. I want to uses cron job for that, but I never work before with cron job.
Please give me any link or example from where I can understand how to configure a cron job for jsp page and execute it after a specific time period?
thanks in advance,
Enamul

A: If you simply want to cause the webserver to "execute" a JSP page, you need to send the webserver a suitable HTTP request.  The simplest way to do this is to use a command line tool like wget or curl (or the Windoze alternatives).  Once you can do that successfully, it is a simple matter to turn that into a cron job.
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*The documentation of your webserver / webapp to find out what URL to use, the HTTP method type to use, what parameters to send, and so on.

*The manual entry for wget(1) or curl(1) for how to use these commands.

*The manual entries for crontab(1) and crontab(5) to find out how to create a cron job.

Trying to do this in Java is most likely going to make the task more complicated than it needs to be.


We had expected to stay in Boston only until we could find a house in Old Cambridge. This was not so simple a matter as it might seem; for the ancient town had not yet quickened its scholarly pace to the modern step. Indeed, in the spring of 1866 the impulse of expansion was not yet visibly felt anywhere; the enormous material growth that followed the civil war had not yet begun. In Cambridge the houses to be let were few, and such as there were fell either below our pride or rose above our purse. I wish I might tell how at last we bought a house; we had no money, but we were rich in friends, who are still alive to shrink from the story of their constant faith in a financial future which we sometimes doubted, and who backed their credulity with their credit. It is sufficient for the present record, which professes to be strictly literary, to notify the fact that on the first day of May, 1866, we went out to Cambridge and began to live in a house which we owned in fee if not in deed, and which was none the less valuable for being covered with mortgages. Physically, it was a carpenter's box, of a sort which is readily imagined by the Anglo-American genius for ugliness, but which it is not so easy to impart a just conception of. A trim hedge of arbor-vita; tried to hide it from the world in front, and a tall board fence behind; the little lot was well planted (perhaps too well planted) with pears, grapes, and currants, and there was a small open space which I lost no time in digging up for a kitchen-garden. On one side of us were the open fields; on the other a brief line of neighbor-houses; across the street before us was a grove of stately oaks, which I never could persuade Aldrich had painted leaves on them in the fall. We were really in a poor suburb of a suburb; but such is the fascination of ownership, even the ownership of a fully mortgaged property, that we calculated the latitude and longitude of the whole earth from the spot we called ours. In our walks about Cambridge we saw other places where we might have been willing to live; only, we said, they were too far off: We even prized the architecture of our little box, though we had but so lately lived in a Gothic palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, and were not uncritical of beauty in the possessions of others. Positive beauty we could not have honestly said we thought our cottage had as a whole, though we might have held out for something of the kind in the brackets of turned wood under its eaves. But we were richly content with it; and with life in Cambridge, as it began to open itself to us, we were infinitely more than content. This life, so refined, so intelligent, so gracefully simple, I do not suppose has anywhere else had its parallel.
It was the moment before the old American customs had been changed by European influences among people of easier circumstances; and in Cambridge society kept what was best of its village traditions, and chose to keep them in the full knowledge of different things. Nearly every one had been abroad; and nearly every one had acquired the taste for olives without losing a relish for native sauces; through the intellectual life there was an entire democracy, and I do not believe that since the capitalistic era began there was ever a community in which money counted for less. There was little show of what money could buy; I remember but one private carriage (naturally, a publisher's); and there was not one livery, except a livery in the larger sense kept by the stableman Pike, who made us pay now a quarter and now a half dollar for a seat in his carriages, according as he lost or gathered courage for the charge. We thought him extortionate, and we mostly walked through snow and mud of amazing depth and thickness.
The reader will imagine how acceptable this circumstance was to a young literary man beginning life with a fully mortgaged house and a salary of untried elasticity. If there were distinctions made in Cambridge they were not against literature, and we found ourselves in the midst of a charming society, indifferent, apparently, to all questions but those of the higher education which comes so largely by nature. That is to say, in the Cambridge of that day (and, I dare say, of this) a mind cultivated in some sort was essential, and after that came civil manners, and the willingness and ability to be agreeable and interesting; but the question of riches or poverty did not enter. Even the question of family, which is of so great concern in New England, was in abeyance. Perhaps it was taken for granted that every one in Old Cambridge society must be of good family, or he could not be there; perhaps his mere residence tacitly ennobled him; certainly his acceptance was an informal patent of gentility. To my mind, the structure of society was almost ideal, and until we have a perfectly socialized condition of things I do not believe we shall ever have a more perfect society. The instincts which governed it were not such as can arise from the sordid competition of interests; they flowed from a devotion to letters, and from a self-sacrifice in material things which I can give no better notion of than by saying that the outlay of the richest college magnate seemed to be graduated to the income of the poorest.


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Angela Bassett, Niecy Nash, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and More Win Critics Choice Awards
It's another great night for Black women in entertainment winning awards they rightfully deserve!
The 28th Critics Choice Awards took place at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Chelsea Handler hosted the CW broadcast, taking over from actor Taye Diggs, who hosted the past four years of the awards ceremony.
Sheryl Lee Ralph took home the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for 'Abbott Elementary,' Niecy Nash won Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for 'Dahmer,' Angela Bassett won Best Supporting Actress, Ruth E. Carter won Best Costume Design for her work on 'Wakanda Forever' and Zendaya took home Best Actress in a Drama Series.
In a special honor, Janelle Monáe received the #SeeHer award.
See the evening's full list of winners below.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (A24)
S.S. Rajamouli – "RRR" (Variance Films)
Best Limited Series
"Pam & Tommy" (Hulu)
"Station Eleven" (HBO Max)
"The Crown" (Netflix)
"Euphoria" (HBO)
"The Good Fight" (Paramount+)
"Yellowstone" (Paramount Network)
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Talk Show
"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (HBO)
"The Amber Ruffin Show" (Peacock)
"Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" (TBS)
"The Kelly Clarkson Show" (Syndicated)
"Late Night with Seth Meyers" (NBC)
"Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen" (Bravo)
Best Comedy Special
"Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special" (Netflix)
"Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune" (Netflix)
"Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel" (HBO)
"Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual" (Netflix)
"Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth" (HBO)
"Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant & John Early" (Peacock)
Best Foreign Language Series
"1899" (Netflix)
"Borgen" (Netflix)
"Extraordinary Attorney Woo" (Netflix)
"Garcia!" (HBO Max)
"The Kingdom Exodus" (MUBI)
"Kleo" (Netflix)
"My Brilliant Friend" (HBO)
"Tehran" (Apple TV+)
Best Animated Series
"Harley Quinn" (HBO Max)
"Bluey" (Disney+)
"Bob's Burgers" (Fox)
"Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal" (Adult Swim)
"Star Trek: Lower Decks" (Paramount+)
"Undone" (Prime Video)
Best Movie Made for Television
"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" (The Roku Channel)
"Fresh" (Hulu)
"Prey" (Hulu)
"Ray Donovan: The Movie" (Showtime)
"The Survivor" (HBO)
"Three Months" (Paramount+)
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Zendaya – "Euphoria" (HBO)
Christine Baranski – "The Good Fight" (Paramount+)
Sharon Horgan – "Bad Sisters" (Apple TV+)
Laura Linney – "Ozark" (Netflix)
Mandy Moore – "This Is Us" (NBC)
Kelly Reilly – "Yellowstone" (Paramount Network)
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Bob Odenkirk – "Better Call Saul" (AMC)
Jeff Bridges – "The Old Man" (FX)
Sterling K. Brown – "This Is Us" (NBC)
Diego Luna – "Andor" (Disney+)
Adam Scott – "Severance" (Apple TV+)
Antony Starr – "The Boys" (Prime Video)
"Barry" (HBO)
"Better Things" (FX)
"Hacks" (HBO Max)
"Reservation Dogs" (FX)
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart – "Hacks" (HBO Max)
Christina Applegate – "Dead to Me" (Netflix)
Quinta Brunson – "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
Kaley Cuoco – "The Flight Attendant" (HBO Max)
Renée Elise Goldsberry – "Girls5eva" (Peacock)
Devery Jacobs – "Reservation Dogs" (FX)
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeremy Allen White – "The Bear" (FX)
Matt Berry – "What We Do in the Shadows" (FX)
Bill Hader – "Barry" (HBO)
Keegan-Michael Key – "Reboot" (Hulu)
Steve Martin – "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – "Reservation Dogs" (FX)
#SeeHer Award
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Daniel Radcliffe – "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" (The Roku Channel)
Ben Foster – "The Survivor" (HBO)
Andrew Garfield – "Under the Banner of Heaven" (FX)
Samuel L. Jackson – "The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey" (Apple TV+)
Sebastian Stan – "Pam & Tommy" (Hulu)
Ben Whishaw – "This is Going to Hurt" (AMC+)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Henry Winkler – "Barry" (HBO)
Brandon Scott Jones – "Ghosts" (CBS)
Leslie Jordan – "Call Me Kat" (Fox)
James Marsden – "Dead to Me" (Netflix)
Chris Perfetti – "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
Tyler James Williams – "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Sheryl Lee Ralph – "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
Paulina Alexis – "Reservation Dogs" (FX)
Ayo Edebiri – "The Bear" (FX)
Marcia Gay Harden – "Uncoupled" (Netflix)
Janelle James – "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
Annie Potts – "Young Sheldon" (CBS)
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Paul Walter Hauser – "Black Bird" (Apple TV+)
Murray Bartlett – "Welcome to Chippendales" (Hulu)
Domhnall Gleeson – "The Patient" (FX)
Matthew Goode – "The Offer" (Paramount+)
Ray Liotta – "Black Bird" (Apple TV+)
Shea Whigham – "Gaslit" (Starz)
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Niecy Nash-Betts – "Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" (Netflix)
Claire Danes – "Fleishman Is in Trouble" (FX)
Dominique Fishback – "The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey" (Apple TV+)
Betty Gilpin – "Gaslit" (Starz)
Melanie Lynskey – "Candy" (Hulu)
Juno Temple – "The Offer" (Paramount+)
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Giancarlo Esposito – "Better Call Saul" (AMC)
Andre Braugher – "The Good Fight" (Paramount+)
Ismael Cruz Córdova – "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" (Prime Video)
Michael Emerson – "Evil" (Paramount+)
John Lithgow – "The Old Man" (FX)
Matt Smith – "House of the Dragon" (HBO)
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Jennifer Coolidge – "The White Lotus" (HBO)
Milly Alcock – "House of the Dragon" (HBO)
Carol Burnett – "Better Call Saul" (AMC)
Julia Garner – "Ozark" (Netflix)
Audra McDonald – "The Good Fight" (Paramount+)
Rhea Seehorn – "Better Call Saul" (AMC)
Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television
Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)
Julia Garner – "Inventing Anna" (Netflix)
Lily James – "Pam & Tommy" (Hulu)
Amber Midthunder – "Prey" (Hulu)
Julia Roberts – "Gaslit" (Starz)
Michelle Pfeiffer – "The First Lady" (Showtime)
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Facing foreclosure can be frightening and stressful for homeowners in Washington; losing your home due to missed payments on a mortgage is a complicated process for you and your family. To make this as easy and smooth as possible, it is wise to make sure that you know what legal rights you have, and you may even want to work with a legal professional from beginning to end. While the laws in the states are all similar, they are state-specific, so you must know exactly how Washington law impacts the situation, as is discussed below.
The actual amount of time that it takes for a foreclosure to start is up to the lender, but most lenders are going to wait at least 90 days -— or the time it takes for three missed payments to add up -— before they start the lawsuit. Some may wait longer, and most are going to contact you repeatedly when it is noted that you have missed the payments. This is not generally something that comes as a surprise.
Even if your mortgage lender does not contact you about the missed payments, the law ensures that you will get some advance notice. Before the notice of default can be given out, they must get in touch with you, and this has to happen one month (30 days) before you get that notice. You are going to get this notice in three different ways: by registered or certified mail, by first-class mail, and either directly served to you or posted on your home.
The next notice is the notice of sale, and you have to get that -— in the same fashion that is described above —- between 90 and 120 days prior to the sale of your home. In no case can a home be sold sooner than 190 days after you miss that first payment.
There are a few ways to progress without having the home sold. If you want to pay off the missed payments and reinstate the loan, you can do that right until 11 days before the house is sold. If the foreclosure is a nonjudicial sale, then you cannot redeem the home after the sale has completed, but you can do so for judicial sales, in some cases, up to a year after the sale.
While the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is a federal regulation, the state of Washington uses a similar system to protect you if you are in the military. In short, you have no obligations to attend to a foreclosure while on active duty. The time limits laid out above cannot start until you return. This gives you time to properly address the issue, rather than returning to discover that your home was foreclosed upon while you were serving.
If you do not leave your home after the foreclosure, you can be legally evicted. However, you have a period of almost three weeks (20 days) to vacate the home after it is sold. Only after that grace period can the foreclosing party ask for the eviction.
Does Washington State Law Allow for a Redemption Period After a Foreclosure?
Where and When do Foreclosure Sales Take Place in Washington State?
What Public Notice Requirements are There for a Real Estate Foreclosure in Washington State?
Can a Lender Sue a Borrower for a Deficiency Judgment if the Lender is Still Owed Money After a Foreclosure Sale in Washington State?
How Can a Lender Foreclose on a Property in Washington?
How Long Does the Typical Foreclosure Process Take in Washington?
Can I Keep My Home If I File Bankruptcy in Washington?


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Big in 2020: The Last of Us 2 will change the way we think about video game violence
By Rachel Weber 2020-01-08T16:00:19Z
Exploring 20 games that will define the conversation in 2020, leading us out of this generation and into the next
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Game The Last of Us: Part 2
Developer Naughty Dog
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platforms PS4
Release May 28, 2020
Pre-order The Last of Us 2
In 2020, The Last of Us 2 will change the way we think about video game violence. Not with preaching and heavy-handed cutscenes, but with its beloved survivor Ellie, emotional reality, and dogs.
The Last of Us 2 takes place five years after the events of the first game and focuses on Ellie. Now living with a band of survivors, it seems our heroine has managed to carve out some type of normalcy from the Cordyceps infected horror that is the world, making friends, falling in love, and finding her place in a community. That means she has more to lose from clicker attacks, religious fanatics called The Seraphites, and a militia called the Western Liberation Front.
An adventure worth taking
The Naughty Dog sequel started the conversation with its impressive first hands-on for press back in September. We got to see an older, angrier Ellie – a far cry from the vulnerable girl from the first game – and the devastation she was now able to inflict on any who threatened her or the people she loves. "Ultimately, this is a story about the cycle of violence, right? But beyond that, it's a conversation about the effects systemic trauma can have on your soul," explains Halley Gross, co-writer on The Last of Us 2.
Her explanation came after an equally horrifying and impressive example of the cycle of violence in action. As Ellie, hunted by the WLF, I was cornered and attacked by one of their dogs, who can follow Ellie's scent even when she's hiding. It felt like the only way out was to fight back. With a hammer. And then to try and creep away, listening to the sound of the dog's human handler when they discovered the grisly results. It felt real and terrible, and completely alien to a gamer who has spent decades happily killing faceless, emotionless NPCs with bloodthirsty abandon.
"We want to raise the stakes for Ellie. So, every time you're experiencing these setups, yeah you have to engage with what would have been a typical NPC. But now, you've shot him, and his friend keeps screaming his name, and you have to carry the impact of your violence with you, as you escape that setup."
"Ultimately, this is a story about the cycle of violence."
Halley Gross, co-writer
Naughty Dog has always excelled at creating characters that are more than just the usual space marine meatheads or comic book villains – giving us the brilliant Nathan Drake, Elena Fisher, and Chloe Frazer to name a few – but The Last of Us and now it's a sequel used that narrative know-how to create a much darker story. Neil Druckmann, vice president at Naughty Dog, has already warned us that while the first game focused on love – the love between Joel and Ellie, that parental protective drive that once defined their relationship – this is a game about hate and revenge. It's unsettling and exciting to think just which parts of our hearts Naughty Dog is going to slice into filet mignon, and fans are already taking guesses.
Early footage was worryingly Joel free – leading some to speculate that he was in fact dead – but he made an appearance in the September demo. We also saw more of Dina, that charismatic brunette that Ellie kissed in the first trailer for the game, sending some of us into panics that she'll be the reason Ellie is out for revenge. Like Game of Thrones at its peak, it feels like no one is safe in the world of The Last of Us 2, least of all those of us who have become emotionally invested in these characters.
"So much of what we're trying to do is lean into the why," Gross says of Ellie's journey. "It's like, yes, she's going on this quest for justice, but why? What is this impact on her soul, and why does she continue to go on? And it's that lightness that I think will hopefully balance out the dark."
We'll find out on May 29, 2020.
GamesRadar+ is tracking the 20 biggest games that will define 2020. For more, click through to our Big in 2020 hub.
Rachel Weber
I'm the benevolent Queen of the US, or - as they insist I call it - US Managing Editor. I write news, features and reviews, and look after a crack team of writers who all insist on calling trousers "pants" and don't think the phrase fanny pack is problematic.
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A corrupt police officer was among those refusing to tackle child abuse in Rotherham, a new book has revealed.
Jayne Senior worked for Risky Business, a service that supported children at risk of abuse in the South Yorkshire town. Her book, Broken and Betrayed, describes years of police failings—and suggests a cover up of the abuse (see below).
Jayne told Socialist Worker that she was "not at all" surprised by evidence of police corruption that emerged in a recent abuse trial.
"I don't think anybody in the police or the council would have been shocked," she added.
The book details how Risky Business gave South Yorkshire Police (SYP) a mountain of evidence over many years. But "we were constantly told by senior officers that it was 'hearsay'," she said.
One victim, Debbie, told her about a "corrupt police officer" in the area. Jayne wrote, "It seemed he was raiding houses of known heroin dealers and confiscating their supplies but only handing part of this in.
Jayne wrote that there is a "cultural" problem with the way some men view girls. But she also said the problems go much deeper.
"We still seem to treat women of all backgrounds as second-class citizens and sexual objects," she wrote.
She told Socialist Worker that white girls weren't the only victims—boys and Asian girls suffered abuse too.
Jayne wrote that children are continuing to suffer abuse in Rotherham "with very little being done to prevent it".
And police in Rotherham "have some way to go before they treat the victims of CSE with the understanding and respect they deserve".
Adele Weir, now Gladman, carried out research into abuse in Rotherham for the Home Office in the early 2000s.
Jayne's book describes a meeting with then Rotherham police commander Christine Burbeary to discuss the research.
Soon afterwards Risky Business was robbed. Files, case studies and other information was taken.
There were no broken locks or windows.
A Risky Business computer had also been "accessed". Adele experienced "intense personal hostility and intimidation" from the council and South Yorkshire Police.
Jayne described a police officer stopping Adele in her car and told her "in no uncertain terms that 'people' knew where she lived".
Racist and fascist groups seized on the abuse scandal in Rotherham to paint abuse as a problem caused by Asian men. The perpetrators in recent high-profile court cases have been mainly Asian men—although white women were convicted of offences too.
The abuse in Rotherham is horrific. But it would be wrong to conclude that most people who suffer abuse are abused by Asian men. Report after report has shown that most abuse takes place within the family.
One, from the University Campus Suffolk and the Survivors in Transition charity, was published last November. It found that 70 percent of survivors were abused within their family or extended family.
Last week the charity Barnados said stereotypes about abuse could put victims at risk. It warned that children targeted by older women may not be identified as victims.
The report said victims are "not solely white British" and that boys who suffer CSE are a "hidden group".
A review of South Yorkshire Police's handling of child sexual exploitation (CSE) between 1997 and this year was published by Professor John Drew last week.
Drew found that the police response to CSE was "inadequate, especially in Rotherham".
There were "serious failings" of policing in Rotherham in the early 2000s and "significant failures after 2007".
Reports on CSE had been considered "at chief superintendent and superintendent level" and "in 2011 at assistant chief constable level".
SYP records the ethnicity of suspects of identified CSE between January 2014 and January this year. Some 65 percent were "White, North European", 2.4 percent were "White, South European" and19 percent were "Asian".
Drew identified key reasons for the lack of action on CSE including too narrow a definition of it, a top down culture, and attitudes to young people.
Drew "heard examples of 'canteen humour' applied to children who were regularly missing from home". One chief inspector said police in Rotherham during the 2000s saw CSE as "a burden". Drew noted "speculation" about whether "improper and corrupt relationships between police officers and perpetrators" stopped officers tackling abuse.
The report said SYP's response to safeguarding children from CSE was now "adequate". It added that improvements still need to be made.


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Q: Validate/verify the SharePoint site URL (site collection URL and site(web) URL) are correct without using the SharePoint's sp.js and sp.runtime.js The main objective is to verify that the given SharePoint site URL (which is read through user input) needs to be verified and validated as correct URL before proceeding further. the verification needs to be done using jquery and not through sp.js and sp.runtime.js methods (_spPageContextInfo.webServerRelativeUrl) and not through regex. One of the method could be call a simple ajax call and if it succeeds means site exists so what could be the other method to verify

A: You could use Ajax like this:
Link1  $.ajax($("#test1").attr("href"), { statusCode: { 404: function() { $("#result1").html("not working"); }, 200: function() { $("#result1").html("working"); } } });

as used in this related answer on Stack.


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home news events partners vactrainees research programme training programme network structure e-learning links contact
Network organization and management structure
Coordination: Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands.
Project manager: Wendy van Hemmen, PhD
Coordinator: Prof. Ben van der Zeijst, PhD
Deputy coordinator: Ann Vossen, MD PhD
The management team meets weekly to discuss all management and coordinator tasks:
Day-to-day management of VacTrain
Financial management of VacTrain
Liaison with European Commission (EC)/Research Executive Agency (REA)
Reporting to the EC/REA
Organize the EB/SB meetings, Consortium meetings, and other network training activities
Communication with all partners, coordinate communication between partners
Work Package (WP) leaders:
WP1: Hans-Jorg Warnatz, MPG, Berlin, Germany
WP2: Sjoerd van der Burg, LUMC, Leiden, the Netherlands
WP3: Xavier Saelens, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
WP4: Paul Griffiths, UCL, London, UK
WP5: Ben van der Zeijst, LUMC, Leiden, the Netherlands
WP6: Wendy van Hemmen, LUMC, Leiden, the Netherlands
Each WP team will meet at least once every 3 months to discuss the progress and plans of the WP. Within each WP, the WP leader is responsible for:
The quality of the research
The progress on deliverables, milestones and objectives
The decisions on minor alterations in the WP and associated budgets
The preparation of periodic progress reports and final reports for the coordinator, including contingencies, delays and/or disputes that necessitate changes in the consortium, Annex I or the consortium agreement
All communication between the WP team and the coordinator.
Executive Board:
The Executive Board (EB) consists of all WP leaders. The EB's main responsibility is to implement VacTrain in accordance with the contract with the European Commission. The EB meets at least twice a year to discuss their main tasks:
Evaluating and monitoring the individual research projects and corresponding Personal Career Development Plans (PCDPs), and guaranteeing coherency between the individual PCDPs
Monitoring the inter-WP alignment and progress of the WP deliverables towards the project's objectives
Identify the potential value of know-how generated within the network and to advise individual partners on IPR, technology transfer and valorisation issues
Harmonizing research training methods, approach and scope
Managing the budget available against the planned deliverables as foreseen.
Drafting of reports and associated documents and forms to the EC as required in the contract with the EC
Informing the SB of any major modifications in WP tasks and/or deliverables and proposing appropriate measures
Ensure that all relevant national and international provisions on data protection, patient's rights, and informed consent are met
Supervisory Board:
The Supervisory Board (SB) consists of all partners, associate partners and rotating ESR representatives. The SB meets at least twice a year to discuss their main tasks:
Ensuring adequate exploitation of complementarities and synergies between partners
Promoting collaborations between partners aiming to maximize the benefits of the network
Monitoring the progress and quality of the research and training programmes, and final responsibility for achieving its objectives
Overseeing of the ESR's PCDPs
Identification of major changes in objectives and/or financial budgets of the activities that require consulting with the EC and amendments to Annex I
Identification of and corrective measures to (including termination of) defaulting partners, adding of new partners, replacement of partners, and change of coordinator
Deciding on any resolving measures in case of dispute between two or more partners concerning access rights to background knowledge, protection of foreground knowledge, transfer and ownership of foreground knowledge and the use and dissemination of knowledge
Agreeing on the completeness and quality of all formal reports to the EC
Research and Training Advisory Committee:
The task of this committee is to give an independent view on the research and training programmes. This committee will meet once a year during the consortium meetings but can also give suggestions or be asked for advice on an ad hoc basis on for example valorisation issues, conferences and workshops.
Prof. Pier Luigi Lopalco (chair), head of the Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
Prof. Paul-Henri Lambert of the Centre of Vaccinology in the Department of Pathology and Immunology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Training work package leader of the EC-funded High Impact Project ADITEC.
Prof. Han van den Bosch, professor in International Public Health at the Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and business developer specialized in vaccines.
Prof. Mariagrazia Pizza, senior project leader of Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics in Siena, Italy.
Prof. Luc Hessel, previous Executive Director of Policy Affairs Europe at Sanofi Parteur MSD, and independent expert on the development of new vaccines and the implementation of vaccination programmes.
ESR committee:
The ESR Committee consists of all ESRs (VacTrainees).
Chair: Benedict Halbroth
Secretary: Ioanna Christopoulou
The main task of this committee is to communicate to the SB (through the ESR representatives) the experience of the ESRs with the research and training programmes of VacTrain.
© VacTrain 2020 Funded by the EU under the FP7 Marie Curie Action - Grant number: 316655


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Table 2 Somatic mutations characteristic of PTCs
From: Thyroid cancers of follicular origin in a genomic light: in-depth overview of common and unique molecular marker candidates
Gene function
Defect in cancer
Clinical correlation
BRAF 7q34 Serine/threonine kinase, response to cell growth factors B-type Raf Kinase (chr 7) 2 Missense mutation V600E (T < A 1799), rs113488022 Constitutive activation of MAPK pathway Positive correlation with age, marker of TCV subtype TCGA, Kimbrell et al., 2015, Lu et al., 2016, Gandolfi et al., 2013, Kim et al., 2006, Guerra et al., 2012, Sun et al., 2016, Gertz et al., 2016, Iyer et al., 2015, Lee et al., 2016
CHEK2 22q12.1 Cell cycle checkpoint kinase IVS2 + 1G > A, 1100delC or del5395, missense mutation I157T DNA repair mechanism dysfunctions Positive correlation with cancer aggressiveness Siolek et al., 2015, Wójcicka et al., 2014, Kaczmarek-Ryś et al., 2015
DLL4 15q15.1 Notch signaling mediator Patient specific mutations Promotes angiogenesis Correlated with presence of lymph node metastases Le Pennec et al., 2015
EIF1AX Xp22.12 Translation initiation factor, transfer of Met-tRNAf Hotspot at A113_splice site intron 5/exon 6 Potential driver mutation N/A TCGA, Forbes 2011, Martin 2013, Karanamurthy 2016
FOXE1 9q22.33 Transcription factor rs965513 AA, AG; rs944289; c.821C > A, p.P54Q; c.943A > C p.K95Q; c.994C > T, p.L112F Deregulation of thyroid morphogenesis Thyroid cancer susceptibility marker Mond et al., 2015, Gudmundsson et al., 2009, Penna-Martinez et al., 2014
PIK3CA 3q26.32 PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway effector E545A Mutation of helical domain N/A Lee et al., 2016
PTEN 10q23.31 PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway effector N/A Produces a truncated protein N/A Xing et al., 2013
RAS 11p15.5, 1p13.2, 12p12.1 Signal transduction H-Ras (chr11), N-Ras (chr1), K-Ras (chr12) Preferential activation of PI3K-AKT pathway Positive correlation with cancer aggressiveness Rossi et al., 2015, Gertz et al., 2016, Abubaker et al., 2008, Zou et al., 2014
TERT promoter 5p15.33 Telomerase reverse transcriptase C > T 1295228 and 1,295,250 C > A at 1295250 Gain of immortality Positive correlation with cancer aggressiveness Bae et al., 2016, Liu et al., 2014, Liu et al., 2013, Sun et al., 2016
Chromosomal Abberations
RET 10q11.21 Tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptor Rearrangements: RET/PTC1, RET/PTC2, RET/PTC3, RET/PTC4. RET/PTC5, RET/PTC6, RET/PTC7, RET/PTC8, RET/PTC9, PCM1-RET, EKLS-RET, FKBP-RET, RET-ANK3, TBL1XR1-RET, AKAP13-RET, ERC1-RET, HOOK3-RET, SPECC1L-RET, ACBD5-RET, ΔRFP-RET Downstream signaling of MAPK and PI3K pathways, evasion of apoptosis Common in pediatric PTC, common co-occurrence with BRAF mutation TCGA, Gertz et al., 2016, Rossi et al., 2015, Hamatani et al., 2014, Corvi et al., 2000, Ciampi et al., 2007, Klugbauer et al., 1998, Salassidis et al., 2000, Saenko et al., 2003, Nakata et al., 1999, Hamatani et al., 2014, Bongarzone et al., 1993, Grieco et al., 1990
Abnormal expression
ATP5E 20q13.32 ATPase subunit 5E Down-regulation Disruption of ATP synthesis in mitochondria Potential PTC biomarker Hurtado-Lopez et al., 2015
MUC1 1q22 Proliferation and signaling of epithelial cells Overexpression Leads to propagation of tumorigenesis and metastasis Poor outcome marker Renaud et al., 2014
TMPRSS4 11q23.3 Serine protease Overexpression Migration and metastasis of cancer cells Malignant tumors Kebebew et al., 2005, Jarzab et al., 2005, Guan et al., 2015
YY1 14q32.2 Transcription factor Overexpression Leads to increased cell proliferation Positive correlation with age Arribas et al., 2015
Regulation Of Expression
micro RNA Xp11.3 Regulation of expression of affiliated genes let-7 miRNA overexpression Disruption of regulatory pathways (e.g. DNA damage response, stress response), propagation of cancer growth and expansion through down/up-regulation of target genes N/A Salajegheh et al., 2016, Yoruker et al., 2016, Lee et al., 2013, Zhang et al., 2010, Lei et al., 2016, Hong et al., 2016, Samsonov et al., 2016, Hu et al., 2017
9p21.3 miR-31 overexpression
8q24.3 miR-146b overexpression
19q13.41 miR-151-5p overexpression
10q24.32 miR-221 overexpression
Xp11.3 miR-222 overexpression
17q23.1 miR-21 down-regulation
9q34.3 miR-126 down-regulation
19p13.12 miR-20b
Xq26.2 miR-639


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The Solar Billionaires: Who's Made Mad Money off of Solar Power?
Clean, green energy is the way of the future, and of course one of the leaders of the renewable energy scene is solar power. Early forms of it were first developed in the 1860s, and it long took a backseat to polluting energy sources like coal, but solar power is now enjoying a renaissance. Solar power's future is looking undeniably bright, and some investors and businessmen who jumped on the solar bandwagon early are already swimming in pools of money. Here are three lucky men whose billions came courtesy of their efforts in the solar energy industry.
Shi Zhengrong, Suntech Power
Dr. Zhengrong is the wealthiest person in China with a personal net worth of $2.5 billion US dollars, all earned through his solar energy company Suntech Power. He's been dubbed 'The Sun King' and 'China's Sunshine Boy', and was the first person ever to reach billionaire status via solar power. His success is an inspiration to many, but Dr. Zhengrong never expected to make so much money. He told an AP reporter, "I never thought this solar business could take off or become commercially viable. I thought I just needed to concentrate on my research and publish papers to do my job as a scientist."
Suntech started in 2001 with 20 workers and its workforce has now expanded to 3,500. Its solar panels are used in a broad variety of applications including military, transportation, housing and communications.
Frank Asbeck, SolarWorld
The chairman and founder of Germany's SolarWorld holds a stake in his highly successful business estimated to be about €1 billion euros, or nearly $1.6 billion US dollars. Asbeck credits the success of SolarWorld partially to the fact that it's family-owned, saying "In family owned companies decisions are quicker to be made. This is an advantage in business, where a quick decision can generate lots of money for the company. Boards that are discussing too long fail to gain opportunities."
SolarWorld has delivered a return of more than 10,000% to shareholders in the last five years, and the business is expected to continue growing at a rate of 25% per year.
Xiao Peng, LDK Solar
Xiao Peng's journey to billionaire status began only three years ago, when he decided that solar energy was the way of the future. Peng's company, LDK Solar, has had its share of controversy in the past year as it was accused of accounting fraud, though an audit cleared them of any wrongdoing. Investors expect LDK Solar to quickly become the world's most successful solar company, partially due to the low manufacturing costs it enjoys as a result of operating out of JiangXi, China.
As the solar energy industry continues to expand, we can undoubtedly expect the list of solar billionaires to grow. It's considered one of the most promising forms of renewable energy, and it's constantly being improved upon. While the high cost of the materials used to create solar panels have limited its success in the past, engineers are making breakthroughs almost daily as more funds are being poured into the industry's research efforts.
Stephanie Rogers writes for EarthFirst.com, Weburbanist.com and Eco-Chick.com.
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4 Responses to The Solar Billionaires: Who's Made Mad Money off of Solar Power?
Total Solar Energy says:
it's like the new gold rush. lots of money to be made in solar. I just wish some of it would find its way to me lol
it's like the new gold rush. lots of money to be made in solar. I just wish some of it would find its way to me lol
Dan Brown says:
Governments everywhere should be supporting more renewable energy projects instead of wasting millions on oil.
Suewilliams says:
polluting energy sources like coal would not be needed if individuals adopted responsible renewable energy solutions at the residential level.


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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys\timeb.h>
#include "appsguid.h"

int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
{
	BOOL sReturnCode = 0 ;
	PProduct pProduct = ( PProduct ) malloc( sizeof( Product ) ) ;
	short int i ;

  	if( argc != 2 )
	{
		printf( "Usage: APPMGR password\n" ) ;
		exit( 1 ) ;
	}

	printf( "About to connect with %s table in %s database using ID of %s and PW of %s\n", STR_TABLENAME, STR_DBNAME, STR_USERID, argv[1] ) ;
	sReturnCode = connect( STR_DBNAME, STR_USERID, argv[1] ) ;
	if( sReturnCode )
		printf( "Connect error:  %d\n", sReturnCode ) ;
	else
		printf( "Successful connect...\n" ) ;

	printf( "About to insert rows into ISVAPPS table...\n" ) ;
	{
					//:    product_id		product_name			short_name		description							supplier_id
					//:    ----------      	------------			----------		-----------							-----------
		char* products[10][5] = {"1001",    	"Ticker Tape", 			"TickerTa", 	"Display you messages in a Java applet",		"2000",
						 "1002", 		"Map Locator",			"MapLoc",		"Find your location thru your web-browser",	"2000",
						 "1003",		"BusWiz for Java", 		"BusWiz",		"Manage your business on your PC",			"2001",
						 "1004",	 	"Busy Clock",			"BusyClck",		"Keep time while your work?",				"2002",
						 "1005",		"Personal Productivty",		"PerProd",		"Be more productive at home and work", 		"2002",
						 "1006",		"Web Analyzer",			"WebAnaly",		"Load balance your Web-Site!",			"2002",
						 "1007",		"Lotus Domino",			"Domino",		"Best groupware and mail server there is!",	"2003",
						 "1008",		"Lotus Domino Go Webserver",	"GOWebSrv",		"Best web-server anywhere!",				"2003",
						 "1009",		"VisualAge for Java",		"VAJava",		"Visually compose and deploy JavaBeans!",		"2003",
						 "1010",		"NetObjects Fusion",		"Fusion",		"Visually design and create web-sites!",		"2003" } ;

		for( i = 0; i < 10; i++ )
		{
			sReturnCode = insertProduct( products[i][0], products[i][1], products[i][2], products[i][3], products[i][4] ) ;
			if( sReturnCode )
				printf( "Insert error:  %d\n", sReturnCode ) ;
			else
				printf( "Successful insertion...\n" ) ;

		} //: end for loop
		commit( true ) ;
	}

	printf( "About to query a single row of data by product ID...\n" ) ;
	memset( pProduct, 0, sizeof( Product ) ) ;
	strcpy( pProduct->product_id, "1001" ) ;
	sReturnCode = getProduct( pProduct ) ;
	if( sReturnCode )
		printf( "Select error:  %d\n", sReturnCode ) ;
	else
		printf( "\n\nProduct ID:  %s\nProduct Name:  %s\nShort Name:  %s\nDescription:  %s\nSupplier ID:  %s\n\n",
				pProduct->product_id, pProduct->product_name, pProduct->short_name, pProduct->description, pProduct->supplier_id ) ;

	if( pProduct ) free( pProduct ) ;

	printf("About to query all product IDs and names...\n\n") ;

	{
		char * pBuffer ;
		long int count = queryCount( ) ;
		struct timeb tstart, tstop ;
		unsigned short tstartmsecs, tstopmsecs ;
		unsigned short tused ;

		//: Get current time
		ftime( &tstart ) ;

		printf( "Count is %ld\n", count ) ;
		pBuffer = (char *) malloc( count * MAX_ID_AND_NAME_LENGTH ) ;
		memset(pBuffer, 0, count * MAX_ID_AND_NAME_LENGTH ) ;
		sReturnCode = queryProductIDsAndNames( &count, pBuffer ) ;
		//: Get time again
		ftime( &tstop ) ;
		tstartmsecs = ( 1000 * tstart.time ) + tstart.millitm ;
		tstopmsecs = ( 1000 * tstop.time ) + tstop.millitm ;
		tused =  tstopmsecs - tstartmsecs ;	//: returned in seconds
		printf ( "\n\nQuery took %u milliseconds...\n\n", tused ) ;
		printf( pBuffer ) ;

	}

	exit( 0 ) ;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Pencil Hardness Tester, Scratch Hardness Tester, Barcol Hardness Tester, Pendulam Hardness Tester.
The pencil hardness test, also referred to as the Wolff-Wilborn test, uses the varying hardness values of graphite pencils to evaluate a coating's hardness. The Test Block is so designed to ensure that the cylindrical pencil lead is maintained at a constant angle of 45° and exerts a force of 7.5N approx. The pencil lead, prepared beforehand using the special sharpener and abrasive paper, is provided with the instrument and pushed over the smooth, flat coated surface. The lowest hardness value of the pencil which marks the coating determines the coating's hardness rating. The instrument is supplied complete with set of hardness pencils (14/17/19 pencils), positioning block(optional), x1 pencil sharpener, abrasive paper set, carry case and operating instructions can be used in accordance with ASTM D 3363, IS 101 (part 5), BS 3900-E19, ISO 15184 etc.
STAEDTLER German make Pencils in set of 12 pencils 6B to 4H in original packing.
Set of 12 Pencils includes – 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, HB, F, H, 2H, 3H and 4H.
STAEDTLER German make Pencils in set of 19 pencils 8B to 6H in original packing.
Mitsubishi' Japan make Pencils in set of 17 pencils 6B to 9H.
The automatic Scratch hardness tester can be used in accordance with BS3900, IS 101 – 1988 standards. Suitable for research work or for larger laboratories where repetitive quality control test are carried out. IN this instrument the sliding panel is driven by a constant speed synehromous motor at a rate of 3 to 4 cms/s.
Model : AS 1.5 having Full body duly powder Coated.
Instrument is Supplied complete with Needle (made of hardened steel hemispherical point of 1mm dia.), set of weights suitable for 1.5 kgs test (having S.S Plating) & operation manual.
Model : AS 5 having Full body duly powder Coated.
Special designed for powder coated parts scratch testing. Instrument is Supplied complete with 2 nos. Needle(made of hardened steel hemispherical point of 1mm dia.), set of weights suitable for 5 kgs test (having S.S Plating) & operation manual.
Model : AS 10 having Full body duly powder Coated.
Instrument is supplied complete with 2 nos. Needle(made of hardened steel hemispherical point of 1mm dia.), set of weights suitable for 10 kgs test (having S.S Plating) & operation manual.
Indian Make The Barcol Hardness Tester is a convenient tool for testing the hardness of aluminum, aluminum alloys, copper, brass and other materials including plastics, fiberglass & FRP having hardness from 25 to 150 BHN (10 mm ball / 500 kg load). The instrument is designed for use on fabricated parts and assemblies as well as on raw stock.