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ArcelorMittal set to close Rs 42,000-cr Essar Steel deal next week
By Ishita Ayan Dutt & Namrata Acharya | Kolkata/Hyderabad | Last Updated at December 14 2019 02:59 IST
The closing of the transaction will bring to an end the more than 800-day-long corporate insolvency resolution process
ArcelorMittal is set to close its Rs 42,000-crore transaction with the Essar Steel lenders next week. For the world's largest steel maker, the timeline of one month for the full payment ends on Monday. Lenders as well as other sources close to the development said the payment could be made by that day.
The funds are in a State Bank of India (SBI) account and will be distributed to financial creditors and operational creditors on Monday, a lender said.
ArcelorMittal didn't comment on the matter. Last month, in a statement, the company had said it hoped to close the transaction by the end of the year. "Monday would be one month from the Supreme Court order," pointed out one of the lenders.
According to the request for proposal (RFP) document for Essar Steel, the payment would have to be made within 30 days of order of approval, or else interest would be charged on the resolution amount at the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR).
On December 15, the Supreme Court set aside a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that had put different classes of creditors — financial and operational — on a par. The apex court ruling paved the way for ArcelorMittal to implement the resolution plan.
On Wednesday, the last of the impediments was cleared by the government as it approved a new set of amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). Primary among them was ring-fencing the corporate debtor from criminal proceedings against offences committed by previous management or promoters. The Mittals had sought indemnity of Essar Steel from the past criminal liabilities.
Essar Steel will be jointly owned and operated by ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel), Japan's largest steel producer and the third largest steel producer in the world, in line with the joint formation agreement signed by the two companies.
According to the agreement, Arcelor will hold 60 per cent in the venture; the rest will be with Nippon Steel. Both companies will have equal representation and voting rights on its board of directors.
The closing of the transaction will bring to an end the more than 800-day-long corporate insolvency resolution process. Essar was admitted to the National Company Law Tribunal on August 2, 2017.
It was one of the 12 NPAs mandated by the Reserve Bank for resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Essar owes its lenders around Rs 49,000 crore.
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It's been said that more people will die if Michigan imposes work-related requirements on hundreds of thousands of residents receiving health benefits under the state's Medicaid expansion. So today, Detroit and Flint residents gave Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Schuette, a supporter of such requirements, an idea of what that might look like.
More than 100 low-income voters from those cities took to the steps of the attorney general's Detroit office this afternoon for a "die-in." The protest was held with Schuette up at the Mackinac Policy Conference, where he was presumably talking about tax cuts and taking away people's health care.
Schuette has said he supports a bill to make most Medicaid recipients under the age of 64 document at least 29 hours a week of work, job training, or schooling. The measure — which has been criticized in part because it would disproportionately affect people of color in urban areas — has passed the Republican-led Senate and is currently in committee in the House.
"Michigan has a responsibility to reevaluate and ensure that taxpayer-funded programs are not only efficient, but that they are ensuring the best outcomes," Schuette said in a statement emailed to Bridge Magazine last month. "Welfare programs must always be judged on their ability to give a hand up to citizens in need of help, and by their ability to identify and eliminate hurdles to helping able-bodied citizens find a place in our workforce. This is especially vital at a time in which Michigan has thousands of unfilled jobs, combined with a shrinking workforce that is limiting our growth and ability to compete with the fastest-growing states."
It's worth noting that nearly half of the state's Medicaid recipients already work. How urgently the state needs to fill jobs also isn't quite clear, as Michigan's unemployment rate has been falling steadily and currently hovers just above the national average of 4 percent.
This isn't Schuette's first apparent effort to leave more people vulnerable to illness and even death for possibly political motives — as attorney general, he spent your tax money on an unsuccessful lawsuit that aimed to block the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
In supporting the Medicaid work requirements bill, Schuette is essentially advocating for giving back money to the federal government to make things harder on state residents in need in the hopes that they'll lift themselves up by the bootstraps. Bill sponsor Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake), who was ironically a key supporter of the 2013 effort to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, reportedly testified in a House committee early this month that he supported Healthy Michigan because he didn't want to leave millions of dollars that taxpayers are sending to Washington on the table.


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Williams Theater Department to Stage "The Game's Afoot"
The Williams Baptist College theater program will open the 2013-2014 season with the play "The Game's Afoot" by Ken Ludwig. The production is set for Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2, at WBC
The production is based on the life of William Gillette, who wrote and starred in a play about Sherlock Holmes.
In "The Game's Afoot," Gillette invites his fellow actors to his Connecticut home to celebrate Christmas, but when one of the guests is stabbed, Gillette assumes his stage persona of Holmes to track down the killer.
Mike Dixon, a sophomore from Paragould, plays Gillete. "It has been great to be involved with the play," said Dixon, who is acting in his first theatrical production at WBC.
"This has been a fun piece," said Melinda Williams, director of the play. "There's a lot of physical humor and a lot of action."
Other cast members include sophomore Nicholas Scarborough of Batesville, senior Brandt McDonald of Concord, freshman Jean Rose of Pocahontas, junior Hannah Morgan of Smithville, senior Callison Hopkins of Southhaven, Miss., sophomore Becca Cato of Jonesboro and freshman Erika Campbell of Greenwood.
Admission is $1 for students and senior citizens and $3 for general admission.
The play will begin at 7:30 p.m. each night in the OldChapel on the Williams campus.

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Atif Aslam is set to make his television debut (Reviewpk)
Singer turned actor Atif Aslam, who will be seen tomorrow in a much-anticipated drama 'Sang-e-Mah' has been drawing attention for his debut drama.
His drama Sang-Mah's teasers are making rounds on social media as the drama is all set to release on Saturday in cinemas and on the TV channel from next week.
However, the singer-turned-actor received mixed reactions over his role in the drama. A few of the fans hilariously posted Akshay Kumar's famous dialogue, 'Bhaisab ye kis line mein agaye aap'.
Many raised concerns that acting is the job of an actor and Atif should only focus on singing. Another one wrote that expressions and voice didn't give that impact.
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A few of them posted love emojis under his clip and expressed that they are eagerly waiting for his drama. However, there were many people who advised the singer to stick to singing instead of acting.
Read more: Atif Aslam leaves concert after male audience harass women
Atif Aslam is set to make his television debut. He also made his acting debut in 2011 with Shoaib Mansoor's movie Bol. The film featured Mahira Khan and Humaima Malick in the lead.
Atif became an overnight success in India after his song Woh Lamhe was included in the 2005 film Zeher. He continued his streak of successful songs with chartbusters such as Tere Liye and Mein Rang Sharbaton Ka.
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By Lauren Shopp
Vlingo Named a 2008 FireStarter
A group of strategic innvestment members at the Strategic News Services (SNS) selected speech recognition company vlingo as one of 10 FiReStarter companies for 2008, an award given to companies whose technology will make a positive impact upon users' everyday lives.
vlingo was named to the list, which typically has included companies in areas like nanotechnology, space travel, biology, and medical diagnostics, for its potential impact within the speech-powered mobile search space. The recognition follows a month of other successes for the company from Cambridge, Mass.
Though vlingo CEO Dave Grannan still refers to his company as a "little start-up," the company announced this month that Yahoo! launched vlingo speech recognition as part of its OneSearch mobile Web browsing service. In addition, vlingo recently garnered $20 million in series B funding that was led by Yahoo. Running on IBM's speech recognition technology, Grannan explains that vlingo is the first and only unconstrained speech recognition technology for mobile phones.
In regard to the FiReStarter award, Grannan believes vlingo was chosen because of its ability to simplify and make more accessible the increasing need for solutions used within mobile Web search and other applications.
"Our big goal will be to voice-enable every mobile application in the world," Grannan states. "There are more phones in the world than there are PCs, and in emerging markets, people will have their first and maybe only Internet experience over the mobile phone."
Focusing on issues of discoverability (more easily accessing complex information on mobile phones using utterances), and usability (not requiring users to learn selected commands or specific grammars to perform searches or tasks), vlingo's Adaptive Hierarchical Language model makes it possible for users to perform tasks on an open interface that is unconstrained to particular applications. Looking ahead, Grannan says the company is working on development for both the iPhone SDK and Google's Android phone.
"We are developers both on the Android and iPhone platforms," Grannan says. "We haven't launched any products. We're pretty agnostic on that level; we want to work on all mobile devices, and we absolutely will be launching our products on iPhone and Android."


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Ronald Arthur Biggs, mer känd som Ronnie Biggs, född 8 augusti 1929 i Lambeth i London, död 18 december 2013 i Barnet i London, var en känd brittisk brottsling.

Han deltog i det Stora tågrånet 1963 då han och hans medbrottslingar kom över uppskattningsvis 2,6 miljoner brittiska pund. Han greps och dömdes till fängelse för sin inblandning men lyckades rymma 1965. Han levde sedan dess utomlands i bland annat Panama, Frankrike och Australien och sedan början av 1970-talet i Brasilien. Han tros ha besökt Storbritannien i hemlighet flera gånger. Under sin tid i Brasilien var han ganska känd. Turister betalade för att få ta en öl med honom och köpte t-shirts med hans autograf på. Han skrev en bok och spelade in en låt tillsammans med bandet Sex Pistols, som heter "No one is innocent".

2001 valde Biggs att officiellt återvända till Storbritannien på grund av dålig hälsa. Han hade drabbats av flera slaganfall under sin tid i Brasilien. Han fängslades vid sin återkomst. Han avtjänade sitt straff på HM Prison Belmarsh, i Thamesmead i London Borough of Greenwich, sydost om London. Belmarsh är en säkerhetsanstalt avsedd för de farligaste och mest rymningsbenägna internerna. 2009 beslutades att Biggs skulle släppas fri.

Biggs avled 2013 vid 84 års ålder.

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A Lisfranc injury, also known as Lisfranc fracture, is an injury of the foot in which one or more of the metatarsal bones are displaced from the tarsus.

The injury is named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin, a French surgeon and gynecologist who noticed this fracture pattern amongst cavalrymen in 1815, after the War of the Sixth Coalition.

Causes

The midfoot consists of five bones that form the arches of the foot (the cuboid, navicular, and three cuneiform bones) and their articulations with the bases of the five metatarsal bones. It is these articulations that are damaged in a Lisfranc injury. Such injuries typically involve the ligaments between the medial cuneiform bone and the bases of the second and third metatarsal bones, and each of these ligaments is called Lisfranc ligament.

Lisfranc injuries are caused when excessive kinetic energy is applied either directly or indirectly to the midfoot and are often seen in  traffic collisions or industrial accidents.

Direct Lisfranc injuries are usually caused by a crush injury, such as a heavy object falling onto the midfoot, or the foot being run over by a car or truck, or someone landing on the foot after a fall from a significant height. Indirect Lisfranc injuries are caused by a sudden rotational force on a plantar flexed (downward pointing) forefoot. Examples of this type of trauma include a rider falling from a horse but the foot remaining trapped in the stirrup, or a person falling forward after stepping into a storm drain.

In athletic trauma, Lisfranc injuries occur commonly in activities such as windsurfing, kitesurfing, wakeboarding, or snowboarding (where appliance bindings pass directly over the metatarsals). American football players occasionally acquire this injury, and it most often occurs when the athlete's foot is plantar flexed and another player lands on the heel. This can also be seen in pivoting athletic positions such as a baseball catcher or a ballerina spinning.

Diagnosis

In a high energy injury to the midfoot, such as a fall from a height or a motor vehicle accident, the diagnosis of a Lisfranc injury should, in theory at least, pose less of a challenge. There will be deformity of the midfoot and X-ray abnormalities should be obvious.  Further, the nature of the injury will create heightened clinical suspicion and there may even be disruption of the overlying skin and compromise of the blood supply.  Typical X-ray findings would include a gap between the base of the first and second toes. The diagnosis becomes more challenging in the case of low energy incidents, such as might occur with a twisting injury on the racquetball court, or when an American Football lineman is forced back upon a foot that is already in a fully plantar flexed position.  Then, there may only be complaint of inability to bear weight and some mild swelling of the forefoot or midfoot.  Bruising of the arch has been described as diagnostic in these circumstances but may well be absent.   Typically, conventional radiography of the foot is utilized with standard non-weight bearing views, supplemented by weight bearing views which may demonstrate widening of the interval between the first and second toes, if the initial views fail to show abnormality.  Unfortunately, radiographs in such circumstances have a sensitivity of 50% when non-weight bearing and 85% when weight bearing, meaning that they will appear normal in 15% of cases where a Lisfranc injury actually exists. In the case of apparently normal x-rays, if clinical suspicion remains, advanced imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT scan) is a logical next step.

Classification
There are three classifications for the fracture:
 Homolateral: All five metatarsals are displaced in the same direction.  Lateral displacement may also suggest cuboidal fracture.
 Isolated: one or two metatarsals are displaced from the others.
 Divergent: metatarsals are displaced in a sagittal or coronal plane and may also involve the intercuneiform area and include a navicular fracture.

Treatment
Options include operative or non-operative treatment. One study claims that in athletes, and if the dislocation is less than 2 mm, the fracture can be managed with casting for six weeks. The person's injured limb cannot bear weight during this period. In the majority of cases  and stable fixation is indicated. A 2005 study suggests that closed reduction and Kirschner wire (K-wire) stabilisation or open reduction and stabilisation - generally using screws to avoid the complication of K-wires and maintain a stable reduction - are the treatments of choice.

According to a 1997 study, for severe Lisfranc injuries, open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) and temporary screw or Kirschner wire fixation is the treatment of choice. The foot cannot be allowed to bear weight for a minimum of six weeks.  Partial weight-bearing may then begin, with full weight bearing after an additional several weeks, depending on the specific injury.  K-wires are typically removed after six weeks, before weight bearing, while screws are often removed after 12 weeks.

When a Lisfranc injury is characterized by significant displacement of the tarsometatarsal joint(s), nonoperative treatment often leads to severe loss of function and long-term disability secondary to chronic pain and sometimes to a planovalgus deformity.  In cases with severe pain, loss of function, or progressive deformity that has failed to respond to nonoperative treatment, mid-tarsal and tarsometatarsal arthrodesis (operative fusion of the bones) may be indicated.

History
During the Napoleonic Wars, Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin encountered a soldier who had developed vascular compromise and secondary gangrene of the foot after a fall from a horse. Subsequently, Lisfranc performed an amputation at the level of the tarsometatarsal joints, and that area of the foot has since been referred to as the namesake "Lisfranc joint". Although Lisfranc did not describe a specific mechanism of injury or classification scheme, a Lisfranc injury has come to mean a dislocation or fracture-dislocation injury at the tarsometatarsal joints.

See also
 Bosworth fracture
 Chopart's fracture-dislocation
 Jones fracture
 List of eponymous fractures
 March fracture

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Injuries of ankle and foot


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MNCs targeting Indian food processing; packaging next on the horizon
By RJ Whitehead
28-Jan-2014 - Last updated on 28-Jan-2014 at 08:24 GMT
Related tags: Food processing, Food, Investment, Food industry
Following the news that multinational food processing companies invested over US$2bn in India operations between April and October last year, a senior government official has heralded food packaging as the latest segment to be ripe for development.
The investment by foreign companies in food processing represents the highest such figure in over a decade and accounted for around 17% of overall foreign direct investment in the country over that six-month period.
During the last year, Hindustan Unilever, PepsiCo, Cadbury and Nestlé have all announced substantial investments in the country.
PepsiCo said it would invest US5.5bn in India by 2020, while Cadbury has revealed plans to spend almost US$160m on the first phase of the company's largest manufacturing plant in the Asia-Pacific region, to be located in Andhra Pradesh.
Poised for take-off
"India is poised for a big take-off in the food processing sector," said JP Meena, joint secretary in the ministry of food processing industries, as he launched a ministry website aimed at foreign investors to provide information on locating joint-venture partners and the regulatory approvals process.
Meanwhile, the packaging industry is expected to rev up from its current lowly position, according to K Chandramouli, of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
"Packaging plays a very important part in the food processing industry, a dominant segment of India's food industry, with a 32% share," he said.
However, while India has abundant food supply, the processed food industry is still in its early stages, with only 2% of fruits and vegetables and 15% of milk being processed.
The value addition of packaging to food production in India is only 7%, compared to 23% in China, 45% in the Philippines and 188% in UK.
Moreover, the unorganised packaging segment still accounts for three-quarters of the industry as a whole, with few large and medium-sized industries in the organised sector.
Government support
In a bid to realise India's potential, the government has set an investment target of U$25.07 billion by 2015. This, it hopes, will almost double India's share in the global food business from 1.6% to 3%, and increase the processing of perishable food from 6% to 20 percent, with value additions from 20 percent to 35 percent.
"Packaging will play a major role, as the food processing Industry, which has been growing at 7%, is likely to register a growth rate of over 10% in the near future," said C Saha, director of the Indian Institute of Packaging.
"[This is] on the back of a set-up in investments and increase in consumer demand. Other industries such as FMCG and pharma will also benefit from developments in packaging technology."
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Looking for the best phone in January 2018? Then you have a difficult task at hand, as the competition in this price range is steadily growing in Nigeria and now you are getting many great quality smartphones with excellent features for every type of users at this price. Every phone has some pros and cons or a specialty for certain type of users, finding the best smartphone in Nigeria according to your needs is a tough job. So, to help you out in buying your next smartphone, we have written the list of 10 Best Phones in Nigeria.
This list includes the rankings of the best mobiles in Nigeria. The list includes short reviews for all the phones and suggests readers, which phone will be suitable for which types of buyers/requirements. We also suggest the alternatives at the same price and also recommend our readers to increase their budget a little if better deals are available at little higher prices. We update this list every month and it is serving as the perfect solution for buyers in Nigeria to understand what all options they have got and what will be the best choice for them.
So relax! Choosing the best mobile under 20000 Rs. will be very easy for you now. If you still have any question, feel free to ask it in the comments section at the end.
The Tecno Phantom 8 has a screen display of 5.7 inch FHD and dual back cameras (13MP + 12MP) add new elements to your photo gallery and 20MP Selfie shooter ensures you always look picture-perfect even at night. Tecno Phantom 8 has a powerful design backed by architecture that delivers optimum performance, making life easier and smarter, the Tecno Phantom 8 smartphone looks, feels and works better than its predecessors.
Infinix Zero 5 smartphone was launched in November 2017. The phone comes with a 5.98-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels. Infinix Zero 5 price in Nigeria starts from N 100,999.
The Infinix Zero 5 is powered by 2.6GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P25 processor and it comes with 6GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Infinix Zero 5 packs a 12-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 16-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Infinix Zero 5 runs Android 7.0 and is powered by a 4350mAh non removable battery.
The Infinix Zero 5 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Micro-SIM and Micro-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, FM, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in Nigeria). Sensors on the phone include Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
Nokia 8 smartphone was launched in August 2017. The phone comes with a 5.30-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1440 pixels by 2560 pixels at a PPI of 554 pixels per inch. Nokia 8 price in Nigeria starts from N 132,000.
The Nokia 8 runs Android 7.1.1 and is powered by a 3090mAh non removable battery. It measures 151.50 x 73.70 x 7.90 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 160.00 grams.
The Nokia 8 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, USB OTG, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in Nigeria). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope and Barometer.
Google Pixel 2 smartphone was launched in November 2017. The phone comes with a 5.00-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels. Google Pixel 2 price in Nigeria starts from N129,999.
The Google Pixel 2 is powered by 1.9GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that cannot be expanded. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Google Pixel 2 packs a 12.2-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 8-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Google Pixel 2 is a single SIM (GSM) smartphone that accepts a Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, USB OTG, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in Nigeria). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope and Barometer.
5.0 inches AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
Android 8.0, Gorilla 5 protection glass.
Motorola Moto Z smartphone was launched in June 2016. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1440 pixels by 2560 pixels at a PPI of 535 pixels per inch. Motorola Moto Z price in Nigeria starts from N 129,999.
The Motorola Moto Z is powered by 1.8GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 2000GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Motorola Moto Z packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Motorola Moto Z runs Android 6.0.1 and is powered by a 2600mAh non removable battery. It measures 153.30 x 75.30 x 5.19 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 136.00 grams.
The Motorola Moto Z is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, USB OTG, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in Nigeria). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
Battery: 2600mAh non removable battery.
Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone was launched in March 2017. The phone comes with a 5.80-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1440 pixels by 2960 pixels at a PPI of 570 pixels per inch. Samsung Galaxy S8 price in Nigeria starts from N 253,900.
Motorola Moto X4 smartphone was launched in November 2017. The phone comes with a 5.20-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels at a PPI of 424 pixels per inch. Motorola Moto X4 price in Nigeria starts from N 111,999.
The Motorola Moto X4 is powered by 2.2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 2000.048GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Motorola Moto X4 packs a 12-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 16-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Motorola Moto X4 runs Android 7.1.1 and is powered by a 3000mAh non removable battery. It measures 148.35 x 73.40 x 7.99 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 163.00 grams.
The Motorola Moto X4 is a single SIM (GSM) smartphone that accepts a Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, USB OTG, Headphones, FM, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in Nigeria). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro smartphone was launched in January 2017. The phone comes with a 5.70-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels. Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro price in Nigeria starts from N 124,514.
The Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro is powered by 2.2GHz Octa-core processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro packs a 16-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 16-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro runs Android 6.0 and is powered by a 3300mAh non removable battery. It measures 156.50 x 77.20 x 7.00 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 172.00 grams.
The Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM + CDMA) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, USB OTG, Headphones, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in Nigeria). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
Gionee A1 smartphone was launched in February 2017. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels. Gionee A1 price in Nigeria starts from N 112,149.
The Gionee A1 is powered by 2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Gionee A1 packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 16-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Gionee A1 runs Android 7.0 and is powered by a 4010mAh non removable battery. It measures 154.50 x 76.50 x 8.30 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 183.00 grams.
The Gionee A1 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Micro-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG, FM, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in Nigeria). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
Gionee X1s smartphone was launched in September 2017. The phone comes with a 5.20-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 pixels by 1280 pixels. Gionee X1s price in India starts from Rs. 10,599.
The Gionee X1s is powered by 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737T processor and it comes with 3GB of RAM. The phone packs 16GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Gionee X1s packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 16-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Gionee X1s runs Android 7.0 and is powered by a 4000mAh non removable battery. It measures 150.40 x 73.50 x 8.80 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 166.00 grams.
The Gionee X1s is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Micro-SIM and Micro-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG, FM, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
Gionee S6 smartphone was launched in November 2015. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 pixels by 1280 pixels. Gionee S6 price in India starts from Rs. 13,499.
The Gionee S6 is powered by 1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6753T processor and it comes with 3GB of RAM. The phone packs 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Gionee S6 packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Gionee S6 runs Android 5.1 and is powered by a 3150mAh non removable battery. It measures 151.90 x 74.60 x 6.90 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 145.00 grams.
The Gionee S6 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Micro-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG, FM, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
What are your thoughts on our top Phones list? Are there any other phones you think we should have listed? Let us know in the comments section below.


By now you all should have your marketing planner well under way for 2018. If not why not! Don't leave it any longer.
You can't run a salon business successfully and expect growth without a plan for promoting your salon and the services you offer. Here is a check list to look over. This might inspire you to add some more key points to your marketing plan and to get it together.
I read something recently that I wanted to share. It said that an improvement by 2% in the number of clients that you retain is equal to a 10% decrease in costs. Everyone knows how difficult it is to cut costs, so does it not make sense to really put effort in every day to make sure that every client who comes into your salon comes back.
As a salon owner think about how much effort you put into this subject?
Do you talk to your team on a regular basis?
Do you address with a team member when you see something that is not 'client winning' if not why not?
Do you have a good loyalty programme that says thank you to your regular clients?
Do you have promotions that regular clients can see value in?
Is every visit to your salon a great experience?
Do you clients leave your salon with a reason to return?
Hair Expo have launched their early bird tickets. Don't forget it is in Melbourne this year. I am speaking on Sunday and will be joined by two of my very sucessful clients Brodie-Lee Stubbins from Rokstar and Steve Callus from Stevie C Salon.
One of my favourite systems for you to follow is to look at daily and weekly on your computer the value of your future bookings. This is a great focus exercise and it not only shows you what you have booked in service dollars, it shows you if you are short of your goal. You can take action before but if you are only looking at results at the end you have no control over the results you can get with more focus. Good focus will give you an extra 20%.
The relationship between a stylist/therapist and client is often touted as closer than family. You hear their stories see them on a regular appointment and manage hair and beauty needs. Obtaining the client is one thing, but the real secret is keeping them.
I am happy to recommend this course. I have had a few of my clients who have done it last year and they have found it very helpful. It is very much focused on cost cutting and looking at all opportunities to do this and working out formulas for correct pricing of your services.
Suggest for you to be ready to undertake this course you will need to have good financial information to be able to work with to analyse. Please check with me if you have any questions.


The great physicist Niels Bohr is believed to have said that "an expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field."
He wasn't being kind. What about you? Have you ever worked with someone whose view of the right course of action never deviated from what had been done before, or who took only the most deliberate steps toward a goal? Competency is important, of course. But for want of a little courage, some "experts" will miss strategies or paths that might not just compete in the marketplace - to use a business analogy - but miss the opportunity to create an entirely new market dominated by the creator.
Promoting his new book, Jonah Lehrer makes a point about innocence when tackling open ended problems. A certain phrase immediately appealed to me.
I've always thought of the IdeaFestival as the place where beginners, entrepreneurs, interactive artists, college students, the curious, white color professionals, molecular biologists - you get the idea - are exposed to the widest variety of people and ideas. Arrive with an open mind and the odds of a soul-satisfying, toe-curling thought outside your area of expertise are high. And once "naive daring" has done its thing?
Work like mad. Niels Bohr also new the basics.
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It was apparent that these skills set the stage for our ability to pay attention to our tasks, as well as to understand what our bodies can do and how we can manipulate them through space.
Visual Memory and Visual Sequential Memory.
5. Visual Memory is our ability to recall and store visual details in our short-term memory for use during automatic tasks such as handwriting, reading, and math. It allows us to recognize the differences between the shapes and sizes of letters, to remember sight words, and to comprehend what we have read. Visual memory is often described as a process by which we see an object in our "mind's eye" and then retrieve a memory of that object in order to mentally identify it.
(1) Difficulty keeping up with his peers during handwriting tasks, needing to frequently "think about" the formation of the letters that form a word.
Sometimes children will appear bored when they are struggling with poor memory skills.
(2) Difficulty copying from the board or a book, frequently losing his place and stopping to find the location of the last word he has written.
(3) Demonstrates diminished comprehension after reading an age-appropriate story.
(4) Difficulty following verbal directions that include over two-steps, usually only performing the last step that was provided to him.
(5) Demonstrates boredom and/or confusion during class or home work, tending to act as thought he was not interested in the task.
(1) Memory games, either board games or on-the-spot activities, provide "exercise" for the brain's short-term memory. Memory games can be constructed with everyday household items, such as feeding utensils, family photos, or crayons. Have the child look at them, name them verbally, and write them down, if he can. If he is a beginning writer, have him draw a simple picture of each to enhance his memory. Then, hide the items under a cloth and ask him to list them without using his vision.
(2) Copying pattern designs provides opportunities for children to use their visual short-term memory as they remember the colors or shapes that comprise the design. Manipulatives, such as beads or blocks, enhance the development of visual memory by adding visual-motor input.
(3) Ask questions frequently that require the use of short-term memory, such as "What equipment did you use on the playground today?" It also helps to reinforce any written directions with verbal ones, asking the child to repeat them to you to ensure that he has understood and remembered them.
Story Sequencing is a fun way to enhance visual sequencing memory skills!
(1) Difficulty remembering the alphabet or numbers in sequence.
(2) Difficulty sequencing letters in familiar words or numbers in a math problem.
(3) Difficulty copying from the board or a book without frequent errors.
(4) Difficulty recalling the sequence of events in a story or a familiar activity.
(5) Difficulty performing math problems.
(1) Word search puzzles require a child to remember the sequence of letters that comprise the spelling of the word that he is locating on the page.
(2) Board games that use numbers, letters, or words, such as bingo, provide opportunities to recall the shapes of letters and sequence of numbers or words.
(3) Movement games, such as Duck-Duck-Goose or Red Light-Green Light, require the child to remember the sequence of activities that comprise the rules of the game, as well as provide motor movement to enhance the development of memory skills.
Once again, it is clear to "see" that our vision skills are key facets in learning and literacy.
In the words of vision experts, 80% of what you perceive, comprehend and remember depends on the efficiency of the visual system. And that makes vision an important detail to never overlook!
Please join us for the final segment in our journey of discovery as we unwrap the secrets of the Visual Form Constancy, Visual Closure, and Figure Ground skills! Thanks for reading!
Did you miss Parts 1 and 2? You can get them here!


Jeremy Corbyn: is the world ready for his sandals and socks?
I woke this morning after a good night's sleep to face a nagging question in my head. Did Jeremy Corbyn used to wear open-toed sandals around Westminster in hot weather? Does he still? They're comfy (I wear them myself), but ridiculous. If memory serves, he wore them with socks, white socks even.
Refreshed by sleep, my brain raced ahead. Harold Wilson, four times Labour prime minister, used to wear open-toed sandals on Scilly Isles holidays (no socks). But is post-imperial Britain ready for a major party leader who wears them to work? With socks?
Checking my emails from the warmth of my bed, I next found one from Pat and Dave, a charming couple I met through my old school in Cornwall. They reminded me that when I showed them around the House of Commons I introduced them to "a hardworking and pleasant MP, who is now the frontrunner to be Labour leader". Guess who?
"Exciting stuff, eh?" they told me. After which I checked the headlines and stumbled on Ewen MacAskill's warm-hearted, cheery account of Candidate Corbyn's crowded public meetings up and down the country, which struck MacAskill, an expatriate Highlander, as like the revivalist mood he encountered among SNP audiences in Scotland before last September's referendum.
A few weeks ago I made two points here, one point that Corbyn is a lovely fellow – as this enjoyably sceptical New Statesman encounter again confirms – the other point that, under the Miliband revised rules of the contest, anything could happen, even a Corbyn win.
I didn't think it would actually happen, but you have to be open minded. Now that Unison, the big public sector union, has decided to follow Unite, the other big public sector union, in backing Corbyn (I'm afraid the herd mentality is not confined to stock markets), and activists are fired up too, the bookies have him as the favourite.
So Jeremy Corbyn may actually become leader of the Labour party. I struggled to type those words because I still find it hard to believe. Not since it elected the admirable but unworldly pacifist, George Lansbury (1932-35), after the great Ramsay MacDonald split, will it have been so reckless. Michael Foot (1980-83) was eminently well qualified by comparison.
Yes, I realise that the declared candidates on offer after Ed Miliband immediately quit on the morning after his 7 May defeat (an irresponsible trend in politics) were all pretty uninspiring and remain so after three months of low-key combat. Corbynmania, a well-intended fix to open up debate engineered by non-Corbyn MPs, has transformed a sleepy affair.
Yes, I also know that Westminster-based pundits are supposed to be an unimaginative bunch of sheep who take dictation from the "establishment", the "political elite" and other fantasies of fervid populist imaginations on both left and right. Diane Abbott MP has told us so.
If only these "elite" people were that good. Mostly they're not and, watching close up, one is grateful for a cabinet which has half a dozen smart enough members with their feet on the ground most of the time. Genius is rare, sometimes dangerous, the mediocrity usually on display – like now – safer until things go badly wrong.
As well they might, in whichever direction we look at home or abroad. Russia is already in the hands of a nationalistic populist, while Donald Trump, a comb-over phoney, leads the Republican field for the White House. China's economy is faltering, which could prove nasty.
Nearer home, Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schäuble hold the eurozone together, though their austere economic grip may prove politically self-defeating. No, we haven't even got to Isis yet (a different version of populist fundamentalism on offer), let alone to the desperate migrants gathered on Mediterranean and Channel shores, where better cooperation is urgently needed, not resurgent nationalism.
Unenthusiastic voters recently judged Cameron and Osborne to be the best on offer locally. It pains me to admit they were probably right. Do you think Corbyn has the answer to much of this troubling agenda?
Anti-Nato, basically anti-Europe despite this week's belated statement (remember, he's a politician too), pro-Hamas, in favour of renationalising all sorts of things he doesn't have the money to buy, let alone invest in: the list of tried and tested, failed Labour policies is a long one. On top of which, he's old enough to be Greece's Alexis Tsipras's dad.
I know there are good ideas in there, too, and that his lack of spin, his candour (sort of) and informality (etc) make a refreshing change from the timid incrementalism of the post-Blair Labour world. But running a party, let alone a government dealing with other governments, is a disciplined business. It's got to hang together, which is not easy, as the Cameron government often shows.
I'm not alone, nor is the "Westminster bubble", in thinking this, as this sample of Guardian letters confirms. Here's a wider spread of views. Labour activists, the ones who do the hard work, are usually more leftwing than Labour voters, let alone floating voters. After 13 years of uneasy compromises in office, they want a leader who believes what they believe. If the price of the comfort blanket is permanent opposition, well, some would accept that too. Shame on them.
Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't so? Yes. A cooperative world with sound green policies, global peace and no more poverty, would also be lovely. We've actually done pretty well in the last few centuries, despite their periodic horrors, centuries in which unlovely things like markets and capitalism, tempered by humane social interventions, brilliant science and the rule of law, have overwhelmed the primitive, impoverished authoritarianism of the past.
The modern battle is never permanently won. Reactionary fundamentalism of many varieties is in view: anti-science, anti-internationalist, anti-women, anti-reason. Isis is just the most lurid manifestation of the flight from modernity among those it either has not yet touched or (in many countries like Britain) feel left behind by the hi-tech digital world it is creating.
They have a point. And it has been the historic task of social democrats, democratic socialists if you prefer, to think hard and address urgent problems that society throws up on behalf of "the many, not the few".
The response so far has been disappointingly timid, leaving the field open to Syriza, Spain's Podemos and – perhaps – to sharp-suited reactionaries like Nigel Farage or romantic beardies who wear sandals and socks to the office. They don't have the answers either, but their failures would open the road to the forces of real darkness.


Grandpa Arne Sviland in 1954. He always wore a suit and tie to the paint and wallpaper jobs. Grandma Ethel would serve tea and turn the pages of the homemade wallpaper books for the local ladies. This shop was on the alley behind the family home at the site of what is now "The Ark Preschool". Matt is the 3rd generation Sviland in the Decorating field. Cousin Jean is the little girl in the picture.
Matt Sviland has been in the Decorating field since 1982. The Sviland family has been serving and assisting the Escanaba area with their Decorating needs since 1915. (Just shy of 100 years) For three generations we have offered the very best quality decorating products available, along with professional advice for all our customers. As my Grandpa Arne and Dad Dale taught me, Quality doesn't cost,… it pays!, with Benjamin Moore Paints, Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, Sikkens Woodcare, and Fine Wallpapers and Artist Supplies. Stop in and See What's Shakin' at Sviland's located at 1414 Ludington Street in Beautiful Up-town Escanaba.


Elephant Garlic Plants - Bulbs - Seed are easy to plant in your garden and fast to grow. Garlic is a clove or a sprouted clove with a stem and or roots that develops in to a large head. Garlic no mater which variety you buy is a value to add to any garden. The benefits of gardening Garlic is many. Image Garlic growing out in your garden. Grow a health soil. Plant Garlic it release sulfur and maintains your soil pH.
What a delightful feeling to watch the Garlic plants grow and develop into edible heads. Another good happy feeling is knowing that your garden plants are be protected. And here is the reason why. Garlic release sulfur into the air. Insects and garden pests like rabbits and squirrels do not like the sulfur as it irritates their nose. The other benefit of garlic is it adds great flavor to any recipe. And lastly all garlic have many health benefits. Feed your Garlic Compost Tea. Buy Garlic for your garden in 2 garlic varieties: Jumbo Garlic, Elephant Garlic hard neck or soft neck and enjoy the harvest. Jumbo Garlic make smaller heads, however, they are pungent. Where as Elephant Garlic plants make a very large head and has a mild flavor.


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22 Dec Good Practice Awards Winners
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has announced Kildare County Council and Astellas Pharma as national winners of the European Good Practice Awards. Both entries will now go forward to compete with a range of national winners across Europe.
The Good Practice Awards is a European-wide competition aimed at encouraging best practice in relation to workplace safety and health.The theme for this year's awards was "Healthy Workplaces for All Ages" with the focus on proactively managing the safety and health of an aging workforce.The campaign is coordinated by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in association with the member states.
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Lewis K, Martin L, Mazzetti A, et al. Implementation of a Progressive Three-Year Point of Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents. Can J Gen Intern Med. 2018;13(1):42-49. doi: 10.22374/cjgim.v13i1.222.
Khalid Azzam, MD: Absolutely. Using ultrasound for physical examination and procedural applications in clinical practice is a very useful tool; I highlighted the advantages previously [see Main advantage of PoCUS]. Gradually, with the availability of technology, it will be a part of these tools that an internist should always go to. With the advance of handheld ultrasound, they are becoming better and better. They improve quality and reduce costs, and everyone will end up using them.
And it is happening already. More and more medical schools in the United States, in Canada, and across the world are introducing that in their curriculum. We are having students that are using ultrasound from their first anatomy class and on into their clinical practice. Residency programs across the world are introducing curricula for point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS). At McMaster University, last year [in 2017] we piloted a graduate curriculum for internal medicine residents. We were able to publish and have it available in the literature for anyone to use. We are second year into that right now.
So yes, we need to know the tool, we need to know how to use it, we need to make it available to undergraduates and postgraduates. I think the biggest [difficulty] right now is how to get all the internists in practice to learn how to use ultrasound. I think in the future, in the next 10 years every internist will be using PoCUS. Those who are not trained in PoCUS will struggle. There are new concepts coming up, which are the nonscanning faculty who could just look at images and learn if they cannot get the dexterity of acquiring images… All these things are coming up in medical education.
To shorten my answer: yes, it should be introduced in undergraduate and postgraduate programs and as part of continuing education for internists. It is the tool of the future and it will improve patients' outcomes. We know that.
Main advantage of PoCUSWhat is the main advantage of point-of-care (PoCUS) ultrasonography?


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The 2010 Sata Rally Azores, officially 45º Sata Rallye Açores, was the seventh round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The 19 stage gravel rally took place on the island of São Miguel in the Azores between 15–17 July 2010.

Introduction
The rally was based in the major city of Ponta Delgada. Day one consisted of three stages covering a total of . Day two covered a total of  over nine stages with the remaining seven stages, covering  were completed on day three.

Results
Bruno Magalhães became the sixth different winner of an IRC rally in 2010, after taking advantage of troubles for the Škodas of championship contenders Juho Hänninen and Jan Kopecký over the closing stages of the rally. Magalhães had dominated the early running of the event, holding a 2.2-second advantage into the final day. Hänninen eroded the gap on the first stage on Saturday, but would have to wait until stage fifteen to take the lead, as stage fourteen was cancelled after Andreas Mikkelsen hit a stray cow. Hänninen would hold the lead until the penultimate stage, when he picked up a right-front puncture on the Graminhais test, losing nearly two minutes to his chasers, falling to fourth behind Kopecký, Magalhães and Kris Meeke. Kopecký held a lead of 6.4 seconds going into the final  Tronqueira test over Magalhães. However, Kopecký's bid for a second win of the season would come to a premature end as he slid off the road with four kilometres remaining in the stage. His bad luck rewarded Magalhães with his first-ever win in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, with Meeke coming home in second to record Peugeot's first 1-2 in the series since Meeke and Nicolas Vouilloz finished in those positions at the 2009 Rally International de Curitiba. Hänninen's third-place finish extended his championship lead over Kopecký to nine points, with Magalhães moving into third position.

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Special stages

References

External links
 The official website for the rally
 The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge

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Beautiful Soul é o primeiro álbum de estúdio solo do ator e cantor norte-americano Jesse McCartney, onde algumas das músicas foram escritas por ele mesmo. O álbum foi lançado em 28 de setembro de 2004 pela gravadora Hollywood Records.

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"Beautiful Soul" foi o primeiro single lançado em 12 de dezembro de 2004, chegou ao 16º lugar da Billboard Hot 100, e foi certificado pela, com disco de ouro nos Estados Unidos, por mais de 500.000 cópias vendidas. Também foi certificado com Platina na Austrália. A música entrou em diversas trilhas sonoras e coletâneas.

"She's No You" foi lançado em 5 de abril de 2005, tendo um desempenho abaixo do single anterior, alcançando o 91º lugar na Hot 100. "Get Your Shine On" foi lançado em 5 de setembro de 2005, como o terceiro single na Austrália e na Nova Zelândia, e virou tema da animação do Disney Channel, Kim Possible - O Drama do Amor. "Because You Live" foi lançada em setembro de 2005, como o terceiro single do álbum na América do Norte e Europa. A faixa bônus de algumas edições do álbum "The Best Day of My Life", entrou para a trilha sonora do filme A Nova Cinderela, lançado em 2004.

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Q: 'docker ps' command throws Forbidden error I am running docker tool on Windows-7. When I run the command docker ps from Docker Quickstart Terminal, it throws below error:

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Please let me know how to fix this error. Thanks.

A: Earlier, following Common-Proxy-Issues-&-Fixes, I have added HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY in my Windows environments. Probably after this only, I started to face above mentioned issue. The problem got resolved after removing these.

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Test of English as a Foreign Language, popularly called TOEFL, is an international level test for people belonging to non-English speaking countries who want to study or work abroad. Since English-speaking countries like the UK, United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia teach academic courses at the university level in the English language, they require proof of English language proficiency from international students to ensure that they will be able to understand the courses taught in the colleges.
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TOEFL test scores for English language skills like reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as foundational English skills like vocabulary and sentence creation. Over 11,000 institutions accept the TOEFL score as valid proof of English language skills. Students who wish to pursue higher studies in native English countries have to give TOEFL after completing school. The TOEFL test scores have a validity of two years. However, there are certain TOEFL exam requirements that applicants have to fulfil at the time of registration for TOEFL. This blog discusses the requirements for the TOEFL exam in detail and tells who can write the TOEFL exam.
The following are the different TOEFL requirements for Indian students.
There are no eligibility criteria for giving TOEFL. There is no bar of age or class for taking TOEFL. It is mostly given by people in non-native English countries who want to study or work abroad. Indian students who want to take the TOEFL to study abroad must have completed their 10+2 or equivalent from a recognised educational board in India. This is because foreign universities accept applications from students who have completed their school. However, Indian students who give TOEFL in class 10th do not have to give it again after the 12th. They can use the earlier TOEFL score to apply to foreign universities because TOEFL test scores are valid for two years.
There is also no upper age limit to give TOEFL. People of any age can take the TOEFL test multiple times. Moreover, ETS hasn't put a limit on the number of TOEFL tests one can take. People can take the TOEFL exam an unlimited number of times. However, there should be a gap of at least 15 days between two TOEFL tests.
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The applicants must enter identification information while registering for the TOEFL test. The following are the general identification requirements for TOEFL.
The identification document has to be original and not photocopied.
It has to be a physical document and cannot be presented on a mobile phone or any other electronic device.
The ID must be a national or state identification card issued by the Government.
The ID document must contain the full name and date of birth of the candidate, and the details must match the name and date of birth provided at the time of registration.
There should also be a recent photograph in the ID and should have the candidate's signature.
For Indian students, ETS considers a valid passport with a name and signature as the primary ID. However, ETS is also considering the Aadhar card as the primary ID for TOEFL temporarily. Candidates must carry the origin Aadhar Card and not the photocopy.
People can take TOEFL iBT at authorised test centres in India or other countries. However, ETS also allows flexibility to test takers. They can take the TOEFL test online within the comforts of their home through online proctored mode. However, there are special TOEFL requirements that test takers have to follow if they wish to give the TOEFL test at home. The following are the equipment and environment TOEFL requirements for the TOEFL iBT home edition or paper edition.
Equipment requirements
The essential requirements to give TOEFL iBT are the equipment requirements. It includes the following:
Test takers have to take the test on a laptop or computer. It is not allowed to take the test on mobile devices or tablets.
Applicants can use only one screen or monitor at a time. They cannot open the test on dual screens.
The laptop or computer must have licensed versions of Mac OS or Windows operating system. Applicants cannot give the test through unlicensed versions. For PC, Windows 8 or 10 operating system is required, and for MAC OS, 10.13 High Sierra is recommended.
The TOEFL iBT test has to be given through the ETS test browser application.
Applicants have to download and install the ETS test driver extension on their Chrome browser.
Also, during the test duration, candidates cannot use a headset or earphones. They have to compulsorily use an internal or external speaker to communicate with the proctor or an internal or external microphone that is not connected to a headset.
For remote proctoring, test takers have to use the in-built camera on the computer or laptop or use an external webcam.
Before the test, the candidates have to give a 360-degree view of their room and table to ensure that the test taker does not indulge in malpractices.
Environment and testing space TOEFL requirements
Test takers have to adhere to the following environment requirements in addition to the above-mentioned technical requirements.
Test takers have to ensure privacy while taking the test. They have to give the test in a room where they are seated alone. It is not allowed to give the TOEFL home edition in a public space like an Internet cafe or a park.
The computer and keyboard must be kept on a top or a table surface while taking the test.
Test takers might also be required to position themselves in such a manner that the door of the room is visible to the proctor in the camera.
The tabletop where the laptop or computer is placed has to be clear. There should be no notes or studying material on the table.
Test takers have to dress up appropriately for the test, and their head is to be visible in the camera throughout the test. Also, they cannot cover their ears with their hair during the test.
Also, test takers require a whiteboard with erasable markers to take notes during the test. The notes have to be erased at the end of the test.
The test takers must follow the above-mentioned requirements for the TOEFL exam before they register for the TOEFL iBT home edition test. Applicants are not allowed to give the test if these requirements are not met, and they are also not provided with a refund or free rescheduling option.
TOEFL is the most popular English language proficiency test for nationals of non-native English countries. There are several benefits of giving TOEFL. First, TOEFL test scores are accepted at nearly all the prestigious institutions across the world. TOEFL test takers become eligible to apply to a large number of academic programs in foreign universities.
The second and best advantage of TOEFL over other English language tests like IELTS is that there are no TOEFL minimum requirements or TOEFL exam criteria. People of all ages or nationalities can attempt TOEFL unlimited times. Also, the TOEFL iBT home edition provides more flexibility to the applicants. However, the test takers must follow TOEFL test requirements for taking TOEFL at home, or they are not allowed to sit for the test.
When to register for the TOEFL iBT Test?
TOEFL iBT registration is done through the official website of the Educational Testing Service (ETS). People can give the TOEFL test at the authorised TOEFL test centres on any weekday. It is recommended that applicants choose the TOEFL exam date at least 2-3 three months before the college application deadline so that there is ample time to receive test scores before the college application deadline. Also, the registration process for TOEFL must be completed at least four months before the preferred test date.
How to register for the TOEFL iBT Test?
There are three ways of registration for the TOEFL iBT test – registration with an ETS account, by phone, and by email. Registration with an ETS account is the easiest way. You have to create an account, select the TOEFL test, choose the location, date, and time, and complete the registration. For registration by email, test takers have to download the form available on the ETS website and mail the completed form to the authorised institution.
What documents are required for identification on the TOEFL test day?
On the test day, applicants have to carry an ID to the centre for identification. The name and date of birth on the ID must match the details mentioned at the time of registration. The ID must have been issued by the Government and must be an original document. Photocopies of ID are not valid. The ID must also include the candidate's photograph and signature. International student ID, employee ID cards, or birth certificates are not considered valid IDs.
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If morality doesn't lead to action, then what's the use?
Let good people do good things.
I guess the doing should not be the focus of an additional endeavor. It should be part and parcel of the moral communication itself. For instance, telling a child what is moral behavior, should deeply touch the child in such a way that it feels a spontaneous urge to act out this moral behavior.
but I think I'm just being efficient in a realistic way. I do like to dream from time to time but not right now. This is serious.
So, concretely, how does this 'moral motivation' work? Firstly, how does it not?
The error has frequently been made. Person A is rationally convinced of the correctness of some behavior, then tells person B to act this way and is negatively amazed of the result. Is person B lazy, dumb headed, or obstructive 'as usual?
However, pure reason can point to causes and consequences of behavior. It can help through constraint satisfaction towards a suitable solution. It certainly has a role to play whenever possible. But you have to get the aspirin in the mouth, not on the front.
I mean 'deep' communication. The moral motivator needs to see the other person as person. This of course requires a good dose of empathy. Very important is the insight that eventually, all motivation starts inside the person himself.
The invitation can come from you and enter the other person. This is the working instrument of the 'motivator.' It is as a matter of fact a kind of two-way communication.
These can be conscious or nonconscious. To know this, doesn't make you an expert in motivation yet, but is a first and necessary step. Without manipulation, you can then look for which emotions are important to the other and show that you can at least acknowledge them, value them, respect them.
the educator can for instance playfully ask to go into the roles – imaginary if needed – of one or two people from a concrete situation in which the moral behavior is important. This way the child learns from inside – the own world – what it feels like and the feeling itself may simultaneously act as motivator, supported by the teacher.
An experience teaches more than a thousand detached pictures.
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Q: handling database connection issues I have some code that needs to retry whenever it cannot make a database connection, for example 20 times for each login.  The website has dozens of users, what would be the best way to handle this?  I was thinking of using a counter but as multiple users will be logged on at the same time perhaps some threading would be required, which I am unfamiliar with.
EDIT :
I get the error 'method name expected' on the line where I am instantiating the Thread object.  Here is my code :
private static List<Field.Info> FromDatabase(this Int32 _campId)
    {
        List<Field.Info> lstFields = new List<Field.Info>();

        Field.List.Response response = new Field.List.Ticket
        {
            campId = _campId
        }.Commit();

        if (response.status == Field.List.Status.success)
        {
            lstFields = response.fields;
            lock (campIdLock)
            {
                loadedCampIds.Add(_campId);
            }
        }

        if (response.status == Field.List.Status.retry)
        {
            Thread th1 = new Thread(new ThreadStart(FromDatabase(_campId)));

            FromDatabase(_campId);
        }

        return lstFields;
    }

A: My approach would be an event, which increments the counter and calls an asynchronous methode if counter <= 20.
Then i would block the current thread and wait for the connection result.
To thread-safe increment your counter use
Interlocked.Increment(ref int counter);


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Costa (Ethan Hawke) goes to a bar and finds Illeana (Angelina Jolie) there.
Illeana (Angelina Jolie) meets Costa (Ethan Hawke) for the first time in the interrogation room.
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Q: Does there exist a pdf-viewer for ubuntu offering up to 6400 percent zoom? The question is in the title.
I can hardly believe it, but after having tried each of 'evince', 'Master PDF', 'okular', 'xpdf', I am quite sure that none of these well-known readers offers as high a zoom factor as does e.g. Acroreader. For my work it is indispensable to have at least 6400% zoom, and, having recently changed to ubuntu, I now seem to find myself in a situation in which the only way is to try to get Acroreader running via Wine (which I didn't try yet, and hope to be able to avoid trying).

A: You can have Evince zoom at higher levels by increasing the page cache size. For example,
gsettings set org.gnome.Evince page-cache-size 500
will increase the page-cache size from 50 MiB, the default, to 500 MiB, and thus increase the available zoom to 1600%. You can try with higher values. However, from certain zoom levels onwards, it won't work anymore.

A: *

*You can try to install QPDFView with sudo apt-get install qpdfview. It allows high zoom levels as 5000%.

*As far I know old unsupported Adobe Reader 9 for linux allows 6400% zoom.
You can install it manually from 12.04 LTS repository and other packages.
Usually it is bad idea. But if you really needed it, you can proceed with:
sudo apt-get install gdebi-core
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/139930013/acroread-bin_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/139930012/acroread_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/n/nspluginwrapper/nspluginviewer_1.4.4-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/n/nspluginwrapper/nspluginwrapper_1.4.4-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
sudo gdebi -n nspluginviewer_1.4.4-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
sudo gdebi -n nspluginwrapper_1.4.4-0ubuntu5_i386.deb
sudo gdebi -n acroread-bin_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb
sudo gdebi -n acroread_9.5.5-1precise1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

A: In Foxit Reader, the magnification goes up to 6400% (as of Version 2.4.1.0609, at least).


Soil is more than brown dirt. It is a living breathing system, and like any living system can become unhealthy and susceptible to pests and disease. That's where beneficial bacteria – or good bugs known as probiotics - come in.
They restore balance in the soil, and in doing so, can enhance plant and soil health. We talked to Frank Reed, founder of Rhizosphere Solutions, about why probiotics are important for promoting soil health and soil sustainability.
Rhizosphere Solutions is a Louisville, TN based company outside of Knoxville. Frank Reed's business partner has been manufacturing beneficial bacteria which they describe as 'probiotic solutions for soil and plant health,' for the past 3 years. Frank manages the agronomy side and his partner the microbiology.
Why the interest in using beneficial bacteria for soil and plant health? "The use of commercial inputs is quick to solve a specific problem," said Frank, adding, "But then they create other problems. I've always been on the side of moderation in the industry or maybe even leaning more toward the conservative side."
Frank has seen both sides of managing soil and plant health – using commercial inputs as well as natural solutions. "My family owned a fertilizer and pesticide manufacturing and application business," he explains. "It was a very large operation. It started in '76 and it went through to the '80's until the recession hit."
The rhizosphere is the area that surrounds a plant's root system. "Within this area the plant roots co-exist with bacteria and other microorganisms," explained Frank. "Bacteria have flagella that allow them to move towards the sugars produced by plant roots – a process known as Chemotaxis. In this mutually beneficial environment, the plants supply food in terms of sugars, and the bacteria in turn supply the plants with a nutrient-rich and aerated growing environment."
"This coexistence creates a symbiotic relationship that must exist within soil for healthy and sustainable plant growth," he continued. "By improving the rhizosphere, soil fertility improves, nutrients become more available and plants can defend themselves against pests and disease. As a result, crop quality increases, crop yields improve, and the need for using commercial inputs is reduced. The benefits to humans, livestock and the environment is tremendous."
With his family background in the fertilizer and pesticide business, Frank realized that many of the products were being used as a temporary fix – like a Band-Aid – covering up but not addressing the real cause of the problem. "Prevention is obviously the best and most sustainable way to go about it," Frank said passionately. "There have been a lot of repercussions from using fertilizers and pesticides, both agronomically, from a soil standpoint, to the environment and to human health. That exists even within my own family - from pesticides! So that's why I'm doing what I'm doing, and it's taken a very long time ... It's taken the public pressure to force our industry to make a change."
"I've been in this industry for, let's see, I guess it's 36 years now," Frank continued. "I majored in soil and plant science, my major was agronomy, I have a B.S. and a lot of knowledge growing up on family farms, with my family being in the fertilizer and pesticide business. I'm going be 58 soon, so I was around in the 60's and the 70's when all the real bad stuff was being used. Growing up with all of that and seeing the results, I thought there had to be a better way. That's why I founded Rhizosphere Solutions to provide unique, scientific sustainable ways to improve soil health."
Why add more bacteria to soil?
Not everyone supports a natural, probiotic approach. "There are industry authorities that state that soils have more than enough naturally occurring bacteria to maintain healthy growing conditions for plants," said Frank. So why add more bacteria to the soil? "Repeated agronomic issues suggest that adding beneficial bacteria is necessary," said Frank. "Despite applying commercial products, so many growers face the same issues – year after year and decade after decade! They have spent countless dollars trying to resolve these issues that nature can fix."
"Over-working the soil and repeated use of pesticides and fertilizers have led to the decline of soil health and even resulted in soil death," Frank added passionately. "This vicious cycle has been scientifically known for decades."
"We are not saying 'Stop using commercial inputs'," Frank emphasized. "We are saying, "Use them responsibly and only when necessary. Healthy soil produces healthy and profitable crops – while supplying growers with a sustainable growing environment, not just for today, but also into the future. We are the experts at remediating overworked and abused soils."
Rhizosphere Solutions supplies soil and plant health products to basic agricultural areas such as crops and vegetables, or anything that has to do with food production, or animal feed production. They also supply the turf grass, ornamental and compost industries. What makes their beneficial bacteria special? "Our product is made with a proprietary patent-pending dry formula," explained Frank. "The bacteria will live for five years. In a package."
"The proprietary process puts the bacteria into hibernation," said Frank. "There are two types of bacteria out there. You have what they call 'gram-positive' bacteria, and then you have what they call 'gram-negative.' The differences are gram-negative bacteria reproduce sexually and gram-negative bacteria cannot tolerate any kind of fluctuation of environmental and climatic changes. They're so fragile that when people buy them - and this is what's prevalent in the industry right now - they either have to be refrigerated, they have to stay refrigerated from the time of manufacturing to the time of use, or the person has to culture them on their own prior to use and they are shipped in liquid form," Frank continued.
"Gram-positive is what my partner has a proprietary on, and they reproduce asexually. They call it 'binary fission' and it's a form of asexual reproduction, which produces offspring identical to the parent. With gram-negative you never know what offspring you're going get so they're not true to type, but the gram-positive are true to type. They can withstand the most extreme environmental climatic changes," said Frank.
All the beneficial bacteria supplied by Rhizosphere Solutions have been harvested from soils around the U.S. "Once they are identified, typed, and cultured, they are put into a cryogenic freezer," explained Frank. "The bacteria are numbered because there are specific strains that we have found for specific things we want them to accomplish."
"For example, it could be to mitigate for nematodes, it could be for insects, it could be for diseases -- specific diseases-- it could be for nutrient processing in soil. It could be for composting or for natural bacteria control for Artillery Fungus on mulch. There are so many bacteria out there, and each one has its own specific function."
"Well, you know these products work, as far as nature goes, these products work very quickly," said Frank. "I have a gentleman right now who used one of the products for algae control on golf course greens in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida area. In ten days it was gone and the area which was bare on the golf course green had completely covered with grass. Nothing else was done to that turf!"
"He used the product that was for soil mineralization and composting, and it had the ability to - put it this way, the bacteria contained fungal and chitin - they were fungal and chitin remediating bacteria, that's what solved the problem," he explained further.
"There was a high school football field in Broward County, FL," said Frank describing another success story, "There were two commercial synthetic products that were being used by major companies on the outer sides, the left-outside and the right-outside of the football field, and ours was in a strip down the middle."
"There was hardly any turf-grass on the entire field. And, of course, they didn't want to spray chemicals because you've got students playing on it, right? Practicing. But they used some of these products that were approved for that use, these big companies had gotten approved, but the one that stood out in two weeks was the bacteria that we had put down. The grass had gone from basically 25% coverage to 100% coverage!
"There had been a weed present on the whole field which is called Spurge, and when you see Spurge in Bermuda grass in the south, it generally indicates that there is a nematode problem in the soil," said Frank. "So, with one application of our probiotic product, the turf healed over and knitted together. It was beautiful! It stood out like a sore thumb and all the Spurge was gone! We didn't play 'Whack-A-Mole' with the symptoms. Our specially formulated natural product mitigated for the actual problem, the real culprit! Naturally."
Gail Barnes, Ph.D., is a technology and sustainability expert who has consulted with companies worldwide on product sustainability innovation with composting and recycling strategies. Follow her on Twitter at #DrGailB.