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102000 = 24 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 53 ⋅ 17
bin 11000111001110000
11 6a6a8
12 4b040
14 2925a
hex 18e70
(max 15 digits)
102000 has 80 divisors (see below), whose sum is σ = 348192. Its totient is φ = 25600.
The previous prime is 101999. The next prime is 102001. The reversal of 102000 is 201.
Adding to 102000 its reverse (201), we get a palindrome (102201).
It is an interprime number because it is at equal distance from previous prime (101999) and next prime (102001).
It is a tau number, because it is divible by the number of its divisors (80).
It is a Harshad number since it is a multiple of its sum of digits (3).
It is a super Niven number, because it is divisible the sum of any subset of its (nonzero) digits.
It is a zygodrome in base 2.
It is a congruent number.
It is not an unprimeable number, because it can be changed into a prime (102001) by changing a digit.
It is a polite number, since it can be written in 15 ways as a sum of consecutive naturals, for example, 5992 + ... + 6008.
2102000 is an apocalyptic number.
102000 is a gapful number since it is divisible by the number (10) formed by its first and last digit.
It is an amenable number.
It is a practical number, because each smaller number is the sum of distinct divisors of 102000, and also a Zumkeller number, because its divisors can be partitioned in two sets with the same sum (174096).
102000 is an abundant number, since it is smaller than the sum of its proper divisors (246192).
It is a pseudoperfect number, because it is the sum of a subset of its proper divisors.
102000 is a wasteful number, since it uses less digits than its factorization.
102000 is an evil number, because the sum of its binary digits is even.
The sum of its prime factors is 43 (or 27 counting only the distinct ones).
The product of its (nonzero) digits is 2, while the sum is 3.
The square root of 102000 is about 319.3743884534. The cubic root of 102000 is about 46.7232872836.
The spelling of 102000 in words is "one hundred two thousand", and thus it is an iban number.
Divisors: 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 20 24 25 30 34 40 48 50 51 60 68 75 80 85 100 102 120 125 136 150 170 200 204 240 250 255 272 300 340 375 400 408 425 500 510 600 680 750 816 850 1000 1020 1200 1275 1360 1500 1700 2000 2040 2125 2550 3000 3400 4080 4250 5100 6000 6375 6800 8500 10200 12750 17000 20400 25500 34000 51000 102000
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[Review] "A Refugee Love Story: Moshin Hamid's Exit West" by Swathi Parasuraman
{Written by Swathi Parasuraman, this review is part of Issue 42 (January 2019) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.}
Mohsin Hamid, Exit West, Hamish Hamilton, 2017. 240 pgs.
I remember reading The Reluctant Fundamentalist two years ago. At the time, I didn't know it had been shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker prize, neither did I know a movie had been made based on it. The title was just so intriguing, and I seemed to recall having read about it in an in-flight magazine. So I bought it from a second-hand book store with hardly a glance at the author's name.
As I read through it, what struck me the most was not just the story, but how lyrical the words sounded in my head, and how beautifully simple the writing was, even though the novel dealt with the identity crisis, loneliness and disillusionment of a Pakistani man trying to make it in the West. I was soon hooked and finished the book with a feeling that I had stumbled onto a gem. I looked the author up and learnt that he was Pakistani, and that his specialty was weaving stories that offered a glimpse into worlds seldom written about, such as life in Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian countries and the experiences of immigrants abroad , at times of political, economic and social upheaval.
Mohsin Hamid released Exit West in mid-2017. Past echoes of his writing immediately came back to me, and I wasted no time in acquiring this book as well. I started reading it late one evening, tucked into bed with a blanket around me.
Exit West is set in modern times, in an unnamed city in the midst of a civil war. It centres on a couple, Nadia and Saeed, who meet and start something akin to a romance. Soon a civil war threatens to consume their city, and they are forced to flee together. They end up escaping to places around the globe, trying to set up a life in each before they are forced to flee again. The novel follows their developing relationship, their internal as well as external journeys, their struggles and their own contrasting ideas and personalities. The overall themes of the book are of emigration and refugee crises (seemingly related to the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis), quite apt for the age we are in presently.
Now, I'll get to the unique aspect of the story. Refugees flee from their countries, usually either on foot or by sea. Their journeys are arduous, dangerous, and there are many who lose their lives in the process. Here, the author has used fictitious doors as a metaphor for these journeys. Nadia and Saeed, along with the other refugees from different countries, all pass through doors in order to leave one place and enter another. From their city to Mykonos. From Mykonos to London. From London to California. And so on. These doors can pop up anywhere, from a hotel bathroom to someone's bedroom. Agents learn of the door's existence, hide it from militants and accept payment from citizens wishing safe passage. They are similar to agents peddling visas. This touch of surrealism is not at all out of place in the universe of the book. It is accepted, reported and written about as normal—a refugee problem which needs to be curbed and magical doors that need to be found and blocked. The metaphor provides a parallel to our own world, in which people flee dangerous situations but end up living in limbo, not really a part of any country but somewhere in between, waiting for permission to live their lives freely as born-again citizens.
In the beginning of the novel, Nadia lives alone in a small apartment and is a free, independent, modern woman. Saeed, an relatively average white-collar worker, lives with his parents and is more conservative. Of the two characters, I found Nadia to be more distinctive and compelling while Saeed seemed to blend into the background for the most part. Their love story is complex and delves into how people mould and change, a result of the pressures around them, and how love can be born from a deep reliance on someone else during trying times:
Neither talked much of drifting apart, not wanting to inflict the fear of abandonment, while also themselves quietly feeling that fear, the fear of the severing of their tie, the end of the world they had built together, a world of shared experiences in which no one else would share, and a sense that what they might break was special and likely irreplaceable.
The book's third-person narrative carries a strong message, pointing to the innumerable struggles that refugees face: the distrust and hate displayed towards them by nativists, their constant fear of being uprooted and the survival skills they are forced to learn. Sometimes, it feels as though even the safe haven they hope to take refuge in seems no different to the dangers they have left behind:
The fury of those nativists advocating wholesale slaughter was what struck Nadia the most, and it struck her because it seemed so familiar, so much like the fury of the militants in her own city. She wondered whether she and Saeed had done anything by moving, whether the faces and buildings had changed but the reality of their predicament had not.
The fragility of human life is constantly alluded to. The author brilliantly manages to strike a chord of empathy that resonates with readers, by portraying some gentle moments of compassion.
One thing I do notice with Mohsin Hamid's books is that his sentences are extremely long, punctuated with and's, but's and many, many commas. I was always taught at school to use full stops and separate sentences. I'm an obsessive-compulsive reader, so I thought it would bother me when I started reading. It did a bit to be honest. But surprisingly, the sentences blended well together soon, and I didn't even notice after the first few pages. I think if a writer can break rules and still manage to capture an audience, it's a mark of special talent.
Overall, I enjoyed Exit West for its fluid writing style, unique storyline and humane touch. It was rightly one of the six shortlisted books for the 2017 Man Booker Prize as well as one of The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2017. I highly recommend it to my fellow book-lovers.
Swathi Parasuraman is a content writer, who lives and works in the city of Bangalore. Having grown up in both Japan and India, she uses writing, primarily fiction pieces, poetry and personal essays as an outlet for her Asian multiculturalism. She is also a great lover of books and theatre. She has acted, directed and written a script for the stage. Some of her best loved authors include Kazuo Ishiguro, Harper Lee, Mohsin Hamid, Haruki Murakami and Jean Rhys. On her off days, you can find her browsing in a dusty bookstore or typing away at her laptop in a quiet coffee shop.
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The MEDOC® Travel Insurance Plan offers complete coverage for your travel needs in one convenient package, with options to suit your budget. The Provincial Health Plan provides limited basic coverage for travel outside of your province of Residence. If you have a medical emergency while travelling outside Canada, costs can easily escalate and will not all be covered by the government plan.
You and/or your family must be insured under the Provincial Health Insurance Plan in your Province of Residence to be eligible to join the plan. You can also cover your spouse and your eligible dependent children under the family option.
Take a few minutes now to consider the important features of this plan.
The MEDOC® Travel Plan Consists Of Two Options: The Base Plan and the Supplemental Plan, the terms of which are outlined separately.
The Annual Base Plan is a continuous plan that provides emergency medical travel coverage for an unlimited number of trips, up to 35 consecutive days per trip during the policy year. Proof of travel is not required unless a claim occurs. Your trip starts from the day you depart your province of residence. The trip starts from the day you depart your province of residence.
You may elect coverage under the Supplemental Plan for trips of longer than 35 consecutive days on a per trip basis to a maximum of a 210 days trip limit. You are required to report the entire period of travel from the first day. From the effective date and the termination date (actual number of days). The Supplemental Plan options include the Annual Base Plan Coverage.
been awaiting new treatment, tests, consultations or referrals regarding the medical condition (does not include routine testing provided the results are within normal limits and no change in treatment is recommended).
This also does not include coverage for expenses incurred as a result of a condition caused by a change in medication within 90 days prior to departure (generally does not include routine changes in medication as part of an established treatment plan, for example daily/weekly adjustments of blood thinners or insulin based on blood test results or a change to a generic product, unless the dosage is modified).
The MEDOC® Travel Plan is available to active and retired members of the NSTU and their eligible dependents. You must be a resident of Canada and covered under your provincial government plan.
Complete an application form, indicating the coverage required and mail it to Johnson Inc.
Your Annual Base Plan coverage begins the day Johnson Inc. receives your completed and signed application form. Your Supplemental Plan will commence on the first day of travel.
Shortly after, you will receive written confirmation of your coverage, your individual policy and a Claims Card with the toll-free telephone number of the Emergency Helpline.
In the first year, for first time MEDOC® members only, the Annual Base plan premiums are pro-rated from the date your coverage is effective until the policy renewal date, which is September 1st.
The Plan automatically renews each year on September 1st. You will receive written notification in advance. Your coverage will continue at renewal for the next policy year, unless you provide Johnson Inc. with written notice of termination within 30 days of the renewal date. Premiums are deducted monthly. Premiums under the Base Plan are non-refundable and non-cancellable.
*Supplemental Plan premiums for any of the per trip options includes coverage for any other trips of 35 consecutive days or less duration. Premiums are deducted monthly during the period remaining from the date coverage begins until the next policy renewal, which is September 1. No portion of the Supplemental Plan premiums will be prorated.
The agreement may be extended for one further period, providing benefits were not used during the preceding period. If benefits were used, extension is at the option of the Insurer. Application for extension must be received before expiry of the first period of coverage.
(b) a person living with the member on a continuous basis in a conjugal relationship that is not a legal marriage, provided such relationship has existed for at least twelve (12) consecutive months at the time of application and immediately preceding the time when the status of such person is required to be determined for the purpose of coverage and the person is publicly represented by the member as the member's spouse.
If a member has had more than one spouse, the member's spouse shall be only the person who was the member's most recent spouse, using the criteria in (a) and (b) above.
c) any functionally impaired child may remain insured past the maximum age. The child upon reaching the maximum age, must still be incapable of self-sustaining employment and be completely dependent on you for support and maintenance.
"Over-age-Dependents" — On your dependants 21st birthday you must provide Johnson Inc. proof of full-time attendance at a post-secondary educational institution.
All dependent children between the ages of 21 and 27 attending an institution of higher learning must provide Johnson Inc. each September with proof of full-time attendance at a post-secondary educational institution.
1. Timetable of courses confirming full-time status.
2. Invoice of tuition paid confirming full-time status.
3. A letter from the school confirming full-time status (any associated charges are your responsibility).
If attending college or university outside Canada, a dependent is covered while travelling outside of the area of residence.
9. The rental cost of a wheelchair, or the rental or purchase of minor medical appliances such as crutches, braces and other therapeutic medical appliances when ordered by the attending physician.
Return fare for transporting a member of the immediate family (spouse, parent, child) to attend at the side of a Participant who was travelling alone, following a critical injury or illness necessitating hospitalization. Attendance and return must occur within 10 days of discharge from Hospital.
All air transportation expenses must be approved and arranged in advance by Medavie Blue Cross.
Charges for services of a registered graduate nurse (R.N.) for private duty nursing care provided in a Hospital or a temporary residence, when medically necessary and ordered by the attending physician. Coverage is not included for nursing service provided by a relative of the Participant.
Charges for services of a registered physiotherapist when recommended by the attending physician.
fillings. Coverage is limited to $1,000 per incident and must be provided during the term of coverage.
Charges for board and lodging or similar expense up to $150 per day to a maximum of $1,500 for costs incurred by a Participant or by a travelling companion, when related to a period of hospitalization of a Participant.
If a Participant dies while on an insured trip, the cost of transportation of the deceased Participant's remains to their province of residence, up to a maximum of $3,000 per Participant. The cost of a burial coffin is not a covered expense.
If a Participant and/or an immediate family member is unable to operate their owned or rental vehicle due to sickness, injury or death while travelling outside the Participant's province of residence, this plan will arrange for the return of the vehicle and cover the expenses up to a maximum of $1,000 provided no other person travelling with the Participant is able to operate the vehicle. Benefits will only be payable for return of the vehicle when pre-approved and/or arranged by Medavie Blue Cross.
2. To the nearest appropriate rental agency.
co-ordinate the return of the Participant's vehicle if the Participant meets the eligibility requirements of this expense.
information regarding embassies and consulates.
In addition, pre-travel advice regarding visas and vaccines is available (although vaccines may not be covered under your medical plan).
Medavie Blue Cross and its travel assistance provider are not responsible for the quality of medical and Hospital care provided to the participant or for the availability of such care.
This benefit covers emergency expenses occurring when you and your dependents are travelling outside of your province of residence.
If calling collect is not possible, Medavie Blue Cross will reimburse the cost of the call.
If someone is calling for you, they will be asked to provide the above on your behalf. Depending on the situation, other questions may be asked. A file number will be given, and it needs to be noted and quoted each time you call.
The plan reimburses all usual and reasonable expenses incurred following an emergency situation resulting from an accident or an illness, up to a maximum amount payable of $2,000,000 per incident, per covered Participant and a maximum amount payable of $5,000,000 for one occurrence.
Occurrence refers to each related claim arising as a result of one accident or cause, regardless of the number of policies or covered persons involved.
All customary and reasonable expenses and services described in the Worldwide Travel Benefit are eligible if they are incurred following an emergency resulting from an accident or sudden illness which occurs outside the Participant's province of residence, provided the Participant is covered under the Hospital and health government programs of his province of residence when the emergency occurs.
Eligible treatments and benefits are supplemental to those provided for by government plans or from any other medical reimbursement plan under which you may have coverage.
When a medical emergency occurs, you must seek treatment from a physician and/or Hospital within the managed care network as referred by Medavie Blue Cross' appointed travel assistance provider. The travel assistance provider will refer you to the physician and/or Hospital within the network that is best suited to your needs.
If you do not call the travel assistance provider, your eligible expenses will be reimbursed at 80%, except in extreme circumstances where you are unable to call. In a critical emergency, have someone call the travel assistance provider on your behalf as soon as possible and they will coordinate your benefits as usual.
If you choose not to receive treatment from the managed care network that is recommended by the travel assistance provider, your eligible expenses will be reimbursed at 80%.
Please contact Medavie Blue Cross (See contact information below) and every effort will be made to assist you in making payment to the providers of service and coordinate with your provincial government plan.
Claims for services outside of Canada are paid by Medavie Blue Cross in Canadian currency based on the rate of exchange in effect at the conclusion of the services. Interest will not pay be paid should you delay sending the forms to Medavie Blue Cross.
Claim forms can be obtained from Medavie Blue Cross by calling or emailing (See contact information below). The duly completed claim form must be filed with Medavie Blue Cross no later than six months after the date expenses are incurred. When you receive these forms, please review them very carefully and ensure all sections are completed so there is no delay in reimbursement of your claim.
Coverage will be automatically extended beyond your day of return if you, a travelling companion, or your immediate family member travelling with you, is confined to a Hospital on your day of return due to a medical emergency. Your coverage will remain in force for as long as you, your travelling companion or your immediate family member is hospitalized plus an additional period of 5 days following discharge from Hospital.
3. you must delay your scheduled return to your province of residence by the personal means of transportation in which you are travelling, due to extreme weather conditions.
insurrection, war (declared or not), the hostile action of the armed forces of any country or participation in any riot or civil commotion.
Any pre-existing conditions unless the condition is stable prior to travel, and when medical attention is not anticipated during the travel period.
Medavie Blue Cross will not cover expenses in excess of $2 million Canadian per covered participant, per incidence outside the province of residence. A maximum amount of $5 million will be paid by Medavie Blue Cross for all claims incurred due to any one occurrence.
Benefits payable under this policy shall be coordinated with any other coverage(s) and are payable in excess of all other benefits in effect on the Insured Person's behalf, so that payment under this policy and any other plan, including but not limited to the Insured Person's Provincial Health Insurance Plan, individual or group policy, credit card coverage or other insurance, shall not exceed 100% of the eligible charges incurred.
There are no refunds available under the base plan.
If the Supplemental Plan is terminated prior to your day of departure, the difference in premium between the Base Plan and the Supplemental Plan will be refunded. If your Supplemental Plan is reduced to a Supplemental Plan with a shorter trip option prior to your day of departure (provided no claims have been made or pending), the difference in premium will be refunded or your monthly premium will be reduced accordingly for the remainder of the policy year.
If you return from your Supplemental Trip early and you provide proof of early return (provided no claims have been made or are pending), the difference in premium between plan options will be refunded or your monthly premiums will be reduced if applicable. Proof of early return can include: a stamped passport, airline ticket, credit card receipt, restaurant receipt or border crossing slip.
The policy automatically renews each year on September 1st; you will receive written notification of the renewal in advance. Your coverage will continue at renewal for the next policy year, unless you provide Johnson Inc. with written notice of termination within 30 days of the renewal date. Your premium is paid monthly. In the first year of coverage, your Base Plan premium is pro-rated from the effective date to the renewal date. If premium payments are not made, the amount owing will be added to the balance of premium owing. Future deductions will be adjusted accordingly. No portion of the Supplemental Plan premiums will be pro-rated.
When you receive your renewal documentation from Johnson Inc., and were previously covered under the Supplemental Plan, notify Johnson Inc. as soon as possible if you have a change in travel dates.
Also, if you are not travelling under a Supplemental Plan in the new policy year, please notify Johnson Inc. and your coverage will be adjusted back to a Base Plan.


We will have the traditional Divine Mercy Holy Hour in the church. There will be Eucharistic Exposition, Mercy Prayers, the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Litany, concluding with Benediction. Confessions will be heard throughout the hour.
The Church allows for one to go to Confession for up to about 20 days, before or after Divine Mercy Sunday.


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THREAT OF POACHING
29 May 2015 In Poaching, Wildlife
Hunting and conservation
"Sport hunting is not poaching and can help conserve wildlife. "
It is a discourse that we hear regularly on the African continent.
There was a huge increase of the recent interest in the problem of poaching, mostly from many African stories on macabre rhinos and elephants illegally killed for their horns and tusks. At the same time there has been a growing awareness about sport hunting, with pictures of hunters, even a few celebrities posing with their trophy, which led to a furious outcry. But the shortcut is a little too quick to consolidate the two cases. Although both will inevitably result in the death of an animal, they are quite different.
Poaching is the illegal killing of wildlife, for reasons that may include revenge, need meat for food or sale, respect for tradition or just for the money. The poachers, who are either poor or local adventurers from overseas, capitalizing on the lucrative illegal wildlife trade. However, sport hunting, trophy called, is slaughtering perfectly legal wildlife, often achieved by wealthy foreigners for sport and pleasure. In both cases, the result leads to a less animal in the wildlife population, but the similarity ends there.
Poaching is uncontrolled and unsupervised. With wildlife considered a financially attractive resource for poachers, the animals suffer from the tragedy of the commons (illegal) where poachers may feel that if they do not kill (and benefit from) the elephant, someone 'other. The result is massive exploitation. The business model is based on a sharp rise in prices due to high demand and low supply means that the rarer an animal gets, the higher the price. Incentive drives poachers to kill as many animals as possible.
However, trophy hunting is usually a strictly controlled act, monitored and regulated where safari hunting territories require permits issued by the government imposing a number of animals that you want to hunt. If animals are to be driven out of the country, other permits are required for transport. So we get to have a very precise idea of the number of hunting animals slaughtered as trophies in the world. Given the fact that no company wants to see Stilt income stop, hunting grounds tend to perfectly manage their wildlife, which saw the number of species to increase significantly over the years.
For comparison, consider a typical farmer: he would not sell all his cattle on the market because it would have nothing to sell to the next trip. So it makes sense to sell a number, and in the meantime let grow his herd in order to have more animals for sale for the next trip. Safari organizations manage their wildlife in a similar way in order to increase the size of their herds. In fact, it has been shown repeatedly that the trophy hunting operations tend to increase wildlife populations rather than reduced.
As they are legally able to reap the economic benefits of wildlife in their care, safari territories are incentives to conserve these species. And some spillover benefits to the local community – such as job creation – which means that people are encouraged not to poach wildlife illegally because now they can benefit from its value in the legal economy.
This approach has worked wonders in Namibia through conservation model, the local communities living around wildlife protection are put in charge of fauna. They are able to offer safari hunting trophies to tourists, and so they are reaping the benefits. This has significantly reduced poaching and some species populations are booming thanks to this management model.
So the call to ban trophy hunting or prevent hunters bringing home trophies concern. For example, the recent ban on ivory imports from Tanzania and Zimbabwe to the United States may have a significantly negative effect on the elephant populations of the country. By taking away the opportunity for local communities to benefit from these land animals is likely to be given to agriculture.
Kenya has arrested trophy hunting in the 1970s, and the territories, which had been selected and reserved for wildlife, have been converted into livestock and crop areas. The result led to the decline of populations of all species, because most valued financially, only the crops and livestock now have more value. The consequences Botswana and Zambia, where some hunting trophies was recently banned, are pending and only the future will tell us if we did well!
All slaughter forms of wildlife are not the same, and we must be very careful to understand the differences. It is easy for Westerners to deduce conclusions on the management of wildlife and screaming in front of a picture of a dead lion accusing all forms of hunting. But if we take a step back and we look at the whole situation, think of these village communities, isolated, poor, who have to live with dangerous animals like elephants and lions. We must understand that the situation is much more complex. Indeed, as the example that Namibia has shown, the carefully managed trophy hunting can be a way of reducing poaching of wildlife.
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Africa: Respect Term Limits, Mutharika Tells African Leaders 23 January 2020
[Nyasa Times] The African Union encourages all its member states to respect their constitutions as part of entrenching democracy on the continent, President Peter Mutharika has said.
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[ANGOP] Lubango -At least 5.654 heads of cattle died in 2019, in southern Huíla province, victims of diseases caused by the severe drought that affected the municipalities of Gambos, Chibia, Matala, Jamba, Lubango and Quipungo, reads a report from the provincial office of agriculture, livestock and fisheries.
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There is much controversy surrounding how to deal with herniated discs and in many cases, doctors will tell you that surgery is the only answer. However, surgery carries a lot of baggage with it and there are many reasons to shy away from it.
Many people question back surgery because of the costs involved. Back surgery is incredibly expensive and in some cases, insurance will not cover the costs. You should never feel pressured into going through a procedure you cannot afford when there are other options out there.
In addition to being very expensive, there is always the chance that more damage could be done to your spine during the procedure. A bad surgery could lead you to have more disc problems than you were suffering with beforehand. There is even the chance of paralysis.
Even if you do not suffer from further problems or side effects after surgery, there is always the chance that the procedure will not be effective. Even if you experience relief, your herniated disc problem could return later on.
Fortunately, you do not need to continue wrestling with whether or not you need to go through expensive and risky surgical procedures because there are alternatives out there that will prove to be just as effective. In fact, the bulk of herniated discs can often be healed in just a few short months with intensive nonsurgical treatments. Some of these options include: rresting your body to promote self healing, a specialized exercise regimen, and Functional disc rehydration therapy.
This is a more vital component of the healing process than you might think. Remember that if you have back surgery, you will need to rest in order to allow the body to heal anyway. However, by taking it easy and not stressing your back, you can help your system to do all of the healing on its own without any surgery required.
While your mobility might be limited when you are dealing with any disc problems, there are still many exercises that you can take advantage of. Simple stretching can help relax muscles and improve mobility. Modified cardio and strength training exercises will help to improve your endurance and strengthen the muscles in your spine. The stronger that your body gets, the more your spine will begin to orient itself properly.
This revolutionary treatment is non-surgical, non-invasive, and involves no drugs or injections of any kind. The process works by alleviating pressure off of your discs to promote greater amounts of nutrients and oxygen to flow straight into the nucleus of the afflicted area. Over time, this can actually reverse disc degeneration to help you have a much healthier spine.
What alternative disc treatments have you considered outside of surgery? The Illinois Back Institute has great experience with using such methods to treat problems including neck pain, stenosis, sciatica, degenerated, herniated, and bulging discs. For more information regarding how you may resolve your lower back pain without asking questions about surgery, request a free back consultation.


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require 'integration_test_helper'

class LoginTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
  include ::CurrentUser::NavigationHelper

  fixtures :all

  test "unauthorized user sees the 401 error page" do
    visit '/my_protected_page'
    assert_user_sees_unauthorized_error
  end

  test "repeated successful login process" do
    sign_in_as 'admin@my.app.com'
    sign_in_as 'member@some.app.com'
  end

  test "sign in page does sign out" do
    sign_in_as 'member@some.app.com'
    visit sing_in_page_path
    visit '/my_protected_page'
    assert_user_sees_unauthorized_error
  end

  test "stored location" do
    visit '/my_another_protected_page'
    assert_user_sees_unauthorized_error
    sign_in
    assert page.has_content?("My another protected page"), 'Redirects to the stored location'
  end

  test "erasing the previous stored location" do
    visit '/my_another_protected_page'
    sign_in
    assert page.has_content?("My another protected page"), 'Redirects to the stored location'

    sign_in
    assert page.has_content?("My protected page"), 'Redirects to the default root url'
  end

  test "invalid key" do
    invalid_key = '54321'
    visit sing_in_page_path(invalid_key)
    assert_user_sees_unauthorized_error
  end

  test "empty users table" do
    ::User.destroy_all

    visit sing_in_page_path

    assert page.has_content?("Your database doesn't contain users."),
           'Show a message about an empty user table'
  end

  test "logout" do
    sign_in_as "member@some.app.com"
    visit 'current_user/sign_out'

    visit '/my_protected_page'
    assert_user_sees_unauthorized_error
  end

  test "all users in the application database are listed in the signin page" do end
end

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Data Visualization, a practical introduction – by Kieran Healy, a review
NB. I was sent this book as a review copy.
I'm not an expert on the R programming language, but I have dabbled, which meant that while this book is perhaps aimed at slightly more advanced users (I've used it a half a dozen times for Coursera courses), I had enough to appreciate the value of this really lovely resource.
The book can be seen, I think, in two ways. One of the ways, which is the one which most interests me, is in explaining what it is that makes good data visualization captivating, clear and unambiguous. Interleaved in these ideas of aesthetics are the precisel methods to go about making such visualizations using the ggplot package in R.
The other way to look at the book is as a way to really get to grips with the advanced features of the ggplot package, which is taught via interesting examples of data visualization.…
By Jonathan Shock| 2019-03-27T18:27:29+00:00	March 27th, 2019|Book reviews, Reviews|0 Comments
Ten Great Ideas about Chance – By Persi Diaconis & Brian Skyrms, a review
From Princeton University Press
This book straddles a tricky middle ground, given that it introduces topics from scratch and goes into some very specific details of them in a relatively few pages, before jumping onto the next. On starting to read it, I was skeptical of how this could possible work, but by the end of it I believe that I saw the real utility of a book like this. The audience is quite specific, but for them it will be a gem.
The book covers a huge range of ideas related to chance, from the underlying mathematics of probability, to the psychology of decision making, the physics of chaos and quantum mechanics, the problems inherent in induction and inference and much more besides.
The book is taken from a long-running course at Stanford which the authors taught for a number of years, and they have tried to condense down the most important aspects of it to a relatively light book.…
By Jonathan Shock| 2017-12-31T12:19:45+00:00	December 31st, 2017|Uncategorized|1 Comment
Finding Fibonacci, by Keith Devlin – a review
This book was sent to me by the publisher as a review copy.
I have a terrible admission to make. I came to this book with a paltry knowledge of Fibonacci (Leonardo of Pisa). The knowledge that I thought that I had was quickly shown in fact to be incorrect, so I was largely starting with a blank slate (Fibonacci did not discover the Fibonacci sequence, nor would he be terribly happy to know that in the popular psyche, this is what he is famous for).
In fact, this book is not really about Fibonacci (Devlin has another book about him). This is a book about the writing of a book, and about Devlin's process of uncovering the history and importance of what Fibonacci had accomplished. It is a book about the research of the history of mathematics, and as such, it is a lovely tale: one of fortuitous moments of discovery, and of frustrations of searching for manuscripts.…
By Jonathan Shock| 2017-04-28T08:40:45+00:00	April 28th, 2017|Uncategorized|1 Comment
Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists, by Tony Zee – A review
I studied group theory for the first time around 15 years ago at the beginning of my PhD. There were six of us in the class, and I found it both a magical, as well as a mysterious subject. We had a great lecturer, but the way that the course was set up, and as a course designed for theoretical physicists, where the tools were more important than the construction of the tools, a lot of ideas were left as mysterious boxes where the right answers were guaranteed so long as the algorithm was correctly followed.
Tony Zee is known for his incredible ability to lead the student on a path from little knowledge, to an intuitive understanding of a topic in a seemingly painless process. His books are not necessarily the most technically rigorous (note that this doesn't mean that they are wrong, but that the appropriate level of detail is chosen for the new learner such that the overarching ideas aren't fogged in unnecessarily complication), but they are, in my opinion some of the best texts for taking a learner from nothing, to a working knowledge with which they can perform calculations that I've ever come across.…
By Jonathan Shock| 2016-09-11T12:39:27+00:00	September 11th, 2016|Book reviews, Reviews|1 Comment


The Combi 300 Flexi is equipped with an operating system that can be integrated with the most common printers available today. It is in fact the only solution that enables you to integrate the embossing station with a direct-to-card or retransfer printer of your choice.
CIM offers a complete solution which includes CIM Maxima Series embosser, and the CIM Sunlight Star thermal printer. Or, the end-user may choose to integrate the embosser with a direct-to-card or retransfer printer of their choice.
The Sunlight Star is a high resolution, edge-to-edge thermal printer for the printing of text, images, photos, graphics and barcodes in full-color or black and white. The design of the printer allows for easy set-up, easy loading of ribbons, and all around ease of operation. The all-in-one print ribbon and card cleaning cartridge makes the ribbon loading process very simple. The Sunlight Star also offers smart card encoding options for contact, contactless and proximity card encoding.
The Combi 300 Flexi is now offered with up to 6 card input hoppers for the easy organization and management of different card types.
The Combi 300 Flexi is now available in two versions, Inline and Tower, and consists of an embossing and indenting module that can be configured with several wheel sizes, which can emboss language specific, secure financial card characters, and is equipped with tipper modules to complete the financial card personalization process.


Many women living with advanced breast cancer face significant financial strains — from paying for their care to simply covering monthly bills, a new survey finds.
Researchers found that of the more than 1,000 women they surveyed, nearly 70 percent said they were worried about the financial fallout related to their cancer. Many said they'd refused or delayed treatments, failed to pay non-medical bills, or been contacted by collection agencies.
It all amounts to a "financial toxicity," experts said, that could take a toll on patients' mental and physical well-being.
The costs of cancer go well beyond paying for medical care, said lead researcher Stephanie Wheeler, an associate professor of health policy and management at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Patients may have to travel long distances to their cancer center, pay for lodging or arrange for child care or care for elderly parents — to name just a few expenses.
So, having health insurance is no guaranteed protection, Wheeler said.
In fact, the study found, breast cancer patients with health insurance actually reported more distress over their financial situation, versus those who were uninsured.
It's a surprising finding, Wheeler said. But she speculated on some potential explanations: For one, women with insurance may have been taken off-guard by high out-of-pocket expenses. And some may have had to spend down assets they'd built over years — which can be "very distressing," Wheeler pointed out.
It was no surprise to her that many women in this study faced financial woes.
If you live far from your treatment center, the cost of gas alone can be daunting, Donovan noted.
And even if you live in a city and take the subway, she added, there's the time off from work — whether it's for the patient or family member — and possibly additional expenses like child care.
The strain of dealing with all of that can take a toll on patients, both emotionally and physically, Donovan said.
The findings are based on 1,054 U.S. women with metastatic breast cancer — which means the disease has spread to distant sites in the body, like the bones or brain. Close to half had been living with it for one to two years, while around one-quarter were at the two- to five-year mark.
Overall, the study found, nearly 70 percent of the patients said they were worried about financial problems related to their cancer.
Many women — 35 percent — lacked health insurance, and nearly all of those women said they had delayed or refused a treatment. That was true for 41 percent of insured women, the findings showed.
It's not clear what type of care the women put off, or when, Wheeler noted.
"But it's absolutely concerning," she said.
In addition, about three-quarters of uninsured women said they'd been contacted by a collections agency, while 40 percent had skipped paying non-medical bills.
Insured patients also reported those problems, albeit at lower rates. And when it came to the emotional strain from financial worries, they tended to be faring worse than uninsured women.
It's a striking finding, Donovan said. And she agreed that insured patients may be less prepared, mentally, for the financial toll.
Large cancer centers will generally have more financial assistance programs, Wheeler noted. But smaller hospitals usually have resources, too — such as social workers who can help families navigate the financial side of care.
Donovan agreed, and said the "disjointed" nature of the U.S. health care system sets up roadblocks. Many patients either have difficulty accessing the financial services that are out there — or are not aware of them at all, she added.
The Patient Advocate Foundation has a guide for women with metastatic breast cancer.


Price: free dataMine 2 is a derivative work that builds on the excellent dataMine system for logging variables. It adds the ability to aggregate data over various time periods, provides access to the system over a remote connection and now supports column charts. As this version uses the same web locations as dataMine 1, you will need to uninstall it for version 2 to work - all your data and configuration is shared and will be retained.
Datamine2 is a very useful plugin for showing and keeping track of changes in the data. The Vera Edge didn't support some of the linux commands required for detecting the USB. However, the developer actively provided great help via the forum and everything is now working smoothly. Really appreciate it.


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Possibly the best album the eyeball-heads ever made. According to legend, this album was recorded as the follow up to the debut Meet The Residents. Due to their "theory of obscurity" the band only released the album after forgetting having made it. The only real evidence that this might be the case is the absence of guitarist Snakefinger. However, this does not sound like their early work and instead sounds closer to their most recent albums. The synths being used here, and what sounds like vocoderized vocals in places, make this album sound more late '70s.
As usual, no one knows who the members even are. I think one of the eyeballs was a woman at one point, and you can hear what sounds like female vocals sometimes. The Residents singing style is weird and unique; Les Claypool was clearly influenced by these weirdos in the vocal department. The music is mostly based on drum machines, synths, sax, percussion and piano. I'm not sure if this supposed to be a concept album, but it seems like that is the case.
"Edweena" opens with about a minute and a half of drum machine and tympani(?) with synths. There is some vocoderized gibberish vocals, then changes to the main theme with just synths and vocals. Some chanting. Changes to a melodic section with female vocals. Some tympani and chanting. An oddball voice and a capella chanting before main theme comes back. "The Making Of A Soul" starts with boogie-woogie piano and soaring saxes with some kind of percussion. Chanting vocals. Later some slightly vocoderized vocals. Then lovely piano playing. Synths join piano and some typical weird vocals. Back to saxes and boogie-woogie piano before the music stops. A new part now with drum machine. Vocals at first and then later dissonance. You later hear two voices talking.
The beginning of "Ship's A-Going Down" is both majestic and creepy with the mix of synths and wind instruments. Then it just gets crazy. Different weirdo vocals and changing to different sections. The music stops almost halfway. Then a spoken voice, followed by a chanting of the song title. Near the end is some cool piano and sax playing. "Never Known Questions" starts with a drum machine beat and a catchy modified piano line; sounds slowed-down and treated. Then vocals which are actually pretty normal. Catchy 'chorus' of "spark the rock". There is some actual singing in this song instead of just the typical talk- singing.
The music stops halfway and then some vocals and piano. Just vocals for awhile with background sounds. Then a melody on what sounds like accordion. The same melody later gets played on synth. "Epilogue" is obviously the last song on the original album. The main theme from "Edweena" gets reprised. Some more chanted vocals. Near the end is what sounds like some symphonic string-synths and piano with a kid talking. Some CD versions have bonus songs from something called 'Title In Limbo'; I have never heard these songs.
I think this would make a good introduction to this group; if you don't like this, chances are you will not enjoy anything else they did either. Definately a group with their own sound. As weird as this album is, it's still a lot more accessible than some of their other albums from this period. A great avant-prog album. I would give this 4.5 but it's not exactly 'masterpiece' material. So 4 stars it is.
zravkapt | 4/5 | 2011-2-3
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Following the success of their award winning Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur, industry visionaries, Daniel Schneeweiss and Moises Guindi launch a limited edition flanker, Ancho Reyes Verde.
Like the original, Ancho Reyes Verde brings the imaginative spirit of Mexico to life, and to the glass, using its beloved poblano chile. "Ancho Reyes Verde maintains our dedication to producing authentic, Mexican products and explores the poblano chile in a new and exciting way", says Guindi.
The application of a different production process, which involves harvesting the pobalno peppers early in the maturation process, while still green, and then fire roasting them gives this chile liqueur a unique characteristic. The Verde is mashed and only mesh press filtration is used, the result is a fresh, bright and herbal concoction – the perfect complement to summers staple cocktails, margaritas, gimlets and daiquiris. "We have been relentless in our commitment to be a one-of-a-kind handmade spirit and are thrilled to continue that passion with the launch of Ancho Reyes Verde", says Schneeweiss.
Method: Using a lime wedge, wet the rim of an old fashioned glass, salt it and set aside. Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Add ice, shake and double strain over fresh ice into the glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.


Mindfulness reduces and alleviates stress through improving emotion regulation, leading to a better mood and better ability to handle stress. SRJC students can now benefit from joining mindfulness groups on the Santa Rosa and Petaluma campuses!
The Santa Rosa Mindfulness Meetups will be held every Monday at 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. in the Bertolini Associate's Lounge (across from the Bear's Den).
In Petaluma, join us every Wednesday at 12:30 P.M. in the Intercultural Center (Jacobs Hall, 116) to explore ways to reduce stress and build community!


"Move it or lose it sister."
Pandora Pitstop is a character in the 2017 version of Wacky Races. She is voiced by Nicole Parker.
Pandora is the twin sister of Penelope Pitstop. She wears a purple race suit and she has black hair. She grew up in her sister's shadow. On one occasion, Penelope won a talent contest by just taking a step.
Nicole Parker also voiced Penelope Pitstop in the same series.
In flashbacks she is talented but without doing anything, Penelope gets the credit.


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All control levers are in the right console for easy operation (except for four-wheel drive control lever).
To enable continuity of operation, all electrical switches are located on the right side of the console.
All control switches and levers layout are carefully considered how to operate more convenient to use.


Funding for the Clean Ohio Fund, a state loan-and-grant program to green Ohio, is changing.
A year ago, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and lawmakers agreed to steer revenue from the state�s liquor sales to JobsOhio, the private corporation that is being created to lead Ohio�s economic-development efforts.
The privatized economic development agency that is largely replacing the Ohio Department of Development is expected to be fully operational by July 1.
Liquor sales provide about $700 million a year for Ohio.
In January, the Ohio Controlling Board approved the agreement switching the liquor proceeds to JobsOhio.
Under the new arrangement, bonds for cleaning up brownfield or contaminated sites will be issued and then repaid with liquor proceeds. But bonds for trails, farmland preservation and green space must be repaid with other state funds. New funding sources have not been identified.
In the past, those programs have been funded by liquor proceeds and general revenue funds.
Over the years, the city of Akron got about $16 million in brownfield money from the Clean Ohio Fund. That includes grants for the Goodyear redevelopment, Bridgestone America headquarters, Canal Place, the Middlebury grocery store, the old Beech Street power plant and the Landmark Building.
The brownfield program has been in limbo for some time in Columbus with the change. The state earlier stopped accepting applications. The program is to be reactivated July 1.
It is also unclear whether the brownfield cleanup program will remain similar or whether it will change dramatically, said Cleveland environmental attorney Joseph Koncelik with Frantz Ward LLP.
The problem is that landowners and developers have no idea if the brownfield program is changing, said Koncelik, a one-time director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and an environmental blogger.
There have been reports that the program under JobsOhio might switch from grants to loans that must be repaid and that projects that can produce a short-term return on the state investment are more likely to get funded in the future, he said.
Ohio�s brownfield program has been one of the best in the United States for the last decade, said Koncelik, who helps clients navigate the brownfield process.
Ohio, through JobsOhio, is looking at spending $43 million for brownfield projects in fiscal year 2013 that starts July 1, said Laura Jones, a spokeswoman for JobsOhio.
In 2012, Ohio earmarked nearly $37 million to fund 48 brownfield projects in the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund and the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund, said Katie Sabatino, a spokeswoman for the Department of Development.
Those projects will leverage $168 million in local matches and other funds and create 1,522 jobs, according to information in state files.
The maximum amount that the state can spend on brownfields in a single year is $50 million.


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J&J deal marks preventive health move
Remember Johnson & Johnson's Office of Strategy and Growth set up during that big reorg last year? Well, it's delivering on its mission. J&J is buying into preventive healthcare with the acquisition of HealthMedia, an online health-coaching firm that also offers software to help employers reduce healthcare costs. HealthMedia will form the core of a new division, headed up by Nicholas Valeriani, the chief of that strategy/growth office.
"We could now create a suite of products and services that are further upstream," Valeriani told the Wall Street Journal, adding that doing so might help stem the rising tide of healthcare costs.
The move marks another sort of diversification for J&J, which already has 250 operating companies in three healthcare segments: pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, and consumer health.
- see J&J's release
- read the Wall Street Journal story
- get Pharmalot's take


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Craig Murray: Yulia Skripal is clearly under duress
Craig Murray Blog
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 21:32 UTC
Only the Russians have allowed us to hear the actual voice of Yulia Skripal, in that recorded conversation with her cousin. So the one thing we know for certain is that, at the very first opportunity she had, she called back to her cousin in Russia to let her know what is going on. If you can recall, until the Russians released that phone call, the British authorities were still telling lies that Sergei was in a coma and Yulia herself in a serious condition.
We do not know how Yulia got to make the call. Having myself been admitted unconscious to hospital on several occasions, each time when I came to I found my mobile phone in my bedside cabinet. Yulia's mobile phone plainly had been removed from her and not returned. Nor had she been given an official one - she specifically told her cousin that she could not call her back on that phone as she had it temporarily. The British government could have given her one to keep on which she could be called back, had they wished to help her.
The most probable explanation is that Yulia persuaded somebody else in the hospital to lend her a phone, without British officials realising. That would explain why the first instinct of the British state and its lackey media was to doubt the authenticity of the call. It would explain why she was able to contradict the official narrative on their health, and why she couldn't get a return call. It would, more importantly, explain why her family has not been able to hear her voice since. Nor has anybody else.
It strikes me as inherently improbable that, when Yulia called her cousin as her first act the very moment she was able, she would now issue a formal statement through Scotland Yard forbidding her cousin to be in touch or visit. I simply do not believe this British Police statement:
"I was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital on the 9th April 2018. I was treated there with obvious clinical expertise and with such kindness, that I have found I missed the staff immediately.
"I have left my father in their care, and he is still seriously ill. I too am still suffering with the effects of the nerve agent used against us.
"I find myself in a totally different life than the ordinary one I left just over a month ago, and I am seeking to come to terms with my prospects, whilst also recovering from this attack on me.
"I have specially trained officers available to me, who are helping to take care of me and to explain the investigative processes that are being undertaken. I have access to friends and family, and I have been made aware of my specific contacts at the Russian Embassy who have kindly offered me their assistance in any way they can. At the moment I do not wish to avail myself of their services, but, if I change my mind I know how to contact them.
"Most importantly, I am safe and feeling better as time goes by, but I am not yet strong enough to give a full interview to the media, as I one day hope to do. Until that time, I want to stress that no one speaks for me, or for my father, but ourselves. I thank my cousin Viktoria for her concern for us, but ask that she does not visit me or try to contact me for the time being. Her opinions and assertions are not mine and they are not my father's.
"For the moment I do not wish to speak to the press or the media, and ask for their understanding and patience whilst I try to come to terms with my current situation."
There is also the very serious question of the language it is written in. Yulia Skripal lived part of her childhood in the UK and speaks good English. But the above statement is in a particular type of formal, official English of a high level which only comes from a certain kind of native speaker.
"At the moment I do not wish to avail myself of their services" - wrote no native Russian speaker, ever.
Nor are the rhythms or idioms such as would in any way indicate a translation from Russian. Take "I thank my cousin Viktoria for her concern for us, but ask that she does not visit me or try to contact me for the time being. Her opinions and assertions are not mine and they are not my father's." Not only is this incredibly cold given her first impulse was to phone her cousin, the language is just wrong. It is not the English Yulia would write and it is awkward to translate into Russian, thus not a natural translation from it.
To put it plainly, as someone who has much experience of it, the English of the statement is precisely the English of an official in the UK security services and precisely not the English of somebody like Yulia Skripal or of a natural translation from Russian.
Yulia is, of course, in protective custody "for her own safety". At the very best, she is being psychologically force-fed the story about the evil Russian government attempting to poison her with the doorknob, and she is being kept totally isolated from any influence that may reinforce any doubts she feels as to that story. There are much worse alternatives involving threat or the safety of her father. But even at the most benevolent reading of the British authorities' actions, Yulia Skripal is being kept incommunicado, and under duress.
Comment: Craig Murray's explanation is clear, logical, and most frighteningly, probably correct. The Skripals' fate is precarious.
Yulia Skripal call to cousin and statement to police released - "everyone's health fine, will be discharged soon"
"Bureaucratic tricks": Niece of Yulia Skripal refused visa, recent phone call with her was strange
Skripal's niece Viktoria on why Yulia is eager to return to Russia: 'She has a life here, she has work here, and a loved one here'
Zakharova urges UK to provide official statement on Viktoria Skripal's visa
Chemical Cover-up Continues: British Consider 'Disappearing' Skripals Somewhere in The Anglosphere
gdpetti · 2018-04-11T22:03:50Z
Yes, it seems now, that Yulia is only speaking through the British police... nothing unusual there, right?
Ruth · 2018-04-11T23:48:29Z
She is clearly a prisoner.
pechorin · 2018-04-12T00:02:10Z
false---Russian is a far richer and more complex language than English; it is quite easy for a Rssian to speak English better than an american...as the famous linguist George Lakoff, writes, "in many respects English is quite impoverished."
Saiko · 2018-04-12T06:08:03Z
pechorin Maybe she was speaking or writing in Russian, and they translated it. This doesn't have to mean anything, she can be forced or even brainwashed. Heck, just using one of the common sedatives or antipsychotics could change her brain and thus personality forever better than the supposed nerve agents (there were articles about such side effects on SOTT).
RBHoughton · 2018-04-12T02:24:25Z
I think the ability of the British Government to progress its chemical weapons attack to a cause of war has been quite seriously damaged. The information is more widely available this time than the "45 minutes to armageddon" the last time around.
With the public already widely suspicious and doubtful about acts of the executive - NHS, Brexit, trade, employment, immigration, inflation - the chances of rushing a declaration passed a supine public is not good.
Editors of the mainstream media will do the best they can to promote war for reward, there's profit in bad news, but for all the normal people there will be an abhorrence of the missing arms and legs and loved ones that Mrs May is offering the country
Xerox · 2018-04-12T14:23:51Z
Novichok apeared in TV series Strike Back. Search youtube: novichok strike back
Story of Skripals is similar to tv series Black Mirror, season 4, episode 6.
Looks like someone @ Mi6 watch TV and taking it seriously. So seriously, that was tranfered into real life
jonathan2020 · 2018-04-12T19:44:28Z
Under duress? More like under the ground
Want to change your life? Ditch New Year's Resolutions for habit tracking


When getting a household game night, plan a unique dinner in advance and perhaps choose a different family member's favorite recipe every time. Even though games are now being performed, provide finger-food treats for example appropriate appetizers, chips, dip and nibblers.
Also, when preparing a game night with family, it will likely be vital that you pick games appropriate to age any children which may be attending. If there's a large range in ages, it may be beneficial to experience games that youthful children will want to consider after which play games which are appropriate for individuals who're older following the more youthful ones have been in bed.
A few of the games that youthful children enjoy are storage device games, matching games, games that encourage early math learning inside a fun way, in addition to early studying cards which are inside a game format. Another game children like is Statues. Play a bit of music appropriate for kids and periodically stop it, getting children freeze and be statues once the music stops.
For older kids, and also the adults in the household, you will find such games as Sorry, Operation, Pictionary, Concentration, Go Fish and Balderdash. The sport of Balderdash is really a particular favorite in my family so we always enjoy lots of laughs whenever we listen to it.
For individuals who wish to wake up and become active, there's Twister, Charades and Wii interaction games. As well as for individuals who wish to test their brain skills, include such games as Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, Clue, Jenga, Scattegories, Yahtzee, 1 and Rummoli. There are plenty of games additionally that are lots of fun for example Hearts. Hearts is yet another our favorite games to experience like a family.
Once the weather conditions are nice, you will find outside games that may be performed together which could include the youthful children. These may be ones for example Bocci Ball, Croquet and Badminton. Also try this is to buy a game title of scrub baseball together if your folks are big enough or organize your personal sports day and also have challenging racing competitions. A few of these races could include transporting an egg on the spoon, the 3-legged race, hopping having a ball involving the knees or relays, for those who have a sizable family group.
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Need to bounce something off you, because I've yet to figure it out.
Our Comcast Cable Internet was out yesterday from around 1:30 to 8:30pm.
All of my computers on my local LAN were accessible without problems.
But I could not access my NAS. A little Network Area Server using a RAID system.
Naturally the NAS connects to my Router so it is accessible from any computer on the LAN.
After Comcast got our Internet back up again, then I could access the NAS.
So I tried an experiment. I unplugged the modem, and found I could not access my NAS.
Plugged the modem back up and waited for it to make a connection with Comcast and I could access the NAS again.
This has me worried big time, as I have all kinds of sensitive data stored on it.
I had no idea it needed the Internet to function.
I have sent an e-mail off to the manufacturer, but sorta doubt I will hear back from them.
Any ideas as to why it is doing this? And if so, can it be changed so it don't need an internet connection? I lost a whole day of work because the internet was down, and couldn't do normal stuff that didn't require to use the internet because the NAS was unavailable to me.
At least the external hard drive I use still worked as expected, but I don't place daily work stuff on it anymore, until the 3am automated backup takes place.


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Q: VSCode Extension Development: How can I use Product Icon in a webview? I want to use some icons displayed on this website in the webview of my extension.
Is this possible and how can this be achieved?
I found a similar question on stackoverflow.
But he doesn't seem to give a clear and usable answer
Additional related question: Can someone explain what the ThemeIcon API does? I see that it accepts two parameters id and color, but I don't know how to use the constructed object.

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Afterwards i pressed on "check for new devices" and Windows 10 installed an generic driver. Updated to Windows 10, July 30th. See what driver Microsoft thinks is the correct on for your machine.
It would be great if I could get them working tonight though, I have a bunch of YouTube videos Smartsudio need to watch for assignments and a roommate who is asleep. I make gaming videos, and my friend and i smadtaudio going to use a voice changer, his worked fine, but mine didn't so i uninstalled it.
As a consequence finding the right driver also model-specific is near impossible. I have often found that if reinstalling the sound driver from device manager does not work as expected, then running the sound card driver setup file usually fixes the issue.
That seems to work just fine on both my speakers and headphones. New 28 Mar 3. I don't see an option for uninstalling the headphones – I assume they would be included in the same expanded list as the speakers?
Win10 can use even Vista drivers cinexant no newer ones are available. Right click on the sound card driver and select Update device software.
Page 1 of 2 1 2 Last Jump to page: I downloaded gd drivers from your link and restarted but still no sound from the headphones unfortunately. I wouldn't trust drivers from a third party like Softpedia because there's no way to tell if they are the specific ones designed for your model.
New 29 Mar New 28 Mar 5. The problem with Toshiba and Conexant is that the chip came in so many flavours, each designed for the model it was used in. Headphones are still not showing up in the Playback devices.
Restart the computer and notice sound is active. Sound playback troubleshooter access: Does it work with another OS? About Us Windows 10 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation.
Corinabanana Replied on October 23, I have a Toshiba L which also has a Conexant chip.
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Tanya Stephens Heads To St. Maarten, New Album Coming September
Shadow August 24, 2022
Jamaican songstress Tanya Stephens is set to depart the island this week for a performance in St. Maarten. Flashback Jam, arguably one of the most well-attended events on the small Caribbean nation's social calendar, will see Stephens invading the stage as she serves up her cadre of hits on Saturday, August 27.
Hosted by Thirty Seven Twenty One Entertainment at the Belair Community Center., the organisers are confident that she is the perfect fit for what has become one of St. Maarten's largest old-school dancehall offerings.
The performance comes amid continued work on her eighth studio album, Some Kinda Madness, forecasted for release on September 2. Tad's Records will distribute the project; the Jamaican-based music outfit has worked extensively with Stephens in the past.
Aside from the album, promotion continues on her latest releases, Diamonds In The Sun and Fifty, the former a collaborative effort with Cedella Marley and Diana King. At the same time, the latter features iconic female dancehall veteran Patra.
TAGGED: Belair Community Center, cedella marley, diamond in the sun, diana king, fifty, flashback jam, music, raymond Small, real estate, reggae, some kinda madness, st maarten, tad records, tanya stephens


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Pilar Aróstegui Santiago (Vitoria, 6 de febrero de 1944–Ibidem, 16 de enero de 2006) fue una archivera española. Fue la primera mujer archivera del Archivo Municipal del Ayuntamiento de Vitoria durante más de tres décadas. Desde el 17 de enero de 2007 el Archivo Municipal lleva el nombre de "Pilar Aróstegui".

Biografía
Pilar Aróstegui Santiago entendía la historia y la cultura como un bien social, lo que dotaba de sentido a su trabajo como archivera. Según sus propias palabras: "Un archivo es la garantía de los derechos y deberes de la institución de la que emana y de los ciudadanos que se relacionan con ella. Por otro lado, desde un punto de vista cultural, un archivo es el que nos garantiza que como ciudad y colectivo tenemos una identidad propia, ni mejor ni peor de la que pueden tener otros lugares, pero distinta. Todo ello influenciado por la situación geográfica, la economía y la evolución histórica que han marcado quiénes somos, dónde estamos y hacia dónde vamos".

Pilar Aróstegui, bien conocida y querida por aquellas personas que han desarrollado tareas de investigación histórica, realizó durante su vida una labor callada y discreta, pero incesante y fructífera. Sensible a los temas humanos y a las cuestiones sociales, cooperó activamente en diversas organizaciones con fines humanitarios, a la vez que mantuvo un estilo de vida austero y comprometido.

Trayectoria
Cursó sus primeros estudios en el colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de Vitoria. En 1970 se licenció en Filosofía y Letras por la Universidad de Navarra.

En su primera etapa profesional se dedicó a la docencia en el colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús y en la Universidad de Navarra. En 1965 ingresó por oposición como auxiliar administrativo en el Ayuntamiento de Vitoria.

Sus primeros pasos en tareas archivísticas fueron guiados por Antonio Mañueco, con el que colaboró en el Archivo del Territorio Histórico de Álava, la Biblioteca Pública de Vitoria y el Centro Provincial Coordinador de Bibliotecas. Esta experiencia profesional y su excelente expediente académico hicieron posible que ella fuera la primera mujer que ocupó el cargo de Archivera en la ciudad. El 3 de agosto de 1972 es contratada por el Ayuntamiento como Archivera-Bibliotecaria y ejerce como tal desde esa fecha. Toma de posesión de la plaza en propiedad el 1 de marzo de 1974. Desde 1972 hasta su fallecimiento en 2006 fue la máxima responsable del Archivo Municipal de Vitoria.

Durante las tres décadas en las que Aróstegui permaneció al frente del Archivo, fue notable el desarrollo del mismo, tanto en lo que se refiere al volumen de sus fondos, que hizo necesaria la realización de dos traslados, como en la complejidad y variedad de los servicios prestados, lo que obligó a Pilar Aróstegui a hacer frente a importantes retos profesionales como: la modernización de la gestión documental, la introducción de herramientas informáticas, el impulso, organización y descripción bibliográfica de las Bibliotecas de Estudios Locales y Técnica del Ayuntamiento y la puesta en marcha de las Secciones Gráfica y Fotográfica, teniendo como objetivo primordial el servicio a la ciudadanía, a las personas investigadoras y al propio Ayuntamiento. Del análisis exhaustivo de los fondos publicó "Censo-guía de archivos y colecciones fotográficas de Álava" en 1988.

Dirigió la publicación del Boletín Municipal de Vitoria entre 1973 y 1977 y formó parte del Comité Organizador del I Congreso de Estudios Históricos "Vitoria en la Edad Media" en la conmemoración del 800 Aniversario de la fundación de la ciudad, coordinando la edición de sus actas. Participó además en el proyecto de creación de un Museo de la Ciudad que no llegó a realizarse y en multitud de actividades culturales y formativas..

Premios y reconocimientos

 Desde el 17 de enero de 2007 el Archivo Municipal lleva el nombre de "Pilar Aróstegui".

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Enlaces externos
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Archivo del Territorio Histórico de Álava
Biblioteca Pública de Vitoria

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These intoxicating stories delve down to the core of our senses of taste, hearing, and smell. Amid the flavors of Mexico's fiery chiles and spices, a couple on holiday discovers dark truths about the maturing of desire in the title story, "Under the Jaguar Sun." In "A King Listens," a gripping portrait of a frenzied mind, the menacing echoes in a huge palace spur a tyrant's thoughts to the heights of paranoid intensity. "The Name, the Nose" drives to a startling conclusion as men across time and space pursue the women whose aromas have enchanted them. Mordant and deliciously offbeat, this trio of tales is a treat from a master of short fiction.


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The Skaggs Foundation plans to distribute up to $500,000 in grants in the fall to improve the health and wellness of Taney and Stone Counties. These grants are possible because of Skaggs' recent affiliation with CoxHealth that included a donation to establish the Skaggs Legacy Fund.
There were plenty of folks who headed to Silver Dollar City on Saturday morning for the usual reasons: thrill rides, sweet treats and craftsmen at work.
The road connecting two Taney County towns is officially open for business. Construction on Missouri Route 13 between Branson West and Kimberling City is finished.


A digital currency exchange Koinex is overrunning into seeking blockchain solutions following which in Bengaluru they want to begin a development center. When either the cryptocurrency exchanges have stopped operating or relocated to another place from India is the time this development is coming.
The CEO of Koinex, Rahul Raj said, "We have done one bit of the entire vision Exchange. Moving forward we are diversifying our product line." Koinex was found at the end of 2016 which is subsidized by venture capital company Beenext which is in Singapore and Pantera Capital which is in San Francisco. These two venture capital firms are the largest firms that are focusing on blockchain throughout the world.
For community building processes like meetups, research, hackathons, design course wear, partner with academic institutions and so on the firm has kept aside $1 million. The problems about making payments, banking operations, finance and security, are being solved by the CoE as it aims at doing so on a global level.
Koinex which is based in Mumbai was the first exchange of India to every offer more than one cryptocurrencies on their platform because of which in India it became the 'goto exchange' for several traders who were trading 10 lakh cryptocurrencies. The highest transaction volumes that Koinex reached was Rs.1700 crore.
Mr. Raj said that they are doing some work on products that are about fintech app such as analyzing, trading, audit reports, lending. He also said that these products would leverage blockchain technology.
In 2018 all these exchanges dropped in transaction volumes up to 90% when the Government of India banned from offering any banking services that were related to cryptocurrency business. Because of this ban, the exchanges of India were forced to either undergo global expansion, or they had to diversify their offerings. Since they could not withstand this type of government's decision, Zebpay and Bitxoxo moved from India to abroad.


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Zali Steggall MP
I'm Zali Steggall and I'm enthusiastic to work as your 'champion for change' in Warringah.
Courage, commitment and determination
I'm proud to say that I'm going to be bringing the same commitment and determination to representing Warringah in parliament. I intend to conduct myself with honour and integrity and I am determined to be a voice for change and for a long-term plan to protect our unique and wonderful environment.
There are many characteristics that make a champion. The ones I consider the most important are courage and determination. They are the same characteristics Warringah and Australia deserve in their political representatives.Courage to have vision and to dare to set big goals, to stand up and demand better representation, leadership and action on climate change, the most pressing issue of our time.Courage to ensure our children and their children do not look back on us as the generation that had all the facts and data but did nothing.Determination to make change happen, to find solutions, work and consult with experts, adjust policies and plans as needed.And, most importantly, determination to overcome obstacles and the deniers that are actively preventing affirmative action and holding Australia back.This is what I want for Warringah and Australia. And it's what Warringah deserves.
There are many exciting ways to support Zali as the Federal Member for Warringah.
Opportunities include:
Letter Box dropping
Joining in a fun run team or a cycling team
Supporting local charities
Helping in the office
Sign up now to be part of Team Zali, supporting an Independent Warringah.
Zali Steggall OAM (born 16 April 1974) is an Australian politician, lawyer and former Olympic athlete. She is Australia's most internationally successful alpine skier, winning a bronze medal in slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, and a World Championship gold medal in 1999. In the Winter Olympics she is Australia's first individual medalist, first female medalist, and only medalist in alpine skiing. Steggall's Olympic career extended from Albertville in 1992 to Salt Lake City in 2002.
She was an independent candidate for Warringah at the 2019 Australian federal election and defeated the incumbent, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.[1][2]


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Jane Fletcher
Jane has vast experience in the world of charity and moving image, and her past roles include Head of Programmes and Innovation at the charity TimeBank, in the Extended Schools Service in London and leading Toynbee Hall's Education Programme. Jane also has ten years' experience in her previous career as a BBC Director/Producer for CBBC and BBC Education. The latter experience has been useful in the co-development (Into Film, director Julian Kemp and actor Michael Sheen) of the format and road to commissioning of recently screened CBBC show Cinemaniacs, which was developed further and produced by independent Novel Entertainment.
Jane's Sessions
Play, Make and Share: Inspiring Creativity
03 July 2015, 2:10pm-3:10pm
As creativity is increasingly squeezed out of formal education how can children's media inspire and enable children to express themselves and learn through making and sharing? Kids are claiming back their education. They're nurturing their own passions, finding their own spaces, making their own choices, publishing for themselves and looking…


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Q: Inverse of orthogonal matrix is orthogonal matrix? Is inverse of an orthogonal matrix an orthogonal matrix? I know its inverse is equal to its transpose, but I don't see where the orthogonality would come from.

A: If $Q$ is orthogonal, i.e. $QQ^T = I = Q^TQ$, then $Q^T Q^{TT} = Q^TQ = I = QQ^T = Q^{TT}Q^T$. So, $Q^T$ is orthogonal. Because $Q^{-1} = Q^T$, it suffices to check that. And you're done.

A: If $(\ ,\ )$ is an inner product on ${\bf R}^n$, then a matrix $A$ is orthogonal if $$ (Ax,Ax)=(x,x),\ \forall x\in {\bf R}^n $$
Note that $A$ has no kernel. Hence any $x$ has $y$ with $$ Ay=x$$
Then $$   (A^{-1}x,A^{-1}x)= (A^{-1}Ay,A^{-1}Ay)=(y,y)=(Ax,Ax)=(x,x)$$
Hence $A^{-1}$ is orthogonal.

A: If $A^t = A^{-1}$, then taking inverses of both sides, we have $(A^{t})^{-1} = A = (A^t)^t$.


Dennis Hollingsworth: Where do we go from here?
These are notes from last Thursday night's talk at the Jewish Museum, What's at Stake for Abstract Painting Today - and Where Do We Go from Here?, moderated by critic and curator Bob Nickas promised to be interesting, drawn in not only by the participation of friends Joanne Greenbaum and Stanley Whitney but principally by the title. I earnestly wanted to hear their thoughts about such a difficult subject as this, the future of abstract painting. How would Nickas frame it? Would they attempt an elementary definition of abstraction to clear the deck, and could they map out the territories of abstraction and define which aspects are well mapped, which are over-mapped and where is yet the terra incognito of abstraction?
Instead, Nickas steered the conversation towards a one sided critique of current events now dominating the headlines via the recent auctions, the most notable being the Philips Under the Influence, where extremely young artists' careers have been supercharged by rabid speculation, instilling fears of a developing financial bubble in the art world, not to mention a distorting influence on art history. Indeed, this topic has been on everyone's mind recently, and no doubt a debate about it would be a welcome event. But that night's panel discussion needed the presence of some of these younger artists in question, not to mention some of the collectors and dealers who are involved in the dynamic. Have you heard of the Ideological Turing Test? It's call to empathy towards one's intellectual opponent. Such a precaution requires us to first state your interlocutor's position as good or even better or more vividly than they can, before you start to dismantle it. It would have been good to have heard from the devil's advocate that night.
The artists who comprised that night's panel did their best to temper the arc of the discussion. At one point, Nickas brought up the prospect of a museum exhibition set to open in the near future and asked their opinion about it. The artists on the dais all responded as politely as they could, saying variations along the line: "...when I see it, I'll tell you what I think". As for the question of what's at stake for art today, the artists Greenbaum, Taaffe and Whitney all offered wisdom despite the difficult terrain charted by the moderator.
"Where do we go from here?" indeed.


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