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Q: converting char to int in while loop I am developing a calculator program in c++. But the problem is when I try to convert the character into integer it shows runtime error. The code is given below.
#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>

void main()
{
   clrscr();
   int num,sum=0;
   cout<<"Enter the number"<<endl;
   cin>>num;
   while(num!='=')
   {
      sum=sum+num;
      cin>>num;
   }
   cout<<"The sum is"<<endl;
   getch();
}

The program runs well i.e it takes the input correctly but when I used to press '=' sign then it shows nothing but only the black screen. Please help me. Thankyou.

A: Your issue lies in this loop
while(num!='=')
   {
      sum=sum+num;
      cin>>num;
   }

I will tell you why your code is hanging and why is not asking for more inputs, even if the condition in while loop fails. This happens when you insert a char instead of an int to something, when you input '=' the stream gets corrupted.
You need to use something like this to avoid hanging.
    {
        sum = sum + num;
        cin >> num;
        cin.clear();
        cin.ignore();
    }

And don't insert a char when your code is expecting an int, it sets the error flag and no more reading is possible. And since you can't input char inplace of an int, ask the user at the start how many numbers he wants to add, and then run your loop for that many times to get the input.
like this:
cout<<"Enter the number of items"<<endl;
cin>>items;
cout<<"Enter first item" <<endl;
while(items)
{
cin>>num;
sum=sum+num;
items--;
}

A: After you type '=', this character be convert to int since you declare num as int. But unfortunately the result isn't as you expected. The conversion failed!When an error occurs when reading from a stream, an error flag gets set and no more reading is possible until you clear the error flags. That's why you get an hang
Please refer to cin for an int inputing a char causes Loop that is supposed to check input to go wild

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Jejunal manometry in distal subacute mechanical obstruction: Significance of prolonged simultaneous contractions
M. Camilleri
The aim of this study is to assess the value of jejunal manometry in the diagnosis of subacute mechanical obstruction distal to the proximal small bowel. In a retrospective review of 850 manometric tracings carried out in patients with unexplained nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or altered bowel movements, 16 tracings were identified with features suggestive of mechanical obstruction: prolonged simultaneous contractions (PC) and postprandial clustered contractions (CC). Three patients had CC lasting less than 20 minutes: none proved to have mechanical obstruction. Among seven patients with CC lasting more than 30 minutes, three had proven mechanical obstruction, one probable adhesion obstruction, and in three no obstruction was found. All three patients with PC and three with mixed PC and CC had mechanical obstruction. The obstructed intestine manifests a variety of pressure profiles in the proximal jejunum: PC, CC, or mixed patterns. Prolonged simultaneous contractions are suggestive of distal subacute bowel obstruction; CC lasting over 30 minutes are less specific, whereas CC lasting less than 20 minutes are not associated with obstruction.
https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.30.4.468
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In: Gut, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1989, p. 468-475.
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Camilleri, M. / Jejunal manometry in distal subacute mechanical obstruction : Significance of prolonged simultaneous contractions. In: Gut. 1989 ; Vol. 30, No. 4. pp. 468-475.
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Ferris State's Jayru Campbell (Cass Tech) wins Harlon Hill Trophy
All told, Campbell has accounted for 47 touchdowns for the Bulldogs (15-0), who play Valdosta State (13-0) of Georgia in Saturday's national-championship game in McKinney, Texas.
Ferris State's Jayru Campbell (Cass Tech) wins Harlon Hill Trophy All told, Campbell has accounted for 47 touchdowns for the Bulldogs (15-0), who play Valdosta State (13-0) of Georgia in Saturday's national-championship game in McKinney, Texas. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/2018/12/14/ferris-states-jayru-campbell-detroit-cass-tech-wins-harlon-hill-trophy/2315660002/
Tony Paul, The Detroit News Published 4:37 p.m. ET Dec. 14, 2018 | Updated 4:55 p.m. ET Dec. 14, 2018
Ferris State quarterback Jayru Campbell has completed 60.6 percent of his passes for 2,832 yards and 26 touchdowns. He's also the team's leading rusher with 1,338 yards.(Photo: Mansoor Ahmad, Special to Detroit News)
It might not mean much to him.
But Jayru Campbell's Ferris State teammates and coaches were plenty excited to watch the Harlon Hill Trophy announcement Friday, when Campbell, the former Detroit Cass Tech star, was named the winner of what's considered the Heisman of Division II.
Campbell becomes the second Ferris State player to win the award, after fellow quarterback Jason Vander Laan won in 2014 and 2015.
"Our quarterback is so focused, I mentioned to him, you know, that we'd like to have a watch party," Ferris State coach Tony Annese said earlier this week.
"And he looked at me like I was crazy, 'Coach, we're not doing that.'
"He's all about just winning. He's not about personal accolades."
More: Jayru Campbell makes most of second chance, fuels Ferris State's title run
Yet, the accolades keep on piling up for Campbell, in his first season playing at Ferris, after a long, winding road took from a troubled tenure at Detroit Cass to a community college in Kansas, to, eventually Big Rapids.
And Annese, by the way, won out, with a watch party at the team hotel Friday.
He was named first-team AP All-America earlier this week, and he was the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference player of the year. For the season, he leads Division II quarterbacks with 1,138 rushing yards, and he's thrown for 2,832 yards and 26 touchdowns, to just five interceptions.
All told, he has accounted for 47 touchdowns for the Bulldogs (15-0), who play Valdosta State (13-0) of Georgia in Saturday's national-championship game in McKinney, Texas.
Campbell will be presented the Harlon Hill at a banquet in Little Rock, Ark., on Jan. 10.
Also a finalist was Hillsdale senior quarterback Chance Stewart, after throwing for 3,588 yards and 28 touchdowns (eight picks) while leading his team to the Division II playoffs.
Other Harlon Hill winners from the state: Wayne State running back Joique Bell in 2009 Grand Valley State quarterback Curt Anes in 2002. It's been handed out since 1986.
Division II championship game
FERRIS STATE VS. VALDOSTA STATE (GA.)
Kickoff: 4 Saturday, McKinney Independent School District Stadium, McKinney, Texas
Records: Ferris State 15-0; Valdosta State 13-0
TV: ESPNU
tpaul@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @tonypaul1984


Three Easy Steps in Building your Mobile User Persona: The digital boom has helped marketing and sales reach new heights.
From conventional print, radio, and television, to the viral, social selling activities, online marketing, and now mobile, the pattern of business development strongly suggests that it will follow the type of medium most used by people.
Smart Insight reported that mobile marketing will be vital in the success of marketing and demand generation campaigns for businesses this year.
However, there are a lot of factors to consider if you want your mobile demand generation campaigns to be more effective. Start by building mobile user personas necessary for your campaigns.
But first, what is Mobile User Persona?
Mobile user personas are essentially your ideal target market classified in different personalities depending on how they use their mobile devices, the type of mobile devices, how they consume content via their gadgets and a slew of other factors. It basically provides sales and marketing with ways to identify customer motivations, habits, personalities, expectations, and goals.
Building such personas will allow you to create strategies based on the mobile habits of your ideal customers, which can lead you closer to reaching your goal/s.
How to create mobile user personas quickly?
Building personas for your mobile demand generation and prospecting isn't really different from defining your target market. The only difference is that you are categorizing them based on how they consume content and use their smartphones and tablets as well as how you can use this set of information to better introduce your brand.
Similar to building a buyer persona for your products and/or services, you will have to be able to get information on your own by interviewing possible clients/customers and researching about what they like and dislike. Interviews and surveys can provide you with insightful feedback about your target market with more in-depth information.
What do you like and dislike about using mobile to find information regarding potential vendors?
What features do you expect to see on a mobile application or website?
How often do you visit websites or use search engines to find information?
Mobile users are highly diverse. There are some that use their phones for gaming and music, others for work and study, and then there are those who just use the device's most basic functions. These factors will have to be listed clearly for you to create an effective persona.
Additional factors, such as the type of Internet connection they are using is also needed for this campaign. Not all mobile users are able to use faster 4G data connections such as the iPhone 6 Plus as some smartphone are only able to use 3G. Content viewed on these mobiles has to be light, fast, and interactive. Take note as well that other features of smartphones and tablets can be used for your campaigns such as the camera, processing power, battery, screen size, and built-in ePayment systems (if applicable).
This article on how to create detailed buyer personas may help you in this process.
By this time, you've already gathered enough data that will help you in creating personas for your mobile targets. There will be some patterns and certain characteristics that will help you categorize them. It's easy to start with around 3-5 personas first. If it helps, you can make use of persona templates available online.
These three easy steps that will get you started in building your mobile user persona. As you go along with your demand generation campaign, it will help you to have a read of our previous post on micro-moment sales and marketing to help you restore the balance in the market.


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Most funding schemes offer partial assistance; funding bodies have strict criteria and competition for awards can be fierce. Therefore it is worth remembering to follow any instructions for how to make an application and make sure you apply before the deadline (which can be over a year before the start of your programme).
If you are seeking financial assistance you should first contact your own Ministry of Education who will be able to advise you on your own government's schemes for students studying abroad. The British Council in your country should also be able to tell you of any British scholarship schemes for which you are eligible. If there is no British Council office, then contact your nearest British Embassy or High Commission. Some international organisations such as UNESCO and WHO operate scholarship schemes, usually for developing countries. In addition voluntary organisations such as religious bodies and charities sometimes award small bursaries. Contact the appropriate organisations in your own country for more information. You may also wish to visit the British Council scholarships and funding web pages.
As well as searching on these pages, you can also check the Funding database to look for all available scholarships that are offered by the University in each department.
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The Chevening Programme, which is funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations, was established in 1983 and has developed into a prestigious international scheme. Chevening Scholars come from more than 160 countries and territories worldwide. There are over 50,000 Chevening alumni around the world who together comprise an influential and highly regarded global network. Awards are typically for a one-year Masters degree, in any subject and at any of the UK's leading universities.
Chevening offers a unique opportunity for future leaders and influencers from all over the world to develop professionally and academically, network extensively, experience UK culture, and build lasting positive relationships with the UK.
Applications for the scholarships must be submitted online. Applicants should read the online guidance and be able to demonstrate how they meet the Chevening selection criteria before submitting an application. Applications for opportunities to study in the UK in 2021/22 close on 3 November 2020.
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The GREAT Scholarships 2021 programme, launched by the British Council together with 41 UK universities, supports postgraduate students to access world-class UK higher education opportunities.
The scholarship programme offers financial support of a minimum of £10,000 to students pursuing one year postgraduate taught study in the UK. Students can apply for courses in a range of subjects, at the 41 institutions across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
For more information on the GREAT Scholarships 2021, please visit Study UK and the British Council website in your country. Details for the University of Exeter's awards are available here.
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The University has partnered with COLFUTURO to consider their Masters level scholars for an additional award - the Ayudar Scholarship which provides a living stipend in line with UK Research Council recommendations: c. £14,000 in 2018. The Ayudar Scholarship is intended to support the development of Colombian students who will use the expertise gained from completion of a University of Exeter Masters degree to make a positive social, cultural, business or environmental impact in Colombia. All Colombian nationals holding an offer to study a University of Exeter Masters degree are eligible to be considered for the Ayudar Scholarship.
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The value of the award will be correspondingly reduced if an awardee also receives other awards to finance his/her same study overseas.
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Further information about the scheme is available from the Said Foundation's UK Scholarships page.
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WorldWideStudies is an educational program of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, aimed at fostering a new generation of Ukrainian professional elites.
Project WorldWideStudies offers support to young people of Ukraine to pursue a Masters degree in the following 6 fields: agrarian studies, aerospace engineering, alternative energy, environment and ecology, public law and governance.
Further details about the scheme can be found on the WorldWideStudies website via: www.worldwidestudies.org.
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The University is recognised by the US Department of Education for Title IV financial assistance. The University's Federal School Code list number is G09442. Advice on applications for federal aid is available on our Student Finance pages or may be sought from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) website. Disbursement of loan funding is made by cheque to the University on a termly basis.
American citizens may be eligible to apply for a Fulbright Award or Marshall Scholarship to support their Masters or PhD study. Awards are made on a competitive basis. See the relevant website for further information. Further details can be found on the relevant website.
There are a number of scholarships available to students wishing to study on our three week International Summer School. These include:
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Designed to allow laptop users to sit or stand as they work, the Ultra Slim EDT-07 series is perfect for hot desks or home offices. Being light and portable these units can be easily stored when not in use. Made of powder coated aluminium these units are hard wearing and can even be used outdoors.


Is it possible that the $this->property('mail', 'array') in PodioContact.php could have a conflict with the already existing php function mail()? I ask this because in my editor it highlights differently as opposed to other properties i.e. name, phone, etc. Also when trying to apply this command i get an error stating that the mail address mail is not valid?


Congrats! That is great news. I hope it isn't too long till you can get in there.
You'll get an email with a letter attached advising the house is complete.
Thanks shokel and blackcat.....and did u meet on site within 7 days after that?
We got the letter after we'd done PCI.
Ok ..I better check my emails as the only attachment we got after PCI was the list of things we signed on the tablet at PCI.
Our OC to handover was about 10 minutes apart.
Hi guys, beaumont tiles is having a sale now. If I get a quote for my tiles now from my studio M appointment, would I receive the discount? Thanks!
Ours was a bit of a mess, and we got our letter of completion after OC and handover.
Ok that makes sense. We have a list of defects that need to be sorted before handover. They are finally agreeing to strip back the stair case rail as the colour does not match what we had chosen at all. Anyone else had a stair case rail colour issue?
Does anyone have pest control reference contacts. We will need to do it before we move it. Can anyone share their recommendations?
[quote="blackcat20"]You'll get an email with a letter attached advising the house is complete.
How long after final inspection does it normally take for occupany certificate and handover to happen? We not expecting any major defects since we have been looking at the progress closely on each visit.
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We were a month and 10 days from PCI to Occupancy certificate, then another 2 weeks to handover.
[quote="excited_builders"][quote="blackcat20"]You'll get an email with a letter attached advising the house is complete.
1. All missing junction boxes installed.
4. The gap in the range hood will be covered.
6. The tank and external and internal cleaning will be done today.
7. All the electricals will be changed to Clipsal post handover. Thanks blackcat20 for pointing this out so we too checked ours.
The banks valuator came yday but ...came much later than he stated so he did not meet SM and therefore did not do the inspection/valuation.
SM said handover could be next week subject to the bank.
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Future of Media: News brand safety, print & TV commerce, CNN's livestream paywall
With our Future of TV deep-dive in the bag, we are starting to look forward to our next special editorial focus, on gaming, later this month. In the meantime, let's explore the news brand safety debate, Bauer Media's print e-commerce efforts and a few more TV takeaways.
TV clean-up
Our Future of TV deep-dive showed that TV has become shoppable with addressable tech opening up more performance-based approaches. Carat's Dan Calladine kindly explored the rise of t-commerce (trial-buy commerce).
He points out: "TV shopping isn't new. The likes of QVC and infomercials have been around since the 80s, letting people buy directly from their screen by calling a number, essentially TV-based mail order. And in the early 2010s there were experiments using Shazam as a response mechanism for TV, including a trial in the UK in 2012 during a break in Britain's Got Talent. It never really seemed to take off, however, due to the friction involved in opening your phone, opening Shazam, making sure it could hear the TV etc."
Now CTV brings all those processes onto the single device, the friction has been removed, he writes. I'll be talking to Tim Pearson, Sky Media's managing director, on this very topic following Sky making its VOD inventory available on the Trade Desk.
The Drum's TV deep-dive was supported by partner Thinkbox which this morning told me it's had 1,784 graduates from its TV Masters course in six months. The course remains open until Monday 19 July and it's well worth checking out.
News brand safety PR war
This one from Chris Sutcliffe caused a bit of an inbox ruckus. A study from the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and Brand Safety Institute (BSI) showed how 802 UK consumers felt about ads running next to news content. It's a sore topic: almost a year ago, Newsworks estimated that keyword exclusion was set to cost UK publishers £50m. That's a conservative estimate naturally.
In the new consumer study, just over a third of respondents (36%) said it was appropriate to advertise against any news content, while similar proportions opposed advertising against specific news topics such violent protests and riots (37%) and 'Covid-19 deaths and tragedies' (33%). It's a meaty subject, I'm suspicious of any study that doesn't show consumers' contempt of advertising in any format but I digress. The public's distaste of advertising on certain mediums has rarely stopped advertisers from advertising on these mediums.
I ask, what is the actual risk of clashing with these stories in premium environments? Today I saw Ford pushing an EcoBoost hybrid next to the awful news coming out of Israel via The Guardian. I think it's brilliant that this huge brand is funding this vital reporting.
The story's politically divisive, it has death, sadness, conflict, all of the eggshells brands supposedly want to avoid treading on. But what danger does being here pose to Ford? Has the brand safety danger been over-stated? Claire Atkins of Branded thought so earlier this year. If the person's smart enough to read in-depth coverage about the Israel/Palestine conflict, they're probably not going to think that Ford's got an opinion on it either way, no? They understand they get free news because of the ads, surely?
In the report, Mike Zaneis, chief executive of TAG, said: "The past year has brought forth the four horsemen of toxic content into the advertising ecosystem: death, lies, political poison and hate speech. As brand safety threats quickly evolve, UK consumers are looking to advertising industry leaders to identify and address those types of unsafe and inappropriate content in real-time."
The four horsemen were always there. It's just marketers have only started being held responsible for the outlets and information they fund. There are growing movements to block the transgressors at a publisher level rather than on a page-by-page level via contextual tools. Top brands preaching progressive purpose, diversity, and inclusion know who's providing a public service with their journalism… and who's driving division and page views… right?
The debate rages, the inbox will continue to fill with competing takes, and you can read Chris Sutcliffe's account here.
Print's role in e-commerce
Can print drive e-commerce sales? Bauer Media thinks so. And it thinks it has to work without QR codes or watermarks. So it's working with a firm called Phuzion to create "seamless shopping experiences straight off the page".
What does that entail? Print images are being made recognisable to in-camera image recognition tech. Theoretically, snapping a picture of a garment (it's mostly fashion verticals so far) should take you to the commerce landing page.
The future of shopping is increasingly based around image recognition. Pinterest and Snap are making huge strides in the space, and it appears print mags are in the race too – still hugely influential in these journeys. Read about that here.
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As Facebook commits to independent GARM brand safety verification, getting YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and others on board is a diplomatic dance


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Daniel Dąbrowski (Łódź, 2 september 1983) is een Poolse sprinter die gespecialiseerd is in de 400 m. Zijn grootste successen behaalde hij op de 4 x 400 m estafette.

Zijn eerste succes beleefde hij 2005 door de Poolse kampioenschappen van neosenioren te winnen op de 200 m en de 400 m. Dat jaar won hij op de Universiade in het Turkse İzmir ook een gouden medaille op het onderdeel 4 x 400 m estafette. Met zijn teamgenoten Marcin Marciniszyn, Rafał Wieruszewski en Piotr Klimczak finishten ze in 3.04,67 achter het team uit Amerika.

In 2006 maakte hij zijn internationale doorbraak. Op de Europese kampioenschappen atletiek 2006 in Göteborg won hij met zijn teamgenoten Piotr Kedzia, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Rafał Wieruszewski een bronzen medaille op de 4 x 400 m estafette. Met een tijd van 3.01,73 eindigde dit team achter de estafetteploegen van Frankrijk (goud; 3.01,10) en Groot-Brittannië (zilver; 3.01,63). Individueel kwalificeerde hij zich voor de finale waar hij een vierde plaats behaalde in 45,56.

Op de Wereldkampioenschappen atletiek 2007 in Osaka werd hij met zijn teamgenoten Marek Plawgo, Marcin Marciniszyn en Kacper Kozłowski derde in 3.00,05. De wedstrijd werd gewonnen door het Amerikaanse team in een beste wereldjaarprestatie van 2.55,56. Op de Olympische Spelen van 2008 in Peking sneuvelde hij in de series met een tijd van 47,83.

Hij is aangesloten bij AZS Łódź.

Titels
 Pools kampioen (onder 23 jaar) 200 m - 2005
 Pools kampioen (onder 23 jaar) 400 m - 2005
 Pools kampioen 200 m (indoor) - 2006

Persoonlijke records
Outdoor

Indoor

Palmares

400 m
 2006:  Europacup - 46,37 s
 2006: 4e EK - 45,56 s
 2006: 5e Wereldbeker - 45,61 s

4 x 400 m estafette
 2005:  Universiade - 3.02,57
 2006:  WK indoor - 3.04,67
 2006:  EK - 3.01,73
 2006: 5e Wereldbeker - 3.03,90
 2007:  WK - 3.00,05
 2010: 5e EK - 3.03,42

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Pools atleet
Pools olympisch deelnemer
Sprinter (atletiek)

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Nowadays lying is considered to be the norm. A knock at the door and we ask our children to say that dad is not at home; A phone call and we say to our children to say mum is busy in the kitchen and shall call you later (so as not to disturb our TV dramas/relaxation time); Calling work and pretending to be sick (so we can go somewhere). These are just a few examples of the lies we speak in our daily lives.
Shaitaan pushes us to lie and then think 'oh it was just a little white lie' so we don't feel bad about it. We believe that it's no big deal. Then we lie again and again, until it develops into a habit.
Imam Malik (R.A) stated that Hazrat Abdullah ibn Masud (R.A) would say, "Each time someone lies a black spot appears on his heart until his whole heart becomes black and he is written with Allah as a liar.
Once a person starts to make false statements, he continues this bad habit to such a state that he fails to differentiate between what is true and what is fabrication. Ultimately being labelled as a Liar, leading to his character being tarnished. We are all well aware of the saying: The boy who cried wolf.
It is mentioned in AHadith that Holy Prophet (S.A.W) has said; Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to paradise. A man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to wickedness/ evil-doing, and wickedness leads to the Hell fire. A man may keep on telling lies till he is written before Allah, as a liar.


The Russian Order was bestowed upon Mr. Usmanov "...for his enormous contribution to the development of the Russian economy, culture and sports". The "For Merit to the Fatherland" Order (Grade III) was also awarded to Irina Viner-Usmanova, wife of Mr. Usmanov.
"Today I express my deep gratitude to the President for such a high appreciation not only from myself, but also from the team, all the athletes of the International Fencing Federation, which I currently head, and on behalf of all employees of two huge holdings, Metalloinvest and MegaFon", said Mr. Usmanov during the ceremony. "Fortunately, I also have the opportunity to give many thanks for your great fraternal support from my compatriots, all the ordinary citizens of Uzbekistan, where I was born, and from the President of the country, Mr. Mirziyoyev. We deeply appreciate that Russia continues to play the role, predetermined by God, to preserve the human soul on one-sixth of its land."


The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published in late August 2017 nine additional patent applications related to Blockchain technology that was filed by Bank of America.
The patents, which relate to the carrying out and settling transactions within a payment network, were all filed on Feb. 22, 2017.
So far, the bank has already filed over 30 Blockchain technology-based patent applications, including as many as 18 in 2016.
The applications reflect the efforts done by the bank in its bid to adopt Blockchain-based payment systems in its operations.
The various patents already filed by the bank mainly focused on the whole cryptocurrency exchange and payment process.
Among them were the areas of real-time conversion, transaction validation, risk detection, and online and offline storage.
The other patents involved the use of distributed ledgers to validate the factualness of information and those who handle it, as well as a peer-to-peer payment system that operates on the Blockchain.
In September 2016, the bank has partnered with technology firm Microsoft for a joint project aimed at developing and testing Blockchain applications for trade finance.
Under the deal, the bank will collaborate directly with Microsoft Treasury for the creation of Blockchain system that can speed up transactions between the partners.
The partners have already hinted that they are already testing how the system can facilitate the letter of credit process.
However, there are no signs yet from the partners on whether they have developed something that could be launched on a commercial scale from the project.
The pace in which Bank of America has been filing Blockchain-based patent applications hints that the bank could also be pursuing other intellectual property fields in the Blockchain technology industry and are in it for the long term.


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Doctor Strange 2 Writer Recounts How Sam Raimi Made Up Black Bolt's 'Horrible' Death
By Harold M. Walters on September 3, 2022 Writer
Black Bolt, King of the Inhumans, has such a powerful voice that, as John Krasinski's Mr. Fantastic said. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, he can "rip you to pieces with a single whisper of his mouth". Sadly, that turned out to be his undoing in the sequel, as Black Bolt's Earth-838 version of Anson Mount met a gruesome death when Elizabeth Olsen's Earth-616 version of Wanda Maximoff, while possessing his counterpart 838, used his chaos magic to suppress the Inhuman's powerful mouth, causing him to scream in terror and crush his own skull. As it turns out, Multiverse of Madness director Sam Raimi was the mastermind behind Black Bolt's death, and writer Michael Waldron explained how the filmmaker imagined this "horrific" scene.
Doctor Strange 2 was Anson Mount's second outing as Black Bolt, having previously starred as the character from a different Earth in the short-lived Inhumans TV series. While Black Bolt made it out of this story alive, it was decided that Black Bolt of Earth-838 would be the first to fall when Scarlet Witch attacked Illuminati headquarters, though Michael Waldron struggled to figure out what should to arrive. Then Sam Raimi stepped in for backup, as Waldron explained to Empire (Going through RBC):
I was at a point in the script where I was like, "Damn, I don't know what to do." We wanted the first death to be really awful: "Listen, don't fuck with Wanda. We were sitting on Zoom discussing how we kill Black Bolt, and someone said his power was shooting ultra-powerful energy from his mouth. And I swear to God, without missing a beat, Sam says, 'What mouth?' And Sam just painted the scene for us, '…and then you just cut it, Wanda just ripped his mouth open, and he screams, and his head explodes.' That's horror master Sam Raimi for you.
Although Michael Waldron has no problem finding ways to fit Mr. Fantastic into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, he had a creative block to figure out how to remove Black Bolt from the board. Yet with two simple words after hearing about the character's power, Sam Raimi came up with a solution that was tragically ironic and suited to the director's horror sensibilities. Sure, Scarlet Witch had plenty of other ways to kill Black Bolt, but going that route gave us one of the most memorable deaths in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Mr. Fantastic being spaghetti shortly after also counting. in this direction. Category.
two weeks later Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opened in theaters, Anson Mount broke his silence by appearing in the Marvel movie, saying it was "an honor and a joy to finally work" with Sam Raimi. Although Earth-838's Black Bolt is no more, thanks to the Multiverse there are many other variations of the character we could potentially see down the line, and the mere inclusion of Black Bolt in Multiverse of Madness could indicate that Marvel Studios is finally ready to explore the Inhumans, as this group's TV show was produced by the defunct Marvel Television. That said, with Mount in mind Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Captain Christopher Pike, it might be difficult for him to play another Black Bolt in a larger capacity than how he was used in the strange doctor after.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness can stream now with a Disney+ subscription, and while the sequel's mid-credits scene laid the groundwork for doctor strange 3, Marvel Studios has not officially announced the trio. You can see what's happening in the MCU by browsing our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and upcoming Marvel TV shows.


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Two Killed In Security Operation Along Tajik-Afghan Border
Tajik border guards on the border with Afghanistan on March 7.
DUSHANBE -- Tajik officials say one of the country's border guards and a suspected terrorist have been killed in an ongoing security operation along the border with Afghanistan.
Muhammad Ulughojaev, a spokesman for the Tajik border-guard service, told RFE/RL on March 7 that the operation was launched on March 5 after nine armed militants crossed into Tajikistan from Afghanistan.
Ulughojaev confirmed that a border guard had been killed in the course of the operation but dismissed reports of additional casualties among Tajik personnel.
One member of the "armed group of terrorists," whom Ulughojaev identified as Faskhiddin Valadi Kurbon, was killed and two other members of the group were arrested.
Tajik security forces and border guards were continuing to search for the remaining members of the group, according to Ulughojaev.The search is reportedly focused on islets in the Panj River, which defines a large segment of the Tajik-Afghan border.
The Tajik National Security Committee had earlier said that the armed group was led by an Afghan national named Mirafzal Arbob Sherafzal.
Afghan officials say that the nine were members of the Taliban, which control parts of the Imam-Sahib district of Afghanistan's Konduz Province bordering Tajikistan.
Imam-Sahib Governor Amanuddin Kuraishi told RFE/RL on March 6 that the part of the Tajik-Afghan border where the intrusion reportedly took place is fully controlled by the Taliban.
Kuraishi alleged that Mirafzal Arbob Sherafzal, the man initially named as the leader of the group, used to be involved in the trafficking of illegal goods and is currently an active member of the Taliban.


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OpenResty is a 'superset' of NGINX that's bundled with LuaJIT and numerous 3rd-party NGINX modules. Tumblr has recently moved over to it.
Here's how to tune an out-of-the-box instance of NGINX to get more out of an already high-performance web server with a few common tuning parameters.
The differences between REST and RPC for APIs, along with some use cases for each approach.
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Nell Shamrell-Harrington takes us on a journey through each stage of the DevOps movement and why things played out the way they did.
Secure and manage your APIs and Microservices with plugins for auth, logging, rate-limiting, etc. Built on NGINX and written in Lua.
Dan Luu, a senior engineer at Microsoft (and formerly Google), shares a lot of great insights into how to think about performance. Bread and butter stuff from a true expert.
TLS 1.3 is a big speed boost for encrypted Web connections. Nick Sullivan looks at how and why.
A developer quickly shares his approach to 'going serverless' and building a CRUD API with AWS Lambda, API Gateway and DynamoDB.
NGINX has partnered up with O'Reilly.
Larry Ellison has a message for Amazon Web Services: Oracle will give Amazon a run for its money in the cloud market.
Did you know that your Docker container can check-in on itself and let you know whether it's still functioning as expected?
A very easy to follow guide with plenty of detail.
Not many people need a DHCP relayer, but Facebook use this in production.
A new study measures 1.2 billion unique IPv4 addresses for a glimpse of what IPv4 usage activity is like.
It's not good news, but at least I learnt about Kong.
Claims to make your site 60% faster.


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Medlock Bridge faculty gets students pumped for Runapalooza
Friday, September 2nd, 2011, 1:10pm
ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- With their second annual Runapalooza Fun Run right around the corner, the administrative team at Medlock Bridge Elementary School in Alpharetta knew it was time to get the students pumped up for the big fundraiser.
On Friday, Aug. 26, principal Margaret Pupillo and her fellow administrators donned blue wigs and star-shaped glasses as they wowed the student body with their rendition of Katy Perry's "Firework" during the Runapalooza Rally.
And the students are starting to get excited for the event, which is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 9. The run brings tens of thousands of dollars to the school, with many of the funds going directly to educational initiatives.
Runapalooza involves all Medlock Bridge students completing up to 25 laps on the track. They receive pledges for each lap they run from family, friends, neighbors and other members of the community.
This year, the school-wide goal is $50,000.
Local Atlanta Blogger gives 40 lessons learned after turning 40 years old
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011, 11:04am
Last Monday, I turned 40 years old. I know this post is late, but I had to write this when I felt ready.
I can't believe I am telling you that I am 40 years old, because for some reason, I can't stand to hear the number 40 come out of my mouth and I even have an issue typing the numbers.
Saying and typing the number really sounds old to me. I'm sure I'll get use to it sooner or later. Better yet, I just won't say the number at all.
One thing I can say is that when I do tell someone my age, they do a double and triple take looking me up and down, because they can't believe that I am the age I say that I am.
I am thankful that I don't look my age. Then again what does a 40-year-old look like? Not old, I hope!
People urged not to shop, work to protest Ga. law
Friday, July 1st, 2011, 10:03am
ATLANTA (AP) -- As many parts of Georgia's law cracking down on illegal immigration take effect, a Latino community group is organizing "a day without immigrants" to protest the measure.
The Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights is calling for a day of non-compliance, asking businesses to close and community members to stay home and not work or shop Friday.
Alan Conner, owner of Dakota Blue restaurant in Grant Park, said he thinks the law is unjust and planned to close for lunch Friday in solidarity.
But some urge caution. Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, says skipping work without authorization could cost people jobs in a tough economic climate.
Groups are also organizing a "march for justice" on Saturday at the state Capitol to protest the law.
(The Associated Press)
LOCAL PROFILE: R&B Scene in Atlanta
Thursday, June 30th, 2011, 5:23pm
ATLANTA – Derived from popular genres of music like jazz, blues and gospel, rhythm and blues was born. Rhythm and Blues music, which is widely referred to as R&B, is unique in that it has the ability to take on many musical identities, at once. Some say the genre was first identified in Harlem, during the Harlem Renaissance, which is known as one of the most prominent cultural movements for African Americans during the 1930's. However, others think the genre originated in the 1940's when African Americans began moving to northern cities, creating cultural fusion.
The music evolved from "race music", which was an offensive term that referred to the music of African Americans, into jump blues which was known for having a swing boogie, big band sound.
BEST SPOTS: Skincare and Barberspas
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011, 4:24pm
ATLANTA – It's the summer time, 'tis the season for chic fits, light fabrics, mandals, murses and clean faces and we know you want to let it all hang out. However it's more important for today's modern fashionmister to have clean and healthy skin. From cleansers to exfoliants, shavers to straight ravors, shaving creams to soaps, moisturizers and sunscreen men have a wide range of product selections to maintain their signature smirk.
Of course, every guy has their own routine; some skip a day to stay smooth others use a hot towel and facial scrub, either way; they all work to achieve the same goal which is smooth skin.
LOCAL PROFILE: Georgia's Country Music Scene
ATLANTA – According to the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, "country music is a perennial Southern favorite in Atlanta and it won't disappoint". The music, which has its roots in the south, is known as a blend of, both, traditional and popular music. The country music genre gained widespread popularity around the mid-1900's as music known as "hillbilly" or old-time music began to decline. Hillbilly music was a genre of music native to the people of the Ozarks. The music was usually played on acoustic instrument like a guitar or a banjo.
Over the years, old-time music changed however most of the lyrical content and instrumentation stayed the same. As it evolved, the arrangement of instruments grew to include the electronic keyboard, drums, the bass, fiddle and the harmonica.
Fulton Schools names new principals, district employees
FULTON CO., Ga. -- New leaders have been named for two Fulton County schools.
In addition, the school board approved a new instructional area superintendent and executive director of communications.
Zina Rhodes
Bethune Elementary School, College Park
Rhodes will take the helm at Bethune Elementary this summer, replacing retiring principal Gwendolyn Miller.
The new leader has served as assistant principal of Liberty Point Elementary in Union City since 2002.


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Spring officially arrives in less than ten days! With temperatures forecast to hit 70 degrees Fahrenheit here in the Hudson Valley this week, it seems that winter may be on its way out a little early. Even so, the nights are still pretty cool, and I'm not entirely convinced Old Man Winter doesn't have at least one more trick up his sleeve. We'll see.
Just in case, we're keeping this hearty, body-warming Sweet Potato – Black Bean Chili recipe at the ready. It served us very well recently when the mercury dipped, and we know it'll serve us well again, too.
Plus, sweet potatoes have been making a regular appearance on our menu lately. Sweet potato fries are perpetually popular in the Bronski household. And just this past weekend while visiting good friends in Boston, sweet potatoes again graced the dinner table, this time prepared two ways: as sweet potato chips (tossed in olive oil and seasoning) and as cubed, roasted sweet potatoes (paired with whole oven-roasted chicken and Brussels sprouts).
1. Heat about 1 tbsp or so of olive oil in a large saucepan. Then saute the onions until soft.
2. Add the sweet potatoes, and saute an additional 5 minutes.
3. Add the remaining ingredients through and including the chipotle powder (but not the lime and cilantro).
4. Bring to a simmer. Cook about 30 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are soft and the chili's flavors are well developed.
5. Leave the chili chunky. Or, to prepare as we photographed the dish, reserve about 3/4 cup of the chili. Puree the remainder with an immersion blender to make a smooth, thick soup.
6. Mix in the lime juice.
7. Add back in the reserved chunky chili (for both texture and presentation). Garnish with fresh, chopped cilantro.
8. Serve with fresh gluten-free cornbread.
For the black beans, we soaked the beans in water overnight. The next day, we drained the water and rinsed the beans. Then we added new water, and cooked the beans for 1 to 2 hours until tender. Drain the beans, and they're ready to be used in the recipe!
For the tomatoes, we actually used bags of frozen tomatoes from our garden, incorporating both the tomato "pulp" and the tomato "juice" from the freezer bags. We estimated them to yield about 3 standard cans of diced tomatoes, as called for in the recipe.
This recipe is: gluten-free, dairy/casein/lactose-free, egg-free, fish-free, shellfish-free, peanut-free, tree-nut-free, soy-free, refined-sugar-free.
The recipe is easily made vegetarian and vegan by substituting GF vegetable broth for the GF chicken broth.
Per serving: 160 calories, 3g fat, 28g carbs, 6g protein, 165mg sodium, 6g dietary fiber, 3g sugars, plus 466mg potassium, and at least 200% RDA vitamin A, at least 30% RDA vitamin C, at least 20% RDA manganese, and at least 10% RDA vitamin B-6, copper, folate, iron, magnesium, and thiamin.
Recipe nutrition info approximate, calculated using SparkRecipes.
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This is a multi-purpose page based on the various things I do. I spend substantial time improvising and typically try to make most of that practice as non-guitaristic (i.e. non-clichéd) as possible, but it makes sense to post the things that are more straight forward guitar here as well.
A few shortcuts for the impatient among you:
I did a Schenectady TedX talk in 2016 called, "Past Forward" which dealt with the intersection of Art, Commerce and Scarcity in the music industry. That can be viewed below or found here.
My YouTube page – which features almost every project I've recorded with – can be found here.
One of my current projects – a Capital Region dance group called Embe Esti has a 3-song live demo that can be listened to here.
Triad, the latest EP from KoriSoron (2017) can be streamed here.
This Is The Rough Hewn Trio, the long overdue debut recording from The Rough Hewn Trio (also 2017) can be streamed here.
A/Live, the first EP from KoriSoron (2016) can be streamed here.
We Bleed The Sun And Make It Pay…, the existential ode to dread masquerading as a recording of a Black Sabbath inspired aesthetic as influenced by the performances of Ornette Coleman can be purchased here.
Copyright issues prevent me from posting any of the commercials or many of the recordings that I've played on. While this is unfortunate from the standpoint of documentation – I fully respect the wishes and rights of the people I've been fortunate enough to play with and for.
With that in mind here's a rough guide:
If you've come here from a lessons post and want to hear more – I've posted a series of short acoustic and electric excerpts below so you don't have to listen to 15 minute tracks.
As a player I try to bring a number of influences in that allude to various things without quoting any of them directly.
Acoustic:
For straight-up guitar playing, this live except of me taking a solo on the traditional Irish tune Drowsy Maggie is the best example I have of a bunch of divergent styles (like bluegrass, koto and Vlatko Stevfanovski) coming together in what (for me) is an interesting way.
or this improvisation played on baglama saz.
Speaking of Saz and fretless guitar – here's an excerpt I played multiple instruments on from the God of War II video game:
Currently, I play in a group called KoriSoron in the Capital Region of New York. Here's a brief excerpt of that group with me trading solos with Farzad Golpayegani:
Electric:
For straight up electric playing I'd point to something like this live excerpt from the Tubtime CD. Featuring Joe Rauen on bass and Geoff chase on drums the music is 100% improvised. For more experimental approaches wrapped in a rock sound – be sure to check out the CD baby Tubtime page:
There's also this piece I played on from the Trials Evolution video game:
You can read a lot more about the session and some tips for session playing in general in a post I wrote for guitar-muse.com here.
This live trio piece with the Rough Hewn Trio (a loosely knit instrumental trio consisting of Chris Lavender on Warr guitar/Chapman stick, Craig Bunch on drums and myself on guitar) which has a focus on combining pre-composed and improvised material. You can see a more shreddy live excerpt below:
BTW – this is a strange piece from Chris Lavender's senior recital. Chris heard a recording of a jam excerpt that we did, that he liked so much that he transcribed large parts of it and had us play it as a head. The guitar work on it isn't really nuanced – but that wasn't the point of the jam. ; ) The shreddy stuff happens from about 2:45-…
or a spacey one here
From Daren Burns' description on Vimeo:
"Onibaba exists between composition and improvisation and is described as being somewhere between the light and the dark, the ethereal and the earthly – Creative Music. Created by Daren Burns in 2006, the band synthesizes its sound by using elements of the Chicago avant-garde, jazz, rock, world, techno, noise, and classical, to create a new type of fusion that is definitely not the smooth, funky jazz of the 80's and 90's, but a new living music."
Onibaba was:
Vinny Golia – woodwinds
Geroge McMullen – trombone
Scott Collins – guitar
Daren Burns – bass
Craig Bunch – drums/percussion (in the videos Joe Berardi – drums/percussion)
Kio Griffith – live video
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This is actually part of my Ultrasonic review, but I'm putting the mp3 here as well. Ren, is an improvised track based around a simple melody and harmonic idea. What actually happened is I was playing a solo laptop gig and found a drum loop and remembered to hit record on Logic. The performance is heartfelt though, even when the guitar goes out of tune at the end hence its inclusion here. This is a headphone mix w. kind of a Daniel Lanois vibe. This was played on an FNH Ultrasonic going into a pod X3 into Logic. Drums are Tunetrack.
For those of you who know the more experimental/improvisational elements of my playing – you may want to start with the Duodenum/Tubtime links below or check out this improvisation with Ulrich Krieger and Mark Trayle:
Improvisation and Links to Visual Things:
DuoDenum:
DuoDenum – Solu Improvisation live @ USC
One of my favorite sonic co-conspirators is Carmina Escobar. She does some truly amazing work with solo voice, loops and music concrete elements in improvisation and I've been fortunate enough to collaborate with her in a duo improvisation project called DuoDenum for the last year. During that time, we have accompanied a number of silent films, but our goal was always to work in real-time composition with real-time film to allow an immediate connection with the audience by creating something anchored in the present moment.
This recording was an improvised accompaniment made to a Live Film created by the incredible Solu (Mia Mikela) @ USC. Some of the source material we were improvising to can be seenhere.
Information on Solu and her work can be found here.
Written and recorded in real-time and captured by a Zoom H4 .
Guitar/Drum Duo – Butoh Landscape
Much of my favorite improvisation work is done in duo contexts. This recording was made with a Zoom H4 and features Ingo Deul on drums. Ingo and I later went on to do an improvised accompaniment to the film Regen (Rain).
Tubtime:
Tubtime: Soundcheck
The true origins of my improvisation exploration have its roots in work I was doing with drummer Geoff Chase in Boston. He had a project called "Directive 4" that featured rock improvisation and out of those sessions came the impetus of the Tubtime project.
At what we didn't realize to be the very end of the TubTime cycle – we moved from the practice space we were recording in and booked a day at Moontower Studio in Cambridge.
I told the engineer to record everything that happened, which fortunately he did – because this was 1/2 of the soundcheck we did to check levels.
Written and tracked in real time.
Tubtime was:
Patty Barkas – Vocals
Geoff Chase – Drums
Scott Collins – handsonic, guitar & loops
Keichi Hashimoto – Trumpet
Joe Rauen – Bass & Loops
Random tech note follow for Visible Inc./Tubtime tone sources:
As I write this, I'm reminded that my pedalboard at the time was HUGE, took a big red 88 key keyboard fight case to fit in and weighed a ton. I think the signal chain was:
guitar to tuner
Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
vintage Big Muff Pi
Digitech Space Station
T.C. Electronics Chorus
Memory Man Delay
Akai Headrush looper
Vox Wah and
another Ernie Ball volume pedal that went into
the front end of a Fender Hot Rod Deville (4×10 amp).
The amp and most the effects were stolen from a rehearsal space several years later. This was essentially the signal chain for the Tubtime stuff as well.


Can Mind Influence Your Body For Good Or Ill?
The mind undoubtedly is a master force. It is not limitless in it power, but it may be truly said that the mind may make or break one.
We hear of many miraculous achievements in the building of health and the cure of disease through mental influence. By many people it is claimed that the mind can benefit only imaginary diseases. It is true that there are imaginary disorders and yet when one is sufficiently abnormal that he can produce various symptoms through the imagination there is something decidedly wrong – the person is diseased to that extent. Diseases that are imaginary and diseases that are brought on largely through fear, anxiety, worry and other depressing mental processes, usually will respond readily and quite rapidly if the mental processes can be reversed, the fear and thought of disease removed from the mind, and the wholesome, happy outlook upon life cultivated.
But there are many diseases not concerned directly with the mind and not due directly or indirectly to adverse mental influences, which respond largely or at least more rapidly to a healthful program when the mind is directed in such channels as to encourage the functions of the body and the life processes.
Health, strength and vitality certainly favor a cheerful, positive, courageous outlook upon life. Happiness and health are close friends. It is difficult to be gloomy and miserable when one is healthy. It is perhaps even more difficult to be healthy if one is gloomy and mentally depressed.
Therefore, it is a very wise precaution to cultivate a hopeful frame in mind. One should endeavor to radiate good cheer at all times. What if the day is gloomy, the sun obscured by clouds? Cultivate the sunshine in your own spirit. Those who need a sunshiny day and cheerful companions to be cheerful themselves need to cultivate the ability to be cheerful alone and when the sun fails to shine.
One important fact to remember is that it is very difficult to be gloomy and depressed when doing something for someone else. If one, no matter how depressed, endeavors to cheer up others, just the mere effort to remove a burden of depression from someone else will remove the depression from the Samaritan. Therefore the best way to help yourself is to help others.
Christian Science is a remarkable exemplification of the value of mental influence. Remarkable results have been attributed to the principles it advocates. This is admitted, by even the most prejudiced critics of this cult. These cures alone indicate clearly that the mind is the dominating force that works for good – or for evil. They prove that one's thoughts are building up or tearing down the vital forces; that to a certain extent "thoughts are things," that good thoughts are really tangible influence for developing mental or physical force, and that bad thoughts have an opposite influence. It is well for every one of us to determine whether the thoughts that fill our mind each day are constructive or destructive in nature.
Bear in mind that thoughts can actually destroy. I recall one woman who quite frequently flew into an extreme rage, and after each time she would be sick in bed for from three to five days with extreme biliousness, not to mention severe headache, cardiac palpitation and numerous "minor" symptoms. In one of these outbreaks, the end came suddenly. Her convulsions destroyed her as a bullet fired from a rifle would have destroyed her, even if somewhat more slowly. Many people do not have such extreme effects of emotional outbreak. It might be better if they did suffer more, since in many instances they would become of better disposition if only from the selfish motive of self-protection.
There are a great many people who have the worry habit. Everyone knows that worry cannot benefit anyone. It produces misery and has brought thousands to an untimely grave. Many of our problems require concentrated attention and consideration for their solution, but worrying provides no solution. If a problem can be solved, the necessary constructive thinking should be devoted to the solution. If it cannot be solved, worry for twenty-four hours a day will never bring the answer.
Two thoughts cannot occupy the mind at the same time. This is self-evident. If thoughts of a destructive, depressing nature such as worry, anxiety, the "blues" and other undesirable mental processes are underway; unless one is a definite melancholiac the thoughts can be made to give way to thoughts of a more uplifting character. And so long as these latter occupy the stage there can be no return of the depressing emotions.
Too many people live in the past, particularly the undesirable past. It is necessary in many instances to cultivate the forgetting habit and to cultivate health and good cheer, optimism and plans for the future. Worry should be banished as a mental poison – and it can be banished completely. It may be, and usually is, necessary to build a high degree of health. As the health improves ever so slightly there should be encouragement to continue on the beneficial program and at the same time it will be easier to banish, if only temporarily, undesirable thoughts. If continued, healthful living will banish the worry habit while it is building up superb health.
Self-pity is another evil, closely allied to worry. There are a great many people whose entire mental processes are motivated by self-pity, because of sorrows and troubles through which they have passed. They make themselves and their friends miserable by their re-living in detail their past calamities. There is no need whatever to harbor past experiences that are depressing. One good way to lose friends or to fail to make friends is by asking them to share your miseries. If one cannot escape from the evil of self-pity, at least one can keep his brooding to himself. However, it is much wiser and manlier or more womanly to avoid such thoughts – and the memory of these experiences will gradually fade away. The past is gone. Live only in the present and for the future.
Hate, avarice, envy, a hypercritical spirit – these all are poisonous in their effect upon the body and should be avoided as one would avoid any other poison. There is enough things for personal possession that one does not need to harbor hate, avarice, greed, envy and such. One may not have as much of the world's goods, as attractive features or as pleasing a physical body as another, but one can secure as much comfort in life with what he has as can those more fortunate. Many people who have been happy and contented with little of the world's goods have lost their contentment when fortune smiled upon them. There is much more to be gotten out of life than wealth. Money can buy only so much food and clothing and shelter. If one has enough of these, he does not need to complain. Many who have had an abundance of everything material have found true happiness when their possessions were lost. Things can be taken from one. Knowledge, health and happiness belong to the individual and no one can take these desirable possessions from one.
Let the attainment of truth be your aim. Truth is magnificent, and it is tremendously weighted with power. Whatever your ambitions or hopes in life may be, seek for the truth. In some cases the road that leads to this goal may be devious and hard to follow; dangers of all sorts may beset one as one struggles along the rugged pathway that leads to truth. But the rewards will amply repay you for very effort.
Do not be a leaner. Try to stand alone, and be yourself. Bring out your own personal characteristics. Do not be a stereotype, a parrot, a copyist. Let others live their own lives; you see to it that you live yours. Many of our public schools are educational factories turning out products stamped exactly alike. Individuality is crushed out. But the child is not like so much clay, to be moulded into any form. It is instead like a precious crystal to be shaped with regard to its original nature. Each human soul is an uncut diamond. If developed, the capabilities and powers within the mind achieve results to be expected only from exceptional human beings.
Therefore, be yourself. Hold up your head and throw back your shoulders. Remember that your life and all its possibilities belong to you. You may find yourself inspired by such a thought. It is a stimulating state of mind. Many men and women have found that upon the cultivation of this mental attitude they have found influences that led them step by step out of the valley of depression. Be inspired by the dominating determination to get all possible out of life – and to get the most out of life it is necessary to be prepared to give much to life.


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Bosede Adetifa
14 Jul , 2021
Bosede believes when you involve the community and spark those community conversations, you'll find solutions.
Bosede Adetifa moved to the Latrobe Valley from Nigeria, West Africa when her husband got a nursing job in the region.
She says there are many things she loves about living in the Latrobe Valley, but mostly she likes being close to all the amenities her family needs, and she appreciates the friendliness of the people around her.
"When I came to the Latrobe Valley in 2000, the people I met were very accommodating and comforting. Where else do you want to be other than a place where you can easily connect with people, and they're very supportive, readily available to offer assistance? And I guess I just thought, this is where I want to be."
She says her vision for the region is about taking care of the youth and elderly people, as well as looking after the environment.
"Being a nurse myself, I realise we need to support the youth, as well as the elderly people in the community," she says. "We need to look after the environment, our health, and empower people with education and research."
When it comes to the transition of the local economy towards a zero-carbon future, Bosede says it is important to consider how people are impacted in different ways.
"There have been a lot of people who have been impacted by job losses and others who have had health issues from living near power stations. So, this has definitely affected different people in different ways and we need to find solutions that address all these impacts," she says.
"We need to look after the environment, our health, and empower people with education and research."
"To find these solutions we need to involve the community. We need to create awareness by sparking community conversations, so people know the impacts of climate change on the environment - people need to know. I think some people are aware, but they do not know the gravity - how significant it is. And they won't know until we actually start the conversations."
Bosede says that she generally feels hopeful about the future of the Valley as people come together and become more educated about the issues as a community.
"I believe that charity begins at home. If every family, every individual can have that little conversation and create that awareness within their own home, then it will translate to the whole of the community. Then everybody would be able to have a safe and healthy environment. So that is my hope that it will happen as a community."
Article by James Norman. First published in Gippslandia.
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Bosede believes when you involve the community and spark those community conversations, you'll find solutions. #LatrobeValley #JustTransition #BeyondCoal


Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease that affects a person's central vision. AMD is the most common cause of severe eyesight loss among people age 50 and older. Only the center of vision is affected with this disease. It is rare that people go totally blind from it. But AMD can make it hard to read, drive, or do other daily activities that need fine, central vision.
AMD occurs when the macula is damaged and begins to break down. The macula is located in the center of the retina and provides us with sight in the center of our field of vision. With less of the macula working, central vision begins to get worse.
What causes age-related macular degeneration?
Dry AMD. This type is the most common. Experts don't know what causes it. This happens as the light-sensitive cells in the macula slowly break down. It generally happens in both eyes. It is thought that the age-related thickening of the tissue under the retina helps lead to dry AMD.
Wet AMD. This type is less common. It accounts for most severe eyesight loss caused by AMD. Wet AMD happens when new blood vessels behind the retina start to grow under the retina. They leak fluid and blood. They can create a large blind spot in the center of the visual field.
Who is at risk for macular degeneration?
One of the most common early signs of AMD is tiny yellow deposits (drusen) in the retina. It may mean the eye is at risk for more severe AMD. These will be visible to your healthcare provider during an eye exam.
The symptoms of AMD may seem like other eye conditions. Talk with an eye care provider for a diagnosis.
How is age-related macular degeneration diagnosed?
Visual acuity test. The common eye chart test. It measures how well you see at different distances.
Pupil dilation. The pupil is widened with eye drops for a close-up exam of the eye's retina.
Amsler grid. This is used to find wet AMD. You are asked to look at a grid and see if the straight lines in the pattern are missing or look wavy. Both of these may mean you have AMD.
Fluorescein angiography. This test is used to find wet AMD. A special dye is injected into a vein in the arm. Pictures are then taken as the dye passes through the blood vessels in the retina. This helps the healthcare provider evaluate if the blood vessels are leaking. It also helps the provider figure out if the leaking can be treated.
How is age-related macular degeneration treated?
Treatment for wet AMD often includes shots (injections) of medicines into the eye. This is done to stop the growth of the abnormal blood vessels under the macula. These injections are typically painless. Treatment may also include a type of laser surgery. A high-energy beam of light is aimed directly onto the leaking blood vessels. This is done to stop further leaking. But this is often not needed.
Currently there is no treatment for dry AMD. But this does not mean that your sight will definitely be lost. This is particularly true if the AMD affects only one eye. Over time, central vision may be lost or reduced. Generally, the rate of loss is slow. There are nutritional treatment choices that may slow the disease progression.
What are possible complications of age-related macular degeneration?
AMD can result in severe loss of central vision. It is rare that it causes total blindness. But it can make it hard to read, drive, or do other daily activities that need detailed central vision.
If you have already had some vision loss, talk with your provider. Ask for information on services for people with low vision. Also ask about devices that may help you with your daily tasks.
AMD can lead to severe loss of central vision. It is rare that it causes blindness.
It can make it hard to read, drive, or do other things that need fine, central vision.
Risk factors include being age 50 and older, being a woman, smoking, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and high cholesterol.
There is no cure. But there are treatment choices that may stop or slow the disease progression.


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Country Ham
A country ham is the hind leg of a pig, cured in salt, brown sugar, and seasonings, often (but not always) smoked, then left to age in a dry environment for months. During that time, the meat loses up to a quarter of its weight from evaporated moisture, resulting in a rosy ham that's super-concentrated, buttery, slightly gamey, and very salty.
Country ham has more in common with Italian prosciutto than with city ham, the pink supermarket staple familiar to most Americans. City ham is cured with brine instead of dry salt–a totally different process, resulting in a totally different product.
Country ham is the original American ham, dating back to the days of the Virginia colonies. Ham curing was undertaken to preserve pork over long periods. Pigs were slaughtered in the winter when the cold would help preserve the meat as it cured. The hams were then hung to age throughout the summer months—warm weather is thought to deepen their flavor. (It also causes mold growth, but the mold is totally harmless.)
Don't have it?
Substitute another dry-cured ham, such as prosciutto or speck.
How to choose:
Different producers make very different hams, based on their seasoning, aging times, and climates. Here are a few mail-order sources we like. These and most purveyors sell boneless and bone-in whole hams as well as smaller amounts, both uncooked and cooked, which is slightly milder and more tender.
Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams Smoky and fatty, these hickory-smoked hams from Tennessee are aged nine months or longer with salt, brown sugar, and pepper. The pepper makes their ham less moldy than some. A robust ham, it's great on a biscuit.
S. Wallace Edwards & Sons A nutty and luscious fatty flavor is the hallmark of this producer's top-of-the-line Surryano Virginia ham, which comes from well-marbled Berkshire pigs. The ham is cured in salt and spices, smoked, and aged for more than a year. Sweet and rosy-pink, it's right at home on a charcuterie platter.
WayCo Ham Company This North Carolina family company cures its hams in brown sugar, salt, and seasonings, and ages them for a shorter period than most. WayCo offers smoked and unsmoked hams, both of which are mild, not too salty all-purpose hams.
Newsom's Country Ham These hickory-smoked Kentucky hams boast an all-natural, nitrite- and nitrate-free cure of salt and brown sugar. Aging for around a year creates a mellow ham with a distinctly ruby color that lends itself well to baking.
How to prep:
In the southern United States, the traditional preparation of a whole country ham for the dinner table is a days-long production. It requires scrubbing the innocuous mold off, soaking the ham in cold water for a day or two, simmering on the stovetop for several hours, and finally baking it with a glaze. Such a ham is thinly carved and paired on the plate with a piquant relish or chutney to offset the salt for holiday meals, or tucked into buttermilk biscuits for festive cocktail hours.
But these days, many cooks are taking a cue from European ways with prosciutto; either serving it uncooked and sliced paper-thin to appreciate its intense saltiness, minerality, and creamy fat, or using it in place of bacon or pancetta in egg or pasta dishes.
Country Ham Relish
Served on crackers, endive leaves, or celery ribs, this sweet and salty relish makes an irresistible hors d'oeuvre. It's also a delicious sandwich spread—try it on buttered whole wheat toast…
Country Ham and Cheddar Spoonbread
Grits are the perfect vehicle for smoky country ham and extra-sharp Cheddar in this fluffy, satisfying brunch dish.
Linguine with Clams, Sweet Potato, and Country Ham
Bright and comforting, this brothy pasta dish combines the down-home flavors of sweet potatoes and country ham with the familiar Italian duo of linguine and clams. Elegant in appearance and…
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NBA App
The NBA is one of the largest sports organizations in the world along with the NFL and the Champions League. On the best world basketball league, the show is always on. NBA fans want to follow their clubs or the greatest players on the planet like Kevin Durant or Stephen Curry. The NBA app software allows them to follow all NBA news.
NBA app to stay informed
NBA App is the official and free application of the National Basketball Association. It is the reference in the diffusion of information and news around the clubs, games and players of the NBA. In addition, it also allows you to watch live games through the NBA League Pass, a paid offer. Media users using Android and iOS systems can download it on platforms designed for this purpose. However, it is not yet available on Windows for PC users.
The information offered by the application is very comprehensive. Users can have detailed information on the statistics of a match and a player. In addition, they can receive the summaries of a day with an overview of each match. It also allows users to receive notifications that can be customized according to their needs. For more options, they can use the premium version of the software, the NBA League Pass. This option allows users to view entire games live.
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The Lace Reader
Geschrieben von: Brunonia Barry
Gesprochen von: Alyssa Bresnahan
Serie: The Lace Reader, Titel 1
Kategorien: Krimis & Thriller, Krimis
3,6 out of 5 stars 3,6 (5 Bewertungen)
Beschreibung von Audible
Towner Whitney admits that she's crazy, coming from a long line of eccentrics in her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts. Towner is forced to confront her past and reconstruct her future with the help of a guardian ghost, a modern-day witch, a confused detective, a predator preacher, and fortune-telling lace. Narrator Alyssa Bresnahan uses tone and pacing to make this unusual cast of characters completely believable - even the ghost. In addition, her straightforward voicing of Towner provides this character with the credibility needed to give the surprise ending extra zing. Salem is the perfect setting for this crazy-quilt expedition into the meaning of reality, and Bresnahan is the perfect choice for guiding listeners through this mesmerizing journey of self-discovery.
Every gift has a price...
Every piece of lace has a secret...
"My name is Towner Whitney. No, that's not exactly true. My real first name is Sophya. Never believe me. I lie all the time...."
Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator of The Lace Reader, hails from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the patterns in lace and who have guarded a history of secrets going back generations. But the disappearance of two women brings Towner home to Salem and the truth about the death of her twin sister to light.
The Lace Reader is a mesmerizing tale that spirals into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths, in which the reader quickly finds it's nearly impossible to separate fact from fiction. But as Towner Whitney points out early on in the novel, "There are no accidents."
©2006 Brunonia Barry (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers
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"Barry excels at capturing the feel of smalltown life, and balances action with close looks at the characters' inner worlds. Her pacing and use of different perspectives show tremendous skill and will keep readers captivated all the way through." ( Publishers Weekly)
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