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Oasis Petroleum Announces the Addition of Paula D. Polito to Its Board of Directors
November 2, 2018 2:30 PM PR Newswire
HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NYSE: OAS) ("Oasis" or the "Company") announced today the election of Paula D. Polito to Oasis' Board of Directors. Ms. Polito's election brings the number of directors to seven. Upon joining the Board of Directors on November 1, 2018, Paula was appointed as a member of Oasis' Nominating and Governance Committee.
Paula Polito currently serves as Global Client Strategy Officer and a Group Managing Director at UBS Global Wealth Management. Polito joined UBS in 2009 as the Wealth Management Americas Chief Marketing Officer. Previously, Paula served as Senior VP and Head of Strategic Marketing and Brand Management at Merrill Lynch, and was a member of the Global Wealth Management Executive Committee. Before Merrill Lynch, Paula served as Executive VP of Corporate and Retail Marketing at Fidelity Investments. Prior to Fidelity, she held various positions at advertising agency Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc. Paula spent the first 10 years of her career as a journalist, working as a Producer, News Editor and Managing Editor for WBZ TV in Boston.
For the past four years, Paula has been named one of the "25 Most Powerful Women in Finance" by American Banker. She has received Business Marketing Association's Communicator of the Year award and was named among the "Top 100 Marketers" by Advertising Age.
"Paula is an outstanding addition to the Oasis board of directors," said Mr. Thomas B. Nusz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "She has a long history of understanding global financial markets and helping people navigate them. We believe her ability to think strategically over the long-term, her creativity, and communications experience will greatly benefit our board and our management team. We are looking forward to her unique insight into the investment community as we navigate the ever changing macroeconomic and investment environment."
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this press release specifically include the expectations of plans, strategies, objectives and anticipated financial and operating results of the Company, including the Company's drilling program, production, derivative instruments, capital expenditure levels and other guidance included in this press release. These statements are based on certain assumptions made by the Company based on management's experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, anticipated future developments and other factors believed to be appropriate. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied or expressed by the forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to, changes in oil and natural gas prices, weather and environmental conditions, the timing of planned capital expenditures, availability of acquisitions, uncertainties in estimating proved reserves and forecasting production results, operational factors affecting the commencement or maintenance of producing wells, the condition of the capital markets generally, as well as the Company's ability to access them, the proximity to and capacity of transportation facilities, and uncertainties regarding environmental regulations or litigation and other legal or regulatory developments affecting the Company's business and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected as described in the Company's reports filed with the SEC.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made and the Company undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
About Oasis Petroleum Inc.
Oasis is an independent exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of unconventional oil and natural gas resources, primarily operating in the Williston and Delaware Basins. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.oasispetroleum.com.
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Not all waters are created equal
Make an informed choice for yourself and your customers
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sanbwa
south african national bottled water association
south african sommelier association
south african chefs association
Are you looking for a bottled water to use as a mixer with whiskey or brandy, or perhaps to revitalise and refresh your palate? Now you can make an informed choice, thanks to the South African National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA), which has published a guide to the taste of its members' products.
Created in collaboration with the South African Sommelier Association (SASA) and the South African Chefs Association (SACA), the SANBWA guide highlights that "not all waters are created equal", although CEO Charlotte Metcalf is quick to point out this is only from an organoleptic point of view. She stresses that all SANBWA members adhere to the same strict quality standards laid out in the SANBWA bottled water standard.
"Bottled water, referred to as 'packaged' water in South African legislation, is appreciated not only as a calorie-free, healthy alternative to other packaged non-alcoholic beverages but as a versatile companion to fine dishes, wine, coffee, brandies and whiskeys, and so on. Depending on the mineral composition of the bottled water, as well as the presence or absence of 'bubbles', it can highlight and even enhance taste nuances," Metcalf says.
Bouquet' is the word used by beverage tasters when referring to the 'nose' or 'smell' of a beverage, while palate refers to the 'taste' or 'flavour'.
"Together with tasters from SASA and SACA, we set out to explore the organoleptic characteristics of bottled waters available in South Africa with a view to providing a guide – not a set of rules – about which waters could satisfy certain culinary requirements.
"'Bouquet' is the word used by beverage tasters when referring to the 'nose' or 'smell' of a beverage, while palate refers to the 'taste' or 'flavour'. The word 'mouthfeel' refers to how a beverage 'feels' in the mouth, mostly as a result of the interaction between 'texture' and 'weight', and can vary between still and carbonated versions of water from the same source.
"Our tasting panel confirmed that waters bottled from sources in South Africa, as well as imported waters found in the country, are mostly neutral with respect to smells and flavours. By contrast, considerable differences were found when it came to mouthfeel," she explains.
"This obviously means that water will have little to no impact on the beverages or meals it is consumed with when it comes to aroma, but a much larger impact on the flavour profile or mouthfeel. If you are consuming a strongly flavoured and hearty stew, the type of water you chose will probably not matter. But, if you are consuming a far more delicately spiced and textured dish, or adding a splash of water to an expensive whiskey, or creating a coffee from hard-to-source beans, then the type of water you use can most definitely influence your experience."
The SANBWA panel tasted sparkling and still member and imported waters, as well as several from non-members, and categorised them as follows:
Ø Gentle, refined
Waters that are soft with low minerality (salt) content often present as gentle and refined when we drink them. They are often the most refreshing to drink on their own to quench a thirst, and are very good to use when making or mixing with another beverage – such as coffee in a coffee machine or when adding water to whiskey or brandy – because they do not impact the flavour profile of those beverages.
AquaBella, aQuellé Franschhoek, Bon Aqua, Cape Aqua, Chamonix, Oryx Aqua
Ø Refreshing, satisfying
These waters have a slightly higher mineral content, and therefore more mouthfeel than those categorised as gentle and refined. They may also, depending on the mineral composition, present as slightly more savoury than those waters. They are refreshing and satisfying, and ideal anytime beverages – solo to rehydrate and energise you, before or with a meal.
Bené, Ceres Spring Water, Di Bella Spring Water, La Vie De Luc, Thirsti, Valpré
Ø Full, smooth
Waters with a high mineral content have greater mouthfeel and viscosity, which some people describe as a slightly oily texture, and this makes them appear full and smooth. Depending on the level of minerality, they can also have a slight salinity and, in some cases, this gives them quite a unique flavour profile. While some people will enjoy them with food, their obvious individuality means that they are mostly consumed solo, and probably not as a mixer with another beverage.
Aqua Panna, aQuellé KwaZulu-Natal, Evian, Nestlé Pure Life
Sparkling waters
Ø Soft, graceful
These waters have very low levels of minerality (salt) and carbonation. This means that the bubbles are delicate, and barely felt on the tongue and in the mouth. They could be described as being refined, or soft and graceful. This mellow nature makes them perfect meal companions because they clean the palate in a gentle way. The enhanced acidity from the carbonation is recognised as a classic palate cleanser.
AquaBella, aQuellé, Valpré
Ø Spirited, refreshing
With a slightly higher mineral content and racy, effervescent bubbles that persist for a long time in the glass, these waters are spirited and refreshing. Sometimes, this reviving characteristic is exacerbated by a slight salinity and bright acidity making them perfect for many occasions, solo or with food.
Cape Aqua, Chamonix, La Vie De Luc, San Pellegrino
Ø Irrepressible, revitalising
These are waters with high levels of carbonation which, in combination with an elevated mineral content, can create an irrepressible and flavoursome mouthful. They do refresh and stimulate and are most often drunk on their own or used as a cocktail mixer.
Bené, Ceres Spring Water, Nestlé Pure Life, Thirsti
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We are writing on behalf of the state and local government-elected officials, whom our collective organizations represent, to request that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) establish and maintain, prior to the proposal of any regulatory policies, a joint series of formal federalism consultations in accordance with Executive Order (EO) 13132 (Federalism, August 19, 1999) in response to the passage of H.R. 302, Division H, Preventing Emerging Threats.
Division H provides Secretary Nielsen the authority to destroy or overtake an unmanned aerial system (UAS), more commonly referred to as a drone, that has violated protected airspace or is otherwise posing a threat to the safety or security of the United States. Further, it requires the Federal Aviation Administration to develop a comprehensive strategy to provide outreach to state and local governments as well as provide guidance for local law enforcement agencies and first responders with respect to how to protect public safety, identify and respond to threats posed by UAS, and identify and take advantage of opportunities to use UAS to enhance the effectiveness of local law enforcement agencies and first responders.
In addition to the provisions of Division H, EO 13132 lays out specific parameters on how and when a federal agency must consult with state and local governments regarding the formulation and implementation of its policies. The implementation of H.R. 302 will have significant impacts on state and local governments, as one of the foremost responsibilities of both state and local governments is ensuring the protection of public safety, security and personal privacy. This impact is reinforced by Secretary Nielsen's recent statements (U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, October 10, 2018) regarding the department's planned testing of counterdrone technology in certain populated areas.
Unmanned aerial systems simultaneously represent one of the 21st century's more impactful economic innovations, as well as a potential public safety and security threat. State and local law enforcement officials are on the front lines of responding to and reducing threats from unlawful drone operation and are often the first to respond to these threats to public safety. Further, state and local law officials are also responsible for the enforcement of state and local criminal laws that apply to unlawful drone operations.
What will be the conditions for notifying state and local officials on the intent to use counterdrone technology by the federal government?
What are the state and local responsibilities and costs associated with training and equipping law enforcement officials in the operation of counterdrone technology?
What should be the "rules of engagement" governing the use of counterdrone technology, especially in urban and populated areas?
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Any additional concerns state and local officials may have on the use of counterdrone technology.
To ensure the safety and security of both the national airspace and states and communities across the country, it is imperative that federal, state and local governments work in close coordination to appropriately assess and counter this new potential threat. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact any of the undersigned organizations.


Created in 1995 as an alternative to the popular Windows and Macintosh operating systems, The Jumpsuit OS has received almost no national recognition and minimal fanfare. Still, the small number of users have reported great success using the operating system, comparing it to the awesome power of the Logestar 6K and the sheer inventiveness of the obscure Evil OS.
Revision 1.0 was a rough patchwork of code, providing a framework for the current 3.0 revision which boasts full compatibility with all significant hardware. Jumpsuit OS 3.0 allows a more customizable environment, including a new "Processor Slack" feature that allows you to select the amount of processes to "waste" on simple things like calculating pi in the background or scanning the net for web pages with lots of hi-res jpegs on slow servers.
The Slack feature runs all the time, no matter what you're doing. Try it while working on those 300dpi 24-bit color photos in Photoshop and you'll see the disk cache efficiency drop by at least %50. This in turn makes the user have to wait more often, promoting trips to the fridge, bathroom, or neighbors. It works and the developers are proud of it.
Nerd Berg (Chief Officer of Development and Donuts) has worked long and hard with the coding team to be able to provide the new 3.0 release.
Each revision is painstakingly tested and supervised by Jumpsuit Boy himself. Jumpsuit Boy is Chief Scientist and Technology Supervisor at Jumpsuit Technologies, providing that human touch that makes the GUI the worst in the business.
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No one's idea of excellence in conduct is that people should do absolutely nothing but copy one another. No one would assert that people ought not to put into their mode of life, and into the conduct of their concerns, any impress whatever of their own judgment, or of their own individual character. On the other hand, it would be absurd to pretend that people ought to live as if nothing whatever had been known in the world before they came into it; as if experience had as yet done nothing towards showing that one mode of existence, or of conduct, is preferable to another.


Cryogenian Period of the Precambian in the Neo-Proterozoic Era in the Proterozoic Eon.
Below is some interesting information about the geologic setting of our planet earth during the cryogenian time period approximately 650 to 850 milliion years ago. It is just a brief explanation of what what was living at the time and what life might have been like.
The earth is believed to have pretty much been a frozen ball covered in ice. However many scientists do not believe this hypothesis due to the questionable feasibility of the oceans being frozen and the lack of geological evidence.
One of the oldest known supercontinents Rodinia begins to break up at this time.


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Leading Causes Of Death In Papua New Guinea
The rural landscape of Papua New Guinea.
Health in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is an oceanic country with a population of around 7 million. It is home to over 852 known languages in the country and most of the population live in unique customary communities different from one other. However, the development of health infrastructure is not always up to the demand for it. The life expectancy is in the mid-60's, which is below the international standard quality.
Leading Causes of Death
Cancer is responsible for around 11% of total deaths. Cancer happens when cells grow uncontrollably and do not die. Numerous forms of cancer exist and the ones rising in this country are breast, cervical and oral cancer. Cervical cancer takes over 3,000 lives annually in Papua New Guinea. Due to low funding in the health department plenty of people continue to die from cancer and other diseases. Liver cancer is also quite common as it is associated with chronic hepatitis-B infection. Most of these diseases occur in the rural areas, where the majority of the population resides.
Lower-Respiratory Infection
Plenty of children suffer from respiratory disease in Papua New Guinea. One of the major respiratory diseases plaguing the country is pneumonia. Pneumonia is a disease in which lung inflammation occurs due to bacterial or viral infection. Despite its high numbers, it has improved in recent years due to the slight increase in health care. 17% of deaths in Papua New Guinea are due to Lower-Respiratory infections. A speculated reason for why this is such a problem is because of early and dense colonization with numerous different types of species that had different genes and strains of respiratory pathogens.
Amounting for a grand total of 4% of the deaths in Papua New Guinea, the effects of this disease are evident in the region. It is an air-borne disease caused by the bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to this graph provided by the World Health Organization, the mortality rates due to Tuberculosis were on a decline as of 2014. However, the disease made a comeback in 2016, with a new epidemic breaking out in the island of Daru, where about 1% of the population was infected by a drug-resistant strain of the virus. Similar to the Lower-respiratory infection, dense population distributions lead to easier transmission of this air-borne disease.
Since the late 80's there has been evidence that there are plenty of deficits in the health department of the country, particularly in rural areas. Tropical diseases are significant as they continue to worsen. Despite there being modern medical systems, they are not utilized as they should be since they have had reduced effectiveness in the country since the 80's because the health workers have limited skills and access to resources. Majority of the budget on health is spent on urban areas even though that majority of the population and health problems are in rural areas.
Leading Cause Of Death
% Of Total Deaths
1 Lower-Respiratory Infection 17%
2 Cancer 11%
3 Diabetes 7%
4 Tuberculosis 4%
5 Ischemic Heart Disease 4%
6 Chronic Kidney Disease 3%
7 Malaria 3%
8 Stroke 3%
9 Diarrheal Diseases 3%
10 HIV 2%
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Q: After installing newer Nvidia driver - Brightness locks at MAX Everytime i try to install a newer Nvidia drive ( either v455 and 460 ), my brightness locks at max, and even though the FN keys work and i actually see the brightness bar decreasing... it doesn't change anything, brightness stays at max.
Some aditional info:
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1
Kernel: 5.8.0-36-generic ( i also tried 5.9 series, doesn't change anything )
Nvidia driver: 450.102.04
Nvidia card: GTX 1070 (dedicated)
Laptop: HP Omen 15
Things i've tried:

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*Added the graphics PPA, so now my driver manager shows nvidia 460 available instead of 455. Anyway, the problem remains the same.

*Tried a newer kernel, no joy either.

*Added the following to my grub file:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi_backlight=vendor"
No joy either.

A: If anyone comes here with the same issue: Waiting for the bug fix: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-455/+bug/1905591

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Aroga trialbamaculella, the red-striped fireworm moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine to Florida and from Illinois to Texas.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark brown with a small white spot on the fold before the middle. There also white spots at the costa and dorsally before the cilia. Adults are mostly on wing from March to October, but have been recorded year round.

The larvae feed on Comptonia, Epigaea, Myrtus, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus laevis, Robinia and Vaccinium ashei. They skeletonize the leaves of their host plant. They fasten two or more leaves together and feed within on the epidermis. With the frass, they form a tube which is open on both sides. The larvae reach a length of about 8 mm. They are pale dirty yellowish or greenish yellow with six darker yellow stripes.

References

Moths described in 1875
Aroga
Moths of North America

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Lockheed Martin Profit Outlook Disappoints As Supply, Labour Squeeze Persists
(Reuters) – U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp on Tuesday forecast annual profit below Street expectations, hurt by lingering supply bottlenecks and higher costs, though a generous defense budget helped it beat fourth-quarter estimates.
The defense contractor said it expected a profit of $26.60 to $26.90 per share in 2023. The average analysts' estimate has been $26.96, according to Refinitiv.
Supply chain snags brought on by the pandemic have squeezed margins at defense suppliers, though those constraints are now easing even as the companies continue to grapple with labor shortages.
Analysts have warned that defense spending could slow in 2023 after it reached peak levels as the United States and its allies bulked up budgets following Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.
The election of Kevin McCarthy as the U.S. House speaker and his promise to curb spending has also raised concerns about the near-term outlook for defense companies such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies Corp and Northrop Grumman Corp, which derive much of their revenues from the U.S. government.
Lockheed forecast 2023 revenue between $65 billion and $66 billion, compared with market estimates of $65.74 billion.
Net sales at the aeronautics unit – Lockheed Martin's largest, which makes the F-35 – jumped 7% to $7.64 billion in the fourth quarter, but the segment's operating margin shrank to 10.7% from 11.5% a year earlier.
Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin posted adjusted net income of $7.79 per share for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with analysts' estimate of $7.39 per share.
It reported fourth-quarter net sales of $18.99 billion, above expectations of $18.27 billion.
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David did not rely on his own ideas of what he thought, felt, or believed, or the urgings of another; but rather, he was eager to be taught by the Father. David meditated on or pondered all of the activities of the Father and focused his thinking on the work of God's own hands. We to can discern the will of the Father as well by have a regular personal study of the Bible that is beyond some simple Bible reading schedule, where we can meditate on the many Biblical accounts of the Father's dealings with humans. Just how important is the will of the Father?
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 The world is passing away, and its lusts; but the one [genuine Christian] who does the will of God remains forever.


The Green Lizard began their existence on Hadaria over a thousand years ago, peacefully sunning themselves on rocks while the Slizzar around them plotted and schemed in the name of their Nessrassian Gods. They were occasionally hunted by some of the more savage Slizzar, but this was never a large-scale movement. When the Elves arrived in the region, they brought the Green Lizard back with them to Daen, sometimes knowingly as experiment subjects or possible pets or unknowingly in the bowels of their great cargo vessels and slaving galleys. The animal became a common sight within the next 200 years on the diverse continent, and for several more centuries, it remained between these two regions. It eventually made the jump to Corontium as they had before, hidden in the bowels of slaving and cargo ships. By the Cataclysm, the animal was well established on all of these continents and was able to weather the adverse effects the event had on their coastal and aquatic-based homes. In the three centuries since then, the animal has been domesticated and can now be found in most pet stores, but also remains in the wild in large populations. In some rural regions of Aloria, like the Minor Nations and States of Corontium, the animal is also eaten as a meal due to their relative abundance. It is unlikely anything could seriously affect this unimportant yet widespread lizard in the coming years.
The Green Lizard is the "standard" one might think of in Aloria when imagining a lizard. It is between one and a half to two feet long, with a light weight of two pounds. Their heads are large but have a narrow snout, with a set of small teeth made mainly for consuming insects and fruit. The top of their heads are flat, only punctuated by two bumps over their small eyes which can be green or brown in coloration. At the back of its head sit its set of tympanic membranes, colored an off-black. Their necks are thick, the same size as the base of the head and connect it to a similarly thick body. They are supported by four legs, the front set possessing five short fingers and claws while the rear set has five long fingers and claws. The body ends in a long pointed tail. The Green Lizard is covered in, as one should expect, green scales though there is a smaller tone of brown to the backside of the animal to help it hide itself. Its underbelly is a light green color. The only spot of color on the animal is on the jowls beneath the lower jaw of the mouth, which is colored either cherry red or cyan blue.
The Green Lizard is uniform across all external features, except for one feature. The coloration below their mouth indicates their gender as males with have a large patch of cyan blue while females will have a large patch of cherry red scales. The gender populations are also equal, so it is quite common to see a sea of red and blue when someone encounters a group of Green Lizards.
The Green Lizard emerges into this world in five to twenty small soft-shelled white eggs laid in a loosely built nest of brush. Within three months, the eggs have all hatched, and the young reptiles emerge with brown scales but otherwise smaller replicas of their parents. Their mother does not care for them, and their father is not present, though they do not need such care as they immediately set about eating and growing in size. Within a year, their green scales have come in while their bodies and minds have fully matured. An interesting feature of the Green Lizard is that similar to the Allar, the Green Lizard can grow their tails and fingers back, though not full limbs. During this process, the body part appears red-green before shifting fully into the normal green color scheme of the animal when the regeneration is complete. They can live for up to seven years, though can live up to ten in captivity.
Green Lizards are exceedingly simple creatures, with basic survival skills and behavior to help keep themselves alive. As they are warm-blooded, they can often be found sunning themselves on rocks or open areas near their nests and sleeping spots. During this time, they may seem taken in by the moment, but in reality, this is also when they can be most active. Should they be disturbed, they will rapidly dart away, their small limbs excellent at short sprints. Once they reach the underbrush, they become immobile as their green with brown tinted scales often grants them good camouflage to young or inexperienced hunters, humanoid or animal. They also sometimes will enter the water and swim with the current away from an enemy, though they can sometimes be swept away by the current and die despite their good swimming ability. With other members of their species, they show little to no concern about them or their wellbeing, only interacting when during the spring mating season. In captivity, these same traits are displayed though they are more trusting of larger creatures and allow others to stroke or pet them.
Green Lizards prefer damp and brushed environments for their nests and homes while also seeking open spaces to bask in the sun. Thus, many of them can be found at the edge of the sea or inland water sources like swamps or rivers. In captivity, such conditions are difficult to replicate though most Green Lizards in this situation are content enough to get direct sunlight whenever possible. Their nests are only formed during the spring mating season, while their homes are little more than small holes or protected areas in the dark.
Young Green Lizards are occasionally confused for the young of Long Tail Croques by young mothers, leading to one absolutely terrified "baby crocodile" head sticking out of a Croque's mouth.
Domesticated cats and domesticated Green Lizards are often at odds with each other, though very rarely does a feline ever eat the Lizard. This is mostly due to the difficulty of the task and the reptile's small but still sharp claws.
Some incorrectly assume the Green Lizard is from Farah'deen due to its love of the sun. Populations of the animal have made it to that region over the years, but other, more hostile reptiles and the harsh, dry climate have extinguished all of them.
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Curaçao Sea Aquarium is een openbaar aquarium en attractie  ten oosten van Willemstad op het eiland Curaçao.

In het aquarium zijn vele soorten vissen en andere zeedieren, zoals zeepaardjes. Er zijn ook zeeleeuwen. Ook is er een afdeling voor gewonde zeedieren.
Het heeft een open-water-systeem. Er stroomt vers zeewater in de aquaria.

Naast het park bevindt zich het strand Seaquarium Beach, het koraalrif Sea Aquarium House Reef en de Dolphin Academy met diverse shows met dolfijnen.

Het is geopend elke dag van 8.30 tot 17.30 uur.

Externe links
 Curaçao Sea Aquarium
 Dolphin Academy

Curaçaos bedrijf
Openbaar aquarium


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Q: Numa Node configuration for SQL server 2016 I have a question on one of my new build sql servers where we are planning to migrate our SQL databases from older SQL2012 running on windows 2012.
New build- SQL2016 on Windows 2016
My current [SQL2012]==> When querying os_nodes dmv shows what i am assuming as 4 numa nodes config with memory node id=0,1,2,3 & processor group 0,1,0,1 and scheduler count= 20 for all id's
My new [SQL2016]==> When querying os_nodes dmv shows what i am assuming as 8 numa nodes config with memory node id=0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1 & processor group 0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1  and scheduler count= 9 for all id's
Below is O/P from os_nodes dmv between old and new configured SQL servers

Questions

When viewed via task manger/ssms it shows 2 Numa nodes. Is my above
  understanding wrong of 8 Numa nodes?
If those are 2 Numa nodes will i have any performance impact compared
  to current setup?

Also note softnuma_configuration_desc shows ON for sql2016
Please suggest

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When viewed via task manger/ssms it shows 2 Numa nodes. Is my above understanding wrong of 8 Numa nodes?

No, SQL Server 2016 started to ship with automatic numa node partitioning (soft numa) which is what you're seeing here.

If those are 2 Numa nodes will i have any performance impact compared to current setup?

Impossible to say. Automatic Soft-Numa was added as a default to the product starting with 2016 as certain tasks and threads are on a per-numa basis. Thus, in many environments that had high core count and low numa node count there would be an overall performance improvement by using soft-numa.
Your mileage may and will vary. If you're unsure or don't want to test the new configuration, I would suggest you turn the automatic soft-numa off for now until you can test. This is based on absolutely no data but configuration stabilization between upgrades.
If you want to turn soft-numa off, you can run the following command:
ALTER SERVER CONFIGURATION SET SOFTNUMA OFF


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Jul 31, 2007 | 368 Pages
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A frontier world on the back end of nowhere is the sort of place people go to get lost. And some of those people have secrets worth hiding, secrets that can change the future–assuming there is one. . . .
André Deschênes is a hired assassin, but he wants to be so much more. If only he can find a teacher who will forgive his murderous past–and train him to manipulate odds and control probability. It's called the art of conjuring, and it's André's only route to freedom. For the world he lives on is run by the ruthless Charter Trade Company, and his floating city, Novo Haven, is little more than a company town where humans and aliens alike either work for one tyrannical family–or are destroyed by it. But beneath Novo Haven's murky waters, within its tangled bayous, reedy banks, and back alleys, revolution is stirring. And one more death may be all it takes to shift the balance. . . .
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Q: Does Python 2.6 have a built in URL parameters parser? Given a URl, how can I get a dictionary of parameters back?

A: http://docs.python.org/library/urlparse.html
edit: It returns a tuple of the url parameters. If you absolutely need to have it be in a dictionnary looks like you will have to implement it yourself. (get the tuple then assign it to dict)
string = "addressing scheme network location path query fragment_identifier".split()
url = urlparse.urlsplit("url")

dictionary = dict(zip(string,url))

Not sure if that dictionary line is valid, but it's something like that.

A: ofcourse, it is called urlparse. However, instead of a dictionary, the urlsplit and urlparse methods output a namedtuple object, which you are easily reference by member attributes. If dictionary is a must, you can construct one using those named tuple values too.
And if you want to parse the query params, use parse_qs and parse_qsl from the same module


Ottawa-area microbrewery Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. is going international. The small brewer, which now employs 84 at its Vankleek Hill operation, will begin distributing its award-winning brews to retailers across New York state in March.
OTTAWA — Ottawa-area microbrewery Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. is going international.
The small brewer, which now employs 84 at its Vankleek Hill operation, will begin distributing its award-winning brews to retailers across New York state in March.
The move to serve U.S. consumers is a major accomplishment for Beau's, which started out as a father-and-son-owned business that first opened its doors on Canada Day in 2006.
Beauchesne and his father, Tim, took a big gamble on the brewery. The two beer lovers left their full-time jobs in order to get the new business up and running at a time when there were very few microbreweries in the area. The first beer they offered was Lug Tread, a light Kolsch-style offering that was immediately accepted by beer drinkers throughout the region. Others followed and the brewery now has dozens of offerings available at LCBO stores across Ontario. Many of Beau's products have won awards from prestigious beer competitions, including the Mondial de la Bière in France, as well as the Canadian Brewing Awards.
However, it was one particular special offering that helped to spearhead the Beau's move into New York state. A collaboration with comedian Tom Green produced a dark beer, known as Milk Stout. Green has been bringing the beer, known as the Tom Green Beer, to his standup comedy shows. Audiences have been quick to drink up whatever supply he has had on hand.
The beer even stole the show on an episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon that aired earlier this year. Green and show host Fallon raised a pint of Beau's Tom Green Beer and drank it on-air before more than 1.8 million viewers. News of Beau's and its popularity in Ontario had already begun to bleed across the border into the U.S. The appearance on Jimmy Fallon's show attracted a torrent of attention from American alcohol distributors.
"Having Tom and the beer on Jimmy Fallon let the cat out of the bag a little sooner than we'd planned, but it put some fire under our feet to get a deal signed and get things happening," said Jennifer Beauchesne, head of Top Secret Projects at Beau's.
The company decided to partner with Albany-based Remarkable Liquids, a boutique distribution company with a strong dedication to working with craft brewers, in order to get its beers to U.S. retailers. While Ontarians rely on the LCBO to sell and control the sale of all alcoholic beverages, in the U.S. several distributors compete with one another to sell to individual liquor store operators. Remarkable will be offering both Lug Tread and The Tom Green Beer to residents of New York state.
The company isn't stopping there. Demand from beer lovers in Quebec has pushed the company to forge ties with the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ), Québec's version of the LCBO. Beau's said it will be making its beer available to Quebec residents by the end of the year.


Milwaukee is experiencing a development explosion with Marquette engineering alumni leading the way.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says an "extraordinary building boom is reshaping Milwaukee's skyline." The Milwaukee Business Journal describes a "Downtown Milwaukee Renaissance." And Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett crows that his favorite bird is the crane — referring not to the avian variety but the flock of towering steel machines roaming our skyline.
Milwaukee's metamorphosis is undeniable. So is the excitement and sense of pride these projects are bringing. With billions of dollars being invested, Milwaukeeans are being put to work, and the groundwork for the city's evolution and growth is being laid before our eyes.
Leading this unprecedented wave of construction are six young, highly talented Marquette University Opus College of Engineering graduates. These engineers are managing many of Milwaukee's latest signature projects worth more than $1 billion combined. And they're thrilled to be literally building Milwaukee's future.
Angie Helfert, Eng '07, is leading one of Milwaukee's most talked about projects — the new $524 million Milwaukee Bucks arena under construction downtown. Helfert, with Mortenson Construction, Brookfield, Wis., is the project manager for structure.
Helfert says she's amazed by the pace and quality of work. "Seeing measurable progress is one of my favorite parts of being in construction, and every day the project changes significantly," she says.
John Peronto, Eng '03, Grad '03, with Thornton Tomasetti, is working on the $122 million, 44-story Couture high-rise apartment on Milwaukee's lakefront. Peronto, lead senior structural engineer and engineer of record on the project, is excited about how the striking Couture tower will change Milwaukee's skyline.
"It is very slender and tall, and its location will transform the urban landscape of the southeast part of downtown, further connecting it to the lake and the Third Ward," Peronto says.
Mary Collins, Eng '06, is also helping build a new Milwaukee, but rather than bringing a signature new building out of the ground, Collins is focused on what lies beneath the ground. Collins, with Gilbane Building Co., is project manager for the current $13 million phase of the foundation restoration of Milwaukee's City Hall — a historic 122-year-old icon.
Collins is fascinated by restoring a historic building's foundation and learning about its original designs. The project involves a nontraditional design where the original limestone bases of each steel-support column are encased, shifting the loads from the old wood pilings underneath to the new concrete bases, tied in to new steel pilings driven 35 feet underground; it's a novel approach being used only for the second time in the United States.
Not all cranes around town are dedicated to buildings.
One of three senior project managers for the nearly completed $200 million Zoo Interchange's Phase 1 project, Dr. Nicholas Hornyak, Eng '03, Grad '05, '10, sees how important highway improvements can be.
Now that the project is almost completed, Hornyak, with Edgerton Contractors Inc., Oak Creek, Wis., fully recognizes the overall impact it will have.
Carolynn Gellings, P.E., Eng '05, Grad '17 , now with DAAR Engineering, went from serving as design and construction project manager of the $193 million I-794/Hoan Bridge reconstruction to design project manager of the Lakefront Gateway redesign to, today, construction manager for the $128.1 million Milwaukee streetcar project.
Mike Stern, Eng '10, is a proud Marquette grad who feels a special connection to his current project — the university's first new residence hall in 50 years, the Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., Commons, which will house 890 freshmen and sophomores when it opens in fall 2018.
"Marquette has helped me end up where I am right now, and I think the best way I can give back is by helping this project be successful," says Stern, who is with J.H. Findorff & Son and a project manager on the residence hall.
Beyond learning construction fundamentals, Dr. Yong Bai, McShane Chair in Construction Engineering and Management and professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, says students are taught to think critically, develop problem-solving skills and perform effectively in real-world assignments.
"Besides technical know-how, our program provides students with essential non-technical skills needed to effectively work with and lead a diversified workforce in the construction companies that operate in both domestic and global markets," Bai says.
Dr. Mark Federle, P.E., associate dean for academic affairs, acknowledges that the successes of these six grads are representative of the impressive work being done by Opus College grads around the country — and the world.
Peronto, the alum managing The Couture, is also working on Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower, soon to be the tallest building in the world. But he says Marquette engineering alumni play a role in Milwaukee's future that eclipses the size of their projects.


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US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has called America's allies in the Gulf "dictators" and said that agreements between regional states and Israel are not "peace deals". Omar made her comments in an article in The Nation.
Calling on President-elect Joe Biden to reverse President Donald Trump's deals with the Middle East, she said that the US is starting to "transition" to a new presidency "based on peace and cooperation". Foreign policy, she suggested, has to be a priority.
"Trump has taunted, mocked and burned bridges with our allies, while simultaneously cozying up to some of the most brutal dictatorial regimes around the world, especially those in the oil-rich Middle East," said the Democrat Representative for Minnesota. "The damage done by the Trump administration runs deep…" Biden, she added, has a "tremendous opportunity" to reorient US foreign policy in the region.
#US Congresswoman #IlhanOmar accuses the #Trump administration of using #Normalisation deals brokered in the Middle East to "disguise arms sale deals to human rights abusers".@SavePa2 pic.twitter.com/Zg1ZqKrYQg
— SavePalestine (@SavePa2) November 22, 2020
Omar cited Trump's unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal as an example of why this is needed. The deal, she pointed out, prevented Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons which could risk nuclear war.
She also referred to Trump's links with Saudi Arabia, "a regime which "imprisons, tortures, and kills advocates for human rights and political reform in their own country." Using US weapons, "Saudi Arabia has bombed, blockaded, starved and slaughtered thousands of Yemeni civilians."
Representative Ilhan Omar: 'I Hope President Biden Seizes This Opportunity.' https://t.co/cvcCMA7x8E pic.twitter.com/pC9HBtrbh1
— Global Issues Web (@globalissuesweb) November 20, 2020
Criticizing the Israeli normalization deals with the UAE, Bahrain and Sudan brokered by Trump "in the run-up to the election", Omar pointed out that, "besides the very well-documented war crimes in Yemen, the UAE has also been credibly accused of committing war crimes in Libya." It has also "badly [undercut] the transition to democracy in Sudan."
Bahrain, meanwhile, "is a brutal dictatorship that summarily executes political dissidents and protesters, including religious leaders; routinely uses torture and arbitrary detention, and targets human rights defenders and women."
In truth, she stressed, these are arms sale deals to human rights abusers. "And they're less about normalizing relations with Israel than they are about forming military alliances against Iran… And we must ask: What do these agreements mean to the millions of Palestinians who continue to live under Israeli military occupation? Rather than make statehood or self-determination more likely, they have normalized the occupation and made real peace for Israelis and Palestinians increasingly unlikely."
#Netanyahu Flies to #SaudiArabia for Secret meeting with #Pompeo, #BinSalman https://t.co/bPI7Bx9dnI via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/zCxMpD9t8k
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 23, 2020
While Israel supposedly agreed to halt its planned annexation of Palestinian land in exchange for such deals, explained Omar, "just this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank and ordered that imports from these settlements be labeled 'Products of Israel', suggesting that de facto annexation will move forward apace."
Instead of the US siding with one group of dictators over another, she concluded, "We should position ourselves at an equal distance from both, allowing ourselves to be honest brokers, protecting our national security and interests while promoting human rights and democracy."
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The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned in two separate statements the decision by Moldova's premier to move his country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, considering the decision […]
Ashrawi: 'Gaza Will Remain an Inseparable Part of Palestine'
November 6, 2018 Blog, News
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member, Hanan Ashrawi, met separately with the Jordanian Head of Mission, Muhammad Abu Wandi, and the Egyptian Consul General, Mustafa al-Shahat, at the PLO Headquarters in the central occupied […]
Palestine and the Other Philby
October 15, 2020 Articles, Commentary
This reading of history is substantially but not wholly based on Elizabeth Monroe's book Philby of Arabia (London: Quartet Books, 1973). With the exception of Kim Philby's references to his wife, his father, and his […]
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Git integration with RubyMine supports uploading changes from the current branch to its tracked branch or to any other remote branch. If push is rejected due to the lack of synchronization between your local repository and the remote storage, you can either interactively choose the strategy to update the local branch, or have RubyMine update it silently.
A possible situation when you may still need to perform --force push is when you rebase a pushed branch and then want to push it to the remote server. In this case, when you try to push, Git Mercurial will reject your changes because the remote ref is not an ancestor of the local ref. If you perform pull in this situation, you will end up with two copies of the branch which you them need to merge.
Rebasing a pushed branch and modifying its history should be avoided unless absolutely necessary (for example, if you've accidentaly pushed some sensitive data).
If push is rejected due to the lack of synchronization between the current local branch and its tracked remote branch, RubyMine displays the Push Rejected dialog box, provided that the Auto-update if push of the current branch was rejected check box in the Git settings page of the Settings dialog box is cleared.
If you want RubyMine to apply the update procedure silently the next time push is rejected using the update method you choose in this dialog, select the Remember the update method choice and silently update in the future option.
Note that if you haven't selected an update procedure from the Push Rejected dialog before, and you select the Auto-update if push of the current branch was rejected check box in the Git settings page of the Settings dialog, RubyMine will synchronize the local branch silently using git-merge by default.


Lord of Terror (Active) Now also grants 5 Souls per enemy Hero hit.
Badges/Portraits, edit, player progression badges in the Profile, Score Screen, and Quest Log will display the players current level up.
Additional functionality: When an enemy Hero has 3 stacks of Natures Toxin, this Healing increases to 28 per second.Unfair Advantage (Trait) Moved pink floyd the wall gifts from Level.Now the factions look to each other for blame.Return Warrior Diablo Abilities Shadow Charge (Q) Range increased from 7.5.Mana cost reduced from 40.
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The Butcher: Fixed an issue in which.I.Mercenaries Infernal Shrines The Khazra at the southernmost Mercenary Camp on Infernal Shrines now move into lane once they are captured, rather than path around the lane to attack opposing structures directly.Dividing Wisp (E) Removed.Blossom Swell (Q) Moved from Level.Hammer will no longer become stuck in a Vent behind the opposing bottom-lane Fort on Battlefield of Eternity.Abolish Magic (Active) Moved from Level.Return to Top Heroes Return to Top Assassin Lunara Abilities Natures Toxin (Trait) Damage reduced from 34.New functionality: Diablo gains 1 Soul and Heals for.5 of his maximum Health for every Basic Attack against an enemy Hero.Collection: Fenix now correctly appears when using the terms Protoss and Dragoon to filter the Hero roster.Level 15: the hero's master portrait in the Collection.
Read on for details, as well as more info about gameplay updates for Lunara and Diablo.
Loot Chests The Loot Chest carousel on the Loot screen now automatically switches to a Loot Chest type the player already owns, rather than always defaulting to Rare Loot Chests.
Talents Level 1 New Talent: Feast on Fear (Passive) Stunning an enemy Hero with Shadow Charge or Overpower Heals Diablo for 15 of his maximum Health over 4 seconds.
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Pet Wants, the Cincinnati-based high-quality pet food and supplies franchise, is pleased to announce that the company has hit a major milestone – reaching 100 franchise locations. The 100 franchise units – 25 with retail stores and 75 with mobile operations – all offer free delivery, making the company uniquely positioned to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Less than 20 percent of franchise brands reach the 100-location milestone and Pet Wants has been able to do it in just five years. That success was achieved not only because of the company's great story and fantastic products, but also because of our franchisees' passion for what they do and the help of our investors and strategic partners at Franchise Funding Group as well as the synergy and shared resources that come from the affiliated franchise brands in the Strategic Franchising portfolio. Having the support and guidance of those teams has made a huge difference in our ability to scale quickly, nationally, and without sacrificing quality," Pet Wants President Scott Hoots said.
Pet Wants originally launched in Cincinnati in 2010. Founded by Michele Hobbs, the business was built to provide small batch, slow-cooked, fresh, high-quality pet food delivered to customers through a retail store and a convenient home-delivery service. Hobbs partnered with Franchise Funding Group in early 2015 and the newly formed Pet Wants Franchise System, LLC began offering franchises in April 2015. The first franchise was in the late summer of 2015. The 100 franchise units – 25 with retail stores and 75 with mobile operations – all offer free delivery, making the company uniquely positioned to thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Manketti oil is derived from manketti nuts which grow on mongongo trees in northern Namibia. Manketti oil is said to be packed with vitamin E, along with other nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, protein, zinc, and copper, and is high in polyunsaturated fatty acids, which acts as a barrier to help seal moisture in the hair for much longer. The Charlotte Mensah Haircare product range is also free from nasty chemicals such as SLS, parabens, and silicones.
The Haircare range is beautifully packaged in a striking black and white colour scheme with copper accents and the graphic shapes referencing the Charlotte Mensah branding.
A multi-award-winning hair stylist specialising in Afro and natural hair Charlotte has been crowned British Afro Hairdresser of the Year two years running and has also won the BBSensationnel Afro Hairstylist of the Year award twice. She opened her salon, The Hair Lounge on London's trendy Portobello Road in 2003. A philanthropist Charlotte also founded the Charlotte Mensah Academy holding workshops training and passing on her skills to young single mothers in Ghana where she grew up.


NEW YORK –- The famed celebrity magazine People announced Sunday morning that editors had been ready to name Vladimir Putin the "Sexiest Man Alive" thanks to his overwhelming victory in an online reader poll until one technician noticed that nearly 100 percent of his votes came from a single Russian IP address based in the Kremlin.
Russian leaders deny attempting to rig the contest, though Kremlin press officers apparently sent People's New York office more than 425 photos featuring the leader posing without a shirt last week, along with a personal note from the Russian leader that reads: "Thank you for this honor in advance. I love American elections."
Previous winners of the "Sexiest Man Alive" title include Hugh Jackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, and Peter Dinklage.
With the revelation of voter fraud, People has awarded the title of "Sexiest Man Alive" to runner-up Joe Biden, who says he is "humbled" by so many women over 50 "care enough to vote."


At ACC, we work closely with our clients to identify the next wave of growth, and explore the best approaches to create sustainable change within the organisation, through innovation. We help clients map out the current innovation capacity within their organisations. Coming from a fresh perspective and armed with research and experience, we can help organizations identify and leverage on their strengths to innovate. We assist clients in determining gaps in their innovation strategy or weak points within their organizations, while building their capacity to innovate.
What is the best approach for innovation in our organization?
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Q: How to access class variables in the constructor? (node.js OOP) Is there some way to access a class variable in the constructor?
var Parent = function() {
  console.log(Parent.name);
};
Parent.name = 'parent';

var Child = function() {
  Parent.apply(this, arguments);
}
require('util').inherits(Child, Parent);
Child.name = 'child';

i.e Parent's constructor should log "parent" and child's Constructor should log "child" based one some class variable in each class.
The above code doesn't work as I expect.

A: Here it is in vanilla js:
var Parent = function() {
  console.log(this.name);
};
Parent.prototype.name = 'parent';

var Child = function() {
  Parent.apply(this, arguments);
}

Child.prototype = new Parent();
Child.prototype.constructor = Child;
Child.prototype.name = 'child';

var parent = new Parent();
var child = new Child();

utils.inherits just simplifies the
Child.prototype = new Parent();
Child.prototype.constructor = Child;

into
util.inherits(Child, Parent);


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To promote financial policies which will reduce taxation, eliminate debt, and make possible material security for all with greater leisure time for cultural activities.
To oppose all forms of monopoly, either described as public or private.To encourage all electors always to record a responsible vote in all elections.
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The online blogosphere provides teachers with the opportunity to reflect online and use one another to bounce-back dialogue. This reciprocal-feedback is an integral component that defines us as teachers within the profession. I would never have thought such an opportunity existed when I first started out in the classroom in 1993!
In this blog, I present the process of creativity and how this may be applied to suit any given context. I also represent a student and teacher who has practicsed formal and informal creativity through education over the past 20+ years.
It appears that Rachel Jones (@rlj1981) tends to get my blog-mojo working and this is a second re-buff (bounce-back) to her blog. This time, on Creativity and risk taking in education and the predecessor-blog, back in July 2013 when Rachel called for more 'bloggers' to 'stop pontificating about pedagogy' and admit to our failings. It was a unique experience to write online and reply publicly to another colleague. She asked bloggers to; 'Show me the money' and I bounced-back to express how and where I have failed throughout my teaching career!
Here I offer another approach to both David's and Rachel's blogposts and provide you with my own academic journey and interpretation of 'creativity'.
When I first started my career in Design Technology as an eleven year old in 1985, the initial (linear) design process was first taught to me in all its mundane beauty! Design and Technology evolved into the school curriculum from the mid 1960s. By the 1980s it had become mainstream for the British government to fund research, exploring what learners could do when challenged with design and technology (creative) tasks.
We may even still find this process in some Technology departments (sadly) today!
The creative process is much more fluid and intertwined than just a linear process. However, with any subject discipline, a knowledge-base is required. As teachers, we cannot assume that there is no structure or form to being 'creative', and that creativity depends on talent and inspiration alone. It doesn't.
After my degree, almost 15 years later to be exact, I set about increasing my own knowledge and skills even further. In 2004, I met the enigmatic Dr. Geoff Crook (ex-course director: MA Design Studies (now called Applied Imagination) at Central St. Martins) when setting out to complete my MA action research project on Semiotics and their use in the classroom.
"Whatever you know about design and the creative process, I want you to empty it all out of your head!
You can watch Crook talk about 'better futures' here.
The second is a useful strategy to apply when starting off on any research methodology, synopsis or design brief etc. It can be summarised beautifully into three simple questions that I still use to this very day in everything that I do: What Why How? I have touched on this theory in my own classroom marking and student feedback here: I want to be a #SmartAss.
Without this knowledge (whether correct or not), I would not have the skill to apply this to the creative process in my work, my writing, my designing and so forth.
In the same book, an HMI: The design loop is presented. The books explains the process involved and compares this to the linear creative process above to the cyclical and even interactive (fluid) cyclical models. In all models, findings were based on the behaviours appropriate to designers at particular points.
Kimbell and Stables rejected the behaviours descriptions when tackling a creative task and instead, concentrated on the thinking and design-making processes (cognitive) involved. (Why and how). The book is worth a read.
In a Singapore study by Tan Oon Seng (2000), develops students to be 'adaptable in fast-changing environments' and offers a 'thinking programme pertaining to the development of creativity'. The methodology of the study was to determine the effects of the PBCL (Problem-based Creativity Learning) programme on 158 Engineering and Applied Science students' creativity. This CMI (Cognitive Modifiability Intervention) addresses four major clusters (lessons) of cognitive domains, namely, the Affective-Motivation Domain, the Systematic-Strategic Thinking cluster, the Analytical-Inferential Thinking cluster and the Divergent-Creative Thinking cluster.
Seng makes reference to the Problem-based Creativity Learning (PBCL) programme and the emphasis on cognitive and meta-cognitive learning as the "content" and discusses the psychological development of creativity. It is summed up fittingly in this diagram. Using this programme, produces significant gains in creativity abilities.
The conclusions of this study suggest that PCBL can develop students to be flexible and creative thinkers. On the one hand, it points to the modifiability of students' abilities in these areas; but on the other, it points to a possible intervention to bring about this development! Could we therefore assume, that to be creative, requires knowledge via cognitive and meta-cognitive learning? i.e. that thinking, analogy, imagery, empathy, flexibility, fluency, originality, refrain from premature closure and elaboration are important to developing abilities related to learning to learn and problem-solving.
So Rachel, I'm not sure if I add any value to your original debate, but I do hope at least I have provided you with an applied imagination on how I go about delivering creativity in my teaching. 'Creativity' in teaching and the creative process does need structure. As Thomas Edison said in 1932: "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." Hard work is required.
Researching Design Learning: Stables, Kimbell. This book attempts to answer: How does the active, concrete learning tradition enable cognitive and emotional growth? What influences bear upon the process; the teacher, the environment, the task, the learners themselves?


G20 leaders in Hamburg met against the background of high levels of uncertainty and dissatisfaction in their countries' populations. Labour market outcomes are one particular reason for this uncertainty and dissatisfaction: high and growing levels of inequality along several dimensions such as gender, income or ethical background, the unclear impact of digitalisation with ongoing automation and new skill demands, high youth unemployment in many countries, bad conditions for workers in global supply chains. These major global challenges were also mirrored in the manifold peaceful demonstrations on the streets of Hamburg in which protestors demanded a change in thinking about growth and globalisation. All this makes the G20 Summit's outcomes with regard to employment and labour market policies a central element for gauging the overall success (or failure) of the Summit. Did the G20 leaders adequately address these worries or did they continue with business-as-usual? Did they address the important questions of the future?
Studying the current and past G20 Leaders' Communiqués, one notices a change in how labour market issues are addressed. In the past, the major focus of the G20 was economic growth; growth creates jobs so growth was central. Of course, the G20 leaders committed to quality jobs, inclusive labour force participation, with safe working conditions and decent wages, but growth remained the primary goal. In the Hamburg Communiqué, "strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth" remains the highest priority, but it is clearly stated in the preamble that growth, driven strongly by globalisation and technological progress, has created labour market inequalities. Remarkably, G20 leaders agreed that economic growth is no longer regarded as the single avenue to prosperity and well-being. Rather, inclusiveness and equality seem to be regarded as motors of growth themselves: "We will promote greater inclusiveness, fairness and equality in our pursuit of economic growth and job creation"; a notable change from the past.
The agenda of the G20 Employment Working Group and the resulting Labour and Employment Ministerial (LEMM) Declaration provided the groundwork for the Leaders' Communiqué of Hamburg. The LEMM declaration also stresses right at the beginning the need to shape the processes of globalisation and technological change. I consider it to be a progressive declaration as it brings important new issues to the G20 table and provides an adequate response to older issues.
First, the LEMM declaration recognises important challenges arising from digitalisation, such as frequent occupational changes, employment polarization, labour market segmentation, gaps in social protection due to new, non-standard forms of work and the platform economy, and changing skill needs. The employment working group has long addressed the issue of quality apprenticeship and life-long learning as instruments to increase "employability" in the face of structural change. The Beijing declaration of labour and employment ministers indirectly mentions the labour market's challenges of digitalisation, but the 2017 declaration is the most comprehensive package yet to address these issues.
Second, the declaration addresses the need for labour market integration of migrants and refugees (and also notes that integration will aid growth). Notably, the language in which this issue is addressed is careful. For example, advantages of labour market access are "recognised", and benefits of improved employability are "acknowledged". Yet, it is the first time that the G20 delegations agreed on emphasising the situation of migrants and refugees.
Third, the declaration marks substantial progress in addressing the challenges arising from global value chains. While global value chains have occasionally been mentioned in past G20 Communiqués and declarations, the 2017 declaration explicitly recognises the importance of global value chains for prosperity. Moreover, it makes clear that the G20 (including the business sector) have a joint responsibility to shape global value chains in the spirit of fairness, inclusiveness and dignity. G20 members are requested to develop national action plans to achieve decent work and responsible business conduct, include fundamental principles in trade agreements, and involve stakeholders in initiatives around sustainable global supply chains. Yet, the text does not include commitments but rather intentions. Monitoring the developments during the Argentinian presidency will be essential.
What made it into the Leaders' Communiqué? And where do we need to look closely?
The employment-creating potential of digitalization, and the challenges brought by it, are included in the Leaders' Communiqué. It recognises the need for life-long education, promises continuous exchange on national experiences and practices about managing the transition of the labour market. The German dual system of vocational education seems to have made an impression on G20 leaders as its core elements (school- and work-based learning, cooperation between social partners) are explicitly acknowledged in the Communiqué. The G20 leaders are right in addressing digitalisation, as it is likely to have a huge influence on the way we work. As labour markets are likely to become more globalised due to digitalisation, I also expect that the G20 will increasingly have to play a policy-coordinating role, rather than being just a body for exchange of experiences.
Labour market integration of refugees has also made it into the Leaders' Communiqué, even though no joint commitments have been made in this regard. The sovereignty of G20 nations with regard to their dealings with migrants and refugees is explicitly mentioned. A common understanding of how to treat the millions of migrants and refugees would have been a helpful step in a more coordinated response to this challenge and may have contributed to a better sharing of the burden. The Communiqué suggests that the G20 see this as the responsibility of the UN. While this is certainly right, the comparatively rich G20 nations could send very powerful messages; a missed opportunity.
Perhaps most importantly, the joint Communiqué recognises that "the benefits of international trade and investment have not been shared widely enough". Consequently, it also contains a clear commitment to achieve sustainable and inclusive global supply chains by "fostering the implementation of labour, social and environmental standards and human rights in line with internationally recognised frameworks". The leaders promise national action plans on business and human rights and underline the responsibility of businesses to exercise due diligence. Leaders also committed to take measures to eliminate child labour by 2025. Fair and decent wages and social dialogue are emphasised as key components of sustainable and inclusive global supply chains. These commitments will need to monitored closely since they are inherently difficult to implement, fuzzy in their measurement, and hence easy to defect on. Accountability of businesses for breach of these commitments would be an important element to make real progress in this area.
The G20 Hamburg Communiqué does indeed address the important challenges for our labour markets, including those of countries which were not present at the negotiation table. A closer look at the Communiqué shows that there were subtle changes towards a new thinking about economic growth and globalisation; they were regarded as a means to an end: serve societies and the people.
Dennis Görlich is Head of the Global Challenges Centre at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and Co-Chair of the T20 Task Force on the Digital Economy.


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Q: Beginner's issue with if statement I'm having trouble figuring out this if statement in this code:
import java.util.Scanner;

class TrafficSignal2 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        char approachingGreen;
        char safeToProceed;
        char officerDirectingNotToProceed;

        System.out.print("Are you approaching a green light? (Y/N) ");
        approachingGreen = keyboard.findWithinHorizon(".", 0).charAt(0);

        System.out.print("Is it safe to proceed? (Y/N) ");
        safeToProceed = keyboard.findWithinHorizon(".", 0).charAt(0);

        System.out.print("Is is a traffic officer directing you not to proceed? (Y/N) ");
        officerDirectingNotToProceed = keyboard.findWithinHorizon(".", 0).charAt(0);

        if ((approachingGreen == 'Y' || approachingGreen == 'y') &&
                (safeToProceed == 'Y' || safeToProceed == 'y') &&
                (officerDirectingNotToProceed != 'Y' && officerDirectingNotToProceed != 'y')) {
            System.out.println("Go");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Stop");
        }

        keyboard.close();
    }

}

source (https://users.drew.edu/bburd/BeginProg/tryitout/Chapter10.html#yesyes)
Why doesn't the code work when I use the || logical operator instead of the && in
(officerDirectingNotToProceed != 'Y' && officerDirectingNotToProceed != 'y')

When I use || it tells the user to 'Go' when it should say 'Stop' right?
What am I seeing wrong?
Thank you

A: (officerDirectingNotToProceed != 'Y' || officerDirectingNotToProceed != 'y')

is guaranteed to evaluate to true, no matter what character you store in officerDirectingNotToProceed. Every character is either not equal to Y or not equal to y.
You have an extra Not in your logic hidden in the variable name. I would change that to officerDirectingToStop and reverse the logic where you set that variable. That will simplify how you parse expressions involving that variable.

A: Based on the if statement

*

*(approachingGreen == 'Y' || approachingGreen == 'y') will return true if Y/y

*(safeToProceed == 'Y' || safeToProceed == 'y') will return true if Y/y

*(officerDirectingNotToProceed != 'Y' && officerDirectingNotToProceed != 'y') will return true if N/n but will return false if Y/y

So on the third statement I suggest you use || as this is an OR statement which tells that if there is one true then its true while && this is an AND statement which tells that if there is one false then it is false


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RPotM January 2017 - POLL NOW OPEN! Please VOTE!
Post subject: RPotM January 2017 - POLL NOW OPEN! Please VOTE!
Usual rules for the poll, It will run for 5 days with the winner announced after voting has closed, results will stay hidden until then. 1 Vote per member.
Post subject: Re: RPotM January 2017 - POLL NOW OPEN! Please VOTE!
Thanks for keeping this competition alive, even when the number of entries is low.
I almost entered the contest, until I realized that my favorite image from this winter was one in which I was riding, and someone else had taken the picture. I looked for rules in the Wiki, but didn't find any relevant to this situation.
I understand that it would be wrong to use someone else's image without permission, but with their blessing and credit given where due, could I enter a picture of me riding taken by someone else?
Your time and attention to this detail is appreciated.
Apologies for the late reply, as I have only just noticed your post.
Though I do notice it was posted after the entries had closed and with this being the poll, it automatically means the entries have been closed for this month.
A general rule is that it is fine if someone else had taken the picture, especially if the picture is of yourself or of your bike. As clearly you have some usage rights. If it was just a picture of say, winter, without you in it, then that would really be someone else's picture , that you happened to like.
As a rule though if it is someone else's picture then permission should always be sought to use it, as this is an open public webspace.
Many Congratulations to Stevelawson on taking out this months RPotM competition for January!
Thanks to all for entering, voting and generally supporting the competition.


Superficies is "a right to build upon another's land or in essence to register a house separate from the relevant land therefore permitting the building of a structure or a plantation".
Similar to a Usufruct, if a right of superficies is intended, it must be noted that once granted, the "superficiary", or the one who benefits from the right of superficies, must keep the land intact and remain in good condition.
Once the right of superficies has expired, the land must be returned in the same condition as it was before the right was granted.
Upon expiration of the Superficies, if the the owner of the land wishes to buy the building at a market price the superficiary has to sell it.
The right of superficies may be granted for the lifetime of either party or for a period of up to 30 years and during that period any taxes on the land must be paid by the superficiary. The right does not extinguish even if there is complete destruction of the building or structure.
Section 1410 of the Civil and Commercial code allows foreigners a right to register a right of superficies under if granted pursuant to an agreement between the parties.
Generally, there is no fee for registration at the Land Department; however, there needs to be a mere consideration that has a monetary value of not more than 1,000 baht. However, this may vary between parties as well as Land Departments.
The right of superficies can be terminated at any time so long as there is no particular fixed registration period upon reasonable notice by either party. However, if rent is to be paid for the superficies, at least one year notice must be given by either party to terminate or one year rent is to be paid.
Superficies may be transferred to a third party as well as through inheritance. However, it must be noted that any destruction or damage to the land will become the responsibility of the third party. In that case, they and can directly sue the initial superficiary for the damage of the property.
If the superficies is inherited, the same conditions shall apply to the heir of superficies.
Superficies in Thailand are not as commonly used as much if compared to leases. Although the registrations of superficies in Thailand are not against the law, the land department will view the circumstances and it is upon their discretion whether the right of a superficies is granted or not.


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EIF: Chineke! Orchestra
Posted on 18th August 2021 by VoxCarnyx
Old College Quad & Edinburgh Academy Junior School
Scheduled to appear at the Queen's Hall during last year's cancelled Festival, the chamber group drawn from the Chineke! Orchestra brought a shorter programme to the Old College Quad, and it did Ralph Vaughan Williams few favours. He disowned his early Piano Quintet in C minor and it is undoubtedly less played now than the Nonet by a teenage Samuel Coleridge-Taylor of a decade earlier, which has been championed by Chineke! and recently played by members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and pianist Tom Poster's Kaleidoscope Collective.
Even without some poor balance in the sound mix for the quintet, it would have suffered from the comparison, the nonet having better tunes, and more sparkling rhythms. It was also clear that a few of those on the stage have a real passion for the piece, with some great playing from the winds, which included Sasha Rattle, son of conductor Sir Simon, on clarinet.
The 2021 Festival programme also brought a visit by the Chineke! Orchestra itself, although it was a very small version of it, with only double the number of players seen in the ensemble. The concert it played, under conductor William Eddins, who has a longer association with EIF, was still something of an occasion. Both works were premieres – one brand new and the other, I think, for Scotland and by Scot Judith Weir – and the composers were in the audience to acknowledge the applause.
Ayanna Witter-Johnson's Blush, commissioned by Chineke! to accompany Weir's woman.life.song, might almost have been marking the recent 50th anniversary of the score to the film Shaft. There were not only hints of movie score about it, but also the flavour of orchestration of the early 1970s jazz orchestras who played them. The composer made full use of a three-piece Latin rhythm section and the ensemble's flautist had most of the lead lines.
The group expanded only slightly for the song-cycle Jessye Norman commissioned from Weir and writers Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Clarissa Pinkola Estes. It is not unfair to acknowledge that mezzo Andrea Baker does not have the magisterial presence of Norman, and the shifts of tone and style over the sequence make considerable demands.
Angelou's thoughts On Youth and On Maturity frame the work and the finest poetry comes in the middle, from Toni Morrison, and is set to the most distinctive of Weir's music. Pinkola Estes supplies the early light relief with Breasts!, the words of an "innocent wild-child" anxious to grow, set to something akin to a show-tune, with jazzy acoustic guitar, and then the later devotional texts on motherhood, its vexations rather than consolations, and the pain of losing the one who brought you into the world.
There are no passengers onstage with Weir's score, which constantly surprises, and Baker has a lot of power at her disposal even if her singing sometimes lacked the nuance the work demands. The slightly random points at which the audience chose to clap also suggested the overall shape of the work was less apparent than it might have been. For all that, I'd still be keen to hear it again.
Keith Bruce
tagged with Chineke! Orchestra, Edinburgh International Festival, EIF


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The 1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup was the sixth edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 19 October 1976 to 5 April 1977. It was contested by 27 teams, three less than in the previous edition.

Jugoplastika defeated another one Italian club, Alco Bologna, and became the second back-to-back champion in this competition, after a single final that was held at Palasport della Fiera in Genova, Italy, on 5 April 1977. Alleging lack of sport and economic interest, the Spanish teams (FC Barcelona and Estudiantes Monteverde) eligible to participate in FIBA Korać Cup this season.

Season teams

First round

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Second round

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Automatically qualified to round of 12
 Jugoplastika (title holder)
 Dynamo Moscow

Round of 12

Semi finals

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Final
April 5, Palasport della Fiera, Genoa

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References
Linguasport 1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup
1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup

1976–77
1976–77 in European basketball


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Tags allow information such as the title, artist, album, track number, and other information about the track to be stored in the file itself.
Several options have been made available when editing your mp3, m4a or flac tags.
Note the options at the bottom of the right screen. By selecting tick boxes, you can copy one or more tags to either other tracks on the album or to the tracks selected, as illustrated on on the left.
The options "Update Album Tracks" and "Update Selected Tracks" are mutually exclusive.
when you need to correct one or more pieces of information. For instance, when BPM is added for the track. Make the necessary changes and simply click Save.
If you want to correct one or more tags for an album, simply select one track, correct the text, select the checkbox and "Update Album Tracks" checkbox, then Save. For instance, the year was incorrect.
If the tags of your tracks are incomplete and android has been unable to determine which tracks belong to which album, manually select all the tracks from the album , update the necessary tags, tick the appropriate checkboxes and select the "Update Selected Tracks" checkbox, then Save.
To change the albumart for the tracks, click the picture. You will be presented with pictures found on your device. Select the desired picture by clicking it. The screen will close and the new image has been written to the track. Copying this image to other tracks is the same as for the other fields.
edited Albumart will be written to the Albumart tag of the track itself. Afterwards you will not require any albumart in the music folders.
As New Playlist Manager currently displays albumart (pictures obtained by android media scanning), any changes to the track albumart will not be reflected in the display.
You can check that the new albumart was written to the track by playing the track (using the app).
You may see changes over time when android rescans its albumart cache and recognises the new picture.
Changes to the other tags are written to the track but may not be reflected immediately in the display as android will need to rescan your media to update its media database.
At the moment only mp3 tags can be edited if the tracks are located on the external sdcard. You will still be able to edit formats other than mp3 when located on the internal sdcard..


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N. Korea Canceled Secret Pence Meeting at Last Minute
Pence's office says meeting was 'dangled'
By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff
Posted Feb 21, 2018 2:25 AM CST
In this Feb. 9, 2018 fphoto, Kim Yo Jong, top right, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, sits alongside North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam, and behind Mike Pence as she watches the... (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
(Newser) – Vice President Mike Pence had planned to hold a secret meeting with North Korean officials while he was in Pyeongchang for the Winter Olympics, but the North Koreans backed out at the last minute, according to the White House. "North Korea dangled a meeting in hopes of the vice president softening his message, which would have ceded the world stage for their propaganda during the Olympics," Nick Ayers, Pence's chief of staff, said a statement Tuesday, per CNN. The Feb. 10 meeting, which would have been the first meeting between high-level Trump administration officials and their counterparts from Pyongyang, would have involved Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, among others, the Guardian reports.
After arriving in South Korea, Pence said he wouldn't allow propaganda from the most "tyrannical and oppressive regime on the planet" to "hijack" the Games. "As we've said from Day One about the trip: This administration will stand in the way of Kim's desire to whitewash their murderous regime with nice photo ops at the Olympics," Ayers said Tuesday. Pence's office says that when they canceled the meeting, the North Koreans complained about new US sanctions and Pence's meetings with North Korean defectors. Sources tell the Washington Post that the Trump administration accepted an invitation from North Korea weeks in advance, but the details weren't finalized until Feb. 5. The sources say Pence had been instructed to repeat the administration's tough stance during the meeting instead of trying to open negotiations. (Read more Mike Pence stories.)
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mongoink
NK found Pence too much of a POS to have a meeting with
Pachydermman
So there is another Game other than the Olympics. The N.K .Political games
Aka Mogg
Vice President Pence is absolutely correct, no detent nor concessions should be given to the North Koreans so long as they persist in mongering war. There is no, none, zero credible evidence to suggest that the United States has designs on invading North Korea let alone a history since 1954 that the U.S. seeks any military conflict with the NoKo's. The escalation to nuclear threat is the desperate and thoughtless extremism of the Kim regime in response to economic sanctions that forcefully express the displeasure of the Free World against the abuse and subjugation in political slavery that Kim has visited on the Korean people.