New Health & Fitness Tipz! Today i talk about "Squatting". Most people hear that and think: an exercise. But it's much more than that. Even if you never plan to "workout" again, you still should be able to squat down without it looking like total dogsh*t. The point is, you need to be able to safely squat down fairly low till the day you die. But this requires some knowledge and will take some practice. Today's video is not about trying to teach anyone how to squat correctly(that would be a much longer video), but more for ideas on where to begin. Start today. Learn to squat again. If you are not an "exerciser" then try getting down and hanging out in the bottom part of the squat, much like a daily stretch. If you have seen the light and do practice movement on a regular basis, include squats in every workout, either as part of your warmup or as a main dish. The point is to move better and squatting is a fundamental part of that huge equation. Enjoy.
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One Response to New Health & Fitness Tipz! Today i talk about "Squatting". Most people hear that and think: an exercise. But it's much more than that. Even if you never plan to "workout" again, you still should be able to squat down without it looking like total dogsh*t. The point is, you need to be able to safely squat down fairly low till the day you die. But this requires some knowledge and will take some practice. Today's video is not about trying to teach anyone how to squat correctly(that would be a much longer video), but more for ideas on where to begin. Start today. Learn to squat again. If you are not an "exerciser" then try getting down and hanging out in the bottom part of the squat, much like a daily stretch. If you have seen the light and do practice movement on a regular basis, include squats in every workout, either as part of your warmup or as a main dish. The point is to move better and squatting is a fundamental part of that huge equation. Enjoy.


RAGS is a juried wearable art competition and sale that benefits the YWCA's domestic violence prevention and intervention programs. For RAGS juried wearable art competition, visit http://www.ywcapiercecounty.org/wearable-art-sale.
In the RAGS Gala event, designs titles "Framed and Dangerous" and "On the Road Again" created by Associate Professor Marian O'Rourke-Kaplan, "Orange Crush" created by Association Professor/Program Coordinator Janie Stidham, and "Eco-Pop" and "Lines of Distinction" created by Associate Professor Li-Fen Anny Chang were juried and selected for the exhibit. To view 2015 RAGS artists, visit http://www.ywcapiercecounty.org/rags-artists.


Rue Hayes Farm Barn sleeps 4 people, and is 26 miles from Hope Valley.
Aitken House sleeps 10 people, and is 17 miles from Hope Valley.
The Stables sleeps 4 people, and is 12 miles from Hope Valley.
Bailey Flatt Barn sleeps 7 people, and is 14 miles from Hope Valley.
Eider Cottage sleeps 3 people, and is 22 miles from Hope Valley.
The Farmhouse at Gradbach sleeps 16 people, and is 22 miles from Hope Valley.
Shelduck Cottage sleeps 6 people, and is 22 miles from Hope Valley.
Mallard Cottage sleeps 2 people, and is 22 miles from Hope Valley.
Cokaynes sleeps 10 people, and is 16 miles from Hope Valley.
Whitehouse Farm Barn sleeps 14 people, and is 23 miles from Hope Valley.
Priesthill sleeps 4 people, and is 16 miles from Hope Valley.
Henry's Haunt sleeps 2 people, and is 16 miles from Hope Valley.
Valley View Barn sleeps 14 people, and is 26 miles from Hope Valley.
Coachmans Cottage sleeps 2 people, and is 17 miles from Hope Valley.
School House sleeps 12 people, and is 28 miles from Hope Valley.
Bentleys Barn sleeps 4 people, and is 24 miles from Hope Valley.
Tawny Owl Barn sleeps 5 people, and is 17 miles from Hope Valley.
Harthill Barn sleeps 16 people, and is 16 miles from Hope Valley.
De Ferrers sleeps 10 people, and is 16 miles from Hope Valley.
The Chapel sleeps 6 people, and is 16 miles from Hope Valley.
Springfields sleeps 8 people, and is 26 miles from Hope Valley.
Spring Wood Cottage sleeps 16 people, and is 26 miles from Hope Valley.
Bradley Hall sleeps 8 people, and is 19 miles from Hope Valley.


"Chicken Parm You Taste So Good." How Peyton Manning chose dinner.
Baked Chicken Parmesan really tastes THAT good. It's enough to sing about.
We've all seen that commercial, right? The one with Peyton Manning putting other words to the Nationwide jingle. That commercial cracks me up every time and the other night while I was contemplating what to make for dinner, it came on. As I was smiling when he was "loosing feeling in my toes," I thought wait… if chicken parm tastes so good for Peyton, why not make it for dinner?
Hubby is a big Bronco's fan so it's always "Peyton this, Peyton that" when the games are on. So in honor of Mr. Manning, tonights dinner will be the chicken parm he loves so much only mine was baked chicken parm, not the sandwich he eats on the commercial.
I love how you chose this dinner! And it looks so good!! We are huge Chicken Parmesan fans when we go out but I haven't found a recipe I love at home yet so I will definitely be giving this one a try soon!
Love this recipe and your tasty website! Thank you for sharing at Bloggers Brag Pinterest Party!
Chicken Parmesan is how my husband judges how good an Italian restaurant is. He orders is every single time at every restaurant. If he doesn't like their recipe we tend not to go back, ha ha!


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Thanks for the article! Very helpful! But I still have some questions. For example: how to configure nginx to redirect some requests to node application. For example I want to bind http://node.dev.loc to one of my node applications, how can I do it?
You would need to add "node.dev.loc" to your /etc/host to point to your local machine (127.0.0.1). And then just follow the steps above specifying the domain and the port. Note that your Node script will need to run on something other than port 80 and you will proxy pass to that port.


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ISTANBUL ART EVENTS GUIDE: NOVEMBER 2021
Istanbul is the city that has the most options for cultural and artistic activities in Turkey. With the arrival of autumn in the city, the culture and art agenda became even more colorful. Outdoor activities that ended with the summer gave way to exhibitions, theaters, shows, and concerts. Art in November is something else in Istanbul, which excites art lovers every season of the year. November's Istanbul art events guide for those who want to mingle the best times of autumn with culture and art...
All the Babies of the World are in this Exhibition!
Undoubtedly, exhibitions are the apple of the eye of Istanbul art events. In November, there are many exhibitions in Istanbul, but this exhibition is extraordinary because it will take you back to your childhood. Rahmi Koç Museum presents the World Dolls Exhibition! The exhibition, which tells dolls' journey from ancient times to the present, hosts many dolls worldwide. The founder of the museum, Rahmi Koç, pioneered the realization of this fascinating exhibition. You can see this unique selection at the museum building located in Hasköy during visiting hours during November.
Atatürk Cultural Center Opens with Chris Botti!
Atatürk Cultural Center, an essential part of Istanbul art events, will be opened to the service of art lovers on October 29. During November, a series of cultural and art events will be held unique to the opening. In this context, Chris Botti, one of the most famous jazz artists in America, will give a concert with his band as part of the opening events of Atatürk Cultural Center. In addition, Grammy award-winning jazz trumpeter will meet with art lovers at Atatürk Cultural Center Opera Hall in Taksim on November 2.
Everyone will be full of music with MIX Festival!
The MIX music festival, which will take place for the fifth time on November 5-6, will also host different voices this year. The festival will take place at Zorlu Performing Arts Center. At the event, Oh! Kosmos, the famous pop-rock duo AaRON, electronic music artist Cihangir Aslan, Belgian artist Claire Laffut, COMA, electronic rock band Goose, Gaye Su Akyol, Nova Norda, Jacuzzi, and many more will take the stage for two days.
Istanbul Theater Festival Will Fill the City with Theater!
Organized for the 25th time by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, the Istanbul Theater Festival will occur between October 22 and November 20 this year. The festival, which includes physical productions, online screenings, children's games, cinema screenings, panels, and interviews that can be attended free of charge, will meet with the audience for a month. In addition, more than ten domestic productions will make their first screenings at the festival, including national and international exhibitions.
Anadolu Ateşi Will Burn at the Bostancı Show Center!
Anadolu Ateşi, which has performed unique shows in many countries since 2001, will take the stage on November 18 at the Bostancı Show Center. Inspired by the deep-rooted history of Anatolia, the Anadolu Ateşi Dance Ensemble is preparing for a show that will fascinate art lovers with more than 3000 dance figures from many different regions.
Okan Bayülgen's Harem Cabaret is in Kadıköy!
The theater plays Harem Kabare, written and directed by Okan Bayülgen and in the cast, will meet with theater lovers on November 5 at Kadıköy Public Education Center. Dance performances will also occur in the play, in which Melda Gür, Award Turan, Selin Atasoy, Merve Sevi, and Kayra Ural act.
"Trees Die Standing" with Nevra Serezli!
Returning to the stage after 11 years, veteran actress Nevra Serezli takes part in the cast, Trees Die Standing (Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür) will be staged at Kadıköy Public Education Center on November 7. Written right after the civil war in Spain, the play is among the world classics. The play, which focuses on the concepts of goodness and love, was previously staged in the state theater. Master player Nuri Gökaşan also took part in the game, which brought Nevra Serezli seven awards.
Unhappy Party at DasDas!
Concerts with the concept of the unhappy party organized by Büyük Ev Ablukada continue at DasDas this year. The band, which owns popular songs such as Hoşçakal Kadar, Güneş Yerinde ve En Güzel Yerinde Evin, will meet with their fans on November 20. The band, which has attracted attention with their latest album Fırtınayt, will chat with their fans and sing popular songs.
Tolgshow is coming to Zorlu!
Famous actor Tolga Çevik will meet with his fans at Zorlu Performance Arts Center on November 16 as part of the Turkey tour of the classic improvisation game Tolgshow. The entertaining show, in which successful actor and showman Tolga Çevik will be accompanied by the well-known director Fırat Parlak and musician Özer Atik, will continue to make people laugh with the character of "My Friend."

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Can county law have precedence over State law?
The provisions of the charter have equal force and weight as do state laws. The only instance we can imagine of a county law having greater strength than a state law is if the county fills a gap in state law that makes so much sense that all other counties follow suit.
There are several synonymous terms that have very specific meanings in the law: having greater strength, taking precedence, and supersede. On 4/19/16, Geoff Neill of the California State Association of Counties, a private non-profit corporation, testified before the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors about what he had learned in the last couple of weeks about charter counties. He clearly stated, that within the narrow scope of the charter county's home rule authority DOES SUPERCEDE state laws in conflict therewith, and then only to the extent that they are not limited by the CA Constitution.
CA Constitution Article XI § 4 (g) Whenever any county has framed and adopted a charter, and the same shall have been approved by the Legislature as herein provided, the general laws adopted by the Legislature in pursuance of Section 1 (b) of this article, shall, as to such county, be superseded by said charter as to matters for which, under this section it is competent to make provision in such charter, and for which provision is made therein, except as herein otherwise expressly provided. (h) Charter counties shall have all the powers that are provided by this Constitution or by statute for counties.
[General law county]
§ 1 (b) The Legislature shall provide for county powers, an elected county sheriff, an elected district attorney, an elected assessor, and an elected governing body in each county. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 4 of this article, each governing body shall prescribe by ordinance the compensation of its members, but the ordinance prescribing such compensation shall be subject to referendum. The Legislature or the governing body may provide for other officers whose compensation shall be prescribed by the governing body. The governing body shall provide for the number, compensation, tenure, and appointment of employees.
The precedence issue is one of long debate and only applies if there is a conflict between state and county laws, i.e. spraying glyphosate on school campuses. If the state rules that glyphosate is safe in spite of the scientific evidence, World Health Organization warnings and the precautionary principle, and the county charter has a provision banning the use of glyphosate on school campuses, then of course, the state law would take precedence, as determined by Dillon's Rule and State Preemption laws.
Dillon was an Iowa State Supreme Court Justice, who, in 1868, during the Gilded Age of the Railroad Barons, ruled that federal law took precedence over state law, and state law takes precedence over county or city law. California adopted Dillon's Rule in 1911.
From Wikipedia: "The theory of state preeminence over local governments was expressed as Dillon's Rule in an 1868 case: "Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature. It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist. As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control".[2] By contrast, the Cooley Doctrine expressed the theory of an inherent right to local self-determination. In a concurring opinion, Michigan Supreme Court Judge Thomas M. Cooley in 1871 stated: "[L]ocal government is a matter of absolute right; and the state cannot take it away""
Dillon held that local municipal governments get their derived powers from the state government, which can also take them away. But Cooley held that governments derive their powers from the unalienable right of the People, and that power begins on the local level.
Although the State of California has adopted Dillon's Rule and did not adopt the Cooley Doctrine, many of us clearly interpret from the founding documents of this nation that all government power is derived from the people and government exists to serve the needs of the People. Therefore, Dillon's Rule is anti-democratic, anti-constitutional, patriarchal and obsolete.
Mr. Neill of CSAC made it very clear that when a county adopts a charter, the law established by the charter will supercede the general laws that have been provided by the State to guide county governments. Mr. Neill stated that there are times when charter law conflicting with general laws would take precedence in order to provide for the peace, comfort, convenience and prosperity of the county's citizens.
Home Rule,


The train leaves at 6.05am and arrives in Batticaloa at 2.45pm. The express bus to Pottuvil which takes another 3 or 4 hours comes directly to the railway station and waits for the train to arrive before leaving. A tuk tuk from Pottuvil to Arugam Bay will be about 200-300LKR.
There is also a night train leaving at 7pm and arriving at 3.55am. Sleeper berths and reclining seats are available on this service. See Seat61.com (opens in a new window) for more details.
The advantages of this service over the hill train are a faster overall journey time and normally a less crowded experience with less tourists.
The disadvantages are that the train runs at lower altitude and there is no ac option so it can be hot at times, especially when the train stops for more than a few minutes at a station. The views are also nowhere near as spectacular but impressive nonetheless.
See Reserve a Train Seat in Advance for more information.
Hey Val, that is exactly the same as my experience except I missed the direct bus because I went over the road for rice and curry and watched it leave 🙂 I think I did it with 1 or 2 stops the same as you. I actually don't mind changing as it gives you a chance to get some air and stretch your legs. Anyway, thanks for the info and enjoy the Bay!!
Does anybody know if the bus to Pottuvil actually comes and waits at the railway for the passengers coming from Colombo travelling to Pottuvil? and what is the price please?
Hey Jemima, yes it does, the cost will be several hundred LKR, my guess is around 300LKR.


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Identity. Passion. Purpose.
Our Tenets
Narrow Gate holds to a single core purpose: to invest our resources for the Glory of God by making disciples of Jesus. As a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and empowering Christian discipleship, we equip and train young men, develop business discipleship platforms, and serve the Church locally and globally.
Bill & Stacy Spencer founded Narrow Gate in 2004 when they invited two young men to come stay in their home. Adam Stoner and Rob Rogers were both 19 years old and looking for direction in their lives. While living with the Spencers, Rob and Adam shared their dream of starting a wilderness program to help other young men like them.
"We wanted to create something for guys like us who had no idea what they wanted to do with their lives. We had both tried college right out of high school and it was an enormous failure for us both. We didn't know how to get started, so we asked Bill and Stacy to help. From then on our dream just grew until it became a reality." – Adam
"I didn't know anything about God when Bill and Stacy invited me into their home. I was just glad to find a safe place to land that wasn't my parent's house. While living with Bill and Stacy I watched how they interacted and I wanted the peace they displayed. I became interested in knowing more about the "God" they talked about so often and it wasn't long before I asked Christ into my life. Since then, my life has radically changed." – Rob
By the end of 2004, Bill and Stacy had seven young men living in their three-bedroom, two-bath house and they realized God was up to something very special. In time, faithful friends supported the Spencers in establishing a not-for-profit organization and Narrow Gate was born. Since Narrow Gate Lodge opened its doors, almost 500 young men have experienced life transformation and the discovery of Truth.
In 2013, through the gifts of generous partners, Narrow Gate launched its first craft business, a wood, metal and leather shop designed to employ Narrow Gate students and graduates, engaging them in business enterprise and craftsmanship. Originally called Narrow Gate Artisans, and then Narrow Gate Trading Co., the business became known as a source for quality, hand-crafted wood and leather goods where every purchase helped to support the work of Narrow Gate Lodge.
In 2018, Narrow Gate launched Narrow Gate Exchange to train and equip young men from other countries, enabling them to create sustainable Kingdom businesses with a goal of seeing communities and nations transformed with the whole gospel of Jesus Christ and emerging economies blessed and strengthened with jobs and hope.
Over the coming decades our Narrow Gate vision will continue to grow. We believe in Christ's mandate to love, serve and make disciples. We are dedicated to our calling and hope you will join us in this endeavor.
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The 8th Battle Squadron  was a squadron of the British Royal Navy assembled prior to the beginning of World War I; it was later assigned to the Third Fleet.  The squadron consisted of pre-dreadnought type battleships.  It existed from 1912 to 1914.

The squadron was established in December 1912. In December 1913 it was assigned to the Third Fleet  and in August 1914 it was based at HMNB Devonport. The Third Fleet included the 7th and 8th Battle Squadrons, and consisted of the Royal Navy's oldest battleships and cruisers.

Rear-Admirals, commanding
Post holders included:

Footnotes

References
 Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony. "Eighth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project". www.dreadnoughtproject.org. Harley & Lovell, 10 November 2016.
 Mackie, Colin. "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin. Colin Mackie, December 2017.
 Smith, Gordon. "Royal Navy ship dispositions 1914-1918: THE GRAND FLEET, 1914-1916 by Admiral Viscount Jellicoe". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 6 January 2015.

External links
 Eighth Battle Squadron at DreadnoughtProject.org
Royal Navy History
Composition of the Grand Fleet

Battle squadrons of the Royal Navy
Ship squadrons of the Royal Navy in World War I
Military units and formations established in 1912
Military units and formations disestablished in 1914

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President Maithripala Sirisena requested the Media not to misuse the Media Freedom given to them, by engaging in unethical conduct.
He made these remarks at the inaugural Presidential Media Awards ceremony held at the BMICH.
He said he was not against constructive criticism and would welcome criticism made for the betterment of the country. The President also said that he will be passive, though derisive criticisms are hurled against him.
However, he also advised the Media that, as result of derisive criticism, a leader that would be his opposite would surface and would take drastic measures to control the Media.
"During the past four years, there hasn't been anyone who has been criticised like me, especially in web based media. I am an easy target, as I have no connections with underworld criminals and don't misuse the Tri-Forces. I dealt with the insults in a quiet manner, but don't expect that from my successor," he said.
Non Cabinet Media Minister Ruwan Wijewardena, in his address, said the event was the first Presidential Media Awards in the country, and was an important event for the people in this industry.
From such events the services of journalists are commemorated and appreciated among people, which elevates the self esteem of the journalists.
At the event, 51 journalists from Print, Radio, Television and Web streams were presented awards. Veteran journalists Edwin Ariyadasa, Karunarathna Amarasinghe, Lucian Bulathsinhala and Lakshman Jayawardena were presented Lifetime Achievement Awards by the President.
The event was organized by the Ministry of Mass Media. President's Secretary Udaya R Seneviratne, Minister of Lands Gayantha Karaunathilake, Lasantha Alagiyawanna and Media Ministry Secretary Sunil Samaraweera were also in attendance.


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Major Donor
Amy Sweeting
Co-Chair
Amy is Co-Chair of the Major Donor Secial Interest Group and organises our brilliant events throughout the year, listening to what members want and ensuring we have amazing speakers and sessions. Amy is Head of Fundraising at Missing People and also sits on the Convention Board.
Michael Winehouse
Michael is the (acting) Head of Philanthropy, Trusts and Special Events at Barnardo's and a Trustee of Cystic Fibrosis and the Amy Winehouse Foundation. He has been a member ofthe Major Donor group for 2 years and manages the mentoring programmed that has matched over 40 pairs in this time.
Julia Czastka
A fundraiser with 17 years' experience working in the not for profit sector, Julia currently manages the major partnerships programme at Concern Worldwide, an international development and humanitarian aid agency. She has been a member of the Major Donor Special Interest Group for over 4 years and her current role is Treasurer.
Katherine Bates
Katherine is Secretary of the Major Donor Special Interest Group. She has been working in fundraising for ten years across different areas, including major donor fundraising. Currently she is in the High Value Team at Mencap, focusing on Trusts and Statutory income.
Anna-Maria Mullen
Martin Miller
Events Lead
Simon Callaghan
Mentoring Lead
Simon is Director - Fundraising Appointments at Peridot Partners, an executive search business that supports organisations with a social focus to recruit senior managers and leaders. He leads a team responsible for fundraising and communications and also support charities to recruit professional fundraisers onto their trustee boards.


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Q: Display XML to CSV results in table format I have the python code script. It is pulling the XML data and copying to CSV. I need the data to be shown in column format. The script is reporting the information as it is shown on the first results. I need to have it report in table format.
Example 1
EventID,TargetUserSid,TargetUserName,TargetDomainName,TargetLogonId
4634, S-1-5-21-2795111079-3225111112-3329435632-1610,grant.larson,AFC,0x3642df8

Example 2

This is the picture for the results of the code below.

EventID 4634
TargetUserSid   S-1-5-21-2795111079-3225111112-3329435632-1610
TargetUserName  grant.larson
TargetDomainName    AFC
TargetLogonId   0x3642df8
LogonType   3

from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import pandas as pd
import csv

tree = ET.parse("SecurityLog-rev2.xml")
root = tree.getroot()
ns = "{http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event}"

data = []
for eventID in root.findall(".//"):

    if eventID.tag == f"{ns}System":
        for e_id in eventID.iter():
            if e_id.tag == f'{ns}EventID':
                row =  "EventID", e_id.text
                data.append(row)

    if eventID.tag == f"{ns}EventData":
        for attr in eventID.iter():
            if attr.tag == f'{ns}Data':
                #print(attr.attrib)
                row = attr.get('Name'), attr.text
                data.append(row)

df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(data, orient='columns')
df.to_csv('event_log.csv', index=False, header=False)
print(df)

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Transition Year (TY) is an optional year for suitable students after Junior Certificate, and before starting into the Senior Cycle. It is a very valuable experience for most students and to make the most from the experience students need to be suitable for the programme in order to benefit from and contribute to the shared learning experience of the group. Transition Year is coordinated by Ms Leahy.


Turning on the news each day brings a fresh story regarding workplace harassment, more and more cases are coming to light of historic or recent cases where inappropriate behaviour has occurred.
Recent complaints raised in Westminster have prompted the government to promise urgent action to improve how complaints are handled and address how MP's are treated. The Government has vowed to look at putting increased measures in place to address complaints of harassment as more cases come to light.
On the back of this, business should look to review their own policies and ensure that they are fit for purpose and provide a transparent process to raise complaints and have them dealt with and suffer no repercussions for raising complaints. Employees should have a risk free environment when coming to work, where harassment and inappropriate behaviour occurs employers should take action and address these issues promptly addressing these conduct issues and address problems with the culture of the business.
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Q: Push mysql database script to server using git I need to take backup of MySQL database script(without data) periodically. And also I want to push the script to server along with source code using git. I already done push and pull the source code using git. But I want to push the DB script too. How to achieve this using git? Any ideas?

A: I'm not sure if Git is the best place to store a backup of a DB depending upon how the DB is expected grow. However if the desire is to store the SQL backup in Git, this can be done using mysqldump and git commands if the following is executed from a git repo:
mysqldump -h <host> -u <user> -p <db_name> > <sql_file>
git add <sql_file>
git commit -m "Latest mysqldump"
git push

For example:
mysqldump -h 127.0.0.1 -u mydbuser -p mydbschema > 'db/currentBackup.sql'
git add 'db/currentBackup.sql'
git commit -m "Latest mysqldump"
git push

More options are available in the MySQL documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysqldump.html


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Albums of Influence: Diamond Life by Sade
"Diamond life, lover boy..."
Released on July 16, 1984 in the UK, Sade's debut album "Diamond Life" is a perfect record.
While very much of its time, the album also sounds like a classic. While some choices (chorused guitars, some gratuitous sax) and technology (a hint of DX7 "epiano") slightly date the sound, it has remarkably restrained and neutral production for an album of that era.
I first heard it like everybody else did -- on the radio. I taped the album from a friend (on the reel-to-reel recorded I had salvaged from the basement!).
I was surprised how much I liked "Diamond Life", given how little it had in common with the other music I was into at the time. It wasn't filled with synthesizers and drum machines. It wasn't edgy, weird, arty, or new wave.
It was, relatively speaking, conventional. Its comparative subtlety and aspirations of refinement did separate it from the other garish strivers on the charts, and its very quiet and understated elegance were their own strong statement.
But I kept coming back to it, because it was "cool", in every sense. The songs were great. Memorable, without resorting to gimmickry or cheap hooks. Strong melodies, solid playing. It had some heart and soul beneath its lustrous surface.
I still like listening to this record. It is easy to enjoy when paying attention, good background for dinner or parties, and everybody likes Sade.
"Diamond Life" was a smash success, selling over 6 million copies, and held the record for best-selling debut by a female vocalist for 24 years. It immediately gave the band the freedom to do what they wanted.
It turned out that what they wanted to do was more of the same -- carefully crafted jazz-influenced pop records, with a gradually increasing amount of time between them.
Sade doesn't really have any bad albums (though I listen to "Lovers Rock" the least). They're all pretty great, with a few being transcendent in places. But I don't think any of them have the same consistent high quality of "Diamond Life".
This record made me re-consider fashion (transient, flashy, disposable) and style (slow, understated, timeless). The older I get, the more I appreciate what Sade and her band did on "Diamond Life" and the rest of their records.
I have cribbed beats, bass lines, ideas, vibes, tempos, and riffs from their work over the years. This is most obvious and conscious on several tracks from my 2010 record "Reflection".
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Saregama Joins Hand with Harman Kardon to Introduce New Range of Carvaan Products
October, 23, 2018
Saregama has entered into a strategic partnership with world's leading audio brand Harman Kardon, by HARMAN, for launching the next generation of Carvaan range of products. The first product from this partnership, Carvaan Gold, was launched today in time for the festival season.
Carvaan Gold is the top-of-the-line variant of Carvaan designed using iconic Harman Kardon sound technology and speakers. It comes in a hi-end metallic body, and is available in exclusive Champagne Gold and Rose Gold colours. The product also comes with a companion app that allows users to create their own playlist or select their favourite song on Carvaan.
Carvaan Gold comes with all the great features that Carvaan is known for: pre-loaded with 5000 evergreen Hindi songs without any interruption of ads, categorized into 130+ stations featuring the best of Mohd. Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Rajesh Khanna and other legends of Bollywood; the entire collection of Ameen Sayani's Geetmala; FM/AM radio and the option to listen to one's personal collection of songs via Bluetooth or by plugging in a pen drive in the USB port. Carvaan Gold works on a rechargeable battery that lasts up to 5 hours.
Vikram Mehra, Managing Director of Saregama India says, "Carvaan is positioned as the perfect gifting product, and Carvaan Gold takes it further as the perfect gift for self. Our partnership with Harman Kardon allows us to deliver exceptional sound quality to the retro music lovers"
"Carvaan has gained immense popularity with masses across India. We are excited to launch Carvaan audio system with the iconic Harman Kardon sound. Combining premium audio quality of Harman Kardon's premier sound elements, Carvaan Gold will gain exceptional advantage and a distinct identity." said Sumit Chauhan, Vice President – Lifestyle Audio, HARMAN India.
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@interface SRPhotoBrowser () <SRPhotoViewDelegate,UIActionSheetDelegate>
{
    // 滚动的view
	UIScrollView *_photoScrollView;
    // 所有的图片view
	NSMutableSet *_visiblePhotoViews;
    NSMutableSet *_reusablePhotoViews;
    // 工具条
//    SRPhotoToolbar *_toolbar;

    // 一开始的状态栏
    BOOL _statusBarHiddenInited;
}
@end

@implementation SRPhotoBrowser

#pragma mark - Lifecycle
//- (void)loadView
//{
//    _statusBarHiddenInited = [UIApplication sharedApplication].isStatusBarHidden;
//    // 隐藏状态栏
//    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES withAnimation:UIStatusBarAnimationFade];
//    self.view = [[UIView alloc] init];
//    self.view.frame = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds;
//	self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithHexString:MAIN_COLOR_BG];
//}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.hasBackItem = YES;

    if (self.canDelete) {
        self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemTrash target:self action:@selector(deleteCurrentImage)];
    }
    [self.backScrollView removeFromSuperview];
    self.backScrollView = nil;
    [self.contentView removeFromSuperview];
    self.contentView = nil;

    // 1.创建UIScrollView
    [self createScrollView];

    // 2.创建工具条
//    [self createToolbar];
    _currentPhotoIndex = _photoScrollView.contentOffset.x / _photoScrollView.frame.size.width;
    if (self.canDelete) {
        self.title = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld / %ld", _currentPhotoIndex + 1, _photos.count];
    }else {
        self.title = @"查看";
    }

    self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden = NO;
//    self.automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = NO;
    if (_currentPhotoIndex == 0) {
        [self showPhotos];
    }
}

- (void)deleteCurrentImage {

    UIActionSheet *sheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc]initWithTitle:@"要删除这张照片吗?" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"取消" destructiveButtonTitle:@"删除" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
    [sheet showInView:self.view];
}

- (void)actionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)actionSheet clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {
    if(buttonIndex!=actionSheet.cancelButtonIndex)
    {
        NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:self.photos];
        [array removeObjectAtIndex:_currentPhotoIndex];

        if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(photoBrowser:deleteImage:leftPhotos:)]) {
            [self.delegate photoBrowser:self deleteImage:_currentPhotoIndex leftPhotos:array];
        }
        [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
    }
}

//- (void)show
//{
//    UIWindow *window = [UIApplication sharedApplication].keyWindow;
//    [window addSubview:self.view];
//    [window.rootViewController addChildViewController:self];
//
//    if (_currentPhotoIndex == 0) {
//        [self showPhotos];
//    }
//}

//// 带NavigationController的显示
//- (void)showWithRootViewController:(UIViewController *)vc {
//    [vc.navigationController pushViewController:self animated:YES];
//}

#pragma mark - 私有方法
//#pragma mark 创建工具条
//- (void)createToolbar
//{
//    CGFloat barHeight = 44;
//    CGFloat barY = self.view.frame.size.height - barHeight;
//    _toolbar = [[SRPhotoToolbar alloc] init];
//    _toolbar.frame = CGRectMake(0, barY, self.view.frame.size.width, barHeight);
//    _toolbar.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleTopMargin;
//    _toolbar.photos = _photos;
//    [self.view addSubview:_toolbar];
//
//    [self updateTollbarState];
//}

#pragma mark 创建UIScrollView
- (void)createScrollView
{
    CGRect frame = self.view.bounds;
    frame.origin.x -= kPadding;
    frame.size.width += (2 * kPadding);
	_photoScrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
	_photoScrollView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
	_photoScrollView.pagingEnabled = YES;
	_photoScrollView.delegate = self;
	_photoScrollView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = NO;
	_photoScrollView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = NO;
	_photoScrollView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    _photoScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(frame.size.width * _photos.count, 0);
	[self.view addSubview:_photoScrollView];
//    [_photoScrollView mas_makeConstraints:^(MASConstraintMaker *make) {
//        make.edges.equalTo(self.view);
//    }];
    _photoScrollView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(_currentPhotoIndex * frame.size.width, 0);
}

- (void)setPhotos:(NSArray *)photos
{
    _photos = photos;

    if (photos.count > 1) {
        _visiblePhotoViews = [NSMutableSet set];
        _reusablePhotoViews = [NSMutableSet set];
    }

    for (int i = 0; i<_photos.count; i++) {
        SRPhoto *photo = _photos[i];
        photo.index = i;
        photo.firstShow = i == _currentPhotoIndex;
    }
}

#pragma mark 设置选中的图片
- (void)setCurrentPhotoIndex:(NSUInteger)currentPhotoIndex
{
    _currentPhotoIndex = currentPhotoIndex;

    for (int i = 0; i<_photos.count; i++) {
        SRPhoto *photo = _photos[i];
        photo.firstShow = i == currentPhotoIndex;
    }

    if ([self isViewLoaded]) {
        _photoScrollView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(_currentPhotoIndex * _photoScrollView.frame.size.width, 0);

        // 显示所有的相片
        [self showPhotos];
    }
}

#pragma mark - SRPhotoView代理
- (void)photoViewSingleTap:(SRPhotoView *)photoView
{
    [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarHidden = _statusBarHiddenInited;
    self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    CGFloat animationTime = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientationAnimationDuration;
    if (self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden) {
        [UIView animateWithDuration:animationTime animations:^{
            self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden = NO;
        }];
    }else {
        [UIView animateWithDuration:animationTime animations:^{
            self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden = YES;
        }];
    }

//    // 移除工具条
//    [_toolbar removeFromSuperview];
}

- (void)photoViewDidEndZoom:(SRPhotoView *)photoView
{
    [self.view removeFromSuperview];
    [self removeFromParentViewController];
}

- (void)photoViewImageFinishLoad:(SRPhotoView *)photoView
{
//    _toolbar.currentPhotoIndex = _currentPhotoIndex;
    if (self.canDelete) {
        self.title = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld / %ld", _currentPhotoIndex + 1, _photos.count];
    }
}

#pragma mark 显示照片
- (void)showPhotos
{
    // 只有一张图片
    if (_photos.count == 1) {
        [self showPhotoViewAtIndex:0];
        return;
    }

    CGRect visibleBounds = _photoScrollView.bounds;
	int firstIndex = (int)floorf((CGRectGetMinX(visibleBounds)+kPadding*2) / CGRectGetWidth(visibleBounds));
	int lastIndex  = (int)floorf((CGRectGetMaxX(visibleBounds)-kPadding*2-1) / CGRectGetWidth(visibleBounds));
    if (firstIndex < 0) firstIndex = 0;
    if (firstIndex >= _photos.count) firstIndex = _photos.count - 1;
    if (lastIndex < 0) lastIndex = 0;
    if (lastIndex >= _photos.count) lastIndex = _photos.count - 1;

	// 回收不再显示的ImageView
    NSInteger photoViewIndex;
	for (SRPhotoView *photoView in _visiblePhotoViews) {
        photoViewIndex = kPhotoViewIndex(photoView);
		if (photoViewIndex < firstIndex || photoViewIndex > lastIndex) {
            photoView.zoomScale = 1.0;
			[_reusablePhotoViews addObject:photoView];
			[photoView removeFromSuperview];
		}
	}

	[_visiblePhotoViews minusSet:_reusablePhotoViews];
    while (_reusablePhotoViews.count > 2) {
        [_reusablePhotoViews removeObject:[_reusablePhotoViews anyObject]];
    }

	for (NSUInteger index = firstIndex; index <= lastIndex; index++) {
		if (![self isShowingPhotoViewAtIndex:index]) {
			[self showPhotoViewAtIndex:index];
		}
	}
}

#pragma mark 显示一个图片view
- (void)showPhotoViewAtIndex:(int)index
{
    SRPhotoView *photoView = [self dequeueReusablePhotoView];
    if (!photoView) { // 添加新的图片view
        photoView = [[SRPhotoView alloc] init];
        photoView.photoViewDelegate = self;
    }

    // 调整当期页的frame
    CGRect bounds = _photoScrollView.bounds;
    CGRect photoViewFrame = bounds;
    photoViewFrame.size.width -= (2 * kPadding);
    photoViewFrame.origin.x = (bounds.size.width * index) + kPadding;
    photoView.tag = kPhotoViewTagOffset + index;

    SRPhoto *photo = _photos[index];
    photoView.frame = photoViewFrame;
    photoView.photo = photo;

    [_visiblePhotoViews addObject:photoView];
    [_photoScrollView addSubview:photoView];

    [self loadImageNearIndex:index];
}

#pragma mark 加载index附近的图片
- (void)loadImageNearIndex:(int)index
{
    if (index > 0) {
        SRPhoto *photo = _photos[index - 1];
//        [SDWebImageManager downloadWithURL:photo.url];
        [[SDWebImageManager sharedManager] downloadImageWithURL:photo.url options:SDWebImageLowPriority|SDWebImageRetryFailed progress:nil completed:^(UIImage *image, NSError *error, SDImageCacheType cacheType, BOOL finished, NSURL *imageURL) {
        }];
    }

    if (index < _photos.count - 1) {
        SRPhoto *photo = _photos[index + 1];
//        [SDWebImageManager downloadWithURL:photo.url];
        [[SDWebImageManager sharedManager] downloadImageWithURL:photo.url options:SDWebImageLowPriority|SDWebImageRetryFailed progress:nil completed:^(UIImage *image, NSError *error, SDImageCacheType cacheType, BOOL finished, NSURL *imageURL) {
        }];
    }
}

#pragma mark index这页是否正在显示
- (BOOL)isShowingPhotoViewAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index {
	for (SRPhotoView *photoView in _visiblePhotoViews) {
		if (kPhotoViewIndex(photoView) == index) {
           return YES;
        }
    }
	return  NO;
}

#pragma mark 循环利用某个view
- (SRPhotoView *)dequeueReusablePhotoView
{
    SRPhotoView *photoView = [_reusablePhotoViews anyObject];
	if (photoView) {
		[_reusablePhotoViews removeObject:photoView];
	}
	return photoView;
}

//#pragma mark 更新toolbar状态
//- (void)updateTollbarState
//{
//    _currentPhotoIndex = _photoScrollView.contentOffset.x / _photoScrollView.frame.size.width;
//    _toolbar.currentPhotoIndex = _currentPhotoIndex;
//}

#pragma mark - UIScrollView Delegate
- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView {
	[self showPhotos];
//    [self updateTollbarState];
    _currentPhotoIndex = _photoScrollView.contentOffset.x / _photoScrollView.frame.size.width;
    if (self.canDelete) {
        self.title = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld / %ld", _currentPhotoIndex + 1, _photos.count];
    }
}
@end

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[UPDATE - 11th February 2019]: Very glad this has got a second series. It's a refreshing break of silliness in an increasingly miserable world.
In this first episode, oil has been discovered under the vast prehistoric egg, and though this might seem a lucky break, as Harry Hill puts it, "bitter experience warns me to expect the injection of jeopardy into the narrative at about this point". It still has that nice lean on the fourth wall discussing the daftness of the whole affair and a couple of sneaky jabs at satire that know not to push it too far.
I still think my favourite moment is an overly long attempt to find a suitable name for a new country, which includes a sneaky support for Tibetan independence, but Peter's idiocy is also great. His inability to understand homophones give some of the biggest laughs of the show.
[ORIGINAL - 15th December 2017]: Harry Hill. Love him or hate him, you can't help but love him.
Especially when he's being a complete idiot, like he is here.
Very short piece, this one, acting as a sort of tiny pilot prior to a later, fuller (I hope), show about life in the highest security, lowest intelligence prison in the country, located offshore in a giant egg. No, I don't know why either.
Harry is supported by his two vice wardens, one of whom is very stupid and one of whom is more desperate to escape than the prisoners. Also Gyles Brandreth. No, I don't know why either. Thankfully, he only appears for about thirty teeth-gritting seconds.
Honestly, I'm not sure whether the setting or plot would actually matter to this. It's simply a backdrop on which to hang fifteen minutes of absurdity, wordplay and some cleverly reversed punchlines. It's a complete farce, in the traditional form, and I really hope they get some full length episodes eventually.


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The Emerging Powers
Gregory Chin
The global economic crisis has created a new world order
Why is the current global economic downturn causing such widespread anxiety? We are worried because the crisis has gone global. It has spread beyond a financial crisis and is now affecting incomes and employment in households -- kitchen tables -- the world over. The other reason is that the crisis has fully revealed the limitations of the existing system of international organization, born after the Second World War.
In an interview with the BBC, the day after the G20 summit in London, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stated that we are seeing the rise of a new world economic order. What gives force to Lula da Silva's message is that he is not alone. At public meetings across London the day before the summit, senior economists from major international investment firms were delivering the same message to European and U.K. audiences, a message they did not want to hear: "Even if the current free fall is stabilized, we are not going back to the same old world, to the way things used to be." More important is that the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China -- known by the acronym BRIC -- are delivering the same message.
The current global crisis is giving rise to a collective voice among the major emerging economies, the so-called BRICs, rather than their fragmentation as in previous calls for a new international economic order. The drastic fall in demand in the major consuming markets has revealed to the BRICs that they face common threats in the existing structure of world trade. And they are taking action to exert collective pressure to stave off rising protectionism in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. They are even exploring alternative options for financing international trade. Amid the crisis, they are seeing new shared opportunities to exercise collective leverage as a group to reform the system of international economic governance.
In the lead up to the London summit, the finance ministers of the BRIC group issued for the first time ever a joint statement, which called on the world's leading economies to rebuild confidence, maintain and support credit flow to help restore growth. They called for restabilizing the international financial system through recapitalization, liquidity support and cleaning bank balance sheets with government action. However, their strongest demand was that developed and development institutions strengthen their support to the hardest hit developing countries.
The BRICs followed up in London by ensuring three gains: First, they secured a joint commitment that the flow of financial resources would be increased to the developing world in order to offset, where possible, decreases in private capital flows caused by the financial crisis. The announced figure was $1.1 trillion US in commitments. Second, they helped secure commitments to improve regulation and rebalance the macroeconomic surveillance function of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be more focused and even-handed across all IMF members, especially on the advanced economies with major international financial centres and large cross-border capital flows. This would mean greater transparency and accountability in decision-making in the developed countries to the developing world. Third, they secured a commitment from the G20 to review the issue of representation inside the international financial institutions with the intention of advancing reform proposals. Since the onset of the crisis, the emerging powers have consistently requested a rebalancing of representation in the governance and operations of the international financial institutions to better reflect real economic weights, and more equitable representation of the membership.
What has been missed in media coverage since London is that the BRICs basically got what they wanted on each item, at least in writing. China and Russia played key roles in setting the terrain for the negotiations in the week prior to the summit by issuing statements calling for reforms to the international monetary system, especially alternative international reserve currency options. China has also moved large amounts of capital to different international recipients to strengthen the sway of the demands. Brazil and India helped to set the stage for the reform proposals back at the G20 finance ministers meeting in Sao Paolo in November 2008, boldly calling for fundamental reforms to the global financial architecture.
What has been missed is how the emerging powers have effectively leveraged the G20 forum to gain influence over the traditional powers, such as the G7. The BRICs made sure that the G20 came out of the London summit with a concrete road map and substantive deliverables, formalized in the joint communiqué. This now requires followup. Try to imagine yourself as the host of the next G7/8 meeting this July. Would it not be hard now for the G7 members to reinstate themselves as the core group for agenda and priority setting for the global economy? Would they not be seen as overriding or diverting efforts from the economic agreements reached among the G20? It will take far-sighted manoeuvring from the G7 to avoid being seen as lesser than the G20 or worse, the latter's implementation agency.
The big winners at the London G20 were not only the Chinese and the IMF, as some are suggesting. The other big winner was the BRIC group. It is difficult to tell whether the BRICs will be able to sustain their continued rise if it turns out that we are facing a prolonged slump. However, it is important to note that those economies that went into the crisis with stronger macroeconomic fundamentals are showing remarkable resiliency. As Lula da Silva explained, the emerging economies are not asking for bailouts from the United States or anyone else. They ask only that the OECD countries get their own houses back in order and start producing and trading again. At the same time, the emerging economies are themselves diversifying from their trade dependency on the established consumer markets -- with an eye to the future.
What we are seeing is a new confidence from the emerging economies, born of their abilities to compete in a demanding global economy. China is just the most obvious example of this new BRIC confidence.
At the level of international politics, whether the G20 can deliver on all of the goods is almost a moot point. Of course, the more results, the better, for all involved. Beyond the details negotiated, the fact that this Group of 20 met was symbolically important because of how they came together. As Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emphasized in his news conference, "We came together as equals." The fact that U.S. President Barack Obama met first with the presidents of Russia and China for bilateral side meetings the day before the summit, and had key exchanges with the leaders of India and Brazil on the day of the summit, suggests that the BRICs are more than mere equals with the rest -- a new balance of power is slowly emerging.
For Canadians, the take-home message is that we also need to recognize that we are not going back to the same old world, back to life as normal. The world was already changing before the onset of the global crisis. The current crisis is only adding momentum to the shifting global order. It would be good for decision-makers in Canada to give due consideration to how we should respond to this shifting global order, now that these changes are being brought home to our kitchen tables.
Gregory Chin is a senior fellow at The Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo.


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Last week Harry and I were lucky enough to meet up with friends Maevonne (Benji's human) and Kelle and John (of Cliff and flock) at Free Flight Exotic Bird Sanctuary. It's always lovely to spend a day with friends, those with and without feathers.
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Heavy drinkers fuel alcohol industry
Research finds the 4% of the population whose drinking is considered harmful account for almost a quarter of revenue Credit: GARO/PHANIE
Telegraph Reporters
23 August 2018 • 1:50am
Alcohol revenue would decline by two-fifths, or £13 billion, if all drinkers were to comply with the recommended consumption limits, according to a study.
The research found that about two-thirds of alcohol sales in England are to heavy drinkers.
Drinkers who consume more than the Government's low-risk guideline of 14 units a week make up 25% of the population but provide 68% of alcohol industry revenue, according to a paper published in the journal Addiction.
The 4% of the population whose drinking is considered harmful - more than 35 units a week for women and more than 50 for men - account for almost a quarter (23%) of revenue, analysis by researchers at the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) and the University of Sheffield's Alcohol Research Group suggests.
The report said the findings "raise serious questions about the conflicts of interest inherent to voluntary schemes and self-regulation".
The study also found that 81% of sales in supermarkets and off-licences are to those drinking above guideline levels compared with 60% in pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants, and that heavy drinkers generate a greater share of revenue for producers of beer (77%), cider (70%) and wine (66%) than spirits (50%).
Aveek Bhattacharya, policy analyst at the IAS and the lead author of the paper, said: "Alcohol causes 24,000 deaths and over 1.1 million hospital admissions each year in England, at a cost of £3.5 billion to the NHS.
"Yet policies to address this harm, like minimum unit pricing and raising alcohol duty, have been resisted at every turn by the alcohol industry. Our analysis suggests this may be because many drinks companies realise that a significant reduction in harmful drinking would be financially ruinous.
"The Government should recognise just how much the industry has to lose from effective alcohol policies, and be more wary of its attempts to derail meaningful action through lobbying and offers of voluntary partnership."
Alcohol units
Colin Angus, research fellow at the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group and a co-author on the paper, said: "These figures highlight an important conflict of interest in the UK Government's approach to reducing alcohol problems.
"Its decision to work in partnership with the alcohol industry is unlikely to lead to effective policies when heavy drinkers provide a large share of the industry's revenue."
John Timothy, chief executive of the Portman Group, the alcohol industry's self-regulatory marketing body, said: "In the last decade or so binge drinking has fallen by nearly a quarter and alcohol-related violence, drink-driving casualties and acceptance of drinking among children have also fallen significantly.
"Drinks producers have contributed to this decline through their commitment to encouraging moderation through the development of a wide range of low and no-alcohol products and the removal of over one billion units of alcohol from the market.
"These actions have been welcomed by Government and leading charities and the industry will continue to work alongside public and third sector partners to further reduce alcohol-related harms."
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Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, chairman of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said: "For years the alcohol industry has presented itself as part of the solution, not the problem, when it comes to harmful drinking.
"This research shows that their business model is fundamentally reliant on encouraging millions of people to risk their health by drinking above Government's own recommended limits.
"The UK Government must recognise that the only way to reduce the 1.1 million hospitalisations from alcohol each year is by standing up to the industry and introducing effective evidence-based policies like minimum unit pricing and raising alcohol duty."
The Alcohol Information Partnership industry body said: "Official statistics show alcohol consumption is declining in the UK and more people are choosing to drink moderately.
"We welcome this more mature attitude to drinking and believe targeted support is needed for the specific problems that are causing people and parts of the UK to buck this positive trend."


General Atomics fabricates flexible waveguides from a single piece of aluminum. The flexible regions have deep internal and external corrugations. They are precisely machined to hold a vacuum. Each waveguide bellows has a medium bandwidth and can be designed for multiple-frequency operation. For high average power, flexible waveguides in CuCrZr (copper chromium zirconium) alloy are offered.
63.5 mm vacuum waveguide bellows with 3 cm axial motion. These use different deep corrugation depths to accommodate different frequencies from 100 to 170 GHz. Special couplings to mating waveguides allow longitudinal motion while preventing transverse motion that would cause unwanted mode conversion.


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Shadow Election — Looking for a new leader
Shadow Election has been a four year adventure exploring ways to harness social media to improve global democracy.
So far it has been a series of experiments and we have had some exhilarating highs (e.g. gaining over 10,000+ Facebook fans in one week on a number of occasions), but for sure there have been the inevitable lows – particularly with the struggle to gain significant traction in developed countries. However, with a combined global Facebook fan base of over 130,000 we are certain that there is great deal of interest in our aims.
Based on our learnings we see that the future lies in pursuing two lines of development: crowdfunded Social Advocacy and Parallel Politics.
Social Advocacy
The aim is to enable communities to advocate on an equal footing in relation to the fractional minority of individuals and special interest groups who overly influence which candidates will make it through to public elections, and thereby control crucial (but often too specific to be of general interest) points of global activity in favour of their own concerns.
Parallel Politics
At a basic level Parallel Politics could be considered as a process of continuous live petitioning, but, instead of case-by-case petitions, it would be based on a shadow democratic system that raises up public representatives – with a moral authority undiminished by the demands imposed by the increasingly money-driven democracies we know today.
To progress the project further we are looking for new drivers to take over the reigns and bring fresh ideas and passionate energies.
The current board will stay in place to provide support but a core part of the job will be to widen the team and find additional resources.
Share options are a possibility but the desire to truly make a difference should be the primary motivator.
A willingness and talent for public speaking would be necessary but also the ability to empower others to share the message and the limelight is as important.
If you are interested please send a link to your LinkedIn CV with a one page covering letter to:
richard.vonkaufmann@shadowelection.com
Posted by Richard von Kaufmann at 9:11 PM 2 comments
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Who will you vote for in Shadow Election India?
Which one of these main players are you going to cast a virtual vote for in Shadow Election India?
We just launched Shadow Election India in time for the final sprint before the last voting day on 12 May.
More than 800 million Indians will go to the polls in the world's largest voting event; a process which takes 5 weeks (7 April to 12 May) to complete.
The main reason it takes so long is because a federally formed security entity has to move around the country ensuring fair and violence free voting. Find out more about this in a recent BBC article: Why does India's election take so long?
India will also be using a electronic voting system, and it will be interesting to see how it goes.
It would have been great for Shadow Election to be running for all the regional voting activities too, however, given our limited volunteer resources, we decided to focus on the three most likely prime ministerial candidates.
Everyone in the world should care and show an interest in other countries' national elections because every successful election is a victory for human resourcefullness in avoiding violent conflict and ensuring better governance.
We wish India the very best in this final stretch of the elections, and may you continue to set an example to the world by showing that a workable democracy is achievable no matter what the odds.
Find out more about the candidates and cast a virtual vote in Shadow Election India!
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Passing 100,000 global Facebook Fans today
Over 102,000 global Facebook Fans
After a reconsolidating pause we relaunched Shadow Election today just in time for the Ethiopian Presidential Elections. And the engagement rate has been astonishing: around 3,000 Likes on the Facebook Page only 9 hours after we started a very lightweight ad promotion.
This has put us securely beyond the 100,000 global Facebook Fans milestone.
We have been getting CTR (click through rates) on the Facebook ads of up to 14.5%, which to anyone who knows about these things is almost unheard of. Our average rates have been 1-3% which is also petty awesome.
And this only works if people are really motivate by the subject matter. In addition we have been seeing great "organic" growth too.
Shadow Election has always been a big experiment as we try to find ways to help level the political playing fields in national elections and increase democratic participation.
Although many people liked the ability to rate online political videos (and articles), we saw from the analytics it was not the key user motivation.
On a number of occasions, we have had much faster Like rates on the Shadow Election Facebook Pages than we had new users to the actual service – which at first didn't seem to make sense: why would people Like us if they didn't even use the service?
It then started to dawn on us that people seem to really appreciate the party neutral space that Shadow Election provides. In Shadow Election people are free to "shout out" for their favourite candidates, and make comments on the elections and democracy in general.
But they also like to cast a virtual vote to show their support for a candidate. This growing willingness of people to openly show their voting intentions in social media is something we witnessed developing rapidly in our first tests of Shadow Election (then know as Keskusvaalikone – central election machine) in the Finnish Parliamentary and Presidential elections in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Although our Finnish "Facebook" fan base is not so high, for various reasons (mostly being able to – at that time – post voting results directly to the candidates' own Facebook Pages, together with a surprise last minute battle that drew in a lot of social media activity generally) the statistics show we had a potential "impression" exposure to nearly 30% for all Finnish Facebook users.
Shadow Election has been a volunteer effort with some partner cash investments and a small Finnish government grant to cover running costs; so it was proving to be too expensive to pay for the servers and to maintain our own service without additional funding.
Fortunately, however, Juha Mattila and I found out through our day jobs in the social media agency Zipipop Freud, that we could use a the Offerpop service to replicate the popular "live" voting poll.
And it seems to be working very nicely indeed – although if there is one more thing we have learnt is that the reaction in every country is different. Also the nature of the relationship between the Shadow Election and the real elections results has varied considerably; but, having said that, there has always been significant correlations between the two.
Of course we want to go back to developing something more sophisticated as soon as we can, and here is our current suggestion for the next experiment (based on the thoughts of our passionate CTO Alex Keskitalo – the father of the Shadow Election concept):
Users rate what they think the candidates stand for.
This would have some profound consequences:
What people think candidates represent is in many ways more relevant than what the candidates say they stand for.
Candidates should be very keen to follow Shadow Election and try to engage with the service when they see their message is not coming through as they thought – or visa verse.
It keeps the all important human "face" while also enabling issues to be rated and the data collected for analysis.
It would hopefully give another user activity alongside the popular voting.
We would love to know what our community thinks about this approach as the next step forward.
And the more Fans we continue to get the more chances we have of raising funding – so please do help spread the word.
I am really excited by our last minute involvement with the Ethiopian Presidential Election because I lived and worked in Ethiopia for over 3 years. While there I gathered many fond memories and friends, and would love to help support the democratic development.
It is important to emphasize that our poll is neither scientific nor representative of the registered voters in Ethiopia – it is, however, a "social object" for people from all over the world to gather around and have a debate about how the real elections and candidates could and should be.
I thank everyone who has so far engaged with Shadow Election Ethiopia, and I wish those living in Ethiopia peaceful and successful elections.
Richard von Kaufmann, Chair & co-founder
Click here to find out more about the Shadow Election team, and special thanks to our Commander-in-Chief, Juha Mattila, for keeping the dream alive and pushing us on ever upwards.
NB: The roots of Shadow Election are in Finland where the current Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, studied for his Masters degree in Sanitation Engineering.
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Calling all Kenyans around the world
It is part of the long-term aims of Shadow Election to capture global opinions on global issues and to influence politicians to work together to solve them for the benefit of all nations. We are currently far away from being able to implement these lofty ambitions, however, as a step on that journey, we introduced the global voting map for the current Kenyan elections – and would therefore like to encourage the Kenyan diaspora to cast a vote in Shadow Election Kenya.
The Central Bank of Kenya says that 1.3 billion USD was sent back in remittances, which, with a GDP of around 41.84 billion, means that about 2.8% of Kenya's GDP is provided by the diaspora.
Currently there are about 1.5 million Kenyans registered at embassies abroad but only those in the East African Community or able to go to an embassy "in person" will be eligible to vote in the upcoming March 5th elections. This obviously severely restricts the potential number of diaspora votes.
For the IEBC (Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission) there are obviously logistical challenges in enabling more diaspora voting; however, one would hope in the next elections a country that is renowned of being able to send large amounts of money by mobile phone will be able to deliver postal or remote e-voting options.
For the time being, however, the diaspora can with minimal effort cast a virtual vote, and campaign for their preferred candidate via Shadow Election. This vote does not obviously count as a real vote, but if it can help influence the voting of friends and family back in Kenya then it could almost become a proxy vote; and at least some active engagement has been made.
Global voting
We believe that the world is now so integrated that what happens politically in one country effects us all to a greater or lesser extent – be it through trade, migration, military aggression, remittances, etc Therefore it is not without relevance to see information on how other nationals view our own politicians. Shadow Election is not alone in this regard as The Economist ran a global poll on who should be the next US President in the 2012 elections, and Obama was the clear international winner.
We have never claimed to be a scientific poll but social media is increasingly being seen as another tool to gauge public opinion – as can by seen by the use of social media statistics in the Daily Nation's Kenya Elections site.
So go make your voice heard in Shadow Election Kenya!
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A trianoni békeszerződés előtt Krassó-Szörény vármegye Jámi járásához tartozott.

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Featuring guests Aziz Ansari, Chris Evans, Christina Aguilera, Dita Von Teese, Kid Cudi, Lauren Conrad, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lindsay Lohan, Malin Akerman, Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton, Shaun White, Tara Reid, Topher Grace, JC Chasez, Jerry Ferrera, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Gann, Kirstin Dunst, and Leona Lewis. Brownie Bites is sponsoring, there will be food trucks, cotton candy, and music by DJ Mailbox.
Kinda really diggin' the wig.


There's no better place to fish than in Australia. The rich and famous come here to charter boats and fish off the Great Barrier Reef. The locals live for the week when they can get up into the tropics and fish for Barramundi.
There are massive river systems, alpine streams to try fly fishing, and countless beaches to sit in your deck chair while keeping a finger on your line in the surf.
Many places to stay offer great fishing packages and can help you arrange charters.


This weekend workshop prepares and attunes the student to the Angelic Kingdom of Light empowering the student to work as a Practitioner with this unique healing system.
· Full attunement to Angelic Reiki First and Second Degrees, which includes eight Divine Multidimensional symbols. These sacred symbols are attuned through the Angelic vibration.
· The student will be assigned a Healing Angel who will work exclusively with the student on a permanent basis.
· At the conclusion of the workshop the symbols given will be activated to Angelic Level through attunement to the Angelic Kingdom of Light at the 11th Dimension by Archangel Metatron and the Sarim – the 30 Archangels, who are the Chief Celestial Angel Princes.
· A Certificate of Training Achievement to 1st and 2nd Degree Angelic Reiki which enables you to work professionally with this unique healing system.
A non-refundable deposit of £50.00 is required to secure your place on the workshop.
This workshop is available to those who have taken the Angelic Reiki 1 and 2 attunements and are ready to progress to the next stage, either for personal development or to teach Angelic Reiki.
This workshop is a powerful experience and lays the ground for the incoming Galactic Energy of Ascension. As Angelic Reiki Teachers you can be assured that the Angels will be with you in every workshop you teach and be absolutely confident the Angels will support you in any attunements you facilitate.
· During this workshop all participants will move into the area of healing that will become paramount on this planet in the next few years.
· 13 symbols are given in this workshop, which are a gateway to multidimensional healing.
· In the 4th Degree attunement, Lord Melchizadek, the Universal Logos, will anchor the symbols into each participant at universal level.
· Participants will also be taught how to pass and teach this information to others.
· The symbols given will be activated to Angelic level, through the 7 levels of form and divine form, by the Archangel Metatron, as well as the higher gifts given by the Sarim, the Archangelic Princes of the Angelic Kingdom.
A non-refundable deposit of £100.00 is required to secure your place on the workshop.


He selected several pairs of swimsuits from the men's-small rack and locked himself in the dressing room. After checking the door three times to make sure nobody could get in, he took everything off except his underpants and, standing before the mirror, began trying them on: first a plaid pair that he immediately rejected because they were too skimpy; then a yellow pair with a black stripe up each side and a slit at the thigh that made him look like something he wasn't; then a black, baggy pair that hung down almost to his knees and made him look like an old man; then a red pair that wasn't too baggy or too tight. He turned this way and that, looking at himself from every angle. The red pair would do, even though he hated the way he looked with his chest, arms and legs uncovered. No doubt about it, he was meant to be clothed. He wasn't sure he would ever let anybody see him in the red swimsuit, but buying it was the first step and then he would see. He couldn't look any worse than a lot of other people.
When he got home, Aunt Vivian was waiting for him in her Cadillac, smoking a cigarette. She saw him in her rearview mirror and jumped out.
"August, where the hell have you been?" She reeked of perfume and her lipstick was smeared down to her chin.
"I had some shopping to do," he said.
"And how many martinis did you have for lunch today?" he asked.
She stood behind him while he fumbled with the key in the lock and when he opened the door she went inside behind him as if the house belonged to her.
"I want you to come and stay at our house until your daddy gets back from his business trip," she said.
"I could still put you over my knee and whale the living daylights out of you," she said.
She swiped her fingers on the dining room table to see how much dust had collected there and then she went into the kitchen, opening the refrigerator and all the cabinets and looking inside.
"Are you eating properly?" she asked.
A few minutes after Aunt Vivian left, there was a knock at the door. It was his friend from school, Colin Mayhew. He was carrying his gym bag.
"Is the paterfamilias still gone?" Colin asked.
"Who wants to know?" August asked.
After they consumed a jar of peanuts and two glasses of wine apiece, the talk turned to the pool party.
Colin picked up the phone, handed it to August and dialed the number. Beulah answered on the first ring.
August hung up and shook his head at Colin.
"What did she say?" Colin asked.
"I'll fill you in on everything that happens," Colin said.
August picked up a letter opener and began brandishing it in Colin's face. "Have you ever seen a person stabbed with one of these things?" he said.
August threw the letter opener, narrowly missing Colin's head. As he was looking around for something else to throw, Colin grabbed his gym bag and ran for the door. August watched him as he ran across the street and disappeared down the block.
He went upstairs to his room and locked himself in, slowly took off all his clothes and put on the red swimsuit he had bought just that morning. He turned this way and that, looking at himself in the full-length mirror. To himself he looked like a hairless monkey, all joints and angles, his skin as white as paste. He could hear people in his head laughing and making fun of him for trying to get invited to Beulah's party.
"This will never do," he said.
He took the scissors and cut the swimsuit into strips, feeling he was relieving himself of a burden. And he left the strips on the floor around his bed to remind himself of just how foolish he had been.
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There is nothing fancy about this Lemon Cake and in fact it is a little bit grandma-ish, but it tastes like the freshness of spring and I can not imagine anyone not loving it's citrusy flavor and fluffiness.
This cake is very big (serves 10-12) and is perfect for this easter's family gathering, as dessert or even together with the afternoon tea.
The recipe isn't new here at Modern Wifestyle, at least not for those of you who read the blog last easter. The cake is simply the same as I made for my guests then, but now with delicious filling and in an all over improved and better version.


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The Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum, Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization forging a public/private partnership between supporters of our state's rich maritime heritage and related natural history and the state of North Carolina.
Patrons of the museum organized "The Friends" in 1977 as a way for the entire state to help the North Carolina Maritime Museum grow and prosper. The Friends goes the extra distance to ensure that our state's maritime heritage will always be preserved and cherished and that our citizens will have access to it.
The North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort is a state-funded museum that is dedicated to care, display, and interpretation of our state's rich maritime heritage. The public funding allotted provides for many basic needs.
Public funding, however, is not enough to make the museum great.
The reason the museum can go above and beyond in producing and sustaining such a great variety of programs and exhibits is exclusively because of support from the Friends of the Museum. State funding makes the museum possible. The Friends of the Museum and its membership support is what takes the museum to the next level.
Your support is crucial to helping the museum grow.
The Friends works with the museum in Beaufort by underwriting new projects, purchasing equipment, administering grants, funding educational and public awareness programs and acquiring land and facilities needed for expansion.
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On this day in 1908 it was recorded in the log from the U.S. Life-Saving Service Station Gull Shoal that a man who came to retrieve the body of the captain from the wrecked schooner Leonora stayed at the station over night. The Leonora was bound from Long Point, Maine to Charleston, South Carolina with a load of fish scrap when it encountered a horrendous storm off Cape Hatteras. Winds of 75 mph pushed the schooner onto Diamond Shoals where it was beat to pieces within 30 minutes. The following was printed in The Republican Journal out of Belfast, Maine on January 30, 1908. ... See MoreSee Less
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Fish Friday!
This little cold snap today might have you thinking about snow, but since we more than likely won't see any of that we can at least think about the snowy grouper! Named for the distinct white spots on the young fish that may resemble big solid snowflakes, this grouper prefers to be nowhere near the cold stuff. They typically inhabit waters of 300 to 420 ft deep and 60 to 84 degrees in temperature, this puts them about 50 miles off our coast for optimal habitat. Snowy grouper can live about 17 years and reach 70 pounds. They may dine on snappers, scad, porgies and various crustaceans. ... See MoreSee Less
On this day in 1926 the schooner Morris and Cliff ran aground about 5 miles south of Swansboro about 1/4 mile from Brown's Inlet. The schooner was travelling from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Miami, Florida with a cargo of lumber. The captain and crew abandoned the ship and were later taken to Norfolk, Virginia while the vessel became a complete loss. The Morris and Cliff sailed the eastern seaboard and often hailed at the port of Wilmington, North Carolina. It commonly carried lumber, railroad ties and sometimes lime for the cement industry. The New Britain Daily Herald of Connecticut reported on June 24, 1925 that the Morris and Cliff had been seized off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island for carrying a different type of cargo, $230,000 worth of liquor. This was the era of prohibition. It is not known if the ship was sold at auction or relinquished to it's 'unsuspecting' owner and put back into service. ... See MoreSee Less
On this day in 1909 the 3,898 ton British steamer Teesbridge, bound from Marseilles France to Hampton Roads, Virginia, grounded 2.5 mi N of the U.S. Life-Saving Station Whaleshead (formerly known as Station Jones Hill and later re-named Currituck Beach). Crews from that station and Currituck Inlet (later re-named Pennys Hill) responded but the captain of the ship declined aid. He decided to wait out the tide for deeper water to float the vessel. The following appeared in The Wilmington Morning Star on January 15, 1909. ... See MoreSee Less
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Fire Emblem Three Houses Expansion Pass Announced
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Max Williams
It's Three Houses release month now, which is pretty exciting already, but Nintendo's boosting the hype with the announcement of a Fire Emblem Three Houses Expansion Pass, which includes 4 waves of DLC going all the way up to April 30th 2020!
The Expansion Pass will cost $24.99. Here's an overview from Nintendo:
Strategic warfare rages on the great land of Fódlan, and this turn-based, tactical RPG gets even deeper with four waves of DLC. You can get access to all four as they release with the Expansion Pass, which is available for pre-order on July 3rd. Expansion Pass owners will receive Officers Academy outfits for female and male Byleth on Day 1. Remember: you're the professor of one of the academy's mighty houses, so why not look the part?
Purchase the Fire Emblem: Three Houses + Expansion Pass bundle to receive the full game and all waves of downloadable content as they release
– Wave 1: Officers Academy outfits for female and male Byleth available Day 1 (July 26th)
– Wave 2: Additional Auxiliary battle maps, helpful in-game support items, and more will be released by 10/31/2019
– Wave 3: Additional quests and costumes will be released by 12/31/2019; plus, another free update
– Wave 4: Discover new story content, with additional playable characters, locations and more will be released by 4/30/2020; plus, another free update
That's a lot of Fire Emblem to come! The DLC with new story content and additional playable characters may be the furthest away, but it'll be very interesting to learn what that involves! In addition to the DLC, various free updates are planned too.
The Fire Emblem Three Houses Expansion Pass is available is available in a bundle with the game on the Nintendo eShop at $84.98, and will allow access to the Officers Academy costumes for both versions of Byleth at the game's release.
As well announcing the Expansion Pass, Nintendo has released an overview trailer and 4 TV spots. Take a look at them below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHL8hcdDlE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQh321AtZo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqS2IEj5rEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_MF3F14tU
Fire Emblem Three Houses releases on July 26th for Nintendo Switch.
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