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Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University campus is located near Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated near the shrine of the Mata Vaishno Devi.
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University is a fully residential institution. It is recognized by All India Council and is commonly referred to as SMVD University or SMVDU. It is approved by University Grants Commission under Section (UGC) 2(F) and Section 12(B) of UGC Act of 1956.The technical programs of the University are recognized by AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education) while Architecture program is recognized by Council of Architecture.
History of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University was established as Statutory University under the Act of Jammu and Kashmir Legislature in 1999, which defines it as Technical and fully residential University. It started functioning as an academic unit in August 2004, when it was inaugurated on 19th August 2004, at the hands of the then Honourable President of India, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam. He also delivered the first lecture to the students of the University.
Location of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University is located at a distance of 45 kilometres from Jammu Airport and 14 kilometres from of the holy town of Katra. The university is situated on a plateau, on three sides in the foothills of the Trikuta Range where the shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi is situated.
Administration of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the nominal Chancellor of the university and the Chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. The Executive Council of the University, with Vice-Chancellor is its head and is the supreme body of the university. The Academic Council is the highest academic body and makes proposals to the Executive Council on academic matters. The university also has a Finance Committee and the Building and Works Committee. The Planning Board helps the Vice-Chancellor in predicting the growth of the university.
Facilities of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
The 474-acre Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University campus is divided into different blocks such as the Academic Block, Administrative Block, Central Library, Hostels and Residential Areas. The different schools of study consist of well equipped lecture and seminar halls, conference rooms, departmental lab and computer lab with all the modern facilities. The public transport facilities are accessible in the form of min-bus which plies on the Domel-Katra road.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has opened its exchange within the university campus thus providing landline and mobile connections on priority to the university residents. Its medical Aid Centre is providing services to all the employees and students of the University. There are banking and automated teller machine (ATM) facilities, postal department and so on. Its architecture marvel art auditorium "Matrika" is state-of-art.
Academics of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
The university follows the credit-based programme structure which requires students to earn sufficient credits for degree. The University has adopted an UGC pattern of study with choice-based credit system and continuous evaluation based on Grade Point Average (GPA) on a 10-point scale. Industrial pr Corporate Training is also mandatory part of curriculum. Students are encouraged to work on industry sponsored projects. Each school has a Board of Studies. There are four colleges or faculties, with a dean heading each one of them. Each college consists of Schools of Study, analogous to departments in a university, headed by a Director.
College of Management: It includes the following departments:
College of Engineering: It includes the following departments:
School of Architecture and Landscape Design
School of Computer Science Engineering
School of Industrial Biotechnology
School of Electronics and Communication Engineering
College of Philosophy Culture and Languages: It includes the following departments:
Department of Philosophy and Culture
Department of Languages and Literature
College of Sciences: It includes the following departments:
School of Biotechnology
The University has entered into collaboration with Institutions of eminence in India and abroad to enhance faculty-student exchange and co-operate in Research activities. The university has recently started hosting the British Council Higher Education Centre for convenience of students.
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Rosh Hashanah – It is a wonderful time. It is a new beginning with the deepened love, understanding, resolutions, commitments and sweet familiar feeling of celebration. It is time for new and old – like our traditions.
Traditionally we start the celebration by dipping apples into honey and wishing each other sweet year!
If you are, like me, eat according to the season, then you have not had apples for a while. Last season apples lost their taste and vitamins long time ago. Lately our tastes for fresh produce were mostly attracted to strawberries, blueberries, cherries, peaches and similar summer seasonal fruits.
And now I am excited for a new crop of this year apples – the first ones so tender, juicy with wonderful aroma. So many different kinds – all taste so amazing like never before!
New crop just in time for old and wise tradition to have apples for Rosh Hashanah!
Organic apples are so delicious and packed with vitamins. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is an old saying that most of us are familiar with, but what makes this fruit so special? What health benefits are associated with eating apples?
As one of the most cultivated and consumed fruits in the world, apples are continuously being praised as a "miracle food". Apples are extremely rich in important antioxidants and dietary fiber. Apples deserve to be called "nutritional powerhouses". They contain many important nutrients: Vitamin C, B-complex vitamins, iron, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and potassium.
Apples could be enjoyed in so many different recipes: just raw (with or without honey), baked, in salads, applesauce, as stuffing and many more.
Cut apples to 8 slices each and place in the baking sheet (see picture above), evenly spread raisins, almonds and dry cherries. Mix pomegranate juice and honey and pour over apples. Bake for 30 minutes in 350 F without cover.
Enjoy for dessert or mid-day snack!
Slice blanched collard stems, collard leaves, apples, parsley and mix together. Sprinkle with roasted peanuts and sesame seeds. Add dressing.
Happy Rosh Hashanah! Sweet and healthy New 5776 Year !
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L'Shana tova! I love comparing all the different kinds of Apple's, too. Thank goodness for farmers' markets!
Thank you Esther! This is a Rosh Hashanah recipe. I usually bake apples with fewer ingredients. Actually granny smith with a dash of salt ( no sugar 🙂 ) simply delicious. Baked apples are much easier for digestion. Now when apples are in season, I plan to post more recipes and pictures.
Thank you! so nice to hear that modern science resonates with the truth of Judaism!
I love this recipe, thank you. Shana Tova!


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There are a few other places currently where visitations still happen to this day at Medjugorje and also a place in Ohio known as "Holy Love". Gianna Sullivan still receives visitations however the Church ordered her in silence (which she had to stop the prayer groups however has not been completely as she has released some messages to the public in the past few years).
The use of the word "apparitions" gives it a kind of sinister connotation. I agree, I like "vistations" better.
And I agree. Love is the most powerful force in the universe!!!
Notice how the Church uses "apparitions". "Visitation" IMO is more accurate.
The avatar I use, is actually a "mystical photo" of Our Lady (of Emmitsburg). Gianna woke up one morning to find it on a stand in the bedroom. No one knew where it came from (only her husband and daughter were in the home).
In 2000 the reason was due to complaints in the community so the church asked the visionary to stop having OLOE prayer groups at St Joseph's. Funny thing how this happened months after my eye witness experience. Also, this church is where I was baptised and I grew up going to this church. My uncles, aunts, and my grand parents also went to this church. Emmitsburg is an apparition site, it has been for 200+ years. It also has had it's share of UFO sightings.
I am sure there are many reasons (they're idiots). Firstly, the two suns message doesn't fit in with dogma, secondly church officials are highly skeptical of visionaries and if they don't like something, they shut it down immediately. Not many visitations are "approved" by the church (Fatima is one that is approved by the church). Even after the testing on Gianna, including scientific during the times she was in ecstacy, there was proof revealed this was a metaphysical event. And yet the thousands of eye witness testimonies, the good fruits and healings, and the church still poo pooed it. The major one that is still ongoing today, Medjugorje, is still unapproved, but the church allows it to continue as nothing has popped up as a red flag in the church's eyes. Actually Gianna's mystical visitation experiences began not long after a visit to Medjugorje in the late 1980's.
If you google "our lady of emmitsburg" you will run across the church's decision on the subject. I care not read it because they have not a clue what they did. The Diocese needs to take the log out of the eye.
Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Why would the diocese shut something like that down? People complaining about the crowds? Find a larger venue.


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Carnival Cruise Line Will Follow CDC If Booster Shot Is Required
Carnival Cruise Line informs booked guests that having the booster shot could become a requirement for future sailings.
Modified Date: Jan 25, 2022
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Carnival Cruise Line sends a letter to booked guests regarding the booster shot possibly becoming a requirement and that it could be an essential factor for future sailings with the cruise line.
Carnival Cruise Line Update on Boosters
The cruise line has updated guests on its plans to operate vaccinated sailings, including the possibility of the booster shot becoming a requirement. Carnival Cruise Line continues to follow CDC guidelines to ensure guests and crew remain safe, despite the Conditional Sailing Order ending on January 15, 2022.
In a letter sent to guests, Carnival said that it still plans to operate vaccinated sailings, and guests will still need to show proof that they are fully vaccinated at least 14 days before departure. Pre-cruises testing is still required for vaccinated guests within two days before the sailing date.
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The CDC and even Carnival's own Have Fun. Be Safe. protocols, strongly recommend that guests get a booster shot when eligible. On upcoming sailings, it's possible that the booster shot could become a requirement rather than a recommendation, and the cruise line is letting guests know.
Carnival said in the letter, "The CDC has strongly recommended that individuals obtain a COVID-19 booster vaccination, when eligible. Should the CDC definition of fully vaccinated evolve to require the booster shot, our policy will adapt accordingly."
Even though a letter updates guests about the booster becoming part of being fully vaccinated, Carnival's website is also now advising the same. With the booster becoming an important part of ensuring everyone remains protected, it could also be essential in ports of call.
Carnival continues to say, "It is also always possible that certain destinations could define a fully vaccinated guest as one who is current with a booster shot. Consequently, we also strongly encourage all guests who are eligible to get their booster vaccine at least seven days before boarding as this may become a condition for travel without prior notice."
Photo Courtesy: Carnival Cruise Line
So far, none of the cruise destinations have made this a requirement, but during the last few weeks, ports have refused entry to cruise ships that have had small numbers of COVID-19 cases onboard. The last thing the industry needs is further port cancellations due to guests not having the booster shot.
Carnival Cruise Line will still continue to allow some unvaccinated passengers as part of its vaccine exemption process on sailings through December 31, 2022. The exemption is not guaranteed, and it depends on the capacity of each sailing.
This update to guests follows a major update released on January 21, 2022, with Carnival remaining committed to the CDC guidelines and keeping its protocols in place for the foreseeable future.
In addition to the possibility of guests needing a booster shot to be fully vaccinated, the cruise line has been working on expanding pre-cruise terminal testing for vaccinated guests for short three- and four-day itineraries.
There is also a pilot program running with the VeriFLY solution, allowing guests to upload their vaccination status and testing details before their cruise, resulting in a much faster check-in process. The program has already proved to be a success on Mardi Gras' January 22 departure from Port Canaveral.

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import java.util.List;

import org.remoteui.annotation.Activity;
import org.remoteui.layout.Color;

import com.github.mikephil.charting.data.Entry;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.data.PieData;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.data.PieDataSet;
import com.github.mikephil.charting.utils.PercentFormatter;

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 * Demo for a pie chart
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 * @author Daniel Thommes
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On Friday evening, May 20, 2005 the Sea Divers boarded the Great Escape.
Of special mention on this trip was the presence of "Doc". "Doc" has been a member of the Sea Divers for a very long time. He won't tell me exactly how old he is, but, I bet that he is one of the oldest active divers in Southern California.
Suddenly we made a westward turn. The Harbor Patrol denied us access to our dive site. They didn't care how many releases we had signed; they felt that there was too much boat traffic in the area. (ie: the SD's on the GE got the FU from the HP). Oh dear, what is a group of Sea Divers to do?
Captain Tim pulled "Plan B" out of his on board safe and headed to Italian Gardens instead. Italian Gardens is well known for its population of Giant Black Sea Bass.
Our early departure put us on the Giant Black Sea Bass real estate without competition from other dive boats. I jumped in and crossed my fingers that I would have a close encounter with these gentle super sized fish. I know that they rise to shallow water in the warmer months and hang out in deep water in the cooler months. On a guess, I picked a depth of 60 feet to start my search, and, about 10 minutes into the dive I had my first Giant Black Sea Bass sighting, After months of seeing only normal sized fish, he looked huge. I felt a rush of excitement when I saw that he was headed in my direction to check me out. I stayed very still as he came in for a close, but brief, look. I felt disappointment when he swam away.
I worried that this would be my only sighting. A strategy of staying in one place was productive - kind of like waiting at a bus stop. Every five minutes or so, a Giant Black Sea Bass would swim by. The actual pattern was: first a school of jack mackerel would pass, followed by a bat ray, and then a Giant Black Sea Bass. It happened over and over and over. Chris Grossman and his dive buddy Kathryn were the only ones that didn't have a Giant Black Sea Bass encounter. After the dive, someone was kind enough to draw a picture on the dry erase board for Chris to be sure that he knows what they look like :).
It was dark at 60 feet this early in the morning, and, there was a lot of particulate matter that made photography difficult. These are a few of my photos. One Giant Black Sea Bass had a fishing hook in his lip, and all of them had the parasitic copepods.
Dive number three was a live drop drift dive at Blue Caverns. The area is a marine preserve. There was not a lot of current and I decided to see how far I could swim in about 40 minutes.
I didn't find this area to be densely populated. There were lots of small fish. Except for an occasional large Kelp Bass, I didn't see the variety or size of marine life that I had expected to find in a Marine Preserve. I did see more of the Jellyfish, some bat rays cruising in a line up, and, a science project tagged by California State University, Long Beach.
When I surfaced at the end of the dive I surveyed the amount of ground that I had covered and was a little surprised that I hadn't gone farther than I did. Scuba gear must slow me down more than I think.
Next, I made a short swim away from the cliffs for pick up. I was mentally focused on keeping a tight grip on the camera. I also had one eye on the swim step and the other eye on the prop (It never hurts to be sure that it's off). What I didn't notice was that my weight belt dropped off. Of well, I guess that one accidental weight belt loss in 15 years isn't too bad.
We enjoyed lunch during the move to our last dive site.
I borrowed some weight (thank you Kathryn) and was able to make the last dive at Bird Rock. Bird Rock isn't on my list of favorite places right now simply because I went there so many times during lobster season.
Again, visibility was only about 30 feet, and, there were huge particulate chunks in the water column. Really bad photo conditions. There were many small egg yolk jellies here that I photographed with my Nikonos close-up kit. Due to backscatter, many of them ended up looking like comets in the night sky. These are a couple of the photos that I'm not ashamed to post. I learned that I need to get back into "perfectionist mode" with strobe placement during plankton blooms.
Our dive day was over and we headed back to Long Beach. Thanks Capt. Tim and Great Escape crew for another delightful Sea Diver trip.


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Crawley Town head coach Harry Kewell praised his team for giving an outstanding display but was disappointed they didn't beat Swindon Town.
The former Australia international and Liverpool star believed they played well in all areas of the pitch but accused Swindon of playing long-ball tactics.
Despite the good form and an impressive goal by Jimmy Smith which gave them the lead, Reds slipped to a 1-1 draw when Marc Richards scored an 85th minute equaliser.
There was a great atmosphere generated by a 5,000 strong crowd which was enhanced by the club opening its doors to fans and allowing them in through the turnstile for as little as a pound.
Kewell said: "It was one of our best performances we've had all year.
"I thought Swindon had no idea of how to contain us. We were playing nice balls in and around our half-way line into their final third.
Kewell reckoned his side played 'good' football while Swindon, who are managed by former Hull City and Southend United boss Phil Brown, were more direct.
Kewell reckoned the visitors should have been beaten. He did not believe the Robins should have clinched a point.
He said: "It was a great display but we are sitting here and we are all angry because there's no way Swindon should have got something out of this game; they didn't deserve anything.
"If you keep lumping the ball up there maybe 100 times you are going to get one chance.
"I can't fault any one player. We had to have a makeshift left back in Aryan (Tajbakhsh), who I thought was fantastic - (Chris) Hussey's a fantastic player, don't forget.


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Juventus, Real Madrid Leading UCL Odds
Monaco returns to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 2005 on Wednesday, taking on Italian powerhouse Juventus in the first leg of their matchup as +200 home underdogs.
Monaco has emerged as the Cinderella story of this season's tournament. Les Rouges et Blanc opened as +20000 futures longshots prior to the start of the campaign, but enter Wednesday afternoon's matchup at Stade Louis II sporting +800 odds to win the Champions League crown for the first time.
After finishing third in Ligue 1 action last season to qualify for a third straight UCL appearance, Monaco has gone unbeaten in 16 straight matches to rise to the top of the league table.
That hot streak has coincided with the club's impressive performance in the Champions League knockout stage. Monaco recorded a 3-1 second-leg victory over Manchester City as a +185 underdog to advance to the quarter-finals, where it dominated a shaken Borussia Dortmund squad in a 6-3 aggregate victory.
Juve clinched a semi-final berth after shutting out Barcelona 3-0 on aggregate in their quarter-final matchup. The defending Serie A champions have held opponents to just two total goals during a six-match unbeaten streak in all competitions, and have outscored opponents by a 10-1 margin over their past five UCL road contests.
All-Madrid Matchup in First Semi-Final
UEFA Champions League semi-final action gets underway on Tuesday, when Real Madrid hosts crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid as heavy -130 chalk.
Real potted three extra-time goals in the second leg of its matchup with Bayern Munchen to claim a 6-3 aggregate win and advance to the semi-finals for a seventh straight season, but followed up with a disappointing 3-2 El Clasico loss to Barcelona as -110 chalk and is an uneven 2-1-1 at home in its past four overall.
Atletico will be trying to avenge its memorable loss to Real in last year's Champions League final. Pegged as +350 underdogs, Los Rojiblancos had the upset in reach after a late goal pulled them even with Real, before falling 5-3 on penalties.
Real followed up with a 3-0 road win as +210 underdogs in the first of two Primera Division dates with Atletico this season, but were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw as strong -135 home chalk in an early April meeting.
A +500 bet to repeat as UCL champions at the start of the season, Real Madrid is currently joined atop the odds at +160 by Juventus, which opened at +1200, while Atletico Madrid has moved from +1400 to +400.
*Odds as of May 2, 2017
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Liquor, Israel sparked diplomatic storms
by Clement Chinoko
In a year when President Lazarus Chakwera was waiting to take over the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) chairmanship, picking up a diplomatic row, even one with less magnitude, was the last incident the nation would have longed for.
After all, the thoughts that the very last moments of 2020 arrived with weird suspicions that government aided founder of Enlightened Christian Gathering Prophet Shepherd Bushiri's escape from South Africa, were still fresh.
His government expelleld five Malawian diplomats: Ramaphosa
In all truth, South Africa is not a friend Lilongwe can afford to lose. According to the most recent data, there are around 87 000 Malawians in the Rainbow Nation, with most working in shops, factories and as domestic workers and gardeners.
Added to that, Malawi's key trade partner is South Africa where 40 percent of its imports come from, World Trade Organisation data shows.
But the unexpected, which set the two nations on the rails of diplomatic collision, happened in 2021. On June 11, the South African government expelled five diplomats at the Malawi High Commission in Pretoria, including then acting High Commissioner Gloria Bamusi.
Their expulsions were in connection with a syndicate in which some diplomats were involved in smuggling of duty-free alcohol, bought under diplomatic privilege, thereby cheating the South African Revenue Services (Sars) an estimated R100 million (about K6.5 billion) a month, according to South African online news publication, News24.
Ghana, Rwanda and Burundi were also previously named in the Sars-led investigation which exposed their abuse of diplomat privilege to buy duty free alcohol for consumption and not for business.
It did not take long for Chakwera to apologise to his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, calling the conduct of the diplomats as despicable behaviour.
"I assured him [Ramaphosa] that the conduct of these individuals does not represent the values of my administration and Malawian people nor does it reflect the cordial and warm bilateral relations between our two countries," he said in a televised address.
In an interview recently, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Rejoice Shumba said the expelled diplomats have not been punished yet as the "ministry has been investigating to establish what really happen and also give them a chance to defend themselves."
Jerusalem embassy plans in limbo
The Tonse Alliance administration in 2020 unveiled plans to establish an embassy in Israel to be located in Jerusalem, a city that has been a centre of a long-standing dispute between Israel and Palestine.
Israel regards Jerusalem as its eternal capital, but Palestinians want the East part of the city which was seized during the 1967 Middle East war, as part of a future State.
Despite growing opposition, including from Palestine itself, and ahead of Malawi taking over the chairmanship of Sadc, a bloc that opposes setting up embassies in Jerusalem, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eisenhower Mkaka insisted the plans were still on.
Sadc opposition to countries moving embassies to Jerusalem was clearly spelt out in a statement issued on May 16 2018 when United States announced it was moving its embassy to Jerusalem.
The year, however, closed its curtains on midnight Friday with Malawi yet to fulfil its plans to launch its embassy in Jerusalem where only United States, of all countries, has its diplomatic mission.
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Note biografiche
Nato da famiglia borghese benestante, seguì gli studi classici a Foggia e quelli universitari a Napoli dove si laureò in Giurisprudenza. Nel 1897, assieme ad altri volontari, andò a combattere in difesa della libertà della Grecia contro i Turchi e partecipò alla storica battaglia di Domokòs in Tessaglia, nella quale cadde il deputato mazziniano Antonio Fratti.

Attività politica
Già nel 1894 si iscrisse al neocostituito Partito Socialista Italiano, spinto dagli ideali assimilati negli ambienti degli intellettuali di sinistra che frequentò a Napoli, ma soprattutto dalla constatazione delle terribili condizioni di lavoro e di vita dei braccianti e dei contadini poveri del Gargano, del Tavoliere e di tutta la Puglia.

Percorse le alterne vicende del PSI fino a diventarne, al XVIII Congresso di Milano (10-15 ottobre 1921), il segretario nazionale, quale esponente della componente massimalista.

La sua azione si svolse in un periodo di grande turbolenza politica e sociale, interna e internazionale: il movimento fascista di lì a pochi giorni si sarebbe trasformato in partito; il 21 gennaio di quell'anno c'era stato a Livorno il XVII congresso del partito socialista con la scissione della componente comunista e la fondazione del Partito Comunista d'Italia; vi era da affrontare la questione dell'adesione o meno del PSI ai 21 punti stabiliti da Lenin come condizione per la partecipazione alla Terza Internazionale.

Divenuto segretario il 15 ottobre 1921, perseguì strenuamente una linea unitaria in grado di tenere dentro il partito le varie anime che vi si confrontavano, tra cui la divisione più netta era tra riformisti e massimalisti. Il suo impegno non poté impedire, al termine del successivo XIX congresso di Roma (3 ottobre 1922) l'espulsione dei riformisti di Turati, che costituiranno il Partito Socialista Unitario.

Mentre Fioritto si dedicava alla ricostruzione dell'organizzazione del partito, uscito a pezzi da una doppia scissione nel corso di nemmeno due anni, frange violente fasciste devastavano le sue sedi, aggredivano e malmenavano i suoi militanti ed i suoi dirigenti.

Fu questo anche il tempo della decisione sull'adesione all'Internazionale comunista, decisione su cui Fioritto temporeggiò, fino a diventare esponente di una corrente di pensiero che, seppure favorevole all'adesione, sosteneva la necessità della persistenza di un partito socialista italiano separato dal PCdI, contro la tesi "fusionista" con il PCdI, caldeggiata da Mosca.

La sua esperienza di segretario nazionale del partito terminò nell'aprile del 1923, a conclusione del congresso che si tenne di nuovo a Milano, nel quale, principalmente ad opera di Pietro Nenni, fu sventata la svendita "sottocosto" del partito secondo le direttive di Mosca.

Da allora Fioritto ebbe un lento e costante distacco da ogni impegno politico, mentre si affermava in Italia la violenza della dittatura fascista. Per tutto il ventennio, egli non cedette mai alle lusinghe del regime.

Dopo la caduta del fascismo, nell'agosto del 1943 Fioritto riprese la sua attività nel partito socialista, di cui riorganizzò validamente le fila in provincia di Foggia. Partecipò per conto del PSIUP, al Congresso di Bari (28 e 29 gennaio 1944) dei CLN delle regioni liberate; fu presidente dell'Amministrazione provinciale di Foggia.

Nel 1946 fu anche membro dell'Assemblea Costituente.

Bibliografia
 Raffaele Mascolo. Domenico Fioritto e il movimento socialista in Capitanata. Foggia, 1979

Voci correlate
XVII Congresso del Partito Socialista Italiano

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Fioritto Domenico e le lotte socialiste in Capitanata, di Giuseppe Manfrin, da Avanti della Domenica - 10 novembre 2002 - anno 5 - numero 41

Deputati dell'Assemblea Costituente (Italia)
Politici del Partito Socialista Italiano
Presidenti della Provincia di Foggia

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Once they were assembled, these elements became the Association for Jewish Studies' chanukiah.
The email landed like a batch of soggy latkes last week: Chanukah candle-lighting would not be permitted at the annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies.
"We recognize the sacrifice many of you will make to attend the conference during the holiday of Chanukah. We apologize that the conference hotel will not allow us to light candles in a separate room, as we have done in the past," the professional group for Jewish studies scholars wrote in a message to its members, of whom approximately 1,200 were expected at the group's meeting in Boston.
Thus began a MacGyver-like scramble by some of the country's leading Jewish studies scholars to hack a Chanukah solution that would comply with both halacha and the Sheraton Boston's interpretation of Massachusetts fire code.
And as is often the case in the Jewish world, the road to the solution went through Teaneck.
At first, the scholarly group directed conference-goers to details about a Chanukah celebration at a nearby synagogue, where menorahs could be lit, at least on the first night of the holiday. But that was little consolation for those whose personal practice of Judaism is rooted in traditional Jewish law, which says the Chanukah menorah must be lit in the place where the lighter eats and sleeps.
Some conference attendees said they would rely on Jewish law's provision for travelers, which says that someone on the road can be considered as having fulfilled the commandment to ignite a Chanukah light if his or her family at home does so. But not everyone at the conference has a family, and even some who do were not satisfied with that option.
Electric menorahs offered another possibility. After all, such devices are frequently found in hotels and other public spaces, and Chabad sometimes uses them in its famous public Chanukah celebrations, this year scheduled for more than 15,000 venues around the world. But the use of oil wicks — or in the last few centuries, wax candles that offer a similar experience — is considered preferable, according to many interpreters of Jewish law; Chabad says that electric menorahs are ideal for symbolic use, but not to fulfill the mandates of Jewish law.
Anger was expressed, both on Facebook and over email. Impractical suggestions for the conference to relocate were made. And fear that some conference-goers would smuggle in contraband menorahs and light them in their hotel rooms mounted.
"You can't stop people from breaking the rules, and it's certainly much less safe to have that than something being watched," Joshua Shanes, a historian at the College of Charleston who was part of the behind-the-scenes scramble, said.
Finally, last Friday morning, with some scholars already Boston-bound, Laura Arnold Leibman, a professor at Reed College and a member of the AJS board, announced a solution.
"We were able to negotiate with the hotel what I am referring to as the 'Kaplan-Shanes compr[om]ise' this morning that should allow for a halachic solution to the candle-lighting situation (see details below), and I was able to get a beautiful hanukkiah this morning from the Israel Bookstore in Brookline that will meet the fire code," she wrote on Facebook, to plaudits from association members.
Under the plan, a single Chanukah lamp can be lit, under supervision, at the hotel. But each candle must be contained within a glass enclosure with at least 2 inches of space above the flame.
So Dr. Leibman bought glass votive holders used for yahrzeit candles, as well as a massive menorah to which they could be affixed.
"This was the only Hanukkiah I could find in Brookline large enough to handle them [and I] will clean them up before Sunday and glue them down for safety to the inserts," Dr. Leibman wrote alongside pictures of the brass menorah on her hotel windowsill.
That solved the problem of the flames. But what of the obligation to light, which under traditional Jewish law each household must fulfill individually?
Enter the "Kaplan" of the compromise: Lawrence Kaplan, a professor of Judaic and rabbinic philosophy at McGill University who is perhaps best known for compiling and editing the teachings of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik of the philosophy of Maimonides, the 12th-century Jewish philosopher. (Locally, he also is known as the brother of lawyer Joseph Kaplan of Teaneck, who regularly writes a column for the Jewish Standard and the New Jersey Jewish News.)
Dr. Kaplan wrote on Facebook that he had consulted Rabbi Daniel Fridman, the rabbi of the Teaneck Jewish Center and the top rabbi at the Torah Academy of Bergen County, for a way to have a single conference-goer fulfill the mitzvah of lighting a Chanukah lamp on behalf of others. He learned that a contribution of a penny (or more) could enable someone to buy into the mitzvah — so a bowl for coins will sit aside the jerry-rigged menorah.
"I really l appreciate the effort and expense to which you went," Dr. Kaplan wrote on Dr. Liebman's Facebook post. "It was easy for me to suggest the idea but it was you who transformed it into a reality."
Now, the discussion has shifted to whether contributions in excess of a penny can be turned into donations to the Association for Jewish Studies — and what can be done to prevent such a snafu in the future. Next year's conference in San Francisco starts after the holiday ends, and the 2024 conference will be online only. But in 2025, the first day of the conference again corresponds with the first night of Chanukah.
Dr. Shanes and Dr. Liebman both indicated that they expected the right to light candles to be written into the contract with any future conference host, marking a return to the old custom of having conference-goers light candles on their own schedule.
"At least for this year, we're all coming together," Dr. Shanes said. "It's a silver lining, I suppose."
Or, as Rabbi Fridman put it, "Maimonides famously states the Chanukah candles are a uniquely cherished mitzvah. The lengths to which the individuals involved went to secure their participation in the mitzvah is a reflection of the eternal truth of Rambam's words, as much as it is a credit to those individuals."
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Q: Mark an asynchronous service function as asynchronous later in the controller I have learned that a function with an asynchronous call (e.g. query to a database) is marked as await and the whole function block as async. However, I can apparently define some asynchronous functions without await and call them later with await (in my controller) and for others I am forced immediately to use await in my service class (VSC editor).
I have a user service class with CRUD operations. I can define findOne(), create() and find() without await, even though they perform asynchronous operations. In the controller I use them with async-await and I don't get an error from VSC even if I forget it. However, I have to use my update() and remove() functions in my service class with await because VSC shows me an error and says that I am missing await. Why do the update() and remove() functions have to be immediately marked with await and the others three do not? The functions save(), findOne() and find() have the same Promise return value as my other two functions and access the same repository.
My code (service class):
@Injectable()
export class UsersService {
  constructor(@InjectRepository(User) private repo: Repository<User>) {}

  create(email: string, password: string) {
    const user = this.repo.create({ email, password });

    return this.repo.save(user);
  }

  findOne(id: number) {
    return this.repo.findOne(id);
  }

  find(email: string) {
    return this.repo.find({ email });
  }

  async update(id: number, attrs: Partial<User>) {
    const user = await this.findOne(id);
    if (!user) {
      throw new NotFoundException('user not found');
    }
    Object.assign(user, attrs);
    return this.repo.save(user);
  }

  async remove(id: number) {
    const user = await this.findOne(id);
    if (!user) {
      throw new NotFoundException('user not found');
    }
    return this.repo.remove(user);
  }
}

Where is the difference and should I then rather always mark all my CRUD operations in the service class immediately as async-await in order to be able to call them later in the controller without async-await?
PS: Sorry if my text is still written too confusing. Why do I have to write await this.findOne() in the function remove(), but I can use this function findOne() with this.repo.findOne(id) without await in the same class, although repo.findOne() is an asynchronous function?

A: You need to use await because you want the value resolved by the promise returned by this.findOne(id)
And this.repo.find() will return a promise as it's async, thus UsersService#findOne returns a Promise too. So:
return await this.repo.findOne(id) will behave the same as:
return this.repo.findOne(id)

Learn about async/await:

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*https://nodejs.dev/learn/modern-asynchronous-javascript-with-async-and-await

*https://javascript.info/async-await

*https://jakearchibald.com/2017/await-vs-return-vs-return-await


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Before me and my 911 moved to Australia last year, I kept an H3R halotron fire extinguisher in the car for emergencies. I went with the halotron with the understanding that discharging it wouldn't do additional damage to the engine bay and electronics like a dry chemical extinguisher will.
Unfortunately I couldn't ship the extinguisher, and when I got here I discovered that halotron is restricted here and you need a license to have it. So it seems like my next best option would be a CO2 extinguisher if I want to put out an engine bay (I'm imagining fuel-fed) fire without trashing everything in the vicinity, but I don't see many people using those in vehicle applications. Is there a reason for that, or should I go with this plan?
Maybe I'll get a dry chemical bottle as a backup.
I also thought of getting a CO2 extinguisher for the garage, figuring it wouldn't be messy/corrosive for small fires, and also figuring it should be cheap. Seems that in the US at least, CO2 extinguishers are not cheap at all. Maybe a regulated CO2 emissions thing?
Look in to the Element Fire Extinguishers. Should solve all your problems. Even available thru our host. I just picked up 2 of them.
Here in Norway CO2 is common. All the extinguishers at my business are CO2 for the exact reasons you mention. They are effective and don't ruin electronics.
Fire extinguisher install. Some assembly (and welding) required.
The slope is not slippery; in fact it is entirely frictionless.
Check if HFC 236fa fire extinguishers are available and legal in Australia.
HFC 236fa or FE 36 is supposed to be a clean agent.
Unfortunately it's not, everything like that is "scheduled" here and requires a license.
Thanks for bringing these to my attention, I'd never heard of them! You can get them here under the Firestryker brand. I'll consider one of these or a CO2 bottle... or both!
This solution also looks really interesting, and on their "Engine Compartments" page you can even see one installed in an older 911. But given they use an HFC clean agent, I think I'll have the same license issue as with Halotron etc.
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I have mine laying right next to the drivers seat and the door sill.


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By CANARYKING, October 27, 2020 in Main Discussion - Norwich City
CANARYKING 227
P 8 W 7 D1 L 0 For 15 Agst 3 - Points 22
seven points in the lead, I had them down for relegation
Yellow and Green 111
Fair play to them - they've certainly come from nowhere! I guess it has been a masterstroke appointing Paunovic as manager.
The only thing I'd say is that they've had decent fixtures so far. I'd argue Watford, Blackburn and Borough are the toughest they've faced.
Has anyone seen any of their games? Are they as good as the table suggests?
5 shots on target and 4 goals. Barely any possession and giving teams chances up the other end.
Either theyre one of the best drilled, disciplined teams with exceptionally clinical frontmen or they're going to slowly fall down the table.
The start they've had will always do wonders for confidence though and that can go a long way.
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 1,343
Apparently before tonight, they were bottom in the league for both shots on goal and xG, despite being top of the table.
As has been said, either they've got some extremely clinical finishers or they've been riding their luck somewhat.
wooster 83
One of my neighbours is a Reading fan and he can't believe they are doing as well as they are.
He's enjoying looking down on Norwich and asking when we are going to catch up.
I had tried to reassure him that with Bowen in charge (as an ex-Norwich man) nothing could go wrong. However, his replacement seems to have turned things around.
Branston Pickle 654
It's unusual for the early pacesetters to stay the course, but not unheard of. I recall Gillingham being in a similar position in this division a few years back and they slowly but surely fell away.
They have a beast of a striker João. A proper unit. His goal (their 4th) was excellent.
Ps. I didn't place that emphasis on the a as my predictive text did it for me.
Edited October 27, 2020 by sonyc
2 hours ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:
I've just seen a few of their highlights and a number of their goals seem to be long range strikes that seem to find the back of the net. Who knows if they can keep it up. It looks like they commit numbers forward and play with a clear attacking intent.
Gordon Bennett 237
It won't last.
The Real Buh 705
7 hours ago, CANARYKING said:
Why aren't we them?
Momentum is key and if they get their confidence up, as it surely must be at the moment, then they may be able to stay at the top. However, they are bound to have some iffy games and how they react to that will govern whether they can maintain their challenge.
Dr Greenthumb 177
1 hour ago, The Real Buh said:
Ever tried contributing to a conversation?
A look at some of their highlights and recent stats would tend to suggest that they are having one of those spells where everything finds the back of the net and everything is breaking their way.
If you look at the BBC stats for their games in particular their recent run is quite remarkable. Almost the polar opposite of us who are regularly utterly dominant statistically in our games. Reading have been unbelievably clinical.
Whether this is sustainable for them long term remains to be seen. Obviously confidence builds and momentum will take you a long way but can you really keep scoring 75%+ of your shots at goal over a prolonged period and allowing your opponants to have twice as many chances?
Interesting in light of the discussions elsewhere on whether our high levels of possession paint a deceptive picture of our control in games.
norfolk royal 3
There's a thread on the Reading forum which explains it from the fans point of view.
https://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=188031
One of the posts pasted below summarises reasonably.
Olise is better
Laurent brings balance to midfield
We have depth in midfield with Semedo
Aluko isn't a complete waste of space
Richards has improved
Moore is better
The manager has changed - I don't think for one minute we'd be doing this well under Bowen, although no one thinks they'd be doing this well ever. I think we'd be much improved on last year, but not to this extent. We've got the balance between playing out and going long right for the first time in at least a decade.
Back to me, some of those names will be unfamiliar but of those, Olise is an 18-year old of high skill, having a similar impact to say, Cantwell or Buendia for Norwich, when they burst onto the scene.
Laurent is a midfielder who was a steal from Shrewsbury, Richards a young left back much like Jamal Lewis, say.
Liam Moore is the centre half who is Premiership borderline quality but was dropped towards the end of last season. He has been welcomed back into the fold by the new Serbian manager Paunovic and is now playing at the top of his game.
Missing from that list is Lucas Jaoa who has been around for some time in the championship but nobody has ever got him playing at his best, which is pretty devastating. The new manager has solved that though his injury record suggests it may not be for long.
And Michael Morrison, a centre half, former Birmingham captain who we got on a free. His pairing with Moore is crucial at the back and part of the reason for the many shut outs we are getting. The other reason for that is that we are effectively playing two holding midfielders, Laurent and Rinomohta in front of Moore and Morrison. Teams are finding it impossible to attack us through the middle due to that pair's athleticism and understanding.
With regards to the new manager whose main claim to fame before this was winning the World Championships under 20 tournament for Serbia. His approach is being likened rather optimistically by some to Klopp's approach at Liverpool.
That's a bold claim but there is a kernel of truth to it. At the end of one of the first games Paunovic called all the players back out onto the pitch for a huddle. But crucially he included all the backroom staff in that, injured players, one hobbling onto the pitch on crutches, and academy players. It was clear then that he was fostering an 'all reading from the same book' team spirit, something managers hack on about endlessly.
Also crucial to the improvement has been sorting out the form at home. Reading lost 15 games at home last season which is a shocking record. But the clues that improvement was possible was the away form which was impressive.
We are now winning games at home. How has that been solved?: For the first hour of games we have been relying on the defence to shut teams out then pick them off in the second half. A lot of our fans have been saying this is a risky strategy against the better teams, would include Norwich in that. A few mistakes and we're two-nil down and chasing the game. That hasn't happened, yet, so we don't know how we would fare in that scenario.
With regard to xG, well, statistics. We have been clinical in attack and had few shots, that is true. But when you go two-nil up in games you don't really need many more shots. Because we are confident defensively now, we are happy to conceded possession and watch the other teams pass it around in midfield until they founder.
Someone above mentioned our home game against Wycombe where they had more shots. Indeed they did but these were tame efforts in the main from distance and they did not carve out a single clear chance really.
All this has been achieved with arguably our best player, Jon Swift, out injured long term and the first choice right back Yiadom also out injured long term.
So will our form continue? Crucial to that is keeping Jaoa fit so watch that space. We play Coventry away tomorrow and I suspect we will win that if we play 80 per cent of the level we played at Blackburn on Tuesday.
Realistically our form will take a dip at some point, of course it will. Or will it? We only lost two games and amassed 106 points in our last promotion season from the championship.
Lastly, having lived in Norwich for 35 years and count many NCFC season ticket holders as mates, the double whammy for me will be Reading and Norwich getting promoted at the end of the season. I don't think that is impossible.
46 minutes ago, norfolk royal said:
Interesting to get more details and seems no doubt you have made a decent coaching appoint and appear to have recruited well. I've got no doubt you can harnass this momentum and stay up towards the top.
What will be interesting to see is how much can be read into the stats because notwithstanding what you say above, its clear that you are scoring a from an almost unheard of percentage of your attacking chances at the moment (for example 10 shots in the last 2 games and 7 goals) and are not actually creating very many chances in games and giving away a fair few chances that teams are just not taking. Those type of statistics would tend to suggest a dip is in the offing but then you should beat Cov away and then before you know it we are a quarter of the way through the season. We too were regularly outperforming our Xg stats in the early part of our promotion season two years ago but the confidence and momentum you get from winning games can be powerful.
1 minute ago, Jim Smith said:
Hi. You say based on the stats we are' giving away a fair few chances that teams are just not taking.' I think that is misleading. The games I've seen I don't think I've seen the opposition teams creating hardly any chances where you say 'Oooh, they should have scored that.' As I say the 'chances' have not been clear cut. If they were you would expect us to have let in more than three goals unless everyone we've played has forgotten their shooting boots.
Two of those goals were scored by Armstrong on Tuesday night. Free scoring Blackburn with a top striker. Look at their two goals to provide clues on how to attack us, and it's not down the middle as my OP said.
Blackburn are a good team with some players that can really hurt you, make no mistake about that.
But what was notable about that game was that every time they got within a goal of us we simply upped our game and scored again. Sign of a good team? Well hopefully. You're right to say the confidence and momentum you get from winning games is powerful. Certainly the case.
Midlands Yellow 671
Alan Clark's diaries and it's a very funny book.
lappinitup 415
Where's lincoln canary (& Golden Coppel) when you need him? Long standing Reading fan and NCFC expert....
23 hours ago, Jim Smith said:
I don't know much about Reading, but good grief, Blackburn's defending was pathetic! Where was the keeper for the 1st goal. Two absolute powder puff attempts at tackles for the 2nd goal. Probably a good thing they are scoring lots.
Block Y Seat 176 27
Watching the Blackburn goals reminded me of some of the positions Hugill should be taking up in the penalty area. He often seems to wait for a ball in the penalty to reach instead of moving in front of the defender to attack the ball and score. Much depends on the cross as well. The Blackburn goals were scored by attacking to ball.
Reading can try and convince you they are a decent team, but end of the day they are as bland and souless as you can imagine and even when full their stadium is always a libary.
Nevermind this. Never forgive them for this one.
Nuff Said 1,380
OTBC
1 hour ago, cambridgeshire canary said:
Sounds like a rejected Eurovision entry.
It's null points from me.
FenwayFrank 931
"With our might, we will defend the glory of Reading "
Mullet 55
3 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said:
I quite liked it, I'd settle for fit bird doing a Norwich song where are you Myleene Klass
Bonzo 71
Respect to Reading.
1. They have goals from a number of players.
2. They finish their chances.
3. They don't concede easily.
They deserve their league position. It looks like they have quality in their side albeit quality that has not been recognised by others. Joao for example was rated at over 7 by who scored last season and now looks like he might chase Ivan Toney for the accolade of Championship top scorer.
There are a few others in the side who also look like they will end the season in double figures for goals scored.
Based on what we have seen so far they should be considered as genuine title contenders. 7 wins one draw from 8 games and the best goal difference in the league. That isn't a fluke. It's not a lucky start either.
If other sides don't work out how to play them and continue to write them off then Reading are almost certainly getting promoted.
I may as well concede that I had Reading to win the league (was it Diane organising the pre season picks for the foundation?). So, I've put my money where my mouth is you could say.
I think they are a very strong team, who play the ball very quickly and are especially strong in midfield, which has protected their defence. They have Joao in attack with the pace of Aluko. They do look very decent and obviously I don't believe they will falter or fall away. Cue...defeat tonight at lowly Coventry?
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Coventry 1 Reading 0...... long may it continue
Cov 1 - 0 up. They look half decent.
Reading are playing well, but I get the feeling that they're high on confidence rather than sheer ability.
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Watching the game in Canada,can't see why reading are top on this performance so far. Coventry more than holding there own.
Funny how we all see a game. I've felt Reading have been stronger. That said, I cheered when Coventry scored as I want us to reduce the gap tomorrow lunchtime.


Hubbub - From West Suffolk to the West End!
From West Suffolk to the West End!
Help Tom get there via the UK's leading drama school Arts Ed, London.
"Tom Barber is a great natural talent. I am convinced that he will certainly go on from West Suffolk to the West End. He deserves all the help he can get in order to reach his target. His work ethic and passion is unquestionable."
I have worked hard to train and prepare for drama school auditions and am delighted to have been offered a place at Arts Educational School to study their BA in Musical Theatre starting in September this year. As you are probably aware government cuts in funding have made these places more expensive and the student loan does not cover all the fees. In fact it leaves me £8,000 short per year. Time is running out and I still do not have sufficient funds to take my place.
I started playing guitar when I was 8 years old and began performing straight away. My confidence grew and I started to sing and then later, act. At 13 I discovered I could combine all my talents in musical theatre, and since then have taken lead roles in a number of musicals and plays including Sweeney Todd (Anthony), Grease (Danny Zuko), Kes (Jud), Our House (Dad), A Flea In Her Ear (Don Homenides De Histangua), Bent (Max), Spring Awakening (Melchior), Bonnie and Clyde (Clyde) and I have also featured as a special guest for "Ruthie Henshall and Her Band" along with Kerry Ellis. Now I have the opportunity to train and turn my talents into a career having secured one of only 50 places at one of the most prestigious drama schools in the world. Living in rural Suffolk has its benefits, however moving to London is an experience I will relish.
Why do I love performing?
I like to connect with an audience and seeing the change in their emotional state throughout a performance. For me it's all about the power of live theatre. Researching characters and understanding their perspective is fantastic for me as I feel every production educates me. I found school challenging, but when I discovered my passion for Performance, I found a strong work ethic and drive to succeed. This all came to fruition on receiving my offer from Arts Ed. I look forward to the next step in my training and looking for help in allowing me realise my full potential.
I plan to use all that I raise to help make up the difference between the money I am able to put on a student loan and the tuition fees for the first year at Arts Ed.
It's a matter of give and take!
I have put some fab rewards together to thank anyone who wishes to help me. Check them out.
Here are some Tom&Paris links for Elastic Heart , Blame It On Me , and our Our SoundCloud .
This link takes you to the full performance of Spring Awakening with me as Melchior.
Complimentary gig ticket and a free drink on me. Date and venue TBA.
A one hour Guitar/Singing lesson for one person. Travelling within 20 miles of Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.
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Perform a half hour set at any function over the summer. Requests for songs are welcome. Additional costs for travel to be discussed if further than 30 miles from Bury St Edmunds.
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A free pair of tickets for all future shows I am in.


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Good health is the greatest blessing, and health is a means of everything.
(Dhanvantari had gone to the forest to collect medicinal herbs when a bird on a tree above cried thrice) "Who is free from ailment?" (Dhanvantari assumed the bird was addressing the question to him, so replied) (He) who eats nutritious food, who eats moderately, who has his senses under control, who is disciplined. (The bird cried thrice yet again to which he further replied) (He) who walks a hundred steps and sleeps on his left side.


Andrea's blindside at least week's tribal council leads to an awkward reunion for her with Matt on Redemption Island. Her reception isn't exactly warm with the ex-Zapateras uninterested in making space for her in the shelter. Matt, meanwhile, starts a war of words with her over why he was sent home.
After an icy night (literally and figuratively) on Redemption Island, Andrea, Matt, Ralph and Mike face off in a dual. Using a slider, the castaways have to complete a table maze. Completing the maze releases the sliders which they use to break a tie and release a set of puzzle pieces. The last one unable to finish the puzzle is sent to the jury.
Ralph jumps out to an early lead, but struggles with the puzzle allowed the others to catch up. Mike takes advantage of Ralph's difficulty with the puzzle and finishes first. Matt calmly finishes second while Andrea rebounds from early jitters and a last place finish in the maze to stave off elimination in third. Despite finishing the maze first, Ralph is unable to solve the puzzle and joins the jury.
Back at the Murlonio camp the remaining five members are trying to figure out who will go next. Boston Rob and Grant sense that Ashley might be gunning for one of them and want to break up her pairing with Natalie. Ashley, meanwhile, believes she is a target and wants to do anything she can to put it on someone else and proposes a plan to get rid of Grant. Ultimately Boston Rob seems to be able to convince Natalie that Ashley needs to be the next to go.
The reward challenge has the five remaining players using fish hooks to retrieve puzzle pieces used to assemble a vertical puzzle. All with one hand tied behind their back. Grant jumps out to an early lead, but struggles with the fish hooks after completing the first and second sections. Boston Rob is known for his puzzle solving skills, but seems off being able to use just one hand. Ashley takes advantage of their shortcomings and steals immunity.
Unable to vote for Ashley, Boston Rob faces a difficult decision on who to get rid of. If he goes with Grant and ousts Natalie, he goes back on his often professed pledge to Natalie to take her to the end. If he sticks with Natalie and Ashley and gets rid of Grant, he loses a good friend. Ultimately Rob decides to stay with Natalie and Ashley and Phillip also vote out Grant.


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Colorado Ignores Supreme Court, Puts Christian Baker in Crosshairs Again
By Jack Davis August 15, 2018 at 8:24am
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Baker Jack Phillips is fighting back against the latest attempt by the state of Colorado to infringe on his right to live according to his religious beliefs.
Phillips on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled failed to treat Phillips fairly when he was sued for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, according to The Daily Caller.
Phillips, who runs the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, took his stand in 2012. The case made its way to the Supreme Court, which issued its ruling in June. The attorneys representing Phillips said the state refused to let the matter rest.
"The state of Colorado is ignoring the message of the U.S. Supreme Court by continuing to single out Jack for punishment and to exhibit hostility toward his religious beliefs," said Kristen Waggoner, Alliance Defending Freedom's senior vice president of U.S. legal division, in a news release.
"Even though Jack serves all customers and simply declines to create custom cakes that express messages or celebrate events in violation of his deeply held beliefs, the government is intent on destroying him — something the Supreme Court has already told it not to do. Neither Jack nor any other creative professionals should be targeted by the government for living consistently with their religious beliefs."
The ADF said that in June 2017, Phillips was asked by attorney Autumn Scardina to create a cake that was pink on the inside and blue on the outside to celebrate Scardina's gender transition. Phillips refused. This was among many requests to bake cakes about marijuana use or those containing sexually explicit messages and Satanic symbols, according to The Daily Caller. Phillips believes Scardina is behind all of these requests.
After the Supreme Court found in Phillips' favor this year, the commission took action on complaints Scardina filed and decided that there is probable cause to believe that Phillips must bake the gender-transition cake Scardina requested, triggering a new round of proceedings against Phillips.
"After 'Masterpiece' came down from the Supreme Court, we expected Colorado to take that into account and realize that it was a bad decision to keep targeting Jack for his religious convictions," said Jeremy Tedesco, ADF's senior counsel and vice president of U.S. Advocacy and Administration, according to PJ Media. "Instead, they found probable cause."
Is this blatant persecution of a Christian for his beliefs?
Yes: 99% (455 Votes)
"He's going to be fully investigated again, there will be hearings from an administrative law judge. It's restarting the entire scenario," Tedesco told PJ Media, explaining that to avoid that, the ADF filed suit in federal court to end proceedings now.
Tedesco said that he fears harassment against Phillips will not end.
"The most common misconception amongst people generally and people who care about religious freedom is that you can win a case and then walk away," Tedesco told PJ Media. "We always tell our friends that our opposition doesn't rest. I don't think there's any better example of that principle than this same commission taking up essentially the same case against the same man."
"The left and progressively minded commissions like this will never rest," Tedesco added. "It's just a matter of eternal vigilance."
CNS News reported that the lawsuit bases its claims on the Constitution's protection of religious liberty.
"The Constitution stands as a bulwark against state officials who target people — and seek to ruin their lives — because of the government's anti-religious animus. For over six years now, Colorado has been on a crusade to crush Plaintiff Jack Phillips…because its officials despise what he believes and how he practices his faith," the lawsuit states.
"Colorado has renewed its war against him by embarking on another attempt to prosecute him, in direct conflict with the Supreme Court's ruling in his favor. This lawsuit is necessary to stop Colorado's continuing persecution of Phillips."
ADF Senior Counsel Jim Campbell told CNS the facts of the case are clear.
"The arbitrary basis on which the state is applying its law makes clear that its officials are targeting Jack because they despise his religious beliefs and practices," he said. "Jack shouldn't have to fear government hostility when he opens his shop for business each day. We're asking the court to put a stop to that."
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Pandemic Cybersecurity
Blog — Mar 20, 2020
One of the more disturbing things about a pandemic is the sense of helplessness it creates. Even when we ourselves are not getting sick, isolation and social distancing leave us unable to escape the seriousness of the situation. We find ourselves sitting and worrying when normally we would be out and about, and all we hear are further stories about how this situation is overtaking society - steadily climbing numbers of infected, with more and more extreme measures being taken to try and contain the disease. We know that by isolating we are contributing to making things better in the long run, but actively doing nothing doesn't feel like we are actively doing anything to help the situation.
As a cybersecurity professional, I am fortunate enough to be working in an industry where it is at least possible to do much of my work remotely. In light of the situation, I wanted to reflect on the meaning of that work, and do something to share what the pandemic looks like from our vantage point. My hope is that this work may help you better understand how cybersecurity can manifest effects and impacts in the real world and the role it can play in protection of your business and clients.
At eSentire, we offer Managed Detection and Response (MDR). Essentially, we monitor for threats that get through automated defenses and then step in to neutralize and contain them. Many of the clients we protect are organizations on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19 today, or delivering critical infrastructure to them. In the background somewhere, our work is helping keep hospitals and medical research labs online, protecting them and critical services they need from cybersecurity attacks that could disrupt or shut them down.
To illustrate visually, the data studio display below shows some of the security incidents we've seen from critical service sectors that eSentire MDR has protected over the last year. The various interactive toggles allow drilling down and exploring meta data on real security incidents that have occurred over the period of the pandemic. Keep in mind, to keep these clients anonymized we've changed a few things [1]. Using this dashboard, you can drill down and interact with examples of real security incidents that have targeted healthcare services, medical research and critical infrastructure during this pandemic and see what we step in to prevent.
Exploit Attempts
By far, the most frequent type of attack we've observed is also the least significant - exploits coming through perimeter security and touching briefly on internal systems. Mostly, this is just background noise of the internet being let through a hole in the perimeter (often one intentionally made in the interests of availability), but we're working to identify the known bad and act as a second line of active defense where clients have left gaps in their firewalls for whatever reason.
Suspicious Activity
The next most frequent type of incident we've seen is Suspicious Activity, which is when our Security Operations Center (SOC) investigations picked up something out of the ordinary that needed to be raised for additional investigation. These are usually benign, but a fair number of potentially serious problems are caught here and some preventable disasters averted.
Dangerous Incidents
Our continual investigations also regularly hit upon smaller numbers of other real, serious attacks in progress: events where someone is trying to brute force their way into sensitive systems, scam people into giving up their passwords, or deploying malicious code like ransomware or other payloads onto hospital systems. Our objective here is to contain and disrupt such incursions as we see them before the attacker can expand their toehold into a position where they can threaten to take an entire hospital or infrastructure system offline, and keep the cleanup to a manageable level for on-site IT.
In cybersecurity, these sorts of situations going undetected until it's too late are the things we worry about constantly - imagine an already overloaded hospital in the middle of a pandemic suddenly losing computer powered diagnostic machines, test results, patient records, access to research - or even just the software helping with the logistics of organizing doctors to best effect. Today, that nightmare is an ever present possibility and we are all too often finding ourselves as the last line of defense in preventing it. After all, for some attackers, events today are being seen just as an opportunity - who wouldn't pay up on a ransom if it keeps a hospital's doors open during a pandemic?
Feel free to use this dashboard to look out on the fight against covid from our vantage point as events develop and get a sense for how we are working to help keep hospitals and infrastructure open and online during this emergency. If you drag over the pandemic timeline at the top, you can restrict the view to just a specific timeline (this will also resize and/or limit the dots shown based on activity), or you can drill down and explore on other properties by interacting with the map, pie charts, and tables.
At the end of the day, cybersecurity is helping to play its part in supporting reliable access to healthcare technologies. And when I consider that doctors and hospitals need those tools as they steer us through this pandemic, the knowledge that what we do helps allow them to focus on what matters makes me feel less helpless in this isolation.
[1] We've aggregated and altered things here slightly to avoid disclosing anything that could be used to identify our clients or help attackers: the actual locations attacked are moved and fuzzed to geolocations hundreds of miles away, the data is a cross section rather than a complete set, and we're not disclosing any specifics about any of the incidents beyond a loose classification of what happened (and only after we've fully handled it)
eSentire
eSentire is the Authority in Managed Detection and Response, protecting the critical data and applications of 1500+ organizations in 80+ countries from known and unknown cyber threats. Founded in 2001, the company's mission is to hunt, investigate and stop cyber threats before they become business disrupting events. Combining cutting-edge machine learning XDR technology, 24/7 Threat Hunting, and proven security operations leadership, eSentire mitigates business risk, and enables security at scale. The Team eSentire difference means enterprises are protected by the best in the business with a named Cyber Risk Advisor, 24/7 access to SOC Cyber Analysts & Elite Threat Hunters, and industry-leading threat intelligence research from eSentire's Threat Response Unit (TRU). eSentire provides Managed Risk, Managed Detection and Response and Incident Response services. For more information, visit www.esentire.com and follow @eSentire.


Here's a solution that 1) resizes the featured image to the right size, 2) uses the first image in the post if a featured image is not set and 3) falls back to a default image if none of the above are true.
TimThumb is a popular script that crops and resizes images and then caches them that is used in many WordPress themes. Download the script from the project page and save it as timthumb.php in your wp-content folder.
The script's purpose is to resize images that are not hosted on your website, and therefore unable to be resized by WordPress. By default it only resizes external images from a few 'safe' sources, e.g. flickr.com, but you can override that by setting define ('ALLOW_EXTERNAL', TRUE); in the script. Please read up on the TimThumb documentation.
In your theme folder, add the following code to your functions.php file. If your theme doesn't have a functions.php file, simply create it and save it into your theme folder.
Call the featured_image_thumb() function in your theme, e.g.
The add_image_size() function only works on images that are uploaded from this point forward. You can force WordPress to regenerate the images again with that specific size by using the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin.
23 Comments on "Custom size featured image thumbnail with fallback in WordPress"
Hi, this sounds great and pretty much what i was looking for. i was wondering if it would be possible that in case no featured picture is set, to use the first (or any random) picture uploaded into a (standard) gallery of a post? or is there no difference? (because i actually never place pictures into a post, only galleries). The thing is that i have a template called gallery, where i simply want to put all posts (in my case nothing more then photo albums, no text). So i am looking for a way how to post only the featured image (ore only one) of a gallery. Your post is interesting, because it would assure that there would be always a featured image, even if i forget to set one. Do you understand how i mean this? Thanks a lot! Great post and super smart idea!
It is amazing! First of all i realised i didn't came back to you to say thank you so much! Your hint and the link to john ford was exactly the key to my problems. i was now wondering, if there is also the possibility to automatically use the last added picture as featured image instead of the first added picture. i certainly could do it manually, but the whole idea was to have it done automatically… any idea?
Perhaps you can use it to grab the last image from $matches. Let me know how it goes!
Hey, Thanks a lot for the hint, i will try if i can figure it out. its amazing how much you know, i mean, even if you don't know, you know where to look. thanks a lot!
Hey man, great stuff and this is exactly what I needed, however there was just one thing I was hoping you help me with with the code.
Is there a way to axe the function that pulls the featured image from the post and just have the function either pull the first image and resize or use a default image?
Ah shoot, ignore this…total mind fart on my part.
I had a cobbled together script to work with TimThumb for automatically pulling the thumbnail for the first image or featured image, but this is written much cleaner and easier to setup. Nice work, and thanks for sharing.
Only one question, I have simply duplicated the function with a different name in order to provide different sized thumbnails for the Index, and Archive pages (230xx129px and 325pxx183px). Is there the possibility of cleaning up the script to handle multiple image sizes?
I am not a programmer so it is beyond my knowledge, and your help already has been very appreciated.
hi, this is a nice solution but how do you create a real fall back thumbnail?
with the given solution a post thumbnail is shown in the frontend but it's not registrated as a real post thumbnail in the backend in the backend.
Hi Thomas, I don't think what you're looking for is possible. What if the post doesn't have any images attached? Or what if the image is hot linked from an external site?
the default-post-plugin was exactly what i was looking for!
Hmm.. so if you turn off wp-debug there's no error?
Not sure what it means because my code above has nothing about an offset. Maybe it's caused by code before line 505?
After implementing this, I noticed the images do not display in firefox or internet explorer. I think I may have missed something.
For some reason that make the thumbnails disappear in IE and firefox.
Is there a way to keep it from pulling the featured image, but still pull the first and use the default?
Aw, found the solution and it's completely unrelated to your magnificent code.
Just in case anyone else has the same issue, uncheck "filter suspicious query strings" under WP Better Security if you're rolling with it, and the thumbnails should show up in firefox and IE.


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Love the beef ribs. Super moist and lots of lovely fat + tendon marbling. Melt in your mouth!
The sambal here is really spicy. O_O I had no idea it would be as hot as it is. I had "Spicy"
( Comes in "Not-spicy", "Medium" and "Spicy") .
Anyways photos taken from my Xperia so the quality is really meh.
Will visit again and do a proper review!
After lunch, took a stroll around and stumbled upon this super awesome moving-out clearance sale at SASA in eCurve. Most makeup/skincare were those sold at SASA regularly, which don't usually go on discount - or really low discounts up to 10% off kind - and there, they were going at 50% - 70% off. Wow!!!
These aren't even expired ( or going-to-expire ) stocks!
Just that the SASA is clearing out so they need to sell off EVERYTHING.
Yes, that's the receipt of my whole list of stuff.
In my defense, some of em are gifts!
Palgantong (apparently) produces Japan's #1 Powders.
Most of them are Made in Korea / Made in Taiwan.
Going for 5 pcs @ RM11!
Snail based skin-care has been gaining popularity.
Sounds totally gross but gonna just try it for once! Hehe.
Tip: Put your masks in the fridge before pampering! Makes it really cold and delightful on the face.
Hope you enjoyed my crazy hauls.
I might just head to SASA again with Charis.


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Q: Suggestions for Dell server for small office (< 10 users) that supports VMWare or similar environment Looking to upgrade a small office from current Standalone SBS 2003 to something a little more updated. Basically, I'm thinking of getting a Dell server which can support a small VMware environment, so they can consolidate two - three of their lightly loaded servers.. Would appreciate any suggestions..

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*Which model of Dell (Rack mountable) to recommend. Best Value for the cost.

*Which Virtual machine environment to use.

*Any other insights? Should they be upgraded from 2003 to SBS 2008?

thanks.

A: Here's what I'd buy (sorry for the odd formatting, it's a C'n'P job from their site.
SmartValue! DELL™ PowerEdge™ R410 (SV3R410)

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*Base:
PowerEdge R410 Chassis for Up to 4x 3.5" Cabled HDDs, LED Diagnostics, Intel 5600 Series Support   396012   1   [210-31960]   1

*Processor:
Intel Xeon E5620, 4C, 2.40Ghz, 12M Cache, 5.86GT/s, 80W TDP, Turbo, HT, Memory runs at 1066MHz Max   391420   1   [213-11734]   146

*Memory:
12GB Memory for 1 CPU, DDR3, 1333Mhz (3x4GB Dual Ranked RDIMMs)   259814   1   [370-15332]   3

*Extended Service:
3Yr Basic Warranty - NBD Included - No Upgrade Selected   259931   1   [710-16896]   30

*Raid Connectivity:
C21 Cabled - RAID 1 with PERC S300, 2 SAS/SATA Cabled HDDs   356808   1   [780-12017]   1009

*2 x Hard Drive - Multiquantity:
600GB, SAS 6Gbps, 3.5-in, 10K RPM Hard Drive (Cabled)   364500   2   [400-19708]   1209

*Power Supply:
Power Supply, Redundant, 500W   257941   1   [450-13386]   1015

*Powercord:
2x Rack Power Distribution Unit Power Cord   195044   1   [450-11421]   207

*Server Management Cards:
iDRAC6 Embedded BMC   256923   1   [565-10165]   1314

*Network Cards Multi-quantity:
Intel® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter, Cu, PCIe-4   295325   1   [540-10689]   1230

*Front Bezel:
1U Rack Bezel   257406   1   [350-10513]   669

*Rack Mounting Rails:
Sliding Ready Rails with Cable Management Arm   257399   1   [770-10942]   88

*Anti Theft Device & Asset Tagging:
Asset Tag - Order Details (system type, barcode, Dell Order #, customer PO, shipping date)   300877   1   [293-10020][888-10014]   67

*Base warranty:
3Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day - Minimum Warranty   368840   1   [709-10414][709-10563]   29

My reasoning is this - it's a dual socket machine with a single socket full so that you can easily upgrade in the future. I've chosen the cheapest quad-core WITH hyperthreading CPU available, added 3 x 4GB of memory (you could buy this cheaper elsewhere), mirrored SAS disks (I wouldn't trust any SATA disk to run 24/365 myself), a couple of extra 1Gb NICs, rails with cable arms, redundant PSU and a quite useful asset tag.
On this I'd run the free version of VMWare's ESXi 4.1 - as you only have a single ESX server you wouldn't really benefit from the paid version just yet.
I'm no SBS expert but if it's not too expensive to upgrade then I'd imagine it'd be worthwhile.
Good luck.