Umhlangas signature Ridgeside office precinct is a sought-after premium grade location for corporates such as Vodacom HQ, Investec, Canadian Embassy, FNB Regional HQ, BDO Spencer and now the new ABSA Regional Head Office.
20 Km from King Shaka Airport,15 Km from the CBD and walking distance from Gateway ABSA's new regional head office enjoys a 180 degree sea view from this gently sloping site.
'For ABSA's new Regional Head Office, we understood that the client was looking for something completely new – a fresh, bold and modern approach.' says Brett Oosterberg, GEZE Regional Manager, KZN. At GEZE, we work in a highly collaborative way by consulting with the Architect up front to understand the functional and aesthetic requirements of the door and window aspects of the design, and to ensure that we provide input in to the technical specification by helping the Architect to exceed the clients expectation.
'For the interior fit-out we collaborated closely with the client Growthpoint and ABSA to create a compelling modern design which transforms how the ABSA business and building occupants work together' says Nisha Hoven, project Architect for Boogertman Jhb.
Designed by Elphick Proome Architects, the base-build captures the incredible unobstructed view of Umhlanga. The fit-out does the same across the various work zones. 'We saw this as an opportunity to capture the view across multiple areas - pause, collaboration, food-service, quiet and meeting spaces.
In particular the client meeting-suite where clients are hosted in an acoustically secure area, appears to be suspended in a light and view-filled space in the heart of the building'. Says Nish Hoven. The suite showcases customized solutions. 'The GEZE team was challenged to provide heavy-duty customized door hinges which deliver a seamless almost invisible aesthetic, and the result is exquisite' says Brett Oosterberg, GEZE Regional Manager, KZN. The luxurious heavy walnut doors also feature bold oversized and seemingly sculptured angular handles which create a smooth and heavily-weighted hand-feel.
GEZE's reliable track-record with FWJK assured a win on the specification, supply and installation guided by GEZE across almost all window and door solutions for ABSA's new Regional KZN Office. For example, occupants have been provided with smart access from the vehicle parking area directly in to the building through heavy fire-doors. This means that wheel-chair bound occupants can access the building with ease through doors powered by GEZE Powerturn IS - a 7 cm automatic swing-door drive which can open heavy doors of up to 600 kg leaf weight reliably and safely, and where the smoke control unit is invisibly integrated into the cover.
With added focus on fire-safety and fresh-air introduction, GEZE's RWA chain window system provides electrically powered ventilation, as well as safe and speedy smoke and heat extraction which is triggered by GEZE RWA emergency power supply units.
'We were delighted to have the opportunity to work on this pivotal project, because the door and window solutions featured represent some of our finest and most complete solutions.
With door and window solutions becoming increasingly specialized in order to address fire-safety standards, smarter ease-of-access and exquisite engineering, at GEZE we offer expert end-to-end support for the full project journey, starting with our bespoke GEZE EZE BIM specifying software which produces faster results and higher quality outcome' says Kevin Diamond, GEZE MD Southern Africa.


Showing results by author "Lavinia Greenlaw"
The five titles shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013, administered in partnership with BookTrust. Contains: Mrs Fox by Sarah Hall read by Andrea Riseborough, Barmouth by Lisa Blower read by Rebekah Staton, Prepositions by Lionel Shriver read by Nancy Crane, Notes from the House of Spirits by Lucy Wood read by Hattie Morahan, We Are Watching Something Terrible Happening by Lavinia Greenlaw read by Claire Skinner.
The emergence of the Polgar sisters in the 1970s and 80s rocked the chess world. In a heavily male dominated game, the three Hungarian girls broke record after record. The Chess Girls is the story of their parents, Laszlo and Klara Polgar, and how they defied the Communist authorities to conduct a remarkable educational experiment. Laszlo Polgar, convinced that any healthy child can be trained to become a genius, set out to prove his theory with his own children.
Iris, a museum conservator in her late 40s, is separating from her husband while bringing up two daughters in a house that's falling down. Raif is a stalled academic, as uncertain of the past as he is the future, whose girlfriend is about to move in. They meet by chance, nothing important is said, yet Iris turns away and starts to run. She is in shock from what this man has brought back to life: an electrical affinity, a higher self, a feeling of having been woken, recognized, and desired.
The Built Moment is divided into two sections. The first, 'The Sea Is an Edge and an Ending', is a sequence of poems about her father's disappearance into Alzheimer's. It is not a narrative of illness so much as a meditation on the metaphysics of memory loss. What does it mean only to exist in the present, for your sense of self to come loose and for the past to float free? The second half of the book is called 'The Bluebell Horizontal'.


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U.S. Leader In Mine Clearance
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The United States is a world leader in humanitarian mine action, having provided more than $1.5 billion since 1993 to mitigate the threat from landmines and explosive remnants of war in nearly 50 countries.
As such, the U.S. has sent an interagency delegation of humanitarian mine action experts to observe the Second Review Conference of the 1997 "Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction."
Although not a State Party to this convention, the U.S. shares common cause with all who seek to protect innocent civilians from indiscriminately-used landmines and considers participation in this conference an opportunity to engage on the future of mine action.
The U.S. continues to provide mine action assistance to many countries, including Afghanistan, where landmines affect almost every province. On average, nearly 40 people a month are injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan. Since 1993, the U.S. has provided more than $180 million for humanitarian mine action in Afghanistan. Over the last 20 years, more than 1,500 square kilometers of land have been cleared.
In Angola, 40 years of conflict have left behind a deadly legacy of abandoned landmines and unexploded munitions. In 2009, $5.8 million in U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action aid helped Angola clear over 1 million square meters of land of landmines and unexploded munitions. Since 1995, the U.S. has contributed nearly $70 million to help in the removal of landmines and destruction of excess munitions and unexploded ordnance in Angola.
Three decades of war have left Cambodia severely affected by landmines and explosive-renmants of war. Assistance from the U.S. and other donors has significantly reduced the annual casualty rate. In 2009, the U.S. State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement allotted more than $5.7 million for humanitarian mine and unexploded ordnance action in Cambodia.
The United States is committed to mitigating the threat from landmines and explosive remnants of war wherever they occur.
US Leader in land Mine Clearance
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New NASA sensor to support drought and wildfire prediction
Major disasters such as droughts and wildfires are driven by the dryness of vegetation. To enhance the monitoring of plant water stress, NASA launched and installed a new sensor on the International Space Station. ECOSTRESS (ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station) allows identifying loss of water in leaves- even before they show visible signs of trouble.
The image to the left shows a product derived from ECOSTRESS data, indicating that the forest fires during the 2019 Amazon dry season were concentrated in water-stressed areas, which are not visible on optical imagery. "To the naked eye, the fires appear randomly distributed throughout the forest," said Josh Fisher, ECOSTRESS science lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Plants regulate their... read more
DLR supports efforts to fight forest fires in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Satellite technology became an integral part of efforts to detect and contain forest fires in Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Germany at the end of June and early July. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) used satellite information, along with images captured by the Modular Aerial Camera System (MACS), to create maps, which provided emergency services with up-to-date information about areas affected by the fires.
When tracking the fires near Lübtheen, for example, the DLR Center for Satellite-Based Crisis Information (ZKI) used a freely available Sentinel-2 image, in which false-colour data offered valuable information about the status of the fires. Additionally, ZKI made use of data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) to determine the locations of the fires.
Flooding affected more people in 2018 than any other disaster type report shows
In the past year, "there were 315 natural disaster events recorded with 11,804 deaths, over 68 million people affected, and US$131.7 billion in economic losses around the world." This is according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) in its recently released 2018 Natural Disasters Report.
While these 2018 natural disaster values represent a decrease when compared with the annual averages from 2008 to 2017, some geographic areas still experienced great losses of life and damages due to natural hazards. Indonesia was most adversely impacted in terms of lives claimed, with earthquakes in August and September 2018 that left a total of 4,904 people dead or missing, according to the CRED. Earthquakes also accounted for the greatest number of deaths among natural disasters worldwide in 2018. And among all types of natural hazards, floods affected the greatest number of people during the past... read more
UN-SPIDER conducts Institutional Strengthening Mission to Ecuador
As part of the technical advisory support it provides to countries worldwide in making use of space-based information for disaster management, UN-SPIDER carries out an Institutional Strengthening Mission to Ecuador from 8 to 12 April 2019 upon the request of the Government of Ecuador. This activity is jointly organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) and the National Risk and Emergency Management Service of Ecuador. The Military Geographic Institute of Ecuador, the Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute of Colombia (IGAC) and the Federal University of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and the Ecuadorian Space Institute support the mission.
During the five-day mission, UN-SPIDER runs a training programme on the "Analysis of satellite images... read more
Colombia Regional Support Office, Oficina Regional de Apoyo en Colombia
GIS Malawi
Publishing institution: Joint Research Center, European Commission (JRC)
GIS Malawi is a webmapper which provides various vector and raster layers covering a broad range of topics including natural hazards.
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)
Publishing institution: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) produces high resolution laser ranging observations of the 3D structure of the Earth. GEDI's precise measurements of forest canopy height, canopy vertical structure, and surface elevation greatly advance our ability to characterize important carbon and water cycling processes, biodiversity, and habitat. GEDI's data on surface structure are valuable for weather forecasting, forest management, glacier and snowpack monitoring, and the generation of more accurate digital elevation models.
Práctica Recomendada: Mapeo de Severidad de Incendios Forestales
Los incendios forestales pueden resultar en la pérdida de vidas humanas. También tienen la capacidad de influir en diferentes procesos ecológicos, ya que son responsables de eliminar parcial o completamente la capa de vegetación (Petropoulos et al., 2014) Por lo tanto, es esencial evaluar la gravedad del área impactada. Por esta razón, esta práctica se desarrolló para ayudar a contribuir en la evaluación de áreas afectadas por incendios forestales. El análisis de estas áreas puede llevarse a cabo utilizando diferentes métodos a saber, en el suelo y utilizando herramientas de teledetección. La...
Introductory Webinar: Earth Observations for Disaster Risk Assessment & Resilience
According to a UN report1, between 1998 and 2017, the U.S. alone lost USD$944.8 billion from disasters. Between 1978 and 2017, losses from extreme weather events rose by 251 percent. It is critical to develop disaster management strategies to reduce and mitigate disaster risks. A major factor in regional risk assessment is the evaluating the vulnerability of lives and property to disasters. Environmental information about disasters, their spatial impact, and their temporal evolution can plan an important role as well.
This webinar series will focus on Earth observation (EO) data useful for disaster risk assessment. The series will cover natural disasters including tropical cyclones, flooding, wildfires, and heat stress. The training will also include access of socioeconomic and disaster damage data. Sessions 3 & 4 will cover case studies and operational applications of EO for disaster risk assessment.
By the end of this training,... read more
GP-STAR factsheet
Derivation and monitoring of Sendai indicators with Copernicus and satellite remote sensing – The "Cop4Sen" project
Publishing institution: German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance
To meet the global challenges, the United Nations adopted several framework agreements, including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). The framework builds the international reference point for disaster preparedness and focuses on reducing existing and future disaster risks as well as enhancing disaster resilience. In the Sendai framework, seven global targets have been agreed to measure global progress in implementing the framework through quantifiable indicators and to present, compare and evaluate the status and progress uniformly worldwide. The recording of the status and degree of target achievement using the agreed indicators requires the use of various data sources, which must be consistent and comparable in time and space in order to ensure global monitoring.
Ecuador - Institutional Strengthening Mission
As part of the technical advisory support it provides to countries worldwide, UN-SPIDER carried out an Institutional Strengthening Mission to Republic of Ecuador from 8-12 April 2019 upon the request of the government. This activity was jointly organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), through its United Nations Platform for space-based information for disaster management and emergency response (UN-SPIDER) and the National Risk and Emergency Management Service of Ecuador. The Military Geographic Institute of Ecuador, the Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute of Colombia (IGAC) and the Federal University of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil supported the mission.
Mission dates: 08/04/2019 to 12/04/2019
Brazil Regional Support Office, Colombia Regional Support Office


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import React, { Component } from 'react'
import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
import { connect } from 'react-redux'
import { firebaseConnect, getVal } from 'react-redux-firebase'
import { path } from 'ramda'
// Components
import { Button, Col, FormControl, InputGroup, Row } from 'react-bootstrap'
import Questions from './components/Questions/Questions'
import CategoryTour from './components/CategoryTour/CategoryTour'
import GameContext from 'contexts/GameContext'
// Consts
import {
  CATEGORIES_PATH,
} from 'consts/firebasePaths'
// Styles
import styles from './Category.scss'

@firebaseConnect(({ categoryKey }) => ([
  `${CATEGORIES_PATH}/${categoryKey}`,
]))
@connect(
  ({ firebase }, { categoryKey }) => ({
    category: getVal(firebase, `data/${CATEGORIES_PATH}/${categoryKey}`),
  }),
)
class Category extends Component {
  static propTypes = {
    categoryKey: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
    category: PropTypes.object,
    index: PropTypes.number,
    firebase: PropTypes.object,
    onUp: PropTypes.func,
    onDown: PropTypes.func,
    onDelete: PropTypes.func,
    total: PropTypes.number,
    tourKey: PropTypes.string,
  }

  handleEditCategoryName = (event) => {
    const { categoryKey } = this.props
    this.props.firebase.update(`${CATEGORIES_PATH}/${categoryKey}`, {
      name: event.target.value,
    })
  }

  handleEditCategoryLink(event) {
    const { categoryKey } = this.props
    this.props.firebase.update(`${CATEGORIES_PATH}/${categoryKey}`, {
      link: event.target.value,
    })
  }

  render() {
    const { category, categoryKey, index, total, tourKey } = this.props
    const categoryQuestions = path(['questions'], category)

    return (

          <Row>
            <Col xs={8} md={4}>
              <InputGroup>
                <InputGroup.Addon>Категория {index + 1}</InputGroup.Addon>
                <FormControl
                  type="text"
                  autoComplete="off"
                  value={path(['name'], category)}
                  onChange={this.handleEditCategoryName}
                />
              </InputGroup>
            </Col>
            {index !== 0 &&
            <Button onClick={this.props.onUp}>

            </Button>}
            {' '}
            {index !== total - 1 &&
            <Button onClick={this.props.onDown}>

            </Button>}
            {' '}
            <Button onClick={this.props.onDelete}>

            </Button>
            {' '}
            <GameContext.Consumer>
              {game => (

                  <CategoryTour
                    categoryKey={categoryKey}
                    tourKey={tourKey}
                    tours={game.tours}/>

              )}
            </GameContext.Consumer>

              <FormControl
                placeholder="Ссылка на интро"
                type="text"
                autoComplete="off"
                value={path(['link'], category)}
                onChange={this.handleEditCategoryLink}/>

          </Row>

          <Questions
            categoryKey={categoryKey}
            questions={categoryQuestions}
          />

    )
  }
}

export default Category

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The pathway from sweaty pub to wealth, fame and five nights at Wembley Stadium carved out by generations of rock stars is now overgrown. Creatively, guitar music is a genre wrung dry of major innovation. It isn't even a form of noble rebellion any more; there's little glory in rehashing the thrills of subcultures past. In this harsh climate, bands are adapting by sliding into the unexplored nooks and crannies of old styles and cleverly sounding out untapped combinations. The Orielles – two sisters and a friend from Halifax – embody this modern mindset. Their debut is a carefully crafted collection of songs that seem nostalgic and novel, summoning ghosts while exploiting guitar music's capacity for oddness and idiosyncrasy. As with every contemporary rock band, it's possible to boil the Orielles down to their influences: they mix the dazzlingly bright disco-rock of Orange Juice with flyaway 90s indie and the thrillingly sinister freak-outs of mid-60s psych and garage. Their magisterial 2017 single Sugar Tastes Like Salt, which sadly isn't present here, fused those influences most impressively, but the brilliant closer Blue Suitcase (Disco Wrist), a swirling, chiming tribute to unattended luggage, comes very close, as does the superb Let Your Dogtooth Grow, a blast of dreamy alt-rock with an evil edge.


At Twilight Wish, we feel it is our privilege and duty to help fulfill the wishes of our elderly American veterans. Since our founding in 2003, we have honored more than 570 veterans. In fact, one-third of all the wishes we grant, are for veterans. Sometimes a wish fulfills an immediate need. Sometimes it is a last wish or a lifelong dream. Large or small, all wishes provide a meaningful "thank you" to our veterans for their dedication and selfless service to our country.
Examples of wishes we have granted for veterans include Joe B. who took part in the D-Day invasion of France and wished to return to Normandy Beach during peacetime. And, Bill S., a World War II veteran who wished to stand on the deck of a Navy destroyer one more time like he did during the war. Or Nicholas M., a former Marine, who wished for a lift chair so he might remain independent for a while longer.
Twilight Wish Foundation is the very first national nonprofit senior wish-granting organization to grant wishes to economically-disadvantaged seniors over age 65 who cannot make their own dreams come true or are permanent members of an eldercare facility. Our mission is to honor and enrich the lives of deserving seniors through wish granting celebrations that connect generations. Our vision is to make the world a nicer place to age, one wish at a time.
Click Here To Nominate A Veteran Today!


The Penguin Standee will make a winning addition to your game night.
Greet your guests with a Penguin Game Piece Standee. This freestanding cardboard prop is printed to look like the Penguin game piece from the classic game of Monopoly.


Adtech Malaysia protective tapes are manufactured under state-of-the-art facilities featuring advanced technologies with the capability of on-line printing. We specializes in coating Polyethylene Film with acylic adhesive for coating with adhesive ranging from 15 gm to 700 gm.
Our tapes are produced under clean facilities to minimize dust and other contaminants.
All our tapes are consistently tested for their adhesive strength. They are tested during the on-line run and after the aging process. This is to ensure quality products are being delivered to our customers.


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Solar Panels at Forest Hill Station
Let there be lights... and there were lights — but the festive feel is not just for Christmas!
Environment-friendly solar-powered lights have been installed as a permanent fixture in the trees in Forest Hill station's forecourt. Financed through the Forest Hill Ward Assembly, Repowering and the Forest Hill Society, the lights were fitted just in time for Christmas by Repowering's Felix Wight and Ali Hammoud, ably assisted by volunteers from the Forest Hill Society. As the daylight hours lengthen the lights will switch on for longer periods so that, by mid-summer evenings, Forest Hill town centre will have a truly festive and welcoming feel.
Elsewhere the Environment Committee is hard at work with plans to install more planters in Dartmouth Road and, we hope, to add pollution-absorbing trees to the empty forecourt of the BT Openreach building on Waldram Park Road. Watch these spaces!
With current awareness of the need to eat well and to cut obesity, and the importance of fruit and vegetables in our diets, we are pressing our local councillors to insist that Lewisham Council makes a healthy eating option a requirement in the food franchises in all its parks.
Raising awareness is also why we are working with the Horniman Gardens' head gardener, Wes Shaw, to produce edible plants for our annual "Edible Plant Give-away" which will be on Saturday May 4th. Think and eat green and grow your own… and save money in the process!
The Environment Committee is seeking to initiate a Lewisham-wide campaign to raise awareness of the toxic effects of leaving stationary car engines idling. Our local councillors have agreed to work with Council officials to pursue this issue. Updates on both campaigns will be presented in future newsletters.
Our planting efforts in the town centre and on the station's platforms received its sixth consecutive Royal Horticultural Society "Outstanding" award in 2018. To keep up the good work, Saturday May 11th will be the day we renew and tidy up our planters. Meet at 2.30pm in Forest Hill station's forecourt with protective gloves and, if possible, a trowel. To do this work we need volunteers; so please join us and enjoy a convivial hour or two tidying up the old and planting the new. No previous experience is required; however, because of the proximity to busy roads and parking cars, this activity is not suitable for children.
And look out for the new Forest Hill Society poster near the bike stand on Platform 1 of Forest Hill station, designed in cooperation with Repowering. We hope this bit of self-advertising will encourage more people to volunteer and join the Forest Hill Society to help make our town an even better place in which to live, work and work.
Article by Quetta Kaye, Chair, Forest Hill Society's Environment Committee
at Monday, March 18, 2019
Labels: Forest Hill, forest hill society, newsletter0319, SE23, station
Dates for Your Diary - Spring 2019
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"A trickster rabbit talks a group of animals into making a communal meal in this delightfully illustrated Green Light Reader. Jack Rabbit wakes up hungry for tumbleweed stew. At the first ranch he sees, he starts boiling water in a pot and adds a tumbleweed. "It needs more," he says, and gradually the animals each bring a new ingredient until the stew is finished, they feast, and Rabbit wakes up hungry again, ready for "cactus pie." With its cumulative list of ingredients, the well-paced story offers plenty of opportunities for hidden vocabulary drills: as a new ingredient is added, the right-hand page of each spread reviews each labeled item already in the pot. Stevens' wonderfully expressive characters expand the story's humor and whimsy: children will get a kick out of the animals' western wear -- a skunk in a pink cowboy hat; a buzzard in a denim vest, for example -- and will appreciate the images of the rich stew made from the dusty desert."


After 12 years experience in the hairdressing industry, Claire decided that opening The Cutting Bar was the next step in her career. Taking quality's from salons and barbershops to make The Cutting Bar a place for people with busy schedules to come and have a haircut.
The Cutting Bar caters for the whole family and has a no appointment system, which lets you come in whenever is convenient. If you are pushed for time though and do need to make an appointment, we are now taking bookings in one of our chairs on Fridays.


In order to help facilitate a more speedy repair of the station's facilities and aid in the investigative process of the compromised biohazard containment, members of I-RED's Oniseki-Raata Internal Watch [O-RIW] will be deploying to Semiki, Lonetrek. This deployment will be in the form an IT specialist team, as well as a small investigative security team.
Ishukone-Raata Enforcement Directive will also be working with other Ishukone Loyalists in the area, such as elements within HECON.
We stand ready to aid as needed, and will keep our minds open to the facts as they are laid out.
The Heiian Conglomerate Board of Directors has authorised the deployment of a small contingent of security and medical personnel to assist the I-RED-led task force in Semiki, under the auspices of the Heiian Naval Intelligence Division.
Assistance will be rendered to any of the entities affected by the incident, including the Aliastra corporation of whom several employees were injured by damage to their cranial implants, should they choose to accept and if it is within our capacity to do so.
I would also like to extend an invitation to any capsuleers in good standing with Aliastra and the Federation to co-operate in our efforts to assist in liaising with the former as well as in their security affairs.
I should note, Avala-haani, Adams-haan, that though Zainou is a member of the Ishukone family of corporations, that it has diverse investors from across the State, including notables such as Modern Finances and the State and Region Bank. As such, Zainou's responsibilities will be both to its parent megacorporation, and also to the State at large.
Ishukone-Raata is aware of the intricacies involved when it comes to Zainou. Our involvement is to aid the Ishukone Watch, and our parent corporation in their investigation and we will do so in a manner expected of us.
Excellent. In that case, given IKAME's and ARC's experience in investigative matters relating to terrorist attacks and biohazard situations, you'll surely not mind the deployment of a Zainou-affiliated team from IKAME.
After consulting with Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive officials, we have determined that we will welcome the assistance of the Arataka Research Consortium subject to certain conditions that have been mutually agreed between the Directive and the Conglomerate.
Precondition One: Any involved parties will sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement pertaining to any information concerning the investigation and security affairs that have been made privy to them. Any breach of such NDA will result in a suit being filed with the Caldari Business Tribunal.
Precondition Two: Any team that is sent will need to be approved by both Conglomerate and Directive officials before deployment. I understand that ARC is multinational, but in the interests of political convenience we insist that any team is composed of individuals that are not outright enemies of the State, the Ishukone Corporation and the Watch, Zainou Biotech, the Wiyrkomi Corporation and the Peace Corps.
Any agreement to co-operation with ARC must meet these terms before we can accept.
With due respect, Adams-haan, negotiations may be best done in private. However, I think I can safely say that ARC's coordination team is unlikely to agree to terms that stipulate subordination to other organizations, and you may wish to review your preconditions before our negotiations go further.
I look forward to your evemail.
This sound like a task for Devara Biotech. Send me a mail with the details and we can work something out.
With due respect, Priano-haani, the stipulations put in place are to ensure the safety of Ishukone/Zainou assets. We would not risk putting those in harm's way.
We have cause for concern, considering ARC's past affiliation with enemies of the State.
This investigation should indeed be subordinate to an organization. The Ishukone Watch, considering it is their investigation. We answer to Ishukone.
With due respect to my esteemed colleagues at the Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive and Heiian Conglomerate, you weren't asking for the investigation to be subordinated to the Watch. You were asking for IKAME's investigation to be subordinated to you.
1.) Parties would sign an NDA. Nothing more, nothing less. That is to secure the assets.
2.) The team would be approved by the Conglomerate and Directive officials. That does not mean that they would be subordinate to these two parties. That means that these two parties would wish to look over and ensure that enemies of the State would not be included. Nothing more, nothing less. Again, to secure the assets.
I am not sure I understand why you read further into the preconditions.
Well, by setting terms and conditions, you know you're automatically rendering them in a de facto subordinate position, right? Not that it's not potentially justified, just that it is, after all, a subordinate posture.
Perhaps it may seem as such, but that is not our intention in the slightest. We merely wish to ensure the State's safety.
Oh, I certainly understand that, but if you're dictating terms and they have to agree to them, well… by definition, that's subordination: they have to do what you say.
They can choose not to agree to them and deploy a force separately. We are by no means stopping them from doing so. These terms are set specifically in the event they wish to work in coordination.
I do see your point, Arrendis, and I'll admit it does seem so. But again, it is not our intention. And past the NDA and ensuring there are no enemies of the State, there would be nothing more than equal footing.
We understand that ARC has a independence streak when it comes to the authorities, most capsuleers do. But this is precisely the type of situation that does not require outside "multinational" influences who don't have Ishukone and the States interests at heart.
Transparency is a dangerous and often a foolish tool to employ, we urge ARC to reconsider.
You may actually have to trust me.
By refusing to sign a NDA and ensuring background checks are completed on all involved personnel make it hard to.
In brief, HECON and I-RED are asking ARC and IKAME to abase itself as the only 'reasonable course of action' after your public declaration that ARC and IKAME are untrustworthy. I can only imagine how you'd respond if another organization simultaneously insulted yours, and then sought to put itself in a position of power over you.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have anything further.
Our response and requirements are warranted. Though, I have no doubt our diplomatic teams will be in touch.


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Through the intimate journeys of birth, life and death - this film gives an insight into lives shattered by war and finds the people fighting for a peaceful future along the Lebanese and Syrian borders.
Georgia and Sophia Scott
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"This is a moving, galvanizing work that tackles this horrific humanitarian crisis with a fresh eye and ear."
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Shot over 18 months on the borders of Syria, Lost in Lebanon tells the human story behind the news reports, chronicling the dislocated, chaotic lives of the people living in the shadow of the Syrian war. The film is an intimate look at four Syrians whose collective struggles constitute the new frontline of the refugee crisis as they try to find ways to overcome the torment of their shattered lives.
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It is 10:05 p.m., and we are all going to sleep because tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. (9:30 p.m. Saturday night), we are all working out with the U.S. Marines. Logan, John, Jeff and I are competing to see who can keep up with the physical activity that awaits us. The Marines will not tell us what is in store, but I will let you know after we are done. In the meantime, our day today started with breakfast with the Troops inside a fully secure Army Base in Bahrain. Andre had a milkshake, while Logan and I shared a dozen eggs. We then drove to another base, where we passed nothing but desert on the way to a meet and greet at a secure location outside Bahrain. We visited with Troops as they told us stories of what they do every day monitoring situations in the Middle East. We were all struck by the seriousness of war, as we drove by the Persian Gulf throughout the day. Lunch was spent with a different Battalion, and I shared a meal with a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Air Force. While she was a fan of the Boston Red Sox, she wondered whether we would miss Hanley Ramirez if he were to change uniforms. After telling her that he is and will be a Marlin, she stood down. Eating lunch in the Mess Hall was fascinating, due in part to the food, but mostly because of the company. We were able to see the living quarters on the Isa Air Base, which made us even more thankful for how lucky we are to be at home each night with our families. We were able to do a clinic with over 100 children of members of military and Ex-Pats. The dads had just as much fun as the children…autographs were signed, photos were taken, and everyone had a great time. On the way back to our living quarters (hotel), we saw the Tree of Life. In the movie L.A. Story, Steve Martin describes the three most mystical places on earth. One of the three is the Tree of Life, which is located in the desert outside Bahrain. To have the opportunity to actually see the Tree was beyond description. In a desert with nothing but sand, there is one tree that stands high and has been around for over 400 years. Legend says this tree, which has no business growing in the desert, marks the location of the Garden of Evil. In any case, we ended the day back at the hotel and just finished dinner. I will keep everyone updated after the Marine workout.


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Predoctoral Appointee - Machine Learning for Probablistic Forecasting
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Requisition Number: 407307 Location: Lemont, IL
Functional Area: Research and Development Division: MCS-Mathematics and Computer Science
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The Laboratory for Applied Mathematics, Numerical Software, and Statistics (LANS) in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne is seeking predoctoral candidates in the area of statistics and scientific machine learning. Predoctoral appointees will research machine-learning algorithms for probabilistic forecasting, particularly as applied to short- and medium-term weather forecasting, develop methods for information-preserving input data reduction, and apply methods for probabilistic deep learning, with a view to improving probabilistic forecasts.
The MCS Division at Argonne National Laboratory is a leader in the design of numerical algorithms, development of software tools and technology, and simulation of applications of interest to the U.S. Department of Energy. Predoctoral appointees will participate in a collegial and stimulating environment, including access to multidisciplinary collaborations, world-class mathematical libraries, special-purpose hardware for machine learning, and the US's first exascale supercomputer.
An expected/recent Masters (or equivalent) degree in applied mathematics, statistics, or related fields. Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques, as applied in a research setting. Knowledge of techniques of dimensional reduction. Experience with machine learning, and particularly with deep learning methods. Experience with Tensorflow. Effective analytical and problem-solving skills to contribute creative solutions to complex problems.
Applicants should include contact information for at least two references.
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As an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer, and in accordance with our core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork, Argonne National Laboratory is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that fosters collaborative scientific discovery and innovation. In support of this commitment, Argonne encourages minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply for employment. Argonne considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Aerosolized Thought Control Vaccine Tested on Humans
A leaked Pentagon video does not reveal a government plot to vaccinate people against thoughts, ideas, and religion.
Claim: A leaked Pentagon video reveals a government plot to vaccinate people against thoughts, ideas, and religion.
Examples: [Collected via Internet, January 2015]
Pentagon FunVax presentation on how the military can spread a virus and use a vaccine to extinguish "undesirable human behavior". Behavior modification through vaccination. Say goodbye to your free will.
Origins: On 20 January 2015, the disreputable web site Natural News published an article titled
"600 strains of an aerosolized thought control vaccine already tested on humans; deployed via air, food and water." According to the article, a "leaked Pentagon video" revealed the government had tested a mind-control vaccine dubbed FunVax (fundamentalist vaccine) on unwitting civilian populations.
The claim stated the vaccine was dispensed through large-scale spraying, vehicle exhaust, food, and water. (It should be noted with the exception of nasally administered flu vaccines, most vaccines are still dispensed through far more unwieldy syringes.) Central to the rumors were a single YouTube video described as a "leaked Pentagon presentation" and a link to a website on which those plans were purportedly detailed.
The article explained while these claims have circulated since at least 2011 (the date of the video's publication on YouTube), an increase in "medical police state" activity had enabled people to "connect the dots" about the covert deployment of this mind control vaccine:
As you'll see in the document and video below, the vaccine was intended from the start to be deployed against civilian populations, and 600 strains of infectious viruses were tested on human subjects. One of the transmission vectors documented in the testing exploited an influenza strain to spread the mind-infecting virus as a pandemic.
The point of all this is to infect the minds of the population and transform people into what the government calls "normal." From the government's point of view, of course, "normal" means "obedient and mindless."
This is all described in a video and a document that surfaced several years ago but which are only now beginning to connect the dots as the medical police state in America accelerates to insane levels of aggression against the population. See recent stories on medical kidnapping in Arkansas and CPS kidnapping of children in Arizona for starters.
The video that supposedly exposed the FunVax plot has been circulating the Internet since at least 2011, yet no event or circumstance has validated the claims made in or about it since its first appearance, and recent interest in the clip came about solely through its "discovery" by Natural News. The document appended as supplemental proof to the long-circulating video [PDF] is hosted on wanttoknow.info, a site devoted to discussion and dispersal of conspiracy-related material. While legitimate documents can and do sometimes emerge through what appear initially to be unreliable channels, no source is given for this "quarterly FunVax report" dated to June 2007. On the site itself, the poster of the document admitted the video and the document were possibly faked and no evidence corroborating their authenticity was known:
Though this may sound like some bizarre science fiction novel, the four-minute Pentagon video presentation and official FunVax report below show that this vaccine against fundamentalism is actively being tested for implementation. As it has been a few years since this date of this video and report, it is entirely possible this program has already been started.
There is some possibility that the above video and document are faked. But if they are, it is very intelligent disinformation. Who would spend all of the time and money required to come up with such a sophisticated and coherent story? And why? Knowing how science and the military often work together, a program like this is all too possible. I once attended a lecture by Al Gore's science advisor in which he said he had been invited to see some of the most secret biological research programs being undertaken by the U.S. military. He said it gave him nightmares for months.
It's likely true a number of covert programs would send chills down the spines of most Americans were they made privy to the nuts and bolts of strategic defense planning, biological or otherwise. As to who might be responsible for such disinformation, that could be anyone's guess. However, right around the time FunVax conspiracy theories began to circulate, an active Kickstarter campaign titled "FunVax — A Film About the Conspiracy" was launched by an individual named Ryan Harper. (The campaign ultimately failed to achieve its funding goal.) Harper is also the registrant for the domain FunVax.com, a site ostensibly created to promote the film.
Notably, much of the speculation about FunVax occurred in 2011 and 2012 (Harper registered the domain in April 2011), and almost all claims made about it lead back to Harper and the film project. The clip in question was not "leaked" until September 2011, making the chronology of the FunVax conspiracy even more suspicious. While it's possible a separate source disseminated the video as Harper endeavored to fund and film his documentary, there's also no compelling evidence any information about FunVax originated from a source other than Harper himself.
As for that video, it too has provoked skepticism even among those who've not examined the source of the claims. All identifying details (such as date and context) were supplied by its original poster, and the low resolution of the footage makes it difficult to determine whether the audio portion was tacked on to an extant video from another source entirely.
Ultimately, those objections are secondary to the logistically and scientifically implausible aspects of the FunVax rumor. First and foremost, while the "God gene" is a popular bit of pop science, it isn't supported by any peer-reviewed evidence:
Is the God gene real? The only evidence we have to go on at the moment is what Hamer presents in his book. He and his colleagues are still preparing to submit their results to a scientific journal. It would be nice to know whether these results can withstand the rigors of peer review. It would be nicer still to know whether any other scientists can replicate them. The field of behavioral genetics is littered with failed links between particular genes and personality traits. These alleged associations at first seemed very strong. But as other researchers tried to replicate them, they faded away into statistical noise. In 1993, for example, a scientist reported a genetic link to male homosexuality in a region of the X chromosome. The report brought a huge media fanfare, but other scientists who tried to replicate the study failed. The scientist's name was Dean Hamer.
In short, the FunVax rumor originated largely with a filmmaker who sought to create a documentary of the same name about the "FunVax conspiracy." The only evidence supporting the rumor is a YouTube video of questionable veracity and an unsourced document that purportedly describes the project. The entire concept of FunVax (which was supposedly already secretly developed, produced, and tested on unwitting Americans) hinged on a "God gene" theory that has yet to pass peer review or yield any known applications. Furthermore, this unproven gene theory supposedly inspired a wide-scale vaccination program involving technologies heretofore unseen in all other areas of working medical science. None of these related technologies (including vastly simplified and effective dispensation of vaccines) has ever been applied or even piloted in any areas of science or medicine before, and are so covert they are virtually unknown in documented pharmaceutical technology. Taken alone, these objections would cast the rumor into the territory of science fiction; all together, it's pretty clear the claim is impossible on many levels.
It's also worth mentioning the FunVax claim may sound slightly familiar to Firefly fans, as it very closely matches the main plot line of the film Serenity (spoiler alert):
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Creation 33(2):54–55, April 2011
Natural rafts carried animals around the globe
by Dominic Statham
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According to the Bible, the only nostril-breathing, land-dwelling animals that survived the Genesis Flood were those on board Noah's Ark. This means, that all the land vertebrates alive on the earth today must be descended from the offspring of the Ark travellers. Moreover, these must have migrated to their current habitats from the place where the Ark finally came to rest, somewhere on the mountains of Ararat, in the Middle East. Various theories have been put forward to explain how this could have happened, some of which seem quite plausible, such as migration across land bridges, which have now fallen below sea level, and transportation by humans.
Another explanation which is gaining increasing support is the rafting hypothesis.
Interestingly, the potential for dispersal of plants and animals across large stretches of water by natural rafts has been accepted by evolutionists for many years. Professor Paul Moody of the University of Vermont argued,
Steve Murray
Iguanas colonised Anguilla in the West Indies on rafts.
"In times of flood, large masses of earth and entwining vegetation, including trees, may be torn loose from the banks of rivers and swept out to sea. Sometimes such masses are encountered floating in the ocean out of sight of land, still lush and green, with palms, twenty to thirty feet [7 to 10 m] tall. It is entirely probable that land animals may be transported long distances in this manner. Mayr records that many tropical ocean currents have a speed of at least two knots; this would amount to fifty miles [80 km] a day, 1000 miles [1600 km] in three weeks."1
More recently, the rafting idea has been advanced by evolutionists to explain the presence of the Bear Cuscus (Ailurops ursinus) and the Dwarf Cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) on the island of Sulawesi2 and of lemurs on the island of Madagascar.3 In 1995, fishermen witnessed the colonisation of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies by iguanas. These were washed up on one of the island's eastern beaches, having floated there on a mat of logs and uprooted trees, a few weeks after two hurricanes hit the islands of the Lesser Antilles. Scientists believed that the iguanas had rafted 320 km from Guadeloupe.4,5
Significantly, biogeographers sometimes refer to oceans rather than continents as the main biogeographic regions. This is because, very often, patterns are seen, where many terrestrial organisms are distributed around the land bordering an ocean. So clear was this to the twentieth century biogeographer, Léon Croizat, that he spent much time drawing "tracks" to chart repetitious occurrences of these patterns.6,7 The track for Oreobolus plants, for example, is shown in fig. 1, and it is one that is shared with a multitude of other plants and animals.8,9
Fig 1. Tracks showing occurrence of Oreobolus plants around Pacific Ocean.
The destructive power of large volumes of fast-flowing water is enormous and, in the early stages of the Genesis Flood, would have been sufficient to rip-up large amounts of woodland. Although some of this would have been buried in sediments, many billions of trees would have been left floating on the surface of the waters, as enormous 'log mats'.
These rafts would have facilitated their dispersal after the Flood, as they multiplied and migrated away from the mountains of Ararat (Genesis 8:4).
These islands of vegetation, regularly watered by rainfall, could have easily supported plant and animal life over significant periods of time. Ocean currents would have moved these massive 'rafts' around the globe, sometimes washing them up beside land, where animals and insects might 'embark' or 'disembark', and then transporting them back out to sea. I'm not suggesting that land animals survived the Genesis Flood on rafts. Rather, these rafts would have facilitated their dispersal after the Flood, as they multiplied and migrated away from the mountains of Ararat (Genesis 8:4).
The ability of ocean currents to distribute floating objects around the world was seen recently, when thousands of bathtub rubber ducks were lost off a container ship in the North Pacific in 1992. In less than three months, these had floated to Indonesia, Australia and South America, and subsequently into the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.10,11
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Interestingly, the patterns of plant and animal distribution throughout the world are not random, as might be expected from evolutionary theory. Instead, we often find many different species clustered in what biogeographers describe as "areas of endemism"—where many different plants and animals are concentrated in the same distinct and often small regions.
Moreover, and most significantly, the areas of high plant endemism generally correspond to areas of high animal endemism.12,13 This, together with the fact that there are often many floral and faunal similarities between areas of endemism14, provides strong support for the idea that the plants and animals were transported to these places—and by the same means.
Further support for the rafting theory was provided by researchers at Bryan College, Tennessee, who showed that the intersections of ocean currents with land masses appear to correspond with the areas of endemism found throughout the world.15
Explaining patterns of biogeography is difficult because the events in question all occurred many years outside of living memory. Creation scientists, however, have an advantage over other scientists, as the Bible provides a historical framework which can guide their thinking. And, as with other areas of creation research, the field data is increasingly seen to fit the biblical model better than the evolutionary model.
Moody, P., Introduction to Evolution, Harper & Brothers, New York, USA, p. 262, 1953. Return to text.
Heinsohn, T., A Giant Among Possums, Nature Australia 26(12):24–31, Autumn 2001. Return to text.
Tattersal, I., Madagascar's Lemurs, Scientific American, p. 90, January 1993; Hitch-hiking lemurs, Creation 15(4):11, 1993. Return to text.
Censky, E. et al., Over-Water Dispersal of Lizards due to Hurricanes, Nature 395:556, 8 October 1998; Surfing lizards wipe out objections, Creation 21(2):7–9, 1999. Return to text.
Yoon, C., Hapless Iguanas Float Away and Voyage Grips Biologists, The New York Times, 13 March 2008, www.nytimes.com. Return to text.
Humphries, C.J. and Parenti, L.R., Cladistic Biogeography: Interpreting Patterns of Plant and Animal Distributions, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2nd ed., pp. 33–37, 138, 1999. Return to text.
Croizat, L., Panbiogeography, vol. 1, 2A and 2B, self-published, 1958. Return to text.
Seberg, O., Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Biogeography of the Genus Oreobolus R.Br. (Cyperaceae), With Comments on the Biogeography of the South Pacific Continents. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 119–195, 1988. Return to text.
Buffalo Museum of Science, Vicariance Biogeography and Panbiogeography of the Plant Genus Oreobolus (Cyperaceae): A Comparison of Methods and Results. New York, USA. www.sciencebuff.org/panbiogeography_of_oreobolus.php. Return to text.
Ford, P., Drifting Rubber Duckies Chart Oceans of Plastic. Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2003. www.csmonitor.com. Return to text.
Clerkin, B., Thousands of Rubber Ducks to Land on British Shores After 15 Year Journey. Daily Mail, 27 June 2007. www.dailymail.co.uk. Return to text.
Nelson, G. and Platnick, N., Systematics and Biogeography: Cladistics and Vicariance, Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 368, 524, 1981. Return to text.
Cox, C.B., The Biogeographic Regions Reconsidered. Journal of Biogeography, 28:4 511–523, 2001. www.blackwell-synergy.com. Return to text.
Ref. 6, preface and pp. 21,34, 87. Return to text.
Wise, K.P. and Croxton, M., Rafting: A Post-Flood Biogeographic Dispersal Mechanism,. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Creationism, Creation Science Fellowship, Inc., Pennsylvania, pp. 465–477, USA, 2003. Return to text.
How did animals get from the Ark to places such as Australia?
Climate models fail warm climates
The Yellowstone petrified forests
Unique species in far-away places
Post-Flood log mats potentially can explain biogeography
Plants feeding on quartzite support rapid plant growth after the Flood
How did animals get to distant places after the Flood?
Footprints in the Ash
by John Morris, Steven A Austin
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Home News Angels Pitcher Tyler Skaggs, 27, Found Dead In Texas Hotel Room
Angels Pitcher Tyler Skaggs, 27, Found Dead In Texas Hotel Room
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Tyler Skaggs had persevered through injuries to be a valuable pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels.
The left-hander had posted a photo of himself and teammates in cowboy hats for their weeklong trip to Texas where he was set to start on the Fourth of July holiday.
The 27-year-old pitcher died Monday, when he was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Texas, stunning Major League Baseball and leading to the postponement of Los Angeles' series opener against the Rangers.
Skaggs was "an important part of the Angels Family," the team said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Carli, and his entire family during this devastating time."
Police said they were investigating but that no foul play was suspected. Skaggs was pronounced dead at the scene.
Skaggs, who would have turned 28 on July 13 and was married just seven months ago, had been a regular in the Angels' starting rotation since late 2016, when the left-hander returned from Tommy John surgery. He struggled with injuries repeatedly in that time but was 7-7 in 15 starts this season to help an injury-plagued rotation.
In his cowboy-themed Instagram post Sunday, Skaggs wrote "Howdy y'all" and made reference to the Texas trip for games against the Rangers and the Houston Astros this weekend.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he was "deeply saddened" by Skaggs' death.
"We will support the Angels' organization through this most difficult period, and we will make a variety of resources available to Tyler's teammates and other members of the baseball family," Manfred said in a statement.
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//    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
//    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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using NUnit.Framework;
using System;

using AIChallengeFramework;

namespace AIChallengeFrameworkTests
{
	[TestFixture ()]
	public class MapTests
	{
		[SetUp ()]
		public void SetUp ()
		{
			// Deactive logger for tests
			Logger.LogLevel = Logger.Severity.OFF;
		}

		[Test ()]
		public void TestAddContinent ()
		{
			Map m1 = new Map ();
			Continent c1 = new Continent (0, 2);

			m1.AddContinent (c1);
			Assert.AreEqual (1, m1.Continents.Count);
		}

		[Test ()]
		public void TestAddContinentWithDuplicate ()
		{
			Map m1 = new Map ();
			Continent c1 = new Continent (0, 2);

			m1.AddContinent (c1);
			Assert.AreEqual (1, m1.Continents.Count);

			m1.AddContinent (c1);
			Assert.AreEqual (1, m1.Continents.Count);
		}

		[Test ()]
		public void TestAddRegion ()
		{
			Map m1 = new Map ();
			Continent c1 = new Continent (0, 2);
			Continent c2 = new Continent (1, 5);
			new Region (0, c1);
			Region r2 = new Region (1, c2);

			m1.AddContinent (c1);

			Assert.AreEqual (1, m1.Continents.Count);
			Assert.AreEqual (1, m1.Regions.Count);

			m1.AddRegion (r2);

			Assert.AreEqual (2, m1.Continents.Count);
			Assert.AreEqual (2, m1.Regions.Count);
		}

		[Test ()]
		public void TestAddRegionWithDuplicate ()
		{
			Map m1 = new Map ();
			Continent c1 = new Continent (0, 2);
			Region r1 = new Region (0, c1);

			m1.AddContinent (c1);

			Assert.AreEqual (1, m1.Continents.Count);
			Assert.AreEqual (1, m1.Regions.Count);

			m1.AddRegion (r1);

			Assert.AreEqual (1, m1.Continents.Count);
			Assert.AreEqual (1, m1.Regions.Count);
		}
	}
}


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Turlock school issues alert after man approaches 3 girls
Female students are all safe
Updated: 8:52 PM PDT Mar 25, 2014
Gamaliel Ortiz
A Turlock high school issued a warning Tuesday after a suspicious man approached three female students over a two-day span.Watch report: Alert issued at Turlock school after man approaches 3 girlsPitman High School officials said the man in question went up to the students near Christoffersen Road between McKenna and Walnut streets in Turlock.It's not clear what exactly makes him suspicious."As parents, we need to be aware of these situations, because what's going to happen next?" parent Sheila Andrews said. "Is this man going to kidnap someone and hurt them badly?"The incidents took place beginning about 3 p.m. Monday. All three instances were reported by the students.The Turlock Police Department was notified immediately, a school official said.But parents said Tuesday they wanted to be notified of the suspicious man sooner."I have a concern, because if it happened yesterday, why weren't we notified yesterday, so we could prepare our children to be on the lookout?" Andrews asked.In its safety alert, the school urged students and parents to take precautions before and after school. All three students who were approached by the man are safe and attended school Tuesday.Some students were told about the assaults right before school let out Tuesday."I'm not going to school early anymore or stay for after school activities," junior high student Brianna Astorda said.KCRA 3's Melinda Meza contributed to this report.
TURLOCK, Calif. (KCRA) —
A Turlock high school issued a warning Tuesday after a suspicious man approached three female students over a two-day span.
Watch report: Alert issued at Turlock school after man approaches 3 girls
Pitman High School officials said the man in question went up to the students near Christoffersen Road between McKenna and Walnut streets in Turlock.
It's not clear what exactly makes him suspicious.
"As parents, we need to be aware of these situations, because what's going to happen next?" parent Sheila Andrews said. "Is this man going to kidnap someone and hurt them badly?"
The incidents took place beginning about 3 p.m. Monday. All three instances were reported by the students.
The Turlock Police Department was notified immediately, a school official said.
But parents said Tuesday they wanted to be notified of the suspicious man sooner.
"I have a concern, because if it happened yesterday, why weren't we notified yesterday, so we could prepare our children to be on the lookout?" Andrews asked.
In its safety alert, the school urged students and parents to take precautions before and after school. All three students who were approached by the man are safe and attended school Tuesday.
Some students were told about the assaults right before school let out Tuesday.
"I'm not going to school early anymore or stay for after school activities," junior high student Brianna Astorda said.
KCRA 3's Melinda Meza contributed to this report.


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Q: Formatting statements within functions - rules? Consider:
myFunction :: (Eq a) => a -> a -> [a]
myFunction v1 v2 = statement_1.. $ statement_2... $ statement_3...

vs
myFunction :: (Eq a) => a -> a -> [a]
myFunction v1 v2 = statement_1 result_1 result_2
    where
      result_2 = statement_2
      result_3 = statement_3

Is there a rule of thumb as to which format is preferred in Haskell? Are there any specific rules as to when to use each version?

A: First off, these aren't actually equivalent. f $ x $ y is parsed as f $ (x $ y) (because infixr 0 $), hence you'd actually need to write the first version as
myFunction v1 v2 = (statement_1.. $ statement_2...) $ statement_3...

or, if statement_1 is actually just a single symbol, I'd actually prefer
myFunction v1 v2 = statement_1 (statement_2...) (statement_3...)

Really, your question is whether it makes sense to give these intermediate results names of their own. Well, that's a question that has little to do with Haskell – it can apply to most programming languages, though few give you the possibility to write as much in a single expression as Haskell does. It can only be answered as: give them names if it makes the code easier to understand. Perhaps it's hard to see what statement_2 ... is supposed to be good for, but a "single-word comment" would clear it up? Well, then give it a name! If instead it's just a short expression and it's clear what it means anyway, I wouldn't bother.
Note that in some cases, it may affect performance (even complexity) whether or not you define something as a named entity. For example, if result_1 is a lengthy computation that does not depend on v2, it makes sense to write it this way:
myFunction v1 = \v2 -> statement_1 result_1 $ statement_3..
 where result_1 = statement_2

This allows you to apply the function partially, to only the v1 argument, and thus share a lot of the computational effort for multiple calls over v2, e.g. with map (myFunction v1₀) listOfV2s.

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