Marquee Cinemas held a party to celebrate the debut of the "Lego Batman" animated movie on Saturday afternoon. Guests included Batman and Batgirl, along with representatives from Max and Erma's, the U.S. Air Force, Huntington Fire Department, Huntington Police Department and the Ronald McDonald House.
Empire Books held a story time, before the party. Pottery Place donated a piece for the basket.
The lobby of the cinema included a Game Stop and Rent a Center so that the kids could play the Lego game.
A VIP screening of the movie occurred prior to the party on behalf of kids and their families facing life threatening diseases, such as cancer, and for those with disabilities.
Marquee Cinemas offers assistive listening and closed captioning (CC) devices in select auditoriums for patrons who may be hard of hearing or deaf. Assistive listening headsets can help to amplify a movie's audio and dialogue more clearly. Closed captioning transmitters simply rest in a cupholder and can be adjusted to a guest's line of sight to deliver a privately viewed written description of the film's audio.
Guests may also take advantage of descriptive video headsets in select auditoriums. These headsets will provide narrative information about key visual actions, film setting, and scene changes for patrons who have low vision or those who are blind.
A regular disabled wheelchair guest has called the Pullman as one of the most friendly and accommodating for those with impairments, praising their respect, friendliness and responsiveness to special needs.


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Pipsqueak animals show off Marvel-like superpowers in 'Tiny World' docuseries
By Mindy Weisberger
The pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) lives in the rainforests of the Western Amazon Basin. It measures about 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimeters) long and weighs about 4 ounces (99 grams), and is one of the smallest primates in the world. (Image credit: Courtesy of Apple TV+)
Nature documentaries showcase the most exciting moments of daily life in the natural world, and a new series reveals that survival for some of the tiniest creatures can be as harrowing, suspenseful and dramatic as it is for big animals.
Apple TV+'s "Tiny World (opens in new tab)" explores how the world looks when glimpsed from the point of view of its smallest wildlife inhabitants, such as minuscule scampering lizards; wee flyers like bees, dragonflies and hummingbirds; and rainforest primates that are so small they're dwarfed by a katydid.
The series is narrated by actor Paul Rudd, who embraced the power of the very small when he played the title character in the movie "Ant-Man" (Marvel Studios, 2015), acquiring superpowers that stemmed from the capabilities — and size — of an ant.
Related: Photos of the world's smallest (and cutest) owl
Appreciating the abilities and lifestyles of small, often-overlooked animals is a matter of perspective. For the filmmakers, that meant they needed to record scenes of nature as they appear to creatures that we typically tower above, demonstrating that life for these pipsqueaks is as "extraordinary, epic and magical" as it is for charismatic big animals, said "Tiny World" executive producer Tom Hugh-Jones.
"I want people to watch the show and come away with a new kind of respect and awe for animals they don't know so much about. And, hopefully, realize how important it is to protect these animals," Hugh-Jones told Live Science.
The show's animal superstars represent a diverse collection of life at a smaller scale, including brilliantly colored dancing peacock spiders, wee bony fish called gobies that "climb" waterfalls, power-punching mantis shrimp and web-slinging, multi-legged invertebrates known as velvet worms.
"What was really key was to get down onto their level and experience the world from their point of view," Hugh-Jones said.
To do that, camera crews brought a range of lightweight but highly specialized gear to more than a dozen locations around the world, from remote forest sites in Madagascar to Appalachian woodlands in the U.S.; from the Pacific Ocean's coral reefs to ponds in Canada; and from Namibian deserts to the Australian Outback.
Brightly-colored strawberry poison-dart frogs (Oophaga pumilio) are found in Central America. They measure about 0.6 to 0.9 inches (17 to 24 millimeters) in length and weigh less than an ounce. (Image credit: Courtesy of Apple TV+)
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They used lenses from scientific instruments and mounted equipment on motion-controlled robotic arms that provided extra stabilization for shooting at the macro level. Drone pilots assisted with navigating flying cameras through forests to capture footage of animals as they zipped around tremendous obstacles — tremendous to them, at least — such as twigs and leaves.
Seen in this way, the everyday abilities of tiny animals — many of which are small enough to sit comfortably on your fingertip — rival those of superheroes from films and comics, Hugh-Jones said.
"They have to go up against incredible forces to survive against giant animal predators, and in order to do that, they've evolved all these amazing superpowers — whether it's geckos that shoot goo from their tails or mantis shrimps that can punch with the power of a .22 caliber bullet," he said. "They really are like a cast of Marvel characters."
The first six episodes of "Tiny World" are available to stream on Apple TV+ (opens in new tab).
Mindy Weisberger
Mindy Weisberger is a Live Science editor for the channels Animals and Planet Earth. She also reports on general science, covering climate change, paleontology, biology, and space. Mindy studied film at Columbia University; prior to Live Science she produced, wrote and directed media for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Her videos about dinosaurs, astrophysics, biodiversity and evolution appear in museums and science centers worldwide, earning awards such as the CINE Golden Eagle and the Communicator Award of Excellence. Her writing has also appeared in Scientific American, The Washington Post and How It Works Magazine.
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By Susan Horsburgh
Three years ago José Cruz faced a tough decision. Should he go to Columbia? Or to Yale? It was the kind of choice often reserved for wealthy students at private schools. But Cruz is from Elsa, Texas, one of the poorest communities in America. And remarkably, he wasn't alone. Other classmates were considering equally heady alternatives. Indeed, in the last dozen years, 51 graduates of Edcouch-Elsa High School have wound up at the nation's top universities. Their secret? A teacher named Frank Guajardo. "I thank him," says Cruz, 19, now a sophomore at Yale, "for the doors he opened for me."
Guajardo has been opening doors since September 1991, when he first challenged his honors English students to apply to the Ivy League. "Some of them looked at me as if I was crazy," he recalls. Few kids at Edcouch-Elsa had traveled beyond the twin towns for which the school is named, and many, children of Mexican migrant workers, lived in shacks with no electricity or running water. They perked up, though, when Guajardo pledged to show them the campuses himself. The next spring, after raising $12,000 selling cakes and tacos, nine students joined him in two borrowed vans on a tour of top East Coast schools. That fall five entered the Ivy League.
Today the March college tour is an annual event, and 65 percent of seniors go on to higher education—double the rate of a decade ago and extraordinary in this area 15 miles from Mexico where three-quarters of the households earn less than $10,000. "To see a whole community change its way of thinking," says Guajardo, 38, "from expecting mediocrity to expecting people to go places, that's a priceless reward."
Guajardo insists that he is not alone in helping to turn things around. In 1997 he and four others—including his wife, teacher Yvonne, 38—created the school's year-round Llano Grande ("great plains") Center for Research and Development, where students collect oral histories, run a radio station, make documentary films and even work to improve the water supply. Such extracurricular activities help foster a sense of heritage, beef up college applications and boost confidence—crucial for kids thousands of miles from home coping with culture shock. "People bring up certain authors or classical music, and I don't always understand," says Jason Rodriguez, 20, a Brown sophomore majoring in computer science. "It does make me feel kind of dumb and weird, but the feeling doesn't last." Instead, Rodriguez strives to enlighten non-Latino friends about his background. "They're intrigued," he notes, "with some of the simple stuff I take for granted, like breakfast tacos."
Funding for the $500,000-a-year center—and for some student scholarships—comes from grants. Guajardo has the students do the grant applications and manage the money themselves, good experience for college and beyond. "Our kids' résumés are very, very substantive," he says.
Guajardo found his calling at an early age, sitting in the lap of his father, José, a Mexican field hand who left school after fourth grade and moved to Elsa with his wife, homemaker Julia, and their four sons when Frank was 6. José would read the story of a peasant boy named Pablito who went to the city to continue his education. "Pablito came back home to help develop his village," says Guajardo, "and that's what I did." After completing his master's in history at University of Texas, Austin, and studying abroad at Oxford's Brasenose College, Guajardo joined EEHS. He soon concluded that his students' greatest need was "exposure, to break the isolation, both geographic and mental."
His former students agree. Israel Rocha, Class of '96, went all the way to Washington, D.C., where he's press secretary for U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa. The tour, says Rocha, 25, who earned a political science degree from Columbia, "made us realize that these schools were attainable." For some, the journey ultimately led them home. Ernesto Ayala, 25, majored in economics and international relations at Brown, washing dishes 20 hours a week to help pay his way. After snagging his B.A. in 2001, he returned to EEHS to teach. "I could be working at a corporation, making much more money," he says, "but something would be missing. The power a teacher has is incredible."
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Tip 1: When you're in the market for a new computer, consider a laptop. It saves space, goes anywhere and uses five times less energy than desktop models.
Tip 2: Start a program where you buy in bulk and share the extras with friends and family. All participants will save money, and reduce packaging and gas costs.
Tip 3: Take your own reusable coffee mug each time you go get coffee. Think of all the paper cups you'll prevent from ending up in landfills.
Tip 4: The power of one: If every Malaysian home replace just one light bulb with an Energy Star bulb, we'd save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year.
Tip 5: Unplug all electronic devices when not in use. If you don't unplug them from the wall socket, they will continue using energy even when switched off.
Tip 6: Use power strip to conserve. One flick of the switch cuts off energy to several different electronic devices-as if they were all unplugged at once.
Tip 7: Buy recycled products.By buying recycled, you'll consume 55% less energy for paper products, 33% less energy for glass and 90% less energy for aluminum.
Tip 8: Can you figure out how to drive just 10 fewer miles per week this year? If so you'll personally prevent 500lbs. Of CO2 from polluting the atmosphere.
Tip 9: Give your car a tune-up. It improves mileage and reduces wear and pollution. Every 100,000 people who get a tune-up this year will eliminate 60 tons of CO2.
Tip10: Put green plants in your office,. Plants cheer the place up, improve air quality, absorb toxic gasses from office equipment and maintain humidity.
Tip11: Landscape with native plants. Native plants typically cost less, use less water, and are easier to care for. Plus, your yard will look right at home.
Tip12: Paying bills online saves time, postage and trees. If everyone switches to online banking, we'll cut 1.6 billion tons of waste and 2.1 million tons of CO2 a year.
Tip13: Install rain barrels to collect rainwater from your roof and awnings, Use the rainwater for your garden. Plants love it and you'll conserve water.
Tip14: Wash your car at a commercial car wash instead of at home. A modern car wash uses less water and prevents oil and road grime from entering your drainage systems.
Tip15: Don't leave your car idle. If you are stuck in traffic or the drive-thru lane, turn off your engine.Idling cars spew much of the 1.7 billion tons of annual auto emissions.
Tip16: Reuse cloth grocery bags. Over 500 billons petroleum-based plastic bags threaten wildlife, waste energy, pollute oceans and clog our landfills each year.
Tip17: Save energy and increase the life of your computer by putting it on sleep mode during the day instead of using screensavers. At night turn it off completely.
Tip18: Plant shade trees for your house. They will help keep your home cool in the hot weather, absorb CO2, look beautiful and invite birds and other wildlife.
Tip19: Switching to CFLs (compact fluorescent lights) eliminates 300lbs. Of CO2 a year. If everyone switches to CFLs, that's like eliminating 7 million cars from the road.
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The FAZ reported emerango Offenbach re-Commerce and the new player, 12th November 2013. Away with the old or old is new: the Secondhandmarkt or re-commerce is booming. In particular the trade in used electronics products such as mobile phones, smartphones and tablets gets more and more market participants on the plan. Youngest player in the re-commerce is emerango. Hear from experts in the field like Elon Musk for a more varied view. The Offenbach start-up emerango relies not only on the net, but two pronged and is represented in the stationary trade.
A market speculation, which certifies re-Commerce and therefore Oh emerango best prospects the business has just been published in the business section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "The message is clear: retired mobile phones must don't end up in the trash, there is a back into the value creation cycle of the Secondhandmarkt for she", FAZ author Martin Gropp writes in his article in the network economy and predicted the re-commerce industry a possible billion dollar business. This he relies on the re-Commerce study of Bad Homburg of consultancy SEMPORA consulting from 2012. On the issue of re-Commerce stands for many users in the foreground, to be able to do something new with the proceeds from used goods. According to the study, 11 percent want to invest in the purchase of a new consumer good such as, for example, a mobile phone, while 65 percent still cannot be defined on an issue. The re-Commerce has become sector due to the number of consumers and the increasing number of traders who are online as well as offline active, a Multichannelwachstumsmarkt", confirms Thomas Golly, managing partner from SEMPORA consulting. "The spiral of market launch and purchasing of products turns faster and faster: for some consumers, the need grows for variety, others somewhat reduce their claims given the proud prices and prefer to buy a second-hand unit", outlines emerango founder Andreas Maile the current buying mood.


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2020 Cadillac CT5 debuts in New York
The 2020 Cadillac CT5, will officially replace the CTS this fall and now Cadillac has released more details about its newest sedan at the New York Auto Show.
The 2020 Cadillac CT5 is shorter than the CTS, but its wheelbase has been stretched 1.5 inches. This gives the CT5 a sportier stance with the wheels pushed further to the corners. Cadillac says that its fastback profile is inspired by the Escala concept.
"From every angle, the CT5 exudes athleticism, sophistication and confidence," said Andrew Smith, executive director of global Cadillac design. "Cadillac's signature hard-edge cues have evolved to a more sculptural and fluid expression of the brand's design language."
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The 2020 CT5 will be offered in Luxury, Premium Luxury and Sport trim levels, which are differentiated by different exterior accents and grilles. The Sport trim level stands out thanks to its darker accents and sportier grille, rocker extensions, spoiler and 19-inch wheels.
Inside the CT5's interior is more luxurious than its predecessor with higher quality materials and tech features. A new 10-inch touchscreen sits on top of the dash and there's wireless charging for your cell phone. The infotainment system also offers Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility.
The 2020 CT5 will be offered with either a turbocharged 2.0L four-cylinder or a 3.0L twin-turbocharged V6 that are both mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission. The V6 generates 335 hp and 400 lb-ft. of torque, while the four-cylinder generates 237 horsepower and 258 lb-ft.
The 2020 Cadillac CT5 will go on sale this fall. Cadillac has also confirmed that it will reveal the smaller Cadillac CT4 later this year as well.
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The San Miguel Beermen displayed their championship poise anew as they frustrated the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters,93-82,in the Game Two thriller of their Semifinals match-up at the Araneta Coliseum on Monday.
Phoenix seemed to be in total control of the ball game as they dominated the first two quarters.The Beermen who are visibly struggling against the Fuel Master defense, were down by as much as 12 points in the first half before Phoenix settled for a nine point lead at the break.
San Miguel though banked on a huge third quarter outburst that saw them come within two 63-61, with a little over a minute remaining in the third. Fajardo then tied the ball game at 63-all at the end of the third frame.
Phoenix however had a quick response at the onset of the payoff period with a quick 5-0 run for a 68-63 cushion. San Miguel then retaliated with their own 5-0 counter attack to once again tie the game.
Fajardo then went on in the final frame as he conspired with Marcio Lassiter and Terrence Romeo to power another fourth quarter surge for SMB as San Miguel created a little bit of separation, 84-80 with 1:37 remaining in the game.
Alex Cabagnot then drilled a free throw off a technical foul on the Fuel Masters for a delay of game after Abueva went to the dugout after getting called for his sixth foul. Fajardo then split his charities for a six point lead. The Beermen went on to drill their next charities to tally the final score as SMB proved to be steadier in the end game as they notched the victory and put the Fuel Masters on a 0-2 hole just before the Holy Week break. The defending champions also bucked a Christian Standhardinger early exit after being assessed of a flagrant foul penalty two after his hit on Calvin Abueva at the 6:10 mark of the second frame.
Fajardo had a monster game of 19 points and 18 rebounds while Marcio Lassiter and Terrence Romeo poured in 24 and 14 points respectively.
Meanwhile, Wright struggled in Game Two finishing just 13 points while Abueva carried much of the load with 16 markers.


Photographer and ADC Young Guns 6 winner Ryan Schude might be called a purveyor of forgotten dreams. His blog doles out the kind of optical sensuality that leaves one positively aching for more. A recent series featuring make-out mobiles from decades past highlights his ability to transmit the hazy, surreal loneliness of Southern California's urban sprawl.


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The new word on the DIY block is responsible. Creating with the inclination to add to a sustainable lifestyle.
There is an appreciation for honest materials like wood, glass and concrete for DIY makes, but truth be told, we are surrounded by plastic that can be repurposed. Before sending them off to the recycling dump - nicely shaped juice and smoothie bottles can be upcycled into something special as a gift for a friend or to pretty up a nook around your house.
Use plastic bottles of varying sizes to make a terrarium, which is a glass or plastic box (container) to grow plants. Bottles with simple shapes work best and are easier to cut and lends to a more elegant look.
Clean the bottles, and gently peel the labels off by resting them in warm water. Don't use any harsh chemical products on the plastic to remove the glue adhesive, it will cause the plastic to go cloudy.
Using a cutting knife cut a rectangular opening into a half of the bottle. Leave a 3cm to 4cm lip at the bottom.
Drill two 6mm holes on opposite sides of the neck of the bottle, using a 6mm tile bit. Thread a 6mm X 50mm brass screw through the holes and attach a brass chain on either side with a bolt to hang the terrarium with.
Fill the bottle with 1cm – 2cm extra fine gravel and plant a combination of succulents or cactii in the bottle to make a special arrangement.


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Man charged with murder of University of Chicago graduate killed in Hyde Park shooting
Alton Spann, 18, allegedly pawned his victim's stolen electronics for just $100
By Eric Horng and ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
Man charged with murder for fatal shooting of UChicago graduate
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a recent University of Chicago graduate in Hyde Park Tuesday.
Shaoxiong Zheng, who went by Dennis according to his friends, was near the U of C campus in the 900-block of East 54th Place Tuesday afternoon when a man got out of a car, pulled a gun, and demanded the 24-year-old's property.
The man then opened fire, shooting the victim in the chest, police said. Then the shooter got back in the car and fled west on 54th Place.
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CPD Supt. David Brown and others announce murder charges in the fatal shooting of University of Chicago graduate Shaoxiong Zheng in Hyde Park Tuesday.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown announced Friday that Alton Spann, 18, has been charged with first degree murder, armed robbery and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon in Zheng's death.
After allegedly committing armed robbery and murder, police said Spann pawned his victim's stolen electronics for just $100.
"Just let that sink in: $100 for Mr. Zheng's and his family's grief," Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said.
After 24-year-old Dennis Zheng was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon on a Hyde Park sidewalk, police said various cameras near the crime scene as well as license plate reader technology helped them identify the alleged getaway vehicle, a stolen Ford Mustang, and the 18-year-old Spann as the driver.
"We had numerous videos of him going into the vehicle, and he was the driver of the vehicle from, we had video we recovered from right just down the block from the homicide," Chicago Police Lt. James McGovern said.
When Spann was arrested the day after the shooting, police said he was carrying the key fob from the Mustang, as well as two firearms - one of which has been linked to Zheng's shooting. Spann's clothing was also collected as evidence.
"Based on the videos collected, Mr. Spann was wearing the same clothing from the same time of the murder at the same time he was arrested," Chicago Police Dep. Chief Rahman Muhammad said.
As for Zheng's electronics that were pawned for $100, police said they were recovered from a store that Spann was seen on video entering not long after the shooting.
"Video was a key evidence to solving this case," McGovern said.
Spann is the only person charged in this case, but police say they continue to investigate whether others might have been involved.
"He had just gotten his driver's license; he was in a new relationship. He had the whole world in front of him, and this happened," said Nick Jackson, friend.
Jackson lived in the same apartment building as his friend near campus, and said residents there have grown close.
"We're a community here of individuals. We have no uncles or cousins. We were each other's support," he said.
The investigation remains ongoing and Chicago police are asking anyone with further information to reach out. Anonymous tips are welcome.
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I'm currently workin as a Cloud Consultant at Oblivion Cloud Control. I specialised myself in building high available environments using automation (Infrastructure as Code) combined with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
Previously, my fascination with Cloud and Automation started when I was developing my research thesis for HvA in 2013. Back then Cloud providers were just starting to come up as a decent alternative to on-premise hosting providers. On-premise datacenters consisted of long-lived servers which needed to be patched and upgraded (both software/hardware). This used to be a time consuming task which needed dedicated engineers to monitor and maintain these servers.
Instead of maintaining these servers I got inspired to automate and make these environments scalable, self-healing and immutable (stateless). This meant I had to learn more about the DevOps way of thinking and use tooling such as cloudformation, git, python and bash. By continuously developing myself I've learned to adapt myself quickly to new emerging technologies.
My next step is to focus on topics such as Serverless and Big Data but will still continue to automate and use Infrastructure as Code.
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June 30, 2015 The Crisis in Non-Fiction Publishing
Amid the ambient wails of doom about the publishing industry, I'd like to enter a note of encouragement. The mainstream may be getting dumber by the day, but we are living in what looks like a golden age of publishing for, of all people, the university presses.
At the moment, I don't think there's a trade publishing house producing high-calibre, serious non-fiction of the quality and variety of Yale University Press; and snapping at its heels are Harvard, Oxford, Princeton, Cambridge and Chicago.
July 7, 2014 Video: A Serious Discussion of The Amazon-Hachette Dispute, ft. Malcolm Gladwell, Dick Cavett & Dave Hill
Malcolm Gladwell, Dick Cavett, and Dave Hill discuss the Amazon-Hachette dispute on TOUGHTalk. Directed, shot, and edited by Tim Fornara.
June 6, 2014 Indie Booksellers Join Hachette's Battle with Amazon
Independent booksellers in America are weighing into the dispute between Amazon and Hachette with a series of banners telling potential customers "Thanks, Amazon, the indies will take it from here", while comedian and Hachette author Stephen Colbert is urging his viewers to plaster their books with "I didn't buy it on Amazon" stickers.
The disagreement between the retail giant and the publisher, which is believed to be over terms, has been played out in public since early last month, and has seen Amazon.com delay delivery on more than 5,000 Hachette titles, according to the publisher
May 15, 2014 Chipotle Cups Will Now Feature Stories by Jonathan Safran Foer, Toni Morrison, and Other Authors
Jonathan Safran Foer was sitting at a Chipotle one day, when he realized that he had nothing to do while noshing on his burrito. He had neglected to bring a book or magazine, and he didn't yet own a smartphone. "I really just wanted to die with frustration," Foer told VF Daily.
Suddenly, the Eating Animals author (and vegetarian) had an idea: What if there were something truly good to read on his Chipotle cup? Or the bag? A few years earlier, he had met Steve Ells, Chipotle's C.E.O.
September 5, 2013 The Rise of 'Hybrid Authors'
In 2011, self-publishing is thought to have drained roughly $100 million in revenue from the traditional trade publishing business - a drop in the bucket for the $14 billion business. In 2012, that number is thought to have doubled. With theincreasing success of self-published authors in hitting best-seller lists, the number should continue to go up. Publishers are not only contending with increased competition for readers' attention, they are finding now more than ever that they need to work to attract new authors and retain established ones.
May 15, 2013 IDPF Digital Book 2013 Reveals an All-Star Lineup
New York, NY, May 8, 2013 – From May 29-30, 2013, the best minds in digital publishing will convene in the Javits Center in New York City for the highly-anticipated, perennially sold-out at IDPF Digital Book 2013 conference (http://idpf.org/db13). This year's theme, Advancing Publishing in a Digital World, has already drawn an enormous crowd, with seats expected to sell out soon.
Some featured speakers and session insights include:
Otis Chandler, Co-founder and CEO of Goodreads will share an update and tackle questions from the crowd, including: what's next for Goodreads now that it's owned by Amazon? What does the recent sale mean for the 17 million members, 530 million books and 23 million reviews?
Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author and staff writer for The New Yorker will speculate on the digital future with Brad Stone, Bloomberg Businessweek writer and author of the upcoming The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon


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[Updated with official announcement from RSM US below.]
A tipster just informed us that RSM US announced this morning that Brian Becker, the firm's national consulting leader, will succeed Joe Adams as RSM managing partner and CEO effective Aug. 31, 2022.
As national consulting leader, a role he has held since April 2017, Becker leads professionals across RSM's three primary consulting service lines: financial advisory, risk advisory, and technology and management consulting, according to the firm.
Becker, who joined RSM in 1989 when the firm was known as McGladrey & Pullen, was awarded RSM's highest honor, Partner of the Year, in 2005 for his accomplishments in guiding the technology consulting practice into one of the firm's most successful businesses. He also served as a member of the RSM US Board of Directors from 2011 to 2015.
Joe Adams
Adams, who has worked for RSM and its various other names for more than 42 years, has been the firm's CEO since May 2011.
We'll update this article as more information becomes available. [UPDATE] The official announcement from RSM came out just as I pushed "Publish" on the tip we received. Oh well. Here's what RSM had to say:
RSM US LLP ("RSM") – the nation's leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market – is pleased to announce that Brian Becker will succeed Joe Adams as Managing Partner & CEO of the firm effective August 31, 2022.
The transition is the outcome of RSM's ongoing succession planning work as Adams prepares for retirement and a comprehensive selection process conducted by the RSM US LLP Board of Directors.
"RSM has a robust succession planning program, and the board followed a thorough process to select Brian as the firm's next Managing Partner & CEO," said Jerry Martin, Chair of the RSM US LLP Board of Directors. "He is an outstanding leader who has served as RSM's consulting leader and a member of the firm's combined leadership team since 2017, and he also brings solid experience as a member of our board from 2011 through 2015. We are confident Brian will continue to help our clients, our employees and our firm succeed, and we are grateful to Joe for his tremendous leadership and stewardship."
Becker currently serves as leader of RSM's consulting line of business, which has grown from $450 million to $1 billion during his tenure. During this time, he has also worked with teams across the firm to realign consulting to reflect the needs of our clients, build platforms to scale our service offerings and acquire new capabilities. Becker inspires his team to be enterprise leaders and has driven a collaborative and supportive culture.
Becker previously served as technology consulting leader and central region consulting leader, as well as serving a term on the RSM US LLP Board of Directors from 2011 through 2015. He began his career at RSM as an auditor before transferring to consulting to build the firm's technology infrastructure service line from scratch. Becker is a CPA and holds a degree from the University of Northern Iowa. He is also a graduate of RSM's executive strategy program at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
"I am thrilled to have been selected to serve as RSM's next Managing Partner & CEO," said Brian Becker, consulting leader and managing partner and CEO elect. "Joe has been a transformational leader for RSM, and we have a strong vision that will lead us through our 100th anniversary in 2026 and beyond. I look forward to advancing, evolving and supporting all the great work that is currently in process while simultaneously building on our competitive advantage."
Adams became Managing Partner & CEO of RSM in 2011. During his tenure, he worked with the board to successfully reunite RSM McGladrey and McGladrey & Pullen as one firm and has overseen more than 20 other acquisitions, the launch of the RSM global brand, the development of the firm's community giving platforms and the creation of its culture, diversity and inclusion program. At nearly $3 billion with over 14,000 people, RSM today is nearly three times the size it was when Adams took the helm in 2011. After August, Adams will remain with RSM in an advisory capacity and complete his term on the RSM International Board of Directors, which ends on March 31, 2023.
"It has been an honor to lead RSM for the last 10 years," said Joe Adams, Managing Partner & CEO of RSM US LLP. "I feel proud of all we have accomplished, and I am truly grateful to our outstanding clients, partners and employees who have made the firm so successful. I am confident they will be in great hands as Brian takes over leadership of RSM in the future."
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Barges loaded with mountains of coal glide down the polluted Mahakam River on Indonesian Borneo every few minutes. Viewed from above, they form a dotted black line as far as the eye can see, destined for power stations in China and India.
A coal rush that has drawn international miners to East Kalimantan province has ravaged the capital, Samarinda, which risks being swallowed up by mining if the exploitation of its deposits expands any further.
Mines occupy more than 70% of Samarinda, government data show, forcing entire villages and schools to move away from toxic mudslides and contaminated water sources. The destruction of forest around the city to make way for mines has also removed a natural buffer against floods, leading to frequent waist-high deluges during the six-month rainy season.
And despite the 200 million tonnes of coal dug and shipped out of East Kalimantan each year, its capital is crippled by frequent hours-long blackouts as the city's ageing power plant suffers constant problems.
Farmer Komari, who goes by one name, has lived in a corner of Samarinda half an hour from the city centre since 1985 and used to get by growing small amounts of rice and breeding fish.
But the mines have poisoned the water used in his fields and small ponds, he says.
"The rice is basically grown in poisonous water," said the 70-year-old, standing among his paddies, ankle-deep in brown sludge near the bare, one-room wooden shack where he lives with his wife.
"We still eat it but I think it's pretty bad for us," he says, adding that the water makes his skin itch.
Along with 18 other farmers, Komari has filed a civil suit against government officials, blaming them for contaminating their water sources and allowing rampant mining.
They are not seeking compensation, instead asking the government to oblige a coal company next to their homes to decontaminate the water and provide health services.
Udin, who owns and drives a rental car and was born in Samarinda 30 years ago, said the city today has been transformed.
"When I was kid, my home was a jungle with orangutans and so many different colourful birds. But now it is bleak," he said.
According to Jatam, a group representing communities affected by mining across Indonesia, the root of the problem is obvious — local officials have been lining their pockets with bribes from companies in exchange for granting them permits to mine.


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TRUTH (2015)
A film which details the last days of CBS News anchor Dan Rather and his 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes, was based on Ms. Mapes' memoir Truth and Duty: The Press, the President and the Privilege of Power. The film focuses on the Killian documents controversy and how the truth of a reliable story was derailed when certain bloggers and conservative talk show hosts began to cast doubt on the verifiability of certain documents detailing President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard's record of service. The essence of the story was essentially true but because the provenance of the documents was called into question, the innate truth of the reporting was called into question and ruined the news careers of Mr. Rather and Ms. Mapes. It is certainly implied in this film that the controversy was instituted by high ranking members of the Republican Party who were in the early campaign stages of reelecting President Bush in 2004. This film is notable because of an excellent script and direction by James Vanderbilt and an Oscar worth performance by Cate Blanchett, with excellent support from Robert Redford as Dan Rather (in what could well land him an Oscar Nomination and possible win as Best Supporting Actor), Topher Grace, Elizabeth Moss and Dennis Quaid.
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Q: Is possible to create a script that disallows the command rm in linux? Is possible to create a script that disallows the command rm in linux ?

A: You could create your own shell that mimics the command-line and sends all normal input to the actual command-line except for rm commands.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a more elegant solution though.

A: you could add a alias in your .bashrc
alias rm='rm -i'

this will force you to confirm each time you rm a file unless you run rm -f
and if you alias like this:
alias rm='echo "command rm is forbidden"'

this will forbid the rm command
Note that alias will only prevent you from a miss-typing. not a system security fasten, if you really want user to have root privilege to run rm command:
$which rm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64424 Jan 20 22:46 /bin/rm
$sudo chomd 744 /bin/rm

that will force the user to be root to run rm command.
Technically you can't disable root to delete files on your system, because root can do anything, but if user gain the privilege through sudo(which is not the real user root but gain  privilege temporarily) there are ways to disable specific command from running even by sudo through the sudo config file check this post

A: for a specific user you can do like this
Lshell is configured via an INI file. By default, it holds a whitelist of allowed commands, but it can be easily configured to prohibit user from using a specific command.
This configuration (default conf /etc/lshell.conf) prohibits user foo from using mkdir:
 [foo]
 allowed = 'all' - ['mkdir', 'bash', 'sh', 'csh', 'dash', 'env']

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Do traditional and smart watch manufacturers have anything to fear? Here are four reasons why Apple Watch will disrupt not only watch business but a few other businesses as well.
Apple Watch will closely operate with iPhone. Apps in iPhone can be extended to support Apple Watch by using WatchKit API (Application Programming Interface). For example, Apple Watch can receive notifications from iPhone. User can quickly glance watch to check the status provided by a specific app.
Home automation: Apple Watch will be a remote control for many devices via Apple Home, including music loudspeakers.
Mobile payments: Apple announced 2014 Apple Pay which can be used with Apple Watch. Payments at shops will be quick and will happen just by tapping Apple Watch.
Healthcare: Apple Watch has a fitness monitor and it can also monitor heart-rate. These measurements are delivered to Apple Health platform.
Social apps: Apple Watch users can exchange messages with each other. You can send 'taptic' feedback to another Apple Watch user.
Apple is not starting from a scratch but can instead rely on a large pool of existing iOS apps and their developers.
The new way to integrate mobile apps with wearables will create surprising apps, and definitely new business models will emerge. TapSense announced recently a programmatic ad platform for Apple Watch. Similar announcements for various types of platforms around Apple Watch will soon follow.
As wearables targeted for fitness measurements have emerged, Quantified Self movement has gotten more ground with early adopters. Fitbit, Jawbone UP and Nike dominated this market in 2014.
Jawbone UP and FitBit extensively apply big data analytics. They provide analytics reports for their respective users in mobile and web.
Apple has taken a different approach with analytics: data collected to Apple Health platform can be analyzed by third-party apps provided the user has authorized the access for these third-party apps.
"One size fits all" has been the mantra for smart watch makers.
Apple will change this principle as there will be many sizes and product lines for Apple Watch. Apple Watch comes in two sizes and has different 'editions', even a 18-carat gold watch.
Smart watch will actually become a fashion statement, not just any device chosen by its technical features. Hence other smart watches like Samsung Gear will need to focus on the smart watch design.
If history repeats at all itself, Apple Watch will be a major success. First there will be complaints about watch size, battery lifetime and pricing. Yet improvements and innovative features will pop up in subsequent releases.
Luxury Swiss watches like Rolex will definitely survive, nevertheless mid-tier watches without smart features may have harder time. Other smart watch manufacturers will start paying attention to the design and ecosystem with apps.
Apple Watch appears to be a small step. In fact, it is a door opener into API economy and a big step for introducing Internet of Things to consumers.
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Xcel invests $7.1 million in Carlsbad power grid, continues push for renewable energy
Adrian Hedden
A major electricity provider in southeast New Mexico and West Texas invested $7.1 million this month into the Carlsbad-area power grid in response to ongoing growth in local demand for electricity.
The city and surrounding area continued to grow, read a news release from Xcel Energy, and the upgrades to the electrical infrastructure will not only respond to present increase demand but prepare the area for expected continued growth.
James Lackey, Xcel manager for community and economic development said the company has increased investment in rural areas of New Mexico where industries such as oil and gas grew in electricity usage.
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"A large amount of our New Mexico investment has been made in rural areas where our core industries are driving growth," he said.
"But this growth would not be possible without the businesses in places such as Carlsbad that support these industries, and the workers who make their homes here, so it's critical that our population centers are served by a first-class power system."
Beginning in 2019, the work included increasing capacity of existing lines, while adding new lines and substations intended to overcome congestion during peak electricity use hours.
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Part of the project involved installing higher capacity power lines in and around Carlsbad starting in 2019 and completed earlier this year.
In total, Xcel installed line upgrades in four groups that feed into the electrical grid from the Pecos, Hopi, Fiesta and North Canal substations.
Workers installed more than 13 miles of conductor to a higher gauge wire that can move more electricity.
A new substation was being built in southwest Carlsbad to relieve loading on existing substations which reached capacity during recent summer heatwaves when the temperature climbs to 110 degrees or more and taxes the electrical grid through heavy use of air conditioners.
More:Carlsbad's heat wave expected to continue, Xcel urges residents to lower electricity use
The new substation was also intended to prepare for future growth in the area, the release read.
Known as the Sisko Substation, it was planned near Alta Vista Middle school and expected to be completed in spring 2021.
The facility was intended to provide a new source of power to relieve the strain placed on other nearby substations especially during the summer, the release read, when electricity demand peaks.
More:New Mexico's oil and gas regions could become the state's leaders in renewable energy
When the substation was complete, Xcel intended to upgrade more power lines to increase transfer capacity between its substations to allow power to be rerouted to overcome overloads throughout the city.
Efforts continue to increase renewable energy in New Mexico
Meanwhile, Xcel sought feedback on creating new sources of power in Texas and New Mexico as many of its older power plants were to be retired.
On Sept. 9, the company issued a formal request for information (RFP) which called on interested parties to submit ideas for new sources of power generation, either by transforming existing power plants or building new facilities.
More:Renewable energy sector pushes forward in New Mexico despite COVID-19 pandemic
David Hudson, president of Xcel's New Mexico and Texas operations said the company was looking to increase its use of renewable and "clean" energy per company goals, while also providing affordable electricity to customers.
The company set a goal of reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2030, having reduced such emissions by 47 percent since 2005 in its Texas-New Mexico system.
By 2050, Xcel hopes to provide 100 percent carbon-free electricity.
More:New Mexico continues growth in wind energy, industries embrace transition
"We've made the most of our investments in power generating units, but several of our older plants are nearing retirement," Hudson said. "This gives us an opportunity to consider options to replace these valuable assets in ways that help us achieve our clean energy goals and maintain reliability and affordability."
In July, Xcel announced that wind power accounted for a record amount of the company's output in the spring months at almost 40 percent in April, attributed largely to Xcel's Hale Wind Project completed in June 2019 in Hale County, Texas north of Lubbock.
On April 12, wind energy set a daily record by making up 64 percent of that day's electricity supply while the hourly record of 76 percent was set on May 8.
More:New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs trio of bills to increase renewable energy
Hudson said providing wind energy created savings for Xcel and its customers because the provider does not have to purchase fuel to operate the turbines.
Xcel estimated the Hale project saved more than $80 million in in 2019 and will be joined by the Sagamore Wind Project near Portales by the end of 2020.
The push for converting New Mexico's electrical grid to carbon-free power began in January 2019, when newly-elected Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham introduced the Energy Transition Act, which was singed into law later that year.
The Act set benchmarks for power providers in New Mexico and called for the state to align with the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, despite President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the voluntary agreement by several nations to reduce their impact on climate change and pollution.
"The Energy Transition Act fundamentally changes the dynamic in New Mexico," Lujan Grisham said at the signing of the Act. "This legislation is a promise to future generations of New Mexicans, who will benefit from both a cleaner environment and a more robust energy economy with exciting career and job opportunities."
Adrian Hedden can be reached at 575-628-5516, achedden@currentargus.com or @AdrianHedden on Twitter.


Mark Schultz Tarzan the Untamed Cover Original Art (Dark Horse, 1999). Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic jungle lord has been drawn by some of the best artists in the business -- Hal Foster, Burne Hogarth, Frank Frazetta, Russ Manning, to name but a few. Add Mark Schultz to that illustrious list, as this cover from a Dark Horse graphic novel is about as impressive as it gets. It's in ink on Bristol board, with an approximate image area of 10.5" x 14.75", matted to an overall 19.5" x 24.75". Mark even managed to include a couple of his trademark dinosaurs, making this an ERB/Xenozoic Tales fanboy's dream come true. Excellent condition. Signed and inscribed in the lower border area.


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Red Cross thankful for loyal donors after data breach
After 1.74GB of donor data was leaked last year, the Australia Red Cross has said its donors were forgiving but are well aware they may not be so kind next time.
By Asha Barbaschow | May 4, 2017 -- 06:51 GMT (23:51 PDT) | Topic: Security
A 1.74GB MySQL database backup containing 1.3 million rows and 647 different tables from the Australian Red Cross was found to be publicly available on October 28, 2016.
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The data originated from an online donor application form that contained details including name, gender, address, email, phone number, date of birth, country of birth, blood type, and other donation-related data, as well as appointments made.
At the time it was called the largest unintended release of personal data seen so far in Australia, but since then, it has also been called one of the best business responses to a crisis.
According to Red Cross Blood Services Australia executive director of donor services Janine Wilson, her organisation has learned a lot from the incident.
"We were a business that thought it was managing data pretty well, but what's very clear to me now having gone through that is your actual IT security systems can be water tight, but there are people who operate them every day," Wilson explained, adding that sometimes there are processes and personnel that aren't always in concert that result in holes to security procedures that sometimes can't be seen.
Speaking at the Oracle Modern Business Experience 2017 in Sydney on Thursday, Wilson explained that the Red Cross made a very quick and proactive decision to go public and did so as soon as they knew.
"It was our obligation to tell the 1.2 million donors that their data may have been breached and here's what happened," she said.
Red Cross was lucky that those affected by the breach have, generally speaking, forgiven the not-for-profit organisation.
"People responded to that honesty with a generous response, to be honest, there was a tiny minority of people who got pretty cranky -- and fair enough -- and we spoke with them on very personalised channels," she explained.
"Blood donors are collectively a fairly loyal and forgiving lot ... I think they were forgiving but I don't think they would be again."
Since October, Wilson said the Red Cross has strengthened a number of things within its organisation, including surveillance and how it manages data.
"Things like when a donor makes an online appointment on our web page, it used to be we held on to that information for a long time, there's no need to hold onto it. And in fact, privacy requirements would say you don't need to and therefore you shouldn't, so now we only hold onto it for as long as we need to and then it gets deleted," she explained.
"There are practices like that we can change in order to reduce the risk on all fronts that something like that could happen."
Wilson reiterated that there is no fool proof system to avoid a breach, and that it is simply a case of when.
"Be really clear about what promise you have to whom and where your priorities are on data security, and I think our donors know what we stand for there and we've kept them updated," she said.
"The noise has died down but it will no doubt surface again as we make other announcements about new solutions, and this, that, and the other, we'll manage that as it comes."
The Australian Privacy Commissioner is still preparing his report on the breach.
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The state of engineering – food and water security
Categories: Energy and sustainability
Photo by Joao Marcelo Marques on Unsplash
7 September 2018 3 minute read
While global food and water security remains a key priority across the board, there are problems hindering our ability to deliver it. For several reasons – population growth, climate change, lack of infrastructure, the high cost of maintaining existing infrastructure, and individual prioritisation, for example – our ability to achieve universal food and water security is not only uncertain, but an increasingly complex problem.
While challenges in food and water security are often associated with developing countries – where poor infrastructure or inhospitable climate conditions limit either access to safe drinking water or agricultural productivity – a lack of resource security is a threat for the developed world as well.
Engineers around the world are diligently working to produce innovative, relatively low-cost technologies that improve grey and green infrastructure, create new and efficient processes, and optimise social behaviours. If through these innovations, we can increase supply, reduce the demand on existing systems, and allocate resources differently, then we are a step closer to achieving our goal.
You will likely be familiar with the basic water-cycle diagram we first encounter in primary school: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection (or some variation thereof). It is useful for teaching the natural path that water follows, but it fails in one key regard: it doesn't depict variations of access. Water is not universally afforded by rain; when you start to introduce various elements of contemporary society to the cycle – large populations sizes, dispersion systems, mass migration, climate variation, and pollution of water sources – it becomes clear that water security can't be boiled down to its availability in this basic model.
In developing regions, where there isn't the necessary infrastructure or financing to easily obtain water through other methods, a lack of naturally-occurring water sources significantly affects water security. Additionally, the amount of that water considered safe to drink is even smaller due to a concurrent lack of infrastructure providing sanitation and sterilisation.
In more developed regions, where the infrastructure does exist and provides access to clean drinking water more readily, water security is still an issue. In order to deal with rapid urbanisation, the increasing number of high-density populations around the world, and changing behaviours on both an individual and collective level, improvements to integrated urban water management (IUWM) are required. To do this, a systems-wide approach is needed to optimise processes at all stages: increasing supply while reducing consumption, costs, and energy. This is where engineering comes in.
One of the reasons why it's hard to discuss water security without also discussing food security is because of the significant effect that water availability has on our food supply. All the water use mentioned above, for example, only accounts for around 31% of freshwater usage – 12% goes to households and 19% to the industrial sector. Agriculture, by comparison, accounts for 69%. The challenge of supplying adequate water supply to each individual still exists, but there is an increasing need to prioritise agriculture-exclusive water security.
Food security, much like water security, is a challenge faced by countries all over the world. One in three people across the globe currently suffer from malnutrition in some form, and the effects of climate change – such as a reduction in water supplies, the amount of viable land to grow food, and the nutritional content of said food – will only continue to exacerbate these problems.
A secondary complication arises logistically, as there is a physical limit to the amount of available land. This land, in turn, must increasingly be shared for urbanisation, a rising sea level, time for the land to recover from degradation, and producing biologically-based energy sources. As such, there is a need for sustainable intensification (SI) of available land; an oxymoron used to describe ways of increasing the agricultural yield without utilising more land. Again, this is where engineering comes in.
Engineering has a role to play all along the pipeline, and engineers are needed in order to develop solutions that provide sustainable, accessible, and safe resources at a low financial, economic, and environmental cost. Whether new smart technologies cut down on resource usage and waste and influence behaviour, whether low-cost water purification systems or vertical farms afford new ways to produce and access resources, or whether new bioengineered foods, agri-tech solutions, or processing models optimise our current production processes – engineering will help us to take our next steps towards achieving global food and water security.
MACS: an environmentally-friendly approach to water treatment
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A novel way to 'pull' clean water from the sea
Researchers from National University of Singapore have developed a novel way to 'pull' clean water from the sea.


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Wonky Galaxy
Featured on March 19, 2021
A new image from Kitt Peak National Observatory shows the full glory of the spiral galaxy Messier 106. Its disk has been warped by the gravity of a supermassive black hole at its heart, which has launched jets of charged particles away from the galaxy's disk (red streamers). Bright red and pink knots are busy stellar nurseries, which are giving birth to thousands of new stars. The galaxy is more than 20 million light-years from Earth, in the contellation Canes Venatici, the hunting dogs, and its diameter is similar to that of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Two dwarf galaxies inhabit the corners of the image, UGC 7356 at lower left and NGC 4248 at lower right. Many other galaxies lie in the distant background. [KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Acknowledgment: M.T. Patterson (New Mexico State)]


If you want to use a humidifier or a vaporizer, thoroughly clean it completely. If it contains dust or something else, your lungs will be bothered by the particles contained in the vapor. Let your humidifiers and vaporizers stand in water for a whilst and make certain they are dry prior to you use them.
When the infant is born, she is at first coated in a slippery coat of amniotic fluid. Throughout the initial several times, her skin may still not be utilized to such a dry atmosphere and develop patches of dry skin and redness. Dryness in the air, such as during winter and inside heated houses, can also strip her skin of moisture.
With a cost tag of just $150 for a family members vehicle and maybe up to $2,500 for a lorry, it tends to make feeling to set up a kit and claim the rebate. Anyone savvy sufficient to pursue this road then has cash in their pockets prior to they even start making savings at the filling stations.
In addition, a cool mist humidifier or a regular Dry Herb Vaporizer might moisten the air enough to relieve congestion and make a child more comfortable. Occasionally just sitting in a steamy rest room for 15 minutes or so really assists open stuffy noses too, at minimum sufficient to nurse or get a little bit of rest. A bit of eucalyptus oil breaks up congestion, and may even fight the an infection.
Cool Mist Humidifiers use chilly drinking water and release a fantastic pure mist into the space. Germs is most typical in these humidifiers. Many comprise humidifier filters that are intended to entice bacteria and mildew. The only option is a design with a HEPA filter. The filters have to be modified recurrently because they'll turn into clogged with impurities out of your drinking water. To prevent particles from clogging the filter, use distilled drinking water.
Nasal strips typically consist of one or much more bands of plastic embedded in an adhesive pad. When correctly positioned across the nose, the bands try to straighten. This action lifts the sides of the nose, widening the area in the nasal valve and helping to maintain airflow all through the night.
I hope this solutions a few questions about humidifier vs vaporizer. They both can be massive help with clearing up congestion from having a cold. So it will just depend on if you think you would rather have a humidifier which you have to clean frequently, but it offers you the satisfaction of the awesome mist in the air. Or maybe if you are really ill and congested and would like to include some Vicks in the vaporizer to clear it up. It is really up to you to determine humidifier vs vaporizer.


I worked there under a senior advocate, frankly speaking I applied there through the reference of my relative. But the application was completely formal. I applied with a recommendation letter given by my university to which he accepted.
Since the court is in Delhi, I reached there a day before my internship started, I went to that chamber it was quite attractive; in fact it was damn attractive with all the law books kept in an arranged pattern, with a official chair and proper desk. I filled the form with all my basic details, and finally headed back to my PG.
I went there with the main task to learn. As we knew nothing about legal and court proceedings before we reached there, our main task was to gain the knowledge about how the court actually looks. Is it like andha kanoon sort of thing or something else.
Honestly speaking the environment which I faced in the court, was completely pathetic, I mean everyday I used to meet with such dreadful criminals, so ultimately it will be pathetic. Obviously no one will like to greet such criminals everyday, but then the people and the associates of my lawyer made me comfortable to be there.
Not exactly the best thing but the best things were the different court trips we used to make every alternate day whether it be Rohini court or it be Dwarka court, or be it Karkakrdoma court or be it Patiala House.
I mean we didn't not go there for our picnics definitely but for our official works but that visit used to be the best part.
The worst thing was our timings. we used to hate it in those sweatful summers. It was very painful to travel such a long distance and again return to the chamber the same day.
My biggest lesson which I learnt there was to be wise, not to trust people and specially be attentive to deal with your problems.


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2014 FIBA World Cup broadcast schedule on TV5 network
Posted by Arvin Ello at 9:16 AM
Photo courtesy of Interaksyon
The Gilas Pilipinas, Philippine national men's basketball team, will make make its historic return to the world basketball arena at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.
Gilas Pilipinas team will compete with Croatia, Greece, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Senegal in the first round of the tournament. The schedules below follow Philippine airing time on TV5 network.
#SPAIN2014: Philippines
Philippine Games
August 30 (Saturday)
• 6:30 p.m. — Philippines versus Croatia LIVE ON TV5
(Replay on Aug. 31 at 9:00 p.m. on AksyonTV and on Sep. 1 at 1:30 p.m on TV5)
September 1 (Monday)
• 2:00 a.m. — Philippines versus Greece LIVE ON TV5
(Replay on Sep. 1 at 9:00 p.m. on AksyonTV and on Sep. 2 at 7:00 p.m. on TV5)
• 11:30 p.m. — Philippines versus Argentina LIVE ON TV5
September 3 (Wednesday)
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import anyTest, {TestInterface} from 'ava';
import {Server} from 'http';
import * as sinon from 'sinon';
import {SinonSandbox, SinonStub} from 'sinon';

import * as notificationController from '../../../../../server/controllers/notifications';
import {ReviewUpdater} from '../../../../../server/controllers/webhook-handlers/notifications/pull-request-review';
import {userModel} from '../../../../../server/models/userModel';
import * as getPRIDUtils from '../../../../../server/utils/get-gql-pr-id';
import * as getPRFromCommitModule from '../../../../../server/utils/get-pr-from-commit';
import {PullRequestDetails} from '../../../../../server/utils/get-pr-from-commit';
import * as webhook from '../../../../../types/webhooks';
import {initFirestore} from '../../../../../utils/firestore';
import {initGithub} from '../../../../../utils/github';
import {initSecrets} from '../../../../../utils/secrets';
import {newFakeSecrets} from '../../../../utils/newFakeSecrets';
import {startTestReplayServer} from '../../../../utils/replay-server';

const reviewUpdater = new ReviewUpdater();

const FAKE_LOGIN_DETAILS = {
  githubToken: 'injected-fake-token',
  username: 'test-username',
  scopes: null,
};

function newFakeHookDetails(extraDetails: {}) {
  const HOOK_DATA = {
    type: 'pull_request_review',
    action: 'unexpected',
    review: {
      state: 'unexpected',
      user: {
        login: 'test-review-author',
      },
      commit_id: '1234',
    },
    pull_request: {
      number: 1,
      title: 'test PR title',
      user: {
        login: 'test-pr-author',
      },
      html_url: 'http://example.com/pr/1',
    },
    repository: {
      name: 'test-repo',
      owner: {
        login: 'test-owner',
      },
      full_name: 'test-owner/test-repo',
    }
  };

  return Object.assign({}, HOOK_DATA, extraDetails) as
      webhook.PullRequestReviewPayload;
}

function newFakePRDetails(extraDetails: {}) {
  const PR_DETAILS: PullRequestDetails = {
    gqlId: 'test-pr-id',
    number: 1,
    title: 'test-title',
    body: 'test-body',
    url: 'http://test-url.com',
    owner: 'test-owner',
    repo: 'test-repo',
    author: 'test-pr-author',
    state: 'OPEN',
    commit: {
      oid: 'test-commit-SHA',
      state: 'PENDING',
    }
  };

  return Object.assign({}, PR_DETAILS, extraDetails);
}

type TestContext = {
  server: Server,
  sandbox: SinonSandbox
};
const test = anyTest as TestInterface<TestContext>;

let sendStub: SinonStub;

test.before(() => {
  initFirestore();
  initSecrets(newFakeSecrets());
});

test.beforeEach(async (t) => {
  const {server, url} = await startTestReplayServer(t);
  t.context.server = server;
  t.context.sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create();
  initGithub(url, url);

  sendStub = t.context.sandbox.stub(notificationController, 'sendNotification');
});

test.afterEach.always(async (t) => {
  t.context.sandbox.restore();
  await new Promise((resolve) => t.context.server.close(resolve));
});

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should not handle a non-submitted hook',
    async (t) => {
      const response =
          await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(newFakeHookDetails({}));
      t.is(response, null, 'webhook should not be handled.');
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 0, 'sendNotification should not be called');
    });

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should handle lack of login details',
    async (t) => {
      t.context.sandbox.stub(userModel, 'getUserRecord').callsFake(() => {
        return null;
      });

      const response = await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(
          newFakeHookDetails({action: 'submitted'}));
      t.not(response, null, 'webhook should be handled.');
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 0, 'sendNotification should not be called');
    });

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should handle an unsupported review state',
    async (t) => {
      t.context.sandbox.stub(userModel, 'getUserRecord').callsFake(() => {
        return FAKE_LOGIN_DETAILS;
      });

      const response = await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(
          newFakeHookDetails({action: 'submitted'}));
      t.not(response, null, 'webhook should be handled');
      t.is(response!.notifications.length, 0);
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 0, 'sendNotification should not be called');
    });

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should handle a failure to get the pull requests GraphQL ID',
    async (t) => {
      t.context.sandbox.stub(userModel, 'getUserRecord').callsFake(() => {
        return FAKE_LOGIN_DETAILS;
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRIDUtils, 'getPRID').callsFake(() => {
        return null;
      });

      const hookData = newFakeHookDetails({action: 'submitted'});
      hookData.review.state = 'changes_requested';
      const response = await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(hookData);
      t.not(response, null);
      t.is(response!.notifications.length, 0);
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 0, 'sendNotification should not be called');
    });

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should send a notification when changes are requested',
    async (t) => {
      t.context.sandbox.stub(userModel, 'getUserRecord').callsFake(() => {
        return FAKE_LOGIN_DETAILS;
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRIDUtils, 'getPRID').callsFake(() => {
        return 'test-gql-pr-id';
      });

      const hookData = newFakeHookDetails({action: 'submitted'});
      hookData.review.state = 'changes_requested';
      const response = await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(hookData);
      t.not(response, null, 'webhook should be handled.');
      t.is(response!.notifications.length, 1);
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 1, 'sendNotification should be called');
      t.is(sendStub.args[0][0], 'test-pr-author', 'Notification receiver');
      t.deepEqual(
          sendStub.args[0][1],
          {
            title: 'test-review-author requested changes',
            body: '[test-repo] test PR title',
            data: {
              pullRequest: {
                gqlId: 'test-gql-pr-id',
              },
              url: 'http://example.com/pr/1',
            },
            requireInteraction: true,
            tag: 'pr-test-owner/test-repo/1',
          },
          'Notification options');
    });

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should send a notification when reviewer comments',
    async (t) => {
      t.context.sandbox.stub(userModel, 'getUserRecord').callsFake(() => {
        return FAKE_LOGIN_DETAILS;
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRIDUtils, 'getPRID').callsFake(() => {
        return 'test-gql-pr-id';
      });

      const hookData = newFakeHookDetails({action: 'submitted'});
      hookData.review.state = 'commented';
      const response = await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(hookData);
      t.not(response, null, 'webhook should be handled.');
      t.is(response!.notifications.length, 1);
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 1, 'sendNotification should be called');
      t.is(sendStub.args[0][0], 'test-pr-author', 'Notification receiver');
      t.deepEqual(
          sendStub.args[0][1],
          {
            title: 'test-review-author commented on your PR',
            body: '[test-repo] test PR title',
            data: {
              pullRequest: {
                gqlId: 'test-gql-pr-id',
              },
              url: 'http://example.com/pr/1',
            },
            requireInteraction: true,
            tag: 'pr-test-owner/test-repo/1',
          },
          'Notification options');
    });

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should *not* send a notification when reviewer comment is the author of the PR',
    async (t) => {
      t.context.sandbox.stub(userModel, 'getUserRecord').callsFake(() => {
        return FAKE_LOGIN_DETAILS;
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRIDUtils, 'getPRID').callsFake(() => {
        return 'test-gql-pr-id';
      });

      const hookData = newFakeHookDetails({action: 'submitted'});
      hookData.review.state = 'commented';
      hookData.review.user.login = hookData.pull_request.user.login;

      const response = await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(hookData);
      t.not(response, null, 'webhook should be handled');
      t.is(response!.notifications.length, 0, 'should not send notifications');
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 0, 'sendNotification should not be called');
    });

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should send a notification for PR approval if no PR details from commit',
    async (t) => {
      t.context.sandbox.stub(userModel, 'getUserRecord').callsFake(() => {
        return FAKE_LOGIN_DETAILS;
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRIDUtils, 'getPRID').callsFake(() => {
        return 'test-gql-pr-id';
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRFromCommitModule, 'getPRDetailsFromCommit')
          .callsFake(() => {
            return null;
          });

      const hookData = newFakeHookDetails({action: 'submitted'});
      hookData.review.state = 'approved';

      const response = await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(hookData);
      t.not(response, null, 'webhook should be handled');
      t.is(response!.notifications.length, 1);
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 1, 'sendNotification should be called');
      t.is(sendStub.args[0][0], 'test-pr-author', 'Notification receiver');
      t.deepEqual(
          sendStub.args[0][1],
          {
            title: 'test-review-author approved your PR',
            body: '[test-repo] test PR title',
            data: {
              pullRequest: {
                gqlId: 'test-gql-pr-id',
              },
              url: 'http://example.com/pr/1',
            },
            requireInteraction: true,
            tag: 'pr-test-owner/test-repo/1',
          },
          'Notification options');
    });

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should send a notification for PR approval with non-success state for commit',
    async (t) => {
      t.context.sandbox.stub(userModel, 'getUserRecord').callsFake(() => {
        return FAKE_LOGIN_DETAILS;
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRIDUtils, 'getPRID').callsFake(() => {
        return 'test-gql-pr-id';
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRFromCommitModule, 'getPRDetailsFromCommit')
          .callsFake(() => {
            return newFakePRDetails({});
          });

      const hookData = newFakeHookDetails({action: 'submitted'});
      hookData.review.state = 'approved';

      const response = await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(hookData);
      t.not(response, null, 'webhook should be handled.');
      t.is(response!.notifications.length, 1);
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 1, 'sendNotification should be called');
      t.is(sendStub.args[0][0], 'test-pr-author', 'Notification receiver');
      t.deepEqual(
          sendStub.args[0][1],
          {
            title: 'test-review-author approved your PR',
            body: '[test-repo] test PR title',
            data: {
              pullRequest: {
                gqlId: 'test-gql-pr-id',
              },
              url: 'http://example.com/pr/1',
            },
            requireInteraction: true,
            tag: 'pr-test-owner/test-repo/1',
          },
          'Notification options');
    });

test.serial(
    '[handlePullRequestReview]: should send a notification for PR approval with ready to merge',
    async (t) => {
      t.context.sandbox.stub(userModel, 'getUserRecord').callsFake(() => {
        return FAKE_LOGIN_DETAILS;
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRIDUtils, 'getPRID').callsFake(() => {
        return 'test-gql-pr-id';
      });

      t.context.sandbox.stub(getPRFromCommitModule, 'getPRDetailsFromCommit')
          .callsFake(() => {
            const details = newFakePRDetails({});
            details.commit.state = 'SUCCESS';
            return details;
          });

      const hookData = newFakeHookDetails({action: 'submitted'});
      hookData.review.state = 'approved';

      const response = await reviewUpdater.handleWebhookEvent(hookData);
      t.not(response, null, 'webhook should be handled.');
      t.is(response!.notifications.length, 1);
      t.is(sendStub.callCount, 1, 'sendNotification should be called');
      t.is(sendStub.args[0][0], 'test-pr-author', 'Notification receiver');
      t.deepEqual(
          sendStub.args[0][1],
          {
            title: 'test-review-author approved - ready to merge',
            body: '[test-repo] test PR title',
            data: {
              pullRequest: {
                gqlId: 'test-gql-pr-id',
              },
              url: 'http://example.com/pr/1',
            },
            requireInteraction: true,
            tag: 'pr-test-owner/test-repo/1',
          },
          'Notification options');
    });


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West Texas A&M Associate Professor Indicted for Smuggling Wildlife Items
Jacob Coats
Jacob Coats Published: January 28, 2022
Richard Kazmaier, West Texas A&M University in Canyon
An associate professor of biology at West Texas A&M University in Canyon has been indicted for smuggling goods into the United States and violating the Endangered Species Act.
According to the United State Department of Justice, 54-year-old Richard Kazmaier is accused of illegally importing wildlife items, such as skulls, skeletons, and taxidermy mounts, into the United States without notice or without the proper permits. Kazmaier allegedly imported items from March 2017 to February 2020.
The indictment also claims Kazmaier imported wildlife items from over a dozen protected species without obtaining permits. Items include the Eurasian otter, lynx, caracal, vervet monkey, greater naked-tailed armadillo, and king bird-of-paradise.
If convicted, Kazmaier faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a up to $450,000 in fines.
Kazmaier was a member of WTAMU since 2001, but as of this time, he has been unlisted from its website.
Operation Global Reach, an operation focused on the trafficking of wildlife from Indonesia to the United States, was spearheaded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Law Enforcement in Redmond, Washington.
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HomeBreaking newsThere Are Too Many Unforced Errors Under President Buhari – Prof. Wole Soyinka
There Are Too Many Unforced Errors Under President Buhari – Prof. Wole Soyinka
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GWU Theatre to Present "The Children's Hour"
– Posted on September 11, 2015Posted in: Campus News, Community News/Events, Performing Arts
Production Takes Stage at Gardner-Webb's Millennium Playhouse Oct. 2-5
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—A play that started on Broadway in the 1930s and was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film in the 1960s will take the stage at Gardner-Webb University next month. The GWU Theatre Department will present "The Children's Hour" from Oct. 2-5 in the Millennium Playhouse on campus.
Written by Lillian Hellman and set in the 1930s, the story chronicles a girls boarding school ripped apart by a terrible lie. Regarded as a masterpiece of American literature, the production shows the potential harm of falsehood through its impact on the school's students and founders.
"It's a well-known early 20th-century American play by a famous playwright, Hellman. In recent years we have not done a classic American play, so this was a good opportunity," shared Dr. Chris Nelson, GWU department chair and assistant professor of theatre. "This play was very controversial in its time. While not likely to induce the extreme reactions of its day, it does deal with themes that remain relevant and which I hope will spur healthy discussion."
In the 1960s the play was adapted into a dramatic film that starred Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine and James Garner. The big-screen version was nominated for five Academy Awards.
"The play is a drama with occasional moments of humor, and it's a very serious piece in the same vein as Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill, and Arthur Miller, all contemporaries of Hellman," Nelson offered. "So audiences will not be in the aisles laughing, but I hope they will enjoy the conflict and emotion that this play is designed to generate."
Gardner-Webb's presentation of "The Children's Hour" will be staged Oct. 2-5. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. each night, with the exception of a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 4. GWU students, faculty and staff will be admitted free with university identification. For additional ticket information, contact the theatre box office at 704-406-2066 or at rsams@gardner-webb.edu.
Due to the content of the play, parental guidance is advised.
Located in Boiling Springs, N.C., Gardner-Webb University offers a comprehensive academic experience that introduces students to the diverse world of ideas and to the people who think them, preparing them for professional success and for productive citizenship.
Tags: Academy Award, Academy Awards, Arthur Miller, Audrey Hepburn, Broadway, Dr. Chris Nelson, Eugene O'Neill, GWU theatre, James Garner, Lillian Hellman, Millennium Playhouse, Shirley MacLaine, Tennessee Williams, The Children's Hour, theater, Theatre
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Terra cotta pots are a perfect canvas for for great ideas and designs. It's easy to personalize your garden, or indoor plant pots with a few suggestions of what you can do! You just have to know what you want as far as a final design. Maybe you can use these ideas as a platform for modifying a new idea? Take the picture above, for that matter. You can change the colors and design elements, and use some of the "contrast" in your own idea! So, as I said, this is a starting point for you to springboard off of to make your own awesome pots. Have fun!
This entry was posted in garden and tagged Home and Garden, Pots and Containers, Terracotta on November 28, 2013 by reidenhol2013.
Who doesn't love water fountains?! What about making your own custom water fountain out of the materials you choose? The following link takes you to a video that is easy to understand so that you can build your own! Just be creative. You can make a water fountain almost any size depending on the kind of pump you use. You'll have to decide where you want to put it and how big your going to make it before you buy the parts, or assemble your fountain from materials you may already have laying around.
This entry was posted in decor, garden and tagged Do it yourself, Fountain, Home and Garden, how to build a water fountain, how to make a water fountain, Water Displays and Statues on November 27, 2013 by reidenhol2013.
This has got to be one of the cutest ideas for using a pallet to create a vertical herb garden, especially if your space is tight. I just love vertical gardens anyway. I think the thing that sets this one off so good is the script lettering ~ Zina just takes it up to a whole new level with this. If you can't free hand then you can enlarge some script from your computer and use transfer paper to transfer the design then get a paint pen at the craft store and carefully paint over the lettering. Do not seal with poly because the poly will lift the acrylic paint. Find a spray acrylic sealer for the best results.
This entry was posted in garden and tagged Cozy Cottage, DIY, Do it yourself, Garden, Pallet, vertical herb garden on November 24, 2013 by Presley-Love.
How adorable is this ~ me thinks this might attract bathing fairies … oh my! What an enchanting and fun way to use all of the little shells and rocks you've collected. I think this would also go beautifully on your altar in your sanctuary or meditation room. You could also have one of these at your desk at work. If you're expecting guests, put one of these in your guest room for an extra special welcome.
This entry was posted in decor, garden and tagged Cozy Cottage, Do it yourself, Garden, mini water garden how to on November 23, 2013 by Presley-Love.