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Scherzer took a no-hit bid into the sixth against a New York starting lineup that was again without Alex Rodriguez, who flied out with two on in the sixth as a pinch hitter.
Austin Jackson added a solo shot in the seventh for Detroit, and Peralta hit another homer an inning later.
The game ended with first baseman Prince Fielder, Detroit's prized off-season acquisition, gleefully calling off his teammates on Jayson Nix's popup and making the catch for the final out. .
Detroit won its 11th American League pennant and first since 2006. The Tigers have five days off before the World Series starts Wednesday at defending champion St. Louis or 2010 winner San Francisco.
After scoring in just three of 39 innings during the series, the Yankees head home to face unpleasant questions about their future following a postseason of awful hitting and benched stars.
Rodriguez, the $275 million third baseman, was out of the starting lineup for the third time in the playoffs. Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera could only watch following season-ending injuries.
The Yankees hit .188 in the postseason and .157 in the LCS. New York went quietly in the ninth inning, with the Comerica Park crowd chanting "Sweep!" while the last three batters made out in order.
Detroit outhit New York 16-2 in the finale and 46-22 in the series.
Without a World Series title since 1984, Detroit lost to Texas in last year's ALCS but signed Fielder in the off-season. The excitement of that bold move subsided a bit when the Tigers struggled to a 26-32 start in the AL Central, but they overtook the Chicago White Sox in the final 10 days of the regular season and won the division with an 88-74 record, matching the Cardinals for the fewest wins among the 10 playoff teams..


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Get a feel of the online evaluation mechanisms and e-learning methodologies embraced at the Spanish school.
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The spread of Covid-19 has underscored the challenges facing some sectors, including education. In just three days in March 2020, ESADE (Spain) rapidly responded to the crisis, migrating the classes of 4,200 students to an e-learning format and achieving a high participation rate, namely, 94% student attendance and follow-up. Today, the institution has launched an innovative methodology for administering online exams with the necessary academic supervision to optimise students' testing experience in digital education.
The evaluation model has been one of the main concerns in the university world. At ESADE, teaching innovation is a strategic pillar, which, coupled with the school's prestige, enabled a very agile roll-out of a specific methodology for digital exams. "Our students can breathe easy. We have already successfully evaluated more than 1,000 students," explained Koldo Echebarria, Director General of ESADE. "The educational experience is the key factor setting us apart; that is true in the digital arena, as well," he added.
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At ESADE, innovation in educational methodology also applies to the evaluations of its academic programmes. In this regard, 400 students from the subject Corporate Strategy from the school's Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) and Double Degree (BBA + Law) programmes have been successfully evaluated. To accomplish this, five different exams were drawn up and randomly assigned to the participants through the Moodle platform, indicating a time for their completion.
According to Alfred Vernis, an associate professor in the Department of Strategy and General Management and the subject teacher, "Teachers are going back to basics: making sure students learn with us. The digital methodology poses a twofold challenge: first, we need to be able to move to the online world, keeping students motivated and retaining their attention; and, second, it forces us to rethink how we teach, in order to do better in face-to-face contexts."
Some 180 first-year students from the Full-Time MBA programme were also pioneers, sitting an online exam individually, using the Moodle tool and the Zoom platform, with video cameras to ensure proper supervision. Ivanka Visnijc, an associate professor in the Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at ESADE and director of the ESADE Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management, explained, "Zoom and the requirement to enable your camera allowed us to ensure random supervision of all students, whilst also establishing a two-way communication channel between students, the professor and the staff remotely supervising the exam."
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In accordance with ESADE's Student First methodology, the 340 third-year BBA students enrolled on the subject Financial Strategy were assigned a project. The decision has been quite satisfactory, both for student learning and as an evaluation mechanism for the teacher. "For the project, students had to identify and analyse the concepts we saw in class at real companies, based on the market information that we gave them. They also had the option of sitting an oral exam to raise their mark. This evaluation format had an additional positive impact insofar as it allowed students to strengthen their sense of connection and belonging to a group, helping them cope with the forced isolation," explained Carmen Ansotegui, a professor in the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at ESADE and the leader of the initiative.
As for Executive Education, 337 students from face-to-face programmes are now following their classes in the various online formats and online evaluations are being used. Students on the Executive Master in Finance programme, for instance, sat a three-hour exam using the ProctorU platform.
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ESADE has managed to create the largest portfolio of 100% online programmes, establishing itself as the Spanish-speaking market leader in online and blended education amongst the world's top universities and business schools. The institution is committed to opening new, more flexible, personalised and effective learning paths with its in/on Executive Education programmes, which span a wide range of subjects, from Legal Tech or eSports to Artificial Intelligence in Business.
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OpenSpending is a database, analysis, and visualization tool for budget- and expenditure-related data. It acts as a data warehouse, giving you access access to budgetary data from around the world.
One of OpenSpending's most commonly used features is its ability to easily visualize budgets in two different formats. In this tutorial, we will use data from the World Bank's BOOST portal and visualize it using OpenSpending.
The World Bank's BOOST portal aims at providing insight into the way countries spend their money. They have done this for World Bank grants in Kenya with the portal kenya.wb-boost.org. In this tutorial, we'll use this data and visualize it using OpenSpending.
The first step in the process is downloading the data from the World Bank's BOOST platform.
Open kenya.wb-boost.org in your browser.
It defaults to a map view, which is not optimal for our purposes. Switch to the pivot table view of the tool by clicking on the "pivot table" tab.
The table view is initially empty because the system does not know how to aggregate information.
On the left, there are the options for the data we want to have shown. Add more groups to the selection to allow for a finer picture. Do so by dragging them from the "Group Rows" box into the "Selected Groups" box.
When you have these, click on the "Build Table" button in the middle of the grey area. This will take a while.
Now download the data with the "Export to CSV" button on the center top. This will ask you to pick a folder in which to store the file.
Great - now we have the data, so let's prepare it for OpenSpending!
OpenSpending needs the data to be in a specific format to be able to use it. Specifically, OpenSpending needs one column for the amount spent, one column for the date of the transaction (in our case the year), and then more columns for other properties (such as the spending unit, the sector, the economic category, etc.).
To be able to use the data we just downloaded in OpenSpending, we have to bring it into the necessary form. We will do this with a tool called Open Refine. Refine is made for cleaning data and converting data from one format to another.
Start Refine by double-clicking on the Refine icon. Once it's ready, a browser window will open and point to 127.0.0.1:3333.
First we need to create a project with our new data. Do so by clicking on the "Create Project" tab.
Now choose the file we just downloaded and click "next". This will open the Preview tab. You'll notice how the first row is empty and contains the years for the executed budget.
We want to have the years in the column headings. Let's tell this to Refine. Enter "2" next to the box saying "Parse the next __ lines as column headers".
Now that this is fixed, let's create the project. Click on the "Create Project" button on the top right.
OpenSpending wants a single column for all the amounts and a single column for all the years. Right now we have a column for each year. No problem, let's transpose it.
Select the column options for the first column ("Executed 2003") and select "Transpose → Transpose cells across Columns into rows".
Select "Two new Columns". Call the first Year and the second Amount. Also make sure to select the "fill down in other columns" option.
Click on "Transpose" to do the transposition.
Now we only have to remove the "Executed" in the year column. We do this using a "Transform" on the column.
A menu pops up asking us for the "Expression" to transform. Expressions are like formulas in spreadsheets.
The expression we want to use is value.replace("Executed ","") - this will remove the "Executed " from the cells.
Next, we have to check whether all the years and all the amount fields actually have values in them. Let's do this using a facet. Select "Facet → text facet" on the year column.
This will open a Facet window on the left side.
There are 39 rows where the year is blank – let's delete them. Select the blank rows by clicking on "(blank)".
Now let's remove the rows by selecting "edit rows → remove all matching rows" from the "ALL" column options.
Remove the facet by closing the facet window with the little "x" on the top left.
Now our dataset is ready for Open Spending!
Congratulations! You have successfully prepared a dataset for visualization and analysis in OpenSpending.
The next step we need to take is to upload the Data into OpenSpending. Since OpenSpending does not support direct uploading of data, we'll have to store the data somewhere on the web. This can be your own website - or in our case a community-driven data portal, AfricaOpenData.org.
Note: this step is optional. You could also use a service like Dropbox or your own website to upload the datafile.
Go to africaopendata.org and create a profile.
Now click on the "Add Dataset" button in your dashboard.
This will ask you some basic information for the dataset - a name, a description and so on.
Click on Next to go ahead.
Add a data file by selecting the "Upload a File" tab and choosing your file.
Enter some information about the file and click on "Next".
Now you can enter some further information. Then click "Finish".
Congratulations, you have published a Dataset on AfricaOpenData!
Now that we've got our data online, we can work on getting it into OpenSpending.
Click on the "Log in/register" tab and register a new account, or log in with a previously registered one.
This will open your Dashboard. If you just signed up, this will be empty. Click on the big blue "Import a Dataset" button. This will lead you to a form for you to describe your new dataset. Fill it out.
Click on "Next Step". This puts us into the dashboard for the project. To import a dataset, we have to do several steps.
First, add a source. Click on the "Add a Source" button. Now go back to your uploaded dataset and find the download button (a sample can be found here). Copy the link into the menu that popped up in Open Spending and click on Create.
OpenSpending will now analyze the file and see whether it's good to load. This will take a while - feel free to reload the page to see whether it's done. When it's done, click on the "create model" button.
Open Spending will have recognized most of the columns properly – except it wants a column called "time", and we have to create it. Delete the Year column by clicking on the "X" next to "year" in "Existing Dimensions".
Now let's add a dimension by clicking on the "New Dimension" button. This opens a menu. Select "date" and name it "time".
Click on "Add" to add this dimension. OpenSpending should have automatically identified the "Year" column as the column you want to have.
So far so good. To display data more nicely, OpenSpending needs two dimensions labeled "from" and "to" that refer to who spent the money and for what. In our case, those would be Top-level-spending-units for "from" and sub-economic-category for "to".
Let's do this similarly to how we added "time". Remove "top-level-spending-units" from the existing dimensions. Create a dimension called "from".
Now you can add all the attributes to "from" here. In our case, it's just the one column.
Now do the same for "sub-economic-category" and "to".
To make sure it doesn't double-load the data, OpenSpending needs to know how to determine whether a record is already there. This is done by specifying which combination of columns marks an entry as unique.
To define this, select "Set Unique Dimensions". A popup will appear. Check all dimensions except "amount".
Great - now click on "Update" and then on "Save Dimensions". This should create a Model in OpenSpending - so it understands what your data looks like.
Once we have created our model, we can load the data. Go back to the Dashboard and click the "Load" button next to your source. This will take a while and run through. Reload the page and check until the run is finished. Now we can open the dataset. Click on the link next to the "house" icon on the top.
Congratulations! You have uploaded a dataset to OpenSpending!
Now that we have our Dataset on OpenSpending, let's create a visualization.
Click on the Visualization tab and select "create a visualization".
We want to create a TreeMap, so let's select "TreeMap". This gives us the Visualization editor. It allows us to select the parameters by which the dataset is split and filtered.
Let's start with "Sector". Then add a new level and select "From"; add another one and select "Economic Category"; and finally add one more level and choose "To". "To" will be our most fine-grained information on where the money is spent.
You can play around with the visualization in the bottom to get an idea what is going on. Once you're happy, click on "Save or embed".
Name your visualization and click "Save".
Now you have a visualization, and you can go and embed it on your website.
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Hi, I'm Savannah McCoy and I'm the rover verification and validation lead.
My job is to run system-level tests on the rover's structure to insure it's capable of the requirements we have for Mars. Basically, for the Mars program, we build two rovers in parallel. One's the flight rover and one's the test rover, or DTM. The main difference between the flight rover and the DTM rover is that the flight rover actually goes to Mars. Just recently, we ran a major test called the sky crane full-motion drop test. This test is to check out the EDL sequence or Entry, Descent and Landing sequence for Curiosity.
For the first time, we're going to be touching down on Mars with just the rover's wheels. So this is the sequence leading up to the touchdown on Mars. Because this test is so important to the project, almost all the team wanted to gather and watch the test. We actually projected it into multiple conference rooms around the lab so that everyone could have access to this very large milestone for our project.
'Test is commencing in 5. 5-4-3-2-1, fire!' (Test sounds) (Applause).
The reason why we do all this testing is to prove that what we think is going to happen actually will happen when Curiosity gets to Mars and that we really understand the dynamics of these vehicles.
During this test everything behaved as expected. We were able to collect all the data and instrumentation that we were hoping for, so overall, definitely, a huge success.
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Abbas to call for formation of unity gov't
Fayyad's willingness to step down seen as crucial to overcoming disagreements between Fatah and Hamas.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to call for the formation of a Palestinian unity government Wednesday, a PA official said Tuesday.
The official said that Abbas would issue the call during a speech marking the anniversary of Palestinian "independence day."
Fayyad may quit to facilitate Palestinian unity deal
Hamas, Fatah talk Palestinian unity in W. Bank meeting
Abbas will call for the formation of a unity government dominated by independent figures as part of an agreement between his Fatah faction and Hamas, the official told The Jerusalem Post. The official would neither confirm nor deny reports that Prime Minister Salam Fayyad would be excluded from the new PA government.
Fatah and Hamas have been holding secret talks in Cairo in the past few weeks in a bid to reach agreement on the formation of a Palestinian unity government and new presidential and parliamentary elections in the Palestinian territories.
The discussions came on the eve of a planned meeting between Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in the Egyptian capital next week.
Azzam al-Ahmed, a senior Fatah official in the West Bank, revealed Tuesday that he had held a secret meeting in Cairo with Musa Abu Marzouk, the Syrian-based deputy head of the Hamas "political bureau." Ahmed said that he had held several meetings with Abu Marzouk "in order to create a positive atmosphere" ahead of the Abbas-Mashaal summit.
The Fatah official voiced optimism regarding the planned summit's prospects of success, saying the two parties had made "good preparations" ahead of the meeting.
He said Abbas was planning to propose holding new elections in March next year.
Fatah and Hamas announced last May that they had reached an agreement to end their differences. However, the agreement was never implemented due to sharp differences between the two parties over a number of issues, first and foremost the identity of the prime minister who would head a new unity government.
Hamas's refusal to accept Fayyad as head of the proposed government was the major obstacle to achieving reconciliation between the two sides, Fatah officials said Tuesday.
But an announcement by Fayyad earlier this week that he would be prepared to step down – to pave the way for the implementation of a Fatah-Hamas unity deal – now seems to have paved the way for rapprochement between the two parties.
Ahmed and other Fatah officials hinted Tuesday that they would no longer insist on the nomination of Fayyad.
"Fatah is prepared to propose other candidates for the job of prime minister," said a PA official in Ramallah. "We don't want Fayyad to be an obstacle to Palestinian unity."
Hamas legislator Salah Bardaweel reiterated his movement's opposition to Fayyad.
Bardaweel said that the reconciliation talks between the two groups would fail if Abbas insisted on the appointment of Fayyad as prime minister of a unity government.


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One day it might be breast implants, the following, oysters. Translator Natalie Soper never knows what will arrive in her email inbox next.
"I do become a temporary expert in lots of things as part of this job," laughed Natalie, who studied French and Spanish at university before completing an MA in Translation Studies.
She now translates from French and Spanish into English specialising in business documents as well as the arts and culture sector.
After returning from university Natalie worked as a bilingual training coordinator at Hemsley Fraser as well as being an usher at the theatre where she continues to live-caption certain performances in a voluntary capacity.
"It's nice to still have that link with the theatre and it's another way of indulging my love of language," said Natalie.
Setting up her business Bellingua Translations 18 months ago, Natalie used to combine translation work with her theatre shifts but she has now decided to take the plunge and concentrate all her energies on building her business.
"I wouldn't want to do anything else, I love language and every day is a challenge and every day offers something new," she said.
"Lots of people I know have moved to London to work as translators but I want to make it work in Plymouth which is where I'm from and where I love living," she said.
"You can do this kind of work anywhere as long as you have your laptop and the internet and Plymouth is a great place to have a small business.
"I can work from home one day, on the Hoe the next and I sometimes use the Regus Express hot desks in Drake Circus.
There is also a very active online community of translators which Natalie is an enthusiastic part of.
In October she will be appearing on Translators on Air – an online talk show for translators and interpreters, sharing hints and tips about how to work with translation agencies.
Has she ever encountered a word she was unable to translate?
"Just once, in an extremely complex geology report which had already been translated from Chinese into French," she said.
Natalie's work comes via a variety of translation agencies as well as personal recommendation and her plan is to expand her client base over the next few years and she doesn't see online translation sites as much of a threat to her business.
Business may be Natalie's niche but if she could choose just one project to land in her inbox it would be a children's book.
Brexit is one word which looks certain to be coming up a lot in the future and Natalie hasn't yet come across a foreign language version of it.
"So far French and Spanish newspapers have also been using the word Brexit or le Brexit in the case of the French," said Natalie.


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Mobile's Trojan Horse: Third-Party Platforms
Customers' mobile expectations have shifted, and if you aren't there for them in the moment of need, they'll find another service that is.
By Julie Ask May 9, 2014, 9:00am EDT
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Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion. Snapchat turns down a $3 billion offer. Line plans an initial public offering worth $28 billion. Tencent's market value tops $100 billion. Mobile messaging apps may have started as feature-rich communication apps, but they have grown into massive platforms of users who mostly communicate, but now transact and engage with brands.
In fact, while our research has found that only 22 percent of online adults in the U.S. use a mobile messaging app at least daily, these platforms boast monthly active user bases in the hundreds of millions, and users spend close to 200 minutes per week on these apps.
What's the draw? Despite a lack of revenue, these apps have been relentless in their protection of the user experience. Conversations are not littered with advertisements, as consumers can opt in to or follow brands that push out content. In addition, these platforms are aggressively lining up to watch and listen to your customers as they chat with their friends about everything from football scores to the newest product from Coca-Cola or Nike. Beyond the initial age, gender and country of residence, these apps see a phenomenal amount of information about purchase intent and product interest.
Mobile messaging apps are just the tip of the iceberg, though. Consider how the iPhone dislodged mobile carriers from their position of power with consumers in 2007. Until then, wireless carriers owned the mobile customer and the entire screen experience, but with the iPhone's launch, it assumed this position of power — owning the real estate and setting the rules. Google followed with Android.
Today, a third crop of platforms are laying the groundwork to step into the powerful position of "owning the customer," by serving them in mobile moments. Consumers expect to be able to get what they want in their immediate context and moment of need. They will reach for their phone for information and services. The issue is, most brands aren''t yet there for their customers in this moment, challenged to even get customers to visit their mobile website or download the brand's mobile app.
That's where the platforms that dominate minutes of use, such as popular messaging and social media apps, come into play. It's not hard to imagine a future where a small set of highly contextual and curated disintermediaries offer consumers a portal to the universe of services on mobile devices. Companies should consider the possibility of a future where their access to consumers is through this small set of disintermediaries, including:
Social media: Facebook not only boasts an audience size of 945 million monthly active mobile users, but also commands nearly one in five mobile minutes in the U.S. alone. Companies globally have recognized this potential — Apple sells iTunes gift cards within Facebook, while ICICI Bank in India allows its customers to bank within the Facebook environment.
Mapping: Outside of messaging apps, no platform is more powerful than maps. They serve as a search engine to most things that we need, from directions to Ikea to the nearest gas station. Context has many meanings today, but nothing is more powerful than the combination of location and intent to purchase.
Entertainment: Entertainment platforms are one of the few that successfully monetize mobile moments through in-app purchases. Take King.com, for example. When the firm filed for an IPO with an estimated valuation of $7 billion based on $1.9 billion in revenue, most of the press focused on the longevity of a one-hit mobile gaming company, rather than seeing the firm as an entertainment platform with 93 million daily active users.
Commerce: Most commerce will remain local, so the open question is who will help consumers find what they want to buy locally. Traditional e-commerce giants like eBay and Amazon have realized for years that focusing on e-commerce alone limited their pace of growth. Both have rolled out services utilizing location, bar-code scanning, local inventory and pricing to help consumers understand the best price and availability. Will we see a new, more nimble competitor enter the space?
Payments: Where and how consumers spend their money has been a treasure trove of profitable data historically owned by a few credit card providers. Prepaid stored-value cards like those of Starbucks have inserted one layer of abstraction by allowing customers to reload cards from their mobile phones. In the future, expect mobile wallets like iOS Passbook and Google to consolidate transactions through a single portal.
Customers' mobile expectations have shifted, and if you aren't there for them in the moment of need, they'll find another service that is. This means that companies that don't already have a direct mobile relationship with the customer must consider engaging on third-party apps where the customer already devotes time spent. The data exhaust from mobile phones is massive — and the combination of GPS, sensors and observation of consumer behavior will lead to both powerful and unintended insights.
Julie Ask is a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research and co-author of the upcoming Forrester book, "The Mobile Mind Shift." Reach her @JulieAsk.
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Congrats to Geoff Livingston and everyone at Livingston Communications about being acquired.
Some of you may have seen the news today. I've sold Livingston Communications to the Toronto region's Social Media Group (SMG). Maggie Fox, CEO of SMG will be my new boss, and I will serve the organization as Executive Vice President, Americas (Image: Maggie and I at Ford Headquarters last week).
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Constructive Dismissal? Try It Out First!
January 1, 2005 Constructive Dismissal? Try It Out First!
One of the most difficult situations that any human resources professional or any employer can be faced with is when an organization requires and has to change an employee's terms and conditions of employment. Two examples of typical changes are: changing the person's compensation structure or by assigning them to a different position and responsibilities. Invariably, the situation will be stressful for the human resources professional who has to communicate these changes and the employees themselves will often feel threatened by or be hostile to the changes being made to their employment. To make matters worse, sometimes matters can escalate to the point where an employee will claim that changes being imposed have resulted in them being constructively dismissed, the most nebulous of all employment situations.
Past experience has shown that it can be difficult to assess whether a constructive dismissal has occurred of whether an employee is required to accept the changes being imposed. A recent Court of Appeal decision adds a new wrinkle to the situation by suggesting that employers should provide a "try-out" period to allow employees to assess the changes before they are forced to agree to them or take the position that they were constructively dismissed.
In Beltron et al. v. Liberty Insurance Company of Canada (August 17, 2004) an action was brought on behalf of a number of commissioned sales representatives ("agents") selling life insurance for London Life and property of casualty insurance for Prudential of America General Insurance Co ("PAGIC"). Their PAGIC agent agreements stated that they were independent contractors and that PAGIC could change the schedule of their commissions by providing agents with 90 days' notice in advance. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company purchased PAGIC in 1997 and changed its name to the Liberty Insurance Company of Canada ("Liberty").
On January 4, 1999 Liberty attempted to exercise the 90 days' notice clause and presented its agents with a new agency agreement that Liberty required them to sign. The new agreements changed the agent's commission structure and established "minimum production levels" for sales. The new agreement was schedules to take effect on April 7, 1999. As a result, the agents started a lawsuit against Liberty for wrongful dismissal.
At trial, Liberty took the position that it was entitled to change the agents' commission structure by virtue of the 90 days' notice clause and that the refusal to sign the new agency agreements thus constituted just cause. The Trial judge agreed and dismissed the agents wrongful dismissal claims. However on appeal, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the decision and in keeping with the trend in employment decisions ever since the mid-1990s was particularly concerned with the vulnerability of employees faced with changes to their employment relationship.
Consequently, the Court of Appeal held that the agents were employees of Liberty, that Liberty was obliged to provide the agents with reasonable notice despite their refusal to sign the new agency agreement and that the agents were under no obligation to accept the new agency agreement, and their refusal could not be considered just cause.
Essentially, what the Court of Appeal is saying is that an employer should provide a "try out" period where the employee can assess the changes prior to be required to accept them. Given the decision of the Court Appeal, it would be good practice for organizations that are thinking of changing an employee's position or compensation structure to provide the employee with a reasonable period where they can "try-out" those changes first and assess their true impact. Conducting such a "try-out" period when implementing changes, will not only possibly diffuse some of the tension in the workplace associated with making changes but may possibly avoid a future constructive dismissal claim, since employees after having tried out the changes might not be as inclined to reject them once they have actually experienced the new reality.
The question is how long should the "try out" period be? While there is no jurisprudence on point, the likely answer is the period would have to be sufficiently long to allow the employee a real opportunity to assess the extent and impact of the proposed changes being made. For example, if the contemplated change was to move an employee from salaried position to a commission based remuneration structure, the employee should be provided an opportunity to work under the commission structure for a period of time where he or she can reasonably assess the impact of moving to a commission structure while at the same time being guaranteed the greater of their old salary of what the new commission income would be under the new structure.


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About $750,000 is being spent to help feed needy families in communities where Ford has facilities. The bulk of the food boxes — 17,000 — are being distributed in the metro Detroit area with a high concentration in Dearborn.
Ford Motor Company wrapped up its fourth annual Coat & Jacket Drive by delivering more than 1,000 new and gently used coats, along with hats, scarves and gloves, to the Salvation Army.
The coats and other items were donated by local Ford employees and brought to the Salvation Army in two new Ford Transit vans. The Salvation Army will distribute the items to needy families in the Detroit area.
Ford Motor Co. said its aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup mated with a new 2.7-liter, turbocharged V6 can achieve 22 mpg overall and 26 mpg on the highway, the best of any gasoline-fueled, full-size pickup available.
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GE15: Young, First-Time Voters Deterred From Voting In Home States By High Airfares
Alex Cheong Pui Yin
27th October 2022 - 2 min read
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Political expert Azmi Hassan has highlighted the woes of young and first-time voters with regard to high travel costs as the country prepares to go to the polls for the 15th general election (GE15). He also urged the authorities to heed their grievances as they make up a significant portion of the electorate.
"Based on the Election Commission studies, 40% of the total voters are young voters (aged between 18 and 21 years old), and out of that, 1.1 million are first time voters. They will create an impact if they vote," said Azmi, who is also a senior fellow at the Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research, adding that Malaysia has a total of 21 million voters.
Many of these voters may, however, reconsider returning to their home states to vote due to the high airfares – among other reasons. Azmi said that this is especially the case for those who need to travel from Peninsular Malaysia back to East Malaysia for the occasion.
For instance, it was reported that a direct flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) and Kuching (Sarawak) a week prior to the polling date (single fare) is priced between RM250 to RM350 on Malaysia Airlines' and AirAsia's websites. The price of flight tickets after polling day, however, rose significantly; as such, those who travel home to vote may need to pay about RM600 to RM700 for round-trip tickets.
"I hope that subsidies, particularly for airfare, would be given to voters from Sabah, Sarawak, and in the Peninsular," said Azmi.
Meanwhile, caretaker Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong had reassured last week that the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) will regulate the prices of flight tickets ahead of GE15. He said that it is unusual for flight ticket prices to increase if there is a sudden surge of demand among passengers due to an event, as the dynamic price mechanism is in play. However, airlines that were found to have raised prices indiscriminately outside of the mechanism will be penalised.
Aside from that, several airlines – including including Malaysia Airlines, MASWings, Firefly, Batik Air, and AirAsia – have also said that they are offering discounted fares and adding extra flights to cater to the needs of GE15 voters. Malaysia's GE15 is set to take place on 19 November 2022.
(Sources: New Straits Times, Free Malaysia Today)
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Q: Private Access modifier in Java In the below code 'z' is private variable in ComplexNumber Class so when i access it using 'c2.Z' in main function of class Solution there is an error which is absolutely fine because z is a private variable and can only be accessed within class ComplexNumbers, but in sum() function of complex number class when i am accessing z of object C2 of complex number class by doing 'C2.Z' I Am not getting any error. why ?. Shouldn't i get the error when i do C2.Z in sum function because z is private variable and I am accessing it using object C2.
public class OOPS1
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        ComplexNumbers c1 = new ComplexNumbers(2);
        ComplexNumbers c2 = new ComplexNumbers(20);
        int sum = c1.sum(c2);
        print(c2.z);
        System.out.println(sum);
    }
}

class ComplexNumbers
{
    private int z;

    ComplexNumbers(int value)
    {
        this.z = value;
    }

    int sum(ComplexNumbers C2)
    {
        z = z + C2.z;
        return z;
    }
}

A: As per Oracle's documentation:

The private modifier specifies that the member can only be accessed in its own class

Note it specifies about class, and not instance. This means that an object from a given class can indeed access private members from other objects of the same class.
This is often useful when implementing equals for instance

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January 25, 2011 Paul Stroessner	6 Comments
If you grew up in the '80s, you saw some major advances in technology at home. You could play video games on your TV with Pong, which was followed by Atari and Intellivision. Microwave ovens were becoming more affordable and popular, so you could get hot food a lot faster. VCR's came into existence. Now you could watch movies at home, commercial free, instead of having to go to the theater. Cable TV became available. You could watch movies on HBO commercial free, and you could tape them on your VCR. Not to mention, that you could watch your MTV.
One of the best advances was the home computers. You could play games on the computer, and could even create your own games. After graduating Junior High School, my parents bought me one of the most popular PC's of the mid-80s – the Commodore 64.
I had my Commodore 64 hooked up to the TV. There were games that were in a cartridge format, just like Atari or Intellivision. The computer had a joystick that was similar to the Atari joystick.
But, you could also write code on the computer, using the BASIC 2.0 programming language. It was OK if you didn't know how to program. There was a monthly Commodore 64 magazine called COMPUTE!'s Gazette which contained code for some games that you would type in line by line.
Today, you can download a game right to your phone, and are ready to play within minutes, if not seconds. But, with the Commodore, if you weren't lucky enough to have the 5¼ inch floppy drive, you had to save and load the games from a cassette tape. You would type LOAD, then the game you wanted to play. The player would go through the whole tape until it got to the game/program you wanted. Luckily, there was a counter on the tape player. So after you saved a game/program, you had to make sure you wrote down the number where it started. So you could fast forward the tape until it got close to that number. Then you could load the game/program. It was still a cassette player, so it could take a long time to load.
Later on, we did get a floppy disk drive. But, it still took a while to load. So, if you didn't want to wait too long for the cassette or disk, you could just plug in a game that you had on a cartridge. A couple of my favorites were Boulder Dash and Soccer. Here is a clip of several games from the Commodore 64:
Technology, has obviously come a long way. But, I still miss my Commodore 64.
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Kids today have no idea of the hardships we endured just to play a game. 🙂
returntothe80s says:
No Kidding! [old man voice] Back in my day, you had to work in order to play!
JimV says:
I didn't get a computer until the late 90s, so I never got to play on the Commodore 64. I would have liked one, since they had an MISL indoor soccer game available. Wish my PS2 system (yeah, I'm still behind the times) had that game!
Wow, late 90s! So you probably didn't even use Windows 3.1 either! Getting the Commodore was great. It was a huge step up from Pong! It was a really fun and exciting time.
podunkboy says:
If you "google" MISL soccer C64 you can find C64 ROMs you can run on a PC with a C64 emulator.
I played the heck out of the MISL game – building up the Wichita Wings into a playoff contender was a massive undertaking. You could name your players as rookies, so I put myself in as a midfielder.
That's pretty cool! Thanks for the info! I'll have to check it out!
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Blitting SVG to canvas is good for collision detection either with the mouse independant of DOM depth or for the collision between two SVG nodes. Unfortunately this isn't possible in IE without a lib like [canvg]([https://github.com/gabelerner/canvg).

This is a fork of [canvg]([https://github.com/gabelerner/canvg) created mostly for use with drawing a contour of an entire svg tag to canvas. In most browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) drawing SVG to canvas is easy:

1. get the SVG string
2. base64 encode it and prepend `data:image/svg+xml;base64,`
3. load the data uri into an image node (by setting its `src` attribute)
4. draw the new image to a canvas

(see the `examples/without-slim-canvg.html` to see the above four steps in action)

In IE9+, this technique fails with a security error.


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Q: Add page numbering in each page footer using SelectPDF.Net when PdfTextElement is not an option? I'm using SelectPDF for .NET to convert a HTML document into PDF.
I'm required to add page numbering on each page footer following this format:
"Page {page_number} of {total_pages}";

That said, PDF is created flawlessly. So, I try to use instructions from the following link, and then no PdfTextElement available in the library!?
SelectPdf for .NET - Page Numbering - C# / ASP.NET Sample
Here code from the link in case the link dies someday.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using SelectPdf;

namespace SelectPdf.Samples
{
    public partial class page_numbering : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void BtnCreatePdf_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // create a new pdf document
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
            doc.Margins = new PdfMargins(10, 10, 0, 0);

            // create a new pdf font
            PdfFont font = doc.AddFont(PdfStandardFont.Helvetica);
            font.Size = 24;

            // add a new page to the document
            PdfPage page = doc.AddPage();

            // footer template (100 points in height) with text element
            doc.Footer = doc.AddTemplate(doc.Pages[0].ClientRectangle.Width, 100);
            PdfTextElement text1 = new PdfTextElement(0, 50,
                "Page: {page_number} of {total_pages}.", font);
            text1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
            doc.Footer.Add(text1);

            // create a new text element and add it to the page
            // if page elements are added after header and footer is set,
            // they will not be displayed in those areas.
            PdfTextElement text = new PdfTextElement(0, 0, Helper.SomeLongText(), font);
            page.Add(text);

            // save pdf document
            doc.Save(Response, false, "Sample.pdf");

            // close pdf document
            doc.Close();
        }
    }
}

If the real code could work the way this sample code does, it would be awesome! But then again, I found no PdfTextElement. I can only find PdfTextSection.
Currently using SelectPdf 18.4.0.0.
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A: Turns out I was not using the complete SelectPDF library, but only its lightweight SelectHtmlToPdf.
The PdfTextElement object ain't available for Select.HtmlToPdf. It is only in the Select.Pdf library.


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Q: Как узнать время Date в миллисекундах до конца дня? Есть некая дата, которую нужно взять в милисекундах. Например,
date.getTime();

Как узнать время в миллисекундах до конца этого дня? Допустим, у нас date = 2017-10-27T10:00.000, а надо получить для 2017-10-27:23.59.999

A: Если используется Java8, то получить интервал до конца дня достаточно просто, нужно воспользоваться ChronoUnit:
LocalTime current = LocalTime.now()
long millis = ChronoUnit.MILLIS.between(current, LocalTime.MAX)

Если у вас уже есть какая-то дата класса Date для которой нужно посчитать интервал, можно привести её к LocalTime и точно так же посчитать:
Date date = new Date();
LocalTime current = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(date.toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault()).toLocalTime();
long millis = ChronoUnit.MILLIS.between(current, LocalTime.MAX)

A: Это легко сделать через календарь
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
c.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
long beforeMidnight = (c.getTimeInMillis() - System.currentTimeMillis());

Здесь мы прибавляем к дню единицу, тем самым получаем завтрашний день. Затем сбрасываем часы, минуты, секунды и миллисекунды на 0, чтобы получить 00:00.
Затем берём время в миллисекундах из нашего календаря и отнимаем от него системное время в миллисекундах. Получаем количество миллисекунд до полночи!
P. S Если вам нужно именно 23:59:999, то просто отнимите единицу :D

A: До конца дня - нужно получить время в миллисекундах конца дня. Т.е. например можно воспользоваться классом java.util.Date. Если создать объект с пустым конструктором то вы получите объект с данными о текущем времени, а важнее с текущей датой. Можно в ручную методами setHour и setMinute изменить время на конец дня. Т.е. на 23 и 59. Потом через метод getTime получаем время конца дня в миллисекундах. Из этого значения вычитаем то, от которого хотим получить разницу. В итоге имеем разницу в миллисекундах. Делим на 1000 и получаем разницу в секундах. Делим секунды на 60 и получаем разницу в минутах. Так далее можно посчитать разницу вплоть до количества лет с точностью до миллисекунд.


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Golf University (6311 W. Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick, 735-2900) will have a Callaway Demo Day from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, with free individual fitting appointments.
Former Pasco High star Danielle Walter will be busy in Spokane this weekend signing autographs as part of the Gonzaga basketball program's promotion at Hoopfest in Spokane.
Walter, who will be a redshirt junior next season, will be manning the Zags' booth from noon-2 p.m. Sunday at Riverfront Park in promotion of the Battle in Seattle games slated for Dec. 14 at KeyArena.
Walter has seen limited minutes the past two seasons but has played in 46 games for the Gonzaga women.
Former Othello and University of Idaho standout Ashley Baker, now the head coach at Big Bend Community College, will hold a camp at the Moses Lake campus July 29-31 for girls grade 6-12.
Camp runs 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and costs $90, or $110 including lunch buffet at the college. Registration available on the college website, or email allisonb@bigbend.edu.
Yakima 6-6, Twin City 4-5: The Beetles took advantage of nine errors on the day in sweeping the Titans in Central Washington League play.
Gibson McGeorge had a double and drove in two runs for the Titans in the opener.
With the score tied at 5 going into the bottom of seventh inning of the second game, Carlos Vijarro drove in the winning run for the Beetles.
McGeorge and Mason Hilty drove in two runs each for Twin City.
Mason Hilty, Connor Craig (6) and Tyler Kjarmo; Messmore and Sauve. Highlights—Hilty (TC) 2x3, Gibson McGeorge (TC) 1x3, 2B, 2 RBIs; Kjarmo (TC) 2x3.
David Marshall and Kjarmo; Ford, Alcazar (6) and Sauve. Highlights—Sheldon Liikala (TC) 2x3, RBI, McGeorge (TC) 2x4, 2 RBIs; Mason Hilty (TC) 2 RBIs.
Burbank Diamondbacks 5-2, Richland Raptors 0-4: Marques Johnson went the distance in the opener for the Diamondbacks in the Senior Babe Ruth split in Burbank.
Shane Oldham returned the favor for the Raptors in the second game, striking out 10 in Richland's win.
Beitz and n/a; Marques Johnson and Paden Kottwitz. Highlights—Johnson (B) 7IP-5K-0R-4H, Nick Smith (B) RBI; Tim Ellis (B) RBI.
Oldham and n/a; Donovan Percifield, Ellis (6) and Kottwitz. Highlights—Jimmy Gifford (B) 2x3; Matt Reardon (B) 2x3, 2B; Don. Percifield (B) 2 RBI; Jake Smith (B) 2B; Shane Oldham (R) 10K.
Yakima Rookies 4-8, Hanford Flames A 1-2: Robert Young smacked a pair of doubles and drove in a run for the Flames, but that was the bulk of the offense in a Central Washington League Single A doubleheader at Waits Field on Monday.
Ricky Mendiola and Cory Roy; Chase Becker, Grant Cowen (7) and Dustin Durflinger. Highlights—Kelby Hauff (Y) 2B; Brad Johnson (Y) 2x4; Dante Rodriguez (Y) 2B; Robert Young (H) 2x3, 2 2B, RBI.
Alec Brown, Hauff (5) and Roy; Dylan Rice, Taylor Duberstein (6) and Young. Highlights—Hauff (Y) 3x4, 2 2B, 2 RBI; Williamson (Y) 2B; Roy (Y) 2B; Tom Stephens (Y) 3x4.


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'I received vision that I would be Osun state Governor in my dreams' – Adegboyega Oyetola
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has revealed that he received a vision from God that he would be Governor long before he joined the race.
He said this while addressing a congregation at a service held to commemorate the second anniversary of his administration at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Osun Province 1 Headquarters, Osogbo, on Sunday.
Oyetola explained that after the divine encounter he had in his dream, he could only remember the last line of the song that was revealed to him.
He said,
"I am ordinarily not one who sees visions but on two occasions, I had a strange encounter. Imagine the son of an Imam, receiving a Christian song in a dream. That was my encounter.
"All I could remember on both occasions was the last line of the song which says 'IleriOluwa ni lati se'. Outside of that dream, I had never heard the song before. When the impression was heavy on my heart, I called one of my friends to ask him about the song, and he told me the song was the Track 2 of Timi Oshikoya's album.
"He went out and got me the album and immediately I started listening to the track, my consciousness was restored and then I had an understanding of what God was saying to me. That revelation has continued to give me confidence of victory each time I am faced with legal and political battles since becoming governor."
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ENHANCED MEDIA POWER FOR THE CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE 2022
A newly reinforced device for the event's record year.
An unprecedented 52' of live TV coverage on FRANCE 3 for the race start
For the start of the CIC Normandy Channel Race on Sunday 15 May at 13:30 hours, FRANCE3 NORMANDIE is providing 52' of live coverage with the support of the IMAGINE IN FRANCE teams, which begins airing at 13:25 hours local time. This live coverage will be hosted by Laurent Marvylle of France 3 and Louis Duc, a skipper with very close ties to the event, having participated in it 9 times before setting out on his quest to compete in the next Vendée Globe on an Imoca 60. In the process of being finalised, the device set up by FRANCE 3 NORMANDIE also includes FRANCE 3 HAUTS DE FRANCE, FRANCE 3 BRETAGNE and FRANCE 3 NOUVELLE – AQUITAINE. Furthermore, the start will be broadcast across all the digital networks associated with FRANCE 3 and the event.
A new 26' magazine programme to present the event and its universe
Anne Boétie, host of the morning show "Vous êtes formidables" on FRANCE 3, will treat viewers and spectators to a fresh take on the event in a 26' magazine programme on Friday 13 May. This will involve a series of on-set discussions on location in Caen, as well as several debates on a host of themes including the role of women in sailing and the dynamics of building Class40s in Normandy. An editor from the show will even take the place of a co-skipper… yet another approach testifying to the event's positive impact on the region.
The renewal of the 'CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE Minute' for 12 days across 3 regions
The now famous 'CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE MINUTE', which provides a round-up of the day's race news, will be broadcast from Wednesday 11 May to Sunday 22 May during FRANCE3's televised lunchtime and evening slots, equating to 24 news items in all, broadcast across 3 regions: Normandy, Hauts de France in northern France and Brittany. Make sure you get your daily shot of adrenalin from the race, with all the latest on the skippers' trials and tribulations and the wonderful landscapes along the Norman, English and Irish coastlines.
All hands on deck at France Bleu Normandie for radio coverage of the race
Partnering the race since its creation 12 years ago, France Bleu is as committed as ever to the CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE, whether it be the special day-long coverage of the start on Sunday 15 May in Caen and Ouistreham, following the latest action out on the racetrack or the daily link-ups with the skippers recorded at France Bleu Normandie.
GEARING UP FOR A RECORD EDITION IN THE 13TH CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE
A 2022 EDITION OF UNPRECEDENTED DENSITY AND CALIBRE


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Immunocore Secures $130 Million Series B Financing
Led by General Atlantic, funding will help aid the expansion of novel scientific platform and advance proprietary pipeline of ImmTAX™ molecules into the clinic
Immunocore, a pioneering, clinical-stage T cell receptor biotechnology company working to develop and commercialize a new generation of transformative medicines to address unmet needs in cancer, infection and autoimmune disease, today announced the completion of its Series B private financing round, generating more than $130 million.
Immunocore's Series B round is led by General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm and new investor in Immunocore. Other new investors participating in this round include CCB International, JDRF T1D Fund, Rock Springs Capital, Terra Magnum Capital Partners and WuXi AppTec's Corporate Venture Fund. Five existing shareholders in the Company, including Eli Lilly and Company and RTW Investments, are also participating, as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through conversion of its outstanding loan note.
The proceeds will enable Immunocore to further expand and accelerate its rapidly growing clinical stage pipeline of ImmTAX™ (Immune mobilising monoclonal TCRs Against Cancer, Infectious Diseases and Autoimmune) molecules that includes three oncology programs in MAGE-A4 (in collaboration with Genentech), NYESO-1 (in collaboration with GSK), and the lead program tebentafusp (IMCgp100), which is in pivotal clinical studies as a potential treatment for patients with metastatic uveal melanoma.
The proceeds will allow the company to advance two wholly owned clinical-stage internal programs for chronic Hepatitis B and for PRAME, a target expressed in a wide range of tumors. This investment is also expected to accelerate Immunocore's novel platform to treat autoimmunity, including type one diabetes (in collaboration with the JDRF T1D Fund), advance the TCR platform and expand its database of rich and novel targets.
Bahija Jallal, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and Director of Immunocore, commented: "We are extremely pleased that General Atlantic is leading our Series B round and welcome them, along with our new investors, to Immunocore. This new funding – from an international cadre of health care investors joined by some of our existing shareholders – represents a further endorsement of our unique and powerful platform technology, our novel class of TCR-based biologic therapies, the accomplished scientists at Immunocore and our mission to transform the lives of people with serious diseases."
Rob Perez, Operating Partner, General Atlantic, said: "We are pleased to partner with Immunocore at this key time in its development, with lead candidate tebentafusp on the cusp of commercialization and two further assets in the clinic. We are excited by the broad applicability of the science within the Company's ImmTAX™ platform and the Company's promising pipeline across oncology, infectious and autoimmune diseases. We look forward to providing impactful support to Immunocore as it continues on its strong growth trajectory."
About General Atlantic
General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth companies. Established in 1980, General Atlantic combines a collaborative global approach, sector specific expertise, a long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great entrepreneurs and management teams to build exceptional businesses worldwide. General Atlantic has more than 150 investment professionals based in New York, Amsterdam, Beijing, Greenwich, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore. For more information on General Atlantic, please visit: www.generalatlantic.com.
About CCB International (CCBI)
CCBI is a financial and investment services company owned by China Construction Bank Corporation. Its direct investment business has nurtured a number of companies to become pioneers within their respective sectors. With over a decade's operation in healthcare investment, CCBI has been recognized for achieving outstanding investment returns and helping the portfolio companies outperform in the competitive market. For further information about CCBI, please visit: www.ccbintl.com.
About JDRF T1D Fund
The JDRF T1D Fund is a venture philanthropy fund accelerating life-changing solutions to cure, prevent and treat type 1 diabetes (T1D) through catalytic equity investments. Through its investments in partnership with private capital, including venture capital, corporations and foundations, the T1D Fund seeks to attract the private investment necessary to advance therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, and vaccines into the hands of those living with T1D. The T1D Fund invests in areas strategically aligned with JDRF, the leading global organization funding T1D research, with an exclusive focus on supporting the best commercial opportunities. The T1D Fund reinvests any realized gains into new investments to further its mission. For further information about JDFR T1D Fund, please visit www.t1dfund.org.
About RTW Investments
RTW Investments is a New York-based investment firm that focuses on identifying transformational and disruptive innovations in healthcare. As a leading partner of industry and academia, RTW Investments utilises deep scientific expertise and a rigorous and comprehensive process to support emerging medical therapies. For further information about RTW Investments, please visit www.rtwfunds.com.
About Terra Magnum Capital Partners
Terra Magnum Capital Partners ("TMCP") is a global investment firm specialized in both direct investments and fund investments. TMCP is specialized in providing growth and transformational capital and value-added services for fast-growing companies in Healthcare, Consumer and Services, Education, Finance and TMT sectors. For further information about TMCP, please visit www.terramagnumcap.com.
About WuXi AppTec
WuXi AppTec provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services that enable companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries worldwide to advance discoveries and deliver groundbreaking treatments to patients. As an innovation-driven and customer-focused company, WuXi AppTec helps our partners improve the productivity of advancing healthcare products through cost-effective and efficient solutions. With industry-leading capabilities such as R&D and manufacturing for small molecule drugs, cell and gene therapies, and testing for medical devices, WuXi AppTec's open-access platform is enabling more than 3,700 collaborators from over 30 countries to improve the health of those in need – and to realize our vision that "every drug can be made and every disease can be treated." For more information, please visit: www.wuxiapptec.com.
About Immunocore
Immunocore is a pioneering, clinical-stage T cell receptor biotechnology company working to develop and commercialize a new generation of transformative medicines to address unmet needs in cancer, infection and autoimmune disease. The Company's most advanced programs are in oncology and it has a rich pipeline of programmes in infectious and autoimmune diseases. Immunocore's lead programme, tebentafusp (IMCgp100), has entered pivotal clinical studies as a treatment for patients with metastatic uveal melanoma. Collaboration partners include Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Company, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Immunocore is headquartered at Milton Park, Oxfordshire, UK, with offices in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and Rockville, Maryland in the US. For more information, please visit www.immunocore.com.
About ImmTAX™ Molecules
Immunocore's proprietary T cell receptor (TCR) technology generates a novel class of bispecific biologics called ImmTAX™ molecules that are designed to overcome the limitations of other immunology agents by combining a T cell receptor (TCR) to target and recognise cancer, infected or autoimmune cells and an effector function to activate (for cancer and infectious diseases) or suppress (for autoimmune diseases) the immune system.
Debra Nielsen, Head of Communications
Immunocore +1 610.368.8602 [email protected]
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Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said, he aims to make available the Patanjali products across the globe in the next 5-10 years. He said, "In next 5-10 years, the entire world will go for Patanjali products. I am neither comparing with others nor my aim is to bring down the business of others. He always claims that he will never introduce any such product which is harmful for anybody.


Microsoft's Xbox boss Phil Spencer announced at the E3 2018 that a new Xbox console is already under development. Now he has revealed that you want to achieve a significant growth with the next generation of consoles in the field of frame rates.
While PCs are the standard at 60 frames per second, consoles often come with 30 FPS. That wants to change Microsoft as possible.
In addition, a better balance between CPU and GPU is to be achieved. "If you look at the balance between CPU and GPU on today's consoles, it's a bit out of whack compared to what's on the PC side," said Phil Spencer.


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History of Marshmallows
Ancient Egyptians were the first to enjoy a gooey treat now called marshmallow as early as 2000 BC. The treat was considered very special and it was reserved for gods and royalty.
Marshmallow was made from the mallow plant (Athaea officinalis) that grows wild in marshes. The term marshmallow was derived both from the native home of the plant and the plant name. Mallow is native to Asia and Europe and has been naturalized in America. The Egyptians squeezed sap from the mallow plant and mixed it with nuts and honey. However, no one knows what the candy looked like in those times.
The French were introduced to marshmallow in the early to mid-1800s. Owners of small candy stores whipped sap from the mallow root into a fluffy candy mold. This time-consuming process was typically done by hand. Candy stores had a hard time keeping up with the demand. Candy makers started looking for a new process to make marshmallows and found the starch mogul system in the late 1800s. It allowed candy makers to create marshmallow molds made of modified cornstarch. At this same time, candy makers replaced the mallow root with gelatin and this created the marshmallow stable form.
Marshmallows were introduced and popularized in the United States in the early 1900s, after the new manufacturing process was developed.
In 1948, Alex Doumak revolutionized the process for manufacturing marshmallows. He created and patented the extrusion process. This process involves taking the marshmallow ingredients and running it through tubes. Afterwards, ingredients are cut into equal pieces and packaged. In the 1950s, marshmallows became extremely popular in the United States and were used in a variety of food recipes.
Today, Americans are the main consumers of marshmallows. According to experts, Americans buy more than 90 million pounds annually. Marshmallow is considered a year-round snack even though the majority is sold during October and December.
History of S'mores
The history of the s'more is a mystery. No one knows who started the tradition of roasting marshmallows. However, in 1927 the Girl Scout Handbook was the first documentation of the recipe combining marshmallows with chocolate and graham crackers.
The Girl Scouts organization was likely responsible for naming the treat. The term s'more allegedly stands for "gimme some more."
S'mores have been popular throughout the years, especially with children. S'more are synonymous with camping and summer fun.
How are marshmallows made?
In the 19th century, marshmallows were made by mixing mallow root sap, egg whites and sugar into a fluffy mold. The French added cornstarch to help speed up the production and give the candy its unforgettable form.
Today the manufacturing of marshmallows is quite different. Mallow root sap has been replaced by gelatin. Corn syrup, starch, sugar and water are mixed with the gelatin. The fluffy mixture is piped through long tubes and then cut into equal pieces. To create shaped marshmallows like Peeps, a special nozzle moves back and forth to cut the marshmallow into recognizable shapes.
Marshmallows also can be made at home. The ingredients are almost the same, but salt and vanilla extract can be added in for flavoring.
Fun facts about marshmallows:
The marshmallow capital of the world is in Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana.
Each summer more than 50 percent of all marshmallows sold are eventually toasted over a fire.


Breast Cancer Foundation is working with multiple doctors in Malaysia. You can browse the Questions & Answers or Ask your own question through the form bellow.
What you can ask? Anything that is in the capabilities of the oncologists to answer.
Thank you! We will inform you when the answer goes live.
Is it safe to use mobile phone and waring it all the time with me touching my body?
Is it ok to do this when I am pregnant and I am worried that my baby will be affected by it?
What shall I expect from this and how it will affect my daily life?
Why is my breast shaped this way in this area? Is it because of this?


70% of Finland is covered by forests and every Finnish person has a very special relationship with them, they are a place of meditation and it almost feels like forests are part of the DNA of Finns.
In Japan, forests are considered holy. A home of the spirits that are sometimes out of bounds for a man to enter. With respect and courtesy, the gates can be opened and you can experience some of the best snow in the world.
Antti Autti and Keisuke Yoshida are from opposite sides of the world and from very distant cultures, but they have more in common than you might think first. Both are born and bread in their respective northern territories, Antti from Lapland and Keisuke from Hokkaido. Both of them have been snowboarding most of their lives and enjoy immensely the thrill of riding in the forest. It is almost like their home, a place where they feel most relaxed, calm and content. This edit is all about opening the doors and sharing their home's with a like-minded soul and shred the trees around Arctic Circle and the wilderness of Hokkaido, Japan.


everyone parties in their own way and everyone shows their feelingz in their own special way. don't judge.
He should have stayed home to play COD4.
those cans are full of abortion.
damn, I love bolo yeung!
The guy's name is China Mike. I sent him a link to this page so he can see your review of his party skills.


For months parents have complained about the air quality at Mt. Juliet Elementary Now tests confirm their suspicions: the school has a major mold problem. Behind the 60-year-old brick walls of Mt. Juliet Elementary is a world of worries for parents.
What's in the building along with students and teachers is mold, and some say it's making kids sick. "Lots of sickness. We have a lot of sick children and I think it's a major concern for parents. Doctors bills, children missing all the time, the teachers have to work in it and deal with it", said Tonya Bowers, a Mt. Juliet Elementary parent. Parents demanded the school be tested for mold especially after several children became sick.
"One of them was hospitalized for 4 days at UMC and the other 2 were so allergic and so sick, that their doctors recommended they be removed from the school", said Karen Tillman, another Mt. Juliet Elementary parent. "My kid that's in the first grade, she's always sick, but the other one's okay. But I don't know if it's from here or just the conditions", said Mark LaGrone another Mt. Juliet Elementary parent. The school system is trying to fix the problem. Tests were run earlier this week confirming 3 of 12 areas tested needed to be closed off until they're thoroughly cleaned: two classrooms and a bathroom. School officials vow the school is not a safety threat.
Mickey Hall, of Wilson County Schools said, "According to the testing company, no. We have some issues on cleaning. We're currently evaluating what our cleaning staff have done." The school has added more cleaning crews, and workers are putting a fresh coat of paint on the boiler room walls and pipes. But some say it's not enough. "From what I heard, I don't know if they can clean it good enough to solve all the problems of the mold", said parent Joan Richmond.
Mold is just one reason why parents are upset here at MJE. They're also concerned about that outdoor hallway that links two buildings. Students and teachers have to cross between the buildings all day long. And then there's the future widening of Mt. Juliet Road in front of the school. All reasons why parents and school officials are hoping these blueprints for a new school get the go-ahead, and fast.
Another mold test will be conducted at the end of this month to see if the cleaning worked. The county is expected to vote in February on building a new elementary school.


Natural history museums have systematically withheld the most important fossils from their dinosaur displays. Were you aware that modern animals such as parrots, owls and ducks were found with dinosaurs? How about opossums and hedgehogs?
When you take your 10-year-old son or daughter to a museum, your child will probably never see these animals in the dinosaur displays even though paleontologists have known this information for years. The Smithsonian Museum, the Carnegie Museum and the American Museum of Natural History have withheld the most important modern bird and mammal fossils from their public dinosaur displays, and may have misled children by implying that dinosaur times were more strange and unusual than they really were.
A survey of museums from around the world reveals that these larger museums are not alone. Not one natural history museum out of sixty visited displayed modern birds in their dinosaur dioramas, even though these animals were found at dinosaur dig sites.
Opponents of evolution are bothered that museums have not shared this information with the public. They suggest these living fossils are evidence that evolution did not occur. By not displaying the modern types of animals found with dinosaurs, natural history museums give a false impression that animals changed more than they really did. Evolution scientists believe some animals simply did not evolve since the dinosaur era and are not bothered by living fossils. Whatever the interpretation, one thing is clear, museums have not communicated to school children that parrots and owls and hundreds of other modern-appearing animals lived alongside dinosaurs such as Triceratops and T. Rex. When was the last time you saw a parrot sitting on the back of a T. Rex or a boa constrictor curled at his feet?


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Vietnamese Jesuits spread Christian values via social media
Society of Jesus reaches out to the younger generation through communication activities and designed products
Jesuit Brother Stephan Tran Thien Kinh designs phone case models on a laptop at Dac Lo Center in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: UCA News)
By UCA News reporter | Vatican City
One day in early June, Therese Do Thi Tuyet Lan decided to replace her old phone case with a new pink one she had carefully selected from colorful models on a shelf at the Jesuit-run Dac Lo Center.
Lan, who attends a course in education held by local Jesuits, took a photo of the new case and posted the image on Facebook before putting it on her phone.
She said she chose the case with the words "Love and serve in all things," which is a motto of St. Ignatius of Loyola, who co-founded the Society of Jesus.
"I like this case because it reminds me of loving and serving others. This is the first time I have used a phone case with Catholic symbols and I am proud of my religion," said the woman from Gia Dinh parish in Ho Chi Minh City.
Lan is among many people who are interested in phone cases designed by Jesuits.
Jesuit Brother Stephan Tran Thien Kinh said he and another Jesuit designed 18 different cases for iPhone and Samsung devices and started to put them on the market in May.
"We produced 1,600 cases and some models quickly sold out," he said, adding that each case costs 50,000 dong (US$2).
Brother Kinh said the cases are designed to introduce his order to local people, especially youths who are interested in the Jesuit vocation. The cases feature flowers, Jesuit icons and sayings, and local Jesuits' websites.
Brother Kinh, head of Jesuits in Communication (JesCom) in Vietnam, said local Jesuits provided 10,000 calendars for 2020 focusing on the four universal apostolic preferences that are to guide the life and work of Jesuits around the world over the next 10 years.
The reference points are to show the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises, to walk with the poor in a mission of reconciliation and justice, to accompany young people in the creation of a hope-filled future, and to care for the environment.
The 41-year-old brother said JesCom also produces videos to promote religious vocations among young people. Those clips draw thousands of viewers.
One clip talks about the vocation of local Jesuits including Bishop Cosme Hoang Van Dat of Bac Ninh.
"We try to use communication technology and products to bring the order's spirituality to the public," he said, adding that many young people have joined the order thanks to following its services on social media.
Brother Kinh said local benefactors provide funds for the Jesuits' communication activities including production of phone cases and calendars and publication of books. "Our products serve our mission rather than for profit," he said.
Serving laypeople's faith life through social media is one of local Jesuits' priorities. They provide audio and video clips on daily prayers and Word reflection on their websites, Facebook and YouTube. Their Facebook account has 395,000 followers and their YouTube channel has 40,000 subscribers worldwide.
Vietnam with a population of 97 million has 68 million internet users and 65 million active social media users.
Brother Kinh said many people now use smartphones, so they try their best to bring the Word of God to them with useful products.
"We know many families gather to follow daily prayers on their smartphones after they get up. Other people listen to prayers while they are traveling or when they start to work," he said.
JesCom, which is served by three staff members and several volunteers, also offers other online services — pastoral instructions for the laity, church news, basic theology, evangelization experiences by local Jesuits, and a Click To Pray app for the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network.
JesCom carries out Mass Media Education, a project to train young people in communication skills. The project is sponsored by Porticus, a Netherlands-based organization that works to create a sustainable future where justice and human dignity flourish.
Brother Kinh has held 27 courses in making videos, taking photos and writing news for youths at many dioceses throughout Vietnam. Those courses are held on the weekend to make them convenient for youths who cannot attend long-term courses provided by local dioceses.
"Our first priority is to teach communication skills to young people aged 18-35 who take an active part in online activities," he said. About 35 students take each course.
He said good videos are posted on social media. One clip discovering daily activities of a nunnery has reached 221,000 viewers.
Brother Kinh said JesCom makes some short movies aiming to promote a healthy lifestyle among young people. Those films which feature communication course participants, JesCom staff and even professional actors promote faith life, spiritual exercises, family values and chastity among youths.
"What we try to do is to make effective use of communication technology to bring Christian values to young people and encourage religious vocation among them," Brother Kinh said while working on a computer.
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DIVA - House of Diamond
Client: APB Museum for Goldsmith's art, Jewellery and Diamond
Designer: Gert Voorjans, Carla Janssen Höfelt
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Surface m2: 1500
Disciplines: Interior, Mechatronics, Robotics, Showcases, Audio-visual and multimedia, Graphics, Museum lighting
Antwerp is known as home of the diamond. After he closure of the provincial diamond museum and the silver museum, the Province of Antwerp, the city of Antwerp, Tourism Flanders and the Antwerp diamond sector worked together on a new concept to present the diamont in a modern way. On Friday, May 4, 2018, they proudly presented the end result: DIVA, a museum and experience center for diamonds, jewelery and goldsmith's work.
The new museum aims at approx. 200,000 visitors per year, from home and abroad. DIVA brings a combination of authentic objects, scientific research, historical context with relaxing stories, compelling emotions and impressive staging. DIVA houses an impressive collection of about 600 objects. She tells the long history of the diamond in Antwerp, supported by touchscreens, soundscapes and interactivity. The story comes to life in six rooms that each tell a different story.
Photography: Dave Thompson, Sven Coubergs and Frederique Beyens