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6 Investigates: Local Boys and Girls Club still having troubles with TWIA
An insurance process that was meant to help Texans rebuild after a hurricane was redesigned by state lawmakers eight years ago, and in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey , that redesign is being put to the test.
6 Investigates spoke with one local nonprofit group that that is fighting for some of that insurance money, and it said the new system is flawed.
On most days after school, the Boys and Girls Club of the Coastal Bend is a lively place, but Hurricane Harvey put a damper on things.
"Every time it would rain, a new spot would pop up that it was leaking," said Kim Barrientos, CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Coastal Bend. "There really wasn't any room in the facility that didn't have some kind of leaking or water damage."
The club filed a claim with the Texas Windstorm Association , and over the next several weeks, things got worse, Barrientos said.
Every time it rained, water collected in buckets at the club and soaked desks. The gym floor would get so wet it disrupted after-school activities for about 200 children, she said.
A few weeks later, Barrientos received notice that TWIA had denied most of the club's roof repairs.
TWIA sent a check for about $150,000, but the money wasn't nearly enough to fix the storm damage, she said.
"We requested them to come back out and look at it," Barrientos said, noting problems with the claim report. "I was dumb founded with some of the things they had in there. They would oversize a room or under size a room or call it by a different name or say it had carpet when it didn't have carpet."
TWIA did acknowledge the errors, but then asked for about half of the claim money back, she said.
At that point, the Boys and Girls Club had tough decision to make. Under the law change, the nonprofit had two options: accept the dismal claim and go through appraisal process, or dispute it and file a lawsuit.
They chose to fight. In August, the nonprofit filed a lawsuit against TWIA .
Two months into the suit, TWIA reversed its position and agreed to pay the clubs entire claim. It also asked that the lawsuit be dismissed.
That kind of behavior allows for no accountability, said a Texas consumer advocacy group.
"It's a complicated and broken system," said Ware Wendell, Texas Watch executive director. "With TWIA , it punishes policy holders wrongly, and it needs to be fixed."
The Boys and Girls Club has asked TWIA to pay for attorney fees, penalties and interest. That's the only way TWIA can be held accountable, so that a similar situation doesn't happen to someone else, said Will Lundquist, an attorney representing the Boys & Girls Club.
"There's a good chance at some point that a lot of the purported misdeeds by TWIA since Harvey are never going to see a courtroom in Nueces County," Lundquist said.
As of two weeks ago, there were 287 lawsuits pending against TWIA ,according to information provided by the organization.
In response to this story, a TWIA spokesperson said the agency does not comment on pending litigation, but sent a statement that in part read:
"Any concerns about the laws governing policyholder's dispute remedies with TWIA are matters of public policy and best left to the Texas legislature."


Exercising together as a couple can make getting more exercise fun, and you and your spouse can truly have a "healthy" relationship.
Cooking dinner together is a great way to spend time together.
Take the time to have some fun with your spouse by playing games together — especially in the colder winter months.
Sometimes, it's the littlest of things that really matter. Something as simple as setting the coffee machine to brew in the morning or opening the car door for your spouse can really show how much you care.
The types of romantic gestures you do really depends on what your spouse considers to be romantic, whether it be bouquets of flowers or cuddling together and watching a football game on TV.
Truly listen. Keep in mind that your spouse isn't always in search for answers and may not want to receive advice. They just want your ears all to themselves.
Make a New Year's resolution to argue less. Pick your battles wisely. Most importantly, learn to compromise.
Taking the time to compliment your spouse shows them that you do still love them, you appreciate them, and you still find them attractive. Surprise your loved one with compliments during appropriate times, such as when they dress up for a dinner out, do a job well done, or the way they handled your child's misbehavior.
A little alone time with your spouse can be all that you need to feel reconnected with them. Having a special date night at the end of the week can give you and your loved one something to look forward to.


Jester's Dead are a 5 piece 80s covers band playing the biggest and best rock anthems of the greatest decade of music.
Comprising Mike Jelski, Phil Hatton, Chris Glaister, Jamie Christian and Joe Kneale, the Jester's are sure to get your fists pumping and your feet moving as you sing along to the best of everyone. Queen, Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf and more!!
We're half way through Practice week which means only one thing!It's time to spread our wings and entertainment Island-wide,well to the scenic stunning sunset village of Port Erin for 10 days of the finest bands.
This year we have new sponsors for the COLAS BEACH STAGE being readied by SECURE SCAFFOLD who will also be supporting the Port Erin Regatta early in July.
We're back on track and have 3 great acts throughout the evening.


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Tché Ruggi: Deep
Urban Spree and A7MA (Sao Paulo) present an exhibition in Urban Spree Galerie's Ecke of new works by Sao Paulo based artist Marcelo Ruggi a.k.a. Tché.
Tché created some of the works of his series "Deep" as an Urban Spree Resident Artist in March 2018.
Tché Ruggi and "Submercidade", his latest series, is the result of a profound dive into "Sea of Perceptions", his first body of works, when he had the chance to meditate and seek deeper meanings. In the midst of darkness, his forms reflected silvered lights and unveil this submerged city.
Time made the triangular geometries defragment and unraveled what was behind their pyramidal assemblies, finding a new universe of possibilities to explore. "Deep" portrays the current moment of the artist who in his deep immersion, looks at the light and returns towards the surface. Exploring his sensations, senses and memories, he deciphered the "Enigma" and reached the maturity expressed in dynamism and gesture, in his representative aquatic structures.
Text: Enivo
Translation from Portuguese: Marina Zumi
In 2004, Tché visited an old house in ruins. The mud and the aggressive action of nature over the construction's remains seemed like saying , "do not paint in here".
The space, where in and outside were in harmony as a chess game. The sky was part of the roof and the ground was the soil. The artist waited for an omen.
The sunset arrived touching the destroyed windows, cutting it self through the broken pieces of glass and projecting its own paint of light and shadow over the surfaces as an invisible event, drawing on the walls calling the night.
From this day, the geometry of the shapes projected by the light, small triangles, pointed shapes, hard waves, dry cuts, they all became raw material for the artistic process.
Tche adopted the fragments of this mysterious answer to spread it little by little on his repertory casted in iron, overlaying the layers, pressured on paint, magnetizing fields. It was built the enigma of an impossible pyramid.
Tche Ruggi, graduated at Faculdade Belas Artes de São Paulo, on 2009.
On 2008, he was one of the founders of Atelier 132, that originated the "Coletivo 132", a collective of graffiti artists. Tche has done exhibitions in Austria, Germany and Brazil. On 2012, he founded with his partners the A7MA Space of Art and Culture, which is growing until today and hopefully for a long time.
Opening: Thursday, May 29th
Revaler Str. 99

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Globe Backpackers is a working hostel located in Griffith, NSW (635 kms west of Sydney).


This regal costume is worn by Khaleigh. She looks like royalty to ME! Beautiful robes and crown.
for the entries, by her, in this contest.
This homemade costume for girls entered our 2008 Halloween Costume Contest.


I noticed "socket://hostname:9100" style won't work when I'd like to use another port, such as "socket://hostname:9101".
This is because httpSeparateURI() requires "/" after custom port number.
It's nice if you can fix to allow both "backend://hostname:port" and "backend://hostname:port/", but just modifing socket example URI of choose-uri.tmpl is maybe enough.
This is a definite bug in httpSeparateURI() - it should allow for URIs without a trailing slash - and it explains a recent report on the mailing lists.


Confessions of a Berkeley system mole.
It was 2 am and I was lying face down on the floor in Cory Hall, the EECS building on the UC Berkeley campus, waiting for Bob to finish installing out bootleg copy of the UNIX kernel. If successful, new and improved terminal drivers we had written would soon be up and running.
We were enhancing the system in the middle of the night because we had no official sanction to do the work. That didn't stop us, though, since UNIX had just freshly arrived from Bell Labs, where computer security had never been an issue. The system was now facing its first acid test -- exposure to a group of intelligent, determined students -- and its security provisions were failing with regularity.
I was lying face down because I'd gone without sleep for over two days, and the prone position somehow seemed the most logical under the circumstances. Bob was still working because he'd napped not 30 hours before, giving him seniority under the "Hacker-best-able-to-perform" rule of our informal order. We might have called our group "Berkeley Undergraduate Programmers for a Better UNIX", or, less euphemistically, "Frustrated Hackers for Our Own Ideas". But, in truth, our group was never named. It was simply a matter of Us versus Them.
"Them" was the bureaucracy -- the school administrators, most professors, some grad students, and even the legendary Implementors themselves at Bell Labs.
"Us" was a small, self-selected group of undergraduates with a passion for UNIX. We were interested in computers and in programming because it fascinated us; we lived for the high level of intellectual stimulation only hacking could provide. Although some in our group never expressed an interest in breaking computer security, others invested thousands of fruitful hours in stealing accounts and gaining superuser access to various UNIX systems. Our object? To read system source code.
For the most part we stayed out of trouble, although one of our rank once had his phone records subpoenaed by the FBI -- after a minor incident with a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory computer. The Feds seemed to think our comrade had been diddling with top secret weapons research, but he actually hadn't.
Our group could probably best be characterized by its interest in creating and using powerful software, regardless of the source of the idea. Our battle cry, thanks to Ross Harvey, was "FEATURES!!!", and we took it seriously. Well, Ross may have been a little sarcastic about it, since he was referring to superfluous bells and whistles. But I used the expression as a shorthand for "elegant, powerful, and flexible". We were always bugging Them to add "just one more feature" to some utility like the shell or kernel. Although They accepted some suggestions, They didn't think twice about most.
One example stands out. In early 1977, Ross, Bob, and I spent months collaborating on a new and improved shell, just before Bill Joy had started on what is now known as the C shell. The most historically significant features we designed were Ross's command to change the shell's prompt, Bob's command to print or chdir to the user's home directory, and my own edit feature, which allowed screen editing and re-execution of previous commands. What we did was smaller in scope than what Bill later included in the C shell, but to Us it was unarguably better what was then available. We ceased work on our projects only when it became clear that Bill was developing what would obviously become a new standard shell. Our energies then were re-focused on persuading him to include our ideas. Some of our features ultimately were incorporated, some weren't.
We modified the kernel to support asynchronous I/O, distributed files, security traces, "real-time" interrupts for subprocess multitasking, limited screen editing, and various new system calls. We wrote compilers, assemblers, linkers, disassemblers, database utilities, cryptographic utilities, tutorial help systems, games, and screen-oriented versions of standard utilities. User friendly utilities for new users that avoided accidental file deletion, libraries to support common operations on data structure such as lists, strings, trees, symbol tables, and libraries to perform arbitrary precision arithmetic and symbolic mathematics were other contributions. We suggested improvements to many system calls and to most utilities. We offered to fix the option flags so that the different utilities were consistent with one another.
To Us, nothing was sacred, and We saw a great deal in UNIX that could stand improvement. Much of what We implemented, or asked to be allowed to implement, is now a part of System V and 4.2 BSD; others of our innovations are still missing from all versions of UNIX. Despite these accomplishments, it seemed that whenever We asked The Powers That Be to install Our software and make it available to the rest of the system's users, We were greeted with stony silence.
Fred Brooks, in The Mythical Man-Month, describes the NIH (Not Invented Here) Syndrome, wherein a group of people will tend to ignore ideas originated outside their own social group. However, there was a stronger force at work at Berkeley, where a certain social stratification prevails that finds Nobel Laureates and department chairs ranking as demigods, professors functioning as high priests, graduate students considered as lower class citizens, and undergraduates existing only on sufferance from the higher orders -- and suffered very little at that. Now, the individuals cannot be blamed for what is, in essence, an entire social order. But this is not to say that we did not hold it against them -- for we most assuredly did. Unfortunately, it took time for us to appreciate the difficulties of Fighting City Hall.
This is why We were frustrated. This is why We felt We HAD to break security. Once We did, We simply added Our features to the system, whether The Powers That Be liked it or not. Needless to say, They didn't. This is why We felt like freedom fighters, noble figures even when found in the ignoble position of lying face down on the floor of Cory Hall at two in the morning.
We were on a mission that morning to install our new terminal driver. With the old, standard terminal driver, the screen gave you no indication that the previous character had been deleted when you pressed the erase character. You had to accept it on faith. This remains true on many UNIX systems today. Most people on Cory Hall UNIX changed their erase character to backspace so that later characters would overwrite the erased ones, but even that was not sufficient. This was especially true when erasing a backslash, which counter-intuitively required two erase characters. We wanted the system to show that the character was gone by blanking it out. We also wanted the line-erase character to display a blanked-out line. Some UNIX systems such as 4.2 BSD and System V now support this, but it was not then available anywhere under UNIX version 6.
Bob and I had argued, somewhat sleepily, for hours as to the correct method of erasing characters, and Bob had started putting our joint design into effect just as I collapsed on the floor for "a short nap". I awoke around dawn to find Bob asleep over the terminal. When he woke up, he said he was pretty sure he'd finished the job before falling asleep, but neither of us had enough energy to check. It was time for food and 14 hours of sleep.
When we finally checked our handiwork the next day, we found some serious flaws in the implementation -- not an uncommon situation with work performed under extreme conditions. But the system was up and running, and although the new features were flawed, they didn't seem to cause any problems, so we forgot about it for the time being. A week later, I was consulting in Cory -- we all offered free programming help to other students in the time-honored tradition of hackers everywhere -- when Kurt Schoens called me over to the other side of the room.
"Hey Doug," he said. "Look at this. It looks like someone tried to put character deletion into the terminal drivers, but only half finished."
My heart raced. Did he suspect me? Or was he just chatting? I could never tell whether Kurt was kidding; he had the most perfect poker face I had ever seen. But he quickly made the question academic, and proved again that he was one of Them.
"I showed this to Bill, and he wanted to fix it", Kurt said. "Oh, really?" I stammered. "Sounds good to me," thinking that it was a real stroke of luck that Bill Joy would be interested in the half-completed project. If Bill finished it, then it would be in the system on legitimate grounds, and would stay for good.
Kurt paused for effect. "Yeah, he was all fired up about it, but I talked him out of it, and I just deleted it from the system instead."
Oh, cruel fate! Kurt must know that I was involved; he just wanted to see me jump when he said "boo!"
Although I'm sure Kurt thought the whole incident very funny, all I could think of was that yet another of my features had gone down the drain. I discussed this latest setback with others in the group, and we shared a sense of frustration. More than ever before, we were determined to get our contributions accepted somehow.
Kurt was both a graduate student and a system administrator, but I liked him all the same -- chiefly because of his practical jokes. We had recently cooperated in a spontaneous demonstration of Artificial Intelligence at the expense of an undergraduate named Dave who had joined Them as a system administrator. Dave had watched Kurt as he typed pwd to his shell prompt and received /usr/kurt/mind as the response. His next command had been mind -i -1 english. During all this time, Kurt was double-talking about psychology and natural language processing and some new approach to simulating the human mind that he'd thought of. Dave looked dubious, but was willing to see how well Kurt's program worked.
"Synthetic Cognition System, version 17.8"
"Please enter desired conversational topic: (default:philosophy)"
Dave couldn't help looking a little impressed; Kurt's "artificial intelligence" system was off to a great start. Kurt had talked to his budding mind for several minutes, and Dave of course had grown more and more impressed. Kurt and I faced the greatest challenge of our lives in keeping a straight face during the demonstration, but we eventually made the mistake of making the mind altogether TOO smart to be believable, in effect sending Dave off to tackle more serious work.
There was one practical joke that was notable for the length of time that it was supported by the entire group. The target was system administrator Dave Mosher. Dave had been suspicious of bugs in our system's homebrewed terminal multiplexer for some time. Ross decided to persecute Dave by having random characters appear on his screen from time to time, which of course convinced Dave that the terminal multiplexer did indeed have problems. To help Ross with the prank, each of us sent Dave some garbage characters at random intervals whenever any one of us was on the system. We had settled on the letter "Q" so that Dave would be sure it was always the same bug showing the same symptoms. Since Dave had these problems no matter which terminal he was on, day or night, no matter who else was logged onto the system, he was positive there was a problem, and he spent much time and effort trying to get someone to fix it.
Unfortunately for Dave he was the only one who ever saw these symptoms, so everyone thought he was a little paranoid. We thought it was pretty funny at first, but after a few months of this, it seemed that Dave was really getting rattled, so one day Ross generated a capital "Q" as big as the entire screen and sent it to Dave's screen. This made it pretty obvious to poor Dave that someone, somehow, really had been persecuting him, and that he wasn't paranoid after all. He had an understandably low tolerance for practical jokes after that.
The numerous practical jokes we played were probably a reaction to the high level of stress we felt from our ongoing illicit operations; it provided some moments of delightful release from what was, at times, a grim battle. There were many secret battles in the war; if Our motto was "Features!", Theirs was "Security for Security's Sake" and the more the better. We were never sure how long our victories would last; on the other hand, They were never sure whether They had won. The war lasted almost three years.
We were primarily interested in the EECS department's PDP 11/70 in Cory Hall, since that was the original UNIX site and continued to be the hotbed of UNIX development, but We "collected" all the other UNIX systems on campus, too. One peculiar aspect of the way the Underground had to operate was that we rarely knew the root password on systems to which we had gained superuser access. This is because there were easier ways to get into, and stay into, a system than guessing the root password. We tampered, for instance, with the su program so that it would make someone superuser when given our own secret password as well as when given the usual root password, which remained unknown to us. In the early days, one system administrator would mail a new root password to all the other system administrators on the system, apparently not realizing that we were monitoring their mail for exactly this kind of security slip. Sadly, they soon guessed that this was not a good procedure, and we had to return to functioning as "password-less superusers", which at times could be a bit inconvenient.
Late one night on Cory Hall UNIX, as I was using my illegitimate superuser powers to browse through protected but interesting portions of the system, I happened to notice a suspicious-looking file called /usr/adm/su. This was suspicious because there were almost never new files in the administrative /usr/adm directory. If I was suspicious when I saw the filename, I was half paralyzed when I saw it contained a full record of every command executed by anyone who had worked as superuser since the previous day, and I was in a full state of shock when I found, at the end of the file, a record of all the commands that I'd executed during my current surreptitious session, up to and including reading the damning file.
It took me perhaps 10 minutes of panic-stricken worry before I realized that I could edit the record and delete all references to my illicit commands. I then immediately logged out and warned all other members of the group. Since nothing illicit ever appeared, the system administrators were lulled into a sense of false security. Their strategy worked brilliantly for us, allowing us to work in peace for quite a while before the next set of traps were laid.
The next potential trap I found was another new file in /usr/adm called password, that kept track of all unsuccessful attempts to login as root or to su to root, and what password was used in the attempt. Since none of us had known the root password for months and therefore weren't going to become superuser by anything as obvious as logging in as root, this wasn't particularly threatening to us, but it was very interesting. The first few days that we watched the file it showed attempts by legitimate system administrators who had made mistakes of various sorts. One of Them once gave a password that We discovered, through trial and error, to be the root password on a different system. Several of Them gave passwords that seemed to be the previous root password. Most of them were misspellings of the correct root password. Needless to say, this was a rather broad hint, and it took Us less than five minutes to ascertain what the correct spelling was.
One might think that, since we had several ways to become superuser anyway, it wouldn't make any real difference whether or not we knew the actual root password as well. The problem was that our methods worked only so long as nothing drastically changed in the system; the usual way that They managed to win a battle was to backup the entire system from tape and recompile all utilities. That sometimes set Us back weeks, since it undid all of our "backdoors" into superuserdom, forcing us to start from ground zero on breaking into the system again. But once we knew the root password, we could always use that as a starting place.
We worked very hard to stay one step ahead of Them, and we spent most of our free time reading source code, in search of either pure knowledge or another weapon for the battle. At one time, I had modified every single utility that ran as superuser with some kind of hidden feature that could be triggered to give us superuser powers. Chuck Haley once sent a letter to Jeff Schriebman commenting that he "had even found the card reader program" to show signs of tampering. I thought that I had disguised it well, but it was extremely difficult to keep things hidden from a group of system administrators who were not only very intelligent, but also highly knowledgeable about the inner workings of UNIX. As an indication of the caliber of the people we were working against, I should note that Chuck Haley is now a researcher at Bell Labs; Bill Joy is VP of Engineering at Sun Microsystems; Kurt Schoens is a researcher at IBM; Jeff Schriebman is founder and President of UniSoft; and Bob Kridle, Vance Vaughn, and Ed Gould are founders of Mt. Xinu.
This was an unusual situation; system administrators are not usually this talented. Otherwise, they'd be doing software development rather than administration. But at the time, there was no one else capable of doing UNIX system administration.
As a result, we had to move quickly, quietly, and cleverly to stay ahead, and planting devious devices in the midst of standard software was our primary technique. Normally trusted programs which have been corrupted in this way are called "Trojan Horses", after the legend of the Greeks who were taken in by a bit of misplaced trust. One of our favorite tricks for hiding our tracks when we modified standard utilities was the diddlei program, which allowed us to reset the last change time on a modified file so that it appeared to have been unchanged since the previous year. Bob modified the setuid system call in the UNIX kernel so that, under certain circumstances, it would give the program that used it root privileges. The "certain circumstances" consisted simply of leaving a capital "S" (for Superuser) in one of the machine's registers. Bob was bold enough to leave this little feature in the system's source code. We usually put our Trojan Horses in the system executables only -- to decrease the chance of it being noticed. But Bob took the chance so that the feature would persist even if the system were recompiled. Sure enough, it lasted several months and through more than one system compilation before Dave Mosher noticed it (undoubtedly with a sense of shock) as he was patiently adding comments to the previously undocumented kernel.
This sort of battling continued for several years, and although They were suspicious of most of Us at one time or another, none of Us was ever caught red-handed. It undoubtedly helped that we never performed any malicious acts. We perhaps flouted authority, but we always enhanced the system's features. We never interfered with the system's normal operation, nor damaged any user's files. We learned that absolute power need not corrupt absolutely; instead it taught us restraint.
This is probably why we were eventually accepted as members of the system staff, even though by then several of Us had confessed to our nefarious deeds. Once we were given license to modify and improve UNIX, we lost all motivation to crack system security. We didn't know it at the time, but this has long been known to be one of the most effective ways of dealing with security problems; hire the offenders, so that there is no more Us verses Them, but simple Us.
It worked well in our case; under the auspices of the System Development and Research Group, created by the ever-industrious Dave Mosher, we went happily to work on UNIX development. The development of UNIX at Berkeley, always fast-paced, exploded once everyone -- including undergraduates -- were participating.
The only fly in the ointment was the introduction a short while later of UNIX Version 7. While it was a vast improvement in many ways over the Version 6 that we had been working with, most of the enhancements we had developed were lost in the changeover. Some were reimplemented under Version 7 by those of the group who remained at Berkeley, but by then many of us were leaving school, and the impetus behind our ideas left with us.
Ken Arnold is, perhaps, the most famous of our original group. He stayed at Berkeley longer than any of the rest of us, and became well known for such contributions as Termlib, curses, fortune, Mille Bourne, and of course his co-authorship of Rogue. But somehow it seemed a Pyrrhic victory even for Ken; much of his best work in the early years never saw the light of day.
We could not help but feel that we had passed through a sort of Dark Age for UNIX development, and even with the Renaissance in full bloom, We ponder what might have been, and bewail the features that UNIX will now never have.
Doug Merritt became one of the earliest UNIX users outside of Bell Laboratories while attending UC Berkeley in 1976. He helped to debug termcap and contributed to the development of vi and curses. Mr. Merritt now works as a consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Bob Toxen is a member of the technical staff at Silicon Graphics, Inc, who has gained a reputation as a leading expert on uucp communications, file system repair and UNIX utilities. He has also done ports of System III and System V to systems based on the Zilog 8000 and Motorola 68010 chips.
Best known as the author of curses and co-author of Rogue, Ken Arnold was also President of the Berkeley Computer Club and the Computer Science Undergraduates Association during his years at UC Berkeley. He currently works as a programmer in the Computer Graphics Lab at UC San Francisco and serves as a member of the UNIX Review Software Review Board.
Copyright © 1984, 2007, 2014 by Doug Merritt, Ken Arnold, and Bob Toxen. All rights reserved.


Through InterTrade Ireland's Fusion programme ATC now has a vacancy for a R&D Engineer in the additive manufacturing or 3D space. Applications must be made online here. Note the closing date for receipt of applications is 12 October 2018.
Reporting to the Company Supervisor, you will be employed by Advanced Technical Concepts to lead this InterTradeIreland FUSION project in partnership with the North West Regional College. As part of this role you will be required to undertake a Postgraduate Diploma in Business & Management, from the William J. Clinton Leadership Institute at Queen's University, Belfast. This is fully funded by InterTradeIreland. The skills learned through the Diploma will enhance your personal, professional and managerial capabilities and will provide you with the necessary and valuable business skills to help you undertake your project role. The company will fully support you throughout this by factoring in the required time off to attend modules and workshops.
Advanced Technical Concepts (ATC) provides a supply chain and engineering service including products and services to the pharmaceutical, medical device, aerospace, food and beverage, power generation, mining, recycling and waste, water and printing sectors. These products and services range from mechanical plant sales, component replacement, spare parts provision, specialist mechanical design, site project management, bespoke lean storage and workspace solutions, reverse engineering and prototyping.


God gathers us together to worship Him every Sunday morning at 10:00am. There are Sunday School classes and a place in worship for every age group. We teach the Bible. Often, one book at a time. And we look at how to practically apply what we know about God and His providence to our everyday life and our outlook on the world. You can listen to the current series here.
For as long as the Church has existed, children have been a part of it. So, we love having children at our services and offer lots of options for their comfort and yours.
If you would prefer to have your children remain with you, please do! You will find children's bags in the back of the sanctuary with crayons and other goodies to help them in their time with us. If your little ones get teary or upset, we have a room upstairs where the service is streamed live as well.
*No Sunday School during the summer, classes resume in the fall.
We love to enjoy meals together, it gives us time to talk and catch up beyond "how are you's." By the time the service is over, there will be a meal waiting and by the time you get your food, we'll have the sanctuary transformed into a dinner table. Food typically includes all the goods of Hawaiian plate lunch, some Americana, and always plenty of choices for the little ones.


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Understanding the decline of one of our most charismatic winter bird species – The Evening Grosbeak
John McEwen
Our Presenter:
Carl Savignac is a forest bird biologist and director of Dendroica Environnement et Faune, an ecological consultant firm based in Chelsea, Québec. He obtained a M.Sc. from the Department of Biological Sciences at Laval University in 1996.
The Presentation:
Little is known about its ecology of the Evening Grosbeak even though it once was one of the most common and best known birds at our feeders. Citizen–based science investigations such as the Christmas Bird Count now suggest that this colourful bird has declined by 77% throughout North America since the early 1970s. For this reason, the species is now designated as a Special Concern in Canada. Being the author of the COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) status report for this species, Mr. Savignac will review the natural history of the Evening Grosbeak and summarize threats and limiting factors that are known to be responsible for its decline.
Carl Savignac is a forest bird biologist and director of Dendroica Environnement et Faune, an ecological consultant firm based in Chelsea, Québec. He obtained a M.Sc. from the Department of Biological Sciences at Laval University in 1996. There, he studied the ecology of the Pilieated Woodpecker in the Laurentian mountain range. Since then, he has surveyed birds all across Canada and has coordinated several stewardship projects with private landowners in southern Québec to protect species at risk. As well, he has written numerous reports and scientific papers on birds and species at risk including status reports on boreal, temperate and grassland birds for the COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada), including a status report on the Evening Grosbeak.
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V1 Media and GeoSpatial Stream attended HxGN Live, Hexagon's annual user conference, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from June 1-4, 2015. They interviewed Kalyn Sims, Chief Technology Officer at Intergraph, who discussed modern computer-aided dispatch, Intergraph's public-safety technology ecosystem, Big Data challenges, evolving patrol work and the rise of UAVs.
V1 Media and GeoSpatial Stream attended HxGN Live, Hexagon's annual user conference, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from June 1-4, 2015. They interviewed Hélio Samora, President of Hexagon Mining, who discussed the company's "life of mine" strategy, sensor and system integration, mine safety and synergy at Hexagon.
V1 Media and GeoSpatial Stream attended HxGN Live, Hexagon's annual user conference, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from June 1-4, 2015. They interviewed Mladen Stojic, President of Hexagon Geospatial, who discussed the evolution of geospatial data and introduced the company's three-pronged strategy for cloud implementation.
Todd Danielson interviews Dan Chapek, Manager, Infrastructure Solutions Team, IMAGINiT, and Jeff Bowers, Consultant, Business Solutions, IMAGINiT, at the HxGN LIVE event in Las Vegas, Nevada. They discuss how to integrate scanning data into design applications to create client deliverables, how the company partners with Leica Geosystems and Autodesk products, "field to finish" workflows, and more.
Todd Danielson interviews Claudio Simão, President and CEO, Hexagon Solutions, at the HxGN LIVE event in Las Vegas, Nevada. They discuss the goals of Hexagon Solutions in terms of market needs, this evolving division within Hexagon, the ripe environment for acquisitions, and more.
Todd Danielson interviews Doug Evans, Vice President, Sales, Design Data, at the HxGN LIVE event in Las Vegas, Nevada. They discuss sharing models with Intergraph software for production and manufacturing, its new SDS/2 Erector product that adds intelligence to crane modeling and building, and more.
Todd Danielson interviews Justin Schmidt, Executive Manager, Hexagon Solutions, at the HxGN LIVE event in Las Vegas, Nevada. They discuss the Hexagon Smart H2O Solution (the foundation for Hexagon Solutions), complete water systems and their challenges, dam monitoring and failures, and more.


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The newest Sharp products in the manufacturer's catalog represent the cutting edge when it comes to office productivity. These offerings span the range from high-performance entry-level devices to professional workflow solutions for enterprises. All of the manufacturer's products come with comprehensive Sharp printer support.
Sharp has recently released updated versions of some of the company's most in-demand entry-level A4 printers and desktop MFP's. The four new additions to the Sharp family include the MX-B350P, MX-B450P, MX-B350W, MX-B450W, MX-B355W and MX-B455W.
Sharp designed these entry-level printer to interface with the broadest possible range of mobile devices. The 35 | 45 -pages-per-minute A4 printers offers an intuitive user experience in a compact form factor, with built-in wireless capabilities, low cost of ownership, large volumes at minimal cost and best-in-class security standard.
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As of late 2018, Sharp has announced that it will release 11 new enterprise multifunction printer models in Summer 2019. These devices will feature some of the most in-demand features of today's imaging systems – voice-activated interfaces, cloud integration, and robust cybersecurity.
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All of these features operate within the context of the Sharp Application Portal. Sharp will release the Application Portal in Spring 2019 and begin directing print administrators to the portal to add and update printer applications to meet specific business needs.
Sharp's latest releases show the manufacturer's commitment to innovate and increase user productivity. Sharp earned BLI 2019 Copier MFP Line of the Year Award earlier this month, and in addition scored 12 BLI Pick Awards for the last year. Sharp's over-all support is among the most dependable in the imaging industry, regularly helping customers and dealers get the most out of their equipment and solutions.
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The Cabinet of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, forms the executives branch of the government of Andhra Pradesh. Along with the chief minister, there are 5 deputy chief ministers and 20 Cabinet Ministers.

Council of Ministers

Former Ministers

Cabinet reshuffle

22 July 2020

 Chelluboina Venu Gopala Krishna – Taken Oath As New Minister And Assigned With Backward classes welfare.
 Dr. Seediri Appalaraju – Taken Oath As New Minister And Assigned With  Animal Husbandry, Fisheries And Dairy Development.
 Dharmana Krishna Das – He Became Deputy Chief Minister And Minister for Revenue, Stamps and Registration Portfolios. Before He Was Minister for Roads And Buildings.
 Malagundla Sankaranarayana – He Became Minister for Roads And Buildings. Before He Was Minister for Backward classes welfare.

References

Lists of current Indian state and territorial ministries
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2019 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
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Last month was a month where i found a few figurines that i have never seen before.
It starts in a small village (here known for christmas things) a few kilometres away from Dresden. There was a very small toyshop but with rubber balls with fishes inside. And these fishes i also dont know before.
The next surprise i found in a discounter shop in the near of my flat, a Playland (formerly Joy City) with a tube of endangered animals.
And on Facebook i had seen a set with New Zealand animals, and so i bought that set on minizoo.
I have a few more of this Playland tube.
Many thanks Roger, my wife and Ralf for the help.
Thanks for the photos. The endangered tube animals looks very "basic", not to compare with toobs from K&M or Safari or even Playvision.
However, it includes very rare animal figurines, some of them will maybe never released by an greater company. So, it really is a must-have.
The new zealand set is also very nice, the first kea as figurine?
Andreas, please can you take closer more detailed pic for the kea?
You must be very excited for these new Safari TOOB figures, lots of species in your preferred size range!
What is the brand of the whale shark ?
Beautiful animals to your collection.
The whale shark has a very good assembly of pieces and also brings a base, to hold it elevated.
Some lovely additions Andreas. The kea is also very beautiful.
What brand are the platypus and the kiwi? And is the canid port of the series (dingo)?
Hi Andreas, I checked the tracking on the Lears Macaw and while it stopped on USPS it said it was 'delivered' on Deutsche Post tracking. Just checking in to see if you recieved it.
Congratulations, Andreas! Wonderful additions, as always! I'm especially happy for you that you were able to get another Play Visions lemur! Out of this batch, I really like the urchins. They look so real! What brand are they? AAA?
However, the website, figurenschnapp.de, has the currency in euros. And I'm not sure how to convert USD to euros... Do you know how can I buy that figure with USD on that website?
Ha, I have half of these, either recently acquired or on the way!
Who made the crowned pigeon?!?!?!?!?!?!
A very easy way is with Paypal. If you dont have Paypal it is difficult.
Thank you. The pigeon is Puttito, especially for glasses.
Congrats, Andreas, esp. to the Marx set! Not cheap but really rare figures!
Wonderful models! I really like the new toobs from Safari this year.
Very nice additions, especially the three animals on base.
The birds are too interesting. Congrats Andreas.
Thank you and oh yes, really must haves.
Thank you. I believe you mean the Marx endangered animals. There is a asian cheetah and a snow leopard.


Ales Loprais, Ferran Marco Alcayna and Petr Pokora and their Tatra Jamal - Queen 69 in the colours of the InstaForex Loprais Team managed together the so far worst stage of the Dakar Rally 2019, but even worse is probably still to come. For Monday the organizers promise the real Dakar hell.
Ales Loprais, Ferran Marco Alcayna and Petr Pokora again improved their overall ranking in the truck category after the Friday stage of the Dakar Rally 2019. The actors of the rally are over the demanding first week of the race, ended with two marathon stages, between which the crews had to do without assistance of their accompanying teams.
It was a nice birthday party, despite the fact that the only 'guests' of the honouree were the Spanish navigator Ferran Marco Alcayna and the Czech mechanic Petr Pokora, and the venue the first of the two marathon stages of the 41st Dakar Rally on Thursday 10 January.
The Dakar Rally 2019 has already started in its maximum demand style. If the very first day was already hard for the Instaforex Loprais Team then the second stage from Pisco to San Juan de Marcona was another step to hell.
The very first stage of the 41st edition of the Dakar Rally already reminded Ales Loprais, Ferran Marco Alcayna and Petr Pokora why this motorsport event is considered the most difficult in the world.


Attunement: Scarlet Key from the Library part of Scarlet Monastery.
See wow-europe, wowwiki and/or thottbot for more information.
 Into the Scarlet Monastery Form Varimathras in Undercity.
This quest is the boss killing quest. We need to kill bosses in all parts of the Scarlet Monastery. (Library, Armory and Cathedral). This time we should complete the quest.
Tactics for Fairbanks: Just kill him like normal Elite. He can Heal himself, thats all. To get to him we have to click a lantern.
Tactics for Whitemane: Whitemane and Mograine have to be killed in the same fight. Check the tactics for Mograine!
Tactics for Mograine and Whitemane: First of all we have to kill EVERYTHING in the Cathedral before pulling Mograine and Whitemane. If we just kill the guys leading to him, and pull him, when he yells, every other crusader in the building will charge at us along with him. Once we kill Mograine the doors behind him will open and out will come High Inquisitor Whitemane. She's pissed off that we killed the Commander. She is a priest type person, and will cast mainly smite for damage. When she gets down to about 1/3rd health she will stun everyone in the group and run over to Mograine's body. She will then cast a spell that resurrects him. She then heals to full life. Then we fight the two together, starting with the High Inquisitor because she deals more damage with her spells and heals.
If we kill Whitemane before she can res Mograine, we will get no loot from them. So we have to make sure she does!
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package util;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.eclipse.egit.github.core.IRepositoryIdProvider;

/**
 * A nicer interface for using loggers.
 */
public class HTLog {

    private static final Logger logger = HTLog.get(HTLog.class);

    public static Logger get(Class<?> c) {
        return LogManager.getLogger(c.getName());
    }

    public static String format(IRepositoryIdProvider repoId, String formatString, Object... args) {
        return repoId.generateId() + " | " + String.format(formatString, args);
    }

    public static String format(String repoId, String formatString, Object... args) {
        return repoId + " | " + String.format(formatString, args);
    }

    public static void error(Logger logger, String message) {
        logger.error(message);
    }

    public static void error(Logger logger, Exception e) {
        logger.error(e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
    }
}

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Resin oil burner ideal for boys. A powerful dragon is resting in its lair... while keeping his trophy: A human skull! Two colors to choose from (Green or red). Which one do you like the most?
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Huddled in his lair, in a distant and dank cave, at the peak of the highest mountain in the country. There dwells a powerful and ferocious dragon, feared by all the locals. From time to time the dragon go out of his lair to hunt, searching who will be his next target, a carefree and confident villager who never return home. Once the dragon have satisfied his bloodlust, he has a curious hobby... Collect human skulls to decorate his lair!
By observing this oil burner for a few minutes, you can imagine stories like this ... Do you like the world of fantasy and dragons? This burner is for you.
Made of resin with great detail and quality, this burner is hand painted. You can use it for aromatherapy, and acclimate your home with a world of epic fantasy and fragrances of all kinds. Simply pour some oil fragrance you like in the oil burner glass tray, light the candle away that we give for free with the burner and ... enjoy!
An ideal and original gift for them, boys or men, will love it.
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Lewes resident Greg Schaeffer is challenging incumbent Sussex County Councilman I.G. Burton in this month's primary election.
Schaeffer brings focus on first-responders to county council bid
By Susan Canfora | Staff Reporter
Susan Canfora
Editor's note: The following is the fifth in a series of features on candidates for the Sussex County Council. The primary elections in the races for council seats are set for Sept. 15.
As he continues his campaign for a seat on the Sussex County Council, Mark Schaeffer is focusing on specific goals, with more funding for first-responders, better control of traffic congestion and avoiding tax increases among those goals.
The 61-year-old Lewes resident, a Republican challenging incumbent Councilman Irwin G. "I.G." Burton, representing District 3, is a volunteer at the Lewes Volunteer Fire Department. He and his wife, Ruby, are both certified EMTs.
They have five children and 12 grandchildren.
"Our first-responders don't get enough money, and I would like to see more funding from the County. The whole county funding program for first-responders needs to be more equitable," he said, adding that there is more stress for first-responders now because of rapid population growth in the county.
"I'm concerned about my opponent's comments, that he plans to raise real estate taxes. He has not supported our fire companies. He is passing ordinances that impact farmers' property rights. I am concerned about that, and I want to make a change," he said.
On his Facebook page, "Mark G. Schaeffer for Sussex County Council," he states, "The 3rd District needs real leadership immediately to correct the disastrous situation with our roads and to help support our EMS/1st Responders." His campaign slogan is "Keep Sussex Strong."
He said he has known his opponent 45 years, has spoken to him many times and would be willing to debate him in a public forum. Burton could not be reached for comment.
To better control traffic, Schaeffer suggested traffic improvement districts.
"I want to see us correct traffic and congestion problems. These traffic improvement districts delineate geographical areas where development occurs, or will occur, and makes sure the investment is done up front, as opposed to after development occurs," he said.
A 1988 graduate of the University of Delaware, the former mayor of Little Creek and Smyrna is an associate commercial broker for the Long & Foster real estate company. He has a background in construction, appraising and auctioneering.
In 2016, he ran for County Council and lost by 64 vote swing in a four-person race. Candidates at that time were Frank Shade, Kevin Burdette, Schaeffer and Burton.
Schaeffer, who noted that he spent his boyhood summers enjoying the Delaware resort areas and moved to Lewes as a full-time resident 15 years ago, said he wants to see County finances handled better. Although his opponent has said he only supports user fees, those fees are the same as taxes, Schaeffer asserted.
Schaeffer said he also wants more jobs made available so residents don't have to leave the area to find work.
Concerning the coronavirus pandemic, Schaeffer said he wants businesses to "open back up immediately and our schools have to reopen, too."
"It's a concern. Our children need to be in school. That can be done with appropriate safety measures in place," he said.
Sussex County Council District 3 encompasses the Broadkill Beach, Ellendale, Lewes, Lincoln, Milford, Milton, Primehook Beach and Slaughter Beach areas. The primary election will be on Sept. 15. The general election will be on Nov. 3.
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Heading off a climate migration crisis in Asia
Only proactive policies can minimize the human displacement caused by climate change, says Asian Development climate change and sustainable development expert Bart Edes.
Families affected by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 live in temporary tents. Climate change is set to drive more people from their homes in the future, but the world is ill prepared to deal with climate migrants, say experts. Image: ADB, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/heading-off-a-climate-migration-crisis-in-asia/
By Bart Édes
4 minute read March 10, 2017
Nearly 15 million people worldwide—approximately the population of Cambodia—were forced from their homes in 2015 by weather-related disasters, including violent storms, floods and landslides.
As climate change intensifies, those numbers will rise. Not everyone will end up resettling elsewhere, but a large, undetermined number of displaced people are already becoming environmental migrants, defined by the International Organization for Migration as people who are obliged or choose to leave home due to sudden or progressive environmental changes that adversely affect their lives.
Climate change is one factor in the rising numbers of these displaced people, but the associated crisis is where many of these people live. Up to 650 million people live in areas that will be submerged or exposed to chronic flooding by 2100. The majority of people facing such threats make their home in Asia and the Pacific, the world's most disaster-prone region, which is acutely exposed to the impacts of climate change.
Sea level rise, one of the most destructive climate change impacts, poses an irreversible threat to coastal communities and island states. Nine of the 10 countries with the largest number of vulnerable people living in low-lying areas are in Asia. In the Pacific, climate change threatens to literally redraw the map.
The threat is real
Entire countries and cultures on the small states in the world's largest body of water confront an uncertain future. Australian climate researchers have identified five small reef islands in the Solomon Islands that have vanished over the past seven decades, and six other islands that have lost much of their land to the sea.
Receding shorelines have wiped out two villages, forcing residents to higher ground. The isolated nation of Tuvalu, just 2m above sea level, appears to be the country most threatened by climate change. Peak tides have reached as high as 3.4 meters.
The international community has awoken to the human toll of environment-related displacement, and to the likelihood that climate change will exacerbate these conditions. In 2015, governmental delegations from 109 countries endorsed the Nansen Protection Agenda for people displaced by disaster and climate change, and the Platform for Disaster Displacement has been established to implement this agenda.
More than 20 events discussing the link between climate change and migration were held during the COP22 meeting last November in Marrakech, Morocco.
The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change called for the creation of a task force to develop ways of avoiding or minimizing human displacement caused by climate change. This was a significant advance, and it is important that the task force be formed, funded, and become active as soon as possible.
It has been given less than two years to deliver recommendations applicable at subnational, national, regional, and international levels, and to identify legal, policy and institutional challenges, as well as good practices and lessons learned.
Countries in Asia and the Pacific are already bolstering their defenses against environmental threats, and preparing for displacement in areas that are no longer safe to inhabit. The People's Republic of China, Papua New Guinea, and Viet Nam have relocated communities that face flood risks.
Bangladesh, long accustomed to cyclones and extensive flooding, has signed an agreement with the Netherlands to reclaim land by using sediment flowing through the country's rivers, creating resettlement areas for people displaced by river erosion.
In Mangoroco, a village in Iloilo province in the Philippines, a sea wall built by residents saved many lives when Typhoon Haiyan hit the area in 2013. Kiribati has adopted a 'migration with dignity' policy to create opportunities for those who wish to emigrate abroad now and in the near future.
With planning and investment, some migration can be averted or postponed. In other cases, migration should be promoted as a practical way of adapting before it's too late.
Adapt before it's too late
A 2012 ADB study recommended that countries conduct national assessments of natural disaster risks, calling for strengthened disaster risk management through better early disaster warning systems and improved design of post-disaster sheltering plans.
There's also a need for social protection and jobs for those who remain behind in vulnerable areas. Governments can support development initiatives driven by the communities themselves, as well as skills training and alternative livelihood programs.
They can invest in climate-resilient sustainable infrastructure and basic services in migrant-receiving cities, using hazard maps to guide future resettlement plans, and consulting with local communities in the construction of storm-resistant homes.
Environmental migration should be systematically addressed in strategy, policy, and planning documents on climate change, such as nationally determined contributions under the COP process, as well as in country development plans and disaster risk reduction strategies.
What should be avoided, however, is inertia. Better policies, strong leadership, rigorous scientific research, and international cooperation will help vulnerable communities make informed choices about their future – rather than let climate change decide for them.
Bart Edes is Advisor, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department; Head, Knowledge Sharing and Services Center, Asian Development Bank. This blog first appeared as an article in Asian Geographic magazine and is republished from the ADB blog.


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In the third part of this series, Khentrul Rinpoche will focus on the final section of Transforming Happiness and Suffering onto the Path. This is the practice of transforming adversity. Rinpoche will also teach on vipashyana – profound insight meditation.
*Please note that attendance to the previous parts is not required. There is no prerequisite – all are welcome. Also –this Teaching will be given at the Water's Edge Resort and Spa in Westbrook, not in the Guilford center.
The cost for this retreat is a sliding scale of $55-75 per day/ $110-150 for the weekend.
Please click here to submit your payment for the event.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2018 by Katog Vajra Ling.


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Kubricky Construction Corp.'s Nathan Speanburg is currently a battalion executive officer, second in the chain of command for a 600-person engineer battalion. Nathan has been deployed with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan (twice), Kosovo, and Honduras. Nathan is currently participating in training in Vermont, where he is an active member of the Vermont Army National Guard.
After seven years of active duty, Nathan joined the Vermont Army National Guard. The National Guard requires weekend drills and an additional 16 to 28 days of annual training. This year, 2018, included 22 days of training and next year will be 28 days.
Vermont's 86 Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) (Mountain) was chosen to be aligned with the active 10th Mountain Division, and this alignment has added more training requirements for its servicemen and women to be ready to deploy once every five years.
Since his return, Nathan has made the promotion list to lieutenant colonel, and we wish him all the best in both his continuing military career and his career here with Kubricky.


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A strong, increasing attendance from abroad suggests strong perspectives for the future of the sector, highlighting the way to the digital future of the sports sector.
965 exhibitors from 40 countries: OutDoor 2017 continues down a pathway lined with successes, giving a boost to new trends.
Research and across-the-board proposals are the watchwords for the 85th edition of the international fair dedicated to children's fashion to be held at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence from 22 to 24 June 2017.
Pitti Uomo returns with a new appointment for producers, distributors and retailers, offering them a look at the SS 2018 season of men's fashion. From 13th to 16th June in Florence.


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single degree
A single one year undergraduate degree offered by the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
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Length 1 year full-time
Minimum 48 Units
Which applies to me?
Adjustment factors availability
Academic plan HARTS
Post Nominal
CRICOS code 002285K
Field of Education
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Indicative Fees
Elective Study
The Bachelor of Arts Honours requires completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
48 units from completion of one of the following Honours specialisations:
Asia-Pacific Studies
Australian Indigenous Studies
Contemporary Europe
Gender, Sexuality, and Culture
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies
For all Honours Specialisations, and for Combined Honours, HONS4100 Final Honours Grade will be used to calculate the Class of Honours and the Mark. It will be calculated using the formula: S (mark x units) / S units, giving NCN and WN a nominal mark of zero.
The following Bachelor of Arts (Honours) specialisation(s) are available, subject to meeting the entry requirements, to each Bachelor of Arts major.
BA Major
Honours Specialisation(s)
Disciplines and Fields
Classical Studies, Biological Anthropology
Anthropology, Asia-Pacific Studies, Australian Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies
Archaeology, Biological Anthropology
Australian Indigenous Studies, Biological Anthropology
Development Studies, Australian Indigenous Studies
Gender, Sexuality and Culture
Human Evolutionary Biology
Political Science, International Relations
Language Studies, Asia-Pacific Studies
Psychology, Biological Anthropology
Screen Studies
Technology Networks and Society
Classical Studies, Language Studies
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Language Studies
Asia-Pacific Studies, Language Studies
German Language and Culture
Indonesian Language
Sanskrit Language
Anthropology Honours
Archaeology Honours
Art History and Theory Honours
Asia-Pacific Studies Honours
Australian Indigenous Studies Honours
Biological Anthropology Honours
Classical Studies Honours
Contemporary Europe Honours
Criminology Honours
Development Studies Honours
Digital Humanities Honours
Economics Honours
English Honours
Environmental Studies Honours
Gender, Sexuality and Culture Honours
History Honours
Language Studies Honours
Mathematics Honours
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies Honours
Music Honours
Philosophy Honours
Political Science Honours
Psychology Honours
Sociology Honours
Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.
A Bachelor of Arts degree from the ANU, or equivalent from another institution
A weighted average mark equivalent to an ANU 70 per cent calculated from the 36 units (i.e. 0.75 EFTSL) of courses in the major cognate to the honours specialisation, excluding 1000-level courses (i.e. introductory undergraduate courses), with the highest marks
Written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis
And the satisfaction of any admission requirements listed in the relevant honours specialisation
The National Register of higher education providers is an authoritative source of information that will help you confirm your institution of choice is registered to deliver higher education in Australia.
The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) website is HERE. Based on surveys done by thousands of students across Australia you can find out about universities that interest you, doing side-by-side comparisons.
ANU offers rank adjustments for a number of adjustment factors, including for high achievement in nationally strategic senior secondary subjects and for recognition of difficult circumstances that students face in their studies. Rank adjustments are applied to Bachelor degree applicants with an ATAR at or above 70. Points are awarded in accordance with the approved schedules, and no more than 15 points (maximum 5 subject/performance-based adjustments, maximum 10 equity-based adjustments and maximum 5 Elite Athlete adjustments) will be awarded. Please note that Adjustment Factors vary and do not apply to a select few programs, please visit the ANU Adjustment Factors website for further information.
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For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees
Annual indicative fee for international students
For further information on International Tuition Fees see: https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/fees-payments/international-tuition-fees
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.
Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
For further information see the Scholarships website.
The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree exemplifies the ANU commitment to research-led education. Building on the Bachelor of Arts, which is the most diverse, most flexible, and most popular degree at the Australian National University, it gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of your discipline, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a thesis of up to 20,000 words, that develops new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems. An Honours Specialisation is available for all majors in the BA, and any two Honours Specialisations available in the BA for which both sets of admissions criteria have been met are available for combination as Combined Honours.
Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide.
The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row.
pose a significant research question relating to their discipline;
investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to the discipline, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.
Information on inherent requirement is not currently avaialble for this program.
If a person seeking acceptance into a Bachelor Honours program satisfies or exceeds the minimum requirement for admission to the Bachelor Honours program, the Delegated Authority is not obliged to admit the person to the program only because the person has satisfied the minimum requirement for admission.
The Delegated Authority for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) plan HARTS is the CASS Associate Dean (Education). All admissions to this plan must be approved by the Delegated Authority.
Applicants should in the first instance contact their discipline's Honours convenor; names and contact details are at: http://cass.anu.edu.au/current-students/honours/honours-convenors.


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/**
 * @package axy\envnorm
 * @author Oleg Grigoriev <go.vasac@gmail.com>
 */

namespace axy\envnorm\tests;

use axy\envnorm\Error;

/**
 * coversDefaultClass axy\envnorm\Error
 */
class ErrorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * covers ::raise
     * covers ::getLastRaisedError
     */
    public function testError()
    {
        $context = ['x' => 1, 'y' => 2];
        $error = new Error(10, 'Error', 'x.php', 11, $context);
        $this->assertSame(10, $error->code);
        $this->assertSame('Error', $error->message);
        $this->assertSame('x.php', $error->file);
        $this->assertSame(11, $error->line);
        $this->assertEquals($context, $error->context);
        $this->assertNotSame($error, Error::getLastRaisedError());
        $e = null;
        try {
            $error->raise();
            $this->fail('Error::raise() did not throw an exception');
        } catch (\ErrorException $e) {
        }
        $this->assertSame($error, Error::getLastRaisedError());
        $this->assertSame('x.php', $e->getFile());
        $this->assertSame(11, $e->getLine());
        $this->assertSame('Error', $e->getMessage());
    }
}


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What is El Nino & Why Should We Care About it?
By Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz	• Published July 29, 2015 • Updated on January 19, 2016 at 10:25 am
El Nino is a huge area of extra warm water in the Tropical Pacific. Ocean temperatures always vary, but this is a large and persistent area that can stretch from the coast of South America all the way to the Phillipines. That's a lot of real estate and a lot of energy. It can influence weather in many parts of the world, including ours. And the one developing now could rival 1997-98 as the strongest El Nino ever recorded.
The animation below shows how the El Nino has quickly evolved into a monster. The redder the colors, the more extreme the temperature change from average (called "anomalies"). And, as you can see, it is still strengthening.
SUPER EL NINO=SUPER QUIET HURRICANE SEASON
As we head toward the beginning of August, we keep getting closer to the peak months of hurricane season. August, September, and October represent the peak, with September at the top of the list historically. Anyone with interests at the shore tends to become more focused on the tropics. But there has been only a small increase of tropical activity in the Atlantic Basin (Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and North Atlantic). A tropical disturbance in the far East Atlantic is being watched as of this writing. Here is the satellite loop: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/dml/eumet/nhem/eatl/rb.html
It doesn't seem to make sense, but we can largely thank the Pacific Ocean for decreased activity in the Atlantic-specifically, the "Super" El Nino that is developing there.
El Nino's biggest influence is obviously in the Pacific, especially the Tropical Pacific. This leads to tremendous amounts of thunderstorms. The strong upper-level winds from some of these storms cross into the Tropical Atlantic, creating extra "wind shear." Wind shear, or big changes of wind direction or speed as you go higher in the atmosphere, helps prevent Tropical Storms from forming, or weaken ones that have already formed. On the other hand, all that warm water in the Tropical Pacific leads to more storms, and helps make for stronger tropical systems. There are a lot of "Super-typhoons" when there's a strong El Nino. This year is no exception.
Take a look at the tropical tracks for the Atlantic and Pacific so far this season from http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/index.php (Unisys has had the best historical tropical tracking information since the internet's early days).
The Atlantic has had three named storms already, but all formed close to the U.S., weren't around long, and none became hurricanes. The "Super" El Nino effect is the lack of action in the tropics, from the Caribbean to Africa. Let's see how much forms there as we go into the historical peak of the season.
The East Pacific (map #2) shows a lot of activity for that part of the world, with three major hurricanes already. And in the Western Pacific (map #3) they're off to a big start. Even though this is the most active part of the world, the storms are much more frequent and stronger than usual.
OTHER FACTORS SUPPRESSING ATLANTIC HURRICANES
El Nino isn't the only thing helping to suppress the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season. While much of the Pacific Ocean has water temperatures WAAAY above "normal," a lot of the Atlantic is colder than normal. That is especially true for what is known as the "Main Development Region (MDR)" from just east of the Caribbean straight to the African coast.
Also, the drier Africa is, the lower the chance of tropical development in the MDR. Some of the most powerful hurricanes in history have developed in the MDR. A lot of dust from the Sahara desert is a result of dry conditions over the continent. That dust helps prevent tropical formation. The graphic below shows how extensive the Sahara dust is. It also shows the blobs of thunderstorms moving east to west across Africa. Those "tropical waves" are usually much bigger than the current ones.
Finally, the lower atmospheric pressures are in the MDR, the more likely tropical storms are to form. Pressures are higher than normal. The "Bermuda HIGH" is closer to the tropics, leading to higher pressures.
SO NO ATLANTIC HURRICANES, RIGHT?
No, I'm not saying that. It just looks like an overall "quiet" season in the Atlantic. But as we say, "All it takes is ONE to make it a bad season." In 1972, a strong El Nino was underway, and there was only one hurricane that even came close to the U.S., and that one was barely strong enough to be a hurricane. But its name was Agnes, which caused so much flooding in Pennsylvania that it became the worst natural disaster in the state's history.
IT'S ABOUT ODDS….
As you know, there are few guarantees in weather forecasting. But people still make plans based on weather forecasts. In this case, your odds of good weather for a tropical vacation this year are better than they may be next year. I checked, and many post El Nino years were very active in the Tropical Atlantic.
The good odds this year also applies to the Pope's visit in September, the historical peak of hurricane season. Let's hope the strong El Nino, cold ocean, Saharan dust, and higher pressures continue….
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Given that colon cancer takes the lives of 50,000 Americans each year, taking responsibility for this aspect of your health is vital. In addition to traditional colon cancer screening, it is now possible to test for colon cancer without colonoscopy using at-home colon cancer detection kits. The big question, however, is whether they are a suitable investment.
Given that this option is still a relatively new development, education is crucial as you look to make a calculated decision on which route is right for you. Here's all you need to know.
What Are At-Home Colon Cancer Detection Kits?
First and foremost, you must learn how to check for colon cancer at home. Essentially, the home screening kit is designed to analyze a patient's stool samples to check for changes that could be linked to the growth of polyps or other signs of cancer.
The stool is simply collected and sealed in the pot provided before being sent off for testing at the lab through a process known as Cologuard. The kits are easily used and can be ordered and collected from a doctor's office.
The home colon cancer screening test kit is certainly a useful tool, especially for identifying the possible signs of colon cancer in those individuals that fall into the mid-to-high risk categories. As an annual precautionary measure, it offers some value to the patient.
However, it's important to recognize its limitations. Given the seriousness of this health issue, it's always advised to take the very best option available. A professional colonoscopy remains the most thorough solution by far while it also ensures that you gain the help of an experienced medical expert. Nevada Surgery & Cancer Care provides the right services to check for signs of colon cancer and treat them should a problem be identified.
Ultimately, then, when using the home colon cancer screening kit, it is an ideal way to take extra care over the situation but should not be seen as a direct replacement for colonoscopy procedures.
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Q: Bug in Moment.js? I'm facing an issue which I just can't solve.
In AngularJS I created a directive that checks the validity of a date. For this I use Moment.js
This is my directive:
/* @ngInject */
function modelDate() {
    return {
        restrict: 'A',
        require: 'ngModel',
        link: function (scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
            var validate = function (value) {
                if (!value) {
                    // don't validate an undefined value. required or ng-required should handle that
                    ngModel.$setValidity('date', true);
                    ngModel.$setValidity('maxDate', true);
                    ngModel.$setValidity('minDate', true);
                    return value;
                }

                var date = moment(value, ['DD-MM-YY', 'DD-MM-YYYY', 'DD-MM']);
                if (!date.isValid()) {
                    // invalid date, so no validity check on max and min date
                    ngModel.$setValidity('date', false);
                    ngModel.$setValidity('maxDate', true);
                    ngModel.$setValidity('minDate', true);
                    return value;
                } else {
                    ngModel.$setValidity('date', true);
                }

                if (ngModel.$viewValue !== date.format('DD-MM-YYYY')) {
                    // format and set value
                    value = date.format('DD-MM-YYYY');
                    element.val(value);
                }

                return value;
            };

            ngModel.$parsers.push(validate); // for DOM -> model validation
            ngModel.$formatters.push(validate); // for model -> DOM validation
        }
    };

My issue is the following:
When I enter the date 29-02-2015, moment(value, ['DD-MM-YY', 'DD-MM-YYYY', 'DD-MM']) returns me 29-02-2020. While I expect an invalid date. This is also for 2001, 2002 etc.
Basically every none leap year from 2001 till now.
Did someone faced this issue before?
I created a small fiddle to demonstrate the issue:
http://jsfiddle.net/r42jg/1183/

A: Just a reflection: I used moment.js for general date validity checks a while back, and I also noticed that it can be very forgiving.
What I did was to compare the input with the result; if they don't match, the date is invalid.
That of course assumes that the format of the input date is known.

A: I think this is not a bug.
From the docs:

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*Prefer formats resulting in valid dates over invalid ones.
http://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/
So the first format 'DD-MM-YY' produces a valid date.

A: It looks to be due to you passing an array of formats to moment.  As far as I can tell, moment doesn't support accepting an array of formats, only a format string.
See http://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/
If you change the format to just a string, then you will get the expected behaviour: http://jsfiddle.net/wc9bstux/
So change: moment(value, ['DD-MM-YY', 'DD-MM-YYYY', 'DD-MM']) to be moment(value,'DD-MM-YYYY').

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