I didn't know loving people would be so hard.
I silently say this to God in a coffee shop on an ordinary Tuesday morning. I'm sitting at a table with a scratched wood surface and above me folk music comes through the speakers. My latte is half-cold and my mood is threatening to become lukewarm, too.
I think back to another moment in a coffee shop when I was around 30 years old, wide-eyed and naïve, full of dreams. This is the age where I was both tender and ambitious. I thought I could save the world and conveniently forgot someone already had.
I'm looking 40 in the face now, and I have a few more wrinkles around my eyes. A few more scars on my heart. I also have a wound still healing from recent words that cut like a sword all the way down to the bone.
For a long time I didn't understand that broken people have sharp edges. And if we dare to love, to make a difference, to put ourselves out there, then inevitably we will sometimes end up startled and bleeding.
I imagine I wouldn't have liked or understood this at the time.
I probably wouldn't even have believed it, or I might have told the person they needed to be more positive.
Perhaps that's why today I'm writing all this down … to remind myself and, in case you haven't heard yet, to gently tell you, too: We need to know we're in a battle, because otherwise we'll become disillusioned and discouraged.
We'll think we must be doing something wrong or even that God has tricked us. We'll retreat when it's time to advance. We'll hide when it's time to charge. We'll be caught off-guard instead of guarding our hearts. We'll even misunderstand who we're fighting. It's not ever other humans; it's always the darkness itself.
I recently saw the movie Wonder Woman and in one scene, she crosses a space called "No Man's Land." She walks with her head held high. She deflects the gunfire on behalf of others. She does what no one else has been able to so far.
As I watched, tears came to my eyes because I know what this is like, how it feels. There is beauty in the battle. There is strength. There is victory. "Be strong, and let your heart be courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD" (Psalm 31:24).
But it's okay if sometimes we still need to whisper to Jesus, "This is harder than I thought it would be." If that's you today, then know you're not alone. Also know feeling this way isn't failure; it's confirmation you are a warrior, mightier than you know, stronger than you've yet to see.
Love is a soft word in our culture. But in the Kingdom it's a war cry.
And so we fight on — we serve and encourage and work and pray and change diapers and change the world. Because we are women of God, and this is what we do; this is who we are. We are a beautiful, fiercehearted force. We cannot be defeated.
Lord, You know how hard it is to live and love in this world sometimes, because You've been here, too. Thank You for Your compassion toward us and Your promise to bring us through whatever we may face. Through You, we have strength, grace and victory. I pray You will empower me to keep fighting today. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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Time-travelling, violence and loads of profanity
Three publications with futuristic settings share the spotlight this week.
To begin, we look at Star Trek: Assignment Earth.
Written and illustrated by comic industry veteran John Byrne (Alpha Flight, Man of Steel, Spider-Man: Chapter One), Star Trek: Assignment Earth reprints the five part miniseries by the same name (May-September, 2008) which continued from where the 1968 Star Trek episode titled "Assignment: Earth" left off.
In the episode, Kirk and his crew time-travel to 1968 where they accidentally encounter what could be seen by modern viewers as a sort of "1960s American Dr. Who" named Gary Seven and his shape-shifting cat Isis. Before it ends, Mr. Seven's young secretary Roberta becomes his assistant and the Enterprise return to the future.
The episode had two functions: it was a normal episode and a pilot for a spin-off starring Steven, Roberta and Isis. The spin-off never materialized.
In the comic miniseries, Byrne continues the adventures of Seven, Roberta and Isis in a rather unique way. Instead of having the series focus on one story, each issue has its own stand-alone story. An interesting aspect of those stories is that there's a year's worth of continuity that takes place between each issue.
For example, the first issue takes place immediately after the events of the TV episode in 1968. The second issue occurs in 1969, etc...
The miniseries also shines some light on who exactly Seven's employers are and what really happened to the two agents that died in the car accident mentioned in the T.V. episode.
Although the Enterprise and its crew appear in the book, it's not about the Federation. That fact is what makes Star Trek: Assignment Earth very refreshing.
Thanks to cleaver writing, the protagonists cross paths with the Enterprise a second time. Although the encounter acts as the protagonists' second contact, the Enterprise crew did not yet meet them. These described actions take place during the events of the T.V. episode "Tomorrow Is Yesterday." (In that episode, the Enterprise time travels to the past but to a year later than 1968.)
In another story, Nixon died before the Watergate scandal. The public didn't know that because a look-a-like imposter who forgot that he wasn't really Nixon replaced him!
Star Trek: Assignment Earth is a very entertaining book and a paper-based breath of fresh Trekkie air.
The other two books this week do not, in the context of this column, explore unfamiliar territory. They are Tank Girl Two (Remastered) and Tank Girl: Skidmarks #1 (November 2009).
The two publications, both written by Tank Girl co-creator Alan Martin, deliver what readers should come to expect from the character: mostly violence and profanity in the near future.
As with other entries in Titan's "remastered" series, Tank Girl Two reprints older material from anthology magazines. The book covers stories printed in Deadline and Speak Easy between March 1990 and April 1993.
I was somewhat surprised to see how the stories in the book come across at times as more mature and reflective.
In its intro, Alan C. Martin wrote: "(the reader) will be able to see some subconscious parallels between our lives and stories..." That means that I really shouldn't be surprised if I see at least a little more maturity.
Tank Girl: Skidmarks #1 is the first issue of a new miniseries about Tank Girl participating in a race that's sort of like The Cannonball Run. A 2-D version of Dee Dee Ramone appears in a supporting role. The story was originally printed in the pages of 2000 AD Magazine. It's worth adding to a collection.
Star Trek: Assignment Earth: 8/10
Tank Girl Two (Remastered): 6/10
Tank Girl: Skidmarks#1: 6.5/10
Publisher: Titan Books
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Two Books Deal With Different Social Issues
Like it or not, we're all born into groups.
That fact is largely the focus of both books reviewed this week: Shortcomings and The Big Kahn.
The first one we look at, Shortcomings, written and illustrated by Adrian Tomine, is a reprint book collecting Optic Nerve#9-11.
Its protagonist is Ben Tanaka, a 30-year-old Japanese-American movie theatre manager in Berkeley, California. His girlfriend, Miko Hayashi, also Japanese-American, is involved with the local Asian-American cultural scene.
Their relationship appears to be headed off a cliff because they regularly argue. Miko continuously accuses him of being "ashamed to be Asian" and accuses him of cheating on her after seeing his new employee, a cute 22-year-old blond named Autumn.
One day, the heat goes up in their arguments when she finds porn DVDs in his desk. "The thing that kind of bothers me is that all the girls are white", she tells him.
Not long after that event, she moves to New York for a four-month internship at the Asian-American Independent Film Institute. Due to her departure, they inevitably take some time off from each other.
After a brief fling with a bisexual woman, Ben receives a telephone call from his best friend Alice, a Korean-American lesbian, while she's in New York visiting friends. She tells him to join her there because, as she puts it, there's something he has to see with his own two eyes.
Tomine's art and storytelling style are absolutely top-notch. He presents the characters in a realistic way to the point where all of them have noticeable personal problems and flaws. Adding to the realism, the dialogue between characters is as realistic as it can get in a graphic novel.
Via empathy for his characters, Tomine forces readers to ask themselves important questions. Of course, based on the story, as you may have guessed, most of those questions are related to race and sexuality. However, it does contain moments of humour, like when Ben is watching Autumn's band perform at a gig.
The second book this week is The Big Kahn.
Written by Neil Kleid and illustrated by Nicolas Cinquegrani, The Big Kahn is about Rabbi David Kahn who is, once deceased, revealed by his brother to never have been Jewish in the first place.
It focuses on how such devastating news about the rabbi, along his death, affects his immediate family, which consists of his wife and three children.
Before the revelation of his faith, his eldest child, Avi, was to be his successor as a rabbi in their synagogue. Unfortunately, now some people with influence and power in that synagogue don't see it that way anymore because Avi's not "100 per cent Jewish".
He's not the only person being treated differently. His mother and brother are, too, in different ways. Oddly enough, his sister, the family's bar-hoping rebel, is becoming more spiritual.
The Big Kahn touches the fact that there are always snobs in all groups, including religions. As a result, there's always the chance of discrimination, too.
I don't know if the problems Avi had in the book would happen in real life but, really, so what if a Rabbi's parents weren't Jewish?
In brief, the book's visuals look good. Its overall message, despite a (spoiler alert) cliffhanger-style ending, appears to be too pro-religion/faith, especially when one of the characters is described on the back cover as "re-awakening".
Don't get me wrong: being religious can be okay except, in my opinion, it doesn't make much sense for the characters to be discriminated by the religious institution that they are members of and then continue to want to be affiliated with the organization.
Generally speaking, Shortcomings and The Big Kahn are still good books to trigger thoughts within the readers of their own lives.
Shortcomings: 8/10
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
The Big Kahn: 8/10
Publisher: NBM

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Gustave Dore created the most popular illustrations and engravings in the history of human civilization. He reminds me of the top character actors of all time—you know their work, but you don't know their names.
Gustave Dore (1832-1883) was a child prodigy from Strasbourg. When he was fifteen years old—and looked much younger—he visited Paris with his family and walked by the window of a publishing house with engravings displayed in its windows. Dore went to the publishing company alone the next day to show his sketches to the publisher, Charles Philipon, who was dazzled by them. Monsieur Philipon signed Dore to a lucrative contract on the spot.
Within one year, Gustave Dore was the highest paid illustrator in France. Within twenty years he would be the most famous living artist in the world. The engravings by Dore are etched into the memory of the collective subconscious of the world.
Gustave Dore never had an art lesson. Yet he illustrated books by Rabelais, Balzac, Coleridge, Tennyson, Milton, Dante, Cervantes, Lord Byron, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Besides illustrating books, and engraving in both wood and metal, Dore was famous as a painter and sculptor.
In 1861, against everyone's advice, Gustave Dore published a giant folio of Dante's Inferno, featuring 76 full-page engravings. The finished book was priced at seven times the most expensive book ever published, but it sold like hotcakes—to the astonishment of all but Dore. There have been over 200 editions of those engravings published since.
In 1866, Gustave Dore created the most popular Bible illustrations ever—238 of them. The following year the Dore Gallery began its 25 year run on Bond Street in London. He then created the most famous set of Biblical paintings the world has ever seen.
Gustave Dore published his folio masterpiece, London: A Pilgrimage, in 1872. It featured 180 engravings, the rights to which he was paid over $100,000 by Harper & Brothers of America. Dore worked five years on that project. Vincent Van Gogh proclaimed this set to be his favorite artwork.
In 1882, Gustave Dore was paid 30,000 francs to illustrate The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. This was to be his final work. He died in Paris at age 51.
In 1896, an exhibition of his paintings toured the Western World. The last stop was Chicago, where his work caused a sensation. The Gustave Dore Exhibit broke all attendance records for the Art Institute of Chicago. 1.5 million people came to see his paintings over eight months, sixteen thousand per day. The final hour of the exhibition saw 4,000 people pour in. The Art Institute had never drawn more than 600,000 people before in any year.
Gustave Dore achieved the most fame during his lifetime for his over 400 oil paintings and hundreds of watercolor landscapes. But his lasting legacy is his engravings and illustrations.
More than 4,000 published books have used the engravings of Gustave Dore. His illustrations have been used over 10,000 times in books.
The engravings by Dore have also been used extensively by Hollywood, featured in such films as The Ten Commandments, King Kong, Great Expectations, and Amistad. Gustave Dore was a genius.
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Megyn Kelly: We overestimated Trump's 'anger management'
by Mark Hensch - 10/13/15 7:40 PM ET
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly says she was shocked by Donald Trump's reaction to her debate questions and that she never expected a feud with the GOP front-runner.
"It's clear we may have overestimated his anger-management skills," she said during Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Kelly said she wasn't singling out Trump and had asked tough questions of all the candidates during the Fox News debate.
{mosads}"Sorry, you put yourself into this," Kelly said of the Republican hopefuls.
"You have a job to do, which is answer tough questions," she added. "I have a tough job to do, which is ask them."
Trump lashed out at Kelly during the first GOP presidential debate in Cleveland in August following a question over his views on women.
He has since repeatedly clashed with Fox News following the tense exchange.
Kelly argued on Tuesday that her tough questioning helps Republican contenders fix their flaws before the 2016 general election.
"That's what I get paid to do — anticipate the candidates' weaknesses and poke them," she said. "It's not like I was looking to make an example out of Donald Trump.
"They were tough questions [and] no one was given a pass," she continued. "Some of them were hard to ask.
"You don't want to embarrass anyone with their weaknesses, but by the same token, these people want George Washington's job," Kelly added.
She noted that Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is already using Trump's past remarks on women against him.
"The reason I asked that is not a comment on Megyn Kelly," she said. "It was a comment on his electability and what he's likely to hear from Hillary Clinton should he become the nominee. You're already starting to hear that from Hillary Clinton."
Kelly questioned Trump's use of phrases like "fat pig" or "slob" toward women.
The billionaire candidate responded by declaring Kelly had "blood coming out of her — wherever" the following day.
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Just to give you some idea of what these columns are doing, Columns S is where we re-scale the raw marks to a new average and standard deviation. That's what Cells "S3" and "S4" are used for, the values written there determine the column of scaled scores.
You could quite feasibly write a formula using IF statements to include those ranges, but then what if you wanted to change the range to produce more accurate grades? I will show you a method that involves looking up the grade from a table. Firstly though, let's finish off Column S.
A "Z-Score" tells you how many standard deviations your result is away from the average.
With this in mind, we simply need to use all that information to generate a new score. Since Information Technology is primarily about problem solving, this is the perfect opportunity for you to do just that. If you really get stuck, ask questions!
You'll notice that there isn't a value that exactly matches the raw score of 85.065 but what VLOOKUP does is match the lookup to the highest value it did find, so in our case it would return the values in Row 6.
And there you have it! The structure and content of our Spreadsheet is complete. If you try deleting some rows of data from "gv" you should see the "Summary" sheet automatically readjust formulae to reflect the data it has…excellent!
We're not quite done though…it's time to make sure this sheet looks presentable and can be printed on one page!
Where does the 10 and 66 from cells S3 and S4 come from? are you simply giving us these details or should these have been calculated some how?
They are an example Average and Standard Deviation. Those two values are essentially available for the user of the spreadsheet to enter the expected Average and Standard Deviation for this sheet. So 66 and 10 are just an example…if you change it, your whole standardised column should reflect those alterations.


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All about Mount Wolf. Home of Pennsylvania's next governor? – The boroughs of York County series, No. 13
Tony Jordan provided this rare and interesting photo of Wolf Supply in Mount Wolf to the 'I grew up in Manchester/Mount Wolf' Facebook page. I couldn't resist getting permission to run it here, to tie together Mount Wolf and Wolf Supply and all that Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf's family has meant to that borough and its surrounding area. Since 1843. Also of interest: Wolf of York County, Pa., builds on deep foundation on banks of the Susquehanna, Part II.
As with many York County towns, transportation helped place Mount Wolf on the map.
First, it was the moving of logs down the Susquehanna River, and then the Northern Central Railway stopped there. And the borough was just a two-by-four's length away from the old road that connected York and Harrisburg.
You could say that Mount Wolf had the railroad and Manchester had the highway. So the two communities grew up together.
The main building in this drawing of Wolf's lumber yard stands today. Also of interest: Wolf builds from deep foundation, Part I.
Mount Wolf's makeup: Population: 1,393. See the YDR's U.S. Census map and database for all the facts.
It all started in 1843: Mount Wolf can trace its origin to 1843, back to the day of Adam Wolf, Tom Wolf's ancestor.
As I wrote in my "Never to be Forgotten" for that year:
"Adam Wolf starts the lumber, hardware and building materials business of A. Wolf & Son in New Holland, later called Saginaw.
"Wolf purchases logs floating down the river in huge rafts from Williamsport and beyond to supply his lumber business. George H., a son, becomes postmaster of Day's Landing and later Mount Campbell. George Wolf also becomes stationmaster of the stop on the steep rail grade. The town growing around the station and the relocated Wolf lumber business is called Mount Wolf."
Prowell's view: George Prowell wrote this in his 1907 history: "The village of Mount Wolf, nestled in a little valley, a half mile northeast of Manchester Borough, has become a centre of trade and industry. Being situated in a fertile agricultural region and having recently received an industrial boom, the future of Mount Wolf is assured." (The Mount in Mount Wolf comes from the fact it's on the upper part of the railroad grade.)
Incorporation: Mount Wolf became a borough in 1910, formed out of East Manchester Township.
Capturing the scene: Bradley Rentzel wrote a compelling history of the borough: 'A History of Mount Wolf.' Here's one borough scene painted in that book from the 1910s: "At seven o'clock the mail train stops and people who work at the Capital and at Harrisburg board it. These people are commuters and usually arrive at the depot just a minute or two before train time. One young fellow is usually seen running with his coat in one hand and necktie in the other; he seems to like getting on a moving train; he makes it. The trolley car for York sounds its whistle at Walnut Street to notify students and workers of its arrival; this 7:20 a.m. car usually picks up a dozen or more passengers in Mount Wolf."
Merger talk: The twin boroughs of Mount Wolf and Manchester, with East Manchester stirred in, have looked at merging over the years. Part of the reason that hasn't happened? What do you call the new entity? Wolfchester?
Still in York County: Mount Wolf is south of the Conewago Creek, often seen as the dividing line between those with a Harrisburg/Philadelphia orientation (the north bank) and those who favor York and Baltimore (south bank.)
Fielding a team: Mount Wolf students go to Northeastern High School, which, among other things, is known as the last public school in York County to field a football team.
Sweet fact: Mount Wolf is home to a candymaker, Naylor Candies, specifically Naylor's Buttermints.
Famous visitors: Anyone traveling from York to Harrisburg – say Charles Dickens or Marquis de Lafayette – passed on the road near Mount Wolf. Confederate raiders in 1863 visited the community, leaving behind worthless Confederate money put down for goods from Wolf's store. As for the railroad, the funeral train of Abraham Lincoln passed through there without stopping.
Check out these other Mount Wolf-related stories and photos.
Other towns in this series, see: Boroughs of York County
A community talking: On the Manchester/Mount Wolf-area Facebook page, the community comes together to discuss the old Wolf Supply Company.
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Over $8M in 2020 Stem Cell Funding Awards Continue to Fuel Maryland's Leading Cell Therapy Industry
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (The Commission) recently announced over $7M in Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSRCF) grant awards for its second round of 2020 MSCRF fund recipients. The MSCRF, which is a program of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), has awarded $157M in funding to BioHealth Capital Region (BHCR) companies seeking to accelerate stem cell research, therapies and commercialization of products since 2007.
The $7M in new funding follows MSCRF's announcement in September 2019 of over $1.3M in grants for the first cohort of 2020 recipients, bringing the total 2020 MSCRF award tally to approximately $8.3M for the year. The financial awards are delivered across a wide range of areas, including clinical, commercialization, validation, launch, discovery, and post-doctoral fellowships. The first cohort of funding included three commercialization and two validation awards; the second, larger recipient pool included one clinical, one commercialization, one validation, four launches, 11 discovery, and five post-doctoral awards.
Notable BHCR MSCRF recipients included:
750K MSCRF Clinical Grant
Dr. Luis Garza of Johns Hopkins University (JHU) received a clinical grant to support clinical trials for his autologous volar fibroblast injection into the stump site of amputees. The trials are exploring ways to make the skin where a prosthetic limb meets the stump site tougher and less irritable to the wearer. Skin irritation is a major issue for those with prosthetic limbs and is often a cause for individuals to stop wearing their prosthesis.
300K MSCRF Commercialization Grant
Vita Therapeutics, a company that spun out of JHU, was awarded a 300K MSCRF grant to support the commercialization of the company's satellite stem cell therapy for limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy. According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), "Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) are a group of rare progressive genetic disorders that are characterized by wasting (atrophy) and weakness of the voluntary muscles of the hip and shoulder areas (limb-girdle area)." Vita Therapeutics is led by CEO Douglass Falk, who is a JHU alum.
MSCRF Commercialization Grants (specific allocation amount per award undisclosed)
Jamie Niland, VP of Baltimore, Maryland's Neoprogen Inc. received part of $892,080K in funding that was part of MSCRF's first 2020 grant round. Jamie is the son of Bill Niland, Neoprogen's current CEO and the former leader of Baltimore, Maryland life science community anchor Harpoon Medical, which was acquired by Edwards Scientific in 2017. The award was for Neoprogen's neonatal cardiac stem cells for the heart tissue regeneration program.
Dr. Brian Pollok of Rockville, Maryland's Propagenix, Inc., was also the recipient of a commercialization award for his Apical Surface-Outward (ASO) airway organoids, which is a potential novel cell system for drug discovery and personalized medicine. Propagenix "…develops innovative new technologies that address unmet needs in epithelial cell biology—for applications in life science research as well as in precision diagnostics, and next-generation therapeutics such as immune-oncology, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine," according to the company's website.
In addition, Dr. Ines Silva, R&D Manager of REPROCELL, USA received an MSCRF commercialization grant for its work on building a commercial neural cell bank from patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells. REPROCELL was founded in Japan in 2003 and acquired BioServe in Beltsville, Maryland in 2014.
MSCRF Launch Grants
Dr. Sashank Reddy, the founder of JHU startup LifeSprout and Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures Johns Hopkins University, received a portion of the $1,334,462 distributed for launch grants in 2020. The grant will go to support the launch of regenerative cell therapies for soft tissue restoration. LifeSprout recently closed a $28.5M seed round.
Past MSCRF grant recipients include Frederick, Maryland's RoosterBio, Inc. and Theradaptive, Inc., and Baltimore, Maryland's Gemstone Biotherapeutics and Domicell, Inc., among others.
TEDCO's MSRF program continues to lend its deep support and ample funding to build and grow Maryland's burgeoning and exciting regenerative medicine industry. We'll be keeping a close eye on these companies as they grow and make future contributions to the thriving BHCR biocluster.
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It was somewhat of a family night as a full house gathered in Louisville for the third annual One Pocket Hall of Fame dinner held Tuesday during the Derby City Classic. With Strawberry's recent death, all three One Pocket inductions were posthumous, but aside from the elusive Hayden Lingo were all well represented by immediate family.
This year's class of One Pocket inductees were Melvin 'Strawberry' Brooks, John 'Rags' Fitzpatrick and Hayden Lingo. The evening also featured the induction of three Legends of Bank Pool, the late John 'Cannonball' Chapman, undercover banking legend Vernon Elliott and Chicago's Javanley 'Youngblood' Washington.
In addition to these One Pocket and Bank Pool inductions, two players were honored for lifetime Pool in Action recognition, 92 year old George Rood and the late Denny Searcy.
Two of Javanley 'Youngblood' Washington's sons accept his induction for Bank Pool L-R: Lawrence Washington, Master of Ceremonies Fred Bentivegna, and Javanley Washington, Jr.
Prompted by Grady, George Rood revealed that the last time he ran his age in Straight Pool was only about five years ago, with a run of 126 balls!
Freddy 'The Beard' Bentivegna shared the Master of Ceremonies duties with Grady Mathews again this year.
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US Virus Updates: FDA Allows Emergency Use of COVID-19 Drug; Pelosi & McConnell Decline Tests
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis in the U.S.
Published May 1, 2020 • Updated on May 3, 2020 at 5:27 am
An Associated Press analysis shows that as more states begin to relax their coronavirus lockdowns, most are falling short of the minimum levels of testing suggested by the federal government.
Texas has topped 1,000 new cases for the third day in a row, numbers that coincide with the expiration of the state's "stay at home" order, and shoppers began to return to stores and restaurants.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., farmers, growers and operators of open-air markets are heading into one of their busiest times of year while facing the added challenge of the coronavirus.
The nation's death toll is more than 66,000 with over 1.1 million confirmed infections.
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Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis in the U.S.:
Hundreds Protest Oregon's Stay-at-Home Order
Hundreds opposed to Oregon's stay-at-home order demonstrated at the state Capitol on Saturday as health officials announced dozens more cases and five additional deaths from COVID-19.
Most of the protesters did not wear face masks, but they waved American flags and Trump campaign signs in the rain. Other signs read "Reopen Oregon" and "Let me earn a living."
A group of healthcare workers demonstrated at the top of the Capitol steps, urging a phased plan to ease the state's social distancing requirements. Most of the other protesters ignored them.
Public health officials say stay-at-home orders are essential for slowing the transmission of the novel coronavirus. But protest organizers told The Oregonian/OregonLive that they view the social distancing mandates issued by Gov. Kate Brown as government overreach.
Since mid-March, Brown's orders have closed many businesses, put some parks and campgrounds off limits, and required public schools to adopt distance learning programs.
"You can't just place citizens under house arrest and enforce those orders," event organizer Adam Ellifritt said.
Court Weighs in on Applying Mass Gathering Ban to Churches
A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to block the Kentucky governor's temporary ban on massing gatherings from applying to in-person religious services.
The three-judge panel did clear the way for Maryville Baptist Church to hold drive-in worship services while adhering to public health requirements. That's an alternative that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has strongly encouraged throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
But the panel stopped short of applying its order to in-person worship services.
The ruling came soon after the church asked the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency order stopping Beshear's mass gathering ban from being enforced against religious services.
"We realize that this falls short of everything the church has asked for and much of what it wants,"' the Cincinnati-based appeals court panel said Saturday. "But that is all we are comfortable doing after the 24 hours the plaintiffs have given us with this case.
It urged a federal district judge to "prioritize resolution" of the church's claims in its lawsuit.
Pelosi and McConnell Decline COVID-19 Tests
The top Republican and Democrat in Congress say they are respectfully declining an offer of quick COVID-19 tests offered by President Donald Trump's administration.
Limited testing for lawmakers has become an issue in decisions about when they should return to Washington.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar had tweeted Friday that three rapid-testing machines and 1,000 tests were being sent for the Senate to use next week.
Trump also tweeted that "tremendous" testing capacity is available for senators returning on Monday, and for the House.
But Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday in a statement that they want the equipment to go to front-line facilities instead.
Pelosi decided against having her members join the Senate in returning next week because the Washington area remains a virus hot spot.
Fighter Jets Roar Over Georgia in Tribute to Healthcare Workers
People across metro Atlanta went on roofs and patios, to parks and even cemeteries, or stopped on the side of a usually busy interstate to watch a military flyover Saturday afternoon.
The Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels flew to honor first responders and medical teams. They passed over downtown and midtown, where major hospitals are located, and were loudly cheered.
People outside at historic Oakland Cemetery generally adhered to social distancing guidelines but few wore masks. Some carried lawn chairs and beverages while others pushed strollers, while many tried to capture the moment with phones or cameras.
Georgia has already allowed businesses like hair and nail salons, restaurants and gyms to open with social distancing restrictions.
FDA Allows Emergency Use of Drug for Coronavirus
U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of an experimental drug that appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster.
It is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19, which has killed more than 230,000 people worldwide.
The Food and Drug Administration acted after preliminary results from a government-sponsored study showed that Gilead Sciences' Remdesivir shortened the time to recovery by 31%, or about four days on average, for hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
The study of 1,063 patients is the largest and most strict test of the drug and included a comparison group that received just usual care so Remdesivir's effects could be rigorously evaluated.
President Donald Trump announced the FDA's action at the White House.
Colorado EMT Dies From COVID-19 While Volunteering in NYC
New York City's mayor is praising the sacrifice of a Colorado paramedic, promising that his heroism before he died of the coronavirus will be forever honored in the city he came to rescue.
Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at length about Paul Cary during his daily update Friday about the city's progress against the disease. He said the longtime Aurora, Colorado, resident who most recently lived in Denver clearly saved lives after coming to New York to relieve a beleaguered emergency response system that was fielding more 911 calls than ever before.
The mayor says a memorial by the city to the 66-year-old grandfather will be a way to remember all the health care professionals, military members and others who raced to the city to help.
Alaska Joins Growing List of Airlines Requiring Passengers Wear Face Masks
Alaska Airlines says passengers will soon need to wear face masks on flights, joining Southwest, American, Delta, United, JetBlue and Frontier in taking action against the spread of the coronavirus.
In a statement Friday, the Seattle-based airline said face masks will be mandatory beginning May 11. And employees who can't maintain six feet of distance between passengers and other employees will also be required to wear masks.
"In light of COVID-19, we're in a new era of air travel and are continually updating our safety standards to better protect our guests and employees," said Max Tidwell, Alaska Airlines' vice president of safety.
Alaska says the face mask requirement is one of many safety measures it has taken during the coronavirus pandemic, including more frequent cleaning on flights of places like tray tables and lavatories and blocking middle seats on large aircraft and aisle seats on small planes through May.
States, Businesses Begin to Reopen Friday
Several states began lifting restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus, allowing some businesses to reopen Friday for the first time in a month or more.
After federal stay-at-home restrictions expired at midnight, state officials in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Texas and Wyoming decided not to extend lockdowns locally. The partial reopening of states' economies are being rolled out in phases that vary from state-to-state.
The biggest mall operator in the U.S., Simon Property Group, also planned to open 49 shopping centers across 10 states on May 1, with mask-wearing employees and a limited number of shoppers.
For more information on where states stand on reopening, check out our tracker here.
Gilead CEO: Remdesivir 'Is Not a Cure, But a Very Significant Treatment'
The CEO of Gilead Sciences, the maker of an experimental drug for treatment of the coronavirus, said Thursday the company is working with the FDA for authorization to quickly get the drug to "as many patients as possible" and vowed to make the drug "accessible and affordable."
Daniel O'Day told the "TODAY" show in an exclusive interview that Gilead made the decision to begin ramping up production of the drug as it moved into the clinical trial phase, before knowing whether it would be safe and effective for patients. O'Day said Gilead's production capacity has already gone from 5,000 treatment courses to 100,000, and believes they'll have millions by the end of the year.
"It's a sophisticated chemical process that takes time," he said, adding that the first 1.5 million doses — the entirety of the company's supply chain — are being donated because the company understood its responsibility to make a difference during the coronavirus pandemic.
While Remdesivir is not a cure, it hastened the recovery of COVID-19 patients, which O'Day notes is "very important in a hospital setting."
"The ability to get patients out of a hospital, home to their loved ones, is very important," O'Day said. "But equally for the health care system that we also known are so overtaxed, it allows those health care systems to get back to treating patients that are in need."
Nationwide Work Safety Strike, Virus Lockdown Protest Set for May Day
Essential workers will strike nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy.
Organizers say employees of Amazon, Whole Foods, Target, Fedex and other companies have become the unexpected frontline workers of the pandemic. Employees will walk off the job or call out sick Friday on International Workers' Day in cities across the U.S. to demand unpaid time off work, hazard pay, sick leave, protective gear and cleaning supplies.
In response to planned protests by its workers, Amazon said in a statement that while it "respects people's right to express themselves" it has gone to "extreme" measures to address the pandemic and spent "more than $800 million on COVID‑19 safety measures at their warehouses."
Meanwhile, protesters will take to the streets in cities nationwide to demand states loosen shelter-in-place rules and "reopen."
Hundreds of protesters, many armed with guns, attended a rally at the Michigan Capitol building on Thursday, demonstrating against Michigan's stay at home mandates as lawmakers debate extending the state's coronavirus emergency declaration.
Texas' Virus Deaths Hit Single-Day High on Eve of Reopening
The Texas coronavirus death toll hit a single-day high of 50 Thursday, NBC DFW reports.
The new figures come just as the state prepares for a slow reboot of one of the world's largest economies by re-opening retail, restaurants, malls and movies to limited amounts of customers.
Gov. Greg Abbott's "stay-at-home" order expires Friday.
The death toll of 119 over the past three days mark the deadliest stretch since the state's first fatality in the pandemic was recorded March 17.
The governor released a statement Thursday, one day before his Open Texas plan goes into effect, regarding new guidance from the Texas Workforce Commission that assures, "Texans can continue to receive unemployment benefits throughout the COVID-19 response if they choose not to return to work for certain reasons as specified by TWC."
How Coronavirus Has Grown in Each State — in 1 Chart
New York has quickly become the epicenter of the American coronavirus outbreak. This chart shows the cumulative number of cases per state by number of days since the 10th case.
Source: Johns Hopkins University
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Karla Miguelina Echenique est une joueuse de volley-ball dominicaine née le  à Saint-Domingue. Elle mesure  et joue au poste de passeuse. Elle totalise 118 sélections en équipe de République dominicaine.

Biographie

Clubs

Palmarès
Coupe panaméricaine
 Vainqueur : 2008, 2010.
 Finaliste : 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013.
 Championnat d'Amérique du Nord
 Vainqueur : 2009.
 Finaliste: 2013.
 Jeux d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes
 Vainqueur : 2002, 2006, 2010.

Liens internes

 Équipe de République dominicaine de volley-ball féminin

Liens externes
  Son profil sur le site de la FIVB
  Son profil sur le site de la CEV

Joueuse dominicaine de volley-ball
Naissance en mai 1986
Naissance à Saint-Domingue (ville)
Joueuse de volley-ball aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2012

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It's impossible to say how old the Doctor is. He has never been forthcoming about his past, and when he has talked about it he has been known to lie.
The early years of the show gave wildly inconsistent ages. When Hinchcliffe and Holmes took over the show, they started from the last age the Doctor had given, 748, and aged him consistently from there, up to at least 953. The novels picked up from there, aging him to at least 1015 before the Doctor's amnesia and changing history made it impossible to give any reasonable age.
In the new series, Russell T Davies claimed he had avoided giving any age—the 9th Doctor talked about '900 years of time and space', and '900 years of phone-box travel'. However, at one point, he directly confirmed to Rose that 900 was his actual age. The fans and press picked up on this, and the 10th Doctor confirmed that he was in his early 900s many times.
And, even if that 1103 is his actual age in "The Impossible Astronaut" (and therefore also in "The Wedding of River Song"), we don't know whether the Christmas special was the next day, two years later (as his visit in the closing scene was for Amy and Rory), or decades later. By the start of the second half of Series 7, the Doctor was claiming an age of "only" 1,000.
On several occasions, dialogue has been written for episodes in which the Doctor states he cannot remember his actual age. However, it took until the 50th anniversary story  for the Doctor to finally admit that he couldn't remember if his stated age was his real age or if he was just making it up.
If we are talking just the ages mentioned on the 2005- version of the show, then the Tenth Doctor claimed to be 907 and then 909. Then in "The Impossible Astronaut" The Eleventh Doctor claimed he was 1103. Then in "The Day of the Doctor" he was quoted as saying "I don't know, 1200 and something unless I'm lying, I cant remember if I'm lying or not, that's how old I am". Then after the events and time that took place in "The Time Of The Doctor" Peter Capaldi in "Deep Breath" is quoted as saying "I'm The Doctor, i've lived for over 2000 years..." Then we have the time that was spent in the prison inside his Confession Dial, every time The Doctor re-teleported a new doctor in, he would last for ~6000-7000 years which if you add the ~7000 onto the already ~2000 then that would put The Doctor at around ~9000 years old by the end of the 9th Season. I did not count the four and a half billion years that The Doctor was actually trapped in the Confession Dial, because each time he did the re-teleport thing, his body was still in the same state and age he was in when he was first uploaded into the teleport buffer system which was ~2000 years old. So only the ~7000 years of each cycle in the castle + the ~2000 years he already had should actually be counted.
↑ For example, the Third Doctor claimed to be several thousand years old in "The Mind of Evil" and "Doctor Who and the Silurians", but the Second Doctor claims only 450 in "The Tomb of the Cybermen", which via the presence of Jamie McCrimmon only takes place a few years, at most, prior to the Doctor's regeneration.
↑ "Planet of the Spiders"
↑ The 4th Doctor sometimes fudged his age downward a little, as in "The Seeds of Doom", or "The Ribos Operation"—where Romana caught him and he admitted it.
↑ "Time and the Rani"
↑ "The Burning" and beyond, not to mention the problems dating the EDA novels vs. The NEDA audios.
↑ "Voyage of the Damned" where he says 903; "The Infinite Quest", etc.
↑ "The Bells of Saint John"
↑ "The Day of the Doctor"


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Joyce Carol Wagy Webb passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Indiana.
Funeral services celebrating Joyce's life will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at the Crain Funeral Home with Scott Wagy officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 20 at the funeral home. Burial will be in the West Lawn Cemetery, Newton. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church, Newton.
Joyce Carol Wagy was born on December 25, 1927 in Newton, Illinois the daughter of Joy and Dodie (Williams) Wagy. Born on Christmas morning, she was our special gift. Joyce worked as a waitress for her parents at Wagy's Café. She then met her husband while working in the bookkeeping department at the Peoples State Bank. Joyce married Harold Gordon Webb on June 23, 1948. For many years, she stayed at home raising her four children Marilyn, Lee, Larry and Linda. Later she worked at the Newton Flower Shop and the Newton Rest Haven.
Her memberships include the Grace United Methodist Church, VFW, American Legion Auxiliary, and the Newton Women's Club.
Joyce dearly loved her family and the activities of her grandkids and great grandkids. She loved to follow them. If the car was going somewhere, she wanted to be in it. She was very blessed to get to stay at home in her later years. Our sister, Linda, was our "angel" making this possible.
Joyce will be loved and remembered by her children Marilyn (Rick) Hartrich, Lee (Terry) Webb, Larry (Andrea) Webb, and Linda Webb; eight grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, an expected new arrival of a great grandson in January, and sister-in-law Rowena Wagy.
Her parents, husband Harold, sister Virginia Marshall, brother Victor Wagy and many special in-laws preceded her in death.
She will be dearly missed and there will always be a piece of her in our hearts, "Sing a Joyous Carol"!
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Jeff Strasser, född 5 oktober 1974 i Mondorf-les-Bains, är en före detta fotbollsspelare från Luxemburg. Han  är sedan 2010 huvudtränare för CS Fola Esch.

Spelarkarriär
Jeff Strasser är en av få fotbollsspelare från Luxemburg som har lyckats i lite större ligor. Efter att ha spelat sex år för franska Metz, så värvades han till tyska Kaiserslautern 1999. Efter tre säsonger där så flyttade han till Bundesliga konkurrenten Borussia Mönchengladbach 2002. Under sina sju år i Tyskland så gjorde han nästan 200 matcher och tio mål.

I augusti 2006 skrev Strasser på för Strasbourg i Ligue 2 och tackade samtidigt nej till spel i Premier League där både Aston Villa och Sunderland var intresserade. 31 juli 2007 återvände Strasser till Metz, då han skrev på ett 2-årskontrakt. När kontraktet med Metz gick ut 2009 vände han hem till Luxemburg för spel med Fola Esch. Han var dock bara där i 17 dagar innan han flyttade till Grasshopper. Han kom tillbaka till Fola Esch ett år senare men spelade bara en match innan han avslutade karriären.

I Luxemburgs landslag gjorde Strasser debut mot Grekland i oktober 1993. Mellan 1993 och 2010 gjorde han totalt 98 landskamper och sju mål. Han har varit den som spelat flest landskamper för Luxemburg sedan han tog över rekordet från Carlo Weis i november 2008.

Tränarkarriär
17 maj 2010 blev Strasser utsedd till tränare för Fola Esch ungdomslag, och i december samma år blev han klar som huvudtränare för klubbens A-lag tillsammans med Cyril Serredszum.

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Jeff Strasser på National-Football-Teams.com
Jeff Strasser på transfermarkt.co.uk

Luxemburgska fotbollsspelare
Spelare i FC Metz
Spelare i FC Kaiserslautern
Spelare i Borussia Mönchengladbach
Spelare i RC Strasbourg
Spelare i CS Fola Esch
Spelare i Grasshopper-Club Zürich
Luxemburgska idrottare under 1900-talet
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Choosing a recording school, Really Need Help !
Discussion in 'Microphones (live or studio)' started by dimefreak, Sep 15, 2001.
I'm trying to choose a recording school to go to in the next few months but I live in India so I have nothing much to go by except for the websites of the schools. I want to go to a good school with great equipment, faculty, internship and placements. Cost is not really the factor, cause I can try for financial aid (I'm a U.S. citizen). I was really impressed with Fullsail, Ex'pression for New Media, Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences, and Los Angeles Recording Workshop. I know that the length of the course in the first 2 is about double the length of the course in the second 2. Does this extra training in the first 2 make a lot of difference ? Is anyone here a graduate or a student of any of these schools or any other good schools ? I really need suggestions and help because no one here knows anything about recording schools. Thank you so much.
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Yesterday I went to my Crochet group meeting and one of the ladies in the group named Rachel made for me a crocheted baby hat and a baby poncho to go with the crocheted baby blanket I had made. I did not know how to make the baby hat or poncho so she said that she would make it for me so that I could have a set to sell at our church's annual Christmas Fair. When I saw how cute the set was I asked her if she would write out the pattern directions for me and she did. Then to my surprise she said that she would teach me to make the baby hat. I sat and crocheted the hat and it took me about a half hour to make. I think that it came out pretty good for the first time and she said that next week she will teach me to make the poncho and a little flower to attach to the hat. This is why I love going to my crochet meetings because we all work together and help each other out and keep each other motivated.


ALBION – A Rochester man admitted in Orleans County Court today to selling fentanyl.
Giovanni M. Serrano, 19, pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. As part of a plea agreement, he will face a maximum of six years in prison when he is sentenced on Nov. 29.
The charge could have resulted in a maximum of 25 years in prison. Serrano was allegedly part of a four-person drug ring that was arrested in May. The four allegedly sold an extremely lethal fentanyl that resulted many overdoses in Orleans County.
An informant with the Orleans County Major Felony Crime Task Force bought the fentanyl from Serrano on Feb. 28, District Attorney Joe Cardone said. It was one of several drug transactions involving Serrano, the district attorney told Judge Sanford Church.
• Jordan Herring of Holley pleaded guilty to attempting to making a terrorist threat. While he was in the county jail due a parole violation on May 31, he was speaking on the phone and told the person he was speaking with that he intended to "shoot, cut and choke" police and parole officers, Cardone said.
As part of the plea today, he will face up to a year in jail when he is sentenced on Jan. 10.
• A Medina woman pleaded guilty to third-degree grand larceny and agreed to pay $91,973 in restitution.
Crystal Woodward, 32, of Medina could be sentenced to up to six months in jail on Jan. 17.
She allegedly took $91,973 from Medina Transportation Company and needs to repay that money, at least $400 a month until it is paid back.
• Two inmates at the Albion Correctional Facility were each sentenced to an additional 1 ½ to 3 years in prison for promoting prison contraband.
Gabriella Allen-Reiter and Danielle Rowe asked people to bring Suboxone into the prison. Suboxone is a prescription narcotic that is used for pain and can be used to help with opiate withdrawal.
The two inmates each also have to pay a $300 court surcharge, $50 DNA database fee, and $25 crime victims' fee.
• A Waterport resident was arraigned on two counts of third-degree burglary, one county of third-degree grand larceny and petit larceny.
Justin Chaplin, 34, allegedly broke into garages in Carlton and took tools and equipment. The judge set bail at $10,000.


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Dell Aims at Mid-Tier Hyperscale Enterprises with New Division
Dell Datacenter Scalable Solutions targets telecommunications service providers, hosting companies, oil and gas, and research organizations that typically have high-volume technology needs plus supply chain requirements in order to deliver business innovation.
August 24, 2015 by Alison Diana
Dell is targeting a large group of enterprises whose compute needs far outstrip the needs of x86 processors but do not yet meet the requirements of the most powerful supercomputers on the market.
The company's newly announced Datacenter Scalable Solutions (DSS) is a line of business within Dell's Enterprise Solutions organization that targets the needs of telecommunications service providers, hosting companies, oil and gas, and research organizations that typically have high-volume technology needs plus supply chain requirements in order to deliver business innovation.
Dell plans to release DSS-branded products this fall, said Ashley Gorakhpurwalla, vice president and general manager, Dell Server Solutions, during a web-based press conference on Friday. The operation – codenamed Strike Force – has been in effect for a year and in that time DSS has gone global and won customers using existing Dell solutions and services, he said.
"We've already grown our revenue greater than 400 percent in that year and we've already engaged with 200 customers and will double that before the end of the year," Gorakhpurwalla said.
Dell DSS enabled one unnamed global web-tech company to garner quicker access to inventory and improve design efficiency, while reducing total cost of ownership and overall acquisition price, according to Dell. Similarly, an international SaaS provider received a custom infrastructure using Dell's PowerEdge portfolio, including SED SSDs and HDDs. As a result, the providers' customers get faster access to cloud and optimal configurations, Dell reported.
Initially, customization will be key to DSS services and solutions, Jyeh Gan, director of product marketing and strategy, told EnterpriseTech. In fact, Dell touts the consultative sale as one of its benefits, since the company works closely with clients to understand the customer's business and how DSS' high performance solutions can resolve a challenge or attain an opportunity, he said.
"It's about understanding a customer's problems and the things they're trying to work through. What are you trying to get out of it? We think this is actually not the best way to do it. Can we suggest this way?" said Gan. "It's not just doing the customization, configuration work, it's the optimization of their environment and really solving their business need. It's providing our insight from our large supply chain. It's making our informed recommendation. It's up to them to accept it."
Dell wants to remove some of that customization when it unveils the first DSS-branded products this fall. The company holds about 18 percent of the server market, according to IDC. Dell's projected growth rate is almost 13 percent, the analyst firm predicts.
Of course, Dell is not alone in targeting the rich market of companies that fall between hyperscale and traditional enterprise systems. HP partnered with Intel earlier this year to pursue enterprise customers. And President Barack Obama's National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) is widely expected to encourage innovation and participation from a slew of new and existing advanced scale computing players.
"That sort of function will boost all kinds of enterprises because it calculates demand as well as so many other effects of any given input," Ari Zoldan, CEO of Quantum Media Group, told EnterpriseTech.
In time, Dell DSS could encompass organizations beyond the initial target groups, Gan said.
"I think we will. We also talked about telcos and service providers. HPC is definitely a big focus area for us," he said. "Everybody has a need for something that is a little different and enables their competitive differentiation. Every day they don't have a solution they're losing money. We're moving toward a software-defined world and everything becomes a bit more compute centric. As that happens there is definitely a need for an organization or a capability within Dell to service the needs of all these customers. As we grow our Internet of Things offerings they've already started talking about the need for something like DSS in our world and how we can enable that."
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About the author: Alison Diana
Managing editor of Enterprise Technology. I've been covering tech and business for many years, for publications such as InformationWeek, Baseline Magazine, and Florida Today. A native Brit and longtime Yankees fan, I live with my husband, daughter, and two cats on the Space Coast in Florida.


So, its my Birth month and as promised, I am bringing a whole lotta fun giveaway for all of you. I am happy to announce BIRTHDAY SPECIAL GIVEAWAY – OPEN!
So, this time… there is no rafflecopter widget which you need to enter. Giveaway rules are simple. Read on the rules and enter now.
TWO best entries would WIN amazing coffee-mugs from IndiaCircus.Com just as shown in the picture below. And I bet you can't afford to miss this chance of grabbing exclusive, contemporary and stylish coffee mugs for yourself!
– Pick ONE item which you would like to gift me on my birthday (Don't worry, you don't have to buy something, you only have a pick one item) and that item can be ANYTHING from IndiaCircus.com.
– Cope paste the link of that item in the comments section below and tell why you picked that item for me?
Reason- Because Anamika loves coffee mugs!
Two most interesting and impressive entries would win a exclusive and exquisite coffee mugs from IndiaCircus.Com !!
So what are you waiting for? Go on and pick a gift for me and win a gift for yourself!
And don't forget to share this wonderful giveaway with your near and dear ones!
I would Love to gift this floral fantastic wallet to you for your birthday. Its So much in trend n will be very useful to you.
Im sure u gonna love it n will rewarded with me as a return gift..
HAPPY BDAY DEAR IN ADVANCE..
I loved your choice. Thank you!
Reason: I have seen you wearing most stylish and amazing outfits. I think this outfit will make you look gorgeous as always!
Reason – Hi Anamika i would love to gift you this notebook from indiacircus since i know your love for diaries is eternal.As you are a author i know how much you would need this and i am sure you are gonna love it 🙂 Also since your instagram id reads "AnamikaWrites" i thought this would make for a perfect birthday gift !!
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday month !!Thanx for this giveaway 🙂 India circus collection is to die for.Would love to win the quriky coffee mug from you 🙂 !!
Yeah that's true! My love of diaries is eternal. I love your choice.
Girl, I have seen you buying latest and trendy bags. So, here's another chic and trendy bag for you on your birthday. Hope you like it.
Yeah! Love bags a lot 🙂 Nice choice you have. Yeah, I liked it a lot.
Hi Anamika..Congratulations! Its your Bday Month. Wuhuu..Lots of warm hugs and chocolates!
Reason: As Its Winter As A season of Cold And Snow,Nothing Can Be Better Show Express It But 'PEARLS'.
THE PEARL IS THE QUEEN OF GEMS AND THE GEM OF QUEENS!
Be a queen this birthday.God Bless.Lots of love. xoxo.
How sweet of you! I so much loved it 🙂 And yes, even If you don't win this… you are surely getting a surprise from my side! After all, this giveaway is all about spreading joy and smiles.
All the best and lots of love to you too!
Gift for you- I wuould love to give you 2 gifts.
She would be needing it a lot to sign her autograph.
How sweet of you! Thank you!! I am able to spread this love just because you all showered so much love upon me.
Thanks for being! Love you!
Lovely choice 🙂 Thanks a lot!!
I loved it 🙂 Thanks a lot Ankit !!
I chose this cushion cover for you because firstly, it is beautiful! and i love the color! Blue- My favorite! whatever cushion you put it on, wherever you keep it. someday you will keep your pretty little head on it and fall into a peaceful slumber ( color blue symbolizes peace. so peaceful, it will be!).And it got flying cranes! cranes symbolizes with good fortune! Sleeping on this beautiful cushion will acquire you with beautiful dreams! dreaming is an essential task in our everyday life. what we sleep on really effects it! and do you know what our conscious mind doesn't realize while in the wake, our subconscious brain expresses it in our dreams? and every dream has a hidden meaning behind it. so i want you to express yourself with your full potential which still hides in your subconsciousness. Dreams enrich you with inspirations! So i want you to have an inspirational life and a fortunate one! Have a good life, altogether!!
PS- you are so nice to conduct these giveaways , miss!
Your smile is my motivation! Thanks a lot for entering. I loved it!. "Dreams enrich you with inspirations!" Well said.
Reason: This wallet is colorful & goes well/matching with different color dresses. Also the design is similar to what we see similar to designs on kurtis etc. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Thank you so much! Your choice is fantastic. And yes, keep loving & supporting me like this, and I promise I'll more giveaways and surprises for wonderful people like you.
Reason: I would like to gift you this beautiful black colored and floral patterned Utility Pouch. i like to gift such things which are beautiful and can be really used by the receiver of the gift and not just passed on .I chose this because it is black in color which everybody likes and it has floral pattern which every gal loves.It also has a palace in the background which gives a royal feel to it.Also,since ur a Fashion,Lifestyle and Travel blogger….you can keep all your small small things like makeup,clips,pins,chocolate,…etc…while on the go.i hope you like it.
Yes, indeed this utility pouch is good and the idea (that I'll be able to carry little things in it while traveling). I loved it. Thanks a lot for entering.
Reason- I would like to gift you THE DESIGNER SINGING PEACOCK PHOTO FRAME from indiacircus.com on your Birthday! 🙂 I choose this wonderful gift because The pretty and elegant peacock, which seems to be in a mood of singing a sweet song, gets captured for life in this photo frame would definitely inspire you to sing something beautiful too ! 🙂 You'll have that pleasant feeling arround you always! ^__^ I want you to have a dazzling and mesmerizing birthday after having this beautiful gift!
follow ur heart <3 …. full fill ur dreams…. love ya dear….
Thanks for entering. Love you too dear. Take care!
and ADVANCE HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND NEW YEAR DEAR…..
Reason: Because I know you are a Chashmish and this trendy case will help you keep your spects properly. Also, you are totally into owl accessories these days, so this will be an add-on to your owl design collection.
Reason : I want to gift you this Romance Raja Pillar Candle to you as it will be very much useful for our candle light dinner, that not so bright yellow flame of light will and its scent will make you fell more romantic.
I have read number of previous post and no one has dreamt of something like this. Who will not like to go out on a date with a girl like you? And its my wish from the time your first book has been published. Thanks to you for giving me this opportunity.
Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday and a Happy New Year.
Lovely! Thanks a lot Suraj 🙂 Happy new year to you too!
birthday is the most special day in one's life. So,Enjoy it to the fullest.
Reason- Bday is that spl occasion when one enlivens the day with everybody's undivided attention. I want to gift u this Lime Lotus Chocolate Gold Handbag to add some bling to your otherwise bright day, that wud make u feel like a Princess in your own world !!
its a Flower Diamond ta set!
Very unique and sweet choice. Surely, it'll add an extra charm to the tea time and my home's decor. Thank you sweets!
Gift: I would like to gift, not only gift but would also like to see you wearing this pearl necklace http://m.indiacircus.com/shop/category/fashion/jewellery/product/pearl-cascade-necklace-4514 because of your eternal love for fashion and jewellery. The elegance of the necklace and charm of the shining pearls would add to your beauty and give you a graceful woman look.
Thanks a lot 🙂 It's really nice one. Stay blessed and Happy new year!
This Beautiful "Chanderi Stole" – Daisy Dream is perfect for you!


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Q: android : youtubeplayerview api configuration change issue I am using youtubeplayerview to display youtube videos. I am having issue with handling orientation change .
Initially my video open in portrait mode , as expected. Now if i click full screen button, video opens in full screen in landscape mode . ( I do not change the orientation of the phone, but the full screen is opened in landscape mode ).
Now to watch the video , i rotate my phone 90 degrees left and watch full screen video. If i just rotate back the phone , the full screen automatically change to small scree in portrait mode.
SO looks like full screen only in landscape mode and  portrait mode always have small screen.
I do not want this behavior. I want to change the video size based on user clicking full screen or not. Not based on the phone orientation
Please help how to fix it.
I saw setting some flags for the player but could not get it working .

A: You can use into the manifest for the activity android:screenOrientation="nosensor".

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SubGenre:Decision-Making & Problem Solving
Grasp The Solution
How to find the best answers to everyday challenges
by Chris Griffiths and Melina Costi
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower...Which do you want to be? 'GRASP The Solution' is a refreshingly pragmatic and straight-talking guide to making decisions and solving problems creatively. If you've always thought creativity was all fluff and no substance, this book will make you think again. Chris Griffiths (head of ThinkBuzan, the organisation behind Mind Mapping – the thinking tool used by millions worldwide) compels you to let go of what's killing your creativity. In just four clear steps, he shows you how to unleash bold, fresh ideas and solutions in a systematic way to help you triumph innovatively over any challenge.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower...Which do you want to be? 'GRASP The Solution' is a refreshingly pragmatic and straight-talking guide to making decisions and solving problems creatively. If you've always thought creativity was all fluff and no substance, this book will make you think again. - Struggling to come up with new and innovative ideas? - Got the idea but can't make it happen? - Frustrated trying to find the right answers? - Fed up of failed group brainstorming sessions? Chris Griffiths (head of ThinkBuzan, the organisation behind Mind Mapping – the thinking tool used by millions worldwide) compels you to let go of what's killing your creativity. In just four clear steps, he shows you how to unleash bold, fresh ideas and solutions in a systematic way to help you triumph innovatively over any challenge.
Chris Griffiths is the CEO of ThinkBuzan, the organisation behind Mind Mapping, the thinking tool used by millions worldwide. ThinkBuzan have been leaders in creativity and innovation for over 40 years with the mission to grow 'minds' and help individuals 'think' and 'be' better. Chris is an expert in combining modern brain based thinking strategies, processes and techniques with creativity and technology. He founded his first business at 16 and sold his first company at the age of 25. Companies with which he has been involved have ranked in the 'Deloitte Fast 50' and 'The Sunday Times / London Stock Exchange Fasttrack 100'. He has also won awards for innovation and creativity.
eBook - $14.99 (AZW, EPub, PDF)
Modern Mind Mapping for Smarter Thinking by Tony Buzan
The Most Important Graph in the World by Tony Buzan


Beneath Death Coming's cheery graphics lurks a dark sense of humor. As the tiny sprites go about their business, they're blissfully unaware that you're plotting their deaths. You play as the Grim Reaper in the debut title from Chinese indie developer Next Studio, which is now available on Steam Early Access for PC.
As the Grim Reaper, you track your targets as they wander around the map. You avoid angels, which patrol the area and will "arrest" you if they catch you mid-reaping. When the opportunity strikes, so do you. You can't directly harm people; instead, you wield the environment around them. Your weapons are air conditioners and leaky pipes and sculptures with loose parts, which fall and crush unsuspecting victims. It's like Final Destination meets a Rube Goldberg machine.
While you're embroiled in morbid hijinks, there's also an overarching story. You're not sure why you've been selected as the Grim Reaper or what happens in the afterlife. Though the core of the gameplay is solving puzzles to reap souls, the mystery of your circumstances will be gradually revealed.


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Saint-Julien-le-Pèlerin é uma comuna francesa na região administrativa da Nova Aquitânia, no departamento de Corrèze. Estende-se por uma área de 15,4 km².

Comunas de Corrèze


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Ginowan mayor calls for Futenma use restrictions
Yoichi Iha isn't happy that decisions to remove Futenma Marine Corps Air Station from his city aren't moving forward, so he's coming up with new demands of his own.
The Ginowan City mayor is making demands to the central government that "Futenma airport should have prohibitions and limitations for the American military to use the land on both ends of the runway." The anti-base mayor is insisting "there is no clear zone inside the base, so we need a 'clear zone' for protection and safety reasons."
Iha is calling for changes in government rules that would make the Futenma runway 1,000 meters shorter than it is now. He says he's requesting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. military to implement the changes immediately. The mayor says that according to the SACO (Special Action Committee on Okinawa) Agreement, the runway distance for Futenma is 1,800 meters. He says the Master Plan provided to Ginowan City in 2007 showed the runway had been extended about 950 meters, which should make it possible to cut 500 meters from each end of the runway.
As Futenma is now closed for repairs, the Ginowan City mayor says it's a perfect time for the U.S. Marines to shorten the runway by 1,000 meters.


Six vessels sailing in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore reported incidents to the Singapore Vessel Traffic Information System over a 30 hour period on Friday and Saturday, with five unauthorised boardings and one attempted boarding.
The six vessels were Advantage Summer, Navig8 Stealth SV, Maersk Lebu, Peace Bright, Atout and Elbtank Denmark. All the vessels raised the alarm and all perpetrators fled without harming the crew. There were no loss of property except some personal belongings got stolen on Elbtank Denmark.
ReCAAP believes that the perpetrators could possibly be from the same group considering the close interval of time and proximity of the incidents and it strongly recommends all vessels operating in the area to exercise enhanced vigilance and take extra precautionary measures while underway. It also urged the relevant enforcement agencies to step up surveillance and patrols.


The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia said it thwarted an attempted Islamic State group suicide bomb attack early on Wednesday during a last-stand battle for the jihadist group's final enclave. The SDF has said the battle for Baghouz, a collection of hamlets and farmland near the Iraqi border, is as good as over. Thick clouds of black smoke could be seen rising over the enclave on Wednesday afternoon. The sounds of gunfire, explosions and planes cold be heard.
The enclave is the last shred of populated territory held by the jihadists who have been driven from roughly a third of both Iraq and Syria over the past four years. Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the SDF media office, said its forces had been bombarding Baghouz heavily overnight before engaging in direct clashes with Islamic State.fighters in the pre-dawn hours.
Live footage broadcast by the Kurdish Ronahi TV overnight showed a series of large explosions lighting up the night sky over Baghouz. "There were suicide vest attacks by a group of bombers who tried to blow themselves up amidst our forces. Our forces targeted and killed them before they reached our positions," Bali said.
The SDF has laid siege to Baghouz for weeks but had repeatedly postponed its final assault to allow thousands of civilians, many of them wives and children of Islamic State fighters, to leave. It resumed the attack on Sunday. Around 3,000 fighters and their families surrendered to SDF forces in 24 hours, Bali said overnight. Three women and four children belonging to the Yazidi sect, a minority group who were kidnapped and enslaved by Islamic State in 2014, were also freed, he said.
While Baghouz is the last populated territory of what was once the group's self-proclaimed "caliphate", fighters still operate in remote areas elsewhere. The group put out a new propaganda video overnight Monday filmed in recent weeks inside Baghouz, maintaining its claim to leadership of all Muslims and calling on its supporters to keep the faith.
"Tomorrow, God willing, we will be in paradise and they will be burning in hell," one of the men interviewed in the video said. The collapse of Islamic State's territorial rule comes at a pivotal point in the wider eight year multi-sided Syrian civil war, with President Bashar al-Assad's government having also recaptured most territory from rebels that tried to topple him.


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Q: How to await for @escaping closure on Flutter Native Channel I've got a huge problem, hope to find someone helpful.
I am writing my Flutter app and using native sdk.
One of them is providing me http client (native in swift) and some methods which are fetching data. One of these methods is a void method with escaping void closure.
When i call it i can check if fetch was successful or it failed. If it was successfull i would like to return to Flutter bool true, or if it failed i would like to return false.
Unfortunately i can not return any value directly from closure, because it's void. So i was trying to move my boolean result out from the closure, set it correct value inside and after call return it to flutter.
But it's not working, return is being called before closure get's executed.
Example below:
    private func myNativeMethod(call: FlutterMethodCall) throws -> Bool? {
        var result:Bool

        client.fetchData(completion: { (res) in
            switch res {
            case .success():
                result = true
            case .failure(let error):
                result = false
            }
        })

        return result
    }

After some research i was trying to use DispatchSemaphore, DispatchGroup, but calling semaphore.wait() is freezing my app completely, dispatchGroup.wait() also does the same.
dispatchGroup.notify() is also void so there is no possibility to put return statement inside.
moving semaphore.wait() to another thread is not preventing return from being called.
Does anyone have any idea how to deal with that.
Thanks in advance.

A: Unfortunately, that's not so simple, you need to use Platform Channels. You can find more info here:
https://flutter.dev/docs/development/platform-integration/platform-channels


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River Publishers Series in Circuits and Systems
Heterogeneous Cyber Physical Systems of Systems
Ioannis Papaefstathiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Alkis Hatzopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Cyber-physical systems are the natural extension of the so-called "Internet of Things". They are "systems of collaborating computational elements controlling physical entities". Cyber Physical Systems of Systems (CPSoS) are considered "The Next Computing Revolution" after Mainframe computing (60's-70's), Desktop computing & Internet (80's-90's) and Ubiquitous computing (00's); because all aspects of daily life are rapidly evolving towards humans interacting amongst themselves as well as their environment via computational devices (often mobile), and because in most cases systems will employ their computational capabilities to interact amongst themselves.
CPSoS enable the physical world to merge with the cyber one. Using sensors, the embedded systems monitor and collect data from physical processes, such as the steering of a vehicle, energy consumption or human health functions. The systems are networked making the data globally available. CPSoS make it possible for software applications to directly interact with events in the physical world, for example to measure and react to changes in blood pressure or peaks in energy consumption. Embedded hardware and software systems crucially expand the functionality and competitiveness of vehicles, aircraft, medical equipment, production plants and household appliances. Connecting these systems to a virtual environment of globally networked services and information systems opens completely new areas of innovation and novel business platforms.
Future CPSoS will have many sophisticated, interconnected parts that must instantaneously exchange, parse, and act on detailed data in a highly coordinated manner. Continued advances in science and engineering will be necessary to enable advances in design and development of these complex systems. Multi- scale, multi-layer, multi-domain, and multi-system integrated infrastructures will require new foundations in system science and engineering. Scientists and engineers with an understanding of otherwise physical systems will need to work in tandem with computer and information scientists to achieve effective, workable designs. In this tutorial, basic and advanced issues on the design of the future heterogeneous CPSoS are presented including relevant Blockchain technologies, reconfigurable systems, advanced sensor interfaces and human-centered design processes. Certain advanced tools for the design and implementation of the cyber parts of the CPSoS (i.e. FPGA design tools from Xilinx) are also covered.
Cyber Physical Systems of Systems (CPSoS), Internet of things (IoT), Security, Blockchain, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), smart sensors, energy harvesting, Hardware/software codesign, reconfigurable systems


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Dan Wakefield
Two friends return home from the Korean War to find their world—and themselves—irrevocably altered in this novel hailed by Kurt Vonnegut as "gruesomely accurate and enchanting" and "wildly sexy"
Willard "Sonny" Burns and Tom "Gunner" Casselman, Korean War vets and former classmates, reunite on the train ride home to Indianapolis. Despite their shared history, the two young men could not be more different: Sonny had been an introverted, bookish student, whereas Gunner had been the consummate Casanova and athlete—and a popular source of macho pride throughout the high school. Reunited by the pains of war, they go in search of finding love, rebuilding their lives, and shedding the repressive expectations of their families.
As Sonny and Gunner seek their true passions, the stage is set for a wounded, gripping account of disillusionment and self-discovery as seen through the lens of the conservative Midwest in the summer of 1954. Rendered in honest prose, national bestseller Going All the Way expertly and astutely captures the joys and struggles of working-class Middle America, and the risks of challenging the status quo. Author Dan Wakefield crafts this enduring coming-of-age tale with fluidity, grace, and deep humanity.
Open Road Media
More Books by Dan Wakefield
If This Isn't Nice, What Is?
New York in the '50s