It really and truly can be said that the printed circuit board is the heart of all electronics because is links the different components and enables the electronic device to function. Unfortunately, at the same time it is the most expensive single component and whenever an ABC-analysis has to be made it inevitably is the first one to be scrutinized. Insofar, the PCB industry was forced already very early to find economic ways for manufacturing. For a long time already, lowest possible scrap rates are an indispensable obligation which come along with optimized processes. But even this wasn't enough for many procurement officers so called "low cost countries" (LCC) had to be identified and qualified.
It therefore, is little wonder that the number of PCB manufacturers in Europe dropped from formerly more than 1,400 to meanwhile just 230. After the recently finished survey on the European PCB industry Data4PCB came to the conclusion that the remaining manufacturers not only have a right to exist and a chance for survival but are essential for the electronic industry in Europe.
The German speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) have a combined share of the total PCB production in Europe of 61%, followed by Italy (11%), France (8.5%) and UK (8.2%).
Technologies made in the different countries are very specialized and targeted to the industrial sectors located there and they play an important role for new developments. In addition to this there are certain sensible reasons which prevent outsourcing to low cost countries (such are protection of know-how or small volumes).
The survey about the European PCB industry is established annually and is based on a data base which has been established during the past three decades and which contains almost 100% of all manufacturers producing in Europe.
For further details please contact info@data4pcb.com.
This article was written by Michael Gasch of data4pcb, a well known German expert of the printed circuit board industry. For further information please contact him directly under the above mentioned e-mail address.


Stuart Reid has been a full-time author for four years and has performed at over 900 schools, libraries and book festivals throughout Britain and internationally. He has presented to princes in Dubai and alongside authors such as Michael Morpurgo and Philip Ardagh. Irish Children's Laureate Eoin Colfer and BBC's Charlie Higson have provided quotes for the covers of his books.
His book events are designed to engage and inspire children, especially boys and reluctant readers, to want to love reading. Stuart's largest live audience was 600 pupils aged between 5 and 11 years old and he also hosts creative writing workshops for KS2 pupils.
Stuart hosts book assemblies and creative writing workshops for all ages of pupils in primary schools.
These events are designed to inspire and engage even the most reluctant readers, especially boys, to want to read his books. Stuart is probably one of the most inspirational children's authors in the UK, engaging, entertaining and educating pupils through alliteration, visualisation and volunteers from the audience (pupils and teachers). Stuart's assemblies have captivated pupils as young as five years old for over an hour, holding their attentive through energy, fun and excitement.
Stuart's books are yucky; all about bums, bogies and bottom burps. He employs a variety of slides and props to bring his books to life and he shares his journey from trolley pusher in a supermarket car park, to regional manager and general manager of a 300-bedroom hotel in Dubai, to his vocation as an author.
Small children love the energy and his silliness, whilst everyone enjoys the wacky world his characters live in and understand his inspirations. Stuart encourages the older pupils to think about their goals and aspirations and to learn from his 25 years in business and as an author.
Stuart is an expert at pitching his presentations to different age groups, never taking his eyes off the audience for a moment and making everyone feel involved.
Sessions can be tailored to suit each school's needs and objectives. Part of Stuart's mission is to inspire every child to learn to love books. In doing so, many children want to buy his books after the events. Every book purchased will be signed by the author, along with a personalised, alliteration dedication to each pupil. Instead of whole school assemblies, some schools prefer to split this session into KS2 and KS1. That's great too, allowing the older children to ask Stuart questions during the Q&A.
Stuart's target audience is the 5-11 year olds but he has also worked with high school pupils too. He has performed in schools, libraries and book festivals, as well as special schools, pupil referral units and secure units, and two prisons!
His largest assembly had 600 pupils and teachers but if you can fit more pupils into your hall, Stuart would love to perform to a bigger audience.
Creative writing workshops for KS2 pupils normally have approx 35 pupils but arrangements can be made for larger groups. The workshops generally last 90 minutes, although shorter sessions can be held for younger pupils. Stuart will also leave a zip-file of classroom activities on plot, Setting, character development and genres that teachers can follow up later.
Stuart using projector, laptop, speakers and a screen in his assembly events and a whiteboard in the classroom for the creative writing sessions.
Stuart's first book Gorgeous George and the Giant Geriatric Generator won the Silver Seal at the Forward National Literature Awards in Atlanta.
His second book, Gorgeous George and the Zigzag Zit-faced Zombies was chosen as Top Pick in the Daily Record Book Club.
His fifth book was launched at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2015. Stuart was also presented with the Falkirk Council's Enterprise in Education Champion Award in 2014.


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North strikes early in Bull Run 50, but South prevails in the end
Charlie Ban April 11, 2015 at 10:57pm
David Lister hugs his wife, Ashley, after finishing the Bull Run 50 Miler. Ashley won the women's overall title. Photo: Charlie Ban
Runners from Pennsylvania claimed top honors at the Bull Run 50 Miler Saturday in Clifton, Va., but when the first 100 finishers were counted, the entrants who identified with the South were the team champions. Of the 325 runners who started the race, 282 had finished roughly 13.5 hours after the 6:30 a.m. start.
In terms of the individual finishes, it was a testament to the collegial nature of ultra running that when Jim Blandford crossed the Bull Run 50 Miler finish line in first place, he credited the guy who won last year.
[button-red url="http://www.vhtrc.org/brr/2015/results.php" target="_self" position="left"] Results [/button-red]"I have to thank Brian Rusiecki for not showing up, " Blandford said self-deprecatingly. Rusiecki held a nearly-five-minute gap last year, but Blandford's win was not unearned. He had finished second in the two prior Bull Run races, and his victory was the culmination of eight tries. "My time was slower than last year, but I feel like I left everything out there. I couldn't have run it any faster."
From the point where he took the lead roughly eight miles into the race, he never trailed on course that heads north on the Bull Run Trail to Bull Run Regional Park and south toward Occoquan and the "Do Loop" before returning to Hemlock Overlook Regional Park in Clifton. The course, in contrast to many eastern ultra courses, was not terribly technical nor hilly in the estimation of several ultra veterans at the race.
"I knew if I could get through the 'Do Loop' without anyone in front of me, I thought I could keep the lead," Blandford, of Hamburg, Pa., said.
He was one of many Pennsylvanians to make the trip, many of them members of the Reading-area club the Pagoda Pacers.
From northwest of Reading, Lock Haven, Pa. resident Ashley Lister claimed the women's title in 7:56:04, ahead of Megan McGrath's 8:12:25 second place finish.
Lister started out with the intention of taking the race easy and spent the first half on her own. After catching up and integrating into a group of four other runners, her spirits improved and she went on to take the title, a year after being shut out of the race's lottery.
"Once I started talking to people, I felt better," she said. "I like tough courses, this course was really runnable, so it was a little out of my comfort zone. I've been doing a lot of training on roads to get ready for this course. I needed to get a little consistency, so I did a 40 miler that was similar to this course two weeks ago and 30 miles on the road a week before that."
She and her husband David met while serving in the Marines, and their 12 hour shifts as security guards while stationed at Quantico helped them adapt to long hours on their feet in the middle of the night, preparation for ultrarunning.
He usually finishes ahead of Ashley, but temperatures cresting 60 degrees got to him, and she passed him around mile 40. He remains confident heading into late June's Western States 100 mile race in Colorado.
"This was first time it was this hot this season," he said. "I'll be used to it in time."
Many runners used the Bull Run race as preparation for the Massanutten 100, a mid-May race at the Massanutten Resort in Rockingham County, Va. Both races are managed by the Virginia Happy Trails Running Club.
Keith Knipling, of Alexandria, ran Bull Run despite his professed lack of training, finishing nearly 90 minutes behind his best time on the course, but said it would be silly to turn down the chance to run the race.
"I'm running Massanutten, and I'd need to do a 50 mile training run anyway," he said. "I wasn't going to do it on my own, so I might as well run the club's race and have a great time doing it."
Sean Andrish, of Leesburg, runner up in 7:06:46, remarked that the course was in wonderful shape, despite some mid-week rain.
It had been a few years since he had run the race, and he was only slightly dismayed that his favorite aid station no longer offered ice cream sandwiches. He ran with a group of Bull Run rookies and tried to offer his experience.
"It's so easy to go out too hard in the first 16 miles, it's so runnable," he said. "I told them to relax. I saw them later on and they were fading."
Charlottesville's Rebecca Weast noticed that trap during her first Bull Run 50, the first 50 miler in which she ran the majority of the race.
"You wouldn't think it would be that hard, but without hills to walk up, you don't get any breaks," she said.
Seeing her boyfriend, who was working an aid station, helped buoy her spirits.
"There were a few times I sat down with him, but eventually he told me I had to get … out of there and get back to the race."
Phil Lechner, another Pagoda Pacer, said that experience for Weast was just right.
"Unless you're winning, it's an accomplishment just to finish," he said. "You learn something every time you're out there. And you meet so many great people you see again and again at a lot of the same races. It's like a big family."
Margaret Campbell of Rockville, Md. finishes the Bull Run 50 Miler. Photo: Charlie Ban
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NGO DELEGATES JOIN UNAIDS PCB WORKING GROUP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT INSPECTION UNIT (JIU) RECOMMENDATIONS
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 by Admin Filed in: Notice | PCB Meeting
In 2019, the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU), an independent review body for UN agencies conducted an evaluation of UNAIDS governance and management. The JIU report, presented at the 45th PCB meeting in December, came up with a set of recommendations, which will require implementation. Also decided at the meeting was the establishment of a PCB Working Group to review the relevant JIU recommendations and submit reports for the 46th and 47th PCB Meetings scheduled for 2020.
The Working Group on the implementation of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) Recommendations is composed of 14 members: ten members representing member states (two from each of the five ECOSOC regional groups: Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, Western Europe and other States); two PCB NGOs nominated by the NGO delegation; and, two representatives nominated by the cosponsors.
The Working Group was constituted in April 2020 with the following members:
PCB Member States: Liberia and Namibia for the African States; Belarus and Russian Federation for the Eastern European States; India and Thailand for the Asian States; Brazil and El Salvador for the Latin American and Caribbean States; and Canada and France for the Western European and Other States.
PCB NGO Delegation: HIV Vereniging Nederland, Netherlands, represented by Alexander Pastoors; The Jamaican Network of Seropositives, Jamaica, represented by Jumoke Patrick.
Cosponsors: ILO and UNDP.
Alexander Pastoors from HIV Vereniging Nederland, one of the two PCB NGO Representatives in the UNAIDS PCB Working Group on the implementation of the JIU recommendations
The three main recommendations which the Working Group will be looking closely are:
Recommendation 1 Beginning in 2020, the Programme Coordinating Board should develop a long-term strategy to achieve the targets and goals of UNAIDS with regard to the 2030 Agenda.
Recommendation 3 By the beginning of 2021, the Programme Coordinating Board should revise its Modus Operandi to clarify its roles and responsibilities and imbed oversight and accountability mechanisms in the oversight of UNAIDS and its secretariat.
Recommendation 5 The Programme Coordinating Board should consider creating an independent and external oversight committee to provide independent expert advice to the Programme Coordinating Board and to the Executive Director in fulfilling their governance and oversight responsibilities.
The NGO Delegation sees this Working Group as a critical platform to address governance issues in UNAIDS, particularly with regards to civil society participation in the PCB. It is committed to engage in the discussions and consult with their constituencies who have a stake in ensuring that community and civil society spaces and voices in multilateral and intergovernmental bodies such as the UNAIDS PCB remain intact and protected.
Jumoke Patrick from The Jamaican Network of Seropositives, the second PCB NGO representative in the working group
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Buying a diamond, whether for oneself or a loved one, will probably be a big decision in most people's lives. After all, a diamond is not only a statement piece but also a big investment. As such, it is necessary to do a thorough research to ensure that you only buy diamonds that are the best bang for your buck. If you are not too knowledgeable about what to consider when buying a diamond, then the below tips will definitely help you make the right choices.
The first factor to take into account is your budget. How much are you willing to spend on the diamond?
Since they come in all price ranges, knowing what you can afford will definitely help you narrow down the choice and keep any tendency of overspending in check. Usually, people tend to follow the '3-month rule' which means that one should set a budget equivalent to ones three month's salary to make a purchase.
So, if you have a monthly salary of $2500, you can set a budget of $7500 when it comes to buying a diamond necklace, ring, or anything similar. However, do keep in mind that this is only a recommendation.
The real budget must only be decided based on your financial situation. So, if you cannot afford to spend $7500, then never try to set it as the budget.
Overspending on your diamond can easily punch you into deep debt that can take years for you to settle. That is definitely something that you should totally avoid.
The next big thing you need to watch out for when buying a diamond is something called the Four Cs of diamond – cut, color, clarity, and carat.
The cut of a diamond refers to the way in which it has been shaped. This will determine how well the diamond sparkles. As a rule of thumb, you should only buy diamonds which has a cut that has been at least rated a 'Good'.
Color does not actually refer to how colorful a diamond is. In contrast, it refers to how colorless it is.
The color of a diamond can range anywhere from yellow to complete transparency. As should be obvious, diamonds that are the clearest are considered to be the most highly valued while those that tend to be colored are of less value.
The diamonds are assigned grades where, D, E, and F signify pure, clear diamonds, while X,Y, and Z represent the diamonds that have the highest amount of coloration.
Typically, most experts suggest that one must only buy diamonds which have at least been color graded as H.
Clarity denotes whether a diamond is clean and free from any defects, both inside and outside. The clarity of a diamond is rated from IF (internal Flawless) which is considered the best clarity diamond, to I3 (Imperfect 3) which is considered the lowest clarity diamond.
Now, you don't have to be obsessed about getting a diamond with the highest clarity. Some inclusions in the diamonds are not only okay but also lends the diamond its own unique identity.
If you plan on selling it in the future, then you should only buy diamonds with a clarity grade of VS1 or higher.
Carat refers to how much the diamond weighs. If you are on a tight budget, it is recommended that you look to buy a diamond that is just shy of standard carat cut-offs like 0.5, 0.1, 1.25, and so on. It is at these carat weights that diamond prices increase the most.
As such, buying just below these levels can get you a good quality diamond that fits within your budget. So, if you are planning to buy a 1.5 carat ring, then opt for something like 1.45 carat instead of 1.5.
If you do focus on ensuring that other factors like cut, color, and clarity are all up to the mark, you will definitely end up with a diamond that is good value for money.
You must only deal with a seller who has a good reputation for dealing with diamonds. Remember that you will be investing quite a lot of money in the diamond.
As such, dealing with a shady seller may result in you owning a low-quality diamond at an exorbitant cost.
So, check the background of the seller and ensure that they have been in the business for several years. Get the opinion of your friends, relatives, and co-workers to find a good seller.
And above all, be wary of a seller who offers a diamond at a price that seems too good to be true.
Fluorescence has been called as the invisible flaw in a diamond, and here is a reason for it. Unless the fluorescence is strongly observable, its effect on the appearance of the diamond is pretty minimal.
However, this does not mean that the price is not affected. Even the slightest indication of fluorescence will cause a diamond to be valued at a lesser price.
So, when going to purchase a diamond, you can get some pretty good deals if you are willing to compromise and are okay about buying diamonds with fluorescence.
Considering that a normal person will never be able to distinguish between a diamond with slight fluorescence and no fluorescence, this should be a good buying opportunity for people with limited budgets.
When it comes to shape, diamonds which are round in shape tend to be the most expensive. And as the roundness of the diamond decreases, its cost also decreases dramatically.
While around 1 carat VS1 diamond might cost you around $9000 to $9500, an oval-shaped diamond of the same weight and clarity will only cost you around $6500 to $7000.
So, if you are not too obsessed with getting a perfectly shaped diamond, you can literally save thousands of dollars. And if your budget is pretty limited, then this is your best choice.
Diamonds also come with certifications from professional bodies. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and the American Gem Society (AGS) represent two of the most popular certification authorities in the world.
Other professional certification bodies you might come across include the European Gemological Laboratory (EGL), International Gemological Institute (IGI), and Hoge Raad voor Diamant (HRD).
As far as possible, stick with diamonds that have been certified by AGS and GIA. That will ensure that the diamond you are buying is of the highest quality.
You must also decide on the setting of the diamond. Generally, people prefer to have the diamonds set in platinum since the colors tend to match each other.
The diamond will also reflect the metal in which it is being set to some extent. Since platinum is white in color, it blends in very well with the diamond. In recent times, there has also been an increasing shift to gold.
If you do decide to set your diamond on a gold ring, then you have to understand that the diamond can appear slightly yellowish around the corners since it is reflecting the gold.
But on the positive side, this also means that you don't have to spend too much money on a diamond that has been rated very high on the color grade since that level of color clarity will not be required when you are setting the diamond on gold.
If you are buying a diamond that has an extremely thin girdle, then do consider setting it in a way that all its corners will be protected. In case the corners are constantly exposed to rough surfaces, then it is very likely that the girdle will be prone to chipping.
This will inevitably cause the diamond to look flawed which can negatively affect its resale value. It is to avoid such difficulties that it is recommended to protect the girdle when you set the diamond.
Finally, you should make sure that the diamond you buy is 'conflict-free'.
Since diamond is extremely valuable, it often tends to create various conflicts in areas where they are mined. Severe human rights violations, genocides, slave labor etc. can also be present in the acquisition of such diamonds. It is in this backdrop that the Kimberley process was conceptualized.
If the diamond is being sourced from a country is following the Kimberley process, then that is a guarantee that the diamond has been mined under a fair environment where no human abuse was committed and fair labor laws have been practiced.
Such diamonds are also called 'conflict-free' diamonds. By deciding to purchase them over other diamonds, you will be doing a good deed for this world.
Well, this post was helful!
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Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé-Brissac, duc de Brissac, né à Paris le , assassiné à Versailles le , pair et grand panetier de France, capitaine-colonel des Cent-Suisses de la garde du roi, maréchal de camp en 1780, gouverneur de Paris (1771-1791), et chevalier de ses ordres.

Biographie

Parcours
Personnage important à la cour de Louis XV et de Louis XVI, il est le fils de Jean Paul Timoléon de Cossé-Brissac, grand panetier et gouverneur de Paris sous Louis XV, et de Marie Josèphe Durey de Sauroy. Il compte, sous le règne de Louis XVI, parmi les hommes les plus riches du royaume.

Il est d'abord capitaine de dragons dans le régiment de Caraman, puis guidon des gendarmes d'Aquitaine à partir de 1754.

En 1759, il devient maître de camp du régiment de cavalerie de Bourgogne, puis capitaine commandant des Cent-Suisses de la Garde du Roi. À la suite de la démission de son père, le . il devient gouverneur de Paris.

Il est nommé commandant en chef de la Garde constitutionnelle du Roi Louis XVI (1791). Cette garde est créée par la Constitution de 1791, qui attribue au Roi une protection assurée par  qu'il est autorisé à recruter directement parmi les troupes de lignes et les gardes nationaux ayant prêté les serments civiques. Une fois constituée, à la demande de Louis XVI, la composition de la Garde royale est soumise à la vérification par la municipalité de Paris. Nonobstant, sur dénonciations de quelques individus refusés à l'engagement dans la garde ou renvoyés pour indiscipline, dénonciations non vérifiées, le , les députés jacobins obtiennent que l'Assemblée, en violation de la Constitution, décrète la dissolution de ce corps accusé d'opinions contre-révolutionnaires, reprochant à son chef sa fidélité au Roi et son refus d'admettre au sein de la Garde royale des anciens gardes françaises ayant participé à la prise de la Bastille.

Brissac est alors accusé:

Emprisonnement et assassinat
Le commandant de la Garde constitutionnelle du Roi est arrêté sans que Louis XVI ne puisse s'y opposer, l'envoi devant la Haute Cour n'étant pas soumis à sa sanction. Emprisonné à Orléans en attendant d'être jugé, Brissac est transféré à Versailles avec d'autres prévenus, dont Arnaud de Laporte, ex-intendant du Roi ainsi que le juge de paix Étienne Larivière, qui avait réclamé la condamnation des députés jacobins Antoine Merlin de Thionville, Claude Basire et François Chabot pour dénonciations calomnieuses ; personnalités dont le témoignage serait précieux dans le cas où le Roi serait jugé. Au cours de ce transfert organisé à dessein, les prisonniers sont séparés de leur escorte, et livrés le 9 septembre à une bande d'égorgeurs qui les réclamaient. Homme de grande force et de grand courage, il résista longtemps à ses assassins, reçut plusieurs blessures et fut finalement tué par un coup de sabre.

Son cadavre est mutilé et dépecé. Son cœur arraché est promené dans les rues de Versailles, et sa tête ensanglantée est lancée de l'extérieur dans le salon de la comtesse du Barry, sa maîtresse, à Louveciennes. Il est inhumé le  au cimetière Saint-Louis de Versailles.

Postérité
Homme d'esprit, membre de la société des « Lanturelus » de Marie-Thérèse de La Ferté-Imbault, à la fois bibliophile et amateur d'art, la collection de son hôtel parisien contenait nombre de tableaux de maître hollandais. Après leur saisie à la Révolution, ses objets d'art sont envoyés au Louvre et les livres à la Bibliothèque nationale.

Il s'était toujours distingué par son dévouement à Louis XVI, et il répondit à quelqu'un qui lui témoignait beaucoup d'admiration pour sa conduite :

Ses vertus et sa mort ont inspiré à Delille de beaux vers dans le  du poème de la Pitié. On trouve également des anecdotes sur le duc de Brissac dans l'intéressant ouvrage intitulé Paris, Versailles et les provinces.

Mariage et descendance
Il fut marié en 1760, à Diane Hortense Mazarini Mancini (1742-1808), arrière-petite-nièce du cardinal Mazarin, dont il eût :
 Adélaïde (1765-1820), mariée en 1782 avec Victurnien Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart
 Jules Gabriel Timoléon (1771-1775)

Patrimoine
Le duc de Brissac acquiert en 1772 le grand et le petit hôtel de Villars (devenus aujourd'hui respectivement mairie du  arrondissement et section collège de l'établissement Paul Claudel-d'Hulst), auprès du marquis de Vogüé et de la comtesse de Vezins, héritiers du maréchal de Villars. Le jardin, qu'il fait réaménager à l'anglaise et planter d'essences exotiques, attire les curieux, de même que l'impressionnante collection d'art qu'il rassemble dans l'édifice. Les hôtels, saisis après l'assassinat du duc, deviennent notamment pendant un temps siège du ministre de l'Intérieur.

Notes et références

Annexes

Sources et bibliographie

 Les sources d'archives relatives aux membres de la Garde constitutionnelle de Louis XVI sont décrites par les Archives nationales (France).

Articles connexes
 Duc de Brissac
 Maison de Cossé-Brissac

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 Louis-Hercule de Cossé-Brissac sur la base de données généalogique roglo.eu

Général français du XVIIIe siècle
Gouverneur militaire de Paris
Naissance en février 1734
Naissance à Paris
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Décès à Versailles
Décès à 58 ans
Personnalité de l'Ancien Régime
Personnalité contre-révolutionnaire
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Victime de la Révolution française
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Chevalier de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit
Duc français du XVIIIe siècle
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Hello everyone welcome back to Glitters All That. So here I am back with a new review on the blog and I am very happy and excited that more and more people are viewing the blog day by day and it really motivates me to work more. So guys let me come to today's review it's all about Himalaya Herbal Nourishing Skin Cream which comes in 3 different quantities and I am having 50 ML so let's start the review now.
Himalaya's Nourishing Skin Cream is a light, non-greasy, daily-use cream, which provides all day moisturizing, nourishment and protection. The cream is blended with the extracts of Aloe Vera, Winter Cherry, Indian Kino Tree and Indian Pennywort, which protects your skin from pollution and dry weather, providing nourishment and moisture.
Himalaya Herbals Nourishing Skin Cream comes in a plastic tub packaging with a screw open lid. Packaging looks really good and attractive. The cream is non-greasy and light to apply as it claims but you need to reapply it as it would neither work in peak winter season nor for the very dry skin people. The fragrance is good enough but I don't know why I didn't like it but my mom loved the fragrance, so it may differ from person to person. Since the cream is non-greasy it can also be used as a base for the makeup. It has a thick consistency so there is no fear of spillage. It doesn't leave a white cast and has a travel friendly packaging.
I would rate it 2.5/5.
Overall it is average cream and I would not buy it again as neither, I like its fragrance nor the staying power. Though it claims to be good for sensitive skin people but then there are various good options available for them with good fragrance and which does not require reapplication.
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MARC Bibliographic Record: The Alliance patriot. (Mansfield, Ark.) 1891-1???
245 04 $a The Alliance patriot.
362 1 $a Began in 1891?
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Beijing: The central government of China has released a new guidance for the shipping industry in an effort to promote and transform the industry.
Currently China has a total shipping capacity of 142m dwt which ranks fourth in the world. The country aims to further develop the whole supply chain of shipping through various favorable policies.
State Council said in a release that the government will introduce tax and other regulatory reforms while pushing shipping firms to upgrade and modernize their fleets to build an efficient, safe and environmentally friendly shipping system by 2020.
"Shipping is a key component in economic development and plays an important role in protecting a country's maritime rights and economy, in promoting exports and industrial development," the council said.
Meanwhile, China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI) released a white list for the shipbuilding industry. The shipyards on the list will get better policy support from the government. A total of 51 shipyards have been chosen for the first batch of the list.


Essential Question: How can we help provide shelter to birds that are part of our local ecosystem when their natural habitat is changing?
This project is designed to give Grade 7 students an introduction to some basic design and construction procedures. Students conduct research to address the needs of local birds, which will help inform decisions about the design of the birdhouses that will be constructed.
Essential Question: What kind of music video can be fun, inspire health (dancing), and be appropriate for all ages?
Groups of students are asked to create a music video that could be featured on the website of a local radio station.


The procedural move comes as a criminal investigation continues into an alleged sexual assault involving three players.
East Lansing — Suspended football staffer Curtis Blackwell has had his contract extended through the end of May, a Michigan State spokesman confirmed on Friday.
Blackwell, who heads Michigan State's recruiting, has been suspended with pay since it was announced on Feb. 9 the MSU Police were investigating an alleged sexual assault that involved three players on the football team.
Those players, who remain unidentified, have also been suspended as the Ingham County Prosecutor's office continues to review the case before it makes a decision on any possible charges.
In the meantime, the university is also conducting a Title IX investigation as well as an independent review of the football staff's handling of the incident.
Blackwell has not made any comment since he was suspended and coach Mark Dantonio has not talked about any individual involved in the investigation.
It's just one off-field problem Michigan State has been dealing with since the end of the 2016 season. Since then, linebacker Jon Reschke left the team after making what he called an inappropriate comment to a former teammate while defensive end Demetrius Cooper was charged with misdemeanor assault after spitting in the face of an East Lansing code enforcement officer.
Most recently, defensive end Auston Robertson was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct and was kicked off the team by Dantonio while defensive back Vayante Copeland continues to deal with a charge of marijuana possession that stems back to November 2015.
Last month, Copeland was given a third chance to enter a diversionary program, according to 54B District Court records.
The records show his request to enter the diversionary program were rejected in both August 2016 and February 2017. The case was again dismissed in March and records show that Copeland entered the diversionary program.


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The Rise Fund, a global impact investment fund managed by TPG Growth, has led a $5m Series A investment in SystemOne, an IT provider of solutions for disease surveillance and response.
Also participating in the round were EchoVC, B&Y Venture Capital Partners and strategic angel investors.
EchoVC's Eghosa Omoigui has joined SystemOne's board of directors.
SystemOne's platforms, GxAlert and Aspect, connect over 2000 diagnostic devices in over 40 countries, including Nigeria and Kenya.
Since its inception, SystemOne's platforms have automatically transmitted over 5 million diagnostic results, device performance data, and aggregate disease information to clinicians, healthcare ministries, and patients around the world.
Instant notifications and up-to-date dashboards provide over 50,000 alerts/month about test results, disease trends, device functionality, error rates and more.
"Information technology will fuel the next leap forward in stopping the most entrenched and crippling infectious diseases across the globe," said Chris Macek, CEO of SystemOne.
Before SystemOne, diagnostic results could take up to several months to reach health officials and patients.
SystemOne's technology connects any diagnostic device for any disease, moving results in real-time and providing health officials a single line of sight into the disease burden in their geographies.
The investment was sourced through TPG Growth's strategic relationship with EchoVC Partners, and Africa-focused seed and early-stage venture capital fund that targets early to growth-stage deals in the technology sector. This follows earlier investments in companies such as Frontier Car Group and Gro Intelligence.
In diseases such as HIV and TB, where global funders spend $26 billion annually, such line of sight plays a critical role in optimizing investments and efforts for maximum benefit.
"We're very excited to partner with SystemOne, to help advance innovative solutions that can bring us towards the global goal of ending tuberculosis and HIV," said Yemi Lalude, Partner at TPG Growth.


We ship clients' golf clubs all over the world, but there are patterns and trends in our shipments to golf destinations. In the U.S. we find that many shipments are to cities and towns on the coasts and, not surprisingly, the warmer states are the most popular. Destinations include: Maine, Massachusetts, Florida, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, Colorado, New Mexico, California, and Texas.
Outside of the states, the majority of golf club shipments go to Ireland, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Bermuda and the Caribbean.
There are plenty of golf courses all over the world, many of which only locals know about. Expand your horizons and try some of the golf destinations that aren't tourist traps, but still offer courses with amazing scenery. To help with this, we went through our golf club shipping data and found these obscure golf destinations (both domestically and internationally) clients have shipped their clubs to.
Interestingly enough, this town that is located on the coast of Spain and in between both ocean and mountains has plenty of golf courses to choose from. If you haven't been there yet, you should check it out!
Lund is located in southern Sweden and golfing here would be similar to golfing in the UK. Although they have nice mild summers, they do have rain throughout the year and have an average of 169 wet days.
Although Sun Prairie is most well known for their Angell Park Speedway and arts and crafts shops, they do have a few golf courses. If you plan to go golfing here, visit between May and October, however, August is their wettest month of the year!
Baldwin is primarily a tourist town as most of its economy is based around the summer months. It is known for its many lakes and rivers (and water sports), the Manistee National Forest, the Shrine of the Pines and events such as the Blessing of the Bikes. However, there are a few golf courses. It rains more in May and June than other months so the best months to go golfing are July-October.
Located at the base of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Teton Village is a great place for skiers in the winter and nature lovers during the summer. Along with nearly ten golf courses, the area also offers outdoors activities such as biking, tram rides, hiking, paragliding, white water rafting, camping, fishing and horseback riding. The best time to go golfing here is between May and September.
Have you been golfing in these towns? Do you recommend any other obscure golf destinations?


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Top Photo Editing Apps (2023)
Fatima Bhutta Updated: February 12, 2021
Designed by Saad Khalid / TechEngage
Almost everyone uses a photo editing app to make their photos look cool, remove or add something to them. There are hundreds of apps available on app store markets, but some might still not decide which photo editing app they should go for, especially when it comes to Android photo-editing apps or App Store photo editing apps?
We have used the metrics on app stores, current users, engagement, and features in total to pick the best photo editing apps. However, if we missed a great app, please don't forgot to mention it in the comments below.
Top photo editing apps
1. Adobe Sparks
2. BeFunky Graphic Designer
4. Fotor
5. Image Quote
6. Pablo
7. Photo Collage
8. Pixlr
9. Instasize
This app is perfect for creating visual content by effortlessly combining texts with images and videos. It can also be used for creating visual content quickly. The app is available on Google Play Store and Apple Store.
Visit Adbobe Sparks
This app is perfect for editing selfies or creating visual content such as quotes and memes. This graphic designer app can also create cards, banners, posters, collages, and flyers in a fast software package. Using BeFunky, you get to edit photos at your fingertips. This app is available on Google Play Store as well as the Apple Store.
Visit BeFunky Graphic Designer
The third most popular app that meets the need of all types of people is Canva. This app can be used to choose the template and customize it according to your needs. This app is used as a content marketing tool by many marketing professionals. Canva is available for Android as well as iOS.
Visit Canva
Fotor is mostly used for editing and giving final touches to the photos. This app is perfect for making your pictures look realistic and standout from the rest. This visual content app has a lot of tools to make your editing easier and quicker. Fotor is available on Apple Store and Google Play Store.
Visit Fotor
As the name implies, this app is perfect for people who are quote lovers. Image Quote was previously known as Instaquote. The app helps you add quotes to images. This app can be easily downloaded from the Google Play Store and Apple Store.
Visit Image Quote
This one is actually an extension that is used for creating content for social media. It is very easy to use and has a variety of tools to create beautiful images with filters. You can also create logos using this app. It is available on Apple Store.
Visit Pablo
As the name suggests, Photo Collage is all about editing and rearranging your photos. It has a variety of tools to create a collage automatically without the hassle of editing the image yourself. The app is available for Android.
Pixlr is a free editing content tool that lets you add fun filters. The app has a variety of image editing features and functions exactly like Photoshop. Images can be edited in a professional manner. The app is available on Google Play Store and Apple Store.
Visit Pixlr
Work fast with Instasize's simple yet sophisticated editing tools, add borders or backgrounds to make beautiful collages, add stylized text, and even layout with videos. The app has cool features like creative borders, filters, collage layouts, and text styles. iPhone users can also access a beauty editor for portraits and a library of free images that you can use with your own.
Download the app for free on the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. If you want to access the full arsenal of regularly updated editing tools, you may subscribe to Premium for only $4.99/month.
App store – Google Play Store
So, which one of these is your favorite photo editing app?
This post was orginally published on: July 29, 2020 and was updated on: February 12, 2021.
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SM reveals EXO, f(x), SuJu, Girls' Generation Won't be Complete at SMTOWN Live 2019
By Staff Reporter | June 21, 2019 03:40 PM EDT
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After their concert in Osaka, SM Entertainment artists are slated to meet their plethora of fans in Tokyo for yet another whopping three-day show. The announcement of SMTOWN Live 2019 was made on its Japan website, which also confirmed that some members of SM groups won't be able to partake due to conflict of schedules and enlistment.
The initial poster revealed that EXO, BoA, Super Junior, f(x), TVXQ, Girls' Generation, SHINee, Kangta, Red Velvet, NCT 127, NCT Dream, and J-Min will be joining. However, the agency confirmed that EXO's D.O. and Lay won't be able to participate due to voluntary enlistment and conflicting schedule, respectively.
Girls' Generation's Yuri, Super Junior's Kim Heechul, and Victoria from f(x) share the same plight as Lay. SHINee's Onew, Key, and Minho are currently serving the military; hence, only Taemin will attend.
These being said, SM Entertainment included an apology through the notice to fans and asked for their understanding about the matter.
In the latest poster, Sunday and CSJH The Grace's Dana were revealed to be joining the three-day concert, which will run from August 3 to 5, 2019.
A string of shows and concerts also successfully capped off while some are scheduled to kick off this year. Son Tae-jin, the Phantom Singer Winner, recently announced his upcoming solo show titled "One Summer Night" on July 21. The concert will take place at Blue Square Eye Market Hall.
"K-Pop Kings" EXO finally unveiled the dates of EXO Planet #5: EXplOration. The two three-day concerts will come about at Olympic Gymnastics Arena from July 19 to 21, while the second week will be from July 26 to 28. EXplOration announcements were disclosed an hour after SM Entertainment confirmed D.O.'s voluntary enlistment.
Only six members of the supergroup are expected to take part in the long-awaited concert series, with Xiumin and D.O.'s enlistment, while Chinese member Lay is not yet confirmed to join the rest. Moreover, one of the stops of Lay's solo concert, Grand Line, falls under the EXplOration's second day.
Meanwhile, both Taeyon and Luna recently held their respective solo concerts. The Girls' Generation member concluded her first Japan tour in April and is still currently touring in The Land of The Rising Sun.
The f(x) member also culminated her concert "The Fragrance of Luna" last May 26, and made headlines as her fellow members Krystal and Amber surprised her by showing up. Fans were delighted upon the presence of the two showing support to their co-member.
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LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WANT UNDERFUNDING OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS FOR CHILDREN ADDRESSED
Originally published by Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats
County Councillor Mark Watkin, Lib Dem spokesperson for Children's Services, has raised concerns about the Government's £3 million under funding of Herts County's high needs services for children with special needs.
Cllr Watkin said, "Hertfordshire receives the 4th lowest funding based on its population of any of the 160 English local authorities. Compared to the average local authority, this means each year it receives £3million less to fund its crucially needed SEND services including its special schools, its advisory services, its school-based special resources and funding for children to receive specialist support.
I had wanted the Council to agree, cross-party, on Tuesday to write to the Secretary of State as a matter of urgency to seek fairness in the way the County is funded. Far too many children are denied the chance to receive the specialist education they desperately need and families struggle with inadequate support because of lack of funds.
The need is urgent."
Due to the fast-developing Omicron crisis, Hertfordshire County Council agreed to have a quorum only meeting dealing with essential statutory business and to refer Cllr Watkin's motion for a full debate at the Children's Services Cabinet Panel on 8th February.
In the meantime, Cllr Watkin has written to the Executive Member for Children's Services, Cllr Heritage, and the Leader of the County Council, Cllr Roberts, asking them, notwithstanding a debate in February, to write now to the government minister highlighting the shortfall in funding and the issues it causes.


Pioneer Bank recognizes employees for great service!
Diana Araiza has worked with Pioneer Bank for 25 years and works in Centralized Processing. "Diana is one of the most loyal and hard working employees at Pioneer," said Bridgette Vejil, Centralized Processing Manager. "We have been lucky to have all these years." Kathleen Carillo, El Paso Market President also added, "Diana has shown true dedication to Pioneer Mortgage and Pioneer Bank over the last 25 years. She has performed her duties under in the mortgage area primarily the closing and funding function for several managers over her years of service. She has been considered by all to be an excellent employee. Attentive and you could not ask for a better employee." Thank you, Diana for bringing such amazing energy to Pioneer Bank.
Rainy Almond has been with us for 5 years and is the Resource Center Manager. She is always happy and really brightens a room. "Rainy is an amazing member of our team," states Eric Ehler, AVP – Information Security Officer/ Vendor Management. "She is always eager to help out and will jump right in to any task." Thank you, Rainy, for contributing so much to help Pioneer Bank grow.
Richard Lucero is one of our IT Specialists and is also celebrating 5 years with us. Richard is so quick to learn new tasks and is always willing to step up and help whenever needed. Matthew Burke, AVP/ IT Manager stated, "Richard has been a valuable addition to the IT team since he transferred departments in 2016." Thank you, Richard, for always being motivated to help Pioneer Bank succeed.
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Leslie Schmucker retired from public school teaching to create a special education program at Dayspring Christian Academy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She and her husband, Steve, have three grown children and five grandchildren. She blogs at leslieschmucker.com.
My husband and I often don't see eye to eye. After 31 years of marriage, you'd think that we would have figured out how to navigate our differences. We do love each other. We both have come to understand, by God's grace, that love is not a feeling but a choice. People who don't have that figured out don't last 31 years.
My husband is a kind and generous man who I admire and love deeply. He is absolutely "respected at the city gate" (Proverbs 31:23, NIV). He and I are just wired so differently that our wires seem to cross more than they connect.
I'm an extrovert. When I'm stressed, I become re-energized by a good game night with the family, or a night out with friends. My husband is an introvert. When he is stressed, he re-energizes by catching a good documentary alone in the basement, or getting out of the house by himself for a while.
My husband is mindful of money, watching our spending closely, providing the checks and balances we need to keep from going into debt. I tend to see money as a means to bless others and enjoy new or interesting experiences. I'm the reason for the checks and balances.
Our differences seem endless at times. He likes a skinny Christmas tree; for me, the fatter the better. He is tidy; I am not. He is more formal; I'm more comfortable in jeans and a hoodie. He comes from a family of seven children; I have one sibling. His love language is acts of service. Mine is words of affirmation.
Perhaps the most challenging difference between my husband and me, though, is the way we handle anger. When I am angry, I need to talk about it. Often passionately. My husband goes inward with his anger. He becomes quiet and sullen. I run him over with a bulldozer of words. He shuts me out with a wall of aloofness. This has often resulted in a maddening cacophony of yelling and silence, resulting in resentment that compounds the conflict.
Still, we remain steadfast in our resolve not to divorce. In the moment, when tensions and emotions are running high, and frustration threatens to undo us, the temptation to split feels enticing. What stops us from making our lives easier (albeit temporarily) by parting ways?
Divorcing my husband, apart from the pain it would cause us and our family, would only serve to remove the largest indicator and brightest illuminator of my principal sin: pride. Choosing the easy road removes challenge. The removal of challenge removes the opportunity for growth. A lack of growth causes stagnation in our walk. Stagnation in our walk keeps us from Christ and everything he still has for us in this life, including in our marriages.
Romans 14:1 tells us not to quarrel over disputable matters. Here, God is speaking about the church. But this principle can be applied to marriage, as well. If God used marriage as a type of Christ's church, should we destroy it for the sake of issues that have nothing to do with salvation (and everything to do with our selfish ambition and pride)?
God also admonishes us in 2 Corinthians 6:14 to "not be unequally yoked with unbelievers." Unequal yoking of oxen leads to a lack of productivity and a lot of frustration.
Though my husband and I are equally yoked in Christ, we have felt unequally yoked in lesser things. We have more than once almost allowed ourselves to be ripped apart over opinions. However, we do not get a free pass to unyoke ourselves from each other for lesser things. We both have submitted to the easy yoke of Christ (Matthew 11:30). We are believers and, as such, we have no right to tear apart what God has joined (Mark 10:9).
What, then, do we do with our jostling and bumping within the yoke Christ has fitted us with? Christ's yoke is easy in the sense that we can put to rest our confusion and uncertainty about our future in him. We are saved, secure, and bound to Christ eternally. But we're still here on earth, tilling the rocky, seemingly impassable soil of our marriage.
How do we learn to walk in step with one another as sinners within the yoke?
Burk Parsons said, "The love language of all marriages is self-denial." In my marriage, I often feel frustrated, hurt, tired, angry, and sometimes unloved. I know my husband feels the same at times. We regularly react to the other person's failure to meet our expectations. He didn't affirm me. I didn't serve him. We have corroborated with ourselves instead of denying ourselves. And now we are unhappy.
I know what the world's wisdom says about marriage. If I am unhappy, I should leave and find someone who will make me happy. Or I should just "eat, pray, and love" my way to happiness by pursuing endeavors that would help me find myself.
Christ, though, would have me carry my cross right up to the top of the hill of my marriage, loving my husband with no conditions, through the fiercest of storms. Why? Because my husband is my brother in Christ. He is a fellow believer, who came to Christ in 1997 right alongside me, entering into the covenant of grace, which binds us together even more than our covenant of marriage.
In marriage counseling, Christ would have me obey Ephesians 4:29–32, which admonishes me to use my words to build up. It tells me to put away bitterness, clamor, and anger. It tells me, instead, to be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving.
Christ has told me in John 15:12 to love my husband as Christ has loved me. And in Luke 6:31, he instructs me to treat others, especially my husband, as I would want to be treated.
Shouldn't I be considering Colossians 3:14, which exhorts me to "put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony"?
Why do I forget these marvelous commands when I come in my front door? Why can't I keep 1 Corinthians 13 in front of me in marriage?
I love Christ, I really do. And I love my husband. Still, I fall into sin in my marriage more times than I care to admit.
But I serve the God who calmed the storm with a word (Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:39). I love the Savior who brought this world into being, watched it fall, then suffered and died to redeem it. I believe in the God who saved me while I was still a sinner (Romans 5:8). And he did these things for my husband, as well.
Last summer I typed out the words of 1 Corinthians 13, and I keep them in a frame above my desk. When I am tempted to keep a record of wrongs (see verse 5), I go to these framed words. I pray for God to remind me how much he loves my husband, and how much Christ suffered so that I could have a godly marriage. I am still very far from conquering my relentless regard for self, and I am still adamant about a fat Christmas tree, but I know that our yoke is held firm by the One who put it there.
Leslie Schmucker (@LeslieSchmucker) retired from public school teaching to create a special education program at Dayspring Christian Academy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She and her husband, Steve, have three grown children and five grandchildren. She blogs at leslieschmucker.com.


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Home by Steven Woodruff No Shortage of Geniuses for the MacArthur Fellows Program
Kyle Abraham
No Shortage of Geniuses for the MacArthur Fellows Program
Steven Woodruff
Twenty four new recipients for MacArthur Fellowships were announced today. They include two from the dance world, Alexei Ratmansky, who is currently the resident choreographer for American Ballet Theater and a former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, and Kyle Abraham, who has his own company, Abraham. In. Motion. Both have worked extensively with major ballet and contemporary dance companies in the U.S. and abroad. Abraham's work, Another Night, with music by Dizzy Gillespie, was seen most recently in Los Angeles in the 2013 repertory programs of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. He was the 2012 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award winner. Alexei Ratmansky's choreography for The Bright Stream, Firebird, and Chamber Symphony (one section from the Shostakovich Trilogy) has been presented in Los Angeles on touring programs with ABT.
Since the awards originated in 1981, it has never been awarded solely for dancing. Past winners in dance, such as Twyla Tharp, Bill T. Jones, Jeraldyne Blunden, and Trisha Brown, like Mr. Abraham, have usually been recognized as choreographers and dancers, or coupled with another related discipline such as film making. When Jacques d'Amboise, the legendary dancer of New York City Ballet, was awarded the fellowship in 1990, it was for his groundbreaking work as a dance educator in encouraging young dancers through his National Dance Institute, which he founded in 1976. The award, as the MacArthur's note, is not based on past achievement, but awarded more as "an investment in a person's originality, insight, and potential".
Merce Cunningham was the first choreographer to receive a fellowship 1985. Peter Sellars was the first working in theater and opera to win the award in 1983. He went on to work with choreographer Mark Morris, a 1991 awardee, in the John Adam's opera, Nixon in China which premiered in 1987. Sellars was an early experimenter with opera. I saw his production of Haydn's Crusade's era opera, Armida, which was set in Vietnam, on a stage filled with jeeps and helicopters. That investment in "originality" went on to pay off handsomely in his version of Handel's baroque grand opus, Orlando, an opera, which was set in outer space.
The award is truly an eclectic one, having gone to an assortment of composers, scientists, activists, artists, historians and writers, but also a geriatrician, a blacksmith, a trombonist, a rural doctor, an arachnologist, a mime, a weaver, and a cattle rancher. Each awardee now receives $625,000 as a no strings attached prize. Recipients must be U.S. citizens or residents. They are selected without application by an anonymous panel.
The last choreographer to receive the award was Shen Wei in 2007. His works, Re-(Parts I, II, III) and Connect Transfer, both for Shen Wei Dance Arts, have been seen here in Los Angeles. For Connect Transfer at Disney Hall, the dancers, slathered in paint, created a giant painting on a canvas which covered the stage. Ratmansky will, no doubt, be back with new works for ATB, but in the meantime, you can see Kyle Abraham's work, Kollide, in the BODYTRAFFIC concert scheduled for October 11th and 12th at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica. It will be part of a repertory program with two other works. Mr. d'Amboise will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award this November as part of the Dance Under the Stars Festival for choreography in Palm Desert, California.
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Sunday's BSL showdown between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem will be first and foremost about pride. With the championship being decided in a Final Four format, it doesn't matter which team ends the regular season in first position. However, after being humbled 91-77 by Hapoel Jerusalem when the teams first met this season at Malha Arena, Maccabi will be desperately hoping to settle the score with a big win on Sunday. "I can't wait for the start of the game," Maccabi center D'or Fischer said. "Hapoel kicked our asses last time we met and this is payback time for us." Backup center Yaniv Green was just as animated. "It's time we see which is the best team in the country. We're playing at home and we haven't forgotten what happened last time," Green said. Jerusalem has lost just once in the BSL this season and enters Sunday's encounter on the back of a nine game winning streak. Hapoel, which made the most of Maccabi's Euroleague road game in Barcelona and trained at the Nokia Arena in the lead up to Sunday's encounter, will be boosted by the return of Omar Sneed and Erez Markovitch from injury. Timmy Bowers scored 30 points in the absence of the two big men to lead Hapoel to a victory against Ashkelon last week and is confident that the team has a real chance of getting the better of Maccabi for the third time in four meetings. "I really think that we have a chance against Maccabi," Bowers said. "We will have to train hard and believe in ourselves if we're to win." Hapoel guard Moran Rot, who was part of the Hapoel Holon team which beat Maccabi in the championship game at Nokia last season, remains wary of Tel Aviv. "Maccabi has played well recently and is clearly the favorite," Rot said. "A lot will depend on Maccabi's mental state after the Barca game." It's impossible to predict whether the 20-point thrashing in Barcelona will have a positive or negative effect on Maccabi, and assistant coach Sharon Drucker is obviously hoping for the best. "Had we beaten Barcelona or even played slightly better we would have entered this game in a different mood, but you also learn from playing poorly," Drucker said. On Saturday, Maccabi Haifa remained just behind Maccabi and Hapoel in the standings with a 75-68 victory over Maccabi Rishon Lezion. Davon Jefferson led Haifa scoring 20 points, with Moshe Mizrahi and Doron Perkins adding 12 points each. Demarco Johnson scored 16 points for Rishon, which lost for just the second time in five games under coach Ofer Berkowitz. Also Sunday, Ironi Nahariya goes for its fourth straight league win at Ironi Ashkelon, Ironi Ramat Gan hosts Hapoel Holon and Ironi Kiryat Ata visits Maccabi Givat Shmuel. On Monday, Bnei Hasharon hosts Hapoel Galil Elyon/ Gilboa.


The two coordinators dispatched from AMDA Headquarters arrived at Asahikawa Airport at 3pm on 7 September, then travelled to Sapporo by car.
The next morning, the team was joined by a doctor who worked with AMDA during the Kumamoto earthquake disaster (April 2016) and joined a meeting at the Disaster Management Headquarters at the Hokkaido prefectural government. Afterwards, they went to Tomakomai City to collect medical information, and then conducted a needs assessment in Atsuma Town, which was reported to have been damaged the most is this disaster.
Additionally, the AMDA Support Farmers Group*, who have regularly supplied disaster victims with food, departed Okayama for Hokkaido by car with food supplies on 7th September. In response to this recent disaster, they intend to cook food for those affected who do not have access to decent meals. The group entered Sapporo, Hokkaido the next day, and joined the AMDA team on 9th September.
According to information from the chief of the Crisis Management Section of the Hokkaido General Affairs Department, 21 people have been killed, 8 people's fates are unknown, and there are 5,628 evacuees living in 264 evacuation centers. Blackouts and water outages are still continuing throughout Hokkaido. In terms of transportation, airports are reopening, and regular trains have started running again in some areas.
*The AMDA Support Farmers Group consists mainly of individual farmers who provide food for disaster victims and support agricultural schools. Presently, there are roughly 50 members. They have been conducting activities such as sending rice to an NPO in Sendai City.


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Q: Python crashes with error vm_copy failed when calling CGDataProviderCopyData I've got an issue where I'm unable to get the pixel data (via CGDataProviderCopyData) from the Image that gets returned when I call CGImageCreate. Any other call and I'm able to get the data from images with no problem, so obviously I'm doing something incorrectly with the parameters that I pass in.
To make sure that I have "good" pixel data, I pull it from an image returned from CGWindowListCreateImage. Further, to verify that this pixel data is not the point of failure, I have tests which convert it to a PIL Image and save it to file so that I can verify that this are as they should be.
Getting the pixel data:
    display_monitor = get_rightmost_monitor()

    image = CG.CGWindowListCreateImage(
        CG.CGRectInfinite,
        CG.kCGWindowListOptionOnScreenOnly,
        display_monitor,
        CG.kCGWindowImageDefault
    )
    new_image = CG.CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context)
    prov = CG.CGImageGetDataProvider(new_image)
    data = CG.CGDataProviderCopyData(prov)
    return data

For testing purposes, I'm simply trying to recreate the image object from which the pixel data came. So, I feed all of the attributes of the first image into the parameters of the CGImageCreate function.
rebuilt_image = CG.CGImageCreate(
                CG.CGImageGetWidth(image),                          # width
                CG.CGImageGetHeight(image),                         # height
                CG.CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(image),       # bitsPerComponent
                CG.CGImageGetBitsPerPixel(image),               # bitsPerPixel
                CG.CGImageGetBytesPerRow(image),                # bytesPerRow
                CGImageGetColorSpace(image),                        # colorspace
                CG.CGImageGetBitmapInfo(image),                 # bitmapInfo
                data,                                               # pixel data from image
                None,                                                # decode
                False,                                                 # shouldInterpolate
                CG.kCGRenderingIntentDefault)

Now, the Image gets created without throwing any errors. However, upon calling CGDataProviderCopyData to extract the pixeldata, everything crashes and spits out this error:
    <Error>: copy_read_only: vm_copy failed: status 1

Despite my best googling, I'm unable to figure out what's causing this to fail. There are similar quesitons on SO, like this one. However, they're not quite in line with the issue I'm having, or perhaps due to my inexperience with the Core Graphics framework, I'm unable to translate the solutions offered in those questions to something applicable to my issue.
Could someone clear up where I've gone wrong?
Thanks!


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Let's talk about contracts, especially contracts and divorce. A contract has three elements to it. There is an offer, an acceptance and something lawyers call "consideration." So when you want to buy a car, the offer is for the car dealer to sell you a car for X dollars. You agree to buy the car for X dollars. And the consideration is the payment of X to the car dealership in exchange for the vehicle. It gets more complicated when you put in additional terms, like financing the vehicle, where you agree to pay Y dollars each month plus Z interest until you have paid X plus Z in full. An important additional term is that they have a right to take back the car if you don't abide by the contract to pay Y dollars plus Z interest every month. Failing to abide by the contract's term is called a "breach" of the contract.
You might think it's not possible for you to sign a contract without realizing it. But, in fact, people do it all the time. They don't realize that a Stipulated Judgment and Decree is a contract regarding their divorce.
Your Stipulated Judgment and Decree contains the terms of your contract to end your marriage. While it looks complicated, it is simply a contractual agreement to do certain things in exchange for being divorced. The contract (or agreement) has specific terms that you then file in district court. A judge rules on whether the contract is fair and equitable and issues a Judgment and Decree giving the agreement judicial approval and authority.
This means that the Judgment and Decree (contract) is legally binding on you and your now ex-spouse. So if one of you does not abide by the terms of the Judgment and Decree, the other party can go back to court and ask the court to order relief (for example, ordering your ex-spouse to sell the marital home to pay you your share) based on the breach of the contract.
It is not fraud if the facts change after the decree is signed by the court. Nor is it "duress" because you changed your mind. Duress would be if you were threatened with being reported to ICE or beaten up if you didn't sign. It is not duress if you had a bad day and didn't feel you had enough money to fight in court. All parties are under some stress in a divorce. You will need to compromise and make concessions if you do not have enough money to go to trial; that does not make it duress.
So think very carefully before signing any contract, in divorce or even for a vehicle. Once you sign, you will be bound by the terms, even if your life changes and it is difficult. Do not expect that you can easily get out of any signed contract. The bottom line is that even though you are under stress, you need to prepare to enter into a reasonable contract (stipulated Judgment and Decree) with a clear mind and with the full understanding that you are about to sign a contract and be bound by all of its terms. Very likely, the contract will be based on a compromise with both parties only getting a portion of what they want. It's unrealistic to expect that you will get everything you want and the other party will receive none of their demands.
The costs of signing a contract, including a Stipulated Judgment and Decree, that you don't fully understand can be very high. It's almost always worth it to have an experienced Minnesota Divorce attorney look things over before you commit. If you want assistance with reviewing a Judgment and Decree before signing, then please contact Mundahl Law.
I have been opposing counsel with Susan as well as volunteered together in the community. Susan is very generous with her time. She is a knowledgeable attorney and zealously advocates for her clients.


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N.J. health commissioner: We need more medical marijuana dispensaries to meet demand | Opinion
Star-Ledger Guest Columnist
By Shereef Elnahal
During my medical training in Baltimore, I met a 55-year-old florist whom I will always remember. We were treating her for a recurrence of throat cancer. The first time around, her treatment was so painful that she was placed on two types of opioids at the same time: a fentanyl patch and oxycodone pills. Her pain became intolerable, and she had to be hospitalized five times. Each time, she received another type of intravenous opioid therapy. By the time she completed her first round of chemotherapy and radiation, she was on the verge of addiction, soliciting pills from various doctors or buying and exchanging with friends. She did not know where else to turn.
After her cancer returned, a friend gave her a sample of marijuana. It was only after she tried it that her doctors were finally able to wean her off opioids. Unfortunately, she had to buy the marijuana on the black market to get a pain treatment that worked. Maryland did not have a medical marijuana program at the time.
One-third of 26,000 registered medical marijuana users in New Jersey qualified for the program because of chronic pain or anxiety.
We are doing things differently in New Jersey. We are expanding access to medical marijuana so those with legitimate medical needs are served with compassion. More than 11,600 new patients have registered since the beginning of the Murphy administration, putting us on track to double the number of patients since last year. The state Health Department is also revamping its regulations to make the program more accessible and responsive to patients' needs. These changes include reducing the registration fee by half for most individuals and by 90 percent for veterans and seniors, adding key conditions such as chronic pain and removing bureaucratic impediments to physicians' ability to recommend medicinal marijuana.
But while the Murphy administration has made strides in expanding access, we are only just beginning to meet the needs of thousands of potential patients. We must take additional steps, and I am asking for help from my fellow physicians, dispensaries and our colleagues in the Legislature.
I am asking my fellow physicians to enroll in the program and consider medical marijuana as another effective, therapeutic tool for many of their patients. In lectures that I have delivered to medical schools and teaching hospitals across the state, I have reviewed the evidence behind the therapy. Research has demonstrated the efficacy of marijuana in treating chronic pain, epilepsy, Crohn's disease and more. Better research is needed, and the administration is advocating for descheduling the drug at the federal level to obtain necessary funding.
But considering that medical marijuana's side effects are minimal compared with other prescription drugs, the benefit of recommending it often outweighs the risk. To date, no one has died from marijuana overdose or withdrawal. The same cannot be said of opioids. As they would with any other therapy, physicians should assess the risk/benefit for appropriate patients and avoid billing patients separately for "medical marijuana visits."
I am asking more dispensaries to enter into the market. Last week, we announced the first requests for applications for up to six alternative treatment centers -- two each in the north, central and southern regions of the state -- that combine cultivation, manufacturing and dispensing in one business. We must immediately start the process to open new alternative treatment centers to meet growing demand. Later this year, we anticipate other rounds of applications for businesses specializing in cultivation, manufacturing or dispensing distinctly.
Finally, I am asking the Legislature to pass a bill that allows edible forms of medical marijuana to be accessible for all patients; lifts the limit of 2 ounces per month; reduces doctor's visits for patients; removes the limit for patients receiving end-of-life care; and provides workplace protections. Current proposals have many of these elements, which is very encouraging.
For Jake Honig, a 7-year-old Howell resident who died after battling a rare form of cancer, medical marijuana proved to be the only therapy that worked during his final days. His other half-dozen medications -- to address nausea, vomiting, pain, agitation and insomnia -- caused serious side effects. In short, it was medical marijuana that allowed Jake to enjoy his last moments with his family.
For patients like Jake and tens of thousands of others in our state who would benefit, we need to work together to cross the finish line.
Shereef Elnahal, M.D., is New Jersey's state health commissioner.
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How to Learn Korean
How to Say "Pleased to Meet You" in Korean
Learn how to say "pleased to meet you" in Korean with this Howcast video lesson.
How to say "Pleased to meet you" in Korean. Chuheum behpgetseumnida. Pleased to meet you. Chuheum behpgetseumnida. Pleased to meet you. Chuheum behpgetseumnida. Pleased to meet you. Now you try.
You can also say, "Great to meet you." Mannahsuh bangapseupnida. Great to meet you. Mannahsuh bangapseupnida. Great to meet you. Mannahsuh bangapseupnida. Great to meet you. Now you try.
Or you can say, "I'm so glad we met." Mahnna behpget desuh bahngahpseumnida. I'm so glad we met. Mahnna behpget desuh bahngahpseumnida. I'm so glad we met. Now you try.
And that's how to say "Pleased to meet you" in Korean.
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For those who find SoundReplacer's non realtime processing limiting there are a few other alternatives. TL Drum Rehab is a sample triggering RTAS plug-in designed for the real-time replacement and enhancement of drum tracks, it features multiple velocity sample layers and an integrated sample library and browser. Drum Rehab generates its triggers when placed on a tracks insert slot, the main advantage of Drum Rehab over SoundReplacer is that it allows you to choose and tweak your replacement samples in context whist hearing the other elements of the mix.
One of the benefits of TL Drum Rehab is the included drum sample library which is accessed through the Library Browser on the right hand side of the plug-in, you can also browse and load your own samples and save them in Drum Rehab's native DRP file format. When the 'Auto-Audition' button is enabled, clicking on a sample's name allows you to preview it, the volume slider at the bottom of the Browser adjusts the preview volume. Double clicking a sample loads it into Drum Rehab.
NOTE: DRP files can include up to a maximum of 4 different samples triggering per velocity layer, for example the hardest hit snare sample would consist of 4 separate samples that can be set to trigger in sequence (cycle mode) or randomly, this avoids the same drum tone repeating during drum rolls at a the same velocity. DRP files could also have up to 16 different velocity layers, thats potentially 16 banks of four samples playing randomly set to trigger at 16 different source file levels. This results in a very realistic drum replacement when compared to SoundReplacer maximum total of 3 samples and 3 velocity layers.
Clicking the Trigger Panel button at the top of Drum Rehab updates the interface to show the trigger and detection settings.
Listen mode is enabled by pressing the listen button, in this mode Drum Rehab analyses the incoming audio for transients and generates sample triggers to match the performance.
Drum Rehab includes four different detection algorithms, these are located in the Detector Mode pop-up window (shown below). These algorithms enable Drum Rehab to more successfully detect certain types of material.
Snare 1 - A sensitive detection mode that works best on snare drum recordings that contain more complex material such as 'flams' or rolls.
Snare 2 - A general purpose mode that works best on less complex snare patterns and cymbals.
Kick - Designed for use with kick drums or other low frequency content.
Tom - Designed for use with toms and other 'mid-range' content.
Free - The sample plays for its entire length despite being re-triggered. This is useful for sounds that continue to resonate when hit multiple times such as cymbals.
Choke - The sample does not continue to play to its entire length when being re-triggered. This models the behaviour of snares and kick drums.
The 'Minimum Threshold' function allows you to set the lowest amount of original signal that will trigger Drum Rehab, this should be set to above any 'bleed' present on the track to avoid creating 'false' triggers.
Velocity Zones are represented by the multi coloured horizontal bars, arranged quiet (left) to loud (right), directly below the Waveform display, the zones can be reconfigured by dragging the boundary lines that separate them horizontally. The way the Drum Rehab crossfades from one velocity zone sample to another can be adjusted by dragging the boundary lines vertically. The bars illuminate to show when that particular zone is being triggered.
The 'Input' slider at the bottom of the Trigger panel adjusts the volume of the original audio in Drum Rehab's output, The 'Samples' slider adjusts the sample's volume, this allows you to blend between the two sounds to get a prefect balance. The 'Ducking' slider is a useful feature that lowers the volume (by the amount specified by the Ducking slider) of the original signal when triggering the samples, this can allow the bleed on a track to remain intact despite the original triggering sound being lowered in volume or removed completely.
For source audio that has fairly consistent dynamics the standard Drum Rehab settings should be sufficient but Drum Rehab also has an 'Expert' mode for more challenging material if necessary. The expert controls are accessed by pressing the 'Expert Panel' button (shown below).
Committing the Triggers (indicated by the cursor above) using the 'Commit' or 'Commit All' buttons along the top of the Expert Panel locks the triggers in place and makes them playback regardless of the threshold level settings or whether or not the Listen mode is enabled. The position of committed triggers can be edited by clicking and dragging on them.
Uncommitted triggers will only playback if Listen Mode is enabled (as they are re-detected generating a new trigger), Ignored triggers are ignored in all circumstances and will not playback even if Listen Mode is enabled. Listen mode should generally be disabled when committing triggers to avoid the confusion caused by Listen Mode's automatic regeneration during playback.
In some cases you may find that the automatic techniques offered by either SoundReplacer or Drum Rehab just don't give you the amount of accuracy and control over your drum replacement that you are looking for. In these situations you can try manually converting the drum hits to MIDI, this manual method may take a bit longer but the results will potentially prove more successful. It is achieved simply by using 'Tab to Transient' and keyboard shortcuts and requires no purchasing of non stock plug-ins.
These are the Keyboard shortcuts you will need to master.
TIP: It may seem complicated but as you can see below, aside from the cut/copy/paste functions (which are well known) the others are fairly logically laid out and easy to remember by location.
Make sure Keyboard shortcuts are enabled for the Edit Window (shown below).
Make sure Tab to Transient is enabled (shown below).
Create a MIDI track below the Audio track you wish to perform replacement on, this could be either an External MIDI or Instrument track. For this example I am replacing a snare drum and will use an Instrument track with the Xpand!2 (preset + 31 Snares Menu).
Enable Notes View on the Instrument track and draw a short (16th) MIDI note (you may need to trim the note) on the key of the Snare sound you wish to trigger. Notes view allows you to draw MIDI notes directly from the edit Window.
Notes can be drawn with either the Pencil Tool or by Control (Mac) clicking with the 'Smart Tool'. A short (16th) note means if you encounter drum rolls the MIDI notes probably won't start to overlap.
Select the note and press X to cut the note (Cut = 'delete and copy to clipboard').
Place the cursor before the first transient on the audio track you wish to replace and press ' (Tab Right) to move the cursor to meet the first transient.
Press : (move cursor down) to place the cursor on the instrument track at the same location as the audio transient.
Press V (paste) to paste a new MIDI note at that location.
Press ' (Tab Right) to move the cursor to meet the next transient that you wish to replace.
It probably looks a bit confusing at first but basically once you have 'cut' the first instance of the MIDI note (step 2 above) all you are doing is repeating four keyboard shortcuts. The four basic steps that repeat are shown below.
Tip: Command (Mac) dragging vertically adjusts the MIDI note's velocity in Notes View. It's probably best to start with a hit at maximum volume, you can adjust the velocities to mimic the dynamics of the original audio performance as you go through the process if required.
Jason O'Bryan has over 20 years of music industry experience, having worked as a record producer, recording artist and sound engineer in London, Jamaica, Barbados, Los Angeles and New York. He was a member of the infamous UK band 'Dub Pistols' (voted best U.K live band 2011 by DJ magazine) for over a decade as producer and bassist and also recorded under various artist names including 'Strange Nature', 'Avenue A' and 'City Hi-Fi'.
Throughout his career, Jason has been commissioned to remix many world famous artists including Bono (U2), Lily Allen, Scissor Sisters, Moby, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Rob Zombie, Ian Brown, Bush, Natalie Imbruglia and Robbie Williams and has co-written music with many influential artists' including Busta Rhymes, The Specials, Massive Attack, Gregory Issacs. Freak Power, Rodney P and Lindy Layton (Beats International). His work and music is also regularly featured in advertising, numerous major Hollywood movies including 'Zoolander', 'Mystery Men', 'Bad Company' and 'Y Tu Mama Tambien', TV series and Computer games.
Jason currently works freelance as a Record Producer, Remixer, DJ and Educator.