It seems as though ITV has been working up to this since the early 1990s. Ever since Yorkshire Television took over its smaller neighbour, Tyne Tees, ITV has been driving along one road. Destination – one single ITV company.
Not long after, LWT fell into the hands of Granada and Central went to Carlton. Since then the consolidation continued unabated, until just Border, UTV and Channel remained alone. And then Border was pounced upon by Capital Radio. Only concerned about Border's radio interests (which included the Century stations), Border was sent off to the welcoming arms of Granada Media.
From where there was once 16 companies running the network, now there are just 5. Bar Channel, UTV, Scottish and Grampian, Carlton and Granada own the rest. And now the two giants want to become one.
If it goes ahead as expected, the merger will consolidate all the ITV companies in England and Wales into just one company, dubbed ITV plc.
Those in charge at Carlton and Granada have so far stated that owning the other pieces of the ITV puzzle isn't a priority for them. Given the size of the pieces, it is not particularly surprising. No doubt if they came on the market at the right place, they'd be slotted into the new empire quickly, but the new ITV plc won't want to pay over the odds.
And lo, nearly fifty years of broadcast history will disappear. The regional franchises system, which the ITV companies once used to their advantage, looks increasingly like a waste of time. What really is the point of having a series of regional franchises, when just one company will control most of the regional franchises?
Should a franchise renewal come along, what will happen? Will the new monolithic ITV be stripped of a region? Is anyone even going to bother bidding when they know that they're up against a company that controls most of our nations biggest commercial broadcaster? And even if they did, and they won, how long would be remain independent, before the biggest company in the market bought them out?
It has been over ten years since the last franchise round which lost Thames and TV-am from our screens, but in those ten years, the franchise system used then now looks completely irrelevant.
It's not just the actions of the ITV companies that will cause problems for franchise renewal. The whole television market is slowly changing. The move to digital will eventually see analogue transmissions turned off.
In the past if an ITV franchise was lost, there was nowhere for them to go. Only Thames managed to carve out a post-ITV life for itself.
Once analogue transmissions are turned off, ITV's options are much more open. It easily could leave its current home on DTT, and move to broadcast via satellite and cable, or possibly take up space on Freeview. Coronation Street and The Bill could even be taken to pay-TV. In one swoop, the remit to broadcast regional programming would disappear, leaving a rump national broadcaster, with a lot of small regional centres to close, and lots of staff to be made redundant. Loosing its current franchise would be little threat.
On the other side, who would even want to bid for a regionalised franchise network? If the regional franchises were merged into one national franchise but with a regional element, any new operator would have huge start-up costs in order to establish a regional presence across the UK. For a new television company, trying to break into the market is hard enough as Channel 5 found, but establishing regional newsrooms and studio facilities would be even harder. Any brand new station would no doubt prefer a single, national franchise.
Of course an existing operator (like Channel 5) could bid for their competitor's license, but why would they want to move to what would be a more costly operation?
Regional programming is too important a part of the equation to be dismissed – ITV is the only current commercial television network to include a regional presence, and despite its current sorry state, its destruction would be a loss to the nation. Yet if we don't do anything, the combined Carlton and Granada monolith will have a right to broadcast indefinitely.
It seems clear that when the time comes, a whole new solution will need to be found.
The sensible model would be to simply start again from scratch. The existing ITV services could be made into a single national channel, and moved onto another multiplex – this would also allow the amount of space ITV occupies on satellite to be decreased. In its place, a new system of small, regional franchises, with strict ownership rules.
The franchises could then band together to produce a set amount of networked programming, as well as producing a variety of regional programming for the area they serve.
ITV plc, with its regional commitment removed, would be no doubt keen to sell off some of its regional centres to the new franchise owners, or could even bid for some franchises itself.
There would be risks involved – income may be low, and moving regional programming off a major channel may dent audience figures. However local programmes often perform strongly in the ratings and the ability to target advertising at specific parts of the country will be attractive to some.
It probably wouldn't be a major cash generator, and revenues to the treasury for the right to own the individual franchises may be low. The system may even need some public subsidy in the early years, but rather than have no regional programming at all, or a sole operator able to blackmail the regulator with threats to withdraw certain regional programming, it seems a sensible solution.
If a combined ITV plc was to decide it wanted to withdraw from regional broadcasting, there seems little hope of anyone taking their place as a company running a regional network with a national license. Perhaps the solution really is to take a step back in time.


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Are you a cookie dough fan? I am! Maybe you remember my three kinds of Cookie Dough post? Well, this time, I decided that Cookie Dough deserves o be in a cake. Deserves TO BE THE CAKE. I made this Vegan Cookie Dough Cake as a raw vegan version. Due to the fact that no ingredient get heated up, it can preserve all the good nutrients in the foods. Also, it allows me to add a superfood to the Cake (never heat superfoods like Spirulina, Maca etc.) I love to add superfoods like Maca to my desserts as you can indulge in sweet things and get the benefits for free.
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Stenography comprises skills in Shorthand, Transcription and Typewriting. It is indispensible in business profession, vocation and administration wherever it is desirable to have a quick and verbatim on record of the spoken words. This skill is being included in the curriculum as many students have the aptitude towards this particular area.
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The syllabus has been designed to equip the students to impart sufficient knowledge. Training is given to develop their Steno typing skills and to obtain computer typing skills which enable them to take up and clear SSC Steno Grade, 'C&D' and other SSC Govt. Exams.
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Scientist Named to American Association for the Advancement of Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist Mike Sussman has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The AAAS Council elected 376 members as Fellows of AAAS. These individuals will be recognized for their contributions to science at the Fellows Forum to be held on 18 February 2006 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in St. Louis.
Professor Future President of the American Society of Plant Biologists
University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist Richard Amasino has been elected by his peers to lead the American Society of Plant Biologists. Amasino became president-elect of ASPB Oct. 1, 2005. ASPB is a non-profit science society of nearly 6,000 members from the United States and nearly 60 other nations.
Biophysical Scientist Honored as Society Fellow
Thomas Record, a biophysical chemist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named one of six 2006 Society Fellows by the Biophysical Society, a 7,000-member U.S. organization that represents global biophysics research.
A chaired professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Record hopes that the new honor will help in continuing to attract talented students and extramural funding for his research.
A UW-Madison faculty member for 35 years, Record is a basic scientist whose laboratory has long explored how cell proteins recognize and bind to DNA sequences, a critical...
Scientist Uses Form to Explain Function of Key Building Blocks of Life
Structures of Marine Toxins Provide Insights into their Effectiveness as Cancer Drugs
Vibrantly colored creatures from the depths of the South Pacific Ocean harbor toxins that potentially can act as powerful anti-cancer drugs, according to research findings from University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemists and their Italian colleagues.
The research team has defined the structure of the toxins and provided a basic understanding that can be used to synthesize pharmaceuticals, according to a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
UW-Madison Scientists Receive $20 Million Award for Protein Study
Researchers at the Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have received a $20 million award to fund Phase II of the Protein Structure Initiative over the next five years.
The Annual Biochemistry Post-Doc Awards
Graduate Teaching Excellence Award: David W. Staple
This award is intended to recognize a Biochemistry graduate student who has consistently shown evidence of quality, commitment, and innovation in teaching. Graduate students who have completed their Biochemistry major teaching requirements are eligible. Nominations are requested from all instructors of Biochemistry classes with graduate teaching assistants. Nominations for students who have assisted in more than one class during their two semesters of required teaching should be presented as joint nominations between all involved...
UW-Madison Biochemistry Graduate Wins Alice in Dairyland Title
Wisconsin's newest agricultural ambassador, Gena Cooper, 22 of Mukwonago, is ready to take the message of quality agricultural products to the ends of the state, the country and beyond.
Kiessling to lead new chemical biology initiative
The world's largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society, has named Laura L. Kiessling editor in chief of ACS Chemical Biology, a new publication scheduled to launch in 2006. Kiessling is professor of chemistry and biochemistry and MacArthur Foundation Fellow at UW-Madison.
Academic Staff Appreciation Award
Colleen Clary from the Department Office was awarded for her dedication and hard work with graduate student admissions.
Amasino Hilldale Award Winner
Four faculty members are recipients of the 2005 Hilldale Awards, which annually recognize excellence in teaching, research and public service.
The awards, given yearly since 1987, honor top professors in four university divisions: biological sciences, physical sciences, social studies, and arts and humanities.
Congratulations Professor Amasino
Maurer Extra Mile Award
The award is to recognize faculty/staff who have demonstrated unusual concern for, and provided exceptional service to, undergraduate, graduate and Short Course students. The service should exceed the level that might normally be expected from faculty or staff, and can include: mentoring /advising of individual students or student groups; creating formal or informal experiential learning opportunities; providing *leadership to improve the educational experience; service on committees related to student life and academic achievement; other activities that enhance the educational experience...
Emil Thomas Kaiser Award
The Emil Thomas Kaiser Award from the Protein Society award recognizes a significant contribution in applying chemistry to the study of proteins.
Congrats Dr. Raines.
Paul D. Boyer Postdoctoral Excellence Award
Yuehui He, Shelly Lusetti and Brian Miller are the recipients of the 2005 Paul D. Boyer Postdoctoral Excellence Award
Elvehjem Award
John W. Suttie, professor emeritus, biochemistry, has received the Conrad A. Elvehjem Award from the American Society for Nutritional Sciences in recognition of his outstanding service to nutrition as a scientist, editor, adviser and communicator on behalf of the profession.
Students Find Passion in Labs as Undergraduate Summer Research Scholars

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2013 Free Buffalo Wild Wing Bowl Picks: The 7-5 Michigan Wolverines take on the 7-5 Kansas State Wildcats from Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
The Michigan Wolverines had high hopes coming in to the 2013 season. After starting 5-0 and being ranked as high as 18th in the nation , a downward slide started shortly after. A quadruple overtime loss to Penn State started a tailspin as the Wolverines lost five out of their last seven games. In their last outing, Michigan took then #2 ranked Ohio State to the limit, only to lose 42-41 after a failed 2 point conversion. In the last four games of the season, quarterback Devin Gardner was playing his best football of the season, completing 61% of his passes for 971 yards with 8 touchdowns and zero interceptions. However, it was decided that freshman Shane Morris will get the start. Morris was highly touted, and the Michigan faithful were calling on him to start during Michigan's struggles. Morris has completed only 5 of 9 passes on the season for 65 yards with zero touchdowns and 1 interception. The Wolverines averaged 252 yards passing and 130 yards rushing per game this season while averaging 33.8 points per game. The defense is respectable, ranking 37th in the FBS, allowing 367.4 yards per game while allowing 5.20 yards per play.
Kansas State had a rocky start to their season; they opened the 2013 campaign being upset by North Dakota State 24-21. They then collected wins against Louisiana-Lafayette and Massachusetts, but lost their first three conference games to Texas, Oklahoma State, and Baylor. The Wildcats turned their season around after that, winning five of their last six games, including a dominant 49-26 win at then ranked Texas Tech. They possess a well balanced offense led by quarterback Jake Waters, who has completed 59.2% of his passes for 2198 yards with 15 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Junior wide receiver Tyler Lockett is the main target, with 71 receptions for 1146 yards and 8 touchdowns. Senior running back John Hubert leads the backfield, with 968 yards and 9 touchdowns, averaging 5.3 yards per carry. The Wildcat defense is ranked 35th in the FBS, allowing 367 yards per game.
Kansas State will be looking to get head coach Bill Snyder his first bowl victory in 11 years and I think they get the job done in Tempe. When a team has lost four of its last five games, a quarterback change for a bowl game has to be questioned. Not only that, but putting in a true freshman that has taken only 9 snaps on the season is puzzling. The offense loses continuity after a month off, and now with a quarterback that has seen little live action during the season, it makes the situation all the more difficult. I like the run that Kansas State has been on after their rough start, and I think they end the season on a high note with a big win over the maize and blue.


You'll visit three hidden jazz joints for hours of live music. Along the way you'll make stops to see and hear about Harlem's storied past and current scene. Venue entry fees for up to three clubs and transportation charges are included. Start and end the tour conveniently in Midtown Manhattan. You'll learn history of the neighborhood of the 20s and 40s jazz and club scenes which played pivotal roles in the development of jazz and brought the world's attention to Harlem. Enjoy a night on the town with a NY local and jazz aficionado!


One day during August 2001, Ariel Sharon decided to close the Orient House in an attempt to end any PLO-related activity in Al-Quds (Jerusalem). Along with this decision, a number of other representative organizations were also closed based on the pretext that they were funded by the Palestinian Authority, hence, according to the Israeli government, in violation of the agreements of the Oslo Accords. This included the Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which was established in 1936, many years before the creation of the State of Israel, as well as the Higher Council for the Palestinian Tourism Industry.
Needless to say, neither organization was supported by the Palestinian Authority beyond the natural, historic relations that link family members together. The Higher Council for the Palestinian Tourism Industry office in Al-Quds was raided and closed down, preventing any access to its files, promotional materials, furniture, computers, or tools.
The higher council was one of the very first efforts to create an umbrella platform to represent the interest of tourism development in Palestine. It operated as a professional representative committee and had a director and other staff who served its strategy and coordinated the undertakings of its seven active and legally registered member organizations at the time. These were the Arab Hotel Association, the Tour Operators' Association, the Arab Tourist Guide's Union, and the representatives of the tourism transport companies, the souvenir shops, the airlines, and the tourism restaurants. Indeed, some of these organizations were stronger and much more active than others, but the general spirit at the time was to move forward as needed in providing the technical assistance for the individual organizations. This initiative was mainly supported by the GIZ, German Cooperation, called GTZ at the time. One of the main investments of this endeavor was to create the joint council of the tourism industry, essentially advocating for a public-private partnership (PPP) between the tourism industry associations and the newly formed Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in order to enhance and consolidate all the administrative, organizational, promotional, and professional efforts invested in enhancing Palestinian tourism.
But in fact, the Israeli decision to close the higher council only contributed to a reevaluation and a shake-off of the weaknesses inherited in the initial process. In its first round, the joint council had reached a deadlock for a variety of reasons. The invested efforts, however, led to a more mature and more involved second phase. The lack of support for the next steps took its toll on the weaker tourism organizations. Essentially, only three of them emerged as the future leaders of the Palestinian tourism industry, namely, the associations or unions that represent the hotels, the tour operators, and the tour guides. At one point during this transformation, the tour operators' association split into two specialized organizations. The Palestinian Society of Tourist and Travel Agents (PSTTA), which represented most of the outgoing and ticket-sales business, and the Holy Land Incoming Tour Operators Association (HLITOA) emerged. The latter joined the hotels and the guides associations in creating the Higher Council for the Palestinian Tourism Industry, which basically included the three main representatives of the industry. The tourism restaurants failed to establish a body to represent them; the airline companies pulled most of their representations on the Palestinian side; most of the tourism transport activists grew to become incoming tour operators in their own right and hence joined the HLITOA; and the souvenir shops kept mostly to themselves.
One of the most evident achievements of the tourism organizations council was its ability to keep close ties und unite efforts with the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, specifically with the then deputy minister and later minister of tourism and antiquities, Dr. Khouloud Daibes. Together they formulated the draft bylaws of the Palestinian tourism board and the basis for the tourism law update. After many months of deliberations and preparations, when the bylaws of the tourism board were ready, the Palestinian government and the prime minister's office turned down the request to establish the tourism board PPP platform and only authorized the establishment of an advisory board for the minister. This advisory committee had no authority and no legal or professional structure. It merely brought insight and support to the minister and enhanced ad-hoc coordination between the public and private sectors.
Built in 1897 by Ismail Musa Al-Husseini, the Orient House has served many diplomatic functions over the past 120 years. Photo by George Azar.
Nevertheless, this phase produced an interesting by-product. The tourism bylaws allowed for the inclusion of any tourism sector that could properly represent a certain specific specialization related to tourism. This essentially opened the doors for the creation of the Network of Experiential Palestinian Tourism Organizations (NEPTO), which represented the interest of community-based development in Palestine. NEPTO advocated for a new partnership model that called for a stronger presence and representation of the civil society organizations in tourism and cultural heritage preservation. The PPCP model (public-private civil society partnership) enhanced community-based tourism as a vital tourism sector and encouraged related organizations to seek NEPTO's membership. NEPTO joined the advisory council of the minister of tourism and later implemented a number of interventions that forged the shape of the current dynamics of the tourism sector. It brought under its umbrella a number of community-related tourism initiatives, alternative tourism groups, rural and cultural heritage festivals, fair trade and local-products organizations, wildlife and environmental associations, and architectural heritage centers. All of NEPTO's twenty organizations shared the passion to work with Palestinian communities across Palestine, hence shedding light on a great deal of forgotten richness and micro Palestinian identities in infamous as well as in lesser-known destinations that had the potential to strongly differentiate the national tourism offer. NEPTO became the leading umbrella to add value to and advocate change in Palestinian tourism through its research and innovation-based strategies.
Over the past twenty years, Palestinian tourism has strived – amidst numerous obstacles – to allow visitors to enjoy comprehensive and profound experiences. Palestinian innovation and creativity have contributed to laying the foundations for competitiveness, effective management, and internationalism.
Meanwhile − and especially following Sharon's visit to Al-Aqsa and from the consequent outbreak of the second Intifada until 2010, the year when the Oslo process seemed to have ended in the minds of many people and organizations − major changes took place that affected the shape and dynamics of tourism. The Israeli wall around the city of Al-Quds suffocated its lifeline and fragmented its economy and its social structure and changed its compass and aspirations. The subsequent wars on Gaza, particularly the war in 2014, had a detrimental effect on tourism in general and on Al-Quds in particular. The overall result of this transformation was the loss of half the Palestinian hotels in Al-Quds which, unable to withstand the high expenses while running on tourism fumes, had to close down, most of them never to reopen again. Thirty percent of Al-Quds Old City shops also closed their doors. The cultural scene diminished, and the number of cultural events declined considerably. In the meantime, Bethlehem and Ramallah, specifically, grabbed the glamour that Al-Quds had enjoyed before all the divisions and fragmentations that Israel and the current political situation imposed on the city. This led to the formation of a number of Al-Quds-based tourism initiatives, such as the Jerusalem Tourism Cluster, which is leading a strategy to reclaim the central value of tourism and culture in the city and to enhance its indigenous cultural heritage identity and potential. Al-Quds possesses many resources and capacities that are not utilized in its tourism portfolio in particular or in Palestine in general.
Al-Quds (Jerusalem) is a unique destination, present in the hearts and minds of most visitors long before they make their first trip to the city. The Palestinian tourism industry is engaged with creativity and perseverance in expanding its organizational capacities and transforming its tourism-management strategies in Al-Quds and elsewhere to move Palestine towards a brighter future.
This bottom-up approach, which crystalized in the creation of a number of cultural-heritage and tourism initiatives, has realized worthwhile successes in other parts of Palestine as well. Bethlehem has an active consortium to enhance the positioning of the city. Masar Ibrahim has created an internationally renowned path that connects Palestinian communities along a 33- kilometer trail. Among others are the Sufi Trails and the centers of local culture of the Rozana Association, shedding light on many of the lesser-known potential destinations in Palestine. Other ideas and investments ensued, such as the interpretation and narrative centers in the projected micro destinations as well as specializations, clustering, local production, environmental protection, and local leadership and governance structures to foster the management of local resources and capacities. This has brought many lesser-known destinations to light, such as Arraba, Sebastiya, Deir Istiya, Bani Na'im, Battir, Rashaydeh, and others. It has also attracted discerning interest in the other Palestinian cities such as Al-Khalil (Hebron), Nablus, and Jenin.
The profile of tourists visiting Al-Quds has also changed in the past years due in part to easier access to visas and entry permissions. In the past ten years, a growing number of Russians and other Eastern Europeans have been visiting the city. There are also rising numbers of Chinese, more Australians, and generally fewer Americans. What is interesting is the growth of the Islamic market particularly in Al-Quds as it is their primary destination. Actually, Islamic tourism has contributed significantly to the protection of many hotel establishments as well as other services in and around the Old City, saving them from having to close their doors permanently. This is a vital notion to understand, and we must investigate the potentials and limitations particularly as a great deal of Christian pilgrimage has been absorbed by Bethlehem. Yet Islamic tourism is still considerably new and fragile; it has its own challenges and needs to be carefully managed by the Palestinian tourism industry.
The bottom-up approach and the trend to build local destinations are what will define the emerging character of tourism development in the near future. Ms. Rula Maayah, the current minister of tourism and antiquities has been supportive of the various community-based tourism and cultural-heritage initiatives and has welcomed the growing number of new destinations, the diversity, the richness, and the transformation of the national tourism offer. Al-Quds is undergoing a destination revamping and will probably lead a new approach to tourism management. The Al-Quds Tourism and Heritage Council, which includes under its umbrella all the tourism organizations that work in the city as well as representation from the cultural, educational, and CBO sectors, will be leading this effort, a strategy that remains pending evaluation and review.
Raed Saadeh is the co-founder and chairman of the Jerusalem Tourism Cluster and the co-founder and chairman of the Rozana Association for Rural Tourism Development, based in Birzeit. Mr. Saadeh is also the owner and general manager of the Jerusalem Hotel, a boutique hotel in Jerusalem, a former president of the Arab (Palestinian) Hotel Association (AHA), and the co-founder of the Network for Experiential Palestinian Tourism Organizations (NEPTO).


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In the first part of the thesis, a model for argument revision is defined and described. Specified in terms of the ASPIC\+ framework for argumentation, the model is divided into two main concepts: argument expansion, whose goal is to make certain arguments acceptable in the system, possibly by adding them; and argument contraction, whose goal is to make certain arguments unacceptable in the system, possibly by removing them. The goal of a revision process can be achieved in multiple different ways, thus a method of choosing which, based on measures of minimal change, is also specified. The second part of the thesis demonstrates two applications of the model in the context of multi-agent dialogue. The first is used to assist a participant when faced with a need to update its commitment store during persuasion dialogue, while the second shows how a participant can use argument revision techniques to both assess and maintain a lie.The main contributions of the thesis are twofold. First, the characterisation of a model for argument revision, based on established belief revision principles but with a key difference. The model for argument revision demonstrates how it is possible to use measurable effects on the system when determining minimal change instead of relying on a pre-determined, qualitative entrenchment ordering.Second, the thesis demonstrates two applications of argument revision in dialogue. The first is in assisting an agent in retracting a commitment that has been defeated, and for which it can offer no defence. When retracting a claim, the participant may also be required to retract other claims from which the defeated one is a consequence. Applying argument revision techniques allow the participant to reason about what constitutes a minimal set of retractions, in terms of current commitments and potential future communications in the dialogue.The second dialogical application relates to the opposite of retraction; instead of choosing to retract an undefended claim, the participant could instead choose to lie in order to defend it. Argument revision allows the participant to not only assess whether or not lying is ``minimal'' (compared to retracting), but to also to maintain the lie, by using the measures of minimal change.Overall, the thesis shows that not only is justifiable argument revision possible without relying on a pre-determined entrenchment ordering, it is also a powerful tool for participants in a dialogue, assisting with dialogue move selection.


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Q: Change Segmented Controller properties in SwiftUI I'm trying to create a Segmented Controller in SwiftUI. This is my code so far:
Picker(selection: $currentStatus, label: Text("Treatment Status")) {
            ForEach(status, id: \.self) {
                Text($0)
            }
        }
        .pickerStyle(SegmentedPickerStyle())

And this is what it looks like:

This is fine, but I'd like to change the Segmented Controller properties to make it look like this:

I tried looking up any tutorials on how to modify Segmented Controllers in SwiftUI but couldn't find anything. Any help would be highly appreciated!

A: Here is a view that looks like the above and acts like a picker, see if this will work:
struct MinimalPickerView: View {
        @State var selected = "Pendiente"
        let labels = ["Pendiente", "Atendido", "Cancelado", "Ausente"]

        var body: some View {
            HStack {
                ForEach(labels, id: \.self) { label in
                    VStack {
                        Text(label).padding(2)
                        Rectangle()
                            .frame(height: 7)
                            .foregroundColor((selected == label) ? .black : .clear)
                    }
                    .onTapGesture {
                        selected = label
                    }
                    .padding(2)
                }
            }
        }

}

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Bram Stoker's Dracula is the title given to a number of games based on the 1992 film of the same name. Gameplay for each game varies greatly from platform to platform, but they all retain a similar plot based on the movie. The 16-bit console versions are side-scrolling hack-and-slash games.
The player controls a young lawyer named Jonathan Harker. Harker must free himself from Dracula's capture, follow him to London, and end his reign of terror.


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Nani replaces Tevreden as Reading Sporting Director
Articles / Leadership/ Reading
Nani was previously Sporting Director at West Ham and Watford
Written by Simon Austin — September 13, 2018
READING have appointed Italian Gianluca Nani as their new Sporting Director following the departure of Brian Tevreden to Belgian side KSV Roeselare.
Tevreden, 36, had felt increasingly marginalised since the arrival of Ron Gourlay from Chelsea as chief executive in July 2017. The Dutchman was not involved in the decision to appoint Paul Clement as manager in July, or in much of the club's summer transfer activity.
He has now joined Roeselare as chief executive.
Gourlay said: "Brian has worked very hard for this football club. I have enjoyed working with him. He has certainly earned this new opportunity.
"Personally, I would like to wish him every success in his new role with Roeselare and all the very best for the future."
Tevreden, who was one of only a small handful of black executives in English club football, had been with Reading since February 2016. He initially joined as Head of International Football and Development before stepping up to become Director of Football when Nicky Hammond departed for West Brom in April 2016.
READ MORE: Herron leaving Reading after 17 years
The former Ajax youth player and coach was instrumental in bringing in Jaap Stam, who had been assistant manager with the Dutch giants, as boss in June 2016. The Royals were agonisingly close to being promoted to the Premier League in Stam's first season, losing out on penalties to Huddersfield in the final of the Championship play-offs, but things went downhill fast after that.
With the club just three points above the relegation zone, Stam was sacked in March 2018 - a decision that was taken above Tevreden's head - and they now sit bottom of the Championship, without a win in six games.
The club has new owners, with brother and sister Dad Yongge and Day Xiu Li buying out the previous Thai majority shareholders in May 2017, and a new CEO, with Gourlay having replaced the long-serving Nigel Howe in July 2017.
Many fans are now understandably concerned and confused about the direction the club is taking.
Gianluca Nani - 'proven pedigree'
Following Nani's appointment, Gourlay said: "We are delighted to welcome Gianluca to Reading Football Club. He is a Sporting Director who has experience of working at the very highest level and a proven pedigree in nurturing young footballing talent and creating recruitment and development structures which successfully work hand in hand.
"I am looking forward to Gianluca joining us here at Reading."
Nani, 55, was previously Sporting Director at West Ham United (2008 to 2010) and Watford (2012 to 2014).
His record at West Ham was mixed at best, although it came during a difficult period in the Hammers' history, with owner Björgólfur Gudmundsson being declared bankrupt in the spring of 2009.
Before this, Nani appointed Gianfranco Zola as the club's first overseas manager. When Zola was appointed, in September 2008, the club were fifth in the Premier League; when he left, in May 2010, they were 17th.
Nani also oversaw a transfer policy that reduced the overall wage bill but included several expensive flops, including £9m striker Savio, who made just 10 appearances and is now, at the age of 29, without a club. When David Gold and David Sullivan bought West Ham in 2010, Nani was sacked.
His record at Watford was more solid, with many crediting him with helping to lay foundations that have seen the club become a Premier League force. In his time with the Hornets Nani again appointed Zola as manager, leading them to the final of the Championship play-offs in 2012/13, which they lost, before resigning the following December after a bad run of results.
Nani, who was born in Rome and studied law, made his name as a Sporting Director at Brescia, where he was credited with developing talents such as Andrea Pirlo and Luca Toni.
He speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian and was most recently Technical Director of City Group outfit Al Jazira in the Arabian Gulf League.
He said: "I'm really proud to join and now be part of an historic club as glorious as Reading. I will put in all my effort and my knowledge to ensure that the club and its fans enjoy the success they deserve.
"With hard work, I am truly confident we will have a bright future together."
Tevreden the trailblazer
Tevreden came through the youth ranks at Ajax, although he never made a senior appearance for the club. After spells in the Dutch and Greek leagues, he retired from playing at the age of 25 and dedicated himself to coaching.
In five-and-a-half years with the legendary Ajax Academy he rose through the ranks and the club made a major impact on his footballing philosophy.
"In the longer term, we want to be the same as Ajax - 60% of our squad to be from the academy," he said after joining Reading. "We have a clear plan for the academy. We want to develop young players for the first team, mixed with experienced players."
In his time at Reading, he worked with three managers (Brian McDermott, Stam and Clement) and brought in more than 20 players.
The club has been vaunted for its youth system for many years - it has a Category One Academy and placed 13th in our Academy productivity rankings for 2016/17.
However, some fans are now questioning whether youth will continue to get a chance. The Royals made nine acquisitions this summer, including 37-year-old defender John O'Shea from Sunderland.
While the former Ireland international is earmarked for a future coaching position, he has nevertheless filled a slot that could have been given to an Academy player.
Tevreden was also one of the few black executives in English club football - and said he was proud to be a trailblazer.
"It is a positive thing if I am an example now as a director that it is possible. If you work hard, are loyal and do your thing then you can get the job.
"I think Reading did a very good job because they didn't look at the colour just the quality and that is a compliment to the owners and the chief executive."
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The 1928 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 30th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889.

Tralee were the defending champions, however, the team disbanded, resulting in the creation of three new teams: Boherbee, Rock Street and Strand Road.

The final was a Tralee derby, played between Rock Street and Strand Road, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Rock Street won the match by 3-04 to 0-07 to claim their first ever championship title.

Teams

As decided by Co. Convention, eleven teams took part in the Co. Senior Football Championship, Killarney, Currow, Strand Road, Rock Street,Boherbue , South Kerry, Newtownsandes, Listowel, Craughdarrig and Dingle. Laune Rangers, who had absorbed the best from Fossa, Firies, Milltown and Castlemaine, as well as Killorglin.

Results

Final

Miscellaneous

 Rock Street won the title for the first time.
 Rock Street also won the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship making them the first club to win the double since Tralee Mitchels in 1908.
 Strand Road qualify for the final for the first time.

References

Kerry Senior Football Championship
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On Thursday evening, I and some of the other COPE candidates attended the Theatre in the Raw production of "Bruce, the Musical" by Bob Sarti, with music by Earle Peach and Bill Sample. It's at the Russian Hall at 600 Campbell in Strathcona until November 16 and well worth seeing.
Bruce Eriksen was a founder of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association and later a COPE City Councillor (1980-1993). The play covers the years during the 1970's when Eriksen, Libby Davies, and Jean Swanson fought for the rights of Downtown Eastside residents and also to have the DTES recognized by City Council, and the people of Vancouver, as a neighbourhood and not "skid row" as it was sometimes referred to. The second act of the play focusses on the fight to have the old Carnegie Library at Main and Hastings converted to a community centre for people of the DTES to gather and meet, rather than having to resort to pubs.
Some of the people in the audience had lived – and in some cases, still live – in the Downtown Eastside. During the second act, I could hear people behind me saying "That's right" and "Oh, remember…" and making soft exclamations of recognition. They had clearly lived through the fight to have Carnegie converted to a community centre, and even 30 years later, it still had emotional resonance.
Carnegie Community Centre gives people in the Downtown Eastside a place to go to meet and chat and play cards or read or get involved in other activities in the community centre. However, it provides more than that – it is a symbol of the Downtown Eastside as a neighbourhood, and its residents are part of a community – their neighbourhood is their home, it is where their friends are, and it has Carnegie as its hub. For all the poverty and substance addiction that still exist in the DTES, when we respect this neighbourhood and its residents, we are recognizing that hope for a better tomorrow has its roots in the community itself.
I read the blog comments on the mess' the DTES is still in relgdraess of the millions of dollars that have been poured into the area. I don't live in the DTES, so I can't comment on whether things are better or worse. What really shocked me was when I read the newspaper article linked to the blog regarding the inquiry into the missing women. I came to a point where there was testimony regarding a lack of addiction treatment beds in the province. In fact, it was quoted that there were only six beds in the province for addicted women.' That is where my eyes stopped. I have worked with addicts for many years and I do a large amount of assessment and referral to treatment. The quoted statements in the newspaper article are entirely incorrect. There are plenty of treatment beds for addicted women in this province and I seldom wait more than a few days for my referral client to get into treatment. It is a real shame that such inaccurate information is being touted as fact, as it will lead communities to start spilling money into creating new treatment centres when plenty of great treatment programs are already running and have available beds. Why re-invent the wheel? To me, it is just a way of deflecting the real issues. That's a subject far too lengthy for this blog. In closing, I'd say that the police in the DTES have made a difference relgdraess of what anyone thinks .as although I may work in a different BC community -even I can see the the relationships built and time invested by the police with those suffering from addiction has already begun a catalyst for change in the ideals of society when it comes to addicts. My hats go off to them for their tireless work in this marginalized neighbourhood. You have made a difference.
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2013 Marin Young Playwrights Festival press release
MARIN THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES
FINALISTS OF MARIN YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
Eight ten-minute plays written, directed and acted by Marin County teens
will be featured on March 10, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at MTC
MILL VALLEY, CA— Marin Theatre Company Teen Advisory Board and Director of Education Daunielle Rasmussen are pleased to announce the eight finalists of the fourth annual Marin Young Playwrights Festival:
• Fruit Madness by Anna Feiner, Sarah Jo Millar and Jack Jenkins, Sir Francis Drake High School
• Tom's Umbrella by Madelaine Bixler, Elsie Allen High School
• Terminal Illness by Jack Foley, Terra Linda High School
• Devoid of Love & Grace by Abby Bordin, Tamalpais High School
• To Be a Great Man by Rachel Zilberg, San Domenico School
• Play Pretend by Jane Reagan, Terra Linda High School
• Hope by Tessa King, Tamalpais High School
• The Big Ass Russian Novel by Jake Rosenberg, Jewish Community High School
Featuring Marin County teens acting and directing, these eight ten-minute plays will be performed as staged readings at Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Avenue in Mill Valley, on Sunday, March 10, at 7:00pm. This event is free and open to the public. Advance reservations are strongly recommended.
The Marin Young Playwrights Festival celebrates the work of teen playwrights in Marin County and encourages a focus on playwriting in local high schools. Each fall, teens who live in Marin are encouraged to submit original ten-minute scripts to the festival. The Teen Advisory Board, which is made up of local middle and high school students who serve as ambassadors between MTC and the teen community in Marin County, reviews the scripts in a blinded process and selects eight finalists. Local teens perform the finalist plays at the annual festival held at MTC.
MTC's Artistic Staff serve as judges and select one winning script, which receives a staged reading with professional actors and a professional director at MTC in conjunction with the company's New Works Series. Now in its fourth year, the Marin Young Playwrights Festival is sponsored by MTC and produced by the company's Teen Advisory Board. This season, the Teen Board selected the eight finalists from over 50 submissions.
2013 Marin Young Playwrights Festival
Written, directed and acted by Marin County teens
March 10, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.
Marin Theatre Company | 397 Miller Avenue | Mill Valley, CA 94941
Join MTC for the fourth annual Marin Young Playwrights Festival, which features eight ten-minute plays written, directed and acted by Marin County teens. The MYPF celebrates the work of teen playwrights in Marin County and encourages a focus on playwriting in local high schools. At press time, participating high schools included: Elsie Allen High School, Jewish Community High School, San Domenico School, Sir Francis Drake High School, Tamalpais High School and Terra Linda High School.
FREE. Advance reservations are recommended. This event fills capacity every year.
Founded in 1967, Marin Theatre Company is the Bay Area's premier mid-sized theater and the leading professional theater in the North Bay. We produce a six-show season of provocative plays by passionate playwrights from the 20th century and today in our intimate 231-seat proscenium theater. We are committed to the development and production of new plays by American playwrights, with a comprehensive New Play Program that includes two nationally recognized annual playwriting awards, new play readings and workshops by the nation's best emerging playwrights and a leadership position in the National New Play Network. Our numerous education programs serve more than 6,000 students each year.


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Overdose deaths are on the rise in America: in the 12-month period ending this past April, more than 100,000 people in the country died of overdoses, "up almost 30 percent from the 78,000 deaths in the prior year."
The Atlantic recently released a piece connecting crystal meth use with increases in homelessness in the country—here's why that was incorrect.
Jacob Chansley, the man known as the "QAnon Shaman," has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for rioting at the Capitol on January 6th.
Vox tries to explain why some normal-looking dudes have attracted a feverish, extremely horny following.
Dave Chappelle claimed in his controversial Netflix standup special that his trans friend Daphne Dorman was bullied by LGBTQ+ people online and then committed suicide, linking the two events. But people who knew Dorman say there is no evidence that she was "hounded to suicide" by trans activists.
The next time I'm in L.A., I can't wait to go watch a Lakers game at the...Crypto.com Arena?
Rapper Young Dolph has reportedly been fatally shot in Memphis. He was 36.
Randall Park will star in a new Netflix comedy set at the last Blockbuster Video in America.
Do you want to give your dog an exclusive, private dog run experience in the city? It seems you can: "For yearly fees ranging from free to $2,200, private dog runs offer an alternative to the city's 84 public runs."
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The tubs look lovely alongside Huw's bench to make an 'H' shape – a special area for Huw. Thank you to Ellie, Little George, Louie, Sean and Liam for helping paint the tubs and to Lyn, Lawrence, Will and Ellie for helping the 3 of us with the planting.
It was a pleasure making Huw's area special with all of you and it was great to see other friends down there today as well such as Big George, Chris, Fraser, Robbie and Edson.
Whenever I see Huw's area it's lovely to see people chilling out there and it's an area that gives his family and friends a lot of comfort.


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Q: Youtube video given in iframe tag but its not working in Safari browser <iframe width="100%" height="500" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/alswD2tCc_Q?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

Hi All,
Above is my code.  The video is working in all browsers besides Safari.Can you guys help me to fix this issue?
Thanks in Advance.

A: Safari requires webserver to support "[Range][1]" request header in order to play your media content.
https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/CreatingVideoforSafarioniPhone/CreatingVideoforSafarioniPhone.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006514-SW6
For a legit "Range" request response, your webserve need to return status code "206".


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Q: Backbone.js 'error' event: how do I know which method (fetch, save, delete) triggered it? Backbone sync triggers an error event on the model/collection whenever the response is not a 200 status code. In order to implement a default error handling mechanism, I am listening for the error event in my views. This works, but I want to be able to distinguish between errors saving (save), deleting (delete), and retrieving (fetch).
So, in a nutshell, this is sort of what I want:
var MyView = Backbone.View.extend({
  initialize: function(options){
    this.listenTo(this.model, 'error', this.errorHandler);
  },
  errorHandler: function(model, xhr, options){
    // logic would depend on whether the event was triggered by fetch,
    // save, or delete
    // How can I tell how the event was triggered?
  }
});

Does Backbone provide me a way to do that? Does the jqXHR object? Looking for options here.
I know that I could (and some would say, should) use the error callback in options to fetch, etc. but I don't want to have to modify a lot of existing code to create the default behavior.
Do I need to override fetch, save, and delete in a base model to namespace the event or is there something already built in?
Thanks

A: The callback for Backbones error-event has 3 parameters: model, xhr and options (in that order).
The options object refers to the options that were used to triggered the (failed request. So with in it, you should be able to see what HTTP method was used (I think ti's called "type"?), the statusCode and even the URL it was trying to send the request to.


Yelp Top 10 Restaurants of 2010!
We said goodbye to 2010 and with 2011 came the inevitable New Year's resolutions. But let's just get things out in the open and be honest with ourselves: we all know that you aren't gonna give up drinking and those french fries have your name on them.
While less than ⅓ of the 15 million reviews on Yelp are food-related, it's no secret yelpers have an appetite. In an effort to help make resolutions everyone can actually stick to, we've pulled together a list of the hottest Yelp restaurants of 2010 in the US, as well as some of our top Yelp cities**. These businesses kept our tummies happy and our souls merry last year — and for those we haven't yet tried, we resolve to use the rest of the 361 days in 2011 to rectify that!
It was a tough battle and it came down to East vs. West. While San Francisco may have taken the World Series, New York got one better and took home Yelp Gold. Ippudo New York came in as the MOST POPULAR U.S. business on Yelp in 2010. With nearly 2,000 Yelp reviews, lines that trail out the door at any day, time or season and pork buns that make a rather large number of diners think they've died and gone to Heaven, we can see why they were crowned victor. But they were also amongst good company, with LA eateries dominating the list and SF favorites rounding it out.
Downtown LA represented hard on Yelp Los Angeles's Top Ten 2010 list with Bottega Louie edging out the competition (must have something to do with that peanut butter terrine). But other than location, this year's picks are a mixed bag of cuisine and saucy sips from German-heavy Wurstküche to the sweet treat shop, Milk and many more!
Despite problems with its, err, popularity, it comes as no surprise that perennial Bay Area favorite, Ike's, came out on top. But San Franciscans weren't shy about finishing off their sammy with a sweet treat: Bi-Rite Creamery, Tartine and Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream also followed suit.
According to Yelp New York, the food scene theme for 2010 was a keen focus on old time favorites that serve up affordable and consistently lovely grub. Ippudo New York came in as the most popular business on Yelp New York in 2010. But many of these names will look familiar, not just because you've read about them online or in print, but because you've likely been there once (or thrice).
2010 was the year of meat for Yelp Chicago. Kuma's Corner reigned supreme as the place to grab the best burger on a pretzel bun with Hot Doug's dishing up the dogs a close second. The list boasts a number of places to get your carnivore on: XOCO known for its Mexican street meat, Crisp for Korean chicken and Smoque ensures you're always in need of a napkin with some of the best 'que in the city.
**Rank determined by how many people in the Yelp community have bookmarked the business in 2010, combined with average star rating, total review count, and total checkins.


BOSTON (AP) The Columbus Blue Jackets felt like they were lucky to get a victory in their late-season push for one of the Eastern Conference's playoff spots.
"We stuck with it and that's what good teams do," Atkinson said. "It wasn't our prettiest by no means, but we found a way to get two huge points."
Sonny Milano, Boone Jenner, Thomas Vanek and Artemi Panarin also scored for the Blue Jackets. Nick Foligno and Ryan Murray had two assists, and Vanek and Jenner each added one. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 34 shots.
Columbus moved into a tie with Philadelphia with 85 points, but the Flyers hold the tiebreaker for third place in the Metropolitan Division and the Blue Jackets hold the first wild card in the East. New Jersey,which has the second wild card, is three points behind.
This one, though, may have been the Blue Jackets' ugliest during the current run.
"It just looked like as a whole group we didn't seem to have our legs," Columbus coach John Tortorella said. "The turnovers hurt us, we turned the puck over quite a bit. But give them credit, they just ended up finding a way."
Atkinson cut in on the left wing and fired a wrister past Tuukka Rask for the game-winner.
"You see it, there's no traffic in front of you, but there's more clear-cut chances," Rask said of the 3-on-3 overtime format. "Even that goal there, it looks like he's going high-stick, but it goes under my hand."
Donato had a goal and two assists for Boston, which moved a point behind idle Tampa Bay for first in the Atlantic. Riley Nash, Brad Marchand and David Krejci also scored for the Bruins, and Rask finished with 20 saves.
"It kind of felt like a dream," Donato said. "I really didn't really get too warmed up because I was focused everything else."
The Blue Jackets trailed by two late in the second period before scoring three consecutive goals to take a 4-3 lead.
Just 25 seconds after Nash had given the Bruins a 3-1 lead, Milano redirected Ryan Murray's slap-pass from the right point to pull Columbus within one with just over three minutes remaining in the middle period.
Vanek tipped in a shot from the slot, tying it 5:38 into the third, and Panarin put the Blue Jackets ahead off a faceoff with 8:30 left in regulation.
However, Donato slipped a short pass from the right circle to Krejci, who got the tying goal 20 seconds later while falling to one knee.
Jenner got Columbus on the scoreboard first when he redirected Vanek's pass by Rask 4:15 into the game.
The Bruins scored three straight goals in the second to take the lead. Marchand tied it with his team-leading 31st of the season when he got the puck at the end of a 2-on-1 break, shifted to his right and tucked it behind Korpisalo 5:41 into the middle period.
Donato, a Hobey Baker Finalist after leading Harvard in scoring this season, pushed Boston ahead with a one-timer that slipped inside the near post from the right faceoff circle at 7:28. The leading scorer on the U.S. team at the Pyeongchang Olympics signed a two-year, entry-level contract on Sunday.
Nash's power-play goal increased it to 3-1 as he banged home a rebound from the top of the crease with 3:28 remaining.
NOTES: Boston F David Pastrnak got his 70th point on Marchand's goal, matching his career-high. ... Bruins F Rick Nash was a late scratch with an upper-body injury. ... The Blue Jackets entered with the league's second-worst power play and went 0 for 2 against the Bruins. ... Local Olympians, including eight from the women's Gold medal-winning hockey team, were honored during a ceremonial puck drop. ... Bruins captain Zdeno Chara missed his third straight with an upper-body injury. ... Columbus D Seth Jones missed his second straight with an upper-body injury.
Blue Jackets: At the New York Rangers on Tuesday. Columbus won the only other meeting, 3-1 at home on Oct. 13.
Bruins: At St. Louis on Thursday in the first of a four-game road trip.


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Q: Изменение громкости в скайпе На компьютере дефаултным звуковым устройством являются колонки.
Но в скайпе настроено в качестве звукового устройства назначены наушники.
Вопрос: как при звонке по скайпу удобно менять громкость для наушников?
Медиа-кнопки на клавиатуре меняют громкость колонок.
Громкость наушников можно менять через настройки скайпа, но это неудобно.

A: Можно использовать вот такую простую программу для управления громкостью заданного устройства с помощью глобальных горячих клавиш:
/*
Small Volume Control
Author: MSDN.WhiteKnight
License: WTFPL
Requirements: Windows Vista, .NET 4.5 (or newer)
*/
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace SmallVolumeControl
{
    static class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Главная точка входа для приложения.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }
    }

    public class Form1 : Form
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Требуется переменная конструктора.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Освободить все используемые ресурсы.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">истинно, если управляемый ресурс должен быть удален; иначе ложно.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        #region Код, автоматически созданный конструктором форм Windows

        /// <summary>
        /// Обязательный метод для поддержки конструктора - не изменяйте
        /// содержимое данного метода при помощи редактора кода.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.SuspendLayout();
            //
            // Form1
            //
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(290, 117);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Form1";
            this.FormClosed += new System.Windows.Forms.FormClosedEventHandler(this.Form1_FormClosed);
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load);
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
        }

        #endregion

        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
        public static extern bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id, uint fsModifiers, uint vk);

        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
        static extern bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id);

        public const int WM_HOTKEY = 0x312;

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
        {
            Visible = false;
            ShowInTaskbar = false;
            base.OnLoad(e);
        }

        protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
        {
            try
            {
                if (m.Msg == WM_HOTKEY)
                {
                    if ((int)m.WParam == 3) { this.Close(); return; }
                    float f = Audio.Volume;
                    switch ((int)m.WParam)
                    {
                        case 1: f -= Conf.Instance.Increment; break;
                        case 2: f += Conf.Instance.Increment; break;
                    }
                    if (f < 0.0f) f = 0.0f;
                    if (f > 1.0f) f = 1.0f;
                    Audio.Volume = f;
                    m.Result = (IntPtr)0;
                    return;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Error: " + ex.ToString(), "Small Volume Control");
            }

            base.WndProc(ref m);
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string path = System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal), "volume.xml");

            try
            {
                Conf conf;
                if (System.IO.File.Exists(path)) conf = Conf.Load(path);
                else { conf = new Conf(); conf.Save(path); }
                Conf.Instance = conf;

                bool res = RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, 1, 0, conf.DownKeyCode);
                if (res == false) MessageBox.Show("Error: RegisterHotKey failed", "Small Volume Control");

                res = RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, 2, 0, conf.UpKeyCode);
                if (res == false) MessageBox.Show("Error: RegisterHotKey failed", "Small Volume Control");
                this.Visible = false;

                res = RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, 3, 0, conf.ExitKeyCode);
                if (res == false) MessageBox.Show("Error: RegisterHotKey failed", "Small Volume Control");
                this.Visible = false;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Error: " + ex.ToString(), "Small Volume Control");
            }
        }

        private void Form1_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                UnregisterHotKey(this.Handle, 1);
                UnregisterHotKey(this.Handle, 2);
                UnregisterHotKey(this.Handle, 3);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Error: " + ex.ToString(), "Small Volume Control");
            }
        }
    }

    [Serializable]
    public class Conf
    {
        public string DeviceID { get; set; }
        public float Increment { get; set; }
        public uint DownKeyCode { get; set; }
        public uint UpKeyCode { get; set; }
        public uint ExitKeyCode { get; set; }

        public static Conf Instance { get; set; }

        public Conf()
        {
            Increment = 0.1f;
            DownKeyCode = (uint)Keys.F10;
            UpKeyCode = (uint)Keys.F11;
            ExitKeyCode = (uint)Keys.F9;
            DeviceID = "";
            //Example: {0.0.0.00000000}.{954b1750-0438-45f0-87ed-a4c1167eb4f2}
        }

        public void Save(string file)
        {
            XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Conf));
            var obj = new Conf();

            using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(file))
            {
                xs.Serialize(writer, obj);
            }
        }

        public static Conf Load(string file)
        {
            XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Conf));
            using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(file))
            {
                return (Conf)xs.Deserialize(reader);
            }
        }
    }

    [Guid("5CDF2C82-841E-4546-9722-0CF74078229A"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
    interface IAudioEndpointVolume
    {
        int f(); int g(); int h(); int i(); // Unused
        int SetMasterVolumeLevelScalar(float fLevel, System.Guid pguidEventContext);
        int j();
        int GetMasterVolumeLevelScalar(out float pfLevel);
        int k(); int l(); int m(); int n();
        int SetMute([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool bMute, System.Guid pguidEventContext);
        int GetMute(out bool pbMute);
    }
    [Guid("D666063F-1587-4E43-81F1-B948E807363F"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
    interface IMMDevice
    {
        int Activate(ref System.Guid id, int clsCtx, int activationParams, out IAudioEndpointVolume aev);
    }
    [Guid("A95664D2-9614-4F35-A746-DE8DB63617E6"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
    interface IMMDeviceEnumerator
    {
        int f(); // Unused
        int GetDefaultAudioEndpoint(int dataFlow, int role, out IMMDevice endpoint);
        int GetDevice(string pwstrId, out IMMDevice endpoint);
    }
    [ComImport, Guid("BCDE0395-E52F-467C-8E3D-C4579291692E")]
    class MMDeviceEnumeratorComObject { }

    public class Audio
    {
        static IAudioEndpointVolume Vol()
        {
            IMMDeviceEnumerator enumerator = new MMDeviceEnumeratorComObject() as IMMDeviceEnumerator;
            IMMDevice dev = null;
            Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(enumerator.GetDevice(Conf.Instance.DeviceID, out dev));
            IAudioEndpointVolume epv = null;
            System.Guid epvid = typeof(IAudioEndpointVolume).GUID;
            Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(dev.Activate(ref epvid, /*CLSCTX_ALL*/ 23, 0, out epv));
            return epv;
        }
        public static float Volume
        {
            get { float v = -1; Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Vol().GetMasterVolumeLevelScalar(out v)); return v; }
            set { Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Vol().SetMasterVolumeLevelScalar(value, System.Guid.Empty)); }
        }
        public static bool Mute
        {
            get { bool mute; Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Vol().GetMute(out mute)); return mute; }
            set { Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Vol().SetMute(value, System.Guid.Empty)); }
        }
    }

}

Команда для сборки:
%WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Csc.exe /noconfig /nowarn:1701,1702,2008 /nostdlib+ /platform:anycpu32bitpreferred /errorreport:prompt /warn:4 /define:TRACE /errorendlocation /preferreduilang:ru-RU /highentropyva+ /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\Microsoft.CSharp.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\mscorlib.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Core.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Data.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Deployment.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Drawing.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Windows.Forms.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Xml.dll" /reference:"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Xml.Linq.dll" /debug:pdbonly /filealign:512 /optimize+ /out:SmallVolumeControl.exe /subsystemversion:6.00 /target:winexe /utf8output Program.cs

Конфигурируется через файл Мои документы\volume.xml:
DeviceID - Строка вида "{0.0.0.00000000}.{GUID}", где GUID - название подраздела в разделе реестра HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio\Render, соответствующее нужному устройству
Increment - Шаг изменения громкости (0.1 = 10%)
DownKeyCode - Виртуальный код клавиши для уменьшения громкости
UpKeyCode  - Виртуальный код клавиши для увеличения громкости
ExitKeyCode  - Виртуальный код клавиши для выхода из программы
Использован код из ответа на SO: https://stackoverflow.com/a/31751275/8674428

A: Выставь в "устройствах воспроизведения windows" наушники по умолчанию.
Если это по какой-то причине не получится, то, возможно, поможет отключение колонок от компьютера (по логике, тогда дефолтным звуковым устройством станут наушники).


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Complementary and alternative therapies (CAT) are being used by increasing numbers of individuals as both self-care and dependent-care strategies. Nursing leadership is needed to provide guidance and support to individuals using CAT Nurse-client relationships that center on therapeutic alliance may be a vehicle for supporting appropriate use of CAT as self-care and dependent care modalities. Eighty-seven mothers whose asthmatic children were involved in a 6-month glyconutritional supplementation trial were surveyed to evaluate their perceptions of therapeutic alliance using the Kim Alliance Scale (KAS). Greater that 90% of the sample perceived therapeutic alliance most of the time in relationship with the research nurse. Therapeutic alliance scores were then correlated with "measure of change" scores to determine relationships between these two variables. There was no statistically significant relationship between variables.
VanderWal, Mary C., "Examination of Therapeutic Alliance and Dependent-Care Agency in the Context of Complementary and Alternative Therapy Utilization by Mothers for Their Children with Asthma" (2002). Masters Theses. 562.