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Abdullah Al-Nadawi is responsible for building voluntary teams at Dialas Organization. Among other campaigns, he led an advocacy campaign to protect countrywomen from domestic violence in his city, Diyala. Abdullah is also a researcher with a Master degree in Human Rights and Public Freedom. He focuses his research on child protection in conflict, state responsibility in crimes committed against humanity, and protecting the right to vote. Abdullah is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Abdullah J. Al-Nadawi
Abdullah Zainulabdeen is the Director of Volunteer with Us Foundation for Relief and Development in Mosul. He is currently studying to get a Bachlor's degree in International Relations. Abdullah participated in many activities with IRIS, CGDS, and UNAOC and succeeded in getting several certificates in volunteering, project management, team leading, and public relations. He is taking part in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Abdullah Zainualbdeen
AbuObaydah Abdulrazaq is a Medical Intern from Anbar. He is also the president of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA), Anbar branch. Through his work with IFMSA, he led several workshops for other IFMSA members focused on time and stress management. AbuObaydah also led a number of fundraising campaigns to provide healthcare and assistance to IDPs in Baghdad and Kirkuk. He is currently pursuing a M.B.Ch.B degree from Anbar College of Medicine. He is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
AbuObaydah F. Abdulrazaq
Ako Kaky is a community activist and university professor from Kirkuk. He took part in many volunteering activities with the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and Kokar Foundation for sustainable development and Volunteerism. He had a leading role in "For You" campaign to support IDPs. In addition to his job as a Chemistry lecturer at the University of Kirkuk, Ako is interested and works on gender equality, peacebuilding, and promoting good governance. His future plans are to go for local elections in Kirkuk. He is participating in the Political Candidate Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Ako S. Kaky
Ali Al-herz is a Board Member at Tabanni Foundation for Active Youth in his city, Maysan. He led a campaign to provide humanitarian help to families displaced to Maysan during the war against ISIS, and another campaign to advocate the rights of protestors in southern Iraq. Ali was also a member of Rasd Network to observe National Elections in 2018. In addition to his social activism, Ali works in Information Technology, Promotion, and Marketing. He is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Ali A. Alhrez
Ali Kurd is a Trainer and Social Activist in his city, Diwaniyah. He participated in many training activities implemented by UNICEF, UNESCO, and the British Council in Diwaniyah. Through his activism work, he focuses on education and children's rights. He served as a part of the "Not Leaving School" campaign to minimize students' dropouts from schools and integrate children with special needs with the rest of their classmates. In addition to his degree in Chemistry, Ali has a number of certificates in training and active citizenship. He is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Ali M. Alkurd
Ali Al-Satroi is a journalist and blogger from Baghdad. He is also the head of marketing and public relations at Apkaiio House for Printing and Publishing. Ali worked earlier at IWPR as an editor where he received a number of certificates in Journalism, in addition to his Bachelor's degree in Media. In his articles and blogs, he focuses on peaceful coexistence, religious enlightenment, and the renewal of Islamic speech. Ali also conducted many volunteering activities to promote freedom of speech and to encourage equal opportunities for Iraqi people. He is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Ali R. Al-Satroi
Amer Osman is the Team Leader of Logistics in Sinuni Hospital in Sinjar. He previously worked with Doctors without Borders (MSF) where he pursued his interest in humanitarian activism. After the disaster struck Sinjar, Amer was a part of several social management campaigns to help his fellow Yazidis who were able to escape from ISIS captivity, and other campaigns to encourage the return of Yazidi IDPs to Sinjar after the city was liberated. Amer holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, along with several other technical certificates. He is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Amer H. Osman
Ammar Al Jaabawi is the Official spokesman and Board of Directors members of the Knowledge Center for Studies, Research, Development and Training in Baghdad. He also worked as the Political Guidance Officer with the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council. Ammar has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Baghdad University and a Master's degree in Political Science from Nahrain University. He is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Ammar Al Jaabawi
Asia Samarae is a social activist from Salahaddin. She is also an administrative member at the Iraqi Family Organization, Al-Bahtri Foundation for Relief and Development, and Samarra Culture Foundation. Asia has a Master's degree in Fundamental Jurisprudence from Imam Al-Khadem University in Baghdad. She is taking part in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Asia Samarae
Asma'a Abdullah is a Researcher and Activist from Baghdad. She focuses her social activism work on peacebuilding, youth empowerment, legal issues, and preserving Iraqi cultural heritage. After the conclusion of the Iraq Forum: Youth & Coexistence held by the Iraqi Al-Amal Association, Asma'a represented Iraqi youth to deliver their demands to the office of Prime Minister. She also participated as a volunteer in several educational and cultural activities. Asma'a is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Asma'a N. Abdullah
Dalya Ahmed is an active researcher, genocide scholar, and a member of the IAGS (International Association of Genocide Scholars). Currently, she is presuing an online certerficate in Genocide Prevention from Stockton University. Dalya is currently planning to launch a wide campaign in Iraq with other Iraqi activists from the same program to raise awareness and prevent genocide and crimes against humanity. The main goal is to raise public awareness through education and media, as well as to enhance coordination between state institutions and NGOs in order to restore confidence and trust among the Iraqi people. Dalya is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Dalya O. Ahmed
Fatimah Al-Gailani is a Dentist and Civil Activist from Karbala. She is a member of the Gift of Healing Foundation for voluntary medical assistance. Through her experience in voluntary work, Fatimah led a volunteering team to stand against domestic violence and child marriage. She also worked with Amnesty International on documenting and monitoring human rights violations in Iraq. In addition to her degree in Dentistry, Fatimah holds many certificates in Psychological health, human rights protection, Peacebuilding, and conflict resolution. She is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Fatimah F. Al-Gailani
Ghazala Elias is from Sinjar and she is working as a Projects Manager at Youth Bridge Organization. She also worked as a Community Mobilizer for a number of NGOs including Rawangah and Harikar to encourage IDPs in the camps to identify their needs and participate in the various activities aimed at empower them. Ghazala is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. She is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Ghazala Elias
Hadeel Al-Azzawi is an International Arbitration Advisor and a lawyer from Baghdad. She is a founding member of the She Has a Right campaign to defend women's rights, and leading the Stop Domestic Violence campaign. Hadeel is also a member of the Al-Nama'a Center for Human Rights – Baghdad Team, where she wrote reports and conducted research on the risks of child beggary, rights of disabled people, and how to eradicate racism and discrimination. Hadeel is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Hadeel J. Al-Azzawi
Hiba Alyasarat is an Administrative Assistant at the Iraqi Civic Action Network in Babil, and a Data Officer for the Promoting Youth Political Participation project funded by NED. She is also a member of the social accountability team developed by USAID's program, Takamul. Among her other volunteering activities, Hiba utilized her degree in English to act as a volunteering English teacher in Iraqi public schools to overcome the shortfall of teachers in her city. Hiba is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Hiba J. Alyasarat
Hind Sumaida is a social activist from Diyala. She previously worked with the International Rescue Organization as a Protection Monitor providing an assessment of the basic needs of IDP families in Diyala. Hind also worked with UNFP as a Liaison Officer where she led workshops and peer education sessions and activities for women inside IDP camps. She has a Bachelor's degree from College of Basic Education at Diyala University. Hind is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Hind Sumaida
Layth Raji is an Engineer currently working for Dhi Qar Oil Company. He is an active youth leader involved in various activities with a focus on youth issues and peace building in his community and provides support for youth political work. Layth was also elected as President of the Iraqi Youth Parliament, an official institution that represents Iraqi youth under the supervision of the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports. He has a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Technology, Baghdad. He is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Layth Raji
Marwah Al-Tekreeti is from Tikrit and she is currently working with the Danish Mine Action Group at the Danish Refugee Council as a mine awareness facilitator. She led a campaign with a team called the Protectors of Tigris aimed at protecting the Tigris River from pollution and other hazards. Marwah also holds multiple certificates through which she gained experience in TOT and essential skills to work in international NGOs. Marwah has a Master's degree in English from Tikrit University. She is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Marwah Al-Tekreeti
Maryam Al-Hasnawi is an Engineer from Baghdad. She also worked as a Writer for several newspapers, such as Azzaman and Asharq Al-Awsat with a focus on social issues. Maryam has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Baghdad. She is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Maryam Al-Hasnawi
May Al-Hadeethi is the Director and Public Relations Officer at the Islamic Association Of Iraqi Women – Anbar Office. She is also leading a project aimed at fostering people's participation in enhancing security where her team works to rebuild trust between people and security forces in Anbar. In addition to her degree in Journalism, May is also a certified trainer in Human Development since 2015. She is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
May I. Al-Hadeethi
Maytham Al-Hammad is the Public Relations Officer in the Iraqi Red Crescent Society in Basra and a volunteering member in Iraqi Al-Amal Association and Al-Nama'a Center for Human Rights. He was also a member of the national team to write the human rights violation report presented to stakeholders in Geneva. Maitham also led a campaign to advocate reviewing and editing the draft law of freedom of expression and peaceful demonstration. He also worked to provide support for the IDP camps in Basra. Maitham is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Maytham A. Al-Hammad
Mohamed Taleb is an Accountant at Al Khaleej Company from Anbar. He previously worked as a supervisor monitoring the 2018 Iraqi national elections. Mohamed has a Bachelor's degree in business management from Al Hamdaniya University. He is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Mohamed Taleb
Mohammed Al-Minehil is the Deputy Director and team leader of the Volunteering Network at the Vision Center for Innovation and Development in his city, Al-Muthanna. He is also co-founder of House of Happiness for Orphans Care, Noorelhassan Institute for Blind, and the Family Counseling Center in Muthanna. Earlier, Mohammed was the head of cultural committee at the Skilled Iraqi Woman Foundation. Due to his experience as a trainer, he was the coordinator of Muthanna City at the Institutional Development Academy (IDA). Mohammed is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Mohammed H. Alminehil
Mohammed Al-Hakeem is Co-Founder of the Iraqi Association of Agronomists in Baghdad and one of its board members. He is also an activist who is committed to raising awareness about the climate and environment issues in Iraq. Mohammed also advocates in his community for the 15th goal of Sustainable Development Goals, "Life on Land," through two projects he's currently implementing: a waste recycling project, and the forestation of schools and government institutions. Mohammed holds a Master's degree in Agronomy and a Bachelor's degree in Law. He is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Mohammed M. Al-Hakeem
Murooj Hasan is a human rights advocate who has more than 5 years of voluntary and working experience. Her work specifically focuses on initiating and exerting advocacy efforts and she has led several initiatives to organize public advocacy events and meetings with key decision-makers in her province, Salahaddin. Her advocacy efforts focus on issues such as child marriage, children and adolescent dropouts from school, honor-based crimes, gender-based violence, and political and societal reconciliation in Iraq. She is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Murooj M. Hasan
Mustafa Hameed is the team leader of Mudafi'on (Advocates) Team to Protect and Foster Human Rights in Salahaddin, where he is working with his teammates on documenting the torturing and human rights violations committed against prisoners in jails and submitting these reports regularly to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Mustafa is also an active member of Al-Nama'a Center's team to investigate the fate of protestors who were victims of enforced disappearance or abduction. He is also a founding member of the Reading Festival in his city, Samarra. Mustafa is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Mustafa A. Hameed
Omar Najm is an HR Manager at Success Network 21, a civic institution in Ninawa. Through his social activism work, Omar led various workshops to raise awareness, empower, and motivate youth to participate in the elections and develop their skills to be able to run in the elections. He has a Master's degree in Business Administration and he is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Omar Najm
Omer Al-Fahdawi is a social activist from Ramadi. He had participated as a volunteer in many humanitarian campaigns to distribute food baskets and new clothes to low-income families. Omer took part in a roundtable discussion between senior officials and civil society activists in Anbar to address the main issues facing the city. He was also a member of the organizing committee of the first Book Fair in Anbar and the Bazaar Noon campaign to support women. Omar is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Omer M Al-Fahdawi
Qutaiba Yaseen is a Dentist and holds his B.D.S from Ibn-Hayyan University. He's a Co-founder of the Political Awareness Club in Najaf and has worked as a Researcher at Alrafidain Center for Dialogue. Qutaiba has a deep passion in politics and often writes about public affairs and is a freelance translator of political articles and research papers. He is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Qutaiba Yaseen
Saif Al-Karaawi is a professional radio presenter and activist from Najaf. He is also a Livelihood Coach with the Iraqi Al-Amal Association and Bint Al-Rafidain Organization. During his previous work with Y-Peer as a liaison officer, Saif also co-founded the Interactive Theatre in Najaf. He worked earlier with UNFPA to provide psychological and rehabilitation sessions for the women who survived violence, where he conducted more than 250 sessions for different groups. Saif is a volunteer in many youth campaigns providing media support. He is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Saif M. Al-Karaawi
Sami Rasho is a social activist and English teacher from Sinjar. He moved to Qadya Camp for IDPs in Duhok after the invasion of ISIS, where he joined Yahad Organization. In addition to English tutoring lessons he gives to the camp residents, Sami is leading campaigns to distribute food, medicine, and financial aid to families in need. Earlier, he was a member of the cultural assemblage of Harikar Organizations where he volunteered to organize English classes. Sami is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Sami J. Rasho
Sara Ali is a Livelihood Coach with Kurdistan Economic Development Organization (KEDO) in Halabja. She is also a volunteering member in the Jingedosty campaign to raise awareness about environmental protection and sustainability. Earlier, Sara worked as a Psychosocial Support Coach with Youth Activity Organizations. In addition to her degree in English Literature, Sara holds certificates in training, entrepreneurship, and research. She is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Sara O. Ali
Shivan Fazil is a Program Specialist with the United States Institute of Peace from Erbil. Prior to that, he worked with OXFAM Iraq as a Senior Policy & Media Officer and with Middle East Research Institute as the Director of Communications. Shivan often writes opinion and analysis pieces with a focus on issues facing KRG, Iraq, and the region. He has a Master's degree in Middle East Politics from School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Shivan is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Shivan Fazil
Shkar Abdullah is an English teacher with the English Zone Institute in Kirkuk. She led a campaign to raise awareness about the impacts of intrafamilial sexual abuse on female teenagers' engagement in social activities and how to mitigate the effects of this violent act on their psychological conditions. As she holds a Master's Degree in English, Shkar is also working on translating medical and psychological reports about education, psychology, and domestic violence from English to Kurdish to benefit her community. She is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Shkar S. Abdullah
Wisam Nadhim is a civil and political activist from Salahaddin. He participated in various trainings with a focus on peacebuilding, transformational Leadership, and capacity building for civil Society held by the Iraqi Hope Association, UNFPA, and Tikrit Center for Voluntary Work. Wisam has a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Tikrit University. He is taking part in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Wisam Nadhim
Wurood Ahmed works with the Iraqi Women Rights Organization in her hometown, Baghdad. Through her work with the women rights organization, she leads a team that provides support to women and children in cases of violence and relief. Wurood has a Bachelor's degree in Languages from the University of Baghdad. She is participating in the Political Candidate track of the Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Wurood Ahmed
Zahra Al-Alaq is a Trainer with ARATC for Training and Development in Basra. She also volunteered to work with I CARE (Iraqi Children Aid & Repair Endeavour) to support children of families in need. In addition to her Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Zahra holds certificates in training, project management, and human resources management. She is planning to start her own organization to train and empower fresh graduates to help them compete in the job market. Zahraa is participating in the Social Activist Track of Iraq Leadership Fellows Program.
Zahra F. Al-Alaq
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Is a Further Reduction in the Lifetime Allowance on the Cards?
Jamie Bubb-Sacklyn
According to a recent article by the Telegraph, amongst other pension taxes, the UK government have plans to reduce the pension lifetime allowance, again! This will impact millions of savers via a Lifetime Allowance Tax Charge. There are suggestions that the lifetime allowance could be reduced from the current £1,073,100 to just £800,000. It's only 10 years ago that the LTA was £1.8m and before 6 April 2006, there wasn't one. Follow this link for the history of the Lifetime Allowance (LTA).
But what is the LTA and can any planning be implemented in order to mitigate the potential tax?
Very simply, the LTA is the total amount that you can accrue in pension benefits before being subject to a tax charge when you retire and take those benefits. The type of pension that you have will affect how the total benefits are calculated but for most people the calculation is the total amount of pension benefits that you have in your pensions. Rather than looking at the value right now, you'll need to project this total forward to your retirement date as this is when the test will occur.
When you take benefits from your pension, if the amount that you crystallise* is in excess of the LTA and taken as a lump sum, you could be subject to a 55% tax charge on the excess. On the other hand, you are subjected to 25% if taken as income. 55%!
Not only is there potentially a huge tax liability but the level of income potentially available to a pensioner with a pot of £800,000 vs £1,073,100 is approximately £12,500 p.a. less. That's £1,000 less, before tax, each month.
What can you do to help?
There are likely to be some protections available to those who's benefits are likely to exceed a reduced LTA but every person has a unique position and so there's no "one size fits all" solution when it comes to your personal position. It's vitally important that you're aware of your options and that you have a plan in place so that you know how to tackle your position. You should seek advice as early as possible when it comes to your pensions.
For example, it's still possible to apply for protection from when the government last reduced the Lifetime Allowance to £1m, back in 2016. Fixed Protection 16 (FP16) is available to anyone who hasn't made a pension contribution since 5 April 2016 (which will apply to many expats) and this gives you an LTA of £1.25m, rather than the current £1.073m. An extra £177,000 in your pensions before a potential 55% tax charge could save up to £97,295 in taxes!
You can also apply for Individual Protection 16 (IP16) which protects your LTA to the lower of; the value of your pensions on 5 April 2016 or £1.25m. Contributions can continue to be made under IP16. Further info on the protections currently available can be found here.
Another option is that you could establish a Qualifying Non-UK Pension Scheme (QNUPS) where the LTA doesn't apply. Benefits contributed to this scheme would not fall under the LTA and any charges applicable. Since a QNUPS falls under UK Inheritance Tax laws, any contributions and growth would also be outside of your estate for tax purposes. £1m contributed to a QNUPS from non-pension assets could present an immediate £400,000 in IHT savings as well as future LTA tax charge savings.
Pensions are a complicated area and so it's always best to seek advice and avoid the minefield of potential pitfalls. A financial planner can help you structure your pensions in a tax efficient manner for now and the future. If you have any questions regarding your pensions and your options, please feel free to contact me here.
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Virgil Broodhagen is a Barbadian painter known for his work in the art world. His paintings have been featured on stamps in Barbados and his paintings have been exhibited in various places in the Americas and Europe.

History

Broodhagen was born in Barbados on 1 September 1943.  He was educated at St. Mary's Boys School, Combermere Secondary School and the Barbados Technical Institute. He emigrated to Canada in 1966 and worked for the Canadian Government recording and designing for the restoration of historic buildings, archaeological sites and vessels. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Manitoba. In September 2001 Virgil and his father Karl Broodhagen celebrated 31 years of exhibiting together in Barbados. (Corrie Scott 2011)

Two paintings by Virgil were featured on stamps issued by the Barbados Postal Service in 1995 and 2008. Virgil has exhibited in Florence Italy, Cuba, London and throughout Canada and the U.S.A. He designed the Cubana Airline Monument in Barbados. A piece of his sculpture can be found in the Sculpture Peace Garden, Changchun, China. Broodhagen continues his work and appearances in the art community (as of 2018).

Bibliography
 Barnum, Elizabeth Ann. "Creolization and Commodification of Art and Craft in Barbados." Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, 1998.
 Broodhagen, Virgil, National Cultural Foundation (Barbados), and Queen's Park Gallery. The National Cultural Foundation Presents Virgil Broodhagen in Exhibition at the Queen's Park Gallery, Barbados, 11th September - 5th October, 1988. Barbados: National Cultural Foundation, 1988.
 Putten, H.M. Van Der, Virgil Broodhagen, Parks Canada, Parks Canada, Engineering and Architecture, and Restoration Services. Red River Ox Cart as Built Drawings, April 1987. Ottawa, Ont.: Parks Canada, 1987.

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Online magazine Mixed Media Art has a lot about Castle in the Air in their new issue! They interviewed me about the shop and the creative life in a beautiful six-page story, and this issue also includes a tutorial by Honestly WTF editor Erica Chan Coffman which will teach you how to make our extremely popular pajaki decorations.
Apparently Mixed Media Art is the first art magazine designed specifically for the iPad, and it's available in 11 languages. Best of all, you can read this issue for free by downloading it from the iTunes store.
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Q: keyboard done key action swift iOS doesn't work I'm new in stackoverflow, I have a problem with new swift code.
I have custom the return button on keyboard with "Done", but when I tap on it, don't befall anything... How can I hide the keyboard on tap it?
I have added a code (found on this site) for hide the keyboard when you tap somewhere ,not in the keyboard, but I can't custom it with tap on "done" button... Thank you before!!

A: You need to implement delegate method which is called when you hit done button:
func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
    textField.resignFirstResponder()
    return true
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You also need to conform to UITextFieldDelegate protocol:
// I assume you override UIViewController class. If not add UITextFieldDelegate to your class
class MyViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate

The last thing is set up your class to be a text field delegate:
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This will create the necessary connections between your View, its component and will make the textFieldShouldReturn method work as expected.

A: The protocol methods have new signatures (Swift 4.1). IE:
func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
    textField.resignFirstResponder()
    return true
}

As the protocol methods are optional, using a wrong signature will silently fail.

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Fig. 4-4-1-1 shows trends of persons received by public prosecutors for violations of the Income Tax Act (Act No.33 of 1965), the Corporation Tax Act (Act No.34 of 1965), the Inheritance Tax Act (Act No.73 of 1950), the Consumption Tax Act (Act No.108 of 1988), and the Local Tax Act (Act No. 226 of 1950).


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AWS helps Roche harness the power of health data at scale
By Sandra G. Handy on	 November 30, 2021 Health data
SEATTLE, November 30, 2021 – Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS), a company of Amazon.com, Inc., announced that the Roche Group is using AWS for the majority of its cloud workloads to help Roche to derive greater value from his health Data. Company Uses AWS High Performance Computing, Analytics, Machine Learning, Database, Storage and Security Capabilities to Accelerate Drug Discovery and Development, and Process Health Data on a large scale to provide high-quality personalized care. Roche is also working with AWS Professional Services to integrate its Information Technology (IT) systems so that it can securely share data as needed both within the company and with key external stakeholders. such as academic institutions, regulatory agencies and healthcare providers, while Roche complies with laws and guidelines to protect patient privacy.
AWS's secure infrastructure and portfolio of services powers Roche's personalized healthcare program. While biopharmaceutical companies have pursued personalized medicine for more than two decades, it is only recently that advances in data, analytics and digital technology have positioned the healthcare industry for transformational change. Roche uses AWS analytics and database services like Amazon OpenSearch Service (AWS's service for finding, viewing, and analyzing up to petabytes of text and unstructured data) and Amazon Aurora (relational database compatible AWS's MySQL and PostgreSQL Built for the Cloud) to help them gain actionable insights from their real-world corporate, research, clinical, digital health, and patient data. With AWS, Roche can examine health data related to patients' genetic makeup, overall health, and drug efficacy and interactions at scale, by analyzing structured data sets of anonymized patient data that Roche anonymizes and aggregates to protect patient privacy. This capability gives Roche researchers a more detailed understanding of patient biology in larger patient populations and can help them identify patterns and outliers that inform the development of diagnostics and treatments.
"With profound advancements in data, analytics and digital technology, we are transforming the way drugs are discovered and developed, and the way patient care is delivered. AWS provides us with high-performance, secure cloud solutions that help us harness the power of data to improve the lives of patients, "said Dr. Alan Hippe, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer of Roche Group. "With AWS, we are bringing health data together in new ways to better detect, diagnose, treat, monitor and manage disease more effectively and efficiently for the benefit of patients. Roche complies with all applicable data privacy laws including, but not limited to, Swiss Data Protection Law, European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , the United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Chinese Cyber Security and Data Act. confidentiality standard.
AWS is fueling Roche's use of digital technologies such as smartphone apps that can help healthcare professionals deliver personalized care and empower patients to play a role in managing their own health. AWS services such as AWS Lambda (a serverless, event-driven compute service), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), and Amazon SageMaker (the AWS service that helps developers and data scientists build, train and rapidly deploy machine learning models) allow Roche to ingest, store, process and analyze health data quickly collected by smart devices. For example, Roche built and operates its mySugr application on AWS to securely aggregate and analyze data such as blood glucose readings for patients with diabetes. Roche uses the app to automatically extract and analyze smart meter data to better inform a patient's schedule and drug dosage. Across its range of digital healthcare applications, Roche continuously and securely collects and analyzes patient health data in the cloud, giving the patient and their healthcare providers a more accurate and faster understanding of disease progression and response to treatment.
Roche also uses the scalable high-performance computing capabilities of AWS, as well as AWS container and analytics services such as Amazon Redshift (AWS's cloud-based data warehousing service), to process and extract seamlessly. secures information from tens of petabytes of genomic data from over 300,000 consenting cancer patients worldwide while maintaining patient privacy. Roche uses Amazon FSx for Luster (the service from AWS that provides scalable, high-performance, cost-effective storage for compute workloads) to store this genomic data and make it quickly available for analysis. With support from AWS, Roche continues to expand its cancer knowledge base to identify future cases more quickly.
Roche enhances the value of its tumor profiling work with patient health information derived from the aggregated electronic health records it processes on AWS. Roche runs its analytics, machine learning, storage and managed database applications on AWS, which helps it extract and normalize high-quality data from over 3 million health records electronic to produce anonymized and real patient data sets. These include petabytes of oncology data and other protected health information that Roche researchers use to guide their work and inform clinical trial design.
"With AWS powering its research, development and healthcare operations, Roche can deliver relevant and timely data that helps scientists collaborate more efficiently and safely, researchers design more efficient clinical trials, healthcare providers make decisions more accurately and patients have better control over their health, "said Kathrin Renz, vice president of business development and industries at Amazon Web Services. "AWS is helping the healthcare and life sciences industry cross the threshold of personalized medicine, reduce the time and cost of clinical trials, and improve patient health outcomes with digital healthcare. With AWS, Roche turns complex health data into a resource rather than an obstacle and reduces the time it takes to get new drugs into the hands of patients.
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"I can say I've always been a ham. I was given my first accolades as a mere toddler when I was awarded the "Most Dramatic" award at my pre-school graduation. In spite of my parents worries of an impending behavior problem, they allowed me to explore my creativity.
To this day, I have yet to stop exploring. Being consistently curious and always ready with new questions. This has led me to many personal successes in life. From playing a munchkin in the Wizard of Oz at 8 years old, to graduating with a B.A. from the Ray Bolger School of Musical Theatre at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television.


Hobbits & Hairdye: Spain 2014.
It has just occurred to me that I never shared my holiday snaps with you from my trip to spain this August, never fear because that is exactly what I'm going to do now.
Nothings changed in 4 years.
I warned you there'd be a lot of pictures, well done if you made it this far.
I had an amazing holiday, we enjoyed sun, sand, sangria & gorged ourselves on lots of delicious food. That ice-cream was creme brûlée flavoured and it was the nicest thing I've ever put in my mouth.
The cocktails weren't too bad either, Pina Colada yum yum!
The weather was absolutely amazing and I finally got my wish of getting nice and bronzed although on my first day I fell asleep in the sun and got sunstroke, I was so burnt I literally was the same colour as that pink bikini, not so fun.
It was so nice to go for a swim, is it just me or is going for a swim in England just not as satisfying? As you can see I probably had a little too much fun with my brothers GoPro camera, but its not every day you get photo evidence of your underwater handstands.
I had a lovely time, and it was nice to spend it with my family & to celebrate one last family holiday, I think after 10 days together though we've all accepted that it needed to be the last. Que the bickering.
A funny moment from the holiday was that my dad who was due to fly home a few days before us due to work commitments comes tearing down the stairs on the day of his flight, all packed up and ready to go to find that his flight left the day before…without him.
We were in hysterics, he wasn't quite so much, as you can imagine.
So there we have the run down of my last family holiday, I'm now on my own on the holiday front, which means I probably won't be going on one for at least 100 years, cos I have no dollar.
Did you go on holiday this year?
Where too & did you have a nice time?


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Millsap, Jokic spark Nuggets' 124-98 blowout of Blazers
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DENVER, COLORADO - MAY 07: Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets drives against Al-Farouq Aminu #8 of the Portland Trail Blazers in the first quarter during Game Five of the Western Conference Semi-Finals of the 2019 NBA Playoffs at the Pepsi Center on May 7, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 25 points and tied a team playoff high with 19 rebounds, and Paul Millsap injected some experience into a series dominated by youth, sparking the Nuggets' 124-98 blowout of the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night that gave Denver a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.
The Nuggets can secure their first trip to the Western Conference Finals in a decade with a win in Game 6 on Thursday night in Portland.
Millsap scored 19 of his 24 points in the first half of the first lopsided game in a series that was so evenly matched coming in that Denver held a cumulative scoring advantage of 464-462.
The Nuggets never trailed and stretched a six-point lead after one quarter to 18 at the half and 28 heading into the fourth quarter. They led by as many as 31 before a parade of backups gave the starters some much-needed breathers.
Damian Lillard led Portland with 22 points but again struggled from the arc, going 2 of 9 on 3-pointers.
Coming off a resounding Game 4 win that followed that epic quadruple-overtime loss, the Nuggets were focused and efficient just as coach Michael Malone promised when he said Denver wouldn't dare let up and exhale at home after reclaiming the home-court advantage.
Millsap came out hot, scoring a dozen points in the first quarter. Just before halftime, he gathered a behind-the-back pass from Jamal Murray (18 points) and swished a 3-pointer while being knocked to the floor by Rodney Hood.
His subsequent free throw gave him a four-point play and 19 first-half points as the Nuggets took a 20-point lead. Lillard, who had 18 points at the break, scored an uncontested basket just before the end of the half to pull the Trail Blazers to 65-47 heading into the locker room.
Whatever adjustments Blazers coach Terry Stotts tried to make at the half didn't take as the Nuggets outscored Portland 28-18 in the third quarter, and before long, the Blazers were thinking more about salvaging Game 6 and hoping to regroup for a return trip to Denver in hopes of a different outcome.
Malone lives in the neighborhood where a school shooting left one student dead and several wounded Tuesday in suburban Denver. Malone and his wife have two daughters who attend school nearby.
"When kids go to school, they should be going to school to learn, have fun, be with their friends, not worried about an active shooter," Malone lamented during a heartfelt pre-game news conference .
Malone didn't want to address the tragedy with his team before tip-off, saying it was "a conversation and a subject maybe on an off day." He also was struggling with how he'll talk about it with his kids: "I'm texting my daughter, telling her she's going to be OK — I don't even know if she will be OK."
Blazers center Enes Kanter said he reached out to NBA great Hakeem Olajuwon for advice on performing in the playoffs while fasting during Ramadan.
"He gave me tips," said Kanter, who is avoiding all food and drink from sunrise to sunset, which was about a half hour before tip-off Tuesday night.
"While I'm playing in the game, I will be able to drink water and eat food," Kanter said. "I might have someone get a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on the bench for me to eat in timeouts."
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Portland: The Blazers missed their first five shots and fell behind 9-2, setting the tone for a tough night. ... Lillard had a shot at a four-point play in the first half but missed the free throw, continuing his struggles from the stripe. ... The teams hollered at each other after Jokic took offense what he felt was an excessive shove from Meyers Leonard in the closing minutes. Officials called Leonard for a flagrant 1 foul for excessive contact.
Denver: Coming off back-to-back 34-point games, Jamal Murray followed up a scoreless first quarter with an 11-point second quarter. ... Murray picked up a technical in the third quarter while demonstrating a move by Lillard to an official, who took offense.


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Key witness in Oakland's 'Ghost Ship' fire trial dies before he's able to testify
By Danielle Wallace | Fox News
Witnesses testify in 'Ghost Ship' warehouse fire hearing
A fire in December 2016 killed 36 people at an Oakland warehouse that had been converted into an artist collective.
A man scheduled to testify this week as a witness in the "Ghost Ship" trial -- involving a fire at a Northern California warehouse that killed 36 partygoers -- has died before he was able to take the stand.
Robert Jacobitz died Sunday after collapsing in a parking lot in San Pablo, Calif., the East Bay Times reported. Police said they do not suspect foul play, as the man had suffered from extensive health problems.
Alameda County prosecutors had planned to call Jacobitz to testify this week in the trial of Derick Almena and Max Harris, who are each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Dec. 2, 2016, fire in an Oakland art collective warehouse known as the Ghost Ship. The fire erupted during an unpermitted music concert.
NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT FIRE KILLS 6, INCLUDING 4 CHILDREN
Officers responded to the parking lot Sunday around 2:40 p.m. where they found Jacobitz unconscious. Emergency workers tried to resuscitate him for 30 minutes before pronouncing him dead.
Prosecutors announced the death of their key witness in court on Monday, saying the man had died from "an accident." Police spokesman Capt. Brian Bubar told the East Bay Times that news reports claiming Jacobitz died in a car crash were not accurate.
Max Harris, left, and Derick Almena, each face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Dec. 2, 2016, "Ghost Ship" fire in Oakland, Calif. (Alameda County Sheriff's Office)
"All I can say about it at this point is that we responded to no other fatal incidents that day," Bubar said, adding that "there is nothing suspicious" about Jacobitz's death.
Alameda County deputy district attorney Casey Bates told jurors last week that Jacobitz was an unlicensed contractor who performed inexpensive work at the warehouse soon after Almena rented it in November 2013.
Prosecutors allege that Almena, 49, stuffed the space full of highly flammable furniture, pianos and other material and failed to provide smoke detectors, fire alarms, sprinklers and other required safety equipment. Prosecutors say Harris, 29, helped Almena convert the warehouse, collect rent and schedule concerts.
Bates said during opening statements last week that Almena turned to Jacobitz for inexpensive help with the warehouse's conversion after another contractor told Almena it would cost at least $5,000 to install a fire door and new stairs to the second floor.
Prosecutors have also said Jacobitz performed electrical work at the warehouse. Investigators looked closely at the warehouse's electrical system before concluding the cause of the fire could not be determined.


Just got back from a 3 day weekend in Spokane at the annual Farmchicks Show! As always there was amazing, I mean AMAZING displays, goods, antiques, vintage, jewellery, junk…I was in heaven. Here are a few of my purchases, soon to be up for sale (though some that may be just too appealing to let go….). My incredible husband Murray and my BFF Kelly were along for the fun!


A kitten in Ocean City owes some catnip to a police officer.
Ocean City police said officers rescued a small tabby kitten from the Route 90 bridge Thursday afternoon.
The lucky feline was named "Eddie" after the officer who managed to catch him.


Hey! My name is Jonas and I am a second-year IBA student from a small village near Frankfurt. The first 18 years of my life I lived in Germany. After I completed my 'Abitur', I spent one year working as well as travelling mainly in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. Moving to Rotterdam last summer has been a great decision for me. Of course, moving to a new country is always a big step to take. However, the city, campus life, and most importantly my fellow students made me feel home immediately. Feel free to contact me any time. I am more than happy to answer all of your questions. Hope to see you on campus soon!


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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Live Together, Die Alone
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by Chris Ryan
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night's NBA action.
1. The Thunder's Body Language
If you have Insider, you should check out David Thorpe's piece on the chemistry of the Oklahoma City Thunder. There's a lot of speculation in the article, a lot based on the very shaky science of body language, most of it suggesting that this is a more selfish Thunder team than ones we've seen in the past. The piece serves as a reminder that if it's spring, it must be time to judge every time Kevin Durant shakes his hands in the air to demand the ball, every time Russell Westbrook ignores him, and every time Serge Ibaka stares into space. Last night? They looked fine to me.
2. Kawhi Leonard
3. Corey Brewer
Above is Corey Brewer celebrating while Anthony Morrow has an extreme case of STRUGGLE FACE. This moment happened after Brewer blocked Morrow's would-be-game-winning shot at the end of the Mavs-Nuggets game. Brewer is my favorite player to watch on the fast break, and one of my favorite NBA players, period. He's going to become very important over the next six weeks, now that Danilo Gallinari is likely out for the season with an ACL injury. You figure Brewer's going to see his minutes go up in the Rooster's absence. On the surface, it's a pretty significant downgrade, in terms of 3-point shooting, but it's going to be exciting to see Brewer on the floor more.
4. Andray Blatche
You are now about to witness the power of Blatche, fool. Look at Andray totally disrespect the Nets fan going for the high five there. Legend.
5. William H. Macy
This is a picture of William H. Macy sitting courtside at the Thunder-Spurs game in Oklahoma. It's a testament to how great of an actor he is that he can wear that scarf in public in 2013. He's also drinking what appears to be a lager … WITH A LIME.
There's something incredibly appropriate, market-wise, about the (co)star of such classics as Air Force One, A Civil Action, Jurassic Park III, and Seabiscuit sitting courtside in Oklahoma City. I actually think the Thunder could get a competitive advantage out of his presence. If you're an opposing player, and you see Jack Nicholson at a Lakers game, you think to yourself, 'Cool, that's Jack Nicholson.' But if you see William H. Macy, you probably think, 'I know that guy from something.' All of a sudden, your mind isn't on the game; it's busy trying to remember whether that's the guy from A Few Good Men or Independence Day or Con Air. Where have you seen him before? Is he even somebody? Are your eyes playing tricks on you? You're totally out of the moment and on the IMDB in your mind.
SO! Here's what the Thunder should do: populate all their courtside seats with character actors. Can you imagine playing against OKC and looking around the floor and seeing David Strathairn, William Sadler, William Fichtner, Ted Levine, and James Rebhorn all sitting right in front of you? You'd be completely taken out of the flow of your game! You would barely be able to run a play, you'd be so busy trying to put names to faces and faces to film credits. Thank me later, Scott Brooks.
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Stakeholders take aim at surprise medical bills; meanwhile, air ambulance costs are still sky-high; hospital execs prioritize revenue over cost-cutting; and, traditional fee-for-service threatens the long-term focus on SDoH.
Surprise Medical Bills: A lot of attention has understandably been paid to the pressing issue of surprise medical bills. Stakeholders from across the health care spectrum have acknowledged the need to find a workable solution that protects consumers – through no fault of their own – from unexpected costs associated with receiving medical care. Often those costs stem from patients having that care provided by physicians outside their insurance network. The problem is especially egregious in emergency department settings, where the practice of emergency room doctors remaining outside of these networks in order to bill patients directly at extraordinary rates, can be intentional. Although the path forward remains legislatively murky, lawmakers have focused their energies on addressing the issue, most recently by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) and Patty Murray (D-Washington), who on Wednesday formally introduced their wide-ranging, bipartisan bill. Experts, however, caution that whatever measures are advanced must not, in turn, create new problems, say, for instance, driving up hospital consolidation. With the conversation quickly coalescing around finding meaningful solutions, a coalition of stakeholder voices has come together to support efforts that protect patients, maintain fair and equitable payments for providers, and help reduce costs by avoiding costly arbitration and additional bureaucracy.
Air Ambulance Costs: With so much legislative energy going towards better protecting health care consumers from unexpected bills, it should come as no surprise that the sky-high costs associated with air ambulance medical services have increasingly found themselves in regulators' crosshairs. However, despite the increased scrutiny, prior to the aforementioned bill released earlier this week by Sens. Alexander and Murray, the issue had yet to be meaningfully addressed in any of the proposals introduced or circulated by lawmakers. (And, the Congressional decision late last year calling for the creation of a panel to study air ambulance billing has yet to even take off the ground.) As has been previously covered, the average cost of these air emergency services in 2017 was over $36,000 – with more than two-thirds taking place outside of the patients' insurance network. Air ambulances serve more than half a million patients a year and can often be the quickest way to get critical patients to trauma centers and burn units. The continued deterioration of the rural hospital network has only exacerbated the role that these air services play. As could be expected, this has led to a boom in the air ambulance industry, which saw the number of helicopters in service nearly double from 2003 to 2015. While some of these services are owned or controlled by hospitals or government agencies, an increasing proportion are owned and operated by private companies. And, as the industry has expanded, so too have prices, with the median price for an air ambulance doubling from 2010 to 2014. However, efforts to bring these costs under control have been hamstrung by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, which was originally intended to encourage more competition by prohibiting states from regulating prices for any air carrier – including air ambulances.
Hospital Revenues: It was recently reported that private insurance plans, on average, pay hospitals 241 percent of what Medicare pays. Contextually, this matters: since hospitals have been shown to account for the largest portion of health care spending, even people who don't use these services are paying for them through higher premiums. Hospital executives defend this "cost-shifting" as necessary, arguing that they have to charge commercial patients more in order to make up for the lower payments they receive from government-sponsored programs like Medicare and Medicaid. However, a new survey would seem to undermine this justification. Conducted by the Advisory Board, that survey polled 90 C-level hospital executives, finding a marked shift in focus away from cost-cutting and towards revenue growth, which now occupies the top spot on their list of priorities. In fact, preparing for sustainable cost control, which had been last year's top priority, didn't even make this year's top ten. When asked to single out their most pressing concern, 21 percent of respondents pointed to revenue growth, as executives eye ambulatory and primary care access points and other potential downstream, nontraditional, alternative revenue sources.
SDoH Sustainability: Evidence continues to establish the vital role that non-medical factors play in whole-person health. These social determinants of health (SDoH) – such as economic stability, education, and access to healthy foods – influence an individual's ability to effectively manage their health in a holistic, comprehensive way. As our health care system works to reshape itself around better integrating SDoH into our care delivery model, it's becoming more apparent to health system leaders that a corresponding change to the existing payment system must also be a part of this evolution. In a gathering of stakeholders earlier this month, industry executives shared their experiences working to address the unmet social needs issues plaguing their communities. Despite their ongoing efforts, however, they cautioned that scalability and institutionalizing a viable, long-term approach to tackling SDoH is economically unsustainable under the current fee-for-service reimbursement payment model.
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Consumer guide: tips to help consumers avoid cars damaged by flood water
With massive hurricane this year, more waterlogged cars may be on the market
PHILADELPHIA -- Hurricane Ida caused water damage to about 212,000 cars across the country, according to an estimate by Carfax. On top of that, increasingly common flooding caused by extreme weather -- for example, earlier this month in Alabama -- is damaging more cars. So, Americans looking to buy a vehicle need to be wary of those cars, which could have excessive long-term maintenance costs.
"Even though cars that have been totaled or rebuilt after a flood tend to be cheaper, you should avoid buying any flooded vehicle. Even the ones that come with honest documentation could cost you a lot more in the long run," said Jacob van Cleef, Consumer Watchdog Associate with PIRG Education Fund. "When a vehicle has been flooded, the owner should say so -- but unfortunately, not everyone selling a car is trustworthy."
The current shortage of used cars on the market -- and correlated increased prices -- could make consumers more desperate and vulnerable to falling for a bad deal.
Although sellers are supposed to inform potential buyers if a car has been in a flood or declared a total loss by an insurance company, that won't always be the case because it significantly reduces the value of the car. Sellers sometimes make basic cosmetic changes or repairs to try to trick the buyer.
Global warming-fueled extreme storms affected tens of millions of Americans this summer, with places such as Philadelphia and New York City seeing record rainfall. Moving forward, more severe weather and floods will occur in the United States, so consumers should get familiar with the signs of flood damage in cars.
Consumers may not know the long-term impacts of buying cars with flood damage or how to avoid those cars in the first place. Our new tips guide points out some signs of potential flood damage to look out for before buying a car, as well as what buyers should do ahead of time to avoid even going to look at a car with suspected flood damage. U.S. PIRG advises people to not buy those cars unless buying them for their parts.
Check out our guide: How to Avoid Used Cars with Flood Damage


Lately I have been exposed to potential meetings where conflict may arise. At a minimum people who participate are dissatisfied or have a beef to voice. They may have legitimate concerns and being prepared to listen and work with the conflict is important as the meeting facilitator.
I plan to write more on this and would like to learn more about handling difficult conversations. In the meantime, I am going to try some tactics that I know about. For example, today I plan to bring stress balls for the five folks who may need to squeeze something in the moment. If it doesn't quite ease the conflict, I hope it will ease the vibe in the room. Nothing beats naming the issue and laughing together in a group meeting.
Anyone else have tips for addressing conflicts and difficult conversations?


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Flip The Script Friday: Platfform
What is Flip The Script Friday?
Flip The Script Friday is a weekly event where we invite organisations/adults onto our website/social media to answer the questions that young people have for them.
Why is it a thing?
This is an opportunity for young people's voices to be heard and to have their questions answered. But equally, it's a chance to destigmatise the discussion of mental health, highlight the great work that organisations are doing and to make reaching out for support from them less intimidating.
We collaborated with Platfform, They are a registered charity that has been working in mental health for over 30 years. Their mission is to be a platform for connection, transformation and social change and their vision is sustainable wellbeing for all.
Q&A Time!
We had so many questions sent in by young people to our Instagram @platfform4yp and here are some of the highlights!
Q: What do you think of the idea Flip The Script?
A: I love it!! It's a brilliant opportunity to get to know the team on a more personal level and learn more about one other. - Tesni
A: Love it lets get the professionals in the hot seat :) - Siobhan
Q: How did you get to where you are today? What motivates you?
A: People helped and believed in me. I want to pay this forward. We should all have a good life and enjoy being healthy and well and follow our ambitions. But that's not always equally available to everyone so I think it's good to help. -Siobhan
Q: What do you think needs to change for people to receive better mental health support?
A: I think more needs to be done to engage with people of all ages. There's still a stigma around mental health and that can only change by giving people a voice. Empowering people to make their own choices and what they want to achieve. -Mark
Q: What is the best piece of advice you could give a young person during lockdown?
A: Have a plan and some structure to your day, even if that's just the basics of waking up, eating and sleeping at roughly the same time. Let yourself feel the emotions and reach out if things get to hard. -Siobhan
A: Why is co-production so important?
A: I believe in the ability of people to heal themselves, I don't ever want to tell someone what they should do. Therapy should be collaborative and lead by the person I am supporting. -Mark
Q: What is your dream dog and why?
A: I LOVE Chow Chow's. They are so fluffy and beautiful and cuddly- Tesni


I recently sourced a spool of hot pink, white and orange colour change wool from a charity shop. It is called Save the Children and is located in Bath, if you are in the area and can visit, I would recommend it!
I decided to pair this wool up with a round stainless steel hipflask sourced from another op shop, and during a recent car trip I used the downtime to get started on the inner shoulder bag that encloses the flask.
After finishing the shoulder bag, I set about creating the jellyfish top slider bead. It's basically a scaled up version on the clipper holders, designed to hang around the waist.
There is a hypoallergenic polyfill stuffing inside, similar material to what you find in pillows. There's a few different layers of ruffles and frills, as well as dangling tassles, hanging threads and curled cords.
Contact me if you have any aquatic commissions, collaboration or project ideas!
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Q: Install Azure CLI on VM using Chef I am currently writing a script(recipe) with Chef that executes on an Azure (Linux) virtual machine. For my purposes I need to install Azure CLI on that VM. I followed these steps from the documentation. Unfortunately, I get the error that I can't use "sudo", and if I remove "sudo" it can't find "azure-cli". That part of the recipe looks like this:
cli = 'echo -e "[azure-cli] \ nname = Azure CLI \ nbaseurl = https: //packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/azure-cli \ nenabled = 1 \ ngpgcheck = 1 \ ngpgkey = https: //packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc "> /etc/yum.repos.d/azure-cli.repo '

execute "Install Azure CLI 1" do
    command "sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.co/keys/microsoft.asc"
end

execute "Install Azure CLI 2" do
    command "sudo sh -c " + cli
end

execute "Install Azure CLI 3" do
    command "yes | sudo yum install azure-cli"
end

How can I make it work? Any help or suggestions would be highly appreciated!

A: You have basically Chef'ified a Shell script. IMO that is not the ideal way. Take some time to familiarize yourself with Chef Resources to get the job done.
For example:

*

*To manage the YUM repository - use yum_repository resource.

*To install package - use the yum_package resource.

At the very minimum, something like below:
yum_repository 'azure-cli' do
  description 'Azure CLI'
  baseurl 'https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/azure-cli'
  gpgkey 'https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc'
end

yum_package 'azure-cli'


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Keynote: Elizabeth Merritt
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GLAMS in a Digital Future
Times of rapid change challenge organizations to revisit the assumptions underlying their existing practices. Some companies thrive by reinventing their business models while others fail to understand how their strengths align with new opportunities. GLAMs (Galeries, Libraries, Archives, Museums)—as individual organizations and as a sector—need to examine how the rise of open, digital culture may transform the core value they offer to society.
About Elizabeth Merritt
Vice President, Strategic Foresight and Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums, at the American Alliance of Museums
Believing that museums can change the world, Elizabeth Merritt is devoted to helping museums create a brighter future for their communities. As founding director of the American Alliance of Museums' Center for the Future of Museums, she applies the tools of strategic foresight to the nonprofit realm. Ms. Merritt conducts trends forecasting and scenario development for museums, sharing her work through publications, social media and presentations. She is the author of CFM's annual TrendsWatch report and produces the weekly e-newsletter Dispatches from the Future of Museums. She frequently keynotes at conferences in the US and abroad. In recent years, her work has expanded to encompass libraries, orchestras and opera as well. Elizabeth earned has her B.S. from Yale and an M.A. in cell and molecular biology from Duke University, as well as training in futures studies at the University of Houston.
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Q: Dynamic ui:include in JSF I have this code in JSF:
<ui:include rendered="#{paginaMB.pagina eq 'login'}" id="paginaSistema" src="/login.xhtml" />
<ui:include rendered="#{paginaMB.pagina eq 'noticias'}" id="paginaSistema" src="/noticias.xhtml" />

I don't know why using "rendered" both pages are displayed.
If I use this code:
<ui:include id="paginaSistema" src="#{paginaMB.pagina}.xhtml" />

the problem was solved but I have a button inside login.xhtml that uses managed bean and the managed bean is not found, no action is taken when I click on it.
How can I solve this dynamic include?

A: ui:include doesn't have attribute rendered
You should use ui:fragment.
<ui:fragment rendered="#{paginaMB.pagina eq 'login'}">
  <ui:include id="paginaSistema" src="/login.xhtml" />
</ui:fragment>


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Q: What am I going to get out of this?
A: You'll be amazed at what you will get from your fraternity experience. Joining a fraternity rounds out the collegiate experience. We often say that you get a complete education in a fraternity. Here's what a fraternity offers: lifelong friends, leadership opportunities, social and sports activities, academic support and excellence, and networking opportunities.
A: Ideally, they should shoot way up! Academics must be your first priority. The fraternity can offer support in time management, tutoring, study enhancement and incentives, and class assistance. It's up to you to make sure that you do well.
A: A good, but difficult, question. Each fraternity's dues structure is going to be different. It will also depend on whether or not the fraternity has a house. Joining a fraternity will usually require some sort of one time fee. Insurance will also be a major expense. Don't forget regular dues. What you shouldn't be paying for - ever - Alcohol. Visit the chapter contact information page or call the national headquarters if you still have questions.
Q: Do I need to dress up for recruitment events?
A: Short answer- No. Especially during summer formal recruitment. Kansas weather can get pretty hot, so dress comfortably. If you really want to dress up: polos, khakis, and sandals work just fine. Outside of Summer Formal, most events are informal, so wear whatever you like!
A: This is an important part of fraternity vocabulary. The short answer is a "bid" is an invitation to membership in a fraternity. The term bid is most often used to describe a piece of paper from the chapter that formally invites a man to join the organization. You should know that every fraternity is unique and there are various methods used to invite someone to join. You should remember that the decision you make will be an important one. Do not rush or feel pressured into making a decision that will affect not only the remainder of your college career but also the rest of your life. Recruitment can be a very exciting time for a new student on campus or an upperclassman who has decided to make fraternity part of his college experience. Fraternities normally make a large push at the beginning of each semester to market themselves and spread the word about what they do around campus and in the community. Take advantage of this time to learn about the chapters on your campus and make an informed decision about which fraternity is right for you.
A: You absolutely should not be hazed. You should never participate in any activity that you feel uncomfortable with. If ever in doubt, don't hesitate to contact Amy Long, Associate Director in SILC (amylong@ku.edu), KU Student Affairs (studentaffairs@ku.edu, 785-864-4060) your council advisor, or your chapter advisor. You can also contact your fraternity headquarters for more information or clarification.
You may also, at any time, fill out the University of Kansas Hazing Report form.


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Q: Running a program iteratively on subfolders using the find function in bash I am trying to run a specific program by looping it through a bunch of subdirectories using the find function, yet nothing seems to happen. Here is my code:
for FILE in $(find ~/test -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.vcf'); do
    dotnet ~/Nirvana/Nirvana.dll \
     -c ~/Nirvana/Data/Cache/GRCh37/Both \
     --sd ~/Nirvana/Data/SupplementaryAnnotation/GRCh37 \
     -r ~/Nirvana/Data/References/Homo_sapiens.GRCh37.Nirvana.dat \
     -i $FILE \
     -o ~/test/annotTest/$FILE.vcf.gz
done

Debugging with set -x seems to point to the following line:
++ find /home/test -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.vcf'
+ set +x

I'm pretty sure the program's parameters are correct, since they work when I use it on just one file, but looping it just does nothing.
Is there some error in my code that I'm not seeing?
Thanks!

A: The -maxdepth 1 is telling find to search only in ~/test, not its subdirectories.
find's idea of depth can be a little confusing: since you gave it ~/test as the starting point for the search, it considers that to be at depth 0, items directly inside it to be at depth 1, and items inside those (i.e. in subdirectories of ~/test) to be at depth 2. So if you want it to find things in subdirectories, use -maxdepth 2.
(Just to make things more confusing: if you use something like find ~/test/* ..., then the shell expands the ~/test/* part into a list of files & directories in ~/test and passes those as arguments to find. Therefore, since each of those was given to find as a separate starting point, each of those would be considered depth 0 in its own separate search. In this case, things in the subdirectories would be at depth 1.)
Actually, since you want to search at just a single level, I'd just use a shell wildcard expression:
for file in ~/test/*/*.vcf; do

(Note that lower- or mixed-case variable names are generally good practice, to avoid conflicts with the many all-caps names that have special meanings.)


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Q: How to write a check in python to see if file is valid UTF-8? As stated in title, I would like to check in given file object (opened as binary stream) is valid UTF-8 file.
Anyone?
Thanks

A: def try_utf8(data):
    "Returns a Unicode object on success, or None on failure"
    try:
       return data.decode('utf-8')
    except UnicodeDecodeError:
       return None

data = f.read()
udata = try_utf8(data)
if udata is None:
    # Not UTF-8.  Do something else
else:
    # Handle unicode data

A: You could do something like
import codecs
try:
    f = codecs.open(filename, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')
    for line in f:
        pass
    print "Valid utf-8"
except UnicodeDecodeError:
    print "invalid utf-8"

A: If anyone needed a script to find all non utf-8 files in current dir:
import os
def try_utf8(data):
    try:
        return data.decode('utf-8')
    except UnicodeDecodeError:
        return None

for root, _, files in os.walk('.'):
    if root.startswith('./.git'):
        continue
    for file in files:
        if file.endswith('.pyc'):
            continue
        path = os.path.join(root, file)
        with open(path, 'rb') as f:
            data = f.read()
            data = try_utf8(data)
            if data is None:
                print(path)


Oh how I love Christmas time! There is so much joy everywhere you go, cozy crisp air, bright lights, and a festive sense of community. Best of all, HOLIDAY PARTIES! :) Since I'm lucky enough to also work on staff at my church, Awakening, I look forward to Christmas time because that means I get to plan our leaders' party in appreciation of everyone who volunteers throughout the year!
Since we meet at a high school, we decided to keep things simple this year and hold the party in the school's cafeteria. There came the challenge in that I wanted to completely transform the space. We landed on a speakeasy-theme; a way to transport guests back in time and to create an underground feel of a vibe. The trick to achieving this was honestly mostly the lighting and draping.
This party was super simple and I encourage anyone planning to remember to come up with a few key elements to highlight your party; you don't need to break the bank to take your guests somewhere magical! I hired a jazz band, catered some light bites, and had Scoop n Stick do an ice cream pop-up stand which was a huge hit. Our photo booth ended up being one of the more popular parts of the night too so I definitely suggest having something interactive like that if your party is more of a mingling affair.
Little touches like our 20's-inspired centerpieces, "champagne bubble-inspired" balloons, and beautiful signage (thanks to Britni and Jess of Caffeinated Letters) rounded out the evening. Thank you Yasmin Roohi for capturing these! Another amazing night that I was so lucky to not only plan and host but MC too!
Ahh the holidays! I love Christmastime SO much. It's crazy to see how quickly it came upon us this year -- but I'm not complaining! I absolutely love the crisp air, rosemary garnishes everywhere, and the warm winter colors. I had the privilege of working with my home church, Awakening last weekend to help bring to life our vision for our annual Christmas party. My favorite part was that we held it at this amazing warehouse venue in downtown SJ, Forager Tasting Room-- that brick wall in the back?! Swoon! We had an indoor gelato cart, photo booth, dance floor, raffle, and of course - drinks & light bites. I decided to go a more minimal route with the table centerpieces and went with long wreathy garlands (save a buck or two and get these from Trader Joe's) that I cut into shorter pieces, and then added texture with candles and ornaments. Who says ornaments only belong on the tree?!
It was such a fun time for all of us:) Thanks to the talented Oh.Pictures for taking these photos, Cafe Primavera for catering, and my amazing friend/ planning parter Kathryn for helping make all of this come together so seamlessly.


"What are these places and who are these people?" he asked himself virtually every time he opened the book. . . . Each page was filled with wonders and . . . Bilwok found himself more and more convinced that what the Troll Elders and teachers had taught for generations was simply not true.
This enthralling fantasy is set in a post-apocalyptic future world where trolls are the dominant race. Suspenseful and intriguing, it's a thrilling adventure that's full of surprises.
George Anthon Kibbie is a science fiction and fantasy writer. Current published novels include Justice, Strength of Blood, and Dawn of Creation. Other work includes being a columnist for Professional Safety, the trade journal for the American Society of Safety Engineers, and a technical writer for the construction industry. He lives in Layton, Utah. You can learn more about Tony at www.tonykibbie.com.


Bill Turnbull had 'Great British Bake Off' viewers in tears on Tuesday night when the former 'BBC Breakfast' host opened up about his recent prostate cancer diagnosis.
The 62-year-old was one of four celebrities taking part in a special edition of the Channel 4 show in aid of Stand Up To Cancer.
The presenter filmed the charity special in September - two months before he was diagnosed with incurable prostate and bone cancer.
He continued: "Those first few days after diagnosis are really horrible, probably the worst few days of my life.
"The love of my family and friends have really kept us afloat.
"I told my daughter and I had to tell my sons on the phone...we all cried. If I'd then test a few years ago, we could have knocked it on the head earlier, my chances of survival would be a lot better.


Dinosaur Comics - August 31st, 2005 - awesome fun times!
This comic is from August 31st, 2005! I didn't write things down here back then. Or maybe I did, and they are now LOST FOREVER. But here is a random merchandise image; perhaps you are... tantalized?


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This follow up to the rousing 1986 hit, The Delta Force, is lackluster in too many aspects to rank as one of the perpetually bearded legends' best. From the opening sequence set during Carnival in Rio, it is apparent we are going to be treated to a sequel of dubious quality. Not to say there isn't a level of enjoyment to this cheap looking installment, the opening 25 minutes move well, and Norris is finally, a real presence in front of a camera. Stepping in for the late Lee Marvin is veteran actor John P. Ryan, who portrays Norris's commanding officer General Thayer. Ryan is a crack-up and injects some much welcomed personality to the standard role of bureaucratic leader.
Ramon Cota is a Escobar like drug kingpin ruling the cocaine trade in Columbia. Unbeknownst to him is that his right hand man is actually an informant for the United States drug enforcement agency. With information supplied by the informant, McCoy and his partners hijack Cota from an airliner forcing him to skydive while temporarily over American airspace. This is a particularly thrilling sequence that features some wonderful aerial footage. It is also the only passage that comes close to rivaling anything in the original.
Aaron Norris makes his directing debut here and it's an ominous beginning. It would take a few more attempts before scoring with the stylized theatrics of 1991s The Hitman. Scenes aren't staged so much as captured. A sequence designed to showcase Norris working out with his military brothers are oddly inserted in to the film at a misjudged moment. Once the second act starts the film clings by a thread to the lower rungs of respectability. With a running-time close to two hours, Delta Force 2 runs on far too long and runs out of intriguing ideas early on. Not one of Norris' best, but he has done much worse.
Director: Aaron Norris
Stars: Chuck Norris, John P. Ryan, Billy Drago
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London, Methuen, 1912. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. A feminist utopia. A slight darkening to the spine, and some bumping to the tips. Owner's inscription to the front pastedown. Tear to the front endpaper. [9623, Hyraxia Books].
Lady Florence Dixie - Izra - John Long, 1906, First Edition.
Ismar Thiusen [John MacNie] - The Diothas or a Far Look Ahead - G.P. Putnam's, 1883, First Edition.
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Julius Vogel - Anno Domini 2000 or Woman's Destiny - Hutchinson, 1889, First Edition.
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Unknown Soldier [Allen Sutor] - Somnolia - Kinnaird Press, n.d. [1934], Signed First Edition.
H.E. Orcutt - The Empire of the Invisibles - The Metaphysical Publishing Co., 1899, First Edition.
The Earl of Desart [William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe] - The Raid of the 'Detrimental' - Arthur Pearson, 1897, First Edition.
Gregory Claeys - Modern British Utopias - 1700 to 1848/1850 in Eight Volumes - Pickering & Chatto, 1997, First Edition.
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