Around 300 Qualifica centres in Portugal aim to improve the qualification levels of adults as well as facilitating their employment.
There is an issue in Portugal: the population of the country has low levels of education. According to Eurostat (2016), over half the adult population (between 25 and 64 years) has completed only basic education, the 9th grade.
In order to tackle the issue, in 2016 the government launched a programme called Qualifica, which aims to improve the qualification levels of adults as well as facilitating their employment.
The concrete work takes place in a network of Qualifica centres, which in 2016 replaced an earlier system called Novas Oportunidades (New Opportunities), extinct in 2013. There are currently around 300 centres in Portugal.
One of them is located in Azambuja, about 50 kilometres and 40 minutes' train ride away from Lisbon. That's where Géraldine Pereira da Silva works as an ORVC technician. Her role consists of the whole process, starting from enrolment and diagnosis of each adult all the way to developing recognition and validation processes.
"The people who seek Qualifica centres are heterogenous – young, not so young; employed, unemployed; Portuguese, foreigners; men and women. What they share is the experience of being received with open arms," says Silva.
Most of the people who come to Azambuja's Centro Qualifica aim to improve their soft skills in order to have a better position at the labour market, she explains. Some are already employed but want to finish their formal education for personal reasons, and some have higher education degrees but want to gain new skills.
For Silva, it is clear that the Qualifica centres have a significant impact on those who enrol. While the question of employment is important, Silva considers that one of the principal targets is to value people as individuals. "The positive impact is felt in the whole Portuguese community," she says.
The objectives of the programme include that by 2020, 50% of the population will have finished secondary education (12th grade), and that 40% of people aged between 30 and 34 years will have a higher education degree. How will this be done?
Besides offering training and education, the programme has two important tools: the Qualifica passport and a process called RVCC (recognition, validation and certification of skills). The latter allows adults with vast experience to validate the skills and knowledge they have gained, Silva explains.
The Qualifica passport is a tool for registering the attendees' individual path in terms of education and qualifications. It also includes information regarding the areas of interest of the passport holder. This way it is possible to sketch alternative paths to gain new qualifications or to continue professional training, for example.
One of the students at Azambuja's Qualifica centre is Lucinda Monteiro. From Angola, Portugal's former colony, she finished her 12th grade last year at the age of 60. Monteiro says that attending the course had a strong positive impact on her life and she praises the support she received from Silva and other trainers. Monteiro's next objective is to enter university.
It's also common for the adults who arrive at Azambuja's Qualifica centre for validation of their competences to decide to participate in some kind of training or course offered by the centre, says Silva.
She gives the example of a person who completed 9th grade through the RVCC process and then decided to go on to complete 12th grade, and later on is planning to attend professional training in the area of logistics offered by the centre.
Silva also knows how the trainees progress afterwards. "Due to the close relationship we develop with the adults, we always end up hearing about their further education paths following the training process here in our centre," she says.
As an example, she mentions a hair dresser and aesthetician who dreamed of studying dentistry. She finished 12th grade through recognition of her skills, and the following year she enrolled in a course of dental medicine.


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Outpost are Nottingham's specialty coffee roasters and their cafe has been providing the Hockley area with incredible coffee since July 2016. It's owned and operated by a small but dedicated team, Greg, Harley, Chris and Brad, all of whom are very serious about their coffee, but put a huge emphasis on great customer service with a smile. The team chose to champion specialty coffee in Nottingham because few were doing it (other than Wired, big shout out to the trail blazers!) and the people were crying out for quality.
Recommended coffee: One of their batch brews, which changes daily and is only £2 OR you can order something really special and go for one of their 'flights' - multiple origins brewed in a number of ways, allowing you to compare and contrast between espresso, filter and a silky milk option - and only £5!
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Recommended coffee: Owner Kirsten Arcadio makes a mean flat white. She uses it as a test for staff who complete their thorough barista training as it requires a superior knowledge of how to operate the coffee machine and get the steamed milk running consistently through the espresso whilst preserving the crema.
Wired is a hub of activity! People work from, here meet friends here, sit on their own and read our newspapers or magazines, it's a place to feel comfortable and just be. Started in 2013 by Très and Vanessa, WIRED is the realization of a personal dream to bring the East London coffee scene to Nottingham. Influenced by their travels through Australia and beyond, Wired is an oasis of friendly knowledgeable staff, the best coffee sourced from Allpress Espresso and a great little breakfast and lunch menu. They have an extensive coffee menu and at least two different single origin beans on our Chemex brew bar.
This hidden gem has been open for five years, but was taken over 6 months ago by Brazilian couple Alder Santos and Anna Natalio after they bought it on Ebay! The couple bought the lease to The Coffee House when it went on sale online priced at £20,000, and the shop made the top 3 in our independent business awards in 2016. They serve coffee from all over the world and 10 different house coffees too!
Recommended coffee: The super-premium Jamaican Blue Mountainis known as one of the finest and best coffees in the world, which is noted for its mild flavour and subtle sweetness combined with an elegant structured body and lack of bitterness. Pop in for prices.
Say hello to the winners of the best Nottingham independent business 2017! Lucy and Michelangelo, a passionate couple from Italy in love with coffee, moved to London six years ago where they decided to open their first coffee consultancy business. In 2014, they traveled to Costa Rica to volunteer for the El Toledo Organic Coffee Farm and experience for themselves what real coffee production means. They chose Nottingham because they saw massive potential for the Specialty Coffee scene, and they weren't wrong!
Recommended coffee: When visiting the store we highly recommend trying some of their unique coffee from Gardelli, an Italian Champion Roster they've been working with over 5 months now, a cup can vary from £2 to £3.
Opened in January 2014 by Double Impact, the Nottingham-based drug and alcohol recovery charity Café Sobar is one of a kind: a vibrant and welcoming alcohol-free environment offering something for everyone. Named as one of Nottingham's Top 10 bars by The Culture Trip, the café-bar venue is a refreshing alternative to mainstream bars and restaurants. The initial idea for Café Sobar came from the users of Double Impact services, who found that one of the main barriers to their recovery was social isolation and the lack of places to go that are alcohol-free, particularly in the evenings and at weekends.
Recommended coffee: They're all so tasty thanks to 200 Degrees! With the winter months fast approaching they'd definitely recommend our Gingerbread Latte for just £2.90!
Cartwheel is the culmination of many years of experience in the coffee industry for owner Alex Bitsios-Esposito, as a cafe owner, a barista trainer, a coffee roaster and a green coffee buyer. They are an independent cafe owned by Alex and his wife, Becci, who opened the cafe in June 2016 with the intention of fusing modern healthy food (sort of brunch style) and excellent coffee together; most places usually do just one of those two things well. But Cartwheel got it right and were crowned the best cafe at the Nottingham Post Food and Drink Awards 2017.
Alex chose Nottingham because he has a passion for the city and has lived here since he was 3. He felt the coffee market was saturated with cheap commodity-grade coffee and the people of Nottingham were missing out on something better!
Recommended coffee: Top of Alex's list is the Kenya Karimikui AA, which is hand-brewed as a pour-over. It's refreshing, citrusy and costs just £3.50.
Located on Pelham street, Fox Cafe's inviting interior and friendly staff will have you wondering why you haven't always come here for coffee. As well as a great selection of coffee to choose from, you'll also be struggling to decide which dish to try from their fantastic food menu. It's also worth noting that vegetarian and vegan options are plentiful here, so there's always something for everyone.
Recommended coffee: While there's plenty of choice, sometimes you just can't go wrong with a traditional Latte.
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From War to Peace: The Reintegration Experience of Guatemalan Ex-Combatants: A Grounded Theory Inquiry
The reintegration of ex-combatants has become a major focus of cease-fire agreements in the past 20 years (Humphreys & Weinstein, 2007). However, the success of these programs remains elusive. In this study, I interview members of Nuevo Horizonte, an intentional cooperative comprised of Guatemalan ex-guerrillas who fought during the 36 year civil war that ended in 1996. These men and women reflect on two questions: What was the process of reintegration like? and What advice do you have for others who are going through the process? Using grounded theory, I develop a set of themes or strategies that these ex-combatants utilized during this transformative process to achieve a degree of successful reintegration: being united, being autonomous, being connected, being visionary, and being role models. The collective voice of these ex-combatants calls into question conventional reintegration programs in two major ways. Firstly, it challenges the premise that demobilization is necessary to maintain stability and peace in a post-conflict society by showcasing how their unity was integral to their reintegration experience. Secondly, it challenges the Development Model (where ex-combatants are viewed through a deficit lens and where outside experts deliver solutions) by highlighting how reliance on their own capacity engendered a sense of empowerment and resulted in their successful reintegration. These ex-combatants believe their experience can be used to assist other ex-combatants who are reintegrating into post-conflict societies around the world.
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Q: Import a dpr into Delphi I've downloaded a Delphi project on internet and I'd like to use it, but there's a problem: the downloaded package contains a file with dpr extension, but if I double click to it, in the opened Delphi I can see a source code, but the Design is missing, so, I can't modify for example the windows properties. Into a Delphi project there's at least two tabs: let's name them Unit1 and Project1, but here's only on tab, with the source code. Also, into a classicaly created project the source code apperas into a pas file, but here it is into the dpr file. I tried to find a way to import its content, but found nothing. So, if somebody can tell how to convert this dpr file into a Delphi project with calssical structure, please let me know.
Thanks a lot.

A: I've downloaded this project. It is not VCL project, it is WinAPI-based program using OpenGL.
Some links to help with non-VCL Delphi coding:
Creating forms without using vcl
A guide to developing Delphi programs in Windows API
Delphi Without the VCL or the IDE
And here -  example of VCL application with OpenGL

A: A .dpr file is a Delphi project file. For a normal VCL or FMX application, it's used by the IDE to list the forms that are in the project, and to contain the code that initializes the Application class, creates the main form, and starts the program's execution by calling Application.Run. For instance, here's the shell of an application created using File->New->VCL Forms Application from the IDE main menu:
program Project1;

uses
  Vcl.Forms,
  Unit1 in 'Unit1.pas' {Form1};

{$R *.res}

begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True;
  Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);
  Application.Run;
end.

The above tells the IDE that it needs to include the VCL.Forms unit as well as the unit Unit1 (which contains Form1). It initializes the Application, creates an instance of TForm1 in the variable Form1 which becomes the Application.MainForm, and then starts the program running. When Application.Run is exited (which usually happens when Form1 is closed), the application exits.
However, an application doesn't necessarily have to contain a forms, and a .dpr can contain all of the source code for an application. Here's an example of a Delphi console application that is a fully contained program in a single .dpr file - you can create the shell by using File->New->Other from the IDE main menu, and choosing Console Application under the Delphi Projects category. I've added three lines of code (the two calls to WriteLn and one to ReadLn) so that it does something. You can save the file as Project1.dpr, open it in any Delphi IDE, and press F9 to run it to see how it works.
program Project1;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

{$R *.res}

uses
  System.SysUtils;

begin
  WriteLn('This is a Delphi console application.');
  WriteLn('Press Enter to quit.');
  ReadLn;
end.

Another type of Delphi project that doesn't have a form associated with it is a Windows service (File->New->Other->Delphi Projects->Service Application).
So you can't make the presumption that a .dpr file will have anything to do with a form. You can tell by examining the contents whether it does or not, but not simply by the extension.

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Standard Chartered laments pace of IT change in banking
Company launches own app store to serve the business
By Leo King
Standard Chartered has expressed disappointment with what it calls the "slow" pace of technology change among banks.
The financial services firm today reported an 11 percent rise in annual profits to $6.8 billion (£4.3 billion), mainly due to the performance of its extensive business in fast-growing Asian markets.
It told investors it planned to increase its efforts with IT, in order to adapt to changing markets.
"Like any digitisable business, banking can be transformed through technological innovation," it said in a statement.
Standard Chartered said it had "stepped up the pace of technology led innovation" across its business – including launching "the world's first trade finance apps for iPad, rolling out lifestyle-linked personal finance apps for the iPhone [and] piloting radically different operational models".
"We have even got our own internal app store," it said. "We believe technology will transform the industry. And we want to make it happen, rather than have it happen to us."
Standard Chartered said that any slow pace in technology change among banks was partly owing to financial rules, and also the result of the poor record of banks during the crisis.
"Indeed, compared to many such industries, we have arguably been slow [in terms of technology change]," it said, "partly because regulation creates barriers to such changes, partly because financial innovation became seen as a bad thing in the wake of the crisis."


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Robin Thede On the Secret to Success for 'A Black Lady Sketch Show'
"The thing you're going to feel differently on our show is that Black women are writing for Black women and a Black woman is directing the show. A Black woman created the show, there are Black women executive producing the show, so our hands are felt all in it."
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Robin Thede attends the HBO Summer TCA Panels on July 24, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO
Robin Thede—actor, writer, producer and creator of "A Black Lady Sketch Show" (ABLSS) on HBO—is very clear of what had to happen for her to helm a show that features Black women.
"I think about 'In Living Color,' 'Chappelle's Show' and 'Key & Peele' even, honestly which just went off the air not so long ago…and you don't even watch those shows and think, wow, women aren't centered," Thede said on the New Hollywood podcast on Tuesday (August 20). "That's fine, but I think centering Black women feels so revolutionary now and it's crazy because you never thought it wasn't there."
Even though she auditioned for "Saturday Night Live" a few years ago, before NBC hired Leslie Jones, Sasheer Zamata and LaKendra Tookes, Thede knew that her show would be different. "The thing you're going to feel differently on our show is that Black women are writing for Black women and a Black woman is directing the show. A Black woman created the show, there are Black women executive producing the show, so our hands are felt all in it," Thede said. She also made it clear that she has no plans to showcase White women. "There are so many qualified Black women in comedy that I didn't have to look outside that circle to make this show," Thede said. "It's not to the exclusion of anyone else; it's absolutely only for the inclusion of Black women."
With a creative crew that understands the nuances of Black womanhood firsthand, Thede said she wanted ABLSS to be a show within a show that allows the layers of what it means to be a Black woman to shine through. "You get to see sisterhood, you get to see friendships, you get to see different types of Black women. Some don't cover their hair at night and that's real," Thede said. And the puppets in the opening credit were as intentional as the cast. "First of all, when have you ever seen a Black woman puppet, let alone four, of different shades and different sizes?" Thede asked of the sequence, which she directed.
For more on Thede and her wishlist for ABLSS guest stars (hint: Whoopi Goldberg), listen to the complete episode:
Chappelle's Show
New Hollywood Podcast
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These two letters were written by Pvt. Rufus Robbins (1828-1863) of Co. K, 7th Massachusetts Infantry. One letter has an original stamped cover free-franked by US Congressman James Buffington from Massachusetts.
Rufus was the son of Rufus Robbins (1804-1877) and Alice Soule (1809-1885). He wrote one letter to his father and one to his younger brother, Henry Howard Robbins (1830-1903). Like so many other soldiers, Rufus fell victim to chronic diarrhea during the war. He died on 7 January 1863 in the General Hospital of West Philadelphia.
Born in 1828, Rufus Robbins lived with his family in South Abington, Massachusetts. His family was involved in the cobbler, or shoemaking, industry. Family members cared for their small farms and worked at making shoes and boots. The company the Robbins worked for had contracts to make boots for the Union Army. The family discussed this work in their letters, which shows what some people were doing on the home front in supporting the war effort.
Robbins' letters are articulate in their eyewitness view on Army life, which was usually mundane. The letters cover the period June 1861 to December 26, 1862. The soldiers, as Robbins showed, tried to inject excitement into their lives when they could with games and exploring the area they were in. He also delineated the boring but necessary duties of a soldier, like drilling, more drilling, marching and such. He also discusses what guard duty was like and how dangerous it could be. Robbins and his regiment were involved in the Peninsular Campaign with participation in the battles of Fair Oaks (May 31, 1862) and Nine Mile Road (June 25, 1862). He heard and wrote about battles which he was near but was not personally involved in.
Robbins writes to his family of attending religious camp meetings and revivals. The Robbins were Universalists, and Rufus used various occasions to promote his religion without pushing it on others; he would discuss religion with anyone who wanted to. Religious feelings and conversions occurred on both sides of the war. There were those, though, who had no religious feelings, and the war had no effect on them to become religious. Some on both sides became criminals.
Photographs of Robbins and of his family are featured, as well as illustrations from period newspapers and magazines about various war scenes. Maps are included as is a timeline of Robbins service in the Army. There are endnotes for each chapter and an index at the end of the book. Ella Jane Bruen and Brian M. Fitzgibbons provide an introduction that sets the scene for the Robbins family and their time period.
Ella Jane Bruen teaches at Sacred Heart High School and Intermediate School at Kingston, Massachusetts. Brian M. Fitzgibbons has been a Civil War re-enactor with the Massachusetts Twelfth Regiment of Volunteers and is the translator of the book 101 Reykjavik (2003).
We are not to leave camp today as we expected yesterday for some reason. The regiment was not in readiness to move but according to orders read last night at dress parade, we shall be on the move tomorrow sometime in the course of the day. We have not drilled so much as usual for the last 2 or 3 days but have spent most of the time in getting ready to leave. The teams arrived here yesterday morning. There are now on the ground 15 waggons and 64 horses — each company is entitled to 1 – 4 horse team and the regiment to 2 hospital teams, so called. These are not here yet but will be soon with a few more horses.
The men are all anxious to be on the move. We have got all our equipment now. When I first got them all on I felt as though I was in a strange harness. The first thing to put on is the cartridge box with the strap over the left shoulder and the box a little behind the right side. Next a belt to which is attached a cap box and bayonet sheath. The latter hangs a little behind the left side, the cap box on the right in front. Next goes on the knapsack, then haversack to hold the bread and meat, then canteen. They are all easily carried but the knapsack and that is not bad unless you load it too heavily. I believe I have sent home everything now that I shall not need excepting my blue jacket. If it was not for the heft, I should not care much to keep it. One is enough to take care of.
My government clothes are all that I have got now except trousers and I think they will be sufficient until I get more. I have got my washing all done. Have got 3 pairs clean stockings in my knapsack and clean shirt and drawers. My health is good and I don't have to work very hard. I wish I could share some of my leisure time with you. I am not homesick nor discontented. I am willing to stay [away] from you and do my duty as long as my services are required but it will be a happy day when I can return to you again. I hope to hear from you again as soon as I make my place of destination known to you.
I do not think you are more anxious to hear from me than I am to write you. I want to tell you of all that I have seen but I do not suppose I can one half. We left Taunton enroute for Washington about one p.m. I will try to give you the names of some of the places which we passed through which are as follows: Mansfield, Attleboro, Pautucket, Providence, Greenwich, Wickford, Kingston, Westerly, Stonington (Conn.), Mystic and Groton. Went aboard the boat about 6 p.m. We had a very pleasant night and enjoyed the trip very much. Went to bed about 10 o'clock, arose next morning about ½ past 3, and now commenced a sight more beautiful than I can express. We passed in full view of Jersey City, Brooklyn, and several beautiful islands. Had a pretty good view of New York until we arrived at the wharf and then such a forest of masts as I had never imagined prevented my seeing much more of it.
We got into New York Saturday morning about 6 o'clock, stopped there about 5 hours, [but] were not permitted to go ashore. Saw Mr. Mears but couldn't speak with him. Left New York about 11 a.m. in the boat Kill von Kull ¹ for Elizabethport, New Jersey. Left there about 2 p.m., came through Westfield, Plainfield, Bound Brook, Somerville, Lebanon, Clinton, High Bridge, and Hampton. There are all town in New Jersey. Arrived at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania about 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Stopped there about 4 hours. Did not see much of the place as it rained quite hard. Left there at 7 a.m. through York and Glen Rock [and] reached Baltimore about 3 p.m.
Our company [Co. K] and Fall River Company [Co. A] were ordered to load our guns just before we arrived at Baltimore but we had no occasion to use them. It was very quiet there. [We] marched through the city and took cars for Washington. Passed the Relay House. It is not remarkable for size or beauty. It is about 10 miles out of Baltimore. Arrived at Washington about 8 a.m. Slept in the Capitol and next morning took an early leave for the campground so I have not seen anything of the city yet but the Capitol. We are encamped within a quarter of a mile of Georgetown. I went there yesterday afternoon [and] saw the Potomac River.
I must close now. Just know where I am. My health is good. I shall write again soon and tell you how to direct your letters. I have time to tell you now.
¹ The Kill von Kull was a side wheeler owned by the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. She was built at Green Point, Long Island, in 1858.


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The South Korean government plans to implement a set of support measures to help small businesses and financially vulnerable people hit hard by soaring debt burdens sparked by a series of interest rate hikes in recent months. But there are worries that the government will find it hard to work out thorny issues such as maintaining fairness and preventing moral hazard. The government unveiled a 125 trillion-won ($94....
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The South Korean government plans to implement a set of support measures to help small businesses and financially vulnerable people hit hard by soaring debt burdens sparked by a series of interest rate hikes in recent months. But there are worries that the government will find it hard to work out thorny issues such as maintaining fairness and preventing moral hazard.
The government unveiled a 125 trillion-won ($94.7 billion) support package to stabilize the private financial sector Thursday, including debt relief programs. The next day, it announced an additional plan to offer policy financing valued at 68.3 trillion won to help small businesses and other vulnerable people struggling to handle interest payments.
The plans came after the Bank of Korea raised the benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage point Wednesday to rein in runaway inflation. Higher borrowing costs are expected to place extra burden on small merchants hit hard by the pandemic and individuals who took out bank loans.
"In tackling financial risks, proactive policies are more important than follow-up measures," President Yoon Suk-yeol said Friday. Given the potential risks that could bring about a much-feared economic downturn linked to deeper financial troubles of companies and households, it is a timely move for the government to come up with a support package to help debt-laden small businesses and low-income earners avoid bankruptcy.
The central bank raised the benchmark rate to 2.25 percent Wednesday by delivering an unprecedented rate hike of 0.5 percentage point. With the sixth rate increase, the Bank of Korea bumped up the rate by a total of 1.75 percentage points since last August.
According to the central bank, the country's household loans amounted to 1,752.7 trillion won as of end-March this year. More important is that the proportion of loans based on variable rates accounts for 77.5 percent of the total, a fairly high level. Considering the burdensome amount of total household loans and a higher ratio of those on floating rates, the outlook for higher interest rates could pose a serious challenge for policymakers as well as those who have to live with rising interest payment.
According to the Bank of Korea, a quarter percentage point increase of the benchmark rate translates to an increase of 3.4 trillion won in interest payment for households. Compared with last August, each individual borrower faces an increase of 1.12 million won in interest payments.
Since large numbers of those bank loans were used to buy houses, a slump in the real estate market could spark a toxic chain reaction in which a number of borrowers would fail to pay interest or, in worse cases, go bankrupt -- a scenario that will slam local banks and send extra shocks to the economy beleaguered by a slew of risks.
A closer look at the government's support programs, however, reveal the lack of specific plans and the possibility for a dispute over moral hazard. First, the government announced it would ask banks to extend up to 95 percent of COVID-related loans, which are set to mature by end-September. It will allow banks to make decisions "voluntarily" on loan extensions, but it runs counter to the government's extension target of up to 95 percent. To prevent risky loans from going sour after artificial extensions, the government should let banks to make decisions without specifying artificial targets.
Second, the government should consider the principle of fairness and take steps to minimize moral hazard by balancing its new debt relief program. Writing off up to 90 percent in the amount of principal due or in arrears, targeting select small merchants, or forgiving up to 50 percent of principal for young people could touch off controversies about fairness.
Proactive financial policies are necessary at this critical juncture, but the government should carefully weigh pros and cons of its proposed debt relief programs.
By Korea Herald (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
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Wack 100 Thinks Megan Thee Stallion Lied About Her Tory Lanez Shooting Injuries
Wack 100 has his own theory as to what happened between Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez last year. During a recent Clubhouse conversation, the veteran music manager claimed Megan's injuries weren't the result of a gunshot wound.
As Wack 100 explained in the clip, he believes they were sustained after Hot Girl Meg kicked out the window of the black SUV they were riding in the night of the alleged shooting incident.
"Let's really do the math," he said. "Some of the smallest bones in our muthafuckin' body is in our foot. N-gga, if you take a bullet to that foot and it break them bones, you are not walking backwards with your hands in the air. It is not happening. It's not gonna fucking happen.
"You gon lay yo' ass down, man or woman, and you gonna scream like a muthafuckin' hoe. You gonna holler and scream and you not finna be on stage in two to three weeks twerking! It ain't gonna happen."
Wack 100 then explained what he thinks actually took place in the backseat of the chauffeur-driven vehicle.
"I will speak from what I know. Back and forth conversation — 'fuck you, fuck you' — Meg in the backseat with her homegirl who's no longer the homegirl," he added. "Pull this muthafuckin' car over. Fuck it, I ain't pullin' nothing over.' Lean back, kickin' the window. Now we got the glass cuttin' up the foot.
"Tory wouldn't even have a leg to stand on if that girl's medical reports was showing gunshot wound to foot. Second of all, Tory, the first thing they gonna do and they would have reported it … first thing they gonna do to Tory is they gonna run that muthafuckin' powder test."
Tory Lanez Claims Megan Thee Stallion Case Update Is 'Wildly Inaccurate'
Wack went on to say Megan and her people know Tory Lanez didn't discharge the gun. Instead, he suggested it was his security, although he maintained Megan was never shot in the feet.
In another video clip of the same Clubhouse conversation, Wack 100 suggested all parties were too intoxicated to accurately remember what transpired.
"Tory ain't fire no shot," he continued. "Imma be real with you, bro. Lemme tell you something. When muthafuckas be high and drunk and all that on top of shit and muthafuckas just rambling off at the mouth — we've all been in these situations — and you hear a muthafuckin' shot, man, you don't know where that shot came from half the time.
"But you got to have a general idea of it in your head, where you think the shot come from right? One thing I do know is I have not seen that GSR test mentioned. That GSR ain't going nowhere unless you use urine or milk."
Megan Thee Stallion claimed she was shot in July 2020 after a night out with Kylie Jenner and Tory Lanez. After initially keeping the identity of the shooter quiet, she ultimately pointed the finger at the Canadian rapper.
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From Census to Surveillance
Forty years after the first attempts to de-anonymise the Australian census, in 2016 the government finally succeeded. This is the story of the forty year struggle against efforts to turn the Australian census from a population snapshot into cradle-to-grave surveillance and the public response.
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Q7 What experience (if any) have you had with the 2016 Census collectors?
This question was open ended and not a required question. As such it was answered by 319 and skipped by 227
Experience with census collectors (field officers) varied from one extreme (no contact at all) to multiple visits. Personal impressions of the conduct of field officers varied from one extreme 'very polite' to 'rude/harassing'. A surprising proportion of respondents report no contact with census collectors however these responses came in between 30 August and 9 September so it is reasonable to assume some of these people may have received contact at a later date.
Got home from travelling to find two new census forms and a lovely note saying that it's now "overdue" #censusfail pic.twitter.com/XiWZrWQYqH
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Threats of fines are mentioned in the responses to the survey but also on the Twitter hashtag #CensusFail where evidence is posted that the ABS has issued threats to households prior to the cut-off date of September 23. Written notices have also been distributed by the ABS claiming that census field officers have the right to enter private premises. The Census and Statistics Act stipulates that census field officers may only enter common areas normally open to the public.
This aggressive law and order approach is particularly inappropriate in light of the multiple technical and political issues with this year's census. That a government department is printing and distributing materials that are misleading people about their rights and responsibilities (and those of the government) demonstrates a deeply unethical approach toward the 2016 census.
In an attempt to bring some reasonableness to the situation, and at the behest of the public, a motion was put to the Senate on August 12 by Senators Xenaphon, Ludlam & Lambie requesting that the ABS issue a statement that it would not fine people it believes have not completed the 2016 census. The motion was voted down by the Liberal government with the support of Labor.


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Young Squad to Compete at UTEP Price's Give 'Em Five Invitational
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas men's golf will compete in its final tournament of the 2013 fall season at the UTEP Price's Give 'Em Five Invitational in El Paso, Texas, Oct. 25-26.
The Jayhawk squad will consist of freshman Chase Hanna, sophomores Connor Peck, Ben Welle and Jackson Foth and rounding out the group will be the lone upperclassman, junior Logan Philley.
Hanna has led the Jayhawks in three of the first four tournaments of the year. His most successful outing coming at the Badger Invitational in Madison, Wis., where he finished even par which was good enough to put him in a tie for fifth.
Peck saw the first tournament action of his division one college career earlier in the week when the Jayhawks traveled to Las Cruces, N.M., for the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22). Peck went on to be one of the leaders for the Jayhawks in the second round where he recorded a 73 (+2). Peck finished the tournament at 11-over par in a tie for 42nd.
Welle looks to contribute to the Jayhawks effort as he is trying to build off his best performance of the year in Fort Collins, Colo., where he finished in a tie for 15th at the Ram Master invitational (Sept. 16-17). Welle recorded one of the teams four under-par rounds this season where he shot 2-under par in the final round putting him at 4-over par for the tournament.
Foth is the only Jayhawk on the squad this week that was a member of the roster last year. He looks to take his knowledge and share it with the team as he also looks to keep his momentum up following the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate where he recorded two rounds of 1-over par. Foth finished the tournament tied for 31st while sitting at 9-over par.
Philley is competing in his fifth-straight tournament for the Jayhawks. Philley was just two strokes off of the top-20 during the Ram Master invitational where he finished seven-over par and in a tie for 24th.
The UTEP Price's Give 'Em Five Invitational will be played on a 7,307-yard, par-72 course at Butterfield Trail Golf Club. The 15-team field, hosted by UTEP, includes Kansas, Air Force, Boise State, Colorado, Grand Canyon, Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, San Jose State, Seattle, UC Riverside, Utah and Western New Mexico. The tournament will be played over two days where the competitors will play 36 holes on Friday Oct. 25 and 18 holes on Saturday Oct. 26.


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Gluten response in coeliac patients could lead to diagnostic test
Associate Professor Jason Tye-Din is head of coeliac research
at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and a gastroenterologist
at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Distinct markers found in the blood of people with coeliac disease could lead to a world-first blood test for diagnosing patients after one small meal of gluten.
The availability of a blood-based diagnostic would be a vast improvement on the current approach which requires people to consume gluten for a number of weeks, and even months, for testing to be accurate.
Published today in Science Advances, the research addresses a longstanding mystery about what drives the adverse reaction to gluten in coeliac disease patients.
The peer-reviewed study included the world's top coeliac disease experts from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia, University of Oslo in Norway, and in the U.S., Massachusetts General Hospital and University of Chicago. The study was led by Boston-based biotechnology company ImmusanT Inc.
Distinct markers in the blood of people with coeliac disease have been identified by an international study.
The findings could lead to the development of a blood-based diagnostic which could offer a diagnosis following one small meal of gluten.
The potential new approach would be a vast improvement on current methods which involve weeks of gluten exposure and an invasive procedure to sample the small intestine.
Associate Professor Jason Tye-Din, head of coeliac research at the Institute and a gastroenterologist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital said work was now underway to explore the development of a simple blood test for coeliac disease.
"For the many people following a gluten-free diet without a formal diagnosis of coeliac disease, all that might be required is a blood test before, and four hours after, a small meal of gluten.
"This would be a dramatic improvement on the current approach, which requires people to actively consume gluten for at least several weeks before undergoing an invasive procedure to sample the small intestine," Associate Professor Tye-Din said.
Detection in a matter of hours
Coeliac disease affects approximately 1.4 per cent of people globally, many of whom remain undiagnosed. Symptoms of the disease are caused by a damaging immune response to gluten. After consuming gluten, patients can experience reactions such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhoea.
Dr Bob Anderson, a joint senior author of the paper and the Chief Scientific Officer of ImmusanT Inc., said the new findings could address an important medical need.
"For the first time we have described the inflammatory reaction that patients with coeliac disease experience in the immediate hours after they are exposed to gluten.
"The unpleasant symptoms associated with the disease are linked to an increase in inflammatory molecules in the bloodstream, such as interleukin-2 (IL-2), produced by T cells of the immune system. This response is similar to what happens when an infection is present, however for people with coeliac disease, gluten is the trigger.
"This information underpins a potential new approach to diagnosis that addresses the emerging medical need to identify patients without coeliac disease who may be better served by other treatments for their chronic symptoms," Dr Anderson said.
Researchers at ImmusanT first discovered the immune markers while assessing blood samples during the Phase 1 trial of a potential coeliac therapy called Nexvax2. Gastrointestinal symptoms in patients injected with the gluten peptides, particularly nausea and vomiting, correlated with higher levels of IL-2 in their blood.
Subsequent testing showed the consumption of gluten produced the same IL-2 response in people with coeliac disease.
Welcome news for coeliac community
CEO of Coeliac Australia, Ms Michelle Laforest, said the finding would be welcome news for the coeliac community in Australia.
"The potential for a one-off gluten challenge and blood test could make a significant difference to many thousands of Australians who report sensitivity to gluten but have been unable to tolerate the current testing approach.
"It is clear this research has the potential to revolutionise the current testing regime for coeliac disease globally," Ms Laforest said.
The research was supported by the University of Oslo KG Jebsen Coeliac Disease Research Centre, The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center, the University of Melbourne and ImmusanT Inc.
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Jorge Barrera School Board President jbarrera2@eaglepassisd.netCurrent Term: 2020 to 2024Term Expires: November 2024
Jorge Barrera, EPISD School Board President, was elected to the Board on November 8, 2016. Mr. Barrera graduated from Eagle Pass High School in 1997 and furthered his education at Texas A&M University, where in 2003 he earned a Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering degree. During his duration at Texas A&M, Mr. Barrera became President of Walton Hall and President of the Residence Hall Association (RHA). In 2006, he began working for Eagle Pass Water Works System as the Regional Water Treatment Plant Process Engineer and on June 30th 2011 he became General Manager of Eagle Pass Water Works System. Aside from serving the board, Mr. Barrera is currently a Board Member of the Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Group (Region M), member of the Rio Grande Watermaster Advisory Committee, Board Member of the Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Southwest Texas Junior College Engineering Advisory Committee. Mr. Barrera has been married for nine years to Sylvia L. Barrera and have three children. Sons Jorge Barrera III, Gael Barrera, and daughter Damaris Barrera.
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Hilda P Martinez, Vice President of the EPISD School Board, is a pharmacist at "Luna's Friendly Pharmacy". Mrs. Martinez was elected to the EPISD School Board on November 4, 2014. Mrs. Martinez, a 1990 Eagle Pass High School graduate, began her career in Pharmacy in 1995 when she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Texas, College of Pharmacy. Before returning to her home town, Mrs. Martinez worked as a pharmacist for several years at an "HEB" pharmacy in San Antonio, Texas. From 1997 to 2001, Mrs. Martinez was the head pharmacist at "Walmart" in Eagle Pass, Texas. Soon thereafter, Mrs. Martinez chose to become part owner of "Luna's Friendly Pharmacy" and in 2001 she established the locally owned and operated pharmacy with the name "Friendly Pharmacy". Mrs. Martinez and her husband, have three children, Gunnar, Collin, and Sienna Sky. All three children attend school within the Eagle Pass Independent School District.
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Dr. Hector Alvarez, EPISD School Board Secretary, was elected to the Board in November 2012. Dr. Alvarez is a local health-care practitioner who owns a dental practice in Eagle Pass, Texas. Dr. Hector Alvarez has been practicing Dentistry for 16 years. Born and raised in Eagle Pass, Texas, Dr. Alvarez attended Eagle Pass High School and was a varsity cross country and track athlete. After high school, Dr. Alvarez earned a track and cross country scholarship to University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA). As a freshman athlete at UTSA, Dr. Alvarez was awarded Conference Champion at the Trans American Athletic Conference. Dr. Alvarez graduated from UTSA with a degree in Science and Biology. He was accepted to Marquette University, School of Dentistry, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1999, Dr. Alvarez graduated with a Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degree. Dr. Alvarez has actively served in several community organizations. He is a mentor for young EPISD cross country and track athletes who are preparing for competitions. Dr. Alvarez is also very committed to spiritual health. He currently serves as an ACTS member and is active within his local church. Dr. Alvarez and his wife, Lucy have been married for 20 years and have four children. Hector, Larissa, Ana Christina and Alex. His eldest son, Hector, is a cross country athlete at the University of Incarnate Word.
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Lupita Fuentes, a Board Trustee of Eagle Pass Independent School District, has served on the School Board since May 2003. Ms. Fuentes is also the Maverick County and Kinney County Director of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). She has been employed with "United Medical Centers" for 33 years. Ms. Fuentes, received her Vocational Nurses license in 1982. Ms. Fuentes' commitment and service to the community is reflected by her extensive resume to include: Past Secretary and current Chairperson of the Maverick County Appraisal District, Member of the American Cancer Society; Co-Chair of Relay for Life for 3 consecutive years; Served as a Delegate of The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB); Member of the Texas Association of Local WIC Directors (TALWD); Texas WIC Program Region 8 Representative and Member of the National WIC Association (NWA). Ms. Fuentes is also a proud member of "TEAM of 8", and is a strong advocate for the children and employees of our District following the same motto and stance since her induction to the board in 2003 - "Excellence in Education!" Ms. Fuentes, is the proud mother, of twins, Manrique Jr., and Kristina and son Victor Adrian. She is also the proud grandmother of 6 grandchildren.
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Glenna Purcell, a Board Trustee of the Eagle Pass Independent School District, was appointed to the School Board after the passing of her husband, Lynn Purcell, a significant member of the community and a board trustee himself. Ms. Purcell chose to serve on the board as her husband did and was elected in 2010 and 2012. Ms. Purcell worked within the school district for 28 years before she chose to retire. Currently, Ms. Purcell is the Treasurer of the "First United Methodist Church", where she is an active member of her congregation. In addition, Ms. Purcell is a member of the "Maverick County Retired School Personnel Association". Ms. Purcell also serves as a member of the "Maverick County Junior Livestock Show Association". Ms. Purcell, a west Texas native, moved to Eagle Pass, Texas, 47 years ago and has since lived and thrived within our community. Ms. Purcell believes education begins at the home and is cultivated in the school. She is committed to the students and employees of our school district and is very proud of the successes of our students. Due to her extensive experience as a former employee of EPISD, Ms. Purcell is very aware of the hard work and dedication required in order to facilitate the many achievements of our students. Ms. Purcell has three children who are all educators within EPISD. She is a proud grandmother of 9 grandchildren, of which six are current students within the school district. Ms. Purcell's oldest grandchild, Chelsi, graduated from C.C. Winn High School in June 2015 and is currently attending Texas A&M in College Station.
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SINGAPORE - Singapore-based Luye Medical Group has completed a majority equity investment in Novena Heart Centre (NHC), it said on Tuesday (April 10).
The deal - for an undisclosed amount - is the latest of Luye Medical's investments in healthcare service providers in Singapore, which include OncoCare Cancer Centre and AsiaMedic.
Luye Medical said the acquisition of NHC will enable it to cater to the rising demand for cardiovascular treatment as incidences of cardiovascular diseases continue to rise in Singapore and globally.
Said Charles Wang, its group chief executive officer: "The acquisition of NHC not only strengthens our presence in Singapore, but also underscores Luye Medical Group's strategy to focus on high-growth medical speciality areas and integrated services. Besides elevating our core competencies across cardiovascular treatments, it will also enable us to leverage NHC's expertise in this medical field as we continue to expand into the regional markets."
Dr Hsu Li Fern, NHC's co-CEO and consultant cardiologist, said that with Luye Medical's support, NHC aims to set up more clinics in the major private hospitals in Singapore.
Luye Medical also intends to expand NHC's cardiology practice into China in the medium term.
"We will tap the company's strong local network in China to bring NHC's cardiology practice to the country. Our foray into the key Chinese cities will be aligned with the upcoming hospitals under the Luye Medical Group's umbrella of healthcare assets in China," said Mr Wang.
NHC, located in Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, is a multidisciplinary cardiology group practice in Singapore. It houses five major cardiology disciplines - coronary intervention, heart rhythm management, heart failure, cardiac imaging, and cardio thoracic surgery.


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4 vs ratiopharm Ulm 23:34 7 1/3 1/3 2/2 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 7
5 * at Mornar Bar 16:04 7 2/4 1/2 2 1 5
9 * at ratiopharm Ulm 8:11 2 1/1 0/1 1 1 1
6 Totals 85:53 29 8/16 3/9 4/4 1 5 6 3 4 2 0 0 7 6 25
Average 14:18 4.8 50% 33.3% 100% 0.2 0.8 1 0.5 0.7 0.3 0 0 1.2 1 4.2
#1 in 2-point % (100%)
#1 in Games Played (1)
#17 in Field goal % (80%)
#19 in 2-pointers made (4)
#20 in Turnovers (2)
Index rating 22 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica vs. Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 12/6/2017
Points 20 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica vs. Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 12/6/2017
Offensive rebounds 2 Arka Gdynia vs. Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 11/20/2019
Defensive rebounds 2 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica vs. JL Bourg 1/12/2021
Assists 4 Galatasaray Istanbul vs. Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 12/12/2017
Steals 3 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica vs. Darussafaka Istanbul 3/9/2018
Blocks 1 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica vs. Darussafaka Istanbul 3/9/2018
Minutes 27 UCAM Murcia vs. Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 10/12/2016
Grew up with KK Lovcen Cetinje (Montenegro) juniors.
Made his debut with Lovcen Cetinje during the 2011-12 season.
Moved to Greece for the 2014-15 season, signed by AE Nea Kifisia Athens.
Played there till April'16.
Moved to Serbia, signed by BC Mega Leks.
He's still playing there.
Won the 2016-17 and 2018-19 Montenegrin National Championship with BC Buducnost Podgorica.
Won the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Montenegrin National Cup with BC Buducnost Podgorica.
Won the 2018 ABA League with BC Buducnost Podgorica.
Has been member of the Montenegrin U-16, U-18 and U-20 National Team.
Played at the 2012 European U-16 'B' Championship.
Played at the 2013 and 2014 European U-18 Championships.
Played at the 2015 and 2016 European U-20 'B' Championships.
Member of the Montenegrin National Team.
Played at the 2019 World Championship.
2018-19 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 21 102 4.9 27/59 45.8 11/24 45.8 15/20 75 19 10 25 1
Totals 21 102 4.9 27/59 45.8 11/24 45.8 15/20 75 19 10 25 1
Averages 21 102 4.9 27/59 45.8 11/24 45.8 15/20 75 0.9 0.5 1.2 0
2016-17 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 8 56 7 18/36 50 4/17 23.5 8/11 72.7 8 8 6 1
2017-18 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 13 61 4.7 21/40 52.5 4/14 28.6 7/8 87.5 10 9 13 1
2019-20 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 10 36 3.6 7/20 35 4/14 28.6 10/10 100 9 5 9 0
2020-21 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 7 37 5.3 12/20 60 3/10 30 4/4 100 8 4 3 0
Totals 38 190 5 58/116 50 15/55 27.3 29/33 87.9 35 26 31 2
Averages 38 190 5 58/116 50 15/55 27.3 29/33 87.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.1
2010/11 Lovcen 3 10 3.3 2/5 40.0 2/2 100.0 0/0 0.0 1 0 0 0
2011/12 Lovcen 5 8 1.6 3/5 60.0 0/0 0.0 2/2 100.0 0 0 0 0
2012/13 Lovcen 26 119 4.6 25/54 46.3 12/43 27.9 33/43 76.7 34 14 20 1
2014/15 Nea Kifisia 11 60 5.5 14/24 58.3 5/16 31.3 17/24 70.8 8 7 8 0
2015/16 Nea Kifisia 18 37 2.1 7/20 35.0 5/21 23.8 7/10 70.0 18 6 12 1
Mega Leks 13 106 8.2 26/44 59.1 15/31 48.4 9/10 90.0 21 20 16 1
2016/17 Buducnost-ABA 29 204 7.0 45/83 54.2 26/67 38.8 36/49 73.5 23 17 32 0
Buducnost-EL 7 49 7.0 10/21 47.6 4/21 19.0 17/23 73.9 11 4 17 0
2017/18 Buducnost-ABA 24 139 5.8 43/73 58.9 8/26 30.8 29/40 72.5 39 8 26 1
Buducnost-EL 2 15 7.5 3/3 100.0 3/5 60.0 0/0 0.0 1 1 3 0
2019/20 Buducnost-ABA 19 82 4.3 30/57 52.6 3/24 12.5 13/17 76.5 13 13 19 1


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Q: SBT: how to reuse code with parameters in multiple tasks? Sorry to say that SBT doesn't get much simpler with years...
I have a project using sbt.version=0.13.5 and I defined a number of custom tasks in Build.scala.
I have a task which makes some repackaging of my artifacts, it is written using := notation, as:
val myPackage = taskKey[File]("Package distributive")
val myPackageTask = myPackage := {
   // uses .value and streams
   // returns File of repackaged artifact
}

It works fine. However, I want to reuse that code calling it as a method/whatever with parameters as:
def myPackageCode(param: String): File = {
  // the same code using .value and streams only using the `param`
  // returns File as above
}

val packageNo1 = taskKey[File]("Package distributive option 1")
val packageNo1Task = packageNo1 := { myPackageCode("1") }

val packageNo2 = taskKey[File]("Package distributive option 2")
val packageNo2Task = packageNo2 := { myPackageCode("2") }

This fails to compile with: value can only be called on a task within a task definition macro, such as :=, +=, ++=, or Def.task.
How to make it work: reuse task code with parameters?

A: After trial and research I made it work as the following:
// wrapped the original code in Def.taskDyn { Def.task { ... }}
def myPackageCode(param: String) = Def.taskDyn { Def.task {
  // the same code using .value and streams only using the `param`
  // returns File as above
}}

val packageNo1 = taskKey[File]("Package distributive option 1")
// changed := to <<= in "assignment" to key
val packageNo1Task = packageNo1 <<= myPackageCode("1")

"Simple", as always with simple build tool :)


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The Monster at the Heart of our Galaxy
When: November 7, 2018 7:00PM
Where: The New Vic Theater, 33 West Victoria Street, Santa Barbara
Andrea Ghez
Learn about new developments in the study of supermassive black holes. Through the capture and analysis of twenty years of high-resolution imaging, the UCLA Galactic Center Group has moved the case for a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy from a possibility to a certainty and provided the best evidence to date for the existence of these truly exotic objects. This was made possible with the first measurements of stellar orbits around a galactic nucleus. Further advances in state-of-the-art of high-resolution imaging technology on the world's largest telescopes have greatly expanded the power of using stellar orbits to study black holes. Recent observations have revealed an environment around the black hole that is quite unexpected (young stars where there should be none; a lack of old stars where there should be many; and a puzzling new class of objects). Continued measurements of the motions of stars have solved many of the puzzles posed by these perplexing populations of stars. This work is providing insight into how black holes grow and the role that they play in regulating the growth of their host galaxies. Measurements this year of stellar orbits at the Galactic Center have provided new insight on how gravity works near a supermassive hole, a new and unexplored regime for this fundamental force of nature.
Andrea Ghez is a professor of astronomy at UCLA. From the highest and coldest mountaintop of Hawaii, home of the Keck Observatory telescopes, using bleeding-edge deep-space-scrying technology, Ghez handily confirmed 30 years of suspicions of what lies at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy -- a supermassive black hole, which sends its satellite stars spinning in orbits approaching the speed of light.
Ghez received a MacArthur "genius grant" in 2008 for her work in surmounting the limitations of earthbound telescopes. Early in her career, she developed a technique known as speckle imaging, which combined many short exposures from a telescope into one much-crisper image. Lately she's been using adaptive optics to further sharpen our view from here -- and compile evidence of young stars at the center of the galaxy.
Global Sky Partners named as one of the most innovative educational projects in the world
Dr. Edward Gomez of Las Cumbres Observatory Wins the 2020 Lise Meitner Medal
LCO Telescopes Observe a Star Being Shredded by a Supermassive Black Hole
Stanford Online High School Students Use LCO Data in Astronomical Research


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Q: Asp.net MVC Authorize attribute, redirect to custom "no rights" page Asp.net MVC2 does redirect to login page with response 302 when authenticated user has no rights.
I would like to split into two actions

*

*If user is not authenticated then do what it does, redirect to login page.

*If user is authenticated but has no required rights then return appropriate http status code and show no rights dude page.

Is there any way to do it? Or am I doing something wrong with authorize and form authentication? Only way I can think of is by writing custom authorize attribute, which I want to avoid.

A: You could write a custom authorize attribute and in the AuthorizeCore method if the user is not authenticated return a HttpUnauthorizedResult and if he is authenticated but not in roles perform some other action you would like. Note that if you return 401 status code the FormsAuthentication framework will eventually redirect with 302 to the login page.

A: As suggested in Customizing authorization in ASP.NET MVC, you could subclass the AuthorizeAttribute to intercept the authenticated-but-unauthorized scenario and replace the result with a redirect.

A: Implement a custom AuthorizeAttribute and add the following override. The basics is to check if user is authenticated but not authorized and then redirect to you own "Access Denied" page. Hope this helps!
public override void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
{
    base.OnAuthorization(filterContext);

    // Check if user is authenticated and if this action requires authorization
    if (filterContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated
        && filterContext.ActionDescriptor.IsDefined(typeof(AuthorizeAttribute), true)
        || filterContext.ActionDescriptor.ControllerDescriptor.IsDefined(typeof(AuthorizeAttribute), true))
    {
        List<object> attributes = new List<object>(filterContext.ActionDescriptor.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AuthorizeAttribute), true));
        attributes.AddRange(filterContext.ActionDescriptor.ControllerDescriptor.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(AuthorizeAttribute), true));

        // Check all authorzation attributes
        foreach (var attribute in attributes)
        {
            var authAttribute = attribute as AuthorizeAttribute;
            if (authAttribute != null)
            {
                if (!filterContext.HttpContext.User.IsInRole(authAttribute.Roles))
                {
                    // User is not authorized so redirect to our access denied error page
                    filterContext.Result = new RedirectToRouteResult(
                        new RouteValueDictionary
                            {
                                { "area", "" },
                                { "controller", "Error" },
                                { "action", "AccessDenied" }
                            });
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

A: Similar to solutions suggested by @hellangle and @Andreas, I used the following code to solve this problem:
public class CustomizedAuthorizeAttribute : AuthorizeAttribute
{
    public override void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
    {
        var userAuthInfo = GetUserAuthInfo();

        if (!userAuthInfo.IsAuthenticated())
        {
            filterContext.Result = new RedirectResult(UrlToYourLoginPage);
            return;
        }

        if (!userAuthInfo.IsAuthorized())
        {
            var result = new ViewResult {ViewName = "UnAuthorized"};
            result.ViewBag.Message = "Sorry! You are not authorized to do this!";
            filterContext.Result = result;
        }
    }
}

Of course, you need to implement the user authorization information class and related methods (GetUserAuthInfo, IsAuthenticated, IsAuthorized) according to your specific needs. Also a View named 'UnAuthorized' should be put to somewhere the MVC engine can find. Then it can be used on a controller class (pointed out in @hellangle's answer) or a action method:
[CustomizedAuthorizeAttribute]
public class TargetController : Controller
{
    [CustomizedAuthorizeAttribute]
    public ActionResult TargetAction()
    {
        // Your Code
    }

}

In order to provide different access control strategy for various controller classes and action methods, implements a constructor for CustomizedAuthorizeAttribute class which accepts parameter(s) representing access control information and then Instantiate CustomizedAuthorizeAttribute class accordingly.

A: You could write custom filter attribute like this:
public class CustomAuthorizeAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
    {
        public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
        {
            if (filterContext.HttpContext.User.Identity == null || !filterContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
            {
                filterContext.Result = new RedirectResult(System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.LoginUrl + "?returnUrl=" +
                filterContext.HttpContext.Server.UrlEncode(filterContext.HttpContext.Request.RawUrl));
            }

            //Check user right here
            if (userNotRight)
            {
                filterContext.HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = 302;
                filterContext.Result = new HttpUnauthorizedResult();
            }
        }
    }

And use it in controller:
[CustomAuthorize]
public class HomeController : Controller
{

}


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Court: Jail workers can be sued over Detroit inmate's death
Detroit federal judge says governmental immunity doesn't apply in a lawsuit by Jeff Horvath's estate
Court: Jail workers can be sued over Detroit inmate's death Detroit federal judge says governmental immunity doesn't apply in a lawsuit by Jeff Horvath's estate Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1NiHzlN
Associated Press Published 10:43 a.m. ET April 18, 2016
Detroit — A jury should decide whether Wayne County jail employees could have prevented the death of a man who was killed after a mentally ill inmate was placed in his cell, an appeals court said.
The court last week affirmed a decision by a Detroit federal judge, who said governmental immunity doesn't apply in a lawsuit by Jeff Horvath's estate. He was in jail for more than a week in 2011 because he couldn't afford to post bond in a misdemeanor case.
Horvath was moved to another cell because of a toilet problem and was eventually joined by Brandon Gillespie. Horvath, 55, was beaten and stabbed to death. Another inmate said he heard someone yelling, "Let me out."
Gillespie told jail staff he had a history of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and wasn't taking medication at the time, according to a summary of the incident. Gillespie, now 26, pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and is serving at least 30 years in prison.
Horvath's family said the Dearborn man had a right to be protected. The lawsuit names Wayne County, a sheriff's deputy, a nurse and a social worker. Deputy Andre Stinson said he didn't hear Horvath's pleas for help.
"Stinson certainly raises doubts as to what he could hear and see at the time of the attack. … But such arguments are appropriately reserved for a jury," the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said.
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The Amawtakuna constituted a special class of wise men similar to the bards of Great Britain. They included illustrious philosophers, poets, and priests who kept the histories of the Incas alive by imparting the knowledge of their own culture, history, and traditions throughout the kingdom. Considered the most highly educated and respected men in the Empire, the Amawtakuna were largely entrusted with educating those of royal blood, as well as other young members of conquered cultures specially chosen to administer the regions. Thus, education throughout the territories of the Incas was socially discriminatory, barring the rank and file from the formal education that royalty received. The Amawtakuna did ensure that the general population learned Quechua as the language of the Empire, much in the same way the Romans promoted Latin throughout Europe.
According to Fray Martín de Murúa, a chronicler of the time, the education of the young novices (yachakuq runa, in Quechua) received from the Amawtakuna began at age 13 in the houses of knowledge (Yachaywasi in Quechua) in Cuzco. The Amawtakuna used their erudition to teach the young novices of the empire about Inca religion, history and government, and moral norms. They also ensured a thorough understanding of the quipu, the Incas' unique logical-numerical system which used knotted strings to keep accurate records of troops, supplies, population data, and agricultural inventories. In addition, the young men were given careful training in physical education and military techniques.
Most Inca novices finished their education at around age 19. After passing their examinations, the young men would receive their wara (a special type of underwear) as proof of their maturity and virility. Their education ended with a special ceremony, attended by the Empire's oldest and most illustrious Incas and Amawtakuna, at which the new young nobles, as future rulers, demonstrated their physical prowess and warrior skills and proved their masculinity. The candidates were also presented to the Inca sovereign, who pierced their ears with large pendants and congratulated the young aspirants on the proficiency they had shown, reminding them of the responsibilities attached to their station (and birth, in the case of members of the royalty) and calling them the new "Children of the Sun."
Some historians and authors have pointed to feminine schools ("Aklla wasi", in Quechua) for Inca princesses and other women. It is believed the education given at the Acllahuasi in Cuzco was much different from that given at the other Acllahuasis in the provinces of the empire. The women learned Inca lore and the art of womanhood as well as skills related to governance, but on a limited scale in comparison to the men. Other skills included spinning, weaving, and chicha brewing. When the Spanish chroniclers and conquistadors arrived they viewed these institutions as the Inca version of the European nunnery. Like the men, women were brought into the Acllahuasis from faraway villages throughout the empire after being specifically chosen by Inca agents. After finishing their training, some women would stay to train newly arrived girls, while lower-ranking women might be chosen to be secondary wives of the Sapa Inca, if he wished it, or be sent as rewards to other men who had done something to please the sovereign.
The general population of the Inca Empire did not go to formal schools like the nobles did, and they did not have access to the scientific or theoretical knowledge of the Amautas. The education of the common person was largely based on the knowledge transmitted by their elders, such as practical education in the aspects of agriculture, hunting, fishing, and stonework, as well as religion, arts and morality. This type of knowledge was passed on by the fathers and eldest family members through the generations. Even without the benefit of Amawtakuna knowledge, it was the general population that was responsible for building most of the Inca road system, rope bridges, water fountains, agricultural development, irrigation systems, massive stone buildings, fortress temples and the rest of the impressive architectural and engineering marvels for which the Incas are still renowned today.


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Lavrenty Ivanovich Avaliani (, ; 6 November 1923 - 10 October 1943) was a Soviet soldier who saw action in the Second World War, known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. He reached the rank of sergeant and commanded a squad of the 1372nd Infantry Regiment of the 417th Rifle Division of the 44th Army of the Southern Front. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1943.

Biography
Avaliani was born on 6 November 1923 in the village of Gumati, in the Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia. He was Georgian by nationality. After graduating from five classes, he worked on a collective farm, and was a member of the Komsomol.

On 4 April 1943 he was called up for service in the Red Army. From 17 April he was in the army (according to other sources, since 1941 and received three wounds this year). He fought on the North Caucasian and Southern Fronts in the 1372nd Infantry Regiment of the 417th Rifle Division.

On 3 June 1943, as a squad leader with the rank of sergeant, Avaliani made a single sortie over the front line and destroyed an enemy machine gun crew with light machine gun fire. On 28 July by order of the regiment commander, he was awarded the medal "For Courage". On 10 August, during the battle for the  farm (Krasnodar Krai), Avaliani, repelling an enemy attack, killed more than 20 German soldiers, including two officers, with machine-gun fire. At the end of the attack, at the request of his wounded colleagues, the sergeant crawled for water to a spring in the neutral zone, repelled an attempt to capture him, killing two more enemy soldiers with automatic fire, and returned with water to the location of his detachment. The next day, already on the offensive, he used machine gun fire to kill enemy soldiers advancing on his squad and remained in the ranks despite being wounded. On 8 September, by order of the commander of the 56th Army, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

In October 1943, the detachment of Lavrenty Avaliani took part in the battles in the Zaporozhye Oblast. During the offensive on 9 October, near Kanadsky (Mikhailovka Raion) Avaliani, breaking into the enemy trench, entered into hand-to-hand combat, during which he killed 18 enemy soldiers. The next day, his squad fought defensive battles with infantry and armored vehicles of the enemy, who was trying to regain lost positions.

Lavrenty Avaliani died in this battle. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on 1 November 1943, he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Avaliani was buried in a mass grave in the village of  (Tokmak Raion, Zaporozhye Oblast).

From the award list:
... Avagliani, with his anti-tank rifle and light machine gun, did not allow the enemy to move forward. ... Avagliani, with his anti-tank rifle and hand grenades, knocked out 3 enemy tanks, of which one of the Tiger type, killed up to 150 Nazis from a light machine gun, when the last time the enemy, with the support of tanks, launched a counterattack by a group of machine gunners, Comrade Avagliani immediately took a gun and knocked out with several shots 1 medium tank, but at that time a heavy tank of the "Tiger" type was advancing on it.  [Avaliani] let the ["Tiger"] to 40-45 meters and blinded the tank with shots from the anti-tank rifle, and then destroyed it with several anti-tank grenades and opened heavy fire at close range on enemy infantry, and when the cartridges ran out, with a Finnish knife in hand, he rushed at the surviving Nazis, killing another 12 Nazis.

Awards
 Medal "Gold Star" of the Hero of the Soviet Union (1 November 1943)
 Order of Lenin (1 November 1943)
 Order of the Red Banner (8 September 1943)
 Medal "For Courage" (28 July 1943)
 Medals

Sources
 Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь / Пред. ред. коллегии И. Н. Шкадов. — М.: Воениздат, 1987. — Т. 1 /Абаев — Любичев/. — 911 с. — 100 000 экз. — ISBN отс., Рег. № в РКП 87-95382

References

External links
 Lavrenty Avaliani on the site warheroes.ru

1923 births
1943 deaths
20th-century people from Georgia (country)
People of World War II from Georgia (country)
Heroes of the Soviet Union
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
Recipients of the Medal "For Courage" (Russia)
Soviet military personnel killed in World War II

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Kidpower Nepal
Ms. Shusma Pokhrel, President
Ms. Shusma Pokhrel is Masters in Business Administration and Sociology. She is also Post Graduated in Women Studies and Bachelor in Law. She is an expert in Child Protection and Advocacy for more than 20 years. She worked as the Executive Director at Nepal GoodWewave Foundation for about 2 years and served SOS Children's Villages Nepal (SOS Nepal) as Director for Family Based Care Programme and Advocacy. She was also the National Child Protection Focal Person at SOS Nepal. She is currently the Director for Nepal for Kidpower International. She possesses the experience in working with children at risk, collaborating with other Non-Government Organizations/International Non-Government Organizations, advocating the rights and protection of children. Additionally, she gathered a huge experience in engaging with Government Policy makers in the country and at local, national, regional and global levels.
Mr. Krishna Prasad Khanal, Vice-President
Mr. Krishna Prasad Khanal is Masters in Science. He is Diploma in Computer Training from National Computer Center. He got retirement from the position of Under Secretary of Higher Secondary Education Board. He also worked as Officer at National Computer Center for 15 years. He served the Government of Nepal for about 4 decades.
Ms. Goma Devi Bhandari, General Secretary
Ms. Goma Devi Bhandari holds Master Degree in Sociology and Bachelor in Education. She is trained in Child Right Protection from Social Work Institute. She is currently working as a Primary Teacher in a Government School in Kathmandu. She served as Social Worker for 2 years at Child Correction Home at Bhaktapur. Her strengths are positive attitude, punctuality, self-motivation, confidence, creativity, term work, leadership and hard working.
Ms. Sunita Pokhrel, Treasurer
Ms. Sunita Pokhrel is currently working as Marketing Officer in Global Agro Products Private Limited. She is Graduated in Commerce. Additionally, she is Diploma in Information Technology from NIIT, Chitwan. She started her initial professional career as a teacher for 8 years. She also served Inner Wheel Club of Bharatpur as Charter Secretary.
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