By the mid 20th Century, humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the atmosphere of the earth for the first time and explore space. According to Merriam-Webster (2007) technology is making usage and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. The word technology comes from Greek, the term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: example include construction technology and information technology.
Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology h as helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes product unwanted by-products: known as pollution and deplete natural resources, the determinants of the earth and its environment. Various implementations of technologies influences the value of a society and news technology often rises new ethical questions examples include the rise of efficiency interm of human productivity, a term originally approved to machines and the challenge of traditional norms.
According to Franklin Ursula (1952) Traditionally, new technology has been concerned with the construction of machines, structures, and tools on a relatively large scale. The development of materials for building bridges or sky scrapers is an example of this, as is the development of the internal construction engine and the nuclear reactor. While such activities involve all the sciences, from chemistry to nuclear physics, the overding goal has been the same to improve the human condition by finding better ways to deal with the macroscopic world.
Jaulius Adama's (1999) in his views says: Since world War II, the focus of technological activities has undergone a major change while the old activities are still pursued, they have largely superseded by applications of technology at the microscopic level instead of building large-scale structures and machines modern-day technology tends to concentrate on finding improved ways to transfer information and to develop new materials by studying the way atoms come together. The silicon clip and micro electronics typing the new technological trend, as does the blossoming of genetic engineering. The trend can be expected to continue into the fore seeable future.
With the changing world of technology this day, it is important to say that modern technology has come to stay, and it plays significant role in the improvement of the secretary's job which in turns enhances productivity in all aspect.
However Eric Schalzbery (2004) in his views says that with the high rate of technological development in this "global village" era, the secretary has come to terms with the reality of having her job greatly enriched and complete business activities going on in modern office. The secretary plays important role in ensuring the proper utilization of these machines for greater productivity.
In the past, most office work had been carried out manually although them the volume of office work had been small and there was less sophistication in the industrial art, hence there was no significant demand for modern technology. But today, when one looks at the basic tasks. In an office, whether it be writing, calculating, filling, sorting or analysis, it is found that office machines cam be used to dot he job better and faster which leads to great achievements and professionalism in the field. There has never been grater need for efficiency in business than there is today. All kinds of businesses. Must employ modern methods in their offices. The raw material of an office is information, and the responsibility of an office is lit that of a clearing house, receiving and sending out information, processing storing facts in various forms. Therefore, the ever increasing size of business organizations has increased the development of new techniques in office management. Unlike in the past, where the secretary made use of old model manual typewriter that does not enhance efficient. Since the secretary is a medium through which the organization actions and policies are conveyed to the public. In readable and disenable form, it is wise that she is exposed to office machines and understand their proper usage so that she can efficiently carryout the routine job of the office. By so doing the organization concern can benefit highly form the services of the secretary.
The secretary is part of the management team since she is completely involved in the affairs of the office and in making and implementation of business plans. She deals with letter drafting and typing, filing processing and storing of information as well as disseminating information. With the office automation such as electronic typewriter Word process, computer, telephone, fax machine, internet, e-mail, photocopier and calculating machines at her disposal, her job is sure to progress swiftly and a boost to attaining productivity in the organization where she works.
Even though modern technology is regarded as important and of high value in ensuring quality work output in an office, as well as bringing about productivity. It is equally believed that these machines can cause job. Displacement. This is the fear that many employees suffer from when new machines are being purchased for use by their organization. The machines are cost effective. Some organizations do not really apply the use of some of the modern machines and this lead to poor performance, this is because they seem not to attach great importance to these machines and most secretaries are ignorant of their uses.
a. To examine the concept of modern technology and its effect on the secretary's profession.
b. To examine whether modern technology causes job displacement of secretaries in organizations.
c. To determine whether the secretaries utilize the office machines for productivity in every aspect.
d. To determine whether the modern machines enhances the secretary's efficiency.
a. What effect do modern technology have on the secretary's job in an organization.?
b. How has these modern machines caused job displacement of secretaries in organization's today?
c. How well do secretaries utilize the office machines for productivity in their places of work?
d. Does modern machine enhance the secretary's efficiency, performance and productivity.
The study covers all aspect relating to the effect of modern technology on secretarial profession such as the concept of modern technology, functions of modern office, secretarial function in government parastals, types of modern technologies used by secretaries in their profession, effect of modern technology on secretary performance.
This also talks on how this variables can be put together to enhance productivity in all aspect most significantly in secretarial profession.
The research believes that this study will be of immense benefit to the following categories of people.
a. Secretaries: This study will be useful to practicing secretaries. It will help broaden their knowledge about modern machines because they are the people who actually make most use of these machines in the offices, it will help motivate them in wanting to make use of the modern machines.
b. Employers of labour: This study will enable employers of labour to have more knowledge about the modern machines and will give them a focus in acquiring these machines for use by their secretaries for grater productivity in their business activities..
c. Future Researchers: This study will serve as a guide to the future researchers who will need to study and expand on the same topic. It will serve as data or source of information.
d. Employees: This study will enable the employees to make use of the modern machines to communicate smoothly. Two people can chat via a computer when they are both connected. It brings secretaries all over the world into contact with each other.
Modern machines: These refers to the usage and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organizing in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function.
Productivity: This is the ability to produce things of economic value. The art of being fruitful.
Efficiency: The ability to perform duties well to produce the desired or satisfactory result.
Sophistication: Having to do things with latest improvement and refinements e.g modern machines.
Implementation: To carry out a plan into action.
Displacement: To put a person out of his usual position and be replaced by a machine.
Policies: Plan of action made by business company to meet aims and objectives.
Secretary: An individual employed to keep the records of the meetings of an organizations and to write or answer letters on this behalf.
Government: A political authority who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area.
Government Parastatals: A group of people established to perform a function usually associated with a government and under its direct control.


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Going County at Fairs Around the Sacramento Region
Stephanie Towne,
Courtesy of the Nevada County Fair
The Nevada County Fair, which starts on Aug. 7, was named one of America's "fairest of rural county fairs" by the Los Angeles Times.
Got the post-State Fair blues? Check out these four county festivals—with everything from 28-foot-high zip lines to deep-fried zucchini—starting with the Yuba-Sutter Fair, which opens today.
Yuba-Sutter Fair
Opening today and running through Sunday, this 155th annual festival includes attractions like an avian show by Las Vegas animal trainer Joe Krathwohl, as well as Skip Banks, who will wiggle and dance his way inside a balloon in an act that he's performed on shows like NBC's Extreme Variety. Returning this Sunday will be the popular destruction derby from Yuba City's TNT Motorsports. The fair will also offer nightly live music from acts like country musician Chad Bushnell, reggae rockers Element of Soul and Latin group The Band Fresh. $8 (free for ages 5 and under); $5 parking. Wednesday and Thursday from 4:30 to 11 p.m, and Friday through Sunday, 1 p.m. to midnight. Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds. 442 Franklin Ave. Yuba City. 530-674-1280. ysfair.com
Nevada County Fair
Crowned by the Los Angeles Times as one of America's "fairest of rural county fairs," this event will draw nearly 100,000 visitors to Grass Valley over five days (Aug. 7-11) with attractions like a 28-foot-high zip line and the "Treat Street" food corridor lined with over 35 vendors serving up food like hand-dipped corn dogs and the fair's signature meat-filled Cornish pasties. For this year's theme "Under the Big Top," little ones can check out a participatory circus show where they can take center stage and become the ringleaders and star performers. Other highlights include a Thursday night rodeo, Friday night bull riding, and competitions like a speed texting contest and an ugly cake-decorating battle. $9 ($4 for ages 6-12; free for children ages 5 and under); $6 parking. Aug. 7-11 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nevada County Fairgrounds. 11228 McCourtney Rd. Grass Valley. 530-273-6217. nevadacountyfair.com
Yolo County Fair
Touted as the largest and longest-running free admission fair in California, this Yolo County festival, which started in 1938, returns to Woodland from Aug. 14 to 18. Learn about the area's agricultural history through displays of early 1900s tractors and farm equipment, or sample the local bounty during a Wednesday night food and wine gala. Thrill seekers can watch trucks and mini cars collide during demolition derbies, as well as go on rides like Tilt-a-Whirl. Local bands like Mumbo Gumbo and Walking Spanish will perform at evening concerts Thursday through Sunday. Free admission; $5 parking. Aug. 14 from 6 p.m. to midnight, and Aug. 15-18 from noon to midnight. Yolo County Fairgrounds. 1250 Gum Ave. Woodland. 530-402-2222. yolocountyfair.net
Gold Country Fair
This Auburn fair (Sept. 5-8) will be spotlighting agriculture and local food this year through everything from a demonstration vegetable garden to a wine-tasting gala featuring Placer County Vintners Association members. Feeling competitive—and hungry? Sign up for a group watermelon or pie eating contest, or channel Betty Crocker for the "Crazy For Cupcakes" and "Chewy, Gooey, Decadent Brownie" recipe face-offs. Traditional fun treats include funnel cakes, cotton candy and deep-fried zucchini. $10 (free for ages 12 and under); $5 parking. Sept. 5 from 4 to 11 p.m.; Sept. 6 from 4 p.m. to midnight; Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to midnight; and Sept. 8 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Gold Country Fairgrounds. 1273 High St. Auburn. 530-823-4533. goldcountryfair.com

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Mainstream brands top 2019 JD Power dependability study
Peugeot has taken the top spot in the JD Power 2019 UK Vehicle Dependability Study, with mainstream brands also dominating the overall top 10.
Peugeot has ranked the highest for vehicle dependability in the 2019 JD Power study
The survey, now in its fifth year, measures problems experienced during the past 12 months by original owners of vehicles in the UK after 12-36 months and finds that in-car technology is affecting drivers' views of brands, particularly premium marques.
The 2019 study is based on feedback from a total of 11,530 owners of new vehicles registered from November 2015 through January 2018, and measures the number of problems experienced per 100 vehicles (PP100), with a lower score indicating better performance.
The feedback covers 177 problem symptoms in eight categories: vehicle exterior; driving experience; features/controls/displays (FCD); audio/communication/entertainment/navigation (ACEN); seats; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC); vehicle interior; and engine and transmission.
Peugeot ranked highest overall among all brands with a score of 77 PP100 – compared to an industry average of 119 PP100. Among the top 10 brands, nine brands were volume brands. Skoda (88 PP100) ranked second with Hyundai (90 PP100) in third.
Among premium brands, Volvo ranked the highest with 106 PP100 and Mercedes-Benz (136 PP100) came in second.
The findings indicate that increased use of technology is proving a headache for owners, with audio/communication/entertainment/navigation (ACEN) systems comprising half of the 10 most problematic issues that owners cite in their new vehicle. Owners of premium vehicles cite more ACEN problems than owners of volume vehicles, mostly because a higher percentage of premium vehicles have built-in navigation systems than volume vehicles.
JD Power added that the figures for newer safety technology features (e.g., blind spot monitoring, collision avoidance and lane departure warning systems) show how the rush for brand differentiation is creating more problems for carmakers. The average score for newer safety systems is 2.4 PP100 (1.8 PP100 for volume brands and 4.0 PP100 for premium brands), which is notably higher than 1.5 PP100 for other optional FCD systems (e.g. alarm system, keyless entry, cruise control).
Josh Halliburton, head of European operations at JD Power, said: "When we look at the PP100 scores of relatively new safety technologies, it's clear that manufacturers still have work to do to perfect those systems – particularly premium brands that use them as a major selling point. It's also going to be vital for vehicle makers to win customer trust in this technology if they are to convince potential buyers that fully automated vehicles in the future will be reliable. For example, such buyers are quite likely to question the safety of self-driving cars if brands still struggle with the accuracy of their navigation systems."
The research also shows engine problems have the greatest negative effect on quality and reliability scores across the industry, as well as among premium brands. In particular, owners of premium vehicles are 12 percentage points less likely to repurchase the same brand when an engine problem occurs.
Interestingly, although problems with electric and hybrid vehicles are higher in total than with vehicles with internal combustion engines, the research finds electric and hybrid owners are more likely to repurchase or lease the same brand in the future.
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Study demonstrated that TROP2 expression was increased in glioblastoma tissues and glioblastoma cell lines. High TROP2 expression was significantly correlated with the poor survival of glioblastoma patients.
TROP-2, SLP-2 and CD56 were effective diagnostic markers for PTC, especially when they were combined to use.
Trop2 has a potential role in the promotion of EMT in BC.
these results suggested that TROP2 may promote osteosarcoma cell proliferation and migration via PI3K/AKT signaling and may serve as a novel treatment target for osteosarcoma .
TACSTD2 downregulation is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma.
TROP2 promoted the proliferation, migration and metastasis of gallbladder cancer cells by regulating PI3K/AKT pathway and inducing EMT.
The results from clinical specimens showed that Trop2 expression correlated with MMP2 expression in primary thyroid cancer. The current study suggests that elevated expression of Trop2 may represent an important molecular hallmark that is biologically and clinically relevant to the progression of thyroid cancer.
Results show that TROP2 expression is up-regulated in gastric tumor and its co-expression with AREG protein is associated with TNM stage, tumor size, lymph node metastases, and distant metastases.
Our findings indicate that the expression of Trop-2 is a stringent predictor of tumor response to AKT inhibitors. They also support the identification of target-activatory pathways, as efficient predictors of response in precision cancer therapy.
Findings suggest that high TROP2 expression identifies distinct cell sub-populations in androgen-sensitive and androgen-independent prostate tumors and that it may be a predictive biomarker for prostate cancer treatment response in androgen-sensitive tumors.
The results suggested that trop2 facilitated neovascularization of non-small-cell lung cancer via activating ERK1/2 signaling pathway.
We identified a homozygous TACSTD2 missense mutation, c.551A>G, p.(Tyr184Cys), in the affected family members. Both parents were heterozygous for the mutation, and unaffected siblings were either heterozygous or homozygous wild-type for this allele.
Our results expand the mutational spectrum of TACSTD2 in patients with gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy (GDLD).
studies have begun to identify the mechanisms underlying TROP2's functions, including regulated intramembrane proteolysis or specific interactions with integrin b1 and claudin proteins.
TROP2 modulates the interaction between the cells and matrix and regulates the formation of the ureteric duct by suppressing branching from the trunk during kidney development.
these results uncover a role for Trop2 loss in tumorigenesis and the mesenchymal transdifferentiation observed in a subset of squamous cell carcinomas.
In human and mouse, Trop2 is highly expressed at both the transcript and protein levels on several essential normal tissues.
Study also provides the first indication of a molecular signaling pathway activated by Trop2 which has important implications for cancer cell growth and survival.
This intronless gene encodes a carcinoma-associated antigen. This antigen is a cell surface receptor that transduces calcium signals. Mutations of this gene have been associated with gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy.


With sales growth of 53% to CHF 210.5 million, Plasma Control Technologies (PCT) had its fifth consecutive year of record results. Thanks to its strong position in the market for high-end RF solutions, PCT benefited disproportionately from the expansion of manufacturing capacity in the semiconductor market and increased its business with key accounts in the USA. In Asia, where the Chinese market is rapidly growing in prominence through the creation of local production capacity, sales increased by 32%. Sales of the highly stable "cito Plus" generator, which entered serial production, were also off to a good start. Leveraging a broad-based network of suppliers, PCT successfully met the strong demand with on-quality, on-time deliveries. The high sales volume, coupled with cost savings in the supply chain, led to a strong improvement in profitability. This was achieved despite the costs of investment in product innovation and in the expansion of production infrastructure in Shanghai and San José. Operating earnings at EBITDA level rose from CHF 30.9 million to CHF 55.7 million and the EBITDA margin correspondingly increased significantly to 26.5% (2016: 22.5%).
X-Ray Systems (IXS) increased its sales by 13% to CHF 137.3 million. The highest growth for IXS was achieved in large computed tomography (CT) systems in two core markets: the automotive industry, and the refocused "science & new materials" market segment (formerly "labs/R&D"). IXS focused its strategy in 2017. With a strengthened management team, it engaged in a sweeping program to renew its product portfolio, reduce complexity and thus create important conditions for profitable growth. A key milestone in the tapping of new applications was achieved with the launch of the FF CT metrology system and the Cougar EVO and Cheetah EVO systems. Through continual investment in the further development of its product software, IXS is working to also enable in-line applications going forward. These and other investments in the renewal of the product portfolio, combined with intensified market development efforts, were associated with a decrease in EBITDA margin to 6.1% (2016: 9.4%).
In the Industrial X-Ray Modules (IXM) segment, sales rose by 13.2% to CHF 78.8 million. The segment's strongest growth was in its customized, highly reliable x-ray sources sold into the security inspection market. Helped by the recovery in the manufacturing and energy sector, IXM also saw moderate sales growth in the core business of non-destructive testing. A highlight was the successful market launch of the new IoT-capable iVario™ x-ray generator. Thanks to the sales increase and effective measures to raise productivity, IXM improved its EBITDA operating earnings by 9% to CHF 18.0 million. As this gain was, however, more than offset by currency impacts and a negative effect from the change-over of the defined-benefit pension plans in Switzerland to a fully insured model, the EBITDA margin eased slightly to 22.8% (2016: 23.7%).
The emerging and expanding ebeam Technologies segment (EBT) almost doubled its sales, to CHF 29.5 million (2016: CHF 16.9 million). Besides the growth in sales of its modules and EB Lab systems, a high backlog of orders from the previous year in the systems business was filled in 2017. EBT rigorously continued its strategy of developing the business through new applications and invested in the joint projects with its partners. Thus, the new ebeam-based GAIA printing system was launched together with Uteco. The field tests for the bacterial inactivation of dry foods using ebeam, a project by Bühler, were successful. With Bell Food Group AG, a demonstrator was developed for the treatment of hatching eggs. The rollout with Tetra Pak in the area of beverage packaging sterilization developed in line with expectations. Tetra Pak will, however, adjust the further rollout to match its updated strategy and is planning to integrate ebeam directly in the new product generation, which will lead to a delay in sales revenue. In the systems business, competition grew more intense. High investments in the professionalization of processes and in the product portfolio weighed on the year's result. This and the budgeted investment in new applications increased the loss at EBITDA level to CHF 16.5 million (2016: CHF 9.1 million). Through cost reduction measures and a consistent refocusing of the product portfolio on standardized systems, EBT created important conditions for improving the profitability of the systems business.
In 2017 the Comet Group deepened its relationships with existing and prospective customers, widened its market access, invested in innovative solutions and worked to enhance its operating efficiency. Innovative new products like the IoT-capable iVarioTM x-ray generator, the highly stable cito Plus RF generator and the FF CT metrology systems were launched with success. In the ebeam business, projects with partners continued to progress and a new application was announced. The Group made important forward-looking investments in the expansion of the software competencies and in test and development infrastructure, exemplified by the ultra-modern Smart Lab in Flamatt for testing the new RF generators. Lab One, opened in October in Silicon Valley as a landmark step, is the Comet Group's first test and application center to provide all its technologies under one roof.
The construction work for the expansion of manufacturing capacity in Flamatt is progressing as planned. The move-in date is expected for late summer 2018. The new construction not only creates urgently needed space for further growth but the advanced facilities there will also improve operating efficiency.
With the Group's preparations to fully utilize its potential – through digitalization, further diversification, increasing the agility of the organization, and improvement of market access – important efforts are underway to ready Comet for the future. To even better meet the demands which further strong growth in business places on the company, the management team was reinforced at the Executive Committee level. René Lenggenhager as CEO has been leading the Group since May 2017. With the addition of Prisca Hafner as Chief Human Resources Officer in January 2018, the CHRO position (previously part of a dual role) is now staffed separately. Also with effect from January 2018, Stephan Haferl became president of the IXM segment.
Following the decision of Charles Flükiger to leave the Group, the EBT segment will be led by CEO René Lenggenhager on an interim basis from April 2018. The search for a new president of EBT is in progress. Charles Flükiger will remain fully available to the company until he leaves. The Board already takes this opportunity to thank him for his great commitment over the past 37 years.
At the Annual Shareholder Meeting on April 26, 2018, the Board of Directors will propose a distribution of CHF 1.50 per share from distributable paid-in capital (2017: CHF 1.20), exempt from Swiss anticipatory tax. This represents a dividend of 33% of the Group's net income.
The detailed annual results are published on March 15, 2018 and presented at 10:00 a.m. CET on the same day at the media and analyst conference in Zurich (location: Restaurant Au Premier, Bahnhofplatz 15, Alcina Room ("Raum Alcina"), 8001 Zurich, in the Hauptbahnhof (Zurich main railway station)).
A conference call in English will be held today, March 15, 2018 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CET, with René Lenggenhager, CEO, and Markus Portmann, CFO.


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Formlabs Ambassadors Inspire!
Meet our community of over 50 3D printing leaders from 13 countries, using Formlabs products to solve challenging problems.
The same tools, dozens of perspectives
From users who rely on a single printer for everyday prototyping, to those leveraging print farms to manufacture at scale, our ambassadors all have one thing in common: they are redefining the way things are made.
Formlabs Ambassadors share their experiences and expertise with the 3D printing community by leading webinars, writing blog posts, posting their work on social media, and advising on white papers.
Featured Ambassador
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Our 2021 Formlabs Impact Award winner is Julien Montenero, a French prosthesis specialist who creates realistic prosthetics for breast cancer patients.
Watch Julien's Story
Daniel De Leon of Lion Arts showcased his intricate model of Trico from The Last Guardian at Formlabs User Summit 2019.
Jocelyn DeSisto at work in her NYC studio where she runs environmentally sustainable jewelry brand Lot28 Design.
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Ambassador Directory
Daniel Bel
Digital Sculptor and Art Director
Buenos Aires, Argentina: I was born in 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I´m a CG Artist and Digital Sculptor and I have been working in different areas of the field for more than fifteen years. My first job connected with the 3d world was in engineering as a Mechanical Designer. Later on, I moved to Architectural Visualization as a Technical Director. This was followed by Video Games, where I worked as Lead Animator. Then I entered the Advertising and Motion Graphics business as a CG artist and Art Director. And for the last 5 years, I´ve been working as a digital sculptor for some of the best collectible companies in the world, like Sideshow Collectibles. There, I perform the role of Senior Sculptor, giving life to many DC and Marvel characters, from the comics to the statue collectible world.
Dr. Ali Razian
Richmond Hill Hospital
Wemmel, Belgium: I am an orthopedic surgeon and I had the idea of integrating 3D into my professional activity by printing bones.
Osvaldo Correia
Ozaero Custom Designs
Kilworthy, ON, Canada: Born in Sao Paulo Brazil, Osvaldo Correia developed a passion for model airplanes like many young boys, but never imagined the role it would play in his future. He was taught the art of sign painting by his father at a very young age and had started his own sign painting business by the age of 19. At age 32, with two successful businesses already in full swing, Osvaldo decided to turn his passion for model airplanes into a business as well. He built a workshop in the back of his property and started Juniaer Modelismo, designing and building his own scale remote control (RC) planes. Osvaldo ran Juniaer for five years until moving to Canada in 2003. At the time he sold it, the company supported three full-time airplane builders. To this day it is still a thriving business, exporting RC planes to 18 different countries. Fifteen years later, Osvaldo brought his dream back to life with the establishment of Ozaero Custom Designs. Using cutting edge technology such as Formlabs 3D printers, he creates and produces high-end detailing for scale RC jets. His goal is to continually push limits for his customers, challenging their perceptions of what is possible in this field.
Epithesist and developer of custom medical devices
Deendayal research institute
Paris, France: Dental prosthetist for 25 years, Julien took a university course in facial prosthesis applied in 2010 at the medical faculty of Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI, which led him develop a 3D production workflow in maxillofacial prosthesis (epithesis ) in order to perpetuate reconstructions of large areas of the face. In 2011 he set up a pre and postoperative scan process to reconstruct the amputated parts of his patients, in order to restore them to accuracy with his prostheses. Since 2016, Julien has been working in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières in Jordan in Amman for the development of maxillofacial rehabilitations by prosthesis using 3D technologies. At the same time, he is developing processes in the dental world for the rehabilitation of large areas using biocompatible materials developed by Formlabs.
Julien Bajolet
AM manager
AFPMA
Péronnas, France: Julien BAJOLET is Head of Additive Manufacturing and welding at AFPMA. With an engineer's degree in Mechanical from ENIM and research Master degree from UPVM in 2011, he joined the SAFRAN group for a PhD in collaboration with the LaBPS laboratory. The goal of the project was the weight diminution of electronic packaging in aeronautic and that's the moment additive manufacturing became necessary. In 2015 at IPC, he is in charge of the additive manufacturing service for metal, polymer and composites AM. Since 2020, he has joined AFPMA to lead the AM and welding activities: training and councils.
Tanya Marriott
Wellington, New Zealand: I am a character designer and researcher who works in a variety of media including interactive storytelling, playful interaction and character-centric communication. My practice-led research seeks to build meaningful experiences and storytelling opportunities between digital and tangible activities and objects. With a specific focus on environmental advocacy for issues such as predation, ecosystem collapse, and conservation through my character toy designs. I have qualifications in Industrial design, Illustration, and Interactive design and have worked for Weta Workshop on the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Aardman Animation, The World of Wearable Art, and within the UK Toy industry as a product designer.
Steven Balfour
Sea Mammal Research Unit
St. Andrews University
St. Andrews, Scotland: I have been a mechanical engineer for over 20 years. My career began in a machine shop, where I worked with everything from milling machines to cylindrical grinders. I started in the world of 3D printing for visualization and tool mold manufacturing after moving to a new institute to design marine telemetry devices, which is my current role.
Kim Olson
Tool Design and Mechanical Design Instructor
Moraine Park Technical College
West Bend, WI: Kim Olson has 13 years of experience teaching professional mold design. He serves as an instructor at Moraine Park Technical College in West Bend, WI for the Tool Design Engineering associate degree program, the Mechanical Design Technology associate degree program, and the Mold Design Certificate Program. His core responsibilities focus on injection mold design related courses, though he also teaches jig and fixture design and metal stamping die design. He is a Certified SolidWorks Professional and teaches CAD to his students. Olson previously spent 15 years as a Zinc Die Cast Tool Designer for Briggs and Stratton Technologies/Strattec Security Corporation in Milwaukee, WI. He primarily worked on products for the automotive lock and small engine markets. Additionally, he managed die designers and injection mold designers for these same products.
Quincy Vadan
Los Angeles, CA: Originally started as a character designer and happened to get several jewelry design contracts and immediately fell in love with jewelry design and 3D printing. It's the ultimate medium.
Franco Carlesimo
I been a digital artist for over 15 years, focus mostly in character modeling. I came across 3D printing from a tutorial I saw from Jeff Feligno, and from that moment on I was hooked. Now I work mostly for collectibles and all I do ends up 3D printed. I just could´t be working doing what I love without this technology.
Innovation Development Manager
Manchester PrintCity
Manchester, UK: With a background in product design, Mark is responsible for designing and delivering prototypes for a range of clients. Specialising in additive manufacturing, Mark provides design consultation for additive and technical services within PrintCity and helps customers develop their ideas further and turn them into reality. Mark additionally has a strong background in the application of generative design and other industry 4.0 technologies. He also supports and consults clients on how to improve their current processes through new technologies. Mark's role at PrintCity is also partially funded by the Manchester Business Growth Hub, which enables businesses to grow through a broad range of services.
Lindsey Zindroski
SNL Creative
Los Angeles, CA: Lindsey Zindroski is an Additive Manufacturing Entrepreneur and Los Angeles Ambassador for Women in 3D Printing. In 2008, she founded SNL Creative, where she works in design, development, and manufacturing of goods for luxury brands, toys and art collectables, fine art, consumer products, automotive, themed entertainment and film. She is a client focused business leader with a commitment to building trusted partnerships with her clients and within Industry.


This beautiful home is in a prime location and surrounded by mature trees and lush hills. It is built in a complex of three residences, which share a common driveway, but each of them has large outdoor spaces in its exclusive ownership and use. The plot of the complex is 14,182 m², of which 4,822 m² belong to the house.
The area looks completely secluded but is easily accessible from a gravel road, while there is also an asphalt road 250 m away. The land of the entire complex is fenced and accessible from a gate. Part of the land at the frontage of the residence is beautifully landscaped with a lawn garden, a flower garden and a private parking lot for up to 3 cars. The owners have chosen to keep the rest of the land to its original form, maintaining much of the rocky terrain and local vegetation. Among others, the land plot includes a perfectly preserved stone threshing floor and a nice olive grove with 18 mature and productive olive trees, which are more than enough for the annual needs of your family for olive oil. At the rear of the house, there is plenty of space for a themed garden and a swimming pool. The plot has many areas with good privacy and offers wonderful views of the White Mountains, on the south side and of the sea, on the north.
The house is arranged over two floors and has functional and modern design. On the ground floor there is a living and kitchen area that is divided into two large rooms, which are separated by an arch. The living area and the kitchen have exits to a north-facing terrace that is covered with a pergola and has views of the garden. On the south side of the ground floor there are a bedroom and a bathroom with shower. An internal staircase leads to the upper floor, where there are two more bedrooms and a bathroom with a bathtub. The upper floor has balconies on both sides with exceptional views of mountains and sea.
The house is of high construction quality and has a simple design. The bedrooms have large built-in wardrobes and air conditioners. The sale price also includes the kitchen appliances. The residence has central heating with radiators and oil boiler. The boiler room is located on the ground floor and has independent access from the courtyard. The property also has a solar panel as well as aluminum doors and windows with screens and double glazing.
The area is very quiet as around the residence, you can hear only the sounds of nature. Within walking distance, there is the village Ksirosterni, which has a mini market, tavern, café, and many beautiful traditional guesthouses. At a distance of 5 minutes' drive, there are many picturesque villages as well as the small town of Vamos, where you can find a medical center, a supermarket, a bank, taverns, and some shops. Within 15 minutes' drive is the seaside, small town Kalyves, where there is everything you need for your daily living as well as a long, sandy beach with many spaces with facilities. The city and the airport of Chania are about 40 and 45 minutes' drive, respectively.


The Predators have won eight consecutive games, the longest active streak in the NHL.
DENVER — The Predators are resilience personified.
Their 4-3 overtime victory Sunday against the Colorado Avalanche was their latest in a scintillating run of comebacks.
By rallying in each of their four games out West, the Predators stretched their winning streak to eight, matching the longest in franchise history first set in October 2005.
Throughout the rest of the regular season, Predators coach Peter Laviolette is going to fine-tune his lineup, testing combinations and providing adequate rest to banged-up players.
The goal, Laviolette said, is to make sure that each member of the roster is prepared for playoff duty.
At forward, Mike Fisher and Craig Smith sat out Sunday. Neither is considered injured by the team. Scott Hartnell, among those who didn't play in the Predators' previous game for "maintenance" reasons, returned.
Captain Roman Josi missed his second consecutive game and is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
As the Predators recently have displayed, they're not affected by changes to their lineup. Against Colorado, a possible first-round opponent next month, Nashville played another effective game but trailed in the final 90 seconds.
No problem. Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis ripped the tying goal into the net with 66 seconds left, then forward Filip Forsberg netted the game-winner in overtime, his first goal since Feb. 13.
"We know that we have the tools in this room (to) really come back from any deficit," Ellis said. "It's not pretty all the time, but as long as we're collecting those points, that's the most important thing.
The Avalanche are in the thick of the playoff race because of high-scoring forward Nathan MacKinnon, who deserves serious MVP consideration for his lights-out season.
In order to combat MacKinnon. the Predators matched center Ryan Johansen's line against his as much as possible without the benefit of last line change during each stoppage.
MacKinnon had eight shots and an assist on the Avalanche's third-period goal Sunday. His line got the better of Johansen's in terms of puck possession and scoring chances, but the Predators neutralized him enough to win.
Moments after barely missing a tap-in by the side of the net in the first period, Predators forward Austin Watson completed an energetic shift by banking a goal off an Avalanche defender.
Watson reached the 10-goal mark this season on the play, the first time in his NHL career he's done so. Half of his goals have been scored in the past 11 games.
Although Watson primarily is deployed in a defensive role, he's developed into a dependable offensive contributor this season as part of a well-rounded fourth line. Watson's ability to influence a game on both ends has made him invaluable.


KonektaGipuzkoa: The call for the business initiatives is open.
Up Euskadi (Bic Gipuzkoa) and KonektaGipuzkoa (Adegi, BerriUp, Orkestra Crecer+, TECNALIA Ventures, Elkargi and Geroa) bring over a professional meeting destined for the connection of startups, SME's and investors. The meeting will take place the 22nd November in the Kursaal Palace.
This year the meeting will be celebrated in the frame of the SmartUp Congress, aiming to be the main business lounge of the country, where the Basque SME's and the stratups will be the protagonist.
The objective of this meeting is to contribute to a bigger dynamism and a largest interconnection between key actors in the generation of a new corporate activity in Gipuzkoa. The initiative facilitates the connection and the visibility of startups of the territory with the private investors and with SME's from all over the world, helping to improve the Basque entrepreneurship ecosystem.
In this second edition, 10 startups in search of investment and growth will be selected in order to facilitate them the connection and the visibility betweenprivate investors and SME's. The call will be open until 30th of October.
The selected startups will have the opportunity of presenting their projects to a qualified public in order to get new corporate models of innovation and technological application. Also, an area will be enabled to favor the networking and the private contacts between the enterprising, investors and SME´s managers.


Located just off the tip of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, tiny Harbour Island (known locally as "Briland") is often called the "Nantucket of the Caribbean". And with good reason: flower-lined streets, pink sand beaches, New England-style architecture, and old world charm make this a world class destination for the rich and famous (and those aspiring to be).
Combined, the area of Eleuthera and Harbour Island is a favorite for savvy travelers looking for the quintessential Bahamas getaway without the frenetic pace of more popular and touristy Nassau.
Here, we reveal our top picks for a weekend trip (36 hours, give or take) to Harbour island. It's a whirlwind itinerary for sure but for travelers looking for a well-balanced weekend getaway in the tropics, this provides a solid mix of relaxation and more adventurous pursuits.
With regular flights in and out of Fort Lauderdale Airport (FLL), getting to North Eleuthera (ELH) is rarely more than a one-stop flight from many destinations in the United States. Plan to arrive at ELH around noon and hop the brief, 5-minute water taxi over to Harbour Island.
Great food, a chill atmosphere, and an amazing waterfront view combine to make this one of Harbour Island's best restaurants. The aptly named Sip Sip (local slang for drink and gossip) serves a lunch menu featuring plenty of local foods – curried chicken salad and spicy conch chili – and more "exotic" fare, including Middle Eastern dishes like hummus.
There are plenty of opportunities for snorkeling in and around the Bahamas. Harbour Island in particular is also a great spot to test your skills (or lack thereof) at spearfishing and diving for lobster or conch.
Grab a set of rental gear from any number of local beachfront stands for $10 or less and spend the afternoon underwater. If you're feeling a little more adventurous, hop a local fishing boat to head out to the more well-known snorkeling and fishing spots.
The Landing is first and foremost a luxury boutique hotel that dates back to the early 1800s. But the onsite restaurant is also one of the best on Harbour Island. Overlooking the harbour in the heart of Dunmore Town, this intimate eatery serves the best food I've tasted in all of the Bahamas.
We stuffed ourselves with a variety of appetizers and split entrees. However, I highly recommend the goat cheese ravioli with poached shrimp, tea soaked raisins, burnt butter & pinenuts. It's simply amazing! The sweetness is tempered with a nice, subtle tartness to give it a well-balanced bite. It was much lighter than expected – not nearly as heavy as a typical cheese stuffed ravioli.
The name "Kalik" is directly linked to Bahamian culture and comes from the distinctive sound made by cow bells used as instruments during the colorful "Junkanoo" parades.
If there's a more perfect Bahamian dive bar than Gusty's, we didn't find it. The floor around the inside bar is white, flour-soft sand from nearby beaches, and the back room features a perfectly crooked and pockmarked pool table with a single lamp overhead. On weekends, locals gather around the small bar and ramshackle tables to watch satellite TV or listen to local DJs spin.
After you're done shooting a few rounds, relax with a cheap cocktail or Kalik on the oceanview terrace, overlooking Harbour Island's northern point from high above.
Two words define everything about Dunmore Beach Resort: "casual elegance". The design is simple, understated with bright whites and island colors everywhere. It all works to create the perfect, relaxed, "hey, we're on island time" atmosphere.
Every guest room is a private or semi-private (connected) cottage with all the amenities you'd expect from a Harbour Island luxury resort – plush king sized beds; stone bathrooms with showers and tubs big enough to park a Mini Cooper in; large, private patios overlooking the ocean; and walking distance to a picture perfect sandy beach that's so quiet and tranquil day and night, you'll think you have it all to yourself.
After a full day of exploring the island yesterday, chill with a nice, long and relaxed breakfast on the patio at Dunmore Beach Resort.
If you're looking for a day out on the water, Lil' Shan's Watersports is the cliche one-stop shop. Here you can rent jet skis, boats, kayaks, snorkel gear and pretty much anything else designed to get wet.
Drop by after breakfast for a half-day kayak tour (1-seater: $35 or 2-seater: $50). The staff is completely open to anywhere you want to go and anything you want to see – it's all on your schedule. Spend a few hours paddling around the island or bring your snorkel equipment to mix things up a bit.
It's routinely ranked the #1 restaurant in all of Harbour Island and with good reason. The conch doesn't get much fresher than this – it's literally scooped from the bay out back, removed from the shell, and the salad prepared right in front of you with peppers, onions, tomatoes and freshly squeezed sour orange juice. There isn't a more quintessential Bahamian dish!
Harbour Island is quite small, which makes it perfect for exploring and beachcombing. Pickup a rental golf cart back at Lil Shan's. It's a simple, relaxing and inexpensive way to see the entire island in just a few hours.
Head down to Pink Sands Beach for a leisurely walk along three miles of soft, picture-perfect, pale pink sand. The water is ideal for swimming – protected by a coral reef, the calm, crystal clear Atlantic waters here are warm year-round.
Originally a rather simple and unassuming B&B, Rock House now boasts some of the island's most glamorous accommodations and an excellent restaurant to boot.
The atmosphere is posh, but relaxed and you can opt to dine poolside, in a private cabana, or pick a table with sunset views. If you haven't yet tried the local Goombay Smash, take this last opportunity to do so. It's a quintessential tropical Caribbean cocktail.
The dinner menu is a mix of fresh local seafood dishes (Roasted Bahamian Lobster Tail and Local Stone Crab Claws), along with more exotic fare (who knew you could score Curried New Zealand Lamb Chops in the Bahamas?).
Return to Dunmore Beach Resort to catch the sunset or beachcomb along the nearby pink sand beaches. It's a perfect end to a long weekend on Harbour Island.
If you have the time (or money) after heading back to Eleuthera, stick around for an extra day or two – there's plenty to see and do there as well!
May just follow this itinerary very soon.. Sounds like a wonderful 36 hours in the Bahamas!


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Anti-government demonstrations in Yemen have entered their sixth day as student demonstrators were beaten by pro-government supporters armed with batons, stones and daggers. The protesters are calling for the immediate resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country for three decades. The protests have forced President Saleh to cancel a trip to Washington, D.C., scheduled for next month. Yemen is a key ally of the United States in the region, and President Obama is proposing to bolster strategic ties. We speak with Iona Craig, a journalist based in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. [includes rush transcript]
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AMY GOODMAN: I also want to get to, before the end of the show, what's happening in Yemen. The anti-government demonstrations have entered their sixth day. Al Jazeera reports student demonstrators were beaten by pro-government supporters, armed with batons, with stones, with daggers. Agence France-Presse is reporting that three journalists have been injured. The protesters are calling for the immediate resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country for three decades.
I want to turn right now on the ground to Iona Craig. She is an English-speaking journalist based in Sana'a, editor of Yemen Times. As we return to you, just very quickly, tell us what is happening today.
IONA CRAIG: Today there were further clashes. But despite some of the media reports that you may have seen, the numbers were not huge. They weren't in the thousands; they were in the tens. But once again, there were beatings, and there were stones thrown. The government has been quite organized in getting their supporters out in the streets. I've seen them being bused in to the university, handed placards for the president, and then handed sticks. And that's men as well as children, that don't look any older than 12 years old, being handed sticks to then participate in protests that have then ended up with clashes.
AMY GOODMAN: Well, I want to thank you very much. We're going to keep people updated in all of these cases. Iona Craig with the Yemen Times, speaking to us from Sana'a, Yemen; Elias Filali, activist and blogger who helped organize the protests in Algeria; and Faraz Sanei, researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch focusing on Iran and Bahrain, in this rolling rebellion through the Middle East.
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The Fiat Palio is a supermini car released by the Italian manufacturer Fiat in April 1996. It was produced until 2018.

The Palio is a world car and was developed by Fiat Automóveis with an aim at developing countries. It has been produced in various countries worldwide, and its platform was also used in the Siena sedan, the Palio Weekend station wagon, the Palio Adventure crossover and the Strada light pick-up truck.

Origins of the Palio badge
The Palio badge originated on the European-market Mark II Fiat 127, of 1977, where it was a trim designation rather than an actual model. The 127 Palio featured alloy wheels, a more luxurious interior, and a metallic paint finish as found on the 127 Sport. The Palio designation was also used on other Fiat models throughout the 1980s and 1990s in various markets.

First generation (178, 1996)

1996–2002 (Phase I)

Launched in 1996 in Brazil, as part of Fiat's "Project 178", the Palio was Fiat's first attempt to build a world car, the same basic design produced in numerous nations around the globe. Four principal models were produced: hatchback, sedan, pickup, and station wagon, with different versions built for different markets. The powerplants, both diesel and petrol, also varied from region to region depending on local production capability, legislation, and market requirements.

The basic chassis was a development of the European Fiat Uno but little remained unchanged. The entire structure was significantly stronger to be suitable on the rougher roads found in some of the markets for which it was intended. The suspension layout, as on the Uno, consisted of MacPherson struts at the front and a torsion beam at the rear, even though the Weekend (station wagon) version had the fully independent trailing arms rear end from the Fiat Punto instead. The body was a completely new design by the I.DE.A Institute of Turin, which also designed the new interior. Some engines were also coming from other Fiat models, such as the Punto and the Bravo.

Production began in 1996 in Brazil and was followed later that year by a plant in Argentina. In 1997,  production started in Venezuela, Poland for the European market, and Morocco (at the Somaca plant) whilst Turkey started building the same car in 1998. In India, assembly was at Pune in the new Fiat-Tata Motors factory and in South Africa  by Nissan together the pickup version called Fiat Strada. Production in India and South Africa began in 1999, in Egypt in 2001, and in China in 2002. The Palio Weekend station wagon was launched in 1996 in Brazil and later in Europe. The station wagon is the version most commonly sold in Europe.

2001–2006 (Phase II)

In 2001, the model had its first facelift. The new design was manufactured by the Italian automobile designer Giorgetto Giugiaro. This facelift included new front and rear fasciae and a brand new interior. Also, new engines came for the Palio: the Fire 16-valve 1.0-L and 1.2-L and the Sporting, a 1.6-L 16-valve engine with 120 hp made in Turkey. The 2001 Palio was the first Fiat to be made in China, by Nanjing Automobile. In some markets, this generation included a Speedgear CVT option. The Palio 2001 facelift is the ultimate version sold in Italy. In 2001, Fiat introduced for the South American market the crossover version, called Palio Adventure and based on the Palio Weekend. In Europe, the Palio Weekend was succeeded in 2003 by the Fiat Idea MPV.

Nanjing Fiat Palio
In November 2001, the Chinese Fiat Palio debuted, with either the  1.2-L or the  1.5-L. The Siena sedan was added in November 2002, followed by the Palio Weekend in June 2003. The Palio Weekend were not available with the smaller engine. A 1.6-L 72kW weekend was planned but never been sold.

Safety rating
A Fiat Albea, the sedan version of the Palio, was tested in Russia according to the Euro NCAP latest standard (offset frontal crash at 64 km/h). The Albea scored 8,5 points in the frontal test, equivalent to three stars. The tested vehicle was equipped with standard driver airbag and regular seatbelts.

The Fiat Perla, the Chinese version of the Albea, was tested in China by China-NCAP in three different tests: 100% front crash test with a wall (similar to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration test), a 40% offset test (similar to Euro NCAP), and a side crash test. The Perla scored 8.06 points in the 100% frontal crash test, equivalent to three stars; 12.02 pts in the 40% offset crash test, equivalent to four stars, and 10,96 pts in the side crash test, equivalent to three stars; with an average result of 31 points and three stars. The tested vehicle was equipped with standard driver and passenger airbags and regular seatbelts.

2004–2016 (Phase III)

The second revision was released in 2004, designed again by Giorgetto Giugiaro. It is basically a facelift from the previous models. The 2004 Palio was the first Brazilian model in the B-segment available with four airbags (two front airbags and two side airbags), parking assistance, and light and rain sensor. In Europe, the new model featured a redesigned front fascia and interior with rear fascia similar to Palio 2001 version. It has also a sport version called the Palio 1.8R' which has a new version of the General Motors 1.8-L X18XE Powertrain engine rated at 115 hp (ethanol) and 112 hp (gasoline), lowered suspension, new 14-inch alloy wheels, new seats, and other sporting features. The third generation of the Palio had huge sales numbers, even getting higher sales in some months than the VW Gol, the Brazilian best-selling car for over 24 years. It is currently sold as the Palio Fire Economy as a cheaper alternative to its posterior facelift, with alterations derived from the Uno Mille Fire Economy model. The top model is still Weekend Adventure version; it is equipped with a 1.8-L Powertrain Flex fuel engine with 112 hp (petrol/gasoline) and 114 hp (ethanol) at 5500 rpm, all-terrain Pirelli Citynet tires, and a higher/reinforced suspension kit but still with 4x2 drive.

Fiat India is manufacturing the 2004 Palio, with 2001-version interiors, at the Ranjangaon plant along with the Grande Punto and Linea. After entering into a partnership with Tata Motors, the Palio has been relaunched as the Palio Stile, with the 1.1-L Fire, 1.6-L Torque, and 1.3-L Multijet engines. Sales have been low at hardly 200 units per month.

2007–2011 (Phase IV)

The last Palio facelift was launched in 2007, in Natal, Brazil. The design of the body was inspired by the new version of the Grande Punto, which was launched in Brazil in the first quarter of 2008.

This fourth facelift included a new front, rear, and side designs, but it kept the original chassis from the 1996 model, being marketed as the New Palio. It also has a minor change in the instrument panel with differences between the two variants sold.

The trims for this new Palio are ELX with the 1.0- or the 1.4-L Fire engines, both flex (ethanol and petrol) and the "sporty"  version 1.8R with the current revision of the 1.8-L 8-valve engine from GM, also flexible. The new Torque engines were added to the Palio after the launch of the Grande Punto. The Palio Adventure introduced the new limited slip differential and new suspension for off-road with front-wheel drive.

In 2011, after buying the Brazilian factory and the project of the Tritec engine, Fiat modified it and launched its new line of 4 cylinder engines (E-Torq) in South America, being the 1.6 16V (114 HP) equipping all the family, and the 1.75 (sold as 1.8, 130 HP) equipping the Strada and Palio Weekend.

In 2012 Palio and its LWB-sedan variant, Albea has been discontinued in Tofaş plant.

In 2015 the station-wagon variant has been renamed as Fiat Weekend, dropping the Palio name.

Second generation (326, 2011)

An all-new generation of Palio was revealed in October 2011, at the annual Fiat dealers' meeting in Mykonos, Greece. The official launch, however, took place on 4 November 2011, in Brazil. It is the first total remodeling since launch in 1996. The project, code named 326, was anticipated by the success of the new Fiat Uno in Brazil. One of the new versions will be the Sporting, a trim level known for the sporty versions of the Siena, Uno, Idea, Bravo, and Strada. In late 2017, the Fiat Palio assembly line stopped in Argentina, due to Fiat's plans to start assembling the new Fiat Cronos, the saloon version of Fiat Argo, as well as a basic version of Argo without the Chrysler UConnect multimedia system, making the Palio officially discontinued worldwide after 21 years.

Electric version
In 2007, Fiat joined Brazilian utility companies Cemig and Itaipu to develop new electric vehicles for Brazil.  The Palio electric conversions were manufactured in small numbers with only limited production, with an initial batch of converted Fiat Palio cars scheduled to start testing in late 2007. After three years in development, the Palio Weekend entered production at Fiat's Foz do Iguazu factory in Brazil.

Motorsport
Several competition and homologated versions of the Palio have been produced, such as the A6 class rally car, multiple Brazilian and South American champion of the A6 class with Brazilian Luis Tedesco as the driver, and the Turkish Fiat Rally Team-created Palio Super 1600 Abarth rally car, with a 215-hp 1.6-L 16-valve engine and a six-speed sequential transmission. Turkey also boasts an N2 Palio.

Safety
The first generation design of Fiat Palio, that had very few structural changes from 1997, has been rated as highly unsafe by Latin NCAP in its most basic Latin American configuration  with no airbags in 2010, scoring only one star for adult occupants and two stars for children. Its airbag-equipped version scored three stars in 2011, although it is a vast minority in the sales mix. This changed with the Brazilian law requiring dual front airbags from 2014 on.

The New Palio with no airbags and no ABS received 0 stars for adult occupants and 2 stars for toddlers from Latin NCAP in 2014.

The New Palio with 2 airbags received 3 stars for adult occupants and 2 stars for toddlers from Latin NCAP in 2014.

The updated New Palio with 2 airbags received 4 stars for adult occupants and 3 stars for toddlers from Latin NCAP in 2015.

The New Palio with 2 airbags and no ESC received 1 star for adult occupants and 3 stars for toddlers from Latin NCAP in 2016 (one level above 2010-2015).

Sales

See also
Fiat Siena
Fiat Strada

References

External links

Official Fiat Palio website

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Cars of Turkey
Cars of India
Cars of Argentina
Latin NCAP superminis

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They're an unregulated Wild West, bringing in billions this year — and now celebrities are getting involved.
On Sunday, media personality and businesswoman Paris Hilton wrote on Twitter that she is "looking forward to participating in the new" LydianCoin — a platform that wants to combine the blockchain with "targeted, AI driven digital marketing and advertising services."
Hilton's not the first celeb to promote ICOs.
Floyd Mayweather was early to the game, hyping up prediction market Stox in July. "I'm gonna make a $hit t$n of money on August 2nd on the Stox.com ICO," the boxer wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of him sitting on a private jet next to literal piles of money.
Stox went on to raise $30 million (£23 million) — and was subsequently promoted by another high-profile sportsperson on Instagram, Uraguayan footballer Luis Suarez.
The American rapper has teamed up with Jess VerSteeg, an entrepreneur and Miss Iowa 2014, to kickstart a "cannabis revolution." To this end, he is sitting on the advisory board of Paragon, a tech firm that wants to use the blockchain to shake up the marijuana market.


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Ministry of Health Services for Mental Health and Addictions -- Nelson and District Home Support Services
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1515 Blanshard Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 3C8 BC V8W 3C8 tel: 250-952-1608
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Minoru Residence
6111 Minoru Boulevard, Richmond, BC, V6Y 1Y4 BC V6Y 1Y4 tel: 604-244-5300
Provides extended care; 230 beds. Also provides 20 bridging beds.
7324 Hurd Street, Mission, BC, V2V 3H5 BC V2V 3H5 tel: 604-814-5100
Mount Currie Health Centre
P.O. Box 161, Mount Currie, BC, V0N 2K0 BC V0N 2K0 tel: 604-894-6656
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1002 Vancouver Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 3V8 BC V8V 3V8 tel: 250-385-2241
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3080 Prince Edward St, Vancouver, BC, V5T 3N4 BC V5T 3N4 tel: 604-874-1141
the hospital has expanded to its current role as a 88 bed acute and 122 bed extended care facility.
Mount St Mary Hospital
999 Burdett Avenue, Victoria, BC, V8V 3G7 BC V8V 3G7 tel: 250-384-7158
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The hospital has 126 beds and provides care for those assessed at an extended care level.
Mount St. Francis Hospital
1300 Gordon Road, Nelson, BC, V1L 3M5 BC V1L 3M5 tel: 250-352-3531
The facility provides 79 extended care beds for the residents of the Nelson area.
Mount Waddington Regional Hospital
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709 10 St, Castlegar, BC, V1N 2H7 BC V1N 2H7 tel: 250-365-7221
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2179 McCallum Rd, Abbotsford, British Columbia, V2S 3P1 BC V2S 3P1 tel: 604-864-3400
Mt Arrowsmith Health
664 Primrose St, Qualicum Beach, V9K 1G9 BC V9K 1G9 tel: 250-752-1691
Mt Seymour Clinic
333 Seymour Boulevard, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7J 2J4 BC V7J 2J4 tel: 604-904-7712
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What if I told you that it is possible for us to walk in the Spirit continually and in total victory over our flesh, would you believe me?
If I told you that there is a place in God where we don't need rules and regulations to help us please God, but that we can walk continually by the Law of the Spirit of Life, would you believe that?
If I told you that there is a place in God where we have no need for even "regular quiet times" to meet with the Lord, but that our communion with Him is ongoing, non-ceasing, moment to moment, would you believe that?
If I said that there is a place in Him where we don't even give much thought to our giving, but rather we just give out to others continuously from a heart that flows and flows with love and generosity, would you believe that?
What if I said that there is a place in God where there is not even a need for regularly scheduled service times, or even regular places to meet with the saints, but that we can walk continually in the Spirit and then just meet with people as the Holy Spirit leads us; meetings that are wholly sanctioned by God Himself, would you believe that?
Well, beloved, as you should know, the list that describes a walk in the Spirit could go on and on and on here, so I won't continue in that way, but be assured that there is a place in God where a believer enters into God's rest, which is a continual walk in the will and ways of the Father; a place of NO BOUNDARIES other than those placed upon us moment by moment by the Holy Spirit.
The walk of Jesus was a perfect demonstration of this Sabbath Rest. Everything Jesus did was based on an intuitive knowledge of the Father's perfect will and a moment by moment alignment to that will. This was the walk of the Son of God in the earth 2000 years ago, and IS the pattern for the walk of many Sons soon to come.
When you hear the Father's voice, beloved, do not harden your hearts to Him, but just yield yourself to the leading of His Holy Spirit like a leaf that is blown by the wind. There IS a Sabbath rest for the people of God. Let's enter into it.


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Caller: The Fourth of July was a Dud
RUSH: To Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this is Jamie, and welcome to the program. Hi.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. How are you?
RUSH: Pretty good. Thank you.
CALLER: I wanted to talk about how, on the Fourth of July, I saw the fireworks, but I really didn't feel like a sense of overwhelming national pride, and I think it's purposeful by the Obama administration.
RUSH: Wait a minute, now. Where were you? I mean, who were you with when you were watching fireworks?
CALLER: I was with a guy I was seeing, Eric. I'm seeing currently.
RUSH: But were you at a…?
CALLER: We were in a field… It's kind of a field, but it's —
RUSH: Wait, was it just you two or were there a group of you?
CALLER: No, no. There was a lot of people there, about a hundred people or so.
RUSH: You're watching the fireworks, it's Fourth of July, and yet you just didn't feel the pride that you usually felt?
CALLER: No, and I think that, I mean, that's on purpose, because we're made to feel like we aren't as important anymore and we're diminishing in the world standing. And it's on purpose, to make us feel like we aren't good enough, like we're mediocre — and we're not mediocre! We're the greatest nation in the world.
RUSH: Now, nobody said anything, right?
CALLER: No.
RUSH: You're just watching the fireworks with Eric, the guy that you're seeing?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: And the other 98 people that were there, but you're just you're basically there with Eric and you're watching the fireworks?
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: Nobody's there, you're watching, and you're just internally… You're probably manifesting a little guilt. I mean, you are.
CALLER: Exactly.
RUSH: We're all being pummeled with this idea that there's nothing special about America. There's nothing exceptional about it. We're guilty of this transgression here, or that discrimination there, or this mistreatment over here, or what have you. So you feel disconnected from your own country. You don't feel like it's justified to be patriotic anymore.
CALLER: I'm constantly made to feel guilty everywhere I go. It seems like I have to be careful about political correctness and things.
RUSH: Well, look where you live. I mean, you live in Moscow West.
CALLER: (giggles) Exactly.
RUSH: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is not exactly where you're gonna be surrounded by fellow patriots.
RUSH: They'll think they're patriots but for different reasons than you do. They are patriotic because they don't like the country as is, and they are changing it and making it into what it should be by cutting it down to size, and that's patriotism as they define it. But not how you do.
CALLER: What it should be to them is a Third World state, and we are not Third World and that's why so many Third World people want to come here and are coming here because of it.
RUSH: Well, see, in their view, Jamie, we are responsible for the Third World. We made the Third World by stealing all of their stuff, their minerals, their resources, their oil and whatever. We took their wealth from them. This is what your buddies in Chapel Hill believe, along with a lot of other cockamamie things.
RUSH: And they believe that the only way to make this stuff fair and even as if we make ourselves poorer like the rest of the world is, so we find out what it's like.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Okay, our last caller from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, that is exactly how it works. On every issue that the left gets behind, they stigmatize certain behavior. For example, get off on global warming and climate change and CO2 and pollutants and the greenhouse effect, and they actually create guilt in people who driving around in their cars. "Oh, my God, am I destroying the planet?"
You know, people make jokes about it, but it's in everybody's head.
Whatever issue that comes up — be it contraception, whatever — they stigmatize, and it's almost subliminal, the effect. It's how they transfer guilt and suspicion to people. So she was watching a fireworks display, and because the inundation she gets every day about how rotten her country has treated this group of people or how rotten her country has treated that country and how rotten her country is treating immigrants, it all eventually permeates everybody's head, or a lot of people's heads.
And then what results from this is what the left loves, and that's a constant self-awareness of all this stuff. It's what happens to you when you don't, by routine matter, reject it. I will tell you, ladies and gentlemen, I do not suffer from any of this. When I see a fireworks display, when I see the US military show up somewhere, I am as proud as I've ever been. When this country does something that I adore and love, I am just as in love with it as I've ever been.
I have no guilt what so ever. I don't allow these people to work this kind of magic on me, 'cause I reject it. I have never once… In fact, I do just the opposite. When I see a guy driving a Prius I give him an anal in my Maybach or I'll pass him real fast or I'll go beyond the speed limit just to ram it down this little person's throat, just to show them!
"Hey, bud, you're not affecting me. You're not making me feel miserable. I'm not gonna join you in feeling guilty and unhappy and miserable every day." I'm not gonna do it. (interruption) No, I don't threaten 'em! No, no, no. I don't intimidate 'em. I'm just telling you, I don't hide from 'em. I see somebody driving around in a little lawn mower, a Smart Car, I am happy to be noticed in my car that I proudly get eight miles to the gallon with.
You know, one night a year, they'll get a Hollywood actor to support them. I forget the name of the cause, but it's a global warming cause, and I think it's every April — it might even be on Earth Day — where they ask everybody to turn off all lights for an hour or something. I turn every one on, and I do it with a smile, and I do it with happiness. Folks, you have to fight this stuff, internally, too.
You have to vow not to be impacted or affected by it. That's exactly what they want. They want everybody running around feeling the stigma of every one of their issues. How many of you, when you find yourself in a group of minorities, think, "Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, gee I'm a racist. They think I'm a racist just because I'm not them. Oh, oh, my God! Oh!"
And how many of you think, "I gotta show 'em I'm not a racist! I gotta show 'em I'm not a bigot"? How many of you feel that way? Probably a lot of you. That's just the stigma, and that results from your assumption that they think of you that way because that's what the news media is telling everybody you are. If you're not a minority, you have to be a racist.
War on Women, same thing happens. You'll go out of your way to prove, "Oh, I have nothing against contraception! Nothing," 'cause you don't want them thinking of you the way the media has told them you are. That's why I get into so much trouble with 'em, 'cause I taunt them.
You're not supposed to do that. You know, you're not supposed to tell jokes about the left.
You're not supposed to laugh at them because of what they're doing, that's too serious. We can be laughed at and mocked all day long. Have you ever noticed that they are really no conservative comedians? There isn't a whole lot of conservatism in the pop culture, in music, in movies, and whenever there are conservatives, they have to meet secretly in unknown locations.
They can't tell anybody where they're going so they won't be discovered because if it is they might not work anymore, this kind of stuff. I heard somebody espouse a theory as to why the left owns all of comedy. This person, I forget who was it, said, "What you conservatives are missing is that the comedians are not liberals first. They're comedians. They're funny people who just happen to be liberal.
"They're not liberals, they're not ideologues first who then also become comedians, and that's what you're missing. You guys take your conservative and you want to be a conservative first and then a comedian. You just need to be a comedian who's conservative," and when they meant was, "You need to sneak up on people. You don't want to active people who you are in advance and make yourself a target."
Now, there may be something to that. My television show, Rush Limbaugh the TV Show, for those of you that haven't seen it, was what Jon Stewart does today. But it was hated and it was reviled and it was ignored and it was never thought to be creative artistically, because we made fun of the left, whereas Comedy Central makes fun of conservatism.
That's proved and regaled and considered art and worthy of Emmys and all this stuff. But we made jokes about the left, and you're not supposed to do that. You know, all the updates I used to do, the Global Warming Update and the Peace Update mocking and making fun of the insanity that's on the left. Not supposed to do that!
So what was and remains a very funny program is never considered that, other than when they need to try to take me down a peg. "He's just an entertainer!" But then the next day I'll be the leader of the Republican Party again. It doesn't last long. The reason is that I just refuse to follow the stigma. You know, when I turn on the shower in the morning for hot water, I'm not feeling guilty about it, folks.
I'm not thinking, "Oooh, oh, what am I doing to the planet?" If I get on a boat and I sail around out there, I'm not worried about any pollution I might be causing, or if I get on an airplane, I don't think about any of that. I don't let 'em get to me because I know who they are and what they're doing. You have to actively fight this internally, and then turn it around on 'em.
Otherwise you can't escape the guilt, which is exactly what they want.


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Q: How to debug a beanshell script? I have troubles to debug a beanshell script all I get all the time is:
Exception invoking imported object method. : at Line: 194 : in file: inline evaluation of: ``import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;  import java.util.Arrays;  i . . . '' : migrateModels ( models , apiManager , isSAPRetailImportCondition , isSAPAFSCondition )
Called from method: initMissingImportSources : at Line: -1 : in file:  :
Target exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at bsh.BshMethod.invoke(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BshMethod.invoke(Unknown Source)
at bsh.Name.invokeLocalMethod(Unknown Source)
at bsh.Name.invokeMethod(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHMethodInvocation.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHPrimaryExpression.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHPrimaryExpression.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHBlock.evalBlock(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHBlock.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BshMethod.invokeImpl(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BshMethod.invoke(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BshMethod.invoke(Unknown Source)
at bsh.This.invokeMethod(Unknown Source)
at ImportSourceMigration.initMissingImportSources(BeanShell Generated via ASM (www.objectweb.org))
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at bsh.Reflect.invokeMethod(Unknown Source)
at bsh.Reflect.invokeObjectMethod(Unknown Source)
at bsh.Name.invokeMethod(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHMethodInvocation.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHPrimaryExpression.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHPrimaryExpression.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHBlock.evalBlock(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHBlock.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHBlock.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.BSHTryStatement.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.Interpreter.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.Interpreter.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.Interpreter.eval(Unknown Source)
at bsh.servlet.BshServlet.evalScript(Unknown Source)
at bsh.servlet.BshServlet.doGet(Unknown Source)

I am trying to retrieve the full stack trace with this code
    try {
        migration.initMissingImportSources();
    } catch (java.lang.Throwable e) {
        print(ExceptionUtils.getFullStackTrace(e));
    }

Is there a possibility to retrieve the causing exception?
Thanks a lot.

A: What is you "ExceptionUtils.getFullStackTrace()" really doing? Are you sure it's printing the nested exception?

A: Thanks a lot for the reply. Yes the getFullStackTrace is from apache commons and should work. I found the problem. The point is here that I didnt have the complete script in one method call.  This is important, only then you are able to surround it with a try catch and see the exception. Hope that will helpful for the others in the future too. I see the exception now. I had several methods calling each other.


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@implementation RCTConvert (TwilioChatClient)

RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(TCHClientSynchronizationStatus,(@{
                                                      @"Started" : @(TCHClientSynchronizationStatusStarted),
                                                      @"ChannelsListCompleted" : @(TCHClientSynchronizationStatusChannelsListCompleted),
                                                      @"Completed" : @(TCHClientSynchronizationStatusCompleted),
                                                      @"Failed" : @(TCHClientSynchronizationStatusFailed),
                                                      }), TCHClientSynchronizationStatusStarted, integerValue)

RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(TCHChannelSynchronizationStatus,(@{
                                                      @"None" : @(TCHChannelSynchronizationStatusNone),
                                                      @"Identifier" : @(TCHChannelSynchronizationStatusIdentifier),
                                                      @"Metadata" : @(TCHChannelSynchronizationStatusMetadata),
                                                      @"All" : @(TCHChannelSynchronizationStatusAll),
                                                      @"Failed" : @(TCHChannelSynchronizationStatusFailed),
                                                      }), TCHChannelSynchronizationStatusNone, integerValue)

RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(TCHChannelStatus,(@{
                                       @"Invited" : @(TCHChannelStatusInvited),
                                       @"Joined" : @(TCHChannelStatusJoined),
                                       @"NotParticipating" : @(TCHChannelStatusNotParticipating),
                                      }), TCHChannelStatusInvited, integerValue)

RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(TCHChannelType,(@{
                                     @"Public" : @(TCHChannelTypePublic),
                                     @"Private" : @(TCHChannelTypePrivate),
                                     }), TCHChannelTypePublic, integerValue)

RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(TCHUserInfoUpdate,(@{
                                        @"FriendlyName" : @(TCHUserInfoUpdateFriendlyName),
                                        @"Attributes" : @(TCHUserInfoUpdateAttributes),
                                        @"ReachabilityOnline": @(TCHUserInfoUpdateReachabilityOnline),
                                        @"ReachabilityNotifiable": @(TCHUserInfoUpdateReachabilityNotifiable),
                                        }), TCHUserInfoUpdateFriendlyName, integerValue)

RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(TCHClientSynchronizationStrategy,(@{
                                                       @"All" : @(TCHClientSynchronizationStrategyAll),
                                                       @"ChannelsList" : @(TCHClientSynchronizationStrategyChannelsList),
                                                       }), TCHClientSynchronizationStrategyAll, integerValue)

RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(TCHLogLevel,(@{
                                  @"Fatal" : @(TCHLogLevelFatal),
                                  @"Critical" : @(TCHLogLevelCritical),
                                  @"Warning" : @(TCHLogLevelWarning),
                                  @"Info" : @(TCHLogLevelInfo),
                                  @"Debug" : @(TCHLogLevelDebug),
                                }), TCHLogLevelFatal, integerValue)

RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(TCHClientConnectionState,(@{
                                  @"Unknown" : @(TCHClientConnectionStateUnknown),
                                  @"Disconnected" : @(TCHClientConnectionStateDisconnected),
                                  @"Connected" : @(TCHClientConnectionStateConnected),
                                  @"Connecting" : @(TCHClientConnectionStateConnecting),
                                  @"Denied" : @(TCHClientConnectionStateDenied),
                                  @"Error" : @(TCHClientConnectionStateError)
                                  }), TCHClientConnectionStateUnknown, integerValue)

+ (NSDictionary *)TwilioAccessManager:(TwilioAccessManager *)accessManager {
  if (!accessManager) {
    return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
  }
  return @{
           @"token": accessManager.currentToken,
           @"expirationDate": @(accessManager.expiryTime.timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000)
           };
}

+ (NSDictionary *)TwilioChatClient:(TwilioChatClient *)client {
  if (!client) {
    return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
  }
  return @{
           @"userInfo": [self TCHUserInfo:client.userInfo],
           @"synchronizationStatus": @(client.synchronizationStatus),
           @"version": client.version,
           @"isReachabilityEnabled": @(client.isReachabilityEnabled)
           };
}

+ (NSDictionary *)TCHUserInfo:(TCHUserInfo *)userInfo {
  if (!userInfo) {
    return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
  }
  return @{
           @"identity": userInfo.identity,
           @"friendlyName": userInfo.friendlyName,
           @"attributes": RCTNullIfNil(userInfo.attributes),
           @"isOnline": @(userInfo.isOnline),
           @"isNotifiable": @(userInfo.isNotifiable)
           };
}

+ (NSDictionary *)TCHMessage:(TCHMessage *)message {
  if (!message) {
    return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
  }
  return @{
           @"sid": message.sid,
           @"index": message.index,
           @"author": message.author,
           @"body": message.body,
           @"timestamp": message.timestamp,
           @"timestampAsDate": @(message.timestampAsDate.timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000),
           @"dateUpdated": message.dateUpdated,
           @"dateUpdatedDate": @(message.dateUpdatedAsDate.timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000),
           @"lastUpdatedBy": message.lastUpdatedBy,
           @"attributes": RCTNullIfNil(message.attributes)
           };
}

+ (NSDictionary *)TCHMember:(TCHMember *)member {
  if (!member) {
    return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
  }
  return @{
           @"userInfo": [RCTConvert TCHUserInfo:member.userInfo],
           @"lastConsumedMessageIndex": RCTNullIfNil(member.lastConsumedMessageIndex),
           @"lastConsumptionTimestamp": RCTNullIfNil(member.lastConsumptionTimestamp)
           };
}

+ (NSDictionary *)TCHChannel:(TCHChannel *)channel {
  if (!channel) {
    return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
  }
  return @{
           @"sid": channel.sid,
           @"friendlyName": channel.friendlyName,
           @"uniqueName": channel.uniqueName,
           @"status": @(channel.status),
           @"type": @(channel.type),
           @"attributes": RCTNullIfNil(channel.attributes),
           @"synchronizationStatus": @(channel.synchronizationStatus),
           @"dateCreated": channel.dateCreated,
           @"dateUpdated": channel.dateUpdated,
           @"createdBy": channel.createdBy
           };
}

+ (NSDictionary *)TCHChannelDescriptor:(TCHChannelDescriptor *)channel {
    if (!channel) {
        return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
    }
    return @{
             @"sid": channel.sid,
             @"friendlyName": channel.friendlyName,
             @"uniqueName": channel.uniqueName,
             @"attributes": RCTNullIfNil(channel.attributes),
             @"messageCount": @(channel.messagesCount),
             @"membersCount": @(channel.membersCount),
             @"dateCreated": @(channel.dateCreated.timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000),
             @"dateUpdated": @(channel.dateUpdated.timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000),
             @"createdBy": channel.createdBy
             };
}

+ (NSArray *)TCHMembers:(NSArray<TCHMember *>*)members {
  if (!members) {
    return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
  }
  NSMutableArray *response = [NSMutableArray array];
  for (TCHMember *member in members) {
    [response addObject:[self TCHMember:member]];
  }
  return response;
}

+ (NSArray *)TCHChannels:(NSArray<TCHChannel *>*)channels {
    if (!channels) {
        return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
    }
    NSMutableArray *response = [NSMutableArray array];
    for (TCHChannel *channel in channels) {
        [response addObject:[self TCHChannel:channel]];
    }
    return response;
}

+ (NSArray *)TCHChannelDescriptors:(NSArray<TCHChannelDescriptor *>*)channels {
    if (!channels) {
        return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
    }
    NSMutableArray *response = [NSMutableArray array];
    for (TCHChannelDescriptor *channel in channels) {
        [response addObject:[self TCHChannelDescriptor:channel]];
    }
    return response;
}

+ (NSArray *)TCHMessages:(NSArray<TCHMessage *> *)messages {
  if (!messages) {
    return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
  }
  NSMutableArray *response = [NSMutableArray array];
  for (TCHMessage *message in messages) {
    [response addObject:[self TCHMessage:message]];
  }
  return response;
}

+ (NSDictionary *)TCHMemberPaginator:(TCHMemberPaginator *)paginator {
    if (!paginator) {
        return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
    }
    return @{
             @"hasNextPage": @(paginator.hasNextPage),
             @"items": [self TCHMembers:paginator.items]
             };
}

+ (NSDictionary *)TCHChannelPaginator:(TCHChannelPaginator *)paginator {
    if (!paginator) {
        return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
    }
    return @{
             @"hasNextPage": @(paginator.hasNextPage),
             @"items": [self TCHChannels:paginator.items]
             };
}

+ (NSDictionary *)TCHChannelDescriptorPaginator:(TCHChannelDescriptorPaginator *)paginator {
    if (!paginator) {
        return RCTNullIfNil(nil);
    }
    return @{
             @"hasNextPage": @(paginator.hasNextPage),
             @"items": [self TCHChannelDescriptors:paginator.items]
             };
}

+ (NSData *)dataWithHexString:(NSString *)hex {
  // Source:  https://opensource.apple.com/source/Security/Security-55471.14.18/libsecurity_transform/NSData+HexString.m
  char buf[3];
  buf[2] = '\0';
  NSAssert(0 == [hex length] % 2, @"Hex strings should have an even number of digits (%@)", hex);
  unsigned char *bytes = malloc([hex length]/2);
  unsigned char *bp = bytes;
  for (CFIndex i = 0; i < [hex length]; i += 2) {
      buf[0] = [hex characterAtIndex:i];
      buf[1] = [hex characterAtIndex:i+1];
      char *b2 = NULL;
      *bp++ = strtol(buf, &b2, 16);
      NSAssert(b2 == buf + 2, @"String should be all hex digits: %@ (bad digit around %d)", hex, i);
  }

  return [NSData dataWithBytesNoCopy:bytes length:[hex length]/2 freeWhenDone:YES];
}

@end

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