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Democratization by Elections? Opposition Weakness in Africa
Lise Rakner
Nicolas van de Walle
Issue Date July 2009
Opposition parties and their position in the national legislature is a central component of any strategy of "democratization by elections". But the third wave of democratization in Africa has resulted in only a limited increase in political competition. Regardless of the nature and quality of electoral institutions, opposition parties have remained numerically weak and fragmented, and unable to carry out their roles of political counterweight to the victorious party and president. The performance of opposition parties indicates that we should question whether Africa's multiparty systems really are progressing. At the very least, the pace of democratic progress has been exceedingly slow.
Accountability, Democratic consolidation, Democratic transition, Elections, Political culture, Political parties
The Downfall of Malaysia's Ruling Party
Sophie Lemière
In Malaysia's May 2018 general election, a grand bargain between ex–prime minister Mahathir Mohamad and reform leader Anwar Ibrahim produced a political earthquake that ended 61 years of rule by the…
Ukraine's Orange Revolution: Kuchma's Failed Authoritarianism
Lucan Ahmad Way
Desperate to secure victory for its own candidate in the 2004 presidential election, the incumbent regime undertook an unprecedented campaign of blatant election fraud. But it had underestimated the citizenry…
Field Report: Pressing for Openness in Singapore
Chee Soon Juan
Although friendly to business, Singapore's government represses dissent and is far from transparent in its management of public funds. A leading dissident chronicles his struggle for greater openness.


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Q: Mocking a Standard Library function with and without pytest-mock For testing purposes I would like to mock shutil.which (Python 3.5.1), which is called inside a simplified method find_foo()
def _find_foo(self) -> Path:
foo_exe = which('foo', path=None)
if foo_exe:
    return Path(foo_exe)
else:
    return None

I'm using pytest for implementing my test cases. Because of that I also would like to use the pytest extension pytest-mock. In the following I pasted an example testcase using pytest + pytest-mock:
def test_find_foo(mocker):
    mocker.patch('shutil.which', return_value = '/path/foo.exe')

    foo_path = find_foo()
    assert foo_path is '/path/foo.exe'

This way of mocking with pytest-mock doesn't work. shutil.which is still called instead of the mock.
I tried to directly use the mock package which is now part of Python3:
def test_find_foo():
    with unittest.mock.patch('shutil.which') as patched_which:
        patched_which.return_value = '/path/foo.exe'

        foo_path = find_foo()
        assert foo_path is '/path/foo.exe'

Sadly the result is the same. Also shutil.which() is called instead of specified mock.
Which steps of successfully implementing a mock are wrong or missed in my test cases?

A: I investigated more time studying unittest.mock and pytest-mock. I found a simple solution without modifying the production code using the patch decorator. In the following I pasted a code snippet demonstrating a third approach with pytest-mock:
def test_find_foo(mocker):
    mocker.patch('__main__.which', return_value='/path/foo.exe')

    foo_path = find_foo()
    assert foo_path == Path('/path/foo.exe')

Without pytest-mock (plain unittest-mock and a @patch decorator) this solution is also working. The important line in the code snippet above is
mocker.patch('__main__.which', return_value='/path/foo.exe')

The patch decorator expects the name (full path) of the function which will be called from the system under test. This is clearly explained in the  mock documentation. The following paragraph summarizes this principle of the patch decorator:

patch works by (temporarily) changing the object that a name points to with another one. There can be many names pointing to any individual object, so for patching to work you must ensure that you patch the name used by the system under test.

A: Try using monkeypatch. You can see in the examples how they "monkeypatch" os.getcwd to return the wanted path. In your case I think that this should work:
 monkeypatch.setattr("shutil.which", lambda: "/path/foo.exe")

A: Injecting the which method into your method or object would allow you to mock the dependency without pytest-mock.
def _find_foo(self, which_fn=shutil.which) -> Path:
  foo_exe = which_fn('foo', path=None)
  if foo_exe:
      return Path(foo_exe)
  else:
      return None

def test_find_foo():
   mock_which = Mock(return_value = '/path/foo.exe')

   foo_path = obj._find_foo(which_fn=mock_which)
   assert foo_path is '/path/foo.exe'

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Watch as a police officer speaks to migrant workers protesting outside Camborne Police Station over Cornwall modern slavery raid
The protest came after three were arrested from a flower farm on the Lizard
Philippa Jenkins
Updated 09:47, 9 FEB 2018
This is the moment a police officer spoke to migrant workers protesting outside Camborne Police Station last night.
A police sergeant spoke to the gathered workers and those that had turned up to support them as he turned up for his night shift.
In total at least 100 workers from Romania and Lithuania arrived in minibuses and cars and descended on the station on Thursday night after their farm was raided in the early hours of the morning.
They waited outside the police station staging their protest until the officer turned up and spoke to them from the other side of some railings as he made his way into the station.
The protesters outside Camborne Police Station
'We're not slaves,' say migrant workers as huge crowd gathers to protest over Cornwall modern slavery raid
He explained he would speak to them at the other side of the building once he had clocked on and also asked them to stop chanting due to the late hour.
He said to the workers: "What I'll do, in the next five or ten minutes I will come out and see you all just around the front.
"Also because it's late now I know it is good to chant but can we just keep the noise down because we get complaints.
These flower pickers claim they're not slaves (Image: Greg Martin)
"I start work in nine minutes and so I am going to come out and see you're alright and find out who you are waiting for."
The gang - only a few of whom spoke English - said they wanted to know why their boss had been arrested and were prepared to spend the night outside the station until he was released.
One of the men was released by police at around 10pm and as he left the police station without speaking to the press, the group quickly dispersed.
Police swooped on Bosahan Farm, near Manaccan, Helford, at around 6am on Thursday morning and arrested two local men, aged 61 and 41, on suspicion of modern slavery and another, aged 49, for alleged gang master licence offences.
Around 200 migrant workers, employed in picking flowers, were on the site at the time and of those, 14 requested assistance in leaving the site and were taken to a reception centre.
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ASNC2017 Sessions Livestreamed to 58 Countries
In: Education
Last month, physicians from 58 developing countries accessed select ASNC2017 sessions as part of a livestreaming initiative supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The livestreaming program was part of an ongoing collaborative effort between the IAEA and ASNC to deliver professional educational opportunities, advance clinical practice and improve patient care worldwide.
The livestreamed sessions were enthusiastically received by physicians around the globe. "I would like to thank ASNC and the IAEA for such a great effort to provide the ASNC 2017 live stream for developing countries," wrote a physician from Brazil. "The level of the classes and the speakers was just fantastic!"
The IAEA fosters partnerships to help countries tackle the growing challenge of noncommunicable diseases. ASNC was honored to contribute access to its highly regarded annual meeting programming and looks forward to additional joint partnerships. Coming soon: Interactive educational materials for the IAEA's Human Health Campus, an online resource visited annually by more than 5,000 health professionals.


Alyssa Aguilera has worked at VOCAL-NY since 2013, and became the Co-Executive Director at VOCAL-NY in January 2016; she was previously the organization's Political Director. She oversees the organization's advocacy, direct services, development, and communications work. She also leads campaigns to reform discriminatory policing practices, create alternatives to the drug war, and address the collateral consequences of mass incarceration.
Alyssa also serves as Executive Director of VOCAL-NY Action Fund, the affiliated 501(c)4 electoral and lobbying arm that has helped elect progressive candidates in New York City and State. Alyssa has previously organized in the Health Justice program at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Boston Worker's Alliance, and SEIU's Justice for Janitors campaign in Texas. She earned a B.A. from Harvard.


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VK Mobile is a Korean mobile and batteries manufacturer that was originally founded for the production of batteries 1997 and 2001, its activities spread to mobile phones and mobile technology.
VK Mobile was founded in September 1997 as a Viable Korea and received in October of the same year an exclusive contract with Samsung for the manufacture of lithium - polymer batteries. With the PCS Phone comes in April 1998 is the first phone on the market that is equipped with a battery produced by them. The first lithium polymer batteries are shipped in May 2000.
In October 2000, they will be listed first in the KOSDAQ ( 048 760 ).
In September 2001, they expand their reach into the mobile and provide the first GSM handsets to Hong Kong, where they open in March 2002, their first overseas office VK Telecom ( HK) and rename it to VK Corporation. In the same month they also get the market approval for China to open up there a few months later a production facility and offices. In June 2002, a first extension to the European market - to Italy.
In January 2003, they purchase the first license for telecommunications handsets from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ( ETRI ) and set in December of the same year her first CDMA Handset - VK100 - before.
Vodafone is a first major consumer of mobile phones in February 2004. In March, the foundation of VK Mobile USA, Inc. will follow in the United States. In July, they take the lead in the list of company 's fastest growing Korea.
On July 7, 2006 VK Mobile filed for bankruptcy after they could no longer pay due to an aggressive marketing strategy and currency fluctuations liabilities of 1.78 billion won. Through a cash injection by the South Korean government and a large order of Motorola but this could be averted. However, part of the workforce had to be dismissed. Production was reduced to one third.
The most prominent product of VK Mobile VK2000 is, an extremely flat and small GSM mobile device that has received the Red Dot Design Award in 2006.


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Q: Deterministically combining generators I have a javascript project where I need to be able to create deterministic generators (I call them Arbitrarys). For instance, I can create a arbitrary username using the following code:
const name = arb.oneOf('Foo', 'Bar', 'Baz');

This results in a generator that yields the 3 values in turn, and then exits. However, I also have a function witch creates tuples from multiple arbitrary instances, like this:
const namePairs = arb.tuple(name, name);

This would spit out things like ['Foo', 'Foo'], ['Foo', 'Bar'], etc. It's still doing so deterministically, so that whenever I iterate through the namePairs generator, I always get the same values. However, the algorithm I've written to achieve this is not really good. It has a few bad features, such that it does not generate all possible combinations, and it can in some cases emit the same value twice. This isn't too big of a problem, but I'd like to improve it, but I can't figure out how to do so.
Basically, what I need is a function that takes a variable number of generators which (can) have different lengths and return a single generator that has the following properties:

*

*It's deterministic. If I create multiple of the same arbitrary instance, from the same "child" arbitrary instances, I should always get the same items.

*It evenly distributes the number of items it grabs from the child generators. This is important, because the total possible number of items a generator can produce is normally way bigger than the number of items I actually request. Therefore, it's important that if I do arb.tuple(allPositiveNumbers, allPositiveNumbers) I don't just get 1 as the first argument, and increasing numbers as the second (or the other way around).

*If possible I would like it to exhaustively produce all possible combinations of the input generators without producing duplicates. This is less of a requirement and more of a wish though.

Any hint on how to make something like this would be much appreciated.


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Pubs need to be open 7 days a week for long hours and it is difficult for Landlords and Owners to find the time for a professional antibacterial carpet clean, without losing business. With subdued lighting and dark coloured carpets, you may not realise just how dirty the carpets are – and how fabulous they will look after a professional clean!
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The cities that lost NFL teams in the past ended up paying much more down the line to get the league back.
Video (57:01) : Sid Hartman says there's no immediate help in the minors for the Twins. He also says that opponents of the Vikings stadium are missing the point.
As the Legislature continues to block attempts by Gov. Mark Dayton and the Vikings to get a new stadium built on the existing Metrodome site, it's important to look at how costly it has been for mid-market cities to replace their NFL franchise after they leave town -- something I am sure will happen here if a stadium bill isn't passed at least by the 2013 Legislature.
It's clear the NFL wants a franchise in Los Angeles, a market that has 5.6 million television households, second in the nation only to New York. The Twin Cities area is 15th at 1.7 million. The recent $2 billion price paid for the Los Angeles Dodgers was because of the team's big TV market, again showing just how important the area is to the NFL and its broadcast partners.
In the past 30 years, six NFL teams have relocated. The Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis in 1984, the St. Louis Cardinals moved to Arizona in 1988, the Los Angeles Raiders moved back to Oakland in 1995, the Los Angeles Rams moved to St. Louis that same year, the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996 and the Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee in 1997.
Four of the cities that watched their teams leave managed to bring in teams years later, while the Los Angeles area continues to angle for a new franchise.
Here is the background on the cities that lost teams and what it cost them to get one back.
• The Baltimore Colts moved in March 1984 with Robert Irsay moving the team in the dead of the night. Irsay was asking the city of Baltimore for money totalling anywhere from $25 million in stadium improvements or a proposed development of a major domed stadium to house football, hockey and baseball that would have cost around $78 million. Neither plan passed into law for various reasons. When Baltimore finally got another franchise, taking the Browns from Cleveland, it cost $220 million to build Ravens Stadium in 2003, 19 years after the Colts' departure.
• In St. Louis, the city refused to build a new, bigger stadium so the Cardinals wouldn't have to play in the old Busch Stadium, so owner Bill Bidwill moved the team to Arizona in 1988. When St. Louis went after the Rams, the city had to build a new domed stadium to attract the team. The building now known as the Edward Jones Dome cost $280 million to build in 1995, seven years after the Cardinals left.
• Art Modell's decision to move the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore stemmed from a loss of revenue for Cleveland Municipal Stadium after the Indians moved into what's now known as Progressive Field in 1994. He had asked for $175 million in tax dollars to update the stadium, but one day before Cleveland voters passed that bill overwhelmingly, Modell announced he was moving the Browns because Baltimore could provide the money for a first-class stadium. It cost $349 million to build Cleveland Browns Stadium, and the expansion Browns returned in 1999, after the city lacked pro football for three years.
• After the city of Houston turned down Oilers owner Bud Adams' request for a new stadium in 1997, he moved the team to Tennessee, where it eventually became the Titans. The Houston Holdings Group then went to work trying to secure a new franchise for the city and the NFL granted them an expansion franchise. In 2000 the city broke ground on retractable-roof Reliant Stadium, to be the home of the new Houston Texans, which cost $352 million to build. The team started play in 2002, five years after the Oilers left.
According to a report from Marquette University Law School, in every one of the previous four cases where a city lost a team and then built a stadium years later, the public paid a much larger percentage of building costs than the Vikings are asking for.
And while the cost of the Vikings stadium, nearly $1 billion, is much higher than all the other stadiums because of inflation -- Houston's stadium, the youngest of the four examples, was built a decade ago -- the percentage of money provided by the team is much higher. Imagine how much less a stadium would have cost had it been built when Red McCombs bought the team in 1998.
The people of Baltimore provided 87 percent of the financing for their new stadium after the Colts left town. In St. Louis, public financing for their new stadium came 100 percent from the public after the Cardinals moved. The citizens of Cleveland put up 76.5 percent of the funding for their new stadium after the original Browns left for Baltimore. And in Houston, public financing for Reliant Stadium came in at 73 percent after their first team left town.
The current Vikings proposal has the state of Minnesota and the city of Minneapolis providing 56.2 percent of the financing for a new building -- public financing through taxation remains a question mark in the deal, but it would certainly be lower than that percentage. The Vikings would provide 43.8 percent of the stadium financing.
Without question, this is a lower percentage the citizens of Minnesota will have to pay than if they lose this team and try to bring pro football back to the Twin Cities in the years ahead.
• Gophers athletic director Joel Maturi reports that once Big Ten hockey starts in 2014, there will be a conference playoff with all six teams participating in a round-robin tournament to be played at a neutral site. No doubt Xcel Energy Center will be considered, but the best bet is that it will be played at the United Center in Chicago, the part-time home of the Big Ten men's basketball tournament.
• The point system put in by the Gophers to season-ticket holders of hockey and basketball doesn't effect football season-ticket holders. The football system has been in effect since TCF Bank Stadium opened. ... If the Legislature passes the bill allowing alcohol to be sold at TCF Bank Stadium, beer will be available in the stadium lobbies but won't be sold in the stands.
• Former Gophers receiver Eric Decker reported to ESPN that he has been very impressed with the way new Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has thrown to him in recent workouts. "The guy's still throwing the ball a long time, throwing it great, hitting you in the right spot," Decker said. "He's such a perfectionist. If he hits you in the belly button, he gets mad at himself for not hitting you in the chest. It's unbelievable to be around a guy who has those standards for himself."


YouTube is already a pretty incredible tool. It works as a platform for everything from sharing content to brand marketing, a visual paradise that has taken over the web and become one of the most popular social networks around. More than one billion people visit the site monthly, and most online users watch videos through the site.
With visual marketing on the rise, Youtube has become one of the most essential content marketing tools.
How is your reputation on YouTube as a whole? This is an important question for anyone who is trying to establish themselves as a well known content provider on the site. Having the right data will let you decide on what areas need work, when to interact and where to reply.
This is a quick way to do it, searching by Twitter handle, full name, domain name, and your domain name as separate words. Simple, fast and informative, everyone should have this application in their toolbox. You can watch all the videos right on that page as well!
You might want to check the other ones available on the SEO Chat, as well.
Everything you search for on YouTube is pretty much dependent on keywords. So to have your videos seen, you need to have the right keywords selected. This is an official promotion tool from Google that will let you see what keywords are trending and work best with your upload. You can search by language, country, or put in other keywords and phrases and get ideas for more. Of course, you don't have to rely entirely on this tool for your keyword management. But it is a good way to find those phrases you might not have considered.
Stay connected to new content and be the first to post it onto your blog, comment on it, or just know about it. Video Alerts does just what it says, allowing you to subscribe to notifications whenever a particular channel, poster or subject is updated. You can get a free account that is basic, or get advanced features for $9.99 per year. Since a premium account will let you track up to 100 keywords without ads, I think it is well worth that cost.
Do you know of any handy YouTube tools? Share them with us in the comments!


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The Old Vic is mercurial: it can transform into a theatre in the round, a space for music and comedy, has played host to opera, dance, cinema, music hall, classical dramas, variety, clowns, big spectacles and novelty acts. It was the original home of the English National Opera, the Sadler's Wells dance company and the National Theatre. It's also been a tavern, a college, a coffee house, a lecture hall and a meeting place.
All of this is now in the bones of the building and is as important a part of its open-armed, inclusive, welcoming personality as its grand historic decor and the iconic performances and famous productions it has housed.
We hope to be a surprising, unpredictable, ground-breaking, rule-breaking, independent beacon of accessible, uplifting and unintimidating art.
So, whether you're looking for a comedy or new musical, a dramatic work or dance performance, a £10 preview, a late-night pint or a show you can watch together as a family. There is always something new to entertain at The Old Vic.


This two story multi-purpose and classroom addition was designed to provide a variety of meeting and gathering spaces for youth, ages 1-6, Junior High and High School. Amenities include a large lounge with coffee/beverage bar, game room, library with computer stations, and a tiered kid's assembly area for performance arts. There is a very large flex-space on the main floor seating 200+, which can be subdivided into three large sound proofed rooms. This entire area fronts an outdoor landscaped terrace for social and instructional gatherings. Approximately 14,000 SF.


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Home > Resources > What you need to know about material compatibility for multi-material injection molding
What you need to know about material compatibility for multi-material injection molding
By Fast Radius November 24, 2021
Multi-material injection molding is an umbrella term referring to any injection molding process in which two or more different materials are bonded to form a single plastic part. The most common types of multi-material injection molding are overmolding and two-shot injection molding.
Overmolding is a process that forms a unified product from two or more different thermoplastics. During this process, an engineer molds a substrate out of the rigid overmold material and then places the substrate in an overmold cavity in a separate tool. Then, the molten overmold material is ejected into, onto, or around the substrate. As the thermoplastics cool, the materials become either chemically or mechanically bonded — which gives the end product a high degree of strength and durability. While this drives up the overhead cost of a tool, it can save you a fortune down the line by eliminating the need for an assembly process, thus cutting labor and resource costs.
You can achieve many of the same properties using two-shot injection molding, also known as double-shot injection molding. The difference between overmolding and two-shot molding is that the former is done using two tools while the latter is done using one tool. During two-shot injection molding, the first material is injected into a mold to create the substrate, which is then transferred into the other chamber of the mold by an end of arm tool after it solidifies and cools. After that, the mold opens and the side with the substrate rotates 180° to meet the other mold chamber. Once the substrate is in place, the injection molding nozzle injects the second material into the cavity, bonding it with the substrate.
From an overhead perspective, two-shot injection molding is more expensive to design and build, but it's faster and better-suited for high-volume production runs than overmolding. Overmolding requires manual labor since someone has to physically remove the first part of the mold and place it in the second mold, which is only economical for smaller production sizes.
Since the materials involved in overmolding and two-shot injection molding must be bonded together, the plastics must be compatible with one another. Material compatibility, which has its roots in chemical compatibility, is a measure of how stable a material is when it comes into contact with another material. If two materials come in contact with one another and cause a chemical reaction, they're incompatible and cannot be used together in multi-material injection molding.
For materials that are not chemically compatible, a positive fastening feature or mechanical bond is typically recommended. This joins the two materials together without a chemical bond.
Here's what you need to know about choosing injection molding thermoset materials based on material compatibility, and negotiating other factors like friction, wear, and adhesion:
Key considerations for injection mold material selection
When it comes to multi-material injection molding, accidentally mixing two incompatible materials can be catastrophic. At best, you might notice an awful smell permeating the production room floor. At worst, your injection molding machine barrel might explode into pieces. To avoid adverse outcomes, engineers and product teams must choose resins carefully and ensure there are no contraindications.
You can use an overmolding materials compatibility chart like this one to check if two of your prospective materials are contraindicated. As a general rule, the following common injection molding materials should never be used together:
Acetal with PVC or CPVC
Ionomer with acetal, PVC, or CPVC
TPV with acetal, PVC, or CPVC
You can download the complete chemically compatible overmolding materials chart to check if your desired materials are chemically compatible or if they would be better suited for a positive fastening feature.
If you're using the same machine barrel and screw to process two resins — even resins that shouldn't react with one another — be sure to disassemble and thoroughly clean all machinery before you resume processing. Even the smallest traces of injection molding thermoset materials can cause a reaction.
How friction, adhesion, and wear impact multi-material injection molding
Tribology is the study of friction and wear that occurs between two surfaces moving against each other, primarily concerning snap-fit clips or interlocking parts. To reduce friction and improve the performance of your end part, you must consider the tribological performance of your prospective materials in addition to their compatibility. For example, a wear-resistant polymer like HDPE or a smooth material like acetal would be good candidates for a snap-fit clip because these materials are smooth enough to avoid snags on rougher patches and are highly wear-resistant.
To further reduce wear, engineers should consider using metal inserts instead of plastic during the two-shot injection molding process. Material compatibility is less of a concern with metal inserts — you just have to make sure that a solid mechanical bond will be created when the plastic is injected over and around the insert, which requires designing a positive fastening feature. Bronze and brass are affordable options, but they're prone to wear over time. To account for friction and wear, take the time to understand tribology and think about how well your prospective materials will hold up over time.
Even though overmolding and two-shot injection molding chemically or mechanically bond two materials together, you can still encounter problems with adhesion, particularly with TPE. TPE is a common injection molding material but in some cases does not adhere well to the substrate, which can cause peeling, curling, fraying, or the delamination of material layers. If your design requires the use of TPE, you can improve adhesion by making sure the molten plastic overlay isn't too thin. If the overlay is less than 1/16-inch thick, the material might cool too quickly to adhere to the substrate properly. Similar problems will occur if the length-to-thickness ratio isn't proportional.
You can also improve adhesion, no matter the elastomer used, by trying these tips:
Design an abrupt transition between the substrate and the overlay to avoid thinning
Use a shutoff to create a hard stop for the molten material and eliminate curling or potential tear points
Ensure adequate venting in the tool to prevent air from getting trapped in the cavity during overmolding
Keep inserts and substrates clean, which helps them form better bonds
Preheat inserts to improve adhesion strength
Master injection mold material selection with Fast Radius
Multi-material injection molding is an excellent manufacturing process for building durable parts that won't separate over time. However, you can't use just any two thermoplastics for the two-shot injection molding process. Two-shot molding material compatibility and factors like adhesion, friction, and wear introduce additional layers of complexity to material selection. A seasoned manufacturing partner like Fast Radius can demystify the entire process, simplify material selection, optimize part designs, and speed production.
If you have more questions about material compatibility for overmolding or two-shot injection molding, contact the designers at Fast Radius today. Our design team has years of experience helping product teams choose the right material for their next project. Let's make something incredible together.
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Redchurch Street, one of East London's up-and-coming streets, is home to many emerging arty enterprises including the Gallery in Redchurch Street. This week the gallery housed a show by 7 artists from the Cambridge School of Art. Shows at self-hire galleries can sometimes be a little dubious but this exhibition caught my attention because the caliber of all the work was so high. (It helped, too, that Jane Bradley's wonderful embroidered artist's book was just inside the front door… like a moth to a flame, I was.) Further inside, Robert Good's bookcase portraits were a wonderful example of how aesthetically pleasing a good bookshelf can be, while artist Matthew Wilson managed to make a bunch of abject objects (medical equipment) into beautiful, graceful installations. The show was a brief one-week stint but here are some images from the artists and you can get in touch with any of them via their website.


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Dr. Luis Javier Pentón Herrera
Luis Javier Pentón Herrera has taught Spanish and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at the K-12 and university levels. He currently serves as a Dissertation Core Faculty at the American College of Education and as Adjunct Professor at two universities—University of Maryland Global Campus and The George Washington University.
Previously, Luis earned the rank of Sergeant while serving in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) as well as worked in administrative and legal roles for both the USMC and the Department of Defense. He holds three master's degrees—two of which were completed with 4.0/4.0 GPAs—and earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership: Reading, Language, and Literacy. Recently, TESOL International Association acknowledged Pentón Herrera as an emerging leader (30 Up and Coming) of the next generation in research, teaching, publishing, and leadership.
Here is a video of Dr. Penton presenting at the Maryland TESOL's 40th Annual Conference (2020) along with Dr. Custodio and Ms. O'Loughlin
Title: Educating SLIFE: What We Have Learned
© 2022	Dr. Luis Javier Pentón Herrera


In November 2010 Rospatent (official patenting body) refused registration of the brand name for the goods in class 9 (date storage devices). The company appealed to Patent Disputes Board claiming the name to be not merely a combination of letters, but a formula consisting of two variables and a multiplication sign. Moreover, this brand had been used for more than three years, individualizing flash cards for Sony professional video cameras. Trademarks "SxS PRO" and "SxS LITE" were successfully registered before.
Nevertheless, Patent Disputes Board decided that the claimant failed to prove that the brand had got distinctiveness before the claimed date of priority and that "SxS"memory cards were sold in Russia, forming consumers' mental association with Sony Corporation. Previously registered trademarks have more elements along with non-distinctive ones.
Thus the case was dismissed and the previous decision of Rospatent was supported.


Ooh something different going on round here? Why there isn't any half naked, braless greasy haired photos of myself. For once! No, instead it's a poor attempt at some photo editor, trying to create a picture of house things. House things that I have recently bought, instead of buying clothes. I try to say it's hard. But it's actually quite fun. I finally think I'm becoming a grown up...!
So apologies for my terrible TERRIBLE editing.. I shall link you to everything I have bought, however the stuff I don't link, I probably can't find anymore..! And yes, it's not all practical stuff. And YES there is a lot of flowers in vases, jugs and tea cups..
BUT I LIKE FLOWERS. You can never have enough flowers right?
Three bathrooms equals a LOT of. cleaning. And I didn't think this through when I stood in Matalan today buying every nautical ornament just for fun. Littlebum would describe them pointless...! Dusting isn't my forte. But making a dull place nice is.
Mini Vases. Soap Dispenser. Toothbrush Holder. Towels. Face Cloth. Lighthouse. Anchor Frame.
Keeping it quite simple in the living room, with a purple theme running throughout. We have a huge room divider, and finally I have gotten my way after 10 months. NO DARK BOOKS! Instead, lots of flowers, birds, photo frames and candles. Heaven.
Heart frame. Flowers. Teacup and Saucer. Birds. Flower and jug. Suitcases.
Treating the third floor as a full guest room, we want nothing more than the best for them. Simple, warming and snippets of a holiday. And hey, if a sofabed and two beds isn't enough. for guests. There's always the deckchairs in the garden!
Deckchair. Dressing Table. Vintage Shelving. Sofa Bed.


When Do Employers Have Liability in Car Accident Cases?
If an employee of a company hits you, who is liable? The company or the employee? Find out in this post from Mullen & Mullen.
Someone hits and damages your car, and puts you in the hospital for a few days.
Only this time, there's an added wrinkle: the driver of the other car was an employee of a company.
Who's liable? The employee? The company? Both?
Companies have a lot more money than employees. They also likely have much better insurance coverage. And it is, of course, easier for the company to afford the insurance.
A legal principle called "respondeat superior," which means "the superior must answer" basically says those who are most able to handle risk must bear it. And practically speaking, that means the company is generally responsible.
A legal test applies to this situation. It checks whether the employee's conduct was "incidental," or a normal part of the business the employer engages in.
For example, say the employee was driving a pickup truck to deliver lumber to a construction site. That's in the course of the company's normal business, and it probably means the company is liable.
But, let's say that employee got wasted at the bar and did some cocaine and decided to drive. Then, when they hit you, they get upset with you, get out of their truck, and punch you 3 times.
Courts have found time and again that this conduct falls outside the scope of employment and the employee, not the company, will likely be responsible.
What if the Employee Causes an Auto Accident Doing a Personal Errand with a Work Car?
Now, let's say that employee needed to go pick up their child from school. They take their work pickup truck to do it. And they hit you on the way home.
In this case, likely the employee. Since this conduct is not "incidental" to the job, the employee would likely be responsible. This is often referred to as a "frolic" and/or "detour".
What Happens if a Semi-Truck Hits You?
Now, things get really complicated. That's because federal law applies to semi trucks. And, since truck collisions generally cause more damage and severe injuries, more money's on the table.
Trucking companies don't want to pay. They actually have legal teams assembled whose only goal is to minimize or eliminate your payout. Watch for truck accident articles around the blog for further clarification.
Responsibility does get murky, and that's why it's important to get the best personal injury lawyer possible to represent your interests.


You've put in tons of studio time, developed a signature style, created a body of work and are serious about selling your art or crafts and building your business. Even if you're an experienced pro, are you doing everything you can to market yourself and create opportunities for sales every day?
If you are currently working in one medium, how many other ways can your images be sold — as t-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, notecards, etc. Use online resources such as Café Press and Zazzle to sell your creations in multiple formats. Many well-known artists do this.
2. Sell Retail and Wholesale. Are you currently selling only to the public?
You may be giving up a huge market — wholesale buyers. Crunch the numbers and see if you can sell your products to the wholesale market. This involves making items in mass-production (such as prints, pottery, etc.) not strictly originals.
Etsy and other sites let you upload images and sell through their venue. Take advantage of these popular websites not only to sell but to create recognition and publicity.
In this economy, there are empty storefronts, window space on busy streets and other non-traditional places to show and sell your work. Pop-up galleries have become a trend, and can be placed in homes for sale, restaurants and available real-estate for next to nothing.
Many artists license their designs to manufacturers and get paid well for their work, giving them a steady stream of income. Use this as a primary or secondary way of creating income.


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MILAN RECORDS ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER DIGITAL RELEASE OF MUSIC FROM NARUTO 19 SOUNDTRACKS FROM THE HUGELY POPULAR ANIME TV SERIES & FILMS AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME OUTSIDE JAPAN TODAY
RELEASE INCLUDES MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL NARUTO, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN AND BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS AS WELL AS FILMS BY COMPOSERS YASUHARU TAKANASHI & TOSHIO MASUDA
Milan Records today announces the first-ever digital release of music from the legendary NARUTO series, including 19 original soundtracks from the long-running anime television series and films. Available to stream and download for the first time outside of Japan, the release includes composer Toshio Masuda's soundtracks to the original Naruto television series and corresponding Naruto films as well as composer Yasuharu Takanashi's soundtracks to the Naruto Shippuden sequel series and films and new series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations and film. Known for blending traditional Japanese instruments like the shamisen and shakuhachi with modern production and sounds, the soundtracks are a genre-blending collection as distinct and influential as Naruto itself.
ABOUT TOSHIO MASUDA
Toshio Masuda is a composer and music director who has produced and provided music for TV variety shows, dramas, animes, and commercials. In addition to that, he is also active as a music director and support for artists' concerts and tours. He is active in a wide range of fields.
ABOUT YASUHARU TAKANASHI
Heavily influenced by rock music, he takes his work to another level by blending hard rock and orchestral sounds to create profound and elegant soundscapes. He is the organizer of the music production team "Team-MAX" and also the leader of "YAIBA", a rock and roll group featuring Japanese musical instruments. His representative works are NARUTO Shippuden, FAIRY TAIL, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS, Zombieland Saga and more. Received JASRAC International Award in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2021.
ABOUT NARUTO
The epic adventures of the world's greatest ninja! Naruto is a young shinobi with an incorrigible knack for mischief. He's got a wild sense of humor, but Naruto is completely serious about his mission to be the world's greatest ninja!
The life of the shinobi is beginning to change. Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, has enrolled in the Ninja Academy to learn the ways of the ninja. Now, as a series of mysterious events unfolds, Boruto's story is about to begin!
Sony Music Masterworks comprises Masterworks, Sony Classical, Milan Records, XXIM Records and Masterworks Broadway imprints. For email updates and information please visit https://lnk.to/sonysoundtracks.
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Under the microscope: Christian Pulisic- The forward's key contribution in Chelsea's win over Lille
Chelsea cruised past defending French champions LOSC Lille in the Round-of-16 of the UEFA Champions League. The tie ended 4-1 in favor of the London club. Thomas Tuchel has been experimenting with his side lately and has made a lot of changes in the attack. He prefers Kai Havertz at the top these days, and one of the players who has recently supported Havertz is American international Christian Pulisic. Pulisic is one of the most in-form players for the Blues and played a huge role in Chelsea's success over Lille. He started in both matches and scored a goal in each of their 2-0 and 2-1 victories over the opponents.
Christian Pulisic made three appearances in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in the 2021/22 season. He started in one match and came on as a sub in the other two. Pulisic created little impact in 125 minutes spent on the pitch and just managed an assist in the game against Zenit. The forward only attempted one shot and took five touches inside the opposition's penalty box.
Pulisic spent 156 minutes combined and was subbed off in both matches. The player featured on the left side, and the above viz shows that Pulisic has covered both sides of the field. He has helped his side to build an attack from the right and has been flexible with his positioning. He managed to get five touches inside the opposition's penalty box and five in the second leg away from home.
Pulisic has attempted three shots this season in the Champions League. All the shots were attempted from inside the opposition's penalty box, with two of them on target. He created an overall xG rate of 0.83.
The USA international attempted 45 passes, and 38 of them were successful. The above viz shows all the successful passes attempted by the player. Of these 38 passes, five landed inside the opposition's penalty box. His 45 passes included two smart passes and one through pass each, along with one cross and one long pass. Of his 45 passes, eight were towards Marcos Alonso. Pulisic created the highest threat with five passes attempted towards Kai Havertz.
Other than this, he attempted four dribbles, two more than he did in the previous three games. Christian Pulisic has made the most number of goal contributions for his side in these two matches. He has been one of the most in-form players for Chelsea lately and could play a crucial role in their UEFA Champions League title-defending season.
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Small scale wood based entreprises in community forestry: Contribution to poverty reduction
Acharya, K. P.; Acharya, S.
Nepal is promoting community-based forest management approach known as Community Forestry (CF) as a promising option to reduce environmental degradation and to fulfill the demands of basic forestry products of rural people . There are emerging concerns that whether community forestry can be used effectively to generate income and employment to help improve the livelihoods of the poor.
The paper is based on furniture and agricultural implements production enterprises from Parbat and Myagdi districts of western mid hills of Nepal. The furniture enterprise has earned USD 10,000 and the agricultural implement enterprise has earned USD 2000 during the past two years. The paper presents the process and approaches, production and market characteristics, present status and future prospects, role of development agencies and service providers, socio-economic impacts, lesson learned and policy implications from these case studies. The paper discusses that forest management should not be considered in isolation but should be linked with existing livelihoods opportunities and farming systems promoting the use of local materials and focused to provide employment to poor and vulnerable group
Improving the effectiveness of collective action: Sharing experiences from community forestry in Nepal.
Acharya, K. P.
The forest management strategy of Nepal is based on people's participation, which is known as community forestry . This approach was formally introduced in 1978 to encourage active participation of local people in forest management activities as a means to improve their livelihoods. Under the community forestry structure, local people make decisions regarding forest management, utilization and distribution of benefits from a forest; they are organised as a Community Forest User Group. Presently about 1.2 million hectares of forest is under the control of about 14,000 Community Forest User Groups. It has received highest priority within the forestry sector and is one of the most successful development initiatives in Nepal. However, emerging evidence indicates that forest user groups have excluded rather than included women's participation in their activities. This paper is based on the findings from six forest users groups implementing a programme aimed at strengthening governance at the local level through increased women's participation and increased advocacy skills and capacity of selected civil society groups. It presents the process of women's empowerment in forest user groups by describing changes made in those groups once women begin participating and holding key decision-making positions. The findings note significant variation in funds allocated for social and community development activities, which are necessary to address the issues of poverty and social equity in Nepal. In addition, they note the importance of building both the capacity of individual women leaders and an enabling environment to support the women's initiatives. A collaborative and inclusive approach that includes women and marginalised groups as committee executives and members of local government bodies is necessary to build the enabling environment
Participatory assessment of biodiversity conservation in community forestry in Nepal
Acharya, K. P.; Goutam, K. R.; Gautam, G.; Acharya, B. K.
The Community Forestry has been the most effective means of managing common forest resources in Nepal . Besides rehabilitating degraded hills, improving environment and contributing to the rural livelihoods, community forestry is claimed to be a major means of biodiversity conservation. It is also argued that the prevalent approach of community forest management threats to the conservation of biodiversity. This paper is based on the findings from two community forest user groups from Central Nepal and argues that the users' innovative practices of active forest management favor biodiversity conservation. The study has documented users' innovations to conserve biodiversity in community managed forests
Private, collective, and centralized institutional arrangements for managing forest ?commons? in Nepal
The main forest management strategy of Nepal, community forestry, is based on people's participation and was formally introduced in 1978 . Under the community forestry structure, local people make decisions regarding forest management, utilisation, and distribution of benefits from a forest; they are organised as a Community Forest User Group (CFUG). Presently, about 1 million ha of forest are under the control of about 13,000 CFUGs. The present article gives an overview of the status of community forestry and its features in Nepal and analyses the institutional arrangements of three CFUGs from different parts of the country. The collective institutional arrangement is a legally supported approach in community forestry. It was found that the CFUGs have developed alternative institutional arrangements to this approach, ie private and centralised systems. As the case studies show, the practice of allocating limited use rights and protection responsibility to individual users as private property is decisive for the successful rehabilitation of degraded forests in the Churiya region. In the Terai region, centralised institutional arrangements are found to be the most appropriate option for the implementation of community forestry. In the Mid Hill region, from where community forestry originates, collective institutional arrangements are successful. These different forms of arrangement appear to be the best alternatives in the prevailing local situation. The findings suggest that various contextual factors in a community and their interaction affect the formulation of institutional arrangements. Successful groups are able to craft innovative arrangements well suited to local conditions. But common property resource models based on linear relations are not always sufficient to explain the dynamism of the interfaces between people's innovations and forest resources
Post fire natural regeneration of dominant tree species in Pisang, Manang, Nepal
Development challenges for Nepal
Dahal, M. K.; Acharya, K. P.; Dahal, D. R.
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Coming together is a beginning ... Staying together is a process ... Working together is SUCCESS!
Together, we make healthy change happen!
This section provides information and linkages for the benefit of Health Service Providers (HSPs) in the Central West LHIN. If you are looking for a listing of HSPs funded by the Central West LHIN please click here.


The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, has visited the Sunshine Hospital to inspect plans for the hospitals new teaching, training and research facility.
Work on the site is expected to commence in the coming months after the Federal Government kick started the program with $5.6 million for works to get underway. The Federal Government has committed $7 million in total to the project.
Construction of this new facility will enhance the hospital's capacity to deliver clinical training for local medical, nursing and allied health students, and provide new multidisciplinary facilities for Western Health's doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
- Include lecture and teaching space.
The redevelopment project will attract more doctors, nurses and medical students to Melbourne's Western suburbs. Patients will also benefit from improved clinical services and increased workforce.
The project is being conducted in cooperation with Western Health, Victoria University and the University of Melbourne. A detailed project plan has been received by the Federal Government and construction is expected to commence in October.
The new facility at Sunshine Hospital will deliver a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate health courses for medical students from the University of Melbourne and Victoria University.
The Victorian Government has also committed $28.6 million to the redevelopment project, and the Victoria University and the University of Melbourne are contributing $8 million each.
The new centre is expected to be completed by mid-2010.


HARARE, Zimbabwe – Court officials in Zimbabwe say eight nurses arrested on allegations of inciting violent protests against the firing of a popular Canadian doctor from a church mission hospital have been allowed to return to their positions.
Officials said Thursday the nurses and 12 other villagers accused of staging the protests at the Salvation Army Howard Hospital, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Harare, are to reappear in a provincial court on Sept. 24 on charges carrying a penalty of imprisonment or a fine.
Police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of protesters at the hospital on Aug. 17 demanding the reinstatement of Canadian Dr. Paul Thistle, fired by the Salvation Army for criticizing local church leaders.
The nurses had been barred at an earlier bail hearing from returning to the mission.


Kouros Body Cologne by Yves Saint Laurent, Body kouros ia a fragrance for a man who is in touch with his body and understands the importance of fitness . A virile and energetic scent, it reflects a liberated, frank and provocative personality. Body kouros is for the man who is both physical and cerebral.


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Перші 2 км річка є кордоном між Троїцько-Печорським районом та Вуктильським міським округом. Потім протікає територією Трроїцько-Печорського району, а нижня течія — на території Вуктильського міського округу. Протікає на південний схід, південний захід, захід та північний захід.

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addresses health and educational inequalities for looked-after children and young people.
Ensure that local strategic plans adhere to national guidance, primarily 'Statutory guidance on promoting the health and well-being of looked after children' (2).
Ensure the joint strategic needs assessment process (3) is a central component in assessing the needs of looked-after children and young people.
improve the stability of placements and education.
Ensure senior managers in partner agencies provide strong, visible leadership to raise aspirations and attainment, and promote joint working to meet the needs of looked-after children and young people.
Ensure effective corporate parenting by complying with guidance on the role of lead members for children's services and directors of children's services (4) in helping looked-after children and young people improve their aspirations and outcomes.
Ensure services are developed taking account of the views of looked-after children and young people (see recommendation 24). These views should be channelled through the corporate parenting board or children-in-care council.
Provide an annual report to the children-in-care council, the local authority overview and scrutiny committee, the director of public health, the NHS commissioner and the leader of the council. This report should cover the effectiveness of services for looked-after children and young people when evaluated against local plans for health and wellbeing, the local pledge to children in care, national indicators and local targets.
Build communication networks with key partner organisations and publish, publicise and update regularly a local map that identifies all agencies that are involved with looked-after children and young people.
Publish and update regularly a directory of resources for looked-after children and young people to aid social workers, and a resource guide for looked-after children and young people and care leavers.
Ensure local authorities reflect in their yearly 'pledge' to looked-after children and young people the needs and challenges raised by children-in-care councils about improving services to achieve better outcomes.
Department for Children, Schools and Families and DH (2009) Statutory guidance on promoting the health and well-being of looked after children. London: Department for Children, Schools and Families.
For details, see Department of Health (2007) Guidance on joint strategic needs assessment. London: Department of Health.
Department for Children, Schools and Families (2009) The roles and responsibilities of the lead member for children's services and the director of children's services. London: Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Commissioners of health services and local authority children's services.
Commission services that enhance the quality of life of the child or young person by promoting and supporting their relationships with others.
local plans and strategies for children and young people's health and wellbeing.
access to professional advice for the looked-after children and young people's care team (see recommendation 6).
Encourage authorities to work together in local partnerships when commissioning services to offer greater choice and quality of services.
For guidance, see Department of Health (2007) You're welcome quality criteria: making health services young people friendly. London: Department of Health. Available from the Department of Health website (external PDF file).


• Fundamental understanding of Windows & Linux Operating System (Server side); for example: understands job control, soft and hard links, and distinctions between the kernel and user space.
• Experience with various monitoring and alert systems and the operating procedures to produce optimal results.
• Update assigned tasks in a timely manner; escalate as required to management, vendors and clients.
• Monitors multiple logs across diverse platforms to uncover specific activities as they occur from platform to platform.
• Ensure proper escalation during outages or periods of degraded system performance, problem resolution and customer satisfaction.
• Develop and maintain positive communications between Global Service Desk, Site Services and IT Infrastructure teams.
• Manage the intake and recording of information to ensure that it is accurate. Continuously evaluate the services provided and capture this information in the department's reports and metrics.
• Create and implement documentation and procedures to for alerting and escalation.


The film explores a young girls (17) fascination with the cosmos, and as we find out her grip on reality is dependent on it. In an attempt to mask her symptoms, she experiments with drugs but the film explores her gradual descent in psychosis amidst the backdrop of nebula constellations.
March 7th to March 14th.
This visual work offers a representation of the core Rogerian conditions of Empathy, Congruence and Positive Regard, as held in the psychotherapeutic relationship.


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Money Ain't A Thang
By Michael Parente
The Yankees have more money to spend than any team in professional sports, and they've spent a ton of it already this winter, so why not go all out to retain Robinson Cano?
Maybe this is a stupid question coming from someone who doesn't have to put his money – or reputation – on the line, but would it have really killed the Yankees to give Robinson Cano a 10-year contract?
For the past decade, we've been told the Yankees' "win-now" attitude and subsequent reckless spending would eventually come back to haunt them and prevent them from retooling and reloading in future off-seasons once all those back-loaded contracts reached their climax.
Despite being only six years into Alex Rodriguez's 10-year, $275-million contract, five years into Mark Teixeira's eight-year, $180-million deal and only two years into the five-year, $122-million extension they gave CC Sabathia in 2011, the cash-strapped Yankees somehow scrounged up enough change between the couch cushions this winter to sign Brian McCann, Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran for a combined $283 million. That doesn't even include the $140 million they offered Shin-Soo Choo before they signed Beltran.
So why not Cano?
The Yankees have Mark Zuckerberg money. It'll never run out. If they choose to let one of their own players walk or not kick the tires on a potential free-agent acquisition, there's a reason, but it's certainly not money, or lack thereof, which makes you wonder why they wouldn't go the extra mile to retain Cano, whose career .309/.355/.504 slash line is worth every penny.
The Mariners ponied up $240 million to bring Cano to Seattle for the next decade. The Yankees offered $175 million for seven years – not a penny more – and blamed their unwillingness to go to 10 years on their recent history with 10-year contracts. Said Yankees' president Randy Levine: "They just have not worked out for us."
Bullcrap.
Were it not for Alex Rodriguez belting six home runs and batting .365 in the 2009 postseason, the Yankees might not have gotten past the Minnesota Twins in the opening round, let alone with the World Series, so if the purpose of signing or re-signing a player is to win a championship, then consider the 10-year contract extension Rodriguez signed with the Yankees in 2007 a success. They don't win that year without him.
The same goes for the 10-year extension Derek Jeter signed in 2001, which kept him in pinstripes for a decade-long stretch in which he finished among the top 10 in the American League in batting six times, earned nine trips to the All-Star Game and led the Yankees to three league championships and a world title in nine playoff appearances. Lose him, and you're as relevant as the Brewers.
Not only were those extensions home runs for the Yankees, you'd be hard-pressed to find another 10-year deal that's worked out as well for both parties as the contracts the Yankees hammered out for Rodriguez and Jeter, which makes for a tremendous success rate considering New York is directly responsible for three of the eight 10-year contracts in baseball history (the other went to Dave Winfield in 1981).
According to Levine, the fact Cano will turn 32 in October was the ultimate deal-breaker. On the surface, his reasoning makes sense; the idea of signing a player already in his 30s to a 10-year deal and paying him millions upon millions well into his 40s is scary, but trying to rationalize between paying Jeter $14 million at the age of 37, which the Yankees did in 2001, and paying Cano an average of $24 million when he's 42 is splitting hairs when the team signing the checks makes more money than most small countries.
Likewise, $24 million in 2023 might be a bargain for a 42-year-old Cano, who, let's face it, isn't exactly Rob Gronkowski-like in terms of effort, which means he'll probably stay healthy well into his 40s. Cano has missed only 14 games in the last seven years. At this rate, he'll be the next Moises Alou or Edgar Martinez, both of whom remained effective once they reached 40. Even if he tails off, it doesn't matter; as long as Cano brings a title to Seattle in the next four or five years, he could fall off the proverbial cliff the following season and that deal would still be a success. Why else is he there?
Levine referenced Jeter's 10-year extension as the prototype, but Jeter was the rare case of a player who hit free agency in his mid-20s with enough meat on his resume to command such a lucrative extension. The reality is most players need to accumulate at least five or six outstanding years of service before they're even in the discussion for a 10-year deal, at which point they're probably already knocking on 30's doorstep. As is always the case in free agency, you have to spend twice as much and offer twice as many years in hopes of getting half the production you paid for. That's the reality of the free-agent market, and if you're not willing to run with the big spenders, you'll eventually get run over.
There's a better chance of A-Rod reverting to MVP form before the Yankees find the next Cano. Why they chose to let the first one go is still a mystery. With their farm system in complete disarray, it might take 10 more years before they develop another five-tool lefty with power to all fields, so why not just pay for five or six more great years from the one you already know can perform under the intense scrutiny in New York?
Maybe the Yankees knew about his discretions with Joe Girardi's constant lineup changes before Cano made them public upon signing with Seattle. Maybe they didn't think he was enough of a leader in the clubhouse. Maybe they thought he was lazy and couldn't tell whether he was loafing defensively or just that good where it looked like he was actually loafing all the time.
Whatever it was, it sure as hell wasn't money. The Yankees have plenty of it, as evident by what they spent on Ellsbury, Cano and McCann. They should've peeled a few more dollars out of the vault to keep Cano in the Bronx. Would it really have killed them?
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Q: Any real benefit to using PHP assignment operators to return code? I've often seen PHP used to construct some arbitrary code in this manner:
add_action('wp_head','my_script');
function my_script() {
    $html = '<script type="text/javascript">';
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    echo $html;
}

..but to me it makes more sense (just because it's easier to read) to do it this way:
add_action('wp_head','my_script');
function my_script() { ?>
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Is there any benefit in doing it with assignment operators as shown in the first example above? Or is this one of those things that doesn't matter either way.
Enquiring minds want to know.

A: i think its depends on how you use it. if you dont want to close your php you can just directly use an echo. and i think its person preference if what you want to use.


Despite Russia's fairly negative position on cryptocurrencies, an advisor to President Putin met with Huobi's Founder and CEO to discuss potential collaboration and Huobi's place in the country.
The founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi, Leon Li, met with Sergey Glazyev – advisor to President Vladimir Putin, in Beijing on September 20. The topic of their discussion was blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, as well as a potential expansion of Huobi in Russia.
The cryptocurrency industry is still booming and expanding, and almost every country on the planet is making an attempt to grow the crypto-space. If Huobi Group can set a good example for the market, it will be of great help to Russia's national legislation on blockchain cryptocurrencies. […] The combination of Huobi's experience to implement in Russia will have a positive effect on Russia's economic growth. Therefore, I believe this is a great opportunity to explore this area.
Glazyev is a noted advocate for blockchain technologies and he holds that they can be used to support government affairs and to potentially combat different types of financial fraud and corruption.
Earlier this month, Live Bitcoin News reported that the special representative of President Putin on the matters of digital and technological development, Dmitry Peskov, said that can't be allowed at present time.
The statement fell in line with the country's previous policy on the matter, as Russian had previously seized 22 Bitcoin ATMs. Moreover, a new regulatory amendment from August, proposed by Andrey Khrapov, advocated for tighter KYC rules for low-scale cryptocurrency transactions.
The country has also moved to track cryptocurrency transactions under suspicions of financial fraud and terror financing, which is somewhat conflicting with Glazyev statements that they can be used to prevent financial fraud and corruption.
What do you think of Russia's overall position towards cryptocurrencies? Don't hesitate to let us know in the comments below!


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Think Global, Edit Local: 5 Tips For A Worldwide Content Strategy
Updated on April 27, 2018 June 1, 2022 by David Kane
"Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows." is a quote by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut—best known for the book Slaughterhouse-Five — and is also a passage I used to introduce the editorial guidebook for VEON.
When I first started at the international telco, I didn't know what to expect from the disparate collection of telco operations and colleagues based in Georgia, Italy, Pakistan, Ukraine and Russia I'd be working with, but I knew what I needed to do: devise a global content strategy and assemble local editorial teams, quickly.
Telcos aren't particularly well-known for producing good content, which is precisely why we pursued a different path. We think more like a pop culture brand or magazine (which is my background), while, to use a technical term, we 'stood on the shoulder of giants', curating content from best-in-class partners.
Although certain regions have specific cultural sensitivities to be aware of, there are also guiding principles when it comes to producing content; and from the biggest brands through to the most fledgling of start-ups, the following has helped me deliver compelling content to users globally.
Get organized. We launched in five territories with barely half a dozen content partners, initially using Google Sheets as a shared editorial calendar, Dropbox for sharing and content, and Slack for communication. By December, we had soft launched in a further five territories with dozens more partners and people to work with, so we needed a more robust calendar tool and turned to an enterprise version of Trello. You can have the best ideas in the world but without an organized strategy, you'll struggle to effectively publish content to a global audience.
This depends on your target audience and editorial goals, but I always advocate maintaining the balance between the credible and commercial. Skew too cool and you'll alienate people, go the other way and, in our case at least, we'll miss out on the millennial audience we want. I like to refer to this as the 'Prince effect', an artist who could play upwards of 30 instruments in a number of styles that appealed to the staunchest of beard stroking musos (like me) while simultaneously selling millions of records worldwide.
We have a set of global editorial values and house stylings but I've always encouraged the teams to develop a local tone of voice. This is inevitable and imperative due to cultural differences between the likes of Italy and Pakistan, and not something that can, nor should be micromanaged from a digital HQ in London.
Data is great but you also need an instinct for good stories. I don't think this can be understated. Data has helped our team in Pakistan to understand the importance of local hero stories; three of the top 10 stories in 2017 contained the word 'Pakistani' in the headline. Yet it was instinct that helped our Georgian editor curate a story about a Dutch Vitesse Arnhem defender scoring a bizarre 40-yard own goal, which went on to become their most shared story of the year.
Be a good editor and learn to say no. Focus on quality over quantity. The content cycle can be relentless and seemingly never ending. For some of the editors in the local and central offices, it's difficult to reject content from a well-known brand or publisher, but by controlling quality early on we have built strong foundations for the future.
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David began his career as a music and arts journalist before moving into the music and the television industry, working for the likes of Disney, MTV, Turner and Universal Music. In 2009 David co-founded Bonafide Magazine, one of the last remaining independent print music magazines in the UK. Prior to joining VEON, David consulted at Skype, building the content proposition for the Emmy Award winning Skype TX product. David oversees editorial content globally at VEON; setting policy, process and the successful execution of VEON's snackable, shareable content strategy. He enjoys reading, travelling, discovering new (and old) music and pranking PPI callers.
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Kirigami Stent For Localized Drug Delivery
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Researchers at MIT have developed a kirigami-style stent that can provide localized drug delivery through needle-like projections that pop out when the stent is extended. The 'spines' on the stent's surface deliver drug-loaded microparticles into the surrounding tissue, allowing for sustained drug release for an extended period. The technology is well suited to administering drugs within tubular structures, such as those found in the GI tract, the respiratory system, and blood vasculature.
Treating inflammatory gastrointestinal conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, is frequently performed through the systemic administration of immunosuppressive drugs. However, this means that side-effects are possible in off-target tissues. Localized delivery would be better, but requires a method to introduce a drug precisely into the wall of the gut where it is needed.
This latest technology may provide an answer, both for gastrointestinal drug delivery and in other areas where a stent can be placed. "This technology could be applied in essentially any tubular organ," said Giovanni Traverso, a researcher involved in the study, in an MIT press release. "Having the ability to deliver drugs locally, on an infrequent basis, really maximizes the likelihood of helping to resolve patients' conditions and could be transformative in how we think about patient care by enabling local, prolonged drug delivery following a single treatment."
The stents consist of a stretchy rubber tube covered with a plastic layer that contains spines. These pop out when the stent is extended by a small actuator. "The novelty of our approach is that we used tools and concepts from mechanics, combined with bioinspiration from scaly-skinned animals, to develop a new class of drug-releasing systems with the capacity to deposit drug depots directly into luminal walls of tubular organs for extended release," said Sahab Babaee, another researcher involved in the study. "The kirigami stents were engineered to provide a reversible shape transformation: from flat, to 3D, buckled-out needles for tissue engagement, and then to the original flat shape for easy and safe removal."
The stent is intended to be delivered endoscopically, and then a balloon is used to expand and stretch it when it reaches the target tissue. So far, the researchers have tested the system within the guts of pigs, and used the stent to deliver budesonide, a steroid drug for inflammatory bowel disease. The researchers were able to deliver, deploy, and remove the stent within a few minutes. The microparticles left behind were able to release budesonide continuously for a week.
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The Cultural Significance of Major Maori Symbols and Their Meaning
The symbols of a culture define it. Wisdom of the Maoris seeps through the symbols that represent their ethos. Here is a short introduction to Maori culture's intricate symbology.
Omkar Phatak
"What is the most important thing in the world? It is people! It is people! It is people!"
- Maori Proverb
We perceive and recreate the world around us through symbology of our own. Every culture that bloomed on Earth developed its own intricate world of symbols as an anthropomorphic interpretation of the universe that confronted it.
The original natives of New Zealand, descending from the Polynesians are the Maori people. Their culture is rich with artistic expression rooted deep in their beliefs. Every one of the Maori symbolization presented further enunciates their philosophy of life.
Maori Symbols and Their Meanings
Maoris have inhabited the islands of New Zealand for more than a thousand years. Before the arrival of Europeans, they were the dominant ethnic group. Today Maori symbols live on as amulets and carvings, as token messengers of an ancient culture. As you will discover, the Maori symbolism has its origin in their deep connection with nature.
Every symbol in Maori culture has a different meaning and idea associated with it. This symbolism is expressed in the form of carvings in wood, bone and certain types of stone. They represent the spiritual connection of man with nature.
Koru (Spiral) - New Beginnings
One of the most popular Maori tribal symbols is Koru, shaped in the form of an unraveling spiral. In Maori, Koru connotes as loop. It is a representation of the unfurling silver fern leaf. It signifies a new beginning of life and symbolizes hope, that buoyant feeling which keeps us afloat. The spiral leading inside also signifies a return back to our origins.
Hei Matau (Fish Hook) - Prosperity
Hei Matau means a 'fish hook' in Maori. The Maori people are primarily fishermen and the fish hook symbolizes prosperity, abundance, health and a good luck charm for safe travel over the seas, while also accentuating the close connection of the Maori with sea and fishing. It also represents the land of the Maori.
Hei Tiki - Good Luck & Fertility
Some of the most treasured symbols are the 'Hei Tiki' shaped in humanoid form. Traditionally carved in green stone, they symbolize fertility and serve as a homage to ancestors. The symbol may also have a direct connection with the first man - Tiki in Maori legend.
Pikorua: Union
The figure of eight or loop with a single twist, known as Pikorua in Maori, is the symbol for union between two people and represents their eternal entanglement. It is a representation of love and the strong bonds of fellowship we share with people.
Closed Circle: Circle of Life
One of the popular Maori carving symbols is the closed circle with a hole in between. It represents the never ending circle of life begetting life. In a circle, there is no end or no ending point, just like life.
Twists: Eternity
The symbol of a closed loop with three knots is the symbol of eternally crisscrossing paths of life. It represents the union of cultures, loyalty and friendship. It is a symbolism of a eternal bond between two people, a community or cultures. It is a representation of the interconnectedness of life.
Manaia: Spiritual Power
Manaia, a carving in the shape of a mythical being with a bird's head, a human body and fish tail indicates spiritual power. The Manaia was thought to be the messenger between the Gods and mortals and represents spiritual awareness. It is known as the guide that leads the spirit to heaven - a guardian angel.
Adze: Symbol of Strength
The Maori tribal symbol of strength is the Adze which is in the form of an axe head. It was traditionally carved in stone and was passed down as a heirloom. It represents honor, tradition and determination.
Whales & Dolphins: Friendship / Strength
Whales and dolphins are the symbols of friendship, joy and playfulness. Mostly represented by a whale tail (Muri Paraoa), it is also a tribute to the role of these sea creatures as symbolizations of strength and speed. They signify the strength of nature and man's eternal bond with other creatures on Earth.
Through such carved art forms and symbology, the thoughts and beliefs of the Maori people live on. While dismissing ancient cultures as primitive is a fashion today, the profound wisdom of Maoris as people deeply connected with nature is something the modern man on an accelerated path of urbanization can learn from.
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