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Feeling less alone: an interview with Erin Daley
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For Decent Company October: fear, Erin Daley is performing a piece documenting a plethora of personal fears from childhood through to the present day. Erin sat down with Decent Company producing director Josh Boerman to talk about some of those fears, ghost hunting TV shows, and what makes for compelling theatre.
JOSH BOERMAN: This is a very auspicious debut for you. After having directed a really fun show in August, you're doing one this time around. So tell me about what you're doin'.
ERIN DALEY: Well, when I saw June's show, I was really drawn to what you guys were doing and how honest and open everybody was. And I feel so often you see solo performance and it's just unbearable. And the fact that what you've curated and how you've pushed the evening is actually really engaging and entertaining and moving was really remarkable.
And then I like talking about myself a lot, so I said, "Why don't I do that for you?"
JB: I think we all like talking about ourselves a lot, yeah. And the piece that you're doing is a bit more vulnerable and a bit more honest.
ED: It is vulnerable and honest. But hopefully people will "like" that. I'm doing a thumbs up for you all reading at home.
JB: So tell me a little bit about, you know, what you're doing, what made you decide to choose this particular format.
ED: So I'm doing a list of things I've been afraid of, and I'm 30 years old, and so that feels like a big thing. And then 30 years rhymes with fear, and so I'm like, "Well, that's something." And so I did 30 years of fears, and I'm tracking through one fear for each year of my life.
And it's interesting, because there's some things when you're younger that totally terrify you, and you think you'll be scared of it for the rest of your life, and literally change how you live your life. And then you don't feel that anymore. And I thought that's really interesting. Like, what happens do those? Which fears do you carry with you? What fears do you get over?
JB: Right. Well, that was what I found kind of interesting about when we had the work in progress presentation a couple days ago, how there were some fears that when you talked about them it was very funny; it was very silly. It was like, "Ahaha, I was a kid." And then there were other things that still live with you and still haunt you in a way, and they probably always will.
ED: Right. Those core fears that actually affect who you are as a person.
JB: Right. So what are the fears that still get at you, do you feel like?
ED: I'm very afraid of dying. I go through periods where I had really bad panic attacks, where I can't fall asleep. And I had to, like, slap myself to get myself out of it. So that. And then I think there's something about deception, like self-deception, that I'm constantly afraid of. Of, like, how people perceive me versus how I perceive myself.
JB: So you feel like in some way you are lying to yourself?
ED: I don't know. How you live as yourself is, like, 50% of your life. And how you view other people is 50% of your life. You know, it's kind of insane to me— I only know other people by observing them, by being from the outside. I only know myself by being from the inside. And it's really hard to do either.
So it's, like, I never know how I'm perceived. I never know if people are like, "Oh wait, she's doing that? Oh, she's being so desperate. Oh, she's being too bossy. She's actually stupider than she thinks she is. She's not as good as she thinks she is." So that feels like it's been a continuing theme in my life, of not ever knowing. Of not ever trusting myself that I'm really good. Which is why I really respond when people give me honest, critical feedback.
JB: I think a lot of people, I think really everybody, experiences that to a degree. Because we cannot step outside of ourselves. I think everybody thinks, to a degree, oh, the way that my mind processes things—
ED: Is the only way.
JB: —is the only way. And it's probably the way other people do it. And it's so difficult to conceive of a different way of processing information that you receive.
ED: And also, I see people all the time who are so deluded. And maybe it's working in the theatre, but, like, seeing people who think they're doing a great job but aren't. And I just don't wanna be one of those people.
JB: Well, yeah, because there's nothing more painful to watch and to experience than somebody thinking that they're nailing it when in fact they are doing a completely incompetent job.
ED: Yeah.
JB: And I think that deep down that's definitely a fear that I've experienced as well. "Am I just fooling myself into thinking that what I'm doing is worthwhile?"
ED: Right. But then also, there's that whole philosophy where it's like, "Fake it till you make it," or like, "Have confidence in yourself, and everything else will follow," which I think at the end of the day is kinda bullshit.
JB: Well, especially because not everybody's competent. (laughs)
ED: Yeah. (laughs)
JB: What's interesting too, though, is one thing I noticed in the work in progress presentation, was a lot of discussion about fear versus anxiety, and how are they similar, how are they different. Do you develop anxieties because of what you're afraid of or vice versa? Like, are the two interlinked? Are they essentially the same thing?
ED: Well, it feels like fear is the source and anxiety's the symptom, or something. Fear feels, the word feels more, like, metaphysical, more philosophical, more existential than anxiety. Anxiety feels more concrete, you know? It's like, "Oh, I'm having a physical reaction to anxiety."
JB: But I feel like sometimes you can have a physical reaction to fear as well, right?
JB: I mean, if you have something that's extremely fucking scary that happens to you—
ED: Do you have a physical reaction to fear?
JB: Yeah. I mean, it's the thing of feeling like you're about to go over a ledge, and everything in you stands up on end, and you feel your mortality in that moment.
ED: Yeah. It's like adrenaline, right? It's— definitely part of it's adrenaline. Everything feels more awake. Or I get pinpricks a lot when I'm scared.
JB: And there can be something exhilarating about that, too, right?
JB: I mean, some people seek it out actively, because they love that feeling.
ED: Which is why horror movies are so exciting. And people jumping out of planes, which I don't get. Seems like a dumb way to spend a lot of money and maybe die.
JB: Are you into horror movies?
ED: Yeah. I like horror movies. I especially like all those ghost hunting shows, because they actually help me fall asleep. Because they're not that scary. Usually it's a bunch of 40-year-old dudes in a dark room going, "Did you hear that? Get the cam over there. Oh yeah. Oh yeah."
JB: But there's something in you that wants to experience the sensation of just, like, being afraid.
ED: Being afraid in a safe way.
JB: Sure. But that's what I'm interested in. We think of fear, I think, so often as such a negative thing. Why is it that in a safe context we like to seek fear out, we like to be thrilled? You know, we go on rollercoasters. We watch horror movies. Stuff like that.
ED: Well, it's literally a chemical high. You get high off of it. Your body sends you a bunch of adrenaline and you feel high, and then you come down from it. Then your body sends out another set of chemicals to calm you down. So we're just, you know—
JB: All-natural uppers and downers.
ED: Exactly. We're just, like, doin' lines. But I wonder if it's something evolutionary. We need to feel— I think it's good for us to feel scared. Like, in the same way we need to exercise.
JB: To get in touch with, like, your animal self or whatever.
ED: Yeah. The same thing, like, sometimes you're like, "Oh, I just need a good cry."
JB: Right. Yeah, because fear can be cathartic too. Like, if you get a really good scare, that can actually clear out a lot of anxieties.
ED: Exactly, yeah. You're like, "Oh God. I was stressed out before, but I'm okay now."
JB: Do you feel at all fearful or apprehensive about simply doing this?
ED: Oh yeah, totally.
JB: Because you're not usually up on stage.
ED: Yeah, totally. Totally.
JB: Tell me more. (laughs)
ED: I hate acting. I hate acting, and I hate writing. Well, I don't hate writing. I like (whiny voice) writing in my journal and expressing my feelings. But I did this artist residency where I wrote a play last summer, and I did it, and I got some good words, I got some good stuff out. And people liked it, it ended up being good.
But the actual process of writing something that people would see and watch was just so painful to me. I hated it. And I don't have that kind of desire in me to continue it. Some people do. Like, great. Then you should be a playwright. You should be a writer. Whatever. I do it for fun. I don't have that desire in me to get better at it.
JB: So why are you doing this?
ED: I dunno, I like talking about myself. (Josh laughs) Well, I'm not performing. I'm just, like, sharing. And I think— I dunno. I don't know why I'm doing this. I think it sounds cool. I have no idea why I'm doing it.
JB: I mean, there's a lot to be said for just putting yourself out there, being emotionally honest, and sort of having a cathartic time up on stage.
ED: Maybe that's it. Maybe I'm trying to exorcise my own self. My own emotional— exorcise myself emotionally.
JB: One thing that A.J. Ditty said that I really like, he says every show is a small exorcism.
JB: Because you're taking some of those things that maybe you don't want to confront and you're confronting them anyway. If you're doing it right. If you're doing it wrong, it ends up being that really horrible—
ED: Horrible play.
JB: Like, we've all seen bad solo shows, right?
ED: Yeah. But I think that why I do theatre and why the kinda theatre that I wanna make is theatre that makes people feel less alone. And I was talking to David Monteagudo about this, and talking about what kind of theatre, like, for people who make theatre. Like, "Oh, I wanna talk about social issues," or "I wanna talk about love," or "I wanna talk about psychology."
I think I just want to do theatre to make people feel less alone. And so I think what you've been doing really well, and what I hope I can do in this piece, is be so honest and open that someone's like, "Oh, God, yeah, yeah, yeah." 'Cause fears aren't something you really talk about. So if I can say something embarrassing that I'm afraid of, or really be vulnerable, and someone else responds to that, I think that's effective.
JB: And I think that is the reason that a lot of people go to the theatre as well, is to have the opportunity to have emotionally cathartic experiences that maybe society doesn't allow, in a way, you know? Because there's no real place in the way that our society is structured to just sit there and be like, "Okay, random people, I'm gonna talk to you about what I'm afraid of, and you have to listen to me." There's nowhere to do that.
ED: Yeah. And in my life as a theatre maker on the business side of theatre, they did this survey on why people go to the theatre, why people leave the house. And with people now, it's like, yeah, we're not really competing against Netflix or YouTube or whatever. When people leave the house, whether it's to go to a restaurant or a museum or a theatre piece or whatever, a concert, they leave the house because they want to have a meaningful experience.
You can be entertained. We're not in the entertainment business anymore. We're in the business of making meaning. And so what's great about theatre is that we kinda have the market cornered on meaningful experiences, you know? Maybe it's because I'm biased, but we can certainly do a better job of giving meaning than a restaurant dinner, you know?
Although it's harder to get people out of the house, it's been that way since the '30s. When they do get out of the house, we have a really good opportunity to give them what they're looking for.
JB: And I think that's a good point, too, because like you said, with Netflix now and stuff like that, the whole idea of an on-demand society, where whatever it is that you want to consume will just come to you, to make the active choice to go out and join other people?
ED: You have to work for it.
JB: Yeah. It's an active thing.
ED: And the more you work for it, the more you value it. So that's good, right?
JB: I think so.
ED: Like, that's why they make everyone go through boot camp. Because the harder you work for it, the more you wanna do it.
JB: Unless you can't sweat it. And then you crack under pressure.
ED: You're out. You're done.
JB: See ya, pal. (laughs)
ED: Get outta here, private.
To purchase tickets to Decent Company October: fear, click here.


As we close out the year 2013, I present my year in review with some of the more popular images created since the 2012 version. As photographers we create hundreds of images during the course of the year, which could make the selection process a little challenging. To keep things simple I thought I would just look back over some of the favorites and relive the moments. :-) I assembled a video slideshow that I hope you will enjoy.
Warning: Check your speakers, as there is a music track in this 3:40 presentation.
It's been a great year and I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I. There is so much to be thankful for, not the least of which are friends like you.


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Q: DYNAMIC FORM: how to pass a data as multi-dimensional array (Struts 2) Is this what they call the DYNAMIC FORMs?
HTML

  <form method="post">
    <input type="text" name="question1" placeholder="Question 1"/>
    <input type="text" name="item1" placeholder="Item 1"/>

    Add more items
    Add new question
  </form>

As a student, it is really complicated for me to think about these stuffs.
My problem is that, I do not have any idea on how to pass multiple items or data on a form. And even what to put on a name attribute of an <input>. Also, if the user add more items! How could I pass these unexpected number of data.

Example also when the user wants to add more items or options.

Or should I implement these logic:
<form>...</form>
Add a question

And what I'm gonna do is just know how to pass multiple form. But if I do that, will the Struts2 (request.getParameter() in mvc) to identify the data passed?
Please help,, this is just so complicated from a student like me.
EDITED:
The data to be pass is like a multi-dimensional array. For example:
[question1, [item1, item2, item3]],
[question2, [item1, item2, item3, item4]]
[question3, [item1, item2]]

In other words, in the form, the user can add more question, and in each question the user can add more items.
The main function is that the user can create multiple-choice quiz. So in each questions, there would be any number of item. Where item = options or choices.

A: You can map request variables to a list of beans in struts2. Assuming you have the Parameters interceptor defined or are using the defaultStack.
1) Define a bean that contains
String question;
List<String> items;

2) Expose this bean as a list in your action class
List<MyBean> questions;

3) In your jsp send the request parameters like this.
<input type="text" name="questions[0].question" placeholder="Question 1"/>
<input type="text" name="questions[0].items[0]" placeholder="Item 1"/>
<input type="text" name="questions[0].items[1]" placeholder="Item 2"/>

You will have to consider what do when clicking the Add question button, in my example I am assuming that you want to reset the item count for the new question.
Here is a similar question about tabular form inputs in struts2.
POST an array of custom objects to a Struts 2 action
Hope this gives you an idea.

A: I have done some thing for this, the sample code below.. in struts 2.x
addRow.jsp

  <form method="post" action='submitForm.action'>
    <input type="text" name="questions" placeholder="Question 1"/>
    <input type="text" name="items" placeholder="Item 1"/>

    Add more items
    Add new question
 <input type="submit" value="submit" />
 </form>

AddRowAction.java
package action;
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
    /**
     *
     * @author Prabhakar
     */
    public class AddRowAction extends ActionSupport{

    private String[] items;
    private String[] questions;

       public String[] getItems() {
            return items;
        }

        public void setItems(String[] items) {
            this.items = items;
        }

        public String[] getQuestion() {
            return question;
        }

        public void setQuestion(String[] question) {
            this.question = question;
        }

    public String getFormData()
    {

    for(String question : questions)

    System.out.println("The question in the index "+i+" is "+question)

    }
    for(String item : items)

    System.out.println("The Item in the index "+i+" is "+item)

    }
    return SUCCESS;
    }

struts.xml
<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd">

 <struts>

<package name="action.AddRowAction" extends="struts-default">

<action name="submitForm" class="action.AddRowAction"
        method="getFormData" >
    <result name="success">/addRow.jsp</result>
    </action>
  </package>
</struts>

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(By Loyd Ford) People believe what they see with their own eyes. That is the power of adding video to your overall mix of social media and digital tools. Radio stations are uniquely positioned to share its values, thanks to the connection we have with our audiences, and bring more listeners back to our own brands from social media. We can also use video to drive revenue by creating unique content that is helpful and entertaining to our audience.
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I will always encourage you to think about your brand before you create and share anything. Being consistent with your brand is critical.
Video can be a great way to communicate the fun of radio, the vision we want to share about our brands, or to communicate emotion, connection, and opportunity about a product you are marketing on behalf of a client.
Whatever you do with video, try to think about these things in the planning stages of creating your content.


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Ask students to discuss patterns they notice.
Challenge students to use a pattern to predict the next endpoint.
Start at numbers other than zero or count backwards.
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"I've always had a taste for a little speed". Mrs Butterworth, "Many Happy Returns".
Some of the most enduring images from The Prisoner TV series are those provided by the use of various vehicles involved. The Lotus 7 crossing Westminster Bridge, a Mini-Moke driving along the sands of Portmeirion, a Jaguar E-Type and Lotus Elan racing round the streets of Borehamwood, a Hearse in Park Lane, a Helicopter taking off from Portmeirion. All images indelibly linked to The Prisoner.
The Unmutual Website presents a guide to all these legendary vehicles, and many more besides, and the parts they played in the Series. Click on the links or images to see more detailed information and images of these vehicles.
Number Six's sports car, seen throughout the series and in the opening sequence.
The Village Taxis, seen throughout the series.
Sonia's car from "The Girl Who Was Death".
Number Six's car from "The Girl Who Was Death".
Potter's car from "Do Not Forsake Me".
A's car from "A, B, and C".
Engadine's car from "A, B, and C".
"The Girl Who Was Death" helicopter.
MS Polotska, and the Gunrunners' boat.
The Village symbol and Green Dome resident.
Seen in "Many Happy Returns".
The "Many Happy Returns" Jet.
The "Fall Out" escape truck.
The "Free For All" Speedboat.
The Bulldozer from "The Girl Who Was Death".
Fire Engine seen in "Many Happy Returns"
STOCK FOOTAGE: Several other vehicles appear in The Prisoner which are taken from stock/library footage (provided by World Backgrounds). These include the "Maid of Kent" Ferry at Dover in "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling".
OTHERS: If anyone has any brief details concerning the Transportation Lorry in "Chimes of Big Ben", the Netco Truck or Rolls Royce driven by Thorpe and The Colonel from "Many Happy Returns" (registration 8642 MU), the Speedboat seen in "The Girl Who Was Death", or the Bentley seen in "Fall Out" (which was McGoohan's own car) please contact us as we'd love to see them included in this guide.
The Unmutual Vehicle Guide was written and compiled by Rick Davy, with additional text by Steve Dix (Lotus 7), David Jarrett (Elan and Spider), Nigel Kitcher (Moke), Pete Shimmon (RSW 16), and David Healey (Blue Streak).
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Workers in cities across the country walked off the job and through the streets this week, calling for job security, pension protections and higher wages. Fast food workers were joined by their low-wage counterparts like adjunct college professors and nursing home staff in hundreds of cities Thursday to demand a $15.00 minimum wage. Those actions continue Friday.
And nearly 40,000 Verizon workers in the northeast went on strike early Wednesday, eight months after their most recent contract expired. Communications Workers of America Local 2204 President Chuck Simpson says the workers have been at the table long enough.
As the labor protests played out across the country, at least 600 activists were arrested this week while protesting the corrupting influence of money in politics. The actions continue into the weekend as part of the week-long Democracy Spring events unfolding in Washington, D.C. Tanya Snyder reports.
In France, an Occupy-style movement that grew from a recent rally against proposed changes to that country's labor laws has spread across 60 cities. Known as Nuit Debout – or "night on our feet" -, the nightly gatherings began March 31 as a protest against the French government's controversial deregulation of labor laws and has quickly become a focal point for a wide range of causes largely inspired by movements like Occupy Wall Street, Arab revolutions and the Spanish Indignados.
Thursday in Paris, a small group splintered off and unrest broke out during televised remarks by French president Françoise Holland, and the country's Interior Minister has now ordered a crackdown. Raphaël Krafft reports.
Climate news can often be depressing. One study after the other confirms grim "worse than we thought" predictions while policymakers take little to no action. But occasionally there are small victories to report…and recent days brought a couple of long-sought-after wins for the little guys. Melinda Tuhus has more from New Haven.
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is leaving office in January 2017 – and the process to find his successor is underway. In the past, that's happened behind closed doors. But for the first time, candidates are now publicly campaigning for the post in a variety of events hosted by think-tanks, media organizations and the UN General Assembly itself. FSRN's Patricia Nunan reports from New York.
Tensions at the Greece-Macedonia border remain high. Macedonian police fired tear gas again Wednesday at migrants trying to force their way across the fenced border. As weeks have turned into months for thousands of people marooned in increasingly desperate conditions, the stress continues to spiral. FSRN's Filip Warwick has more.


Household and healthcare group Reckitt Benckiser has signed a multi-year deal with IBM to restructure its global infrastructure and provide it with a solid platform for future expansion.
Reckitt Benckiser, the company behind well-known global brands such as Airwick, Nurofen and Dettol, has seen substantial growth of over 75% over eight years and is expecting further growth.
IBM will migrate business applications form the company's current Netherlands-based data centre to two new data centres in the UK and replace the existing wide area network. By replacing its many suppliers globally in favour of just IBM, Reckitt Benckiser hopes to be able to provide a common platform and quality services to all its locations.
"Within Information Services our goal is to have the same passion for delivering solutions that enable the global organisation to work with the speed and agility necessary to continue the consistent outstanding performances year on year," said Eric Sheley information service director, production delivery at Reckitt Benckiser.


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'Drinking Buddies' one of the last great Mumblecore movies
Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson are co-workers in "Drinking Buddies." Photo: Magnolia Pictures
The Mumblecore film movement, which seems to have ebbed in recent years, produced a series of strong films that, perhaps more than any other type of movie so far this century, captured how people really talked, thought and felt.
"Drinking Buddies," from director Joe Swanberg, is one of the best examples of the genre, with Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson playing co-workers in a brewery. They're close friends and go out drinking almost every night, but at the start of the movie they are both in relationships — with partners who are a little less fun than they are, but more grounded and responsible.
In a seemingly offhand way, the movie explores the nature of attraction and the alchemy of a long-term relationship. Who should a person be with — someone like themselves or someone who has different strengths and weaknesses? If you see it, keep this in mind: Though the story was worked out in detail before filming, Johnson and Wilde ad-libbed all their dialogue.
"Drinking Buddies": Streaming on Fubo TV and Hoopla. Rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video.

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Syarinidae es una familia de pseudoscorpiones.

Géneros
Según Pseudoscorpions of the World 1.2 y Zaragoza (2010):

 Chitrellinae Beier, 1932
 Aglaochitra Chamberlin, 1952
 Chitrella Beier, 1932
 Chitrellina Muchmore, 1996
 Hadoblothrus Beier, 1952
 Microcreagrella Beier, 1961
 Microcreagrina Beier, 1961
 Pararoncus Chamberlin, 1938
 Pseudoblothrus Beier, 1931
 Ideobisiinae Banks, 1895
 Alocobisium Beier, 1952
 Ideobisium Balzan, 1892
 Ideoblothrus Balzan, 1892
 Microblothrus Mahnert, 1985
 Nannobisium Beier, 1931
 Syarininae Chamberlin, 1930
 Anysrius Harvey, 1998
 Syarinus Chamberlin, 1925
sous-famille indéterminée
 Hyarinus Chamberlin, 1925

 Arcanobisiinae Zaragoza, 2010
 Arcanobisium Zaragoza, 2010

Referencias

 Chamberlin, 1930 : A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 10, n. 5, p.|1-48 & 585-620.
  2010: Arcanobisium, a remarkable new genus, representing a new subfamily with a relictual distribution from eastern Spain (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Syarinidae). Zootaxa, 2491: 41–60. Preview

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Third international Jūratė Daktaraitė and Angelė Rupšienė women's basketball tournament will be held on September 10th-13th, 2018 in Palanga (LTU). We would like to announce, that third-place winners of the EuroLeague Women Dynamo, Kursk (RUS) and Inventa, Kursk will play in the tournament.
Lithuanian vice-champions Kibirkštis, Vilnius and fourth-place winners Fortūna, Klaipėda, Belarusian champions Tsmoki-Minsk and third-place winners Olimpia, Grodno plans to join.
Tournament organisers – Baltic Women's Basketball League (BWBL) – are seeking to promote women's basketball, to help young players to develop their skills and also to honour the famous women's basketball players – Jūratė Daktaraitė and Angelė Rupšienė (nee Jankūnaitė). This tournament is great opportunity to test the team before the national championships.
A seaside resort town in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea, is waiting for you!


After a successful first round match at the Australian Open, local tennis star Daria Gavrilova said that she was just not capable of winning a match in under two hours. It turns out she was true to her word as she successfully battled her way past a fiery Ana Konjuh in a time of 2 hours and 1 minute. The Australian young tennis hopeful did not make things easy for herself, taking the long road to the third round against the Croatian young gun.
At the start of the match, things were going swimmingly for Gavrilova, as she cruised through the first set without much of a fight. Konjuh, who started her career as a successful junior player, made the transition to the pro tour just three year ago. The inexperienced Croatian could not find an answer for the might of the Australian.
In the second set, things took a sharp turn. With a powerful serve at her disposal, Konjuh blasted her way into the second set, forcing Gavrilova to back step and take stock of the situation. Things got worse for Gavrilova as she was handed a time violation by the chair umpire for taking longer than she should for her serve. Speaking to the press, Gavrilova admitted that she lost her cool on the court with the intensity of the match forcing her to make silly mistakes.
With the momentum firmly in her favour, Konjuh capitalised on Gavrilova's nerves and claimed the second set six games to one. Going into the third set, Gavrilova was able to settle her nerves and adjust Konjuh's big serve. After the match, Gavrilova explained that she had to power through and get the win at all costs. With plenty of support behind her, the young Australian traded serves with Konjuh, eventually breaking the Croatian in a battle of wills.
Gavrilova served out the match to confirm her place in the third round for the second year in a row. In 2016, the Australian made it through to the fourth round of the tournament but she is not counting her chickens just yet. Speaking to the press, Gavrilova admitted that she was not thinking of the future just yet. She wants to be in the moment and play the best she can in front of a home crowd. Gavrilova will next take on Timea Bacsinszky who despatched Danka Kovinic earlier in the day.


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Afghanistan mourns death of comic who mocked the powerful
Afghan comedian Hanif Hamgam (2nd L), Sayed Nabi Fakhri (L), Qaseem Ibrahimi (2nd R) and Nasrat Haidari (R) perform a scene for the comedy TV show Zang Khatar (The Dangerous Bell) in Kabul, Nov. 15, 2011. Image: AFP/Wakil Kohsar
Agence France-Presse / 11:23 PM December 23, 2018
Afghanistan has been mourning the death this week of one of its most treasured celebrities, comedian Hanif Hamgam, known for ridiculing the powerful in a region where poking fun at warlords is no laughing matter.
Hamgam's daily show "Zang Khatar" (The Alarm Bell), which aired on Afghanistan's largest private TV channel Tolo from 2007 to 2013, was so popular that squadron leaders on the front line against the Taliban would demand televisions so as not to miss an episode.
"After the fall of the Taliban (in 2001) and freedom of media, his show was the first that critically looked at important issues," his old friend and Zang Khatar colleague Nehmat Haidari told AFP.
"He had a big impact on society, even people in remote areas knew him," he says sadly.
A 56-year-old graduate of Kabul Theatre and Art School, Hamgam died on Saturday from a long illness.
Politicians, artists, civil servants and fans risked security fears on Monday to attend a religious ceremony marking his death in Kabul and express their condolences to his family.
A large portrait of his round face, thick beard and mischievous eyes hung on the mosque's facade.
On the poster, an old Persian poem reads: "The man does not die in death… Once a name is popular, it never dies easily."
The commander of the Kabul garrison, Murad Ali Murad, arrived amid shouting sirens and an imposing military escort to praise a man who "fought through comedy."
"All the government officials were watching Zang Khatar and were trying to fix the flaws brought up by the show," he said.
"We have lost one of our best comedians," said director Salim Shaheen, who became a hit at Cannes in 2017 for his starring role in the documentary "Nothingwood", and who directed Hamgam in his film career.
Hamgam's show awakened many people to their rights, Shaheen, known as the "Afghan Spielberg", continued.
"Zang Khatar would also target powerful and corrupt officials. (Hamgam) was on the front line… His life was threatened several times by such officials, but he strongly fought them all off. The legacy of such men lives on."
A need to laugh
The fall of the Taliban and the influx of funds from the international community paved the way for a media surge in Afghanistan.
In a country rife with corruption and battered by war, many turn not to officials or MPs for justice but to the media and satire such as Hamgam's.
According to the Afghanistan Media Support Center, NAI, the country now has 100 television channels, 250 radio stations and nearly 200 newspapers, enjoying better freedom of expression than some of its neighbors.
"In many countries, there aren't many jokes directly targeting senior officials but here almost all our jokes are political," says Nabi Fakhri, another of Hamgam's long-time associates.
Hamgam spared no one: not the Taliban, American military, politicians or businessmen, even his own boss.
"We would get threatening calls after each show, but we were determined to target them with our comedy," Fakhri said. "That is how we tried to solve people's problems."
"We need entertainment in Afghan society, we need comedy," said Shir Khan, comedian on Arezo TV, a local television channel.
The people of Afghanistan need to laugh more than anything else, agreed Seyar Mateen, one of the comedians starring in Tolo TV's new comedy show Shabake Khanda, and Hamgam's son-in-law.
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The 'Off-the-Wall' Sport Being Likened to a Quirky Combination of Soccer, Sumo Wrestling and Bumper Cars
"It's crazy ... (and) it looks completely ridiculous."
Billy Hallowell
Have you heard of "bubble soccer," a relatively new sport that can perhaps best be characterized as a combination of soccer, sumo wrestling and bumper cars?
Adults in West Bloomfield, Michigan, will soon be able to take part in a new local league centered on the quirky activity, which features players wearing giant bubble suits as they engage in a traditional soccer game, but with a few twists, the Detroit News reported.
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As players work to get their soccer ball into the opposing team's net, they'll be faced with an additional challenge: trying to stay on their two feet as others intentionally bump into them. With each player encased in a nearly five-foot in diameter bubble, laughter abounds for players and spectators alike.
The Parks and Recreation Commission in West Bloomfield is joining other localities across the nation in launching the bubble soccer league September 12, with Ted Davis, recreation superintendent of the commission, noting that players aged 21 and over are welcome to join in on the fun.
"It's like when you were a kid and played bumper cars. You wanted to run into everything that was out there," he said. "When people get out there and get that first hit out of the way, they're going to have a blast. It's getting over the initial fear of the unknown."
See a promo for the sport below:
Teams will be co-ed and will be comprised of five individuals. Unlike a traditional soccer game, there will be no goalies, as all members of the team will actively compete on the field, according to the Detroit News.
Davis researched other bubble soccer leagues in cities like New York and Chicago before launching the local league, expressing his own personal excitement about what's to come.
"It's crazy, it's off the wall (and) it looks completely ridiculous," he told the Detroit News. "I'm playing in the league and can't wait."
We'll leave you with a longer video showing you what a real competition looks like (caution: language):
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Q: Summary of numbers at risk and events for Poisson regression using gtsummary I have a summary table of IRRs and 95% CI following univariable and multivariable Poisson regression, created with gtsummary that looks a bit like this.
For a logistic regression model it is pretty straightforward to use tbl_summary to create some count data to append to the left of the table. However for a Poisson model I'd like to be able to sum, rather than count, the number of days at risk and the number of events. Each row of the underlying dataset contains a number of days at risk and a number of events, such that the regression model is run like this:
glm(events ~ study_arm + strata_group,
     offset = log(days_at_risk),
     family=poisson(link = "log"),
     data = df)

Is it possible to use gtsummary to create two columns with sums of the number of events and the number of days at risk for each of the rows of the table? (This can then be added to my table using tbl_merge.)
Here is a more complete example of what I'd like to achieve
df = tibble(
  study_arm = c("control", "intervention", "control", "intervention", "control", "intervention", "control", "intervention"),
  events = c(3,4,12,6,0,3,11,9),
  strata_group = c("A", "A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "B", "B"),
  days_at_risk = c(100,100,200,200,300,300,100,100)
)

m=glm(events ~ study_arm + strata_group,
     offset = log(days_at_risk),
     family=poisson(link = "log"),
     data = df)

tbl_regression(m, exponentiate = T)

#this is the summary I wish to be able to generate with tbl_summary so I can merge it with the tbl_regression output
bind_rows(
  df %>% group_by(study_arm) %>%
  summarise(n_events = sum(events),
            total_days_at_risk = sum(days_at_risk),
            rate=n_events/total_days_at_risk) %>%
  mutate(row_group = "study_arm") %>% rename(characteristic=study_arm),
df %>% group_by(strata_group) %>%
  summarise(n_events = sum(events),
            total_days_at_risk = sum(days_at_risk),
            rate=n_events/total_days_at_risk) %>%
  mutate(row_group = "strata_group") %>% rename(characteristic=strata_group)
) %>%
  select(row_group, characteristic, n_events, total_days_at_risk, rate)

A: Hi and welcome to stackoverflow!
Here's an example of how to get the table you're looking for.

*

*Use the add_nevent() function to get the sum of the number of observed events.

*The sum of the exposure times is already in the table (.$table_body). Add a column header to unhide the exposure coulmn.

*Calculate the rate, then assign a column header and a formatting function.

Happy Programming!
library(gtsummary)
library(tidyverse)

df <- tibble(
  study_arm = c("control", "intervention", "control", "intervention", "control", "intervention", "control", "intervention"),
  events = c(3, 4, 12, 6, 0, 3, 11, 9),
  strata_group = c("A", "A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "B", "B"),
  days_at_risk = c(100, 100, 200, 200, 300, 300, 100, 100)
)

m <-
  glm(events ~ study_arm + strata_group,
      offset = log(days_at_risk),
      family = poisson(link = "log"),
      data = df
  )

tbl <-
  tbl_regression(m, exponentiate = T) %>%
  # add sum of the number events
  add_nevent(location = "level") %>%
  # add the sum of the exposure times.
  # this column is present in the table by default, but the column is hidden
  # adding the column header unhides the column
  modify_header(exposure ~ "**Exposure**") %>%
  # calculate the rate and add to tbl
  # after the column is added to the table, we need to add
  # a column header and tell gtsummary how to format the new column
  modify_table_body(
    ~.x %>%
      mutate(rate = stat_nevent / exposure,
             .after = stat_nevent)
  ) %>%
  modify_header(rate ~ "**Rate**") %>%
  modify_fmt_fun(rate ~ partial(style_percent, symbol = TRUE))

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Former NJ lawmaker calls for year-long tax holiday for coronavirus workers
Camden County Sheriff deputies wearing protective masks stand guard at a COVID-19 coronavirus testing facility in Camden (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A former Republican state senator and the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey believes that the people working on the front lines of the pandemic should be given a year-long tax holiday.
In a column for InsiderNJ.com, Kevin O'Toole praised the "front-line heroes in this new age war," which include nurses, doctors and all health care professionals .
"The men and women of law enforcement, fire, military all belong in a special class of recognition that can never be diminished. The public employees who are keeping our roads, tunnels, bridges, airports, ports and other avenues of transportation open are heroes in their own right," O'Toole wrote.
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Port Authority CEO Rick Cotton tested positive for the virus in early March but has since recovered.
As a gesture of appreciation for their efforts, O'Toole proposed exempting nurses, doctors, health care professionals, military and police officers and firefighters from state and federal taxes for 2020.
"Let's make sure that this isn't abused and reserved for those truly toiling in the midst of the work of savings lives, those who deal with death and making life altering decisions," O'Toole wrote.
He also proposed creating a life insurance pool for health care professionals working at hospitals.
"While no amount of money can replace this precious life, how can we in good conscience leave that ravaged family with mounting debt and one less resource to provide for the family, especially left behind children," O'Toole wrote.
Whether or not such a plan becomes reality remains to be seen, especially when the state is looking at drops in revenue because of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Gov. Phil Murphy has extended the current fiscal year by three months to Sept. 30, with a supplemental appropriation needed from the Legislature to keep state government operating in July, August and September.
Income and sales tax revenues are also expected to drop dramatically because of the governor's emergency order closing non-essential businesses and retailers. Some of that will be offset by $3 billion in federal aid but the exact amount the state has yet to be determined.
Contact reporter Dan Alexander at Dan.Alexander@townsquaremedia.com or via Twitter @DanAlexanderNJ
Source: Former NJ lawmaker calls for year-long tax holiday for coronavirus workers
Filed Under: Covid-19 Coronavirus, NJ Business Exchange, taxes


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Prince Karim, a 20-year-old Harvard undergraduate majoring in Islamic history, receives word that his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, has died. Sir Sultan's will names young Prince Karim his successor as spiritual head of the world's Ismaili Shia Muslims. Millions of Ismailis (and gossip columnists) around the world are caught by surprise. Not passing the title to Prince Karim's father, the dashing and fun loving. Aly Khan, divorced from Hollywood's Rita Hayworth, is understandable. But could the shy Prince Karim possibly lead millions of scattered Ismailis into the new millennium?
Today the doubts have been put to rest, and in ways few could imagine. Now 62, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was early to push the idea that the dispossessed could find hope in private economic enterprise. He grasped that government handouts and multilaterally funded mega projects -- like those from the United Nations or the World Bank -- can often foster dependence in the people they're meant to help.
Instead, the Aga Khan has become a kind of venture capitalist to the Third World. Through his economic development institutions, he is increasingly taking equity positions in small-scale commercial enterprises -- about 100 so far. His goal: to spur sustainable economic development and individual self-reliance at the grassroots level in South and Central Asia and Africa. Poor countries like Tanzania, Pakistan and Tajikistan don't otherwise hold much hope of attracting high-profile foreign investors.
"The era of giveaways is gone," the Aga Khan declares in the course of a long interview at his secretariat in Gouvieux, outside Paris. "This is a time to enhance self-reliance, for grassroots groups to generate profits and use money for promoting social good."
This is sober talk from a man whose glittering lifestyle has long been fodder for the world's media -- his racehorses, his alpine skiing, his yacht on the Costa Esmeralda. The media hounds especially went to town on his divorce in 1995 from his British-born first wife, Princess Salma, and subsequent remarriage to close friend Gabriele zu Leiningen, a 35-year-old German princess.
His private life, however, is considerably less colorful than this tabloid image. What turns the Aga Khan on is changing lives through entrepreneurial capitalism -- adapted to the historical and cultural -- adapted to the historical and cultural needs of particular Ismaili communities.
The Aga Khan Development Network focuses largely on health care, early childhood and female education, building business opportunities, clean water, farming and housing.
Of the 100 companies the network has financed, 95 are earning profits, the Aga Khan says. About a dozen of these ventures are now traded publicly on regional stock exchanges in East and West Africa, India and Pakistan (see table, p. 62).
Here are some companies that were funded through the Aga Khan Development Network and later went public.
Source: The Aga Khan Development Network.
Example: In the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, where a million Ismailis are being exposed to Western ways for the first time, the Aga Khan is focusing on promoting agriculture and agribusinesses. Scorning the old collectivist communes and cooperatives, he gives loans to farmers and agro-entrepreneurs. In the last three years he has made more than 600 loans ranging from the equivalent of $ 100 to $ 5,000 -- big money in the local context. Farmers can now take pride in owning their land and not slaving for some faceless state bureaucracy. Plus, a new entrepreneurial class of shoemakers, pharmacists and shopkeepers is springing up to cater to the more well-off community.
Like a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, he looks at the equity stakes as future sources of new money that can be reinvested in the businesses -- and eventually new projects.
Another source of funding are Ismaili Shia Muslims themselves. There are some 15 million Ismailis scattered across 25 nations, with large communities in Bombay, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam as well as in North America and Europe. Imbued with deep-seated notions of charity, Ismaili communities regularly give a portion of their wealth to the poor, often through their local congregations. In one way or another, every year many tens of millions of dollars flow through the Imamate.
The Ismailis do not expect their Aga Khan to live a monk's life, nor do they begrudge him his personal fortune. The Ismailis do, however, expect their Imam to choose investments wisely.
Filtisac, located in Abidjan on the Ivory Coast, West Africa, is a good example of the impact the Aga Khan hopes his investment activities will have. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development set up Filtisac in the 1960s to provide jute bags for Ivory Coast exports such as cocoa and coffee. In the last ten years, annual production of such bags has risen from 3 million to 18 million. The company, which employs 2,000 people and expects revenues of $ 60 million this year, has now expanded operations across West Africa. The government divested its 24% participation in Filtisac as part of its privatization program, and now everyday Ivorians can buy Filtisac stock on the Abidjan Stock Exchange.
Tourism is another success story for the Aga Khan Network, particularly in Kenya, where the Network's Tourism Promotion Services Ltd. is traded on the local stock exchange. Tourism has been the major generator of foreign exchange -- in some cases it has overtaken the traditional foreign exchange earners of tea and coffee. Aga Khan-funded companies have built three lodges in Kenyan game parks and reserves, and hotels in Nairobi and on the Mombasa coast. In 1997-98 the company added three new lodges and a luxury tented camp in Tanzania's fabled Serengeti game reserve and a big hotel on the island of Zanzibar.
And then there's banking and finance. Long-held ventures such as the Jubilee Insurance Co. in Kenya have been successfully replicated in neighboring Uganda and Tanzania. Diamond Trust, a banking company, now trades on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
In India, the Aga Khan Network started the Development Cooperative Bank. It was originally a grassroots cooperative bank for the Ismaili community, but has gone far beyond the roots of the community. Three years ago, the DCB was the first cooperative bank in India to be converted to a private sector commercial bank, giving shareholder status to its 55,000 customers.
You don't have to be an Ismaili Muslim to participate in the Aga Khan Network. You can be a Jew in Syria, or a Hindu in Pakistan or a Catholic in Kenya, and be very much eligible to participate in his programs. The Frigoken Co. offers an example. The Aga Khan Network established it with $ 5 million in 1994 in Kenya -- where there's been an Ismaili community for a century -- to assist non-Ismaili local African farmers to grow and can beans, and export them to European supermarket chains. Frigoken provided seeds and fertilizers, as well as crop expertise, that enabled the farmers to increase yields and also cultivate crops on a year-round basis.
Results? In five years the number of farmers associated with the company has grown from 100 to 21,000. A by-product is a big increase in the number of schools and health clinics in the region where these farmers work. Frigoken's revenues this year will exceed $ 12 million.
Some of Aga Khan's projects are better described as social development programs. Example: He recently undertook a rehabilitation of Ugandan schools that had been seized by dictator Idi Amin Dada in the early 1970s, run down during his regime and finally returned to Uganda's Ismailis a few years ago.
As he channels resources to local entrepreneurial ventures, the Aga Khan is also reordering his own private portfolio. His much-publicized involvement with the 8,500-acre Costa Esmeralda resort in Sardinia is ending, although he retains a minor interest in property development there.
Long an enthusiastic student of architecture, he has established the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture, given every three years. He has also funded a graduate program at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology combining Islamic art and history with architectural design.
What of the future? Prince Karim is still relatively young. He's the leader of the Ismaili community until the day he dies. Most likely one of his two sons will succeed him. Prince Rahim, 28, is executive director of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. Prince Hussein, 25, is involved in the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Princess Zahra, 29, looks after the Network's health and education programs, focusing on women.
As Aga Khan for life, Prince Karim has the luxury of being able to take a long-term view. He puts it this way: "If I have to wait 12, 15, 20 years to achieve goals which I think are important, I will wait 12, 15 or 20 years."


Tools aloft. – Dirty wet dog , boats and sailing.
Its really not a good idea to drop something heavy, sharp or heavy and sharp from a hundred feet up a rig or even thirty feet for that matter. One time i was working aloft on a maxi rig trying to change a metal sheave in the masthead box. I had all my tools either tied to me or in the rigging bag, that's it's original purpose, and even had a tie passed around the sheave before i eased it out. Unfortunately when i started to ease the axle out i suddenly had more things to handle than hands to deal with them and a sudden lurch of the boat sent the metal sheave hurtling down to the deck. Now, i insist that nobody stands underneath where i am working and that sheave went through about 6mm of GRP before burying in the balsa sandwich under the glass…..what it would have done to somebody's head i shudder to think !
The design of the rigging bag is that of a broad based and narrower necked bucket that is tall enough so that common tools can't easily drop out and has 3 side pockets intended to separate the most common tools i use aloft : usually a shifty spanner, a pair of molegrips and a big flat bladed screwdriver. What i try to do though is attach each of those tools directly to me or the bag. one of the great things about a climbing harness as a mast climbing rig is the feature that a climber calls a 'gear rack' which are the side loops intended to carry the climbers 'protection' which is placed by the lead climber. My current climbing harness is actually a light and simple alpine climbers one rather than a full-on crag harness. It's only purpose is to prevent a fall in the event of coming 'off the plank'.
Many of my boat (deck) tools have lanyards permanently attached so that i can slip the lanyard over my wrist while i am working, then if i drop the tool i don't lose it . Annoying recently i dropped my only 8mm ring spanner into the engine bilge on Inanda and couldn't retrieve it because the gap next to the engine is too small for a hand but plenty big enough for a small spanner. Even a temporary lanyard would have prevented that even though it would have made the task marginally more awkard. Aloft, not dropping tools is critical. Some tools are easy to attach a lanyard to as they usefully have a hole at the base, some, for example screwdrivers and hammers are more difficult although i found a useful brand of screwdrivers recently that come with a hole in the handle. A useful knot or hitch for securing awkward tools is the kleimheist knot which is a variant on the common prussik knot and what i usually do is tape over the knot as well. The kleimheist and prussik knots are both common climbing knots and usually tied in cord 'slings' which i normally use as my tool lanyards. The micro-slings themselves i usually make from 2 or 3mm dyneema which i keep in stock for lashing small blocks to fittings as i did with WABI"' new deck layout. Often when i am working i will clip the tool into the harness attachment point which is at chest height.
Shifting spanners on a carabiner, i don't often use both aloft.
While i am here i should mention my approach to knives aloft. While my standard rigging knife is always set up with a permanent lanyard i rarely carry that knife aloft. My current practice is either to carry a neck-worn knife which is a common practice in bushcraft or have a smaller sheath knife attached to my buoyancy aid. My buoyancy aid, which is use in preference to a lifejacket is also permanently set up with a knife in a sheath that is hard-attached to it. The normal way of carrying a knife aloft when working in a traditional bosun's chair is to wear it 'sailing-ship' style ie at the back of the belt where it's accessible with either hand. That works well in some settings but not when i spend a lot of time sitting which tends to be a lot of the time on small sailing boats. In the days when i sailed big boats i spent much more time standing, at the wheel for example, or just watchkeeping…..it does tend to alarm Mr Plod though !


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Match-winner Maddison's real deal for Dons defender
by Sport Reporter
Aberdeen's James Maddison was booked for simulation by referee Kevin Clancy.
Aberdeen defender Andrew Considine reckons the Dons are lucky to have Norwich City midfielder James Maddison at the club and hopes his loan deal can be extended until the end of the season.
Maddison won a penalty and provided the assists for two goals in Aberdeen's emphatic 4-0 win at Kilmarnock on Saturday.
An Adam Rooney double along with goals from Ash Taylor and Considine gave the Dons a well-deserved win, but it was Maddison who stole the show with another superb display.
Considine, who netted Aberdeen's second from a Maddision corner, said: "He's been tremendous and it is easy to see why there's been so much hype about him.
"We're very lucky to have him.
"At 19 he's a great talent and has a huge future as long as he keeps his head down and feet on the ground.
"No doubt he can go a long way.
"I hadn't even heard of him before he came. But he's had his name in lights since he's been here. He's produced some fantastic goals and his winning goal against Rangers was tremendous.
"He can't understand the Aberdeen accent yet, but I don't think any of the English players do.
"If we can keep him beyond January that would be great.
"He's been a huge addition to the squad.
"Either coming off the bench or starting, he's very influential."
Considine was delighted to get his first goal of the season to help the Dons move above Hearts and back into second in the Scottish Premiership.
The Dons are next in action against Ross County at Pittodrie on October 15 after the international break.
The defender added: "I was pleased with the goal – it was probably the only place I could have put it, but I hit it sweetly.
"The players were tremendous from the start.
"The manager wanted us to get in their faces and we did that right up until the final whistle.
"It was a fantastic day after a good month but there is still a long way to go. The two weeks will give us a bit of rest ahead of some massive games later this month.
"We've got a good bit of confidence now and we're looking forward to it."
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes said reports claiming former Crystal Palace and Marseille midfielder Elliot Grandin was on trial with the Dons were wide of the mark.
He said: "I know the player, but I have never spoken to his agent and he has never set foot in Aberdeen."
James Maddison


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Q: Selenium Web driver and selenium RC Is there a simple way i can convert my existing selenium RC scripts into the Webdriver format?

A: There's no way now to "convert" tests, but they can be tweaked to work with WebDriver using its Selenium Emulation.
You should keep in mind that not all Selenium methods are implemented in WebDriverBackedSelenium. However in future releases of WebDriver the support should expand and at some point (probably when Selenium 2 will reach the Beta status) the Selenium and WebDriver will be merged so the transition will be easier


Nel corrente panorama tecnologico la maggior parte delle applicazioni, siano esse mobile, web o desktop, si affidano ad un servizio di back-end costruito sopra una base di dati che racchiude un tutta la logica di funzionamento. Tra i vari aspetti che bisogna considerare per l'implementazione di un solido back-end, uno importante è la gestione dell'autenticazione degli utenti al sistema.
Lo screen sharing rappresenta uno strumento molto utile e ormai indispensabile per la collaborazione online. Durante una sessione di screen sharing è possibile condividere, con il proprio team, lo schermo, una presentazione o dare vita ad un meeting online come se fossero tutti insieme nella stessa stanza.
Yesterday the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to adopt rescEU, an initiative of the Commission to strengthen European capacities to respond to natural disasters like forest fires, floods, earthquakes and other crises.
Today, IES Solutions is part of the "Secure Satcom for Safety & Security Workshop" organised by ESA-ESTEC where forefront applications of Satellite Communication technologies are being presented and discussed.
Effective February 2019, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Italy is a new EFAS partner.
PSCE, the Public Safety Communications Europe Forum, has published a new article on Semantic Interoperability built upon the results of the EPISECC project where our company played an active role in delivering the technical support for the tools developed within the project.
GRALLE, a new worldwide mass alerting system for saving lives!
On November the 20th, 2018, the GRALLE project (Galileo-based Reliable Automatic Low-Latency Emergency Warning Service), will have a Milestone review meeting in Brussels, before the final review meeting of December.
IES Solutions at the meeting of the AlpDIRIS project in Palmanova, Regional Department of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Civil Protection premises, for the training event on the use of the software tools supporting the cross-border cooperation between the PCRFVG and the Civil Protection of Slovenia.
Training event on the use of software solutions supporting cross-border cooperation between Italy and Slovenia.
The Technical Director of IES Solutions, Massimo Cristaldi, presented the GECoS platform, illustrating the functions and advantages of the virtual operating room.
On 9-10 May there was the fourth Transnational Meeting of the project NAFTES at the IES Solutions headquarters in Catania.
On 23-24 May, the 18th PSCE conference will be held in Brussels (Belgium), during the event the topic: "Use of Satellite for Critical Situation" will be discussed.
Representatives of external organisations have been able to fully understand the project and the functionalities of the platform, both in terms of content and applications (especially e-learning and Augmented Reality). The participants also tested firsthand the AR application of NAFTES.
The second project review of the RAWFIE project (Road-, Air- and Water- based Future Internet Experimentation) has been successfully held on October the 18th, 2017 in Brussels, at EC premises.
During the review, the project members presented the results of the second project period, focused on the development of the second and third version of the platform prototype, including the integration of new Testbeds and UxV (Unmanned Vehicles).


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We admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies and that our lives had become unmanageable.
It can be very humiliating to admit that we are powerless, especially if we are used to being in control. We may be powerful in some areas of our lives, but out of control in terms of our addictive/compulsive behaviors. If we refuse to admit our powerlessness, we may lose everything. That one unmanageable part of our lives may infect and soon destroy everything else.
The experiences of a man named Naaman illustrate how this is true (2 Kings 5:1-15). He was a powerful military and political figure, a man of wealth, position, and power. He also had leprosy, which promised to bring about the loss of everything he held dear. Lepers were made outcasts from their families and society. Ultimately, they faced a slow, painful, and disgraceful death.
Naaman heard that there was a prophet in Israel who could heal him. He found the prophet and was told that in order to be healed he needed to dip himself seven times in the Jordan River. He went away outraged, having expected his power to buy him an instant and easy cure. In the end, however, he acknowledged his powerlessness, followed the instructions, and recovered completely.
Our "disease" is as life-threatening as leprosy in Naaman's day. It slowly separates us from our families and leads toward the destruction of everything important to us. There is no instant or easy cure. The only answer is to admit our powerlessness, humble ourselves, and submit to the process that will eventually bring us recovery.
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Is there anyone apart from Alpha Racing and Akrapovic got aftermarket bits for it on their website yet?
Cal Sport are listing and some Italian sites on eBay, I have ordered exhaust system, also EvoTech are listing radiator guards and paddock stand bobbins, I have those already too.
Have to say it's been pretty grim reading about those of you who's orders have been delayed. My M Sport's still showing as June 6 delivery from Wollaston - are there any other Wollaston customers out there with a recent update?
My Gen 3's going in part ex and although Wollaston have said it won't affect the deal I'd prefer not to test sticking a load of additional miles on it prior to getting the M, so guess it's going to be a bike-drought of a summer if the new thing doesn't arrive!


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Worries for Dan as Louis competes in China
Richard Hughes
sport@huntspost.co.uk
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Updated: Saturday, April 7, 2012 (10:24)
OFF TO CHINA: Louis Smith's fractured finger will not hamper his Olympic preparations.
HUNTINGDON Olympic Gym coach Paul Hall described Louis Smith's fractured finger as a "false alarm" – but is concerned about Dan Keatings' ankle injury which could hamper the 22-year-old's Olympic qualification ambitions.
Smith and Hall flew out to China for a World Cup meeting later onWednesday - but all-rounder Keatings remained in the UK to concentrate on a programme of rehabilitation which will hopefully see him fit enough to take part in the European Championships in Birmingham at the end of this month.
Smith, who has already qualified for the pommel horse for London 2012, damaged his finger last week - but Hall told The Hunts Post the injury was not as bad as first feared and that the Olympic gold medal hopeful will be able to compete in China at the weekend unhindered.
Fears for the condition of Smith's finger were heightened when he posted a picture of it taped up on the social media network Twitter - but he later tweeted: "I'm all good, it's only a fractured finger. I'm off to China on Wednesday to compete."
"It was a false alarm," said Hall. "He stubbed his finger while performing a difficult move on the high bars. We got it X-rayed and it was found there was a small fracture.
"But Louis is comfortable with it taped up and he was back on the pommel horse that afternoon."
Smith, 22, will take part in the pommel competition at the World Cup meeting in Zibo, China, over the Easter weekend, and if he finishes the first stage in the top four from the field of 12, he will compete against the best in the world in Sunday's finals. "Louis has a good chance," said Hall.
"Dan's injury is more worrying. He injured his ankle when taking a tumble on the floor and time is getting close.
"He is going through rehab and has a fighting chance of being fit for the European Championships."


Jim was raised in Napa Valley on his family's ranch in Rutherford, now home to Sequoia Grove Winery. The ranch was planted in prunes, apples and grapes – a diverse set of crops and fairly typical of the time. The wine industry had not yet fully kicked into gear and most of the Valley's agricultural interests were focused on walnuts and prunes. His childhood chores were routine farming family responsibilities that included pruning grapevines and harvesting crops. He recalls the prune crop was sent to the dehydrator in St. Helena, now offices for Icon Estates. Apples also went to a dehydrator in Napa, now home to Angele Restaurant. The family's grape crop of Gamay, Mondeuse and Petit Bouschet went to Gallo's jug program at the Napa Valley Cooperative Winery. His dad saved enough grapes to make 10 to 12 barrels a year with the Bartolucci family so there was red wine to drink every night with dinner.
After high school, Jim enrolled in Chico State, intending to become a parole officer. He took ag classes as well and drove a tractor for a vineyard management firm in Napa Valley on weekends to earn money. It took only a short period of time to realize his heart was not in law enforcement, but instead in viticulture so he transferred to University of California-Davis and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Plant Science (viticulture). He returned to Napa Valley and began a career that would lead him to become one of the Valley's most respected viticulturalists.
He first worked with Laurie Wood whom was widely credited for being one of the best grape growers of his time. They became well known for developing vineyards on sites that one else dared farm, including hillside vineyards in AVAs like Spring Mountain. Jim took away immense experience under Laurie and now utilizes his teachings in his current vineyard managing by using traditional and contemporary hand-famring methods allowing the vineyards and the terroir show in the quality of the grapes.
In his 30+ years as a vineyard manager and viticulturalist, Jim has planted and managed some of Napa Valley's most coveted vineyards, including Hundred Acre, Grace Family, Blankiet, Hourglass, Tom Seaver's GTS, Pride, D.R. Stephens, Revana, Fleming, Entre Nous, Dark Matter, Aloft, Au Sommet, Amuse Bouche, Vineyardist, Seven Stones, Keever, Checkerboard, Von Strasser, and many more.
Jim and the team at Barbour Vineyards work hand-in-hand with the Valley's most notable winemakers – Celia Welch, Philippe Melka, Thomas Brown, Heidi Barrett, Andy Erickson and Mike Hirby – to produce some very memorable wines.
In 1992, Heidi Barrett, longtime friend, convinced Jim to start his own label. He selected Clone 7 bud wood from Grace Family to plant his vineyard and Barbour Vineyard's first harvest was 1995 yielding a mere 50 cases of Cabernet Sauvignon. Over the years, its production has steadily grown to 400 cases.
Barbour Vineyard in St. Helena always seems to yield spectacular fruit with a very lifted, slightly perfumed flair to the purple boysenberry and blackberry notes. The 2016 vintage seems to emphasize those lifted, aromatic qualities even more intensely. In addition to the purple fruit, notes of plum, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sweet earth add complexity. The mouthfeel is full, fruit-forward and elegant, with approachable tannins and just enough grip to lend weight to the core. The finish echoes the aroma, with forward, juicy fruit notes.
Jim Barbour has become famous for his impeccably managed vineyards throughout the Napa Valley, including Hundred Acre, Grace Family, Revana, Harbison Estate, The Vineyardist, Gandona Estate, DR Stephens, Blankiet, Pride, and Checkerboard to name a few. He planted is own vineyard in 1992 southwest of St. Helena, using the Clone 7 bud wood from Grace Family Vineyards. His first harvest was in 1995, yielding just 50 cases of Cabernet.
Vintages 1995-2008 were produced by Heidi Barrett. Starting with the 2009 vintage, Celia Welch has handmade this wine.
Nose of rose petals and violets and beautifully ripened Cabernet fruit. Full-bodied, rich flavors of black cherries, red raspberries and black plum pair with cocoa powder, sweet spices, fresh tobacco and black tea leaf. This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon offers well integrated, silky tannins, bright acidity and a long finish. 160 cases made.
QTR (Quality Time Remaining) is a small, 400 case production of Cabernet Sauvignon from a vineyard located at the base of Howell Mountain. This is just the fourth vintage (third commercial release) crafted by the well-known Phillipe Melka, with Jim Barbour at the vineyard helm. The 2014 vintage offers sweet floral aromas and approachable tannins that speak to the lower elevation of Howell Mountain. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Wine Spectrum 98: The 2016 vintage of Perfect Season Cabernet Sauvignon was handcrafted by winemaker Philippe Melka from grapes farmed by viticulturist Jim Barbour. In its youth, it benefits from 3 hours of decanting.
Aged in 80% new French oak barrels for 18 months, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon is opaque purple-black in color and sings of crème de cassis, blueberry compote, mulberries and plum pudding with touches of baking spices, mocha, black soil, Sichuan pepper and hoisin plus a hint of cedar chest. Full-bodied, rich, plush and seductive in the mouth, the palate is packed with black and blue fruit layers, finishing very long. 250 cases produced.


Well weighted oak brings its own spiciness, with plenty of black pepper and good fine tannin. The wine has a full, viscous texture and an ultra- long velvety finish.
The Shiraz vines grow in ancient, well-weathered granite soils on south and southeast-facing slopes.
In total, six clones of Shiraz can be found on the farm and only the best performing clones in each year go into the final blend.
Each clone contributes different characteristics to the wine and the different blocks are picked at varying degrees of ripeness, best suited to their character.
This ensures a dynamic wine of superior quality. Highly selective hand picking guarantees that only the best fruit arrives at the winery.
Vinification: After being chilled overnight, the fruit is bunch sorted before being destemmed and berry sorted. No pumps are used and the sorted berries are conveyed directly into open-top fermentation tanks.
An initial period of cold soaking is applied before fermentation to prolong the maceration period, and promote gentle tannin and aromatic extraction.
During natural, wild yeast fermentation, hand plunging is the method of mixing and extraction.
After fermentation, extended maceration takes place for at least two weeks. All wine is transferred directly to barrel where malolactic fermentation takes place.
Only bigger French oak barrels are used, with about one third new and the rest 2nd- and 3rd-fill.
The wine is allowed to mellow for 16 months before final selection and blending. After blending, this superior combination is allowed to integrate for a further 6 months before bottling.
Tint: Rich deep red / purple colour.
Aroma: The wine has an opulent nose of juicey plums and sweet blackcurrants.
Interlaced with this are hints of spicy cloves, nutmeg and coriander seeds.
Flavour: Well weighted oak brings its own spiciness, with plenty of black pepper and good fine tannin.
The wine has a full, viscous texture and an ultra- long velvety finish.
Food Pairing: A de-boned leg of lamb barbequed over a hot bed of coals or a hearty Burgundian-style beef casserole.
For a vegetarian alternative, thickly slice pumpkin, aubergine, baby marrows and baby potatoes into a shallow casserole.
Add sun dried tomatoes, sliced red peppers and a handful or two of whole cherry tomatoes.
Dose liberally with olive oil or butter, shave off some orange zest and sprinkle with Malden salt (rosemary optional).


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PARKLAND, FL - FEBRUARY 14: People are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school that reportedly killed and injured multiple people on February 14, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Numerous law enforcement officials continue to investigate the scene. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Nicholas D'Angelo
Valentine's Day Massacre: At Least 17 Dead in High School Shooting
Valentine's Day, a day that is supposed to be filled with love and appreciation of those in our lives, has turned into one of sadness and as at least 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The suspect, 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz, who had been previously expelled for disciplinary reasons, is in custody. Investigators believed that Cruz pulled the fire alarm to draw people out of classrooms and increase the number of fatalities.
Today's mass shooting is the 25th since Columbine in 1999.
Florida Governor Rick Scott, speaking at a news conference, said that he will visit victims and their families from today's shooting at the hospital tonight.
"This is just absolutely pure evil," Gov. Scott said. "This state does not tolerate violence. We have law enforcement that will always show up to defend our safety."
Robert Runcie, Superintendent for Broward County Public Schools, said the district was in a "tremendous state of grief."
"No parent should ever have to send their kids to school and have them not return," Runice said. "That should not happen in Parkland. It shouldn't happen anywhere in this country. We've got to find a way for this to stop."
President Donald Trump, in a tweet earlier this afternoon, said "my prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting. No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school."
According to Wikipedia, there have been 103 school massacres since 1927.
Thirty-nine, or more than 1/3, have been in the United States.
Not only is this most recent massacre the third deadliest in school shooting in US history, but it is the third deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history to take place within the past five months ( Pulse Nightclub in Orlando and concert in Las Vegas).
The gun reportedly used was a AR-15 assault rifle. The same type of gun was used at Sandy Hook [26 dead], Orlando Night Club shooting [50 dead], Las Vegas Shooting [59 dead] Texas Church Shooting [26 dead].
Immediately after the shooting, members of Congress were quick to condemn such shootings and demand gun control legislation.
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut said that Congress bears responsibility for the "epidemic of mass slaughter" in the US. "This epidemic of mass slaughter, this scourge of school shooting after school shooting only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. We are responsible for a level of mass atrocity that happens in this country with zero parallel anywhere else."
The Connecticut Senator, who represents the state where the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occulted in 2012 where 20 children were fatally shot, has been an outspoken supporter of increased legislation for years.
"As a parent, it scares me to death that this body doesn't take seriously the safety of my children, and it seems like a lot of parents in South Florida are going to be asking that same question later today," Senator Murphy said. "We pray for the families, for the victims. We hope for the best."
Today's shooting will no doubt spark the debate over gun control and whether it, or mental health, is the dominant issue allowing such atrocities to be performed. It is currently the White House's position, articulated by the President after a church shooting in Texas which killed 26 people in November of 2017, that "mental health," and not gun control policies, is the issue.
Florida currently has the death penalty on its books.
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The Pettis County Sheriff's Department says overnight Sunday, deputies were notified of a suspicious pick-up truck on property west of Clifton City in northeastern Pettis County. The truck had been reported stolen from Heavener, Oklahoma on Friday, which was the last reported sighting of Pettis County Jail escapee, Travis L. Davis.
Davis was reported missing from the Pettis County Jail on March 10. Authorities say the recovered truck is a red 2001 Dodge. Davis was being held on numerous charges including kidnapping, endangering the welfare of a minor, domestic assault, resisting arrest, and parole violation.
A ground and air search of the area failed to locate the driver.
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Q: Creating a Form in APEX to set Variables in a Query for an Interactive Report I am a relative APEX noob.
I'm running APEX 4.0 against a 10gR2 database.
I've written a query that takes a few inputs (two date fields, for start and end, and a text field for further filtering) and created a dynamic report out of it that works when I pull the input variables (:START_DATE, :END_DATE, :OFFICE) out of it or replace them with static values.
I want to create a form on a page that submits those values to the dynamic report page for use in the query to filter the results the user sees when he or she hits the report.
I'm not having much luck finding a good step-by-step example of this. I created a blank page with two Date Pickers and a LOV select dropdown, but am unsure how to best translate those values into the dynamic report.
Can somebody point me at the right documentation for this?

A: The following was developed using Apex 4.1 but apart from some cosmetic changes the principles should be the same.
The data comes from the standard scott.emp schema.
Overview
This is page 1, the user can enter an empno and\or a hiredate.

When submit is pressed the following report on a different page is displayed:

How it works
On page 1 I have created the three items shown. The text items are called them P1_EMPNO, and P1_HIREDATE. The action for the button is "Submit Page"
Still on page 1, create a branch with the following values:

This branch navigates to page 2 (which is yet to be developed) and sets the values of items on page 2 with the values from page 1.
Create a new page, in this example this will be referred to page 2.
On page 2 create a new interactive report using the following query:
select e.*
from emp e

Next create two text items in the same region as the report and call these :P2_EMPNO and :P2_HIREDATE. I have found it useful to show these items during development so you can see that the correct values are being passed through to the page. You can always set them as hidden once you happy with the report.
Finally amend the query used by the interactive report to use the values supplied by page 1

Run the application.

A: You want to reference your page items in your query, which means you'll have to submit your page before your query will pick up the session state of them. What I do when I provide a small parameter form, is to put a button up there as well (i.e. labeled 'Query'), which does a submit.
In your report you can then reference your items. If for example you have 2 items P1_DATE_START and P1_DATE_END, your query could look like:
SELECT firstname, lastname, job
  FROM employees
 WHERE employment_start BETWEEN to_date(:P1_DATE_START) AND to_date(:P1_DATE_END);