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Dispatch from Consett amateur show
Andrew Harrison
On the eve of the Carl Frampton vs Scott Quigg megamatch in Manchester, Boxing Monthly took a break from the pre-fight brouhaha in favour of some grassroots action at an amateur dinner show in Consett - the one-time epicentre of Britain's steel industry situated on the outskirts of County Durham. Local heroes – world cup winner and national institution Jack Charlton OBE and former bantamweight world titlist Stuart Hall - were on hand to present trophies, draw raffles and generally help the night go with a swing. Big Jack proved as popular as ever – as did the replica world cup he was presented with that ended up becoming something of a celebrity in its own right. At 80 now and no longer the towering physical presence of his youth, he seemed happy under the watchful eye of his eldest son John. Sipping beer, he was keen to talk about fishing and flashed some of his old dry wit when catching Hall off-guard with: "Where are you from son, Darlington? Well, you'd have to fight to get out of there…"
Frampton expects night of the Jackal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ_WJ8iGhwI
Listening to Carl Frampton ooze confidence ahead of his showdown with long-time rival Scott Quigg on 27 February, a coolness delivered in his deep and authoritative Ulster dialect, makes it hard to believe that the UK's first super fight of 2016 will be anything other than a celebratory affair in Belfast.
Quigg obsessed with boxing, convinced of victory
Scott Quigg doesn't need a dating profile. He's happily in love with his fiancée Beverly. If he did have one there would be certain character traits that would jump out at potential romantic suitors. They would read about a man who is obsessed with his job, a man who spends every possible minute in his office and a man who chose to work on Christmas Day in continuing his strive for perfection and to be the best at what he does. The 27-year-old WBA super-bantamweight champion is obsessed with his craft and makes no effort to hide the fact. Without his yearn for perfection then he wouldn't be where he is today. By late Saturday night in Manchester the boxing world will know who is better: Scott Quigg or (IBF champion) Carl Frampton. "I know the type of person [Frampton] is," Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) told Boxing Monthly ahead of this weekend's showdown at the Manchester Arena. "I know the mistakes he's going to make and they will cost him in this fight. I know him as a person and he'll fall for what I set up for him."
Belfast calling for Burnett
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35HTSuKSh-M
On 27 February at Manchester Arena there will be an air of expectancy, an atmosphere that will crackle with anticipation and spread through thousands of people who have waited years to see Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg battle in a squared circle. Beforehand, an undercard will have come and gone featuring fighters who dream of being one side of such a magnificent main event in the future. One of those is Northern Ireland bantamweight Ryan Burnett (12-0, 9 KOs). A 23-year-old baby-faced assassin who hails from Belfast, a fighting city that has produced world champions such as Rinty Monaghan, Johnny Caldwell and, of course, Carl Frampton. Burnett is tipped as the man who will be king at 118lbs one day and overcame the first hurdle in doing so when he captured the British bantamweight title in November. A 12-round shut-out of 38-year-old warhorse Jason Booth. "[Trainer] Adam [Booth] wants me to be ranked in the top 10 with all boards by the end of 2016," Burnett told Boxing Monthly when we spoke to the new British champion recently. "I have no doubt whatsoever that I will take over the bantamweight division."
Errol Spence Jr: The next big thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWvF9cuiqlY
For many aficionados of the fight game, Errol Spence is boxing's 'next big thing' and heir apparent to the pound-for-pound crown recently abdicated by Floyd Mayweather. Expectations rarely weigh heavier, but few dispute the potential of the gifted boxer-puncher, perhaps prophetically, dubbed 'The Truth'. Boxing royalty are among Spence's advocates with Mayweather and Sugar Ray Leonard each backing the talented 25-year-old to replicate their ascent to the summit of world boxing. These lofty predictions might be a hindrance for some but the cool Texan southpaw takes such plaudits in his stride. "It makes me feel good. It shows that my hard work has been paying off and all those long days staying disciplined in the gym have turned out well," Spence recently told BM over the phone from his training camp at the R&R Boxing Gym in Dallas. "Floyd Mayweather and Sugar Ray Leonard have both been the best fighter in the sport so for them to show high regard for me means a lot - that these kind of boxers are backing me.
Scott Quigg: The quest for perfection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmy7aJ34MA
At 9:30am on Christmas morning, when the majority of the country was either still in a deep slumber or excitedly pulling off colourful wrapping paper to reveal gifts from loved ones, Scott Quigg was in the gym. For the fighter from Bury, Christmas was cancelled; 25 December was just another day in training camp in preparation for his unification bout with IBF junior featherweight champion Carl Frampton on 27 February at Manchester Arena. As his family and friends gathered, as they do each year for Christmas dinner, Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) ate alone. While others were feasting on turkey and all the trimmings, it was Salmon and vegetables for him. Some may perceive this as sacrifice but for the 27-year-old WBA 122lbs champion, it was perfect. Quigg is possessed by an all-consuming desire to become the best. This isn't hardship to him, but simply what must be done. "I wouldn't want to be doing anything else. It couldn't have been any better for me," Quigg told Boxing Monthly over the phone from his home. "When people say to me: 'Do you make sacrifices?' I say: 'No.' Because sacrifices are something you want to do but can't do because you've got to do something else but I really didn't want do anything else other than what I did - being in the gym. I didn't sacrifice Christmas as it wasn't appealing to me this year. It didn't mean anything to me."
Frampton-Quigg prediction
Jessi Jackalope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKB4sJ_iseA
Jessi Jackalope looks ahead to Saturday night's 122lbs unification between IBF champion Carl Frampton and WBA title-holder Scott Quigg at Manchester Arena. Who will win the battle of undefeated champions?
Richard Commey: Out of Africa
Danny Winterbottom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3m2xm95_78
The Essex town of Harlow is a far cry from the hot and bustling streets of Accra, Ghana, but this is where unbeaten lightweight contender Richard Commey has called home since he arrived in the UK in 2012 with the help of his manager and gym owner, Mickey Amoo-Bediako. Amoo-Bediako, a Brit with family roots firmly embedded in the West African nation, has been the proprietor of the SW Pro Gym in Loughton, Essex, for four years. Commey has honed his boxing skills there with his trainer Carl Lokko and sparring sessions with Ricky Burns and Carl Frampton have helped him to an impressive 23-0 resume with 21 of those victories coming by KO.
Ranking the heavyweights: reflecting on numbers 38-30
Luke G. Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4wtOYCCh2Y
Now that Boxing Monthly's 'Ranking the Heavyweights' series has completed the rankings from 38-30, I thought it was an apt time to reflect on those boxers who finished in the lowest reaches of the chart, from Marvin Hart who came 38th (and last) up to Primo Carnera in 30th.
Pugilism not vandalism
Paul Zanon
If I asked you to correlate the connection between boxing and the surname Sheeran, you would probably start to scratch your head and think – 'worlds apart?!' Boxing Monthly caught up with Jethro Sheeran – musician, avid boxing fan and cousin to Ed - to discover the uncanny connection which unravels into decades of bona fide pugilistic heritage.
Michael Montero rants: Fallout over Manny Pacquiao comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMKHgErDyik
Michael Montero sounds off on the reaction to Manny Pacquiao's insensitive comments about gay marriage from the media, fans and celebrities like Magic Johnson. After a decade-long sponsorship deal with Nike, the massive corporation severed ties with Pacman following the media fallout.

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> So here, domainIncludes, as explained by Dan, wins.
> structured data tester will say it doesn't understand my data.
> honest? Or am I missing something?
> property to a class or value.
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> because of combinatorial effects.
>> of the standard RDFs rdfs:domain and rdfs:range?
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A very important aspect of our visual experience – is color. I often reference colors because they transform us and provide monumental shifts in our psychological vibrations and flow of energy. Oddly, when I awoke this morning, the sky above my home had three surreal shades of blue; the one that grasped my attention most was the shade comparable to that of sapphire. A rare and beautiful reflection, Sapphire is the birthstone of September. Sapphires have been worn by royalty throughout the ages as a symbol of good fortune, virtue, wisdom and holiness.
While glaring up at the sky from my back patio, not surprisingly, a sense of true tranquility came over me. The clouds were sitting pictographic, as they usually do and the observable hues of blue endorsed an abundance of peaceful cosmic sensation. I imagine this sense of serenity was my late great father Lorenzo, smiling down on me with sheer allure and wishing me peace of mind. Today, September 21st marks the 30th anniversary of my fathers passing. And I am assured that he is resting – still.
The synergy that sapphire brings is one of a calm abiding. Blue is a peaceful color – the color of the sky, ocean, sleep, twilight. A pure blue symbolizes inspiration, spirituality and sincerity. It gives us a sense of relaxation as we transition into the season of fall.
The energy of the color blue allows us to look beyond ourselves and increase our perspectives outward. Its cool vibrations further encourage in us feelings of enhanced communication and peace.
September 21st is also International Peace Day around the world. The International Day of Peace, also known as Peace Day, was established by a UN resolution in 1981 in an effort to coincide with the opening of the UN General Assembly. The essence of Peace Day is to recognize the efforts of those who have worked hard to end conflict and promote peace; political, communal, economical, social and even personal. In 2001, the Assembly decided that this day should be annually observed on September 21st of each year thereafter, to be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence. On this day, a number of organizations and people around the world of different creeds, colors and communities take part in activities including interfaith peace ceremonies, peace walks, picnics, candle lightings for peace and even art exhibitions promoting peace. As we recognize, the dove is continually represented as still in flight to remind us of its role as a messenger.
Peace begins with you. Cultivating personal inner peace is a wonderful place to start in order to give love, discipline and resolve to another. Radiating and mystically connecting with the color blue is a good way to stimulate feelings of relaxation, calmness, confidence, conservatism and clarity. Sapphire symbolizes sincerity and faithfulness of the heart, and can be as vivid as the sky and as supreme as the sea.
I devote anniversary wishes of love, peace and prosperity to all my September Sisters and Brothers (which are many), who are celebrating, yet another year of living, loving and learning in this very month. May the month of September bring you peace in abundance and may the sapphire skies continue to guide you with gratitude.
Love for your Tuesday and your September!


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CNN Writer Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against The Network
Yesha Callahan
A former writer for CNN has filed a $500,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against the network, the second one the network has faced this year.
According to Ricky L. Blalock's lawsuit, the network "intentionally and willfully violated Mr. Blalock's right to be free from race-based discrimination in his employment," says the complaint filed Thursday in federal court.
Blalock was a producer for Fredricka Whitfield and Ashleigh Banfield's morning legal show. He states that white CNN staffers were offered paid training while he and other African-Americans were not.
"Defendants have discriminated against Mr. Blalock through a discriminatory schematic that allows Caucasians to receive 'on the job training,' which is training that occurs during work hours so that Caucasian employees who receive said training are paid while training," the lawsuit reads. "Just as significant, 'on the job training' is the primary way in which employees who lack a particular skill set can actually gain that skill set, in order to qualify for, and actually gain, higher pay and greater prestige (job title)."
Before filing his lawsuit, he had a claim with the Employment Opportunity Commission, and was then passed over for a promotion. The position in question went to a white employee that didn't meet the job qualifications and "did not have anywhere close to Mr. Blalock's 20 plus years of relevant experience."
Blalock stated during an open employee meeting, he asked CNN president Jeff Zucker about the disappearance of black employees. In addition to Blalock, his supervisor, also black, filed a discrimination charge against CNN, but was subsequently pushed out of the company.
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School Issues Apology After Making Girl Remove 'Black Girls Rock' T-Shirt
Tennessee Teens Arrested And Jailed For Wearing Saggy Pants
I don't think you can file a discrimination claim against the lawsuit (first paragraph).
TivoliEclipse
They better fight! Obviously, they are having to [fight] today because they did not fight yesterday. Know when you are offended and do something. When black adults do not not fight — their children have to pick up the pieces, and take up the fight black adults were too obsequious to wage.
truthseeker2436577@yahoo.com
Mr. Blalock has to do what he has to do. Discrimination is very common in many arenas, especially in the corporate media business (which is controlled by select corporations). My advice to him is to get the necessary documentation, get a strong lawyer, and handle your business. No form liberation is established except by constant struggle. We are in a struggle for our liberation. This is a racial struggle and a class struggle. Also, another point is to be made. We need to set up more of our own black media voices that are progressive and shows our stories fairly. It is no secret that the alphabet networks sugarcoats our stories or outright show negative racial stereotypes against black people. The more voices from us that show our lives accurately and the more media that we control and own, the better that we can control the essence of our images. Unfair discrimination (whether it is racial discrimination, gender discrimination, etc.) should never be tolerated. I wish the best for Mr. Blalock.
shybookworm
I'm not surprised this has happened–CNN has long been accused of colorism, something that Soledad O'Brien, herself light-skinned, pointed out a few times before she left the channel. Then last year, they hired all these new white anchors and got rid of the black ones or relegated them to overnights.
(C) Yesha Callahan 2020


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Q: Bootstrap Modal not responding I am using a modal that I used from a previous site where it works fine. Difference is this modal will only appear in IE9 only to direct users to a better browser. I was able to test it with just a alert and works fine.
However, for some reason, when I transfer the code I did for a previous site to this new site, the Modal isn't responding and to one point is not showing on the site.
When I try close the "Close" button, it will just refresh the page. I am not sure why and when I close the "X" button, it does not work either.
The code is inserted in a coldfusion file and I am not sure if it causing conflict or not.
Any help would be appreciated.
Here is what I did for the modal. ie-only detects whether it is IE9 or not:

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A: It looks like there is a syntax problem in your code:
$(function(){
  $('##myModal').modal('show');
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This is incorrect; it should be:
$(function(){
    $('#myModal').modal('show');
});

When corrected the Modal loads as a Modal, which in turn causes the Close button to operate as expected.  Absent this the modal still loads (because you have in activated) but loads absent the overlay and absent the hook to Bootstrap's Modal JS which explains why your close button is non-functional.
You can see a functional example here: http://www.bootply.com/24IPYP8O3F
Why your code isn't working
The in class on your Modal div instructs Bootstrap to make that modal visible, and position it according to the Bootstrap CSS.  Your jQuery is wrong though, so Bootstrap treats this like a bit of HTML that is just part of the document.
Once you correct your jQuery Bootstrap processes it as expected; as a Modal Javascript component.  Once that happens it is presented with the overlay (as default) and the data-dismiss attributes are processed correctly.
The short of it is that the entire issue for why your Modal is not behaving like a Modal is that your jQuery is wrong.

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Options Malvern View celebrates national recognition
Autism, General, Options AALPS Midlands
Options Malvern View are celebrating after receiving a national commendation for the high quality support they offer. The service which supports young adults with a range of needs to live as independently as possible was recently given the internationally-recognised Autism Accreditation quality standard, with a commendation, by the National Autistic Society (NAS).
The National Autistic Society Autism Accreditation programme aims to improve the quality of service provision for people with autism and Asperger syndrome by providing autism-specific quality assurances.
The service was reviewed by the charity earlier this year and is now in line for a Professional Excellence award after receiving a special commendation for encouraging the promotion of independence in people with autism.
On average, the National Autistic Society gives out less than 20 commendations to services across the UK each year.
In the report from the charity, Options Malvern View, at The Rhydd, was praised for its 'strong ethos of the development of independence throughout the service'.
Staff were noted to have 'an unconditional positive regard for people with autism throughout all activities' and were described as 'consistent, confident and knowledgeable'.
The review team was impressed with 'the service and the high quality support offered to people with autism' and noted that 'everyone the team met displayed a very obvious pride in what they had achieved in the service and the support and encouragement provided to all was very positive'.
All parents surveyed as part of the review were either happy or very happy with the service provided by Options Malvern View.
Regional Head of Service, Helen Cook, said everyone at Options Malvern View was thrilled with the outcome.
"Options Malvern View staff work really hard to support independence in those young people we support, so to receive such a positive accreditation is fantastic, especially because to get a commendation is quite rare," said Helen.
"There's a real buzz around the place and everyone is really proud. We get some fantastic outcomes for the people we support and this is largely down to the dedication of our staff and the close working relationship we have with the Options Clinical Team. We also have some great facilities, including a courtyard café where service users can work, and a sensory garden which is in the final stages of development."
Left to right – Liz Atkinson (Life Skills Instructor), Nick Waller (Flat Manager), Chris Lown (Team Leader), Chris Mawby (Registered Manager), Josh Wheeler (Deputy Registered Manager), Emma Cropper (Flat Manager), Kim Willis (Life Skills Instructor), Jemma Murphy (Team Leader) & Helen Hughes (Clinical Lead & Psychologist).
A real treat for the public – Autism's Got Talent shows what talented youngsters with autism can achieve
Autism's Got Talent, the nation's leading autism talent show part sponsored by Options Autism, the…
Options Barton gets into the Olympic spirit at sports day
Options Barton held their annual sports day on Thursday 21st July. The sports day was themed around the Olympics, and the teams represented England, Scotland and Wales. Nineteen children took part on the day, including children from our Outreach services, who made a special visit for the occasion. The children were cheered on and supported by parents, grandparents and siblings.
Audience blown away at Autism's Got Talent as children and adults with autism demonstrate what they CAN do at the Mermaid Theatre
Standing ovations from special guests Katie Price, Harvey, Dr Pam Spurr award-winning radio presenter, Gio Spano…
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Stunning card. Love the colors and the hint of the rainbow on the base piece.
Those Altenew stamps are amazing. Love the deep colours of the flowers. Thank you for your generous prize. Good Luck to all who have entered.
WOW! What a beautiful card. Love the colours and the flowers are just so elegant. Gorgeous work.
Flowers are in my favorite colours !!! Beautiful card!!


It's February 28th, 2016. Eric Staal is traded from the Carolina Hurricanes to the New York Rangers after spending the first 12 years of his career in Raleigh. At the time, it appeared Staal's career was on the down turn. After a 54-point campaign in 2014-15, Staal had just 10 goals through 63 games the next season, and was subsequently dealt to The Big Apple for a playoff push. In the final year of his contract, Staal scored just 3 goals in the last 20 games of the season, and the Rangers were booted in the first round of the playoffs by the eventual champion Pittsburgh Penguins. It was obvious the Rangers wouldn't re-sign Staal, definitely not close to his previous cap hit of $8.2 million. Staal tested free agency, and signed a two-year deal with the Minnesota Wild with a cap hit of $3.5 million per season. It raised some eyebrows at the time, but now the Wild seem like geniuses.
In his first season with the Wild, Staal racked up 28 goals and 65 points in what was a rejuvenating year for the Thunder Bay product. The weird thing is that nobody outside of Minnesota really took notice. Jump to this season, and Staal continues to produce, as he has notched 33 goals and 64 points in 64 games this season, already matching his highest goal total since 2008-2009, nearly a decade ago. Once again, the hockey world has slept on the former Olympic gold medalist and Stanley Cup champion.
Other than playing the bulk of his career in a small market, there's not much reason for the hockey world to sleep on Staal. He's the 2nd overall pick of the most stacked NHL draft in league history back in 2003, he scored 28 points in the 2006 playoffs, leading the Hurricanes to their only Stanley Cup, he was a part of the 2010 Canadian Olympic Team that won gold in Vancouer, and was a star in the league from the mid 2000's all the way up to his final years in Carolina. Part of one of the most successful bloodlines in hockey, Staal has won pretty much everything there is to win in hockey, so maybe we shouldn't have been so surprised when the Wild took a fairly expensive flyer on Staal back in the Summer of 2016.
The one thing Staal hasn't done since coming to the Wild, is make noise in the post-season. He was held pointless in the first round series against the Penguins back in 2016, and recorded just one assist for the Wild in their first round playoff series against the St. Louis Blues, which they lost in five games. After the miraculous 2006 run with the Hurricanes, Staal has only seen playoff action three times, the last two being short appearances, with his only decent run besides the 2006 championship coming in 2009, when the Hurricanes lost in the conference finals to the Penguins. With the Wild currently hanging onto the final playoff spot in the Central Division, Minnesota is looking to rely on Staal's veteran experience to get them into the playoffs, and help them take down the daunting Western Conference.
At 33 years old heading into free agency once again, it would be crazy for the Wild not to re-sign Staal for at least the next couple years, just to see if this crazy resurgence continues.
Alright folks I called it, with a solid 40$ profit last week I'm back up to even for the year, now let's see if I can lose it all this week, this is parlay week, after zero I repeat zero underdogs covered last week Vegas overreacted with lines that are way too big, to compensate I'm doing more teases than ever before!
It's been a week since the eighth installment of everyone's favourite space opera hit the theatres, and while critics have generally concluded it's one of the best Star Wars films ever, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has fans divided. Many point to Rian Johnson's writing and vision for the film, which took on a new approach than we've previously seen. While a large majority of fans expected to see an Empire Strikes Back rehash much like the New Hope revamp we saw in The Force Awakens, Johnson went a completely different route, creating what almost felt like the conclusion of a trilogy rather than a bridge-gap film for the next installment.
WARNING: There will be spoilers mentioned in this article, I'll begin with my spoiler-free review first.
First off, this is the best shot Star Wars film ever. It's not even close. From the mirrors scene with Rey on Ahch-To, to the stunning red salt on the crystal planet of Crait, there are many scenes that are visually stunning. There's also a scene where there's about twenty seconds of dead silence, leaving the audience to gaze at the spectacular scene unfolding in front of them. Even the settings where stunning in their own way. Snoke's lair was intimidating, while many fans are divided about the gambling planet of Canto Bight, there are also some pretty fascinating interior shots of the casino, definitely unexpected from a Star Wars film.
What also makes this film standout, is the incredible acting from Adam Driver as Kylo Ren. While he wore his mask for a large chunk of The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson decided to let Ren ditch the helmet in The Last Jedi, which was a brilliant move, as we once again saw the inner conflict within Kylo Ren tear him apart. Also, me and fellow contributor Nathan Hutton agreed that Kylo Ren is the best written Star Wars character, ever. While we've still got one film left to ultimately figure out the conclusion of Ren's story arc, to this point, it's been nothing short of fantastic. Once I get to my spoiler part I'll be able to elaborate on this more, but at this point this entire trilogy feels centered around Kylo Ren, not Rey, which is where some people might be falsely accusing the film.
I went back and watched The Force Awakens last night, and I'm torn whether I prefer J.J. Abrams film or Rian Johnson's newest take. What I believe it really comes down to is; Abrams' whole vision was for The Force Awakens to be a crowd pleaser, and drew back from the well of A New Hope in order to satisfy both old fans, and the younger fans as well, intertwining call backs like Han Solo and the millennium falcon while introducing our new heroes like Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron and BB-8. As mentioned before, Johnson didn't follow suit and went his own path, which will forever be a controversial decision. I still think The Force Awakens is more fun to just sit down and watch whenever, but The Last Jedi makes you focus much more on the story and dialogue compared to the previous film.
I went back and forth about how I felt about Finn and Rose's adventures in the movie, it often felt a lot like filler while Rey and Luke's story line carried a lot more weight and had a better chemistry as well. There was certain points in the movie where I was done with Finn and Rose's part in the movie, and simply wanted to go back to Luke and Rey or Kylo instead. I also had a couple "why" moments with the pacing of this film as well. It feels like the First Order is just letting the Resistance get away from them for a large chunk of this film, why wouldn't they just send another fleet in the opposite direction to catch the last of the Resistance? Why doesn't the Resistance come up with a plan until half way through the movie? There was a lot of questionable motives in the movie, and I'm sure they could've cut out 15 or 20 minutes of a lengthy screen time just by shortening some of these scenes.
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD, STOP READING IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE FILM YET.
Okay, I understand certain people's gripes about The Last Jedi. I cringed when I saw Leia fly through space like Superman, I'm not going to lie to you. Most fans are up in arms about the comedy in the film, but I had no problem with it. It was Disney comedy, don't get me wrong, some of the lines felt like they were grabbed straight out of the Avengers' films, but I think a bit of humour isn't a bad thing, especially with the Caretakers on Ahch-To. While some people cried foul about Luke making some jokes and being "different than the Luke we all know," the writing was on the wall since the first scene where Luke throws the lightsaber off the cliff. I for one was glad we didn't have the goody-two-shoe farm-boy Luke from the original trilogy, Mark Hamill's latest take on the character was very well done, and he plays the damaged hero to a tee. Some people have called the new Luke a "coward" for hiding away and refusing to go back to the real world, but it all makes sense the way Johnson spins it.
On top of that, Luke's actions of trying to kill Kylo Ren on an instinct gives Kylo more of a reason for being against Luke and the Resistance. Add on top of that, Kylo killed his own leader in order to be with Rey and rule together, just for Rey to turn her back on him and throw away everything he just did. It's such a fascinating conflict between Kylo and Rey, and Luke for that matter, it has to be one of the best story lines in Star Wars history.
I thought the final battle was well thought out, and it makes sure that Mark Hamill will return in Episode 9, which they'll need since they won't have Carrie Fisher to reprise her role. Some people were hoping for one last big hurrah from Luke in an intense lightsaber battle, but instead we got the exact opposite, a diversion for the Resistance to escape, much like what Ben Kenobi did for Luke and the gang back in A New Hope, had the same feel to it minus a few hacks.
Snoke was another downside for me in this film. It really did feel like Rian Johnson simply didn't care for the character that J.J. Abrams created, so he just decided to kill him off rather than save him for another movie. All that mystery created in the Force Awakens about Snoke's background and his rise to power, completely gone with one swift trick from Kylo Ren. And while Nathan pointed out that they'll probably explain his importance in a book at some point, it wasn't good enough for me. It was supposed to be a major twist in the plot, and because I didn't really care about Snoke or see his major importance rather than just being "that big bad guy," I didn't really get the full impact of the moment as I maybe should have.
Another writing issue people have, is Rey's background, which I don't actually have a problem with, although I get why fans are upset. All throughout The Force Awakens, Rey talks about waiting for her parents to return to Jakku, and while Maz tells her that deep down she knows they're not coming back, for Kylo to flat out tell Rey her origins, and that she knew it the whole time, kinda feels a little bit like a let down, just because it now comes across as a waste of time if you re-watch The Force Awakens and spend ten minutes sitting there while Rey tries to figure out her past, when she actually knows it the whole time. Movies are fun.
Now, people are upset that Rey has no heritage that ties in with famous jedi or sith that have been previously highlighted from the past trilogies, but I'm fine with her origins meaning nothing of importance. Honestly, I'd feel it would be a broken record for Rey and Kylo to be siblings, or Rey be a Kenobi or Skywalker somewhere down the line, just because George Lucas has gone that direction so many times before. And for those who gripe about that, just look at Kylo Ren. He's the one who has all your heritage, and that's another point of why I truly believe this trilogy is centered around Kylo Ren, not Rey. Also, not sure why they cast such a big name as Benecio Del Toro to play such a minor role, really felt like he didn't get enough screen time or impact he probably should have.
I'm still trying to figure out where I'd rank this film amongst the rest of the Star Wars films, but I can already tell you I enjoyed it more than any of the prequels or Rogue One. The Last Jedi has it's issues, but its story arc between Luke, Rey and Kylo Ren makes up where it faltered, and continued the momentum that the current trilogy has built since arriving back in 2015.
So, there's news that there's a deal in the works for Disney to acquire the TV & Film rights of most of 20th Century Fox for a reported $60 billion dollars, yeah, billion. While this reported deal in the works has most MCU fans going crazy (myself included), lets take a step back here and look at the effects this will have.
First, this would've worked out much better if this all happened about 5, 6 years ago. With the MCU moving into Phase 4 after the upcoming Infinity War film, many of Marvel's biggest names could be getting killed off in the upcoming Avengers film, so we might miss out on Iron Man and Wolverine tearing it up together, or Captain America and Cyclops leading the way together. It just might seem weird if the X-Men and the Fantastic 4 randomly show up after the events of the Infinity War, leaving all the other super heroes forced to go "where were you guys?" While I'm still praying we get a Deadpool/Spider-Man team up at some point in the future, most of the big time team up storylines won't be possible within the MCU, unless they play with the Multiverse angle and reverse time or something, which would be a lot of work for the big screen compared to how easy it is in the comics.
Second, 20th Century Fox has actually done quite a good job with the X-Men, Deadpool as well. Seeing these heroes transform from a 20th Century Fox label that lets a lot more edgy stuff go to the final cut to Disney, who tries to make their films family friendly, might take a hit on some of the characters. The biggest one being, of course, Deadpool. I'm trying to picture a Deadpool film under Disney's umbrella that they would actually green-light, and I simply can't. Maybe he's just a cameo character once the transfer is done and Deadpool 2 hits the big screen, but it's a shame, because Deadpool's first instalment gave the superhero genre something entirely fresh. The same goes for Wolverine, good luck getting Disney to go ahead with a gory western film. The Fantastic Four on the other hand, are in desperate need of help from Disney and the MCU. Having Doctor Doom in the MCU would be huge for when Thanos is out of the picture, and if you read my article on the Secret Wars and how it could play into the MCU after the events of the Infinity War, the whole storyline is much easier with Doctor Doom and the Fantastic Four, in fact it really centralizes around them. So for the Fantastic Four, this is great news, for Deadpool and the X-Men, could mean some watering down in terms of storytelling and edginess.
While I'm super excited if this all comes together, and it's not deemed illegal, there's still some big warning signs from this deal, for superhero genre fans anyways. While it means we may finally see some of the biggest heroes from the X-Men teaming up with the Avengers, it could also mean some less intriguing characters and less darkness and edginess to their previous versions. While it's a risk, it's a risk I'm hoping they take, just because I need that Deadpool/Spider-Man crossover film.
Also, that Disney streaming service just got real, Netflix has some work to do.
Like I said up top, the Broncos are now on my naughty list and i'm gonna bet against them every week until they show me a defence that is at least mediocre and a quarterback who isn't actively trying to lose the game. The Jets can smell a wild card spot not too far in the distance so they will be well motivated.
The Falcon are in freefall, and unless the 49ers lend them Kyle Shanahan for the rest of the season they aren't going to pull out of it, the Saints lead by OROY Alvin Kamara will keep their surprising season going will a hard fought game that will end with the Saints on top.
Alright Kansas City this is it, you managed to choke a 3 game lead in your division and if you lose this game you won't be going to the playoffs, Alex Smith better realise he is playing for his job in this game, playing a garbage giants team masked just how bad the Raiders are, they won't put up much of a fight after the first quarter.
You know its tales a remarkably bad team to lose to the Browns, even with Brett Hundley at QB I still believe that this Browns team is so bad they will lose by 10. And the Packers will be motivated by a healthy Aaron Rodgers at practice and their playoff hopes still very much alive.
I know I'm stubborn, I just won't accept that the Vikings are good, even when they play one of my least favorite teams in the Panthers I'll still bet against them. This is crunch time for the Panthers they need to decide if they want to be a playoff team and a contender or not, and this game will decide that.
The Ben Mcadoo era is over in New York, and with that comes even more loses, last week the cowboys figured out how to run the ball even without Zeke. They will use this new skill and the recent resurgence of Dez Bryant to easily beat the Giants in the Meadowlands.
Monday nights game was devastating to the Steelers, losing their second best pass option and their defensive captain will catch up to them quick, resulting in a very close game against their bitter rivals. The Ravens will win a sloppy game with either a late field goal or touchdown.
These are bets I'm going to make on alternate lines for games I don't think will be nearly as close as Vegas does. Odds will not be out for these bets at the time of writing, so no odds will be listed here.
This week I'm changing my strategy for these parlays, I'm going to cast a wide net and account for multiple outcomes in close games.


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Dan Benson is an American actor best known for his recurring role as Zeke Beakerman on the teen sitcom fantasy children's television series Wizards of Waverly Place, from 2007-2012.
Benson grew up in a small town in Springfield, Missouri. Shortly after moving to Florida at the age of 15 Dan went to an actor and model scouting hosted by a local talent manager.
Several days after meeting with this manager he was introduced to Los Angeles managers (Hines and Hunt entertainment) scouting local talent in the area. He and his two brothers were chosen to be represented and they flew out to California where they began working in numerous national commercials, feature films and bit parts on TV.
Television guest roles include Phil of the Future, Zoey 101, American Dreams, State of the Union and Private Practice.
Dan got his big break when he landed the role of Friend #1 on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place. After a few months Dan had helped create an identity for his character and eventually became an integral part of the story as a character named Zeke.
In 2012 he appeared in the film Hanna's Gold, a family adventure film in which he played the lead character Luke. Other films he has acted in include Little Black Book (2004), The Onion Movie (2008) and The Rig, in 2010.
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The case, heard before Edinburgh's Court of Session on 21 December, focused on a range of solar installations owned and operated by Our Generation on behalf of the council.
Our Generation sought payments exceeding £8 million from Aberdeen City Council (ACC) as well as the cost of removing solar installations from a raft of properties after a contract dispute dating back to 2017.
ACC however disputed the way in which the contracts had been terminated, claiming that it was not given the proper notice as established in the contracts.
The dispute stems back from an original email sent from Our Generation to the council in July 2017, requesting payments surrounding solar installations carried out on properties owned by the council five years earlier.
The installs were covered by one master agreement and 72 separate site agreements entered into by both Our Generation and ACC and a third party, defunct solar installation firm Mark Group, which carried out the work.
Having emailed an invoice for the payments in July 2017, when ACC failed to pay within the timeframe stipulated in the contract Our Generation issued a termination notice the following month, arguing that the council had breached a clause within the contract.
However Mr Mure QC, acting on behalf of the council, argued that the email did not constitute a formal request for payment as it only contained a list of outstanding sums. As there was no formal request to pay included in the email, there was no formal basis for the termination notice and it would, therefore, be rendered invalid.
Presiding over the case, Lady Wolffe ruled in favour of the council having determined that such a severe act as terminating a contract prematurely would require strict compliance with the clauses within it, something which Our Generation had failed to do by issuing the email.
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Kylie Minogue has secured her seventh UK No.1 with an album of her greatest hits.
Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection has reached top spot in the British album charts following the Australian star's performance at Glastonbury.
Minogue joins the likes of Coldplay, Elton John, Barbra Streisand and Take That, who also have seven UK No.1 records, according to Britain's Official Charts Company.
Step Back In Time pushed Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi's album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent from the top spot.
The Black Keys were at number three with Let's Rock, their third consecutive top 10 album.
Billie Eilish took fourth place with When We Fall Asleep Where Do We Go, and Bruce Springsteen was at number five with Western Stars.


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Q: Update every field depending on the same and other fields I'm an ameture using SQL server 2012 and need help with an update query.
I have a SQL table showing results. Every result is unique through the date of the event, the ContestID and the rank of the result (1st 2nd 3rd etc.)
Every result has allocated points depending on how well they did in the event.
Last place, 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st have the same points for each event but points between last and 4th are calculated depending on how many results there are.
E.g. 7 RESULTS:
OLD
1st - 150pts
2nd - 125pts
3rd - 100pts
-----------------
4th - 95pts
5th - 90pts
6th - 85pts
7th(Last) - 80pts
NEW
1st - 300pts
2nd - 250pts
3rd - 225pts
4th - 200pts
--------------------
5th - 166.666pts
6th - 133.333pts
7th(Last) - 100pts
This points system is update from an old system and needs to be applied. Can anyone help with the query to calculate the results which are 5th - last. Thanks

A: DROP TABLE #Tmp

CREATE TABLE #Tmp (Place int , Value decimal(22,6))

INSERT INTO #Tmp VALUES(1,300)
INSERT INTO #Tmp VALUES(2,250)
INSERT INTO #Tmp VALUES(3,225)
INSERT INTO #Tmp VALUES(4,200)

Declare @i int
Declare @int int
Declare @ValueToDevide decimal(22,6)
set @ValueToDevide =  100.000000/(10-4)
set @i = 5
set @int = 1

while @i <= 10 begin
    INSERT INTO #Tmp VALUES(@i,200-(@ValueToDevide*@int))
    set @i = @i + 1
    set @int = @int + 1
end

SELECT * FROM #Tmp
ORDER BY Place

I solve your problem only becouse it was interesting, but this was clearly not a SQL Problem, more of a math one.
It almost gets the result you want, a bit more precise. You can figure out what to do next.

A: It was a math problem after all and i just needed an appropriate algorithm.
UPDATE RESULTS

/*
    The old system started on 80, the new starts on 100 (-80)&(+100).
    The difference between Last and 3rd/4th is now 100 instead of 20 (*5)
*/
SET Points = ((Points - 80)*5)+100

/*Select the appropriate data needed to edit*/
WHERE Position > 4
AND ContestID = 1
OR ContestID = 2
OR ContestID = 3

The top 4 have the same amount of points every time so a separate update can be done for the results below.


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[Brian's Stuff]Local consumers' beef with beef: a trend that rocked a nation
Double-digit growth for every single year since its introduction to this country in 1996.
A net profit of about 3 billion won ($2.9 million) last year.
Three more stores slated to open within this year, bringing up the total number of stores to 14, including duty-free shops.
These are facts any business owner would love to have for his enterprise.
In this case, they represent Tiffany & Co. Korea. Is it the little blue box that has captivated the imagination of every female in town? The growing wealth of the population Probably both.
What amazes me is that Tiffany has increased its market share since it opened its first store here. Not every foreign brand can say the same.
For instance, Guess jeans were once considered premium jeans, the must-have clothes to wear at the trendy night scene in the early to mid-1990s.
Today, jeans brands like True Religion have taken over that role, becoming mass luxury items, so that other brands now are also on the rise
This makes you wonder what the magic formula is that will sustain a brand's reputation over a long period of time.
Or maybe for eternity, the ultimate dream of any marketer.
There is no doubt that once firmly established, especially abroad, a brand can be pretty successful here. In a country that is one of the most wired on earth, brand information spreads quickly. This is not the 1980s when you could sell Gap T-shirts at five times the original price.
Which brings me to a touchy subject that has been dominating the news here for the past month. What about U.S. beef older than 30 months or U.S. beef in general?
Before the discovery of mad cow disease in the United States in 2003, South Korea was the third-largest U.S. beef consumer, including beef older than 30 months of age.
Whether it was the cheap prices, taste or quality, people ate U.S. beef without a second thought. The U.S. Meat Export Federation thinks those golden days will return once again when the beef market reopens.
For me, the probability of getting vCJC, the human variant of mad cow disease, is an acceptable risk.
One that I would not think about twice when buying my next steak of U.S. beef.
Samyang Food was hit hard in the 1980s for controversially using industrial oil in its ramyeon.
Today, the firm still does the same business (without the oil).
Granted it would be hard to find a similar case in which concerns over food safety could be elevated to the level we witnessed recently ? it seems that the whole nation has erupted. But people forget.
As long as there is no mad cow disease here the matter will be closed soon enough.
Cigarettes come to mind. They are a hazardous product that command strong consumer loyalty, despite known health risks.
Surely, beef stands in an entirely different league.
Whatever the conditions needed to resume the import of U.S. beef, it will be interesting to see what choices consumers make.
It could herald a return to the old days or mark the rise of Australian or New Zealand beef that has filled the vacuum and grown its hold in the market, as some consumers are willing to pay more and are reluctant to change to a product they no longer view as the same when it was bought without a thought.
If that is the case, U.S. beef will become like Guess jeans: A product that sells but nowhere near its height.
Whatever the outcome, it's a case worth studying.
By Brian Lee Staff Reporter [africanu@joongang.co.kr]


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Just as "holy matrimony" involves three people — the husband, the wife and the Lord — Jonathan and David had a "holy friendship," a friendship involving God. God held them together. It was a covenant friendship.
The Gospel Doctrine lesson was titled "The Lord Be Between Me and Thee for Ever." It was a lesson about the friendship between David and Jonathan in the Bible.
The two weren't exactly run-of-the-mill chums. Just as "holy matrimony" involves three people — the husband, the wife and the Lord — Jonathan and David had a "holy friendship," a friendship involving God.
Theirs was the kind of friendship home teaching and visiting teaching were designed to be.
But we just don't catch the vision.
For one thing, according to Bible scholar L. Gregory Jones, friendship has never been a major concern for Christians. Christians are after bigger game — loving their enemies, loving their neighbors (i.e., everyone else). Even more, friends can be a distraction. At their worst, they're a bad influence. Think of Job's friends, or the pals of the Prodigal Son.
So, for many Christians (Mormons included), friendship is nice, but not always necessary. Oh, we love our friends, but — as Jesus said — what reward is there in that?
When friends move away, we make new friends.
In the gospel, there seems to be an endless supply.
I'd been taught that families were forever, but friendships?
Today, I think Elder Maxwell could see the need for "covenant friendships." Did he believe that friendships, with God in the middle, were vital to the kingdom?
I think I laughed out loud. I was thinking of the mean-spirited old coot up the street.
"You've never had to home teach old so-and-so, have you?" I said.
But now, years later, I think the bishop was on to something.
Bishop Frandsen, I think, could see that true home teaching made Davids and Jonathans of us all. It was the one friendship where the Lord was "forever between us." God was central to the relationship.
Home teaching is a covenant friendship.
We show up each month at someone's door with heaven on our minds and we usually leave with a prayer. We understand the Lord is between us. And I suppose in a perfect world, the same covenant friendship fostered by home teaching would expand to include our business partners, sports competitors and political foes.
When a salesman sold us a car we'd say, "The Lord between me and thee for ever." When we committed a foul on the basketball court or argued for a new zoning ordinance, the phrase would hang somewhere in the air.
Soon, the Lord would be between us and every other person in our lives, holding us together like the thread in a patchwork quilt.
It sounds Jewish, doesn't it — ancient and orthodox.
It sounds like the friendship between David and Jonathan.
But before we join them in Zion, there's still that little matter of home teaching.
Like so many, I go at it half-heartedly. I have a long, long way to go.
It makes me realize that — President Frandsen's efforts aside — Zion may be even more remote for me than it was for the Saints looking west from Nauvoo, Illinois.


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(2nd LD) Moon vows 'bold' gov't support for new-generation display sector
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By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Thursday his government will offer "bold support" for South Korea's development of next-generation displays as he paid a visit to a local factory of Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate.
He was attending the signing ceremony of an accord between Samsung and the local authorities on its plan to invest 13.1 trillion won (US$10.9 billion) in the next-generation display sector, namely the quantum dot LED (QLED) market.
Samsung's de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong, joined the event as well. It was the seventh official meeting between Moon and Lee this year.
Samsung's announcement came three months after LG Display made public its scheme for an additional 3 trillion won of investment in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV panels.
"On the basis of the world's No. 1 OLED competitiveness, we should also take the lead in the next-generation display market," the president stressed.
He said the government will pour 400 billion won into the new-generation display field over the coming seven years.
"(I) expect it to become the priming water for civilian investment to become more vitalized," Moon said.
Second, he added, the government will "innovate the ecosystem of (South Korea's) display industry by expanding support for materials, parts and equipment companies and establish a model for co-prosperity and cooperation."
In April, Moon toured Samsung's Nano City campus in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province.
In the wake of the event, Moon had a luncheon meeting with a group of businessmen based in the province as part of the 11th round of his "economy tour" of an area outside Seoul.
He has been crisscrossing the nation on the economy tour program, starting from North Jeolla Province in October 2018. He also has visited North Gyeongsang Province, South Gyeongsang Province, Ulsan, Daejeon, Busan, Daegu, Gangwon Province, North Chungcheong Province and South Jeolla Province.
Later in the day, Moon received a briefing from the South Chungcheong provincial government on its maritime growth strategy.
Gov. Yang Seung-Jo reported a vision to turn the province, located along the Yellow Sea, into a mecca for the ocean and fisheries industries.
Moon said the government will pay attention to the province's initiative and offer necessary support.
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Users of Google Talk (GTalk) can also let GTalk go to polygamy, that\92s running multiple instances of Google Talk and login to multiple Google accounts on Google Talk. The polygamy trick can be done without any crack, patch or hack, with just a simple command line parameter or switch /nomutex appended to the Google Talk shortcut.
Ability to polygamy running multiple Google Talk is useful if users have multiple Google Talk accounts (or Google or Gmail accounts that used to login to GTalk) or multiple profiles or personalities, and don\92t want to log on and off from one account to another account every time when want to switch, or want to log in to all accounts at the same time on the same computer.
You can add the /nomutex switch or parameter to existing Google Talk shortcut, or create a new shortcut with the /nomutex command line parameter.
1) Right click on the Google Talk shortcut.
2) On the right click contextual menu, click on Properties.
3) Go to Shortcut tab on Google Talk Properties window.
4) On the Target textbox, add in the /nomutex to the end of the line so that it looks like below (or you can simply copy and paste the below syntax and replace the original).
1) Right-click on the desktop or anywhere you want to place the GTalk shortcut.
2) Select New on the right click context menu.
6) Give the shortcut a proper name such as Google Talk or Google Talk Multiple or Google Talk Polygamy.
7) Click OK until you are done.
If you have hex editor, you can act like a hacker and modify the bits in Google Talk program so that it will always allow multiple instances of GTalk to be launched whether the /nomutex switch is specified or not.
The mutex is short for mutual exclusion object.
A mutex is a program object that allows multiple program threads to share the same resource, but not simultaneously.
So, in the hack above, we used nomutex (no-mutex) to use the same resources simultaneously....!


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The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) closed the week 1% in the red, to finish at 7,842.173 points. Trading activity was spread over 22 equities, as six headed north, while seven headed in the opposite direction. Overall, 106 trades were executed during the week, with turnover dropping almost by half to €0.3 million.
In the banking industry, all four locally listed banks were active. FIMBank plc was this week's worst performing equity, as the bank's shares plummeted by 27.5% to the €0.28 price level. Trading volume tallied to 135,842 shares spread over 13 trades.
Bank of Valletta plc (BOV) shares managed to hold on to €0.85 and closed unchanged, as 10 trades on a volume of 65,087 shares and worth €55,416 were recorded. Trading activity in the bank's equity saw its price fluctuate between a weekly low of €0.85 and a weekly high of €0.865. Since the beginning of the year, the value of BOV shares are 10.5% lower.
Yesterday, after close of trading, the bank announced that the board is scheduled to meet on December 9 to consider, and if thought fit, declare an interim dividend.
On the other hand, HSBC Bank Malta plc (HSBC) shares trended 2.4% higher to also close at the €0.85 level, after trading at a weekly low of €0.81. HSBC's shares changed ownership 16 times, with turnover reaching €47,290. When analysing the year-to-date figures, HSBC shares are currently trading 5.6% lower.
The equity of Lombard Bank Malta plc ended the week 6.2% lower, as its shares were involved in three small transactions across 1,066 shares. The banking equity ended the week at €1.83.
The share price of BMIT Technologies plc advanced by 0.4% to close at €0.496, as four trades across 20,100 shares were recorded.
Simonds Farsons Cisk plc was involved in four deals, as the equity jumped 2.4% to regain the €8.50 price level on a volume of 2,500 shares.
Malta International Airport plc exchanged hands 11 times on 6,597 shares to end the week with a decline of 1.7% at the €5.85 level. Total turnover was of €38,670.
PG plc was one of the most liquid equities during the week, as 21,186 shares traded over 10 deals. The equity declined by 0.8% during yesterday's session to the €2.40 level after trading flat all week. Turnover reached €51,218. Despite this drop, the share price of the retail conglomerate is up by 20% since the beginning of the year.
The board of PG plc resolved to distribute a net interim dividend of €2.25 million, equivalent to €0.0208 per ordinary share. This dividend will be paid on December 10 to the ordinary shareholders who were on the company's register as at close of business on December 2.
Grand Harbour Marina plc lost 6.8% during Monday's trading session, as the equity ended the week at the €0.69 price level. This drop was caused by two small trades worth a mere €51. The company's equity did not trade for the rest of the week.
Harvest Technology plc shares closed unchanged at €1.46, as four trades worth €5,400 were recorded.
The shares of the hotel operating company International Hotel Investments plc (IHI) held on to the €0.58 level, as trading activity consisted of three small trades worth €1,175.
IHI announced that its €80 million bond offer was oversubscribed by the offer date of November 30. The allocation policy will be announced on December 7.
IHI added that, as the travel industry worldwide shows signs of recovery, the company witnessed an increase in demand, revenue generation and profitability in the second half of the year, relative to 2021 year-end forecasts published earlier in the year. The company had announced, when publishing its financial analysis report in October 2021, that it was expected to generate a €15 million EBITDA for the full year of 2021. With actual results now in hand up to November, the company is forecasting EBITDA for the year to exceed €24 million, relative to the €3.8 million EBITDA loss for 2020.
The local postal operator, MaltaPost plc, traded 0.8% lower, as one trade across 385 shares caused the price to decline to €1.19.
Insurance company Mapfre Middlesea plc declined by 13.2% on Thursday before rebounding 15.2% during yesterday's trading session to close the week unchanged at €2.20. Trading consisted of 2,097 shares spread over three deals.
Although trading on small volumes, MIDI plc shares were very volatile during the week, as their price fluctuated between €0.322 and the €0.398 level. Despite this volatility, the company's equity price closed unchanged at €0.398.
VBL plc also closed unchanged at €0.30, as 5,000 shares traded over a single trade, tallying to a value of €1,500.
Trident Estates plc advanced by 7.7% to reach €1.54. A turnover of €507 was generated, as 350 shares exchanged hands over two trades.
Malta Properties Company plc shares lost 1.8% to end the week at €0.55. Trading consisted of just 600 shares worth €327 over three deals.
Similarly, throughout the week, Tigné Mall plc and Santumas Shareholdings plc traded flat, ending the week at €0.70 and €1.18, respectively.
MedservRegis plc gained 3.1% to the €0.67 price level, albeit on low volumes. MedservRegis plc published an interim report to update the market with regards to their business operations. The company explained how the pandemic resulted in most of the offshore drilling activity being suspended from the second quarter of 2020, due to the inability to provide a safe working environment, travel bans and closure of ports.
The company has identified significant growth potential in all its operating markets. Drilling in Cyprus resumed in the last quarter of this year and the order book for the Middle East remains strong for 2022.
During the second half of this year, the company signed a strategic alliance agreement with DP World Paramaribo Suriname, with a view to recommencing operations in that country as potential future growth has been identified. The company continued to secure work in the second half of the year and expects to be awarded new contracts going forward.
The company added that in a forecast published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, global energy consumption will rise by 2.2%, reaching 13,410 million tonnes of oil equivalent. This figure is higher than that recorded in 2019, compensating for the decline in consumption seen during the pandemic. The oil price stability above $70 per barrel during the past six months, as well as the recent tensions in the gas market are expected to foster additional investments by the international energy company.
With contracts and resources in place, the company added that it is well-placed to benefit from the rebound of the exploration and production activities in all markets where it operates.
MedservRegis plc has started implementing its integration plan, resulting in synergies in operations as well as identifying cross-selling opportunities within the core competencies of the company. Furthermore, the company is evaluating options and is in discussions to reduce the company's debt.
The company's strategy remains that of sustainable growth and returning to profitability. The company concluded that the transaction with the Regis Group has significantly improved both the net cash and equity to debt position of the company.
Malita Investments plc closed flat on a small volume of 1,400 shares, to close at the €0.805 level, as a result of two small trades.
On the fixed income side, the MSE MGS Total Return Index declined by a further 0.4%, to close at 1,097.561 points. A total of 14 government bonds were active during the week, with the 4.1% MGS 2034 (I) being the most liquid, as two trades worth a total of €183,126 were recorded.
The MSE Corporate Bonds Total Return Index gained 0.4% over the week, reaching 1,144.738 points. A total of 45 issues were active, with total turnover reaching almost €1.3 million. The 4.5% Endo Finance plc € Unsecured Bonds 2029 was the most liquid corporate bond, as three trades worth €148,500 were recorded.
In the Prospects MTF market, three issues were active, with total turnover tallying to €49,971, spread over 10 deals. The 5% Busy Bee Finance plc Unsecured € 2029 was the most liquid and generated a total weekly turnover of €23,071 to close at €100.60.
This article, compiled by Jesmond Mizzi Financial Advisors Limited, does not intend to give investment advice and the contents therein should not be construed as such.
The company is licensed to conduct investment services by the MFSA and is a member of the Malta Stock Exchange and the Atlas Group. The directors or related parties, including the company, and their clients are likely to have an interest in securities mentioned in this article.
For more information, contact Jesmond Mizzi Financial Advisors Limited at 67, Level 3, South Street, Valletta, tel: 2122 4410, or e-mail info@jesmondmizzi.com.


The CNRS Scientific Board ensures the consistency of the CNRS' scientific policy in coordination with all the National Committee's scientific advisory bodies. The Board has 30 members who are elected or appointed from the scientific and economic communities. Of the thirty members of the Council, 11 are internal members directly elected by and from CNRS staff and people contributing to its activities, and 19 members are external, appointed by the French Research Ministry and nominated by the CNRS President or by members of the CNRS Scientific Board. Eight these external members are foreign, of which Dr. Pere Puigdomènech is one.


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Infosecurity Magazine Home » News » UAE Fends Off Cyber-Attacks Originating in Egypt
23 Jul 2013 News
UAE Fends Off Cyber-Attacks Originating in Egypt
The UAE is working with Egyptian officials to track down more information about the attacks
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said in a statement on its website that the attacks took place over the course of July 19, targeting governmental websites (which ones were not specified). The country's computer emergency response team, aeCERT, was able to neutralize the danger and fix the problem with "minimal damage caused," it said.
The UAE is working with Egyptian officials to track down more information about the attacks, which were apparently launched by a group of individuals rather than being carried out by a state-sponsored unit. The attacks were likely motivated by Islamic hacktivism, considering that the UAE has been a vocal supporter of Egypt's military-led authorities, pledging $3 billion in aid to Egypt after Islamist President Mohamed Morsi was deposed on July 3.
The UAE has also made an effort to reduce the level of fundamentalism in its own national discourse. As Bloomberg reported, the country has jailed 69 people to date for establishing "secret cells to seize power" – something that the country attributes partly to supporters of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, which it said is plotting to overthrow the UAE's Western-backed government system.
"From the first moment of the attack, our approach was twofold, first to defend the websites that have been targeted, and the second is to identify the attack's source", said Mohamed al-Ghanim, director general of the authority, in a statement. "We confirmed that the attempts started in Egypt and acting accordingly, we contacted the concerned authorities in Egypt to coordinate our efforts on this matter. We agreed to provide the Egyptian authorities with a list of IPs which started the attack and we hope the necessary measures will be taken to stop such activity and identify those responsible."
Cyber-attacks on Gulf nations are far from unusual. Consider, for instance, the attacks on RasGas and Saudi Aramco last autumn, the latter being the kingdom's state-run oil and gas giant. The Mahdi "Messiah" malware also spread across the region last year, a tool deplolyed for cyber-espionage. And the region has seen an uptick in hacking offensives related to the regional unrest in Syria.
In June 2013, the New York Times reported that the Obama administration has begun aiding Middle Eastern allies to help improve their cyber-defenses in the face of an onslaught of Iran-backed hacking attempts. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are seen as three most likely recipients of that effort, given their role in "tracking Iranian arms shipments, intercepting them in ports and providing intelligence to the United States about Iranian actions."
For its part, the Dubai government is developing an integrated strategy for information security in the emirate, with the Information Security Committee initiative. The Emirate would like to increase confidence among investors and business that the UAE can protect their data and secure government transactions, particularly those conducted online.
The committee has a goal of creating "a unified policy to secure government information and information systems as well as providing a safe and reliable environment for the storage of information, while creating greater awareness about the value of information security."
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struct TestComparable : public Comparable<TestComparable> {
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  explicit TestComparable(size_t value) : val(value) {
  }

  int Compare(const TestComparable& other) const {
    return val - other.val;
  }

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};

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TEST(ComparableTest, Operators) {
  TestComparable one(1);
  TestComparable one_copy(1);
  TestComparable two(2);
  EXPECT_EQ(one, one_copy);
  EXPECT_NE(one, two);
  EXPECT_LE(one, one_copy);
  EXPECT_LE(one, two);
  EXPECT_LT(one, two);
  EXPECT_GE(one, one_copy);
  EXPECT_GE(two, one);
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Over $89 million contributed to protect and preserve Arizona wildlife and environment. MORE
Over $624 million contributed to Arizona students and schools.
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Over $312 million contributed to provide ER and trauma care for patients statewide.
Over $89 million contributed to promote tourism in Arizona. MORE
Gaming funds promote economic development, self sufficiency and strengthen tribal government.
A percentage of gaming funds goes toward strengthening cities, towns and counties.
CHARITIES/NON-PROFITS
In addition to the Benefits Fund, Tribes share 12% of net revenues with local charities, non-profits and community foundations.
TRIBAL MEMBERS
Tribal Gaming enables Tribes to provide more housing and health and human services for their people.
Arizona School Districts receive 56% of the revenue deposited in the Arizona Benefits Fund each year which they spend to improve instruction in the districts' schools. Since this fund was established, Tribes have contributed over $624 million to improve education for Arizona's children.
Hospitals and trauma centers throughout the state receive 28% of the revenue deposited in the Arizona Benefits Fund each year to reimburse hospitals for uncovered trauma and emergency services. Since this fund was initiated, hospitals have received over $312 million to support critical services.
Wildlife and conservation throughout the state are benefiting through the Arizona Wildlife and Conservation Fund which is administered by Arizona Game & Fish. The fund supports conservation projects that protect wildlife and conserve natural habitats. Tribes have contributed more than $89 million to this fund during the past ten years.
The tourism industry in Arizona is benefiting because revenue is given to the Arizona Office of Tourism which supports this statewide industry. Over the past decade AOT has received more than $89 million to promote the State of Arizona and this vital industry.
Arizona-owned businesses are benefiting because they are selling their goods and services to Tribal enterprises which are a new and growing target market for Arizona vendors.
Cities, Towns and Counties statewide benefit because they receive 12% of a tribe's total annual contribution of net gaming win every year. 12% money is contributed in addition to the revenue in the Arizona Benefits Fund. 12% money is used for government services that benefit the general public, including public safety, mitigation of impacts of gaming, and promotion of commerce and economic development. Since 2002, Arizona cities, towns and counties have received $151 million from Tribal gaming revenues.
Charities and non-profit organizations receive millions of dollars from Tribes who are funding scholarships for students, supporting social service organizations and providing revenue for educational, economic and cultural organizations that benefit all Arizonans.
Tribal members benefit directly as their governments are moving to achieve self-reliance. With improved economies, Tribes are supporting their students, schools, hospitals and social service programs and building much needed infrastructure like sewer and water systems, roads and telephone and fiber optic communication networks.
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W. R. Berkley Corporation Increases Regular Quarterly Dividend and Declares Special Cash Dividend
W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) announced today that its Board of Directors has voted to increase the regular cash dividend to an annual rate of 52 cents per share, representing an 8% increase from the present rate. The first regular quarterly cash dividend at the new rate of 13 cents per share will be paid on July 6, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 25, 2021.
In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend on its common stock of 50 cents per share to be paid on July 6, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 25, 2021.
Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.berkley.com.
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Here at MICU, we support lots of community events. We go out and about. A lot.
We meet lots of people. Kids, adults, grandparents, college students - we meet all kinds of people.
Interestingly, they all have the same question: What's with the zebra?
We use the zebra as our mascot because of the animal's association with loyalty and protection, two philosophies that we embrace.
Zebras run together in herds to offer one another protection from predators. For example, a hunting lion cannot pick one zebra out of the herd, because the zebra stripes confuse the lion and he cannot tell the zebras apart clearly enough to choose just one to attack.
Because of our status as a member-owned cooperative, we use depositors' money to lend to borrowers, and the interest we make from people who borrow from us goes to pay dividends to our depositors.
It's our members offering protection to one another, just like in the herd of zebras.
It is also a fact that zebra family groups are stable, and maintain strong bonds throughout their lifetimes. MICU has been serving McLean County families for over 70 years - since 1940 - and in fact, some of our members' families have been with us for 3 generations.
Finally, every zebra in the world has its own pattern of stripes – much like each human has their own fingerprints. So while we recognize the fact that no two zebras are exactly alike, we embrace the fact that all of our members are different, so we tailor our products and services to meet each member's unique needs and circumstances.
So yeah, we're different. Seriously – who ever heard of financial institution with a zebra for a mascot? But the zebra represents what we're all about. We're different from the other guys. And different is better.


Seattle has produced a number of well-known it & software entrepreneurs, guitarists, actors, actresses and several other personalities from other spheres. Our list of famous people from Seattle includes Bill Gates, Jimi Hendrix, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dove Cameron, Rainn Wilson, and many others.
Seattle is a city located in the west coast of the United States of America in the state of Washington. It is often referred to as 'The Emerald City' or the 'Rain City'. Being one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, Seattle is the largest city in its state. Seattle is renowned for its rich musical heritage and for being the founding city of companies such as Microsoft and Amazon. Various iconic celebrities were born in Seattle such as the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Musically inclined individuals such as Jimi Hendrix, Kenny G, Macklemore, Judy Collins and Chris Cornell hail from the city of Seattle. Actors such as Rainn Wilson, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Steven Hill and Adam West are also from the city. Keep reading this list to know more notable personalities who are from Seattle.


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Who was the first woman to perform a spacewalk?
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (born 8 August 1948) is a retired Soviet aviator and cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, and the first woman to perform a spacewalk.
On July 17, 1984 Savitskaya launched aboard Soyuz T-12, together with Commander Vladimir Dzhanibekov and research cosmonaut Igor Volk. On July 25, 1984, Savitskaya became the first woman to spacewalk, conducting an Extra-vehicular Activity (EVA) outside the Salyut 7 space station for 3 hours and 35 minutes, during which she cut and welded metals in space along with her colleague Vladimir Dzhanibekov. Of the 57 Soviet/Russian spacewalkers through 2010, she is the only woman.
Savitskaya recalled that, during her second mission, she expressed concern about the extravehicular welding exercises, as "I did not understand the point of it. We might burn our spacesuits or the exterior of the station." but her overall excellent performance on both flights silenced critics who questioned a woman's capability to perform space missions.
Dennis Walker
I almost answered Valentina Tereshkova before thinking 1963 was a bit early to be spacewalking.
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Denise Currie, we need to recognize her for her courage and modeling!
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I think this particular question is repeated..may be due to oversight..
Jun 18, 2021 9:54AM
Only last night I was watching a programme about moon landing and moon walks on the Smithsonian Channel and she was mentioned on there
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