Here are a few examples and studies of DynEd in schools and universities from around the world.
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Since 2003, this University has built a successful extension program around DynEd programs. In a highly competitive market, they positioned their program as a novel English learning method. Using an underutilized 40 computer language lab in a nearby school, and selecting DynEd's New Dynamic English as their main syllabus, they were able to put their program on the map. Enrollment has steadily increased, mainly by word of mouth.
The benefits obtained from the use of DynEd's products far outweigh the time and effort spent on training teachers and coaching learners to correctly use the programs. The success of our English learning program is largely due to our commitment to integrate technology with instructor-led courses, creating a powerful and efficient learning method.
Ankara, Turkey: In a 3-month pilot study conducted by the Turkish Ministry of Education, 98 students in 4 classes rated DynEd highly. Plans are now underway for the integration of DynEd programs into schools throughout Turkey.
Among the results, 83.7% of the students said their motivation often or always increased with DynEd, 92.9% said they felt lucky to work on DynEd programs, 82.7% said DynEd enabled them to use their senses (sight, hearing, etc.) more actively, and 85% said their vocabulary was increasing with DynEd. In comparison, only 14.3% of the students said they want to study English in a classroom (without DynEd).
From the abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) method supported with the DynED language learning programme on student achievement levels and attitudes towards the lessons in the 6th grade. The research was carried out in the 2008 - 2009 school year in an elementary school in Turkey. A total of 60 students in two different classes in the 6th grade of this school participated in the study. The pre/post-test control group research model was used in this study. The data obtained in the study was analysed using the SPSS 11.0 statistics computer programme. The arithmetic means and standard deviations were calculated for each group. In order to test the significance between the groups, the t-test was used. The significance level was taken as .05.
The results of the research showed a significant difference between the attitude scores of the experiment group and the control group. It was also found out that the CALL method supported with the DynED language learning programme was more effective in positive development of achievement levels of students. The research revealed that the students educated by the CALL method supported with the DynED language learning programme are more successful, have a higher motivation and better retention than the students who are educated by traditional methods of instruction.
Beijing, China: DynEd's training partners in China have succeeded with the MBA students at Guanghua Business School. This semi-intensive, 12-week program uses an integrated suite of DynEd products, including New Dynamic English, The Lost Secret, English by the Numbers, and Advanced Listening. It is now in its fifth year and is widely respected for its high quality.
Woodbridge, Virginia, (Prince William County): This school first installed DynEd in early 2006, received DynEd's teacher training, and have now renewed a second time. Their younger students appear to be working well with Let's Go, and their upper elementary school students like the pairing of First English and English for Success.
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State is a major research university, with a large foreign student population. Their English Language Center is a program that allows foreign students to receive instruction in English before they can register for regular courses at MSU. This is the intensive English program. Students come from all over the world, although the majority come from Asia and the Middle East. They first began to use DynEd in early 2007 with a pilot program. They now use the Business English Series courses, with students using mostly New Dynamic English as their main course.
The MSU program has several levels and DynEd courses are used at all levels. Their aim is to increase oral fluency while also developing the academic English skills in reading and writing that the students will need to succeed at MSU. Michigan State is also one of the few universities or institutions in the US that deliver the blended approach - where classroom activities personalize and extend DynEd content from the software. This approach is supported by DynEd's comprehensive Teacher Guides and Extension Activities.
Contact person is Carol Wilson-Duffy, Faculty member.
Troy, Alabama: Troy University is a small private university in southern Alabama. Troy has a program called the American English Group. The students are all foreign students, and they use our Business English Series courses. The main course is New Dynamic English, plus the business courses, such as Dynamic Business English, Functioning in Business, and English by the Numbers. They also use advanced level courses like Advanced Listening. They first installed DynEd in May, 2007, and have since renewed their license. Contact person: David Kent, Director of English as a Foreign Language Program.
Students using the program for only 15 minutes a day show a tremendous amount of progress in a very short time. Our classroom teachers are impressed with the results. As a subgroup, our English learners have made gains in state testing. I am confident that the use of DynEd as part of our ELD program has contributed to that growth.
The new Records option gives teachers instant feedback and clear, easy to read graphs that are helpful to use for parent conferences. DynEd's tech and training support is incredible. The followup training allows our instructional assistants to feel very competent in using the program.
Santa Cruz, California: This is a medium-size school district. They have installed DynEd district wide, at elementary schools, middle schools and high schools, and have received DynEd teacher training. The program appears to be doing well. The younger students use Let's Go and their older students use First English and English For Success.
Milton-Freewater, Oregon: This is a small school district in northeast Oregon. DynEd is installed (K-12 series) in three elementary schools, a middle school, and two high schools. They first installed at the end of 2006, along with DynEd teacher training, and have since renewed.
Our EL population is small and growing rapidly. Students come to us from many different language backgrounds and it is quite difficult to find staff members who can assist them in their primary language. Teachers needed more tools in addressing these students' needs. DynEd has been fantastic! The software programs are a great resource for teachers and kids love it! We have seen remarkable progress in student performance for those who use the programs regularly.
We also offered the use of the software programs to adults in our community to improve their English. DynEd is not only an excellent tool for our students, but also a valuable asset for our community as a whole."
I took my 10 students (2nd period ELD 1,2,3) to the IRC for the first time today and we spent a good hour there. The students took their initial placement test and were shocked at their scores. I had two 0.2 scores; four 0.5 scores; two 0.7 scores; and two 1.0 scores. Several of them thought they were "better" than they really were, and I think their scores were eye-opening. We will probably do DynEd about 3 times a week. I think it's easy to maneuver and control. The students are getting the hang of it as well."
The Ministry of Education has once again extended and expanded the use of DynEd's award-winning product for kids, Let's Go, this time for five more years beginning in 2012. Teacher training and program support was through Skillsize International, DynEd's partner in France.


David Pirner is the lead vocalist for the band Soul Asylum. He was born on April 16, 1964 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He also contributed to the soundtrack of Kevin Smith's 1997 film Chasing Amy. Dave started his career with a punk band called "Loud Fast Rules" as part of the Minneapolis scene together with Karl Mueller (bass), Pat Morley (guitar), and Grant Young (drums). They later changed their name to Soul Asylum. Soul Asylum wrote many songs, but their real success arrived with the 1992 hit-single "Runaway Train" off of the 1992 album Grave Dancer's Union. The video for the song featured stills of missing children against the backdrop of a baby being kidnapped from a young mother. At the time the band was called "the best live band in America". Also during the same time Dave Pirner was dating movie star Winona Ryder and subsequently made a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Reality Bites.
In 2003 Dave released his first solo album entitled Faces And Names on Ultimatum records.
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At some point or another, every homeowner is bound to experience pest within or around their property. This can be irritating and problematic to say the least. After all, unwanted animal presence can cause damage to your land or property, and you can experience other consequences, such as animal faeces being left around your home. However, it's important to remember that a lot of the time, many animals have no other choice but to stray onto your territory. As the human population is constantly expanding and we are requiring more and more land to suit our own needs, it's important to remember that we are imposing ourselves on other creatures' natural habitats. When we construct houses, commercial properties, schools, and other institutions, we are building on land that was inevitably occupied by another creature until we turned up. So, it's important that we learn to live side by side with these creatures and are considerate of their needs as well as our own. The animals that we label "pests" tend to actually just be the creatures that have adapted to living amongst humans the most effectively - they are creatures who haven't fled from our communities, but have learnt to live amongst us. So, how do we strike the right balance between maintaining our personal space and ensuring that we are not enacting animal cruelty? Well, read on to find out!
Most creatures at most cause a "nuisance". They do things we don't agree with but they're not actively causing us injury or damage. However, there are certain creatures which will literally eat you out of house and home given the opportunity. Take termites as an example. While these are sentient creatures, flying termites swarming won't move on from your property of their own free will, as they have a fairly consistent supply of food - your walls, your furniture, your floors, your beams… the list goes on.So, you need to act sooner rather than later and take preventative measures to encourage them to move on from your property.
Wild animals tend to actively avoid people. So what brings them to our very homes? Well, as we encroach on animals' natural habitats, the food chain is affected and they may not be able to source as much food in the wild as they used to. Instead, they are likely to turn to readily available food within your property. So, make sure everything is put away and carefully sealed. If they can't access the food, they'll take their search elsewhere. Consider options such as securely sealed bins, feeding your own pets indoors rather than outdoors, and keeping bird seed in your home until it is used rather than leaving sacks of seed in sheds or out in the open.
While wild creatures can be an undesirable addition to your property, most of the time all you need to do is understand their motives in order to remove them from your property. If you remove the source that brings them to your home, they'll quickly turn elsewhere.


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Bridgehunter's Chronicles	in News	 31. May 2013 849 Words
Newsflyer: 31 May, 2013
Fifth Avenue Bridge in Des Moines (now closed until further notice). Photo taken in August 2011
One bridge was altered and restored to traffic. Another bridge's future is in limbo after inspections reveal structural issues, and another bridge will be torn down if no one claims it by July. These are the top three headlines that the Chronicles has for its Newsflyer on the last day of May. This is in addition to what Mother Nature has been giving people on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Already places along the Mississippi River are experiencing high water signaling another Grand Flood of enormous proportions similar to 1993. In Germany, and parts of Europe, heavy rains in the last two days, combined with more to come over the weekend may set the stage for flooding of biblical proportions- the first since 2002. And with that, many of the bridges will be in the way of floodwaters. But before tallying up bridges that may be in danger (let's hope not), let's have a look at these headlines:
Two Des Moines Bridges to be gone- Fifth Avenue Bridge the third one to go?
In the past six months, the City of Des Moines has seen a change in landscape as far as bridges are concerned. While the Red Bridge will be raised four feet to accomodate potential floodwaters, the CGW Railroad Bridge, located at the south end of the city center will be no more. According to sources closest to the Chronicles, the last of the original four spans of through trusses will be dismantled bit by bit, with the goal of wiping the bridge off the map by the end of July. This will be the second historic bridge behind the Grand Avenue Arch Bridge spanning Walnut Creek to be demolished. The arch bridge is currently undergoing bridge replacement after the 1926 arch bridge was demolished in November.
It is possible that the three-span truss bridge, spanning the Raccoon River, carrying the name Fifth Avenue and Jackson Avenue, may be the next bridge to be demolished despite the fact that the structure was converted to a pedestrian crossing 15 years ago. The Pratt through truss bridge with Howe portal and strut bracings, built in 1898 by King Bridge Company and two Des Moines engineering firms was closed to all traffic in March of this years due to reports of structural issues involving rust and corrosion. Yet this bridge, which is well lit at night, is part of the city riverside development and is a top concern for many preservationists, who do not want to see the bridge gone. The future is in doubt as questions are being raised as to how to handle this problem, so that the bridge can be reopened to pedestrians. More to come in the Chronicles.
Wilton Springs Bridge to be torn down if no one claims it
Spanning the South Fork southeast of Marshall in Saline County, the 1899 Central Bridge Company structure featured a Pratt through truss span with A-frame portal bracing. It has been sitting abandoned for six years, but now, the county wants to relieve itself of the burden. People wanting the bridge have until July 1 to claim the bridge and relocate it for reuse. Should no one come to claim it, the once ornated structure will be torn down when the contract is let, which should be no later than 2015. More information on the bridge and how it can be purchased can be found here as well as through James Baughn's website.
Checkered House Bridge in Vermont widened and reopened:
Built in 1929 by the American Bridge Company, the Checkered House Bridge, which spans the Winooski River near Richmond is a Pennsylvania petit through truss bridge with a length of 350 feet long. Its despite its green color, its origin came from the Checkerboard House, located adjacent to the bridge and like the giant structure, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridge was the focus of an enormous rehabilitation effort that was completed last weekend, as the bridge was widened by 10 feet, making the structure's width be 30 feet long. This year-long task consisted of cutting the upper chord in half, moving one half over 10 feet, adding steel to support the widened structure, adding an additional X-frame portal bracing, putting a new decking on, and lastly, painting the bridge red in color. In addition, the road, US Hwy. 2 was also widened and realigned to help control the flow of traffic across the bridge. The bridge was reopened three days ago and Kaitlin O'shea has some pictures and highlights of the event, which can be seen here. The project page will feature some information on the project. While a couple truss bridges have been widened in the past, including one in New Jersey and the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, this one is the only one of its kind in the US that was widened because of the magnitude of the structure.
CGW Railroad Bridge
Checkerboard House
Checkered Bridge
Fifth Avenue Bridge
Kaitlin O'Shea
Raccoon River
Loving ode to Bridge Poets: Reflections
Flooding in Germany and Europe: Numerous Bridges in Danger of Collapse?
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Jason D. Smith says:
Comment from one of the readers:
I want to correct the bridge's name. Its the Southwest 5th Street Bridge. The city of Des Moines has attempted to rename it, the Jackson Ave Bridge which is appalling.
In walking on the south side trail last night, we noted a huge pile of debris which looks like it was "placed" there. The city was removing debris after the recent flooding from near another pedestrian bridge adjacent to Principal Park and Mullets Restaurant last week. It looks like they may have just relocated the debris pile to the SW 5th Street Bridge? The huge debris pile we noted last night was not there in the week leading up to last night. And the huge pile near Mullets is gone? Hmmmmm. Is the city trying to make a case for demolishing the bridge and/or purposefully causing damage to the bridge for some nefarious purpose?
The city attempted unsuccessfully to demolish this bridge prior to the big ugly concrete bridge/overpasss being built in the 70?s. The State Historical Society of Iowa became involved & the SW 5th Street Bridge survived. In looking at the bridge, which will be 115 years old on June 17th, it looks structurally sound. Why would the city abruptly put up locked gates on both sides of this solid pedestrian bridge without any notice to the public, other than the notice they attached to the locked gates on March 15 2013?
The city has also demolished most of another former railroad bridge near Scott Street without any apparent notice? That process was stopped and you can see half of that bridge still standing. That former railroad bridge had not been used or converted with extensive rust. Even so, who is giving permission for our important history to be destroyed without any accountability??

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Testing for genetic mutations strongly associated with an increased breast cancer risk has risen dramatically among women younger than age 40 who are diagnosed with the disease, according to a new study.
Overall, within a year of their diagnosis, 87 percent of the women in the Young Women's Breast Cancer Study were tested for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Mutations in either of these genes increase a woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer, her risk of developing breast cancer at a younger age, and her lifetime risk of ovarian cancer.
The percentage of women who underwent testing gradually increased over the 7-year study period, from approximately 77 percent of those diagnosed in 2006 to nearly all women in 2013.
Shoshana Rosenberg, Sc.D., of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and her colleagues reported the findings February 11 in JAMA Oncology.
The presence of a harmful BRCA gene mutation can not only influence a patient's treatment decisions but also have implications for a patient's family members. So clinicians often encourage young women diagnosed with breast cancer to be tested for BRCA mutations.
The current study included nearly 900 women diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40 or younger between August 2006 and December 2013 who were treated at 11 academic or community medical centers.
In the study's first 2 years, between 70 and 80 percent of participants were tested within a year of their diagnosis. That percentage jumped substantially in the ensuing years, with all but a handful of women diagnosed in 2012 and 2013 undergoing testing (96.6 percent and 95.3 percent, respectively). Approximately 80 percent said they received their test results within 3 months of their diagnosis.
"Greater public awareness may have made women more likely to bring up the issue of genetic risk with their physicians, possibly resulting in more testing," Dr. Rosenberg said in a news release.
Approximately 30 percent of women who were tested and had a positive or negative result (some women had an indeterminate finding) reported that it influenced their cancer treatment. In this group, 86 percent of those who had a BRCA mutation had both the affected breast and the healthy breast surgically removed (bilateral mastectomy), as opposed to only having the affected breast removed; 53 percent also had their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed (salpingo-oophorectomy).
Slightly more than half of the women in this group who did not have a mutation also had a bilateral mastectomy, although only a few had a salpingo-oophorectomy.
Of the women who did not undergo BRCA mutation testing, nearly half said it was because they did not think they were likely to have a mutation or that their physician felt that they were unlikely to have a mutation.
The findings, the authors noted, likely don't reflect the rate of BRCA testing among younger women treated in the community setting. For example, nearly all of the study participants had health insurance and all were "treated at cancer centers where comprehensive genetic counseling and testing services are widely available," they wrote.
"In the community setting, patients are more likely to have concerns about health insurance and cost of testing. The rate of BRCA testing would likely be lower, in that case." said Lyndsay Harris, M.D., of NCI's Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis. There may also be less awareness about recommendations for BRCA testing in the community setting, Dr. Harris continued.
In an accompanying editorial in JAMA Oncology, Jeffrey Weitzel, M.D., of the City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, California, and his colleagues noted that they were "heartened" to see that more young women diagnosed with breast cancer were undergoing recommended genetic cancer risk assessment. But the findings weren't all positive, they continued.
"It is disconcerting that 48 percent of those who did not get testing indicated that they and/or their physician did not think a BRCA mutation was likely," they wrote.
Dr. Harris also noted the high rate of bilateral mastectomy, particularly in women without a BRCA mutation.
"Surveillance and preventive agents are still very acceptable, even in BRCA mutation carriers," she said. "So it raises the question of whether there is bias in the way the women are being informed about their options."
The authors agreed that the relatively high number of women in the study without BRCA mutations who underwent bilateral mastectomy "might also suggest a need for better communication of the relatively low risk of contralateral breast cancer among women who are noncarriers … and that bilateral mastectomy is not associated with improved survival."
Women diagnosed with breast cancer are also expanding their use of other genetic tests, Dr. Weitzel and his colleagues wrote. Next-generation sequencing "has ushered in a new era" of testing for genetic alterations aside from BRCA mutations that studies have linked to increased breast cancer risk, they noted.
Some of the women in this study may have had a genetic alteration identified by one of these multigene tests, such as a mutation in the p53 tumor suppressor gene, that increases their risk enough "to justify consideration" of a bilateral mastectomy, they wrote.
But "many of the moderate- and low-penetrance genes currently included on multigene panels do not reach a level of risk to justify" the procedure, they cautioned.


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Written by Sam Trendall on 30 December 2020 in Features
The second part of our annual round-up is published here.
This year might, in many ways, feel like one in which very little has happened.
Or at least very little which has not taken place within the confines of a Zoom, Teams, Skype or Hangouts screen.
But there have been some pretty big stories this year (we can think of at least one that has cropped up quite a bit).
In fact, for a publication that reports on the public sector's relationship with technology, this year has been busier than ever.
In this roundup, we will run through the year's most significant stories we have reported on, as well as those that have been most widely read by our audience.
The story that tops the list may (spoiler alert) come as little surprise. But, beyond the virus, the business of government has gone on. And, more than ever, that business has needed to be conducted using data, technology and digital platforms.
Below is part one of our rundown of the year's biggest stories. Look out tomorrow for the second part.
Disinformation and misinformation
False information spread online has, in the last few years, been a growing cause of profound problems for government and, more importantly, the society it serves.
Disinformation, defined as falsehoods spread deliberately for political, financial or ideological reasons, and misinformation, which is the inadvertent sharing of inaccurate or untrue content, was already recognised as a major challenge to our democratic process and political landscape.
The threat this issue poses to public health became all-too apparent this year.
This feature tracking what MPs labelled the 'infodemic' of false information on coronavirus was among our most widely shared of the year.
Also being widely shared, a parliamentary committee heard from a range of sources, was dangerous inaccuracies on issues such as snake oil 'treatments' for Covid-19, alleged – and entirely untrue – hospital negligence, claims that 5G encourages the spread of the virus, and made-up 'studies' that state certain medicines – such as painkillers – are dangerous.
Government certainly takes these problems seriously; at the beginning of the pandemic it reactivated a cross-government anti-misinformation unit run from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
More recently, cabinet ministers have held discussions with representatives of the biggest social-media firms to work together to stem the potential impact of false information being spread about vaccines.
But it has been urged to go even further and enact emergency laws to prevent such information being spread, and even prosecute those who enable it to be so.
The switch to smart working
The story of the working life of millions of public-sector employees – and millions more across many industries throughout the country – was largely a tale told from the comfort of our own homes.
Even the most technophobic among us have had to get used to using digital platforms and online tools to enable us to continue working throughout a pandemic that closed offices, restaurants, bars and shops.
And the new way of working will certainly persist into next year. And, even once everything else has returned to what we might nervously enjoy referring to as normal, it seems likely that many of us will continue to work remotely as a matter of course, rather than a matter of emergency.
Among our most-read stories of the year was the news in May that the Home Office had – with impressive prescience, given that the country was only two months into the first lockdown – told its employees that home working was liable to be required for another 12 months.
At least the department had shown how that it could adapt to the new way of doing things; others had a trickier time.
A few days after the Home Office announcement, it emerged that as many as four in five employees at the Department for Work and Pensions were not yet working remotely. The proportion of staff at HM Revenue and Customs still going into the office stood at about 10% – making it the only other department with a double-digit percentage of its workforce not yet working from home.
A month later the tax agency faced criticism that, as part of its programme of office closures, it embarked upon a redundancy scheme – while still assessing how it might adapt and implement remote-working practices in the longer term.
However it does so, it will not be the only organisation that does.
A strange year for procurement
On the same day that the first national lockdown was announced, the Cabinet Office released procurement guidance that outlined that public-sector bodies could circumvent the usual tender processes and buy necessary technology upgrades and other goods and services without competitive processes.
Our fourth most-read story of the year brought the news that the Ministry of Defence had awarded what it claims was a first-of-its-kind £20m cloud-hosting contract directly to Microsoft. The MoD had first decided – before and irrespective of the coronavirus crisis – that its needs could not be met by one of the vendor's reseller or service-provider partners.
Other agencies have taken advantage of the new, looser procurement environment; the development process of the government's, ultimately abandoned, contact-tracing app was supported largely by deals that were awarded in haste directly to the firms in question.
The question of whether those contracts represented good value for taxpayers' money is now likely to be assessed as part of an ongoing wider examination, by the National Audit Office of the transparency of government procurement practices throughout the pandemic.
NAO finds Test and Trace outsourcing saw 'substantial resources spent on staff providing minimal services'
Call-handlers were unoccupied half the time, auditors' report found
HMRC and Home Office the big winners as spending review commits £600m to 'fix outdated government IT'
Document also outlines projection of extra £700m revenue from digital taxation regime
Read more in the BluePrint for the Future Partner Zone


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Welcome New Honorary Member Neil D'Monte!
We are excited to announce that Neil D'Monte will be joining our non-profit Wisdom by Nature Academy as an honorary member. His role will be to help with event planning and hosting as well as projects related to the documentary later this year. Currently Neil is volunteering his time to co-host the gala, For the Love of Animals, with one of our partner non-profits, Defending the Endangered.
He spends his free time helping hand out toys and entertain the terminally-ill children with charities such as BrittyCares and CHLA. "I really wanted to start doing more once I 'woke up' and saw that the world needed more like-minded individuals with a passion for change. Giving back to the environment and community is so important. Collectively, we can do so much when you team up with people who are willing to sacrifice for the good of people, animals and the welfare and well-being of others."
Neil is an American artist, SAG-Aftra film actor, musician and director born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. A graduate of the USC School of Fine Arts, Neil began his career as a comic book and storyboard artist, which segued into a successful acting career. The multi-hyphenate made his feature film debut in 2003 with Vampires Anonymous, followed by the box office blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: Dean Man's Chest. His theatrical training at Chicago's prestigious Goodman Theatre allowed him to develop his skill at portraying offbeat and eccentric characters, for which he is quickly gaining notoriety among his peers in the film industry. In addition to his work as an actor and a sought after artist, he is also an original member of The Smashing Pumpkins and is currently recording as a drummer with guitarists Peter DiStefano (Porno for Pyros/Lance Herbstrong/Satellite Party) and former Pumpkins' guitarist/bandmate James Iha (A Perfect Circle). D'Monte is now taking on co-writing and directing as his next set of challenges. His feature film directing debut, the supernatural thriller Darker My Love is scheduled to start pre-production in Sept of 2017.


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Trump and Those Outside Agitators
"Spontaneous" demonstration at Boston harbor, 1773. Oh really?
Day after day during the latest Congressional recess, crowds turned up at Republican town halls, pushing representatives for answers on health care, immigration and more. The insistent questions and the chants telling members of Congress to "do your job" have elicited a consistent response. "More of a paid attempt to bully and intimidate," concluded Senator Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). These were "professional" protesters, suggested press secretary Sean Spicer. "I don't think most of those are spontaneous, genuine protests," agreed secretary of education Betsy DeVos, speaking of the resistance she encountered. "I think they're all being sponsored and very carefully planned." And from our Tweeter-in-Chief: "The so-called angry crowds…are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad!"
The responses are entirely predictable. Decade after decade, "outside agitators" have been blamed for numerous conflicts in American life, a tradition harking all the way back to the founding of the Republic. Like zombies, these outside agitators seem to keep springing to life to wreak their devilish mischief.
Segregationists routinely claimed that the civil rights movement was fomented by out-of-town northerners and communists. The infamous "Southern Manifesto," issued by over a hundred members of Congress in 1956, after the Supreme Court handed down Brown v. Board of Education, warned that "outside agitators are threatening immediate and revolutionary changes in our public school systems." Segregationist governor George Wallace of Alabama in 1964 insisted that "we have never had a problem in the South except in a few very isolated instances and these have been the result of outside agitators."
The same refrain echoed a century earlier. Jefferson Davis, on his way to becoming president of the Confederacy, complained bitterly of northern interference in the South's way of life. "Bad men have gone among the ignorant and credulous people, and incited them to murder and arson." As one prominent plantation owner blithely explained, "Our slaves are the happiest three millions of beings on whom the sun shines." But "into their Eden is coming Satan in the guise of an abolitionist."
In July 1835 a pro-slavery mob in Charleston, South Carolina broke into the post office, where they confiscated abolitionist tracts and burned them. This cartoon includes a poster offering "$20,000 Reward for Tappan," referring to a bounty placed by the city of New Orleans on the head of Arthur Tappan, founder and president of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
In the eighteenth century, it was not abolitionists but agents of the British crown who were being accused by southern patriots of setting their slaves against them. The approved term in use was "instigated insurrection." As American colonials were deciding in 1775 that they must become independent of Britain to become truly free, the "dread of instigated insurrections," reached new heights in South Carolina, where black slaves greatly outnumbered whites. Rumors spread that the new British governor for the colony would free all its slaves.
Worse, a plot was discovered—it is still not clear whether real or imagined—that Thomas Jeremiah, a free black ferry pilot, was fomenting an uprising of African Americans to aid the British. Jeremiah was promptly executed, but meanwhile, "the newspapers were full of Publications calculated to excite the fears of the People—Massacres and Instigated Insurrections, were words in the mouth of every Child," recalled one colonist, suggesting a much greater range of vocabulary among young folk then than now. In North Carolina, similar fears were expressed, "in these Times of general Tumult and Confusion, that the Slaves may be instigated, encouraged by our inveterate Enemies to an Insurrection."
In all these cases, the notion was that outsiders were "stirring up" black residents who otherwise would never consider demanding their freedom. The same dynamic occurs in the area of labor history, where owners of factories regularly tarred organizers as "outside agitators, having no interest in the welfare of our city or our citizens," but who nonetheless seek "to stir up trouble in the ranks of labor." (That example is taken from the rash of strikes after World War I.)
And, yes, the tactic has been used (though less frequently) by Democrats blaming Republican agitators. When members of the newly formed Tea Party swarmed town hall meetings in the summer of 2009, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs suggested that organizers had "bragged about manufacturing to some degree that anger." More recently, after violent protesters on the campus of U. C. Berkeley tried to prevent conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking, liberal professor Robert Reich claimed, "They weren't Berkeley students. They were outside agitators…part of a group ready to create the tumult and danger."
Blaming outsiders allows people to claim, or even to believe themselves, that the disruption comes from beyond their communities. By labeling agitators as the Other, opponents also excuse their own conduct in lashing back—they are not battling neighbors in their own Congressional districts but invaders from abroad. Mike Huckabee, debating whether to display the Confederate flag over Southern state houses in 2008, framed his racist taunt in the usual way: "You don't like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag. In fact, if somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell 'em what to do with the pole; that's what we'd do." It was the perfect dog-whistle for a region with a history of lynchings, whose residents were now being asked to cast their ballots for an African American seeking the presidency.
But leave rhetoric aside for the moment. What about the reality? Aren't there outside agitators, after all? Today, one needs only to go to websites like Indivisible to find indisputable proof of coordination. For that matter, during the civil rights movement students from northern colleges spent "Freedom Summer" in Mississippi. Before the Civil War, abolitionists agitated openly against slavery—prime among them that fellow Frederick Douglass, whom President Trump praised as "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice." Talk about a professional agitator!
In the end, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Betsy DeVos clearly thought it was damning to reveal that protests against her were not "genuine" because they were not "spontaneous." Rather, they were "sponsored and very carefully planned." Yet DeVos seems to have had no qualms about giving millions of dollars of her own money to organize support for privatizing education. One presumes that money was not used haphazardly but in ways that were very carefully planned.
Of course there are outside agitators! These are known as people committed to a cause, like Betsy DeVos and Frederick Douglass. The real question is, how much tinder is lying about when the match is struck? John Brown was an outside agitator, but his plans to lead an uprising near Harpers Ferry, where few slaves lived, was an abject failure. (Paradoxically, Brown was much more successful in arousing sympathy after he was caught, tried and hanged for treason by the commonwealth of Virginia.) Certainly agitators work to heighten awareness of conditions that need to be changed. The patriots of the American Revolution were adept agitators who worked unceasingly to coordinate resistance among distant colonies, through their Committees of Correspondence. In Boston the meeting at Old South Church, which sparked the original Tea Party, was hardly "spontaneous." Sam Adams had carefully organized his "Indians," who only awaited his signal to take to the harbor. That came when Adams told the assembly, "This meeting can do nothing more to save the country."
Any successful movement will include outside agitators. The debate should focus not on tarring them as the Other, but on determining the merits of their cause. Should those prove to be just, the proverb from the movie Field of Dreams seems appropriate: If you build it, they will come.


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Visa ties up with Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Government and international digital payments company Visa, announced a tie up for Visakahpatnam Digital Dhan Sankalp Project.
The project is an initiative to develop Visakhapatnam into India's first 'less cash' city.
In collaboration with Visa, efforts will be made to enable digital payments to educational institutions, small and micro merchants and street market vendors.
Standard Chartered opens its GBS centre
Standard Chartered Bank opened its Global Business Services (GBS) centre in Bengaluru, which will complement its existing GBS centres in China, India and Malaysia.
The GBS in Bengaluru will deliver support, client due diligence and advisory services for Standard Chartered's corporate and institutional banking customers.
It was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in London, UK.
Aadhaar units to be put in post offices
Central Government has approved Rs 2,000 crore for setting up Aadhaar centres in post offices.
It is done with an aim to gradually phase out private contractors from the data collection process in Aadhaar enrolment.
This decision has been taken as Government received several complaints against private vendors such as petty corruption and attempted frauds.
Panel to look into China-India relations
A parliamentary committee has decided to examine the whole gamut of Sino-Indian relations, including the border situation.
The Standing Committee on External Affairs, which will examine the relations between the two Asian powers, is headed by Shashi Tharoor.
The committee will examine in detail the issue of "cooperation" between India and China in international organisations.
Compulsory Yo-Yo test for cricketers
According to BCCI, every cricketer will now need to have a yo-yo test, prescribed by the Indian team management.
In a yo-yo test, players have to pace themselves to and fro between two rows of cones kept 20 metres apart. For every round the player has to sync his sprint with the beeps that are played.
This test is widely used by selection bodies in various sports including hockey, football.
Nabard buys 7% more stake in Sidbi
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has bought an additional 7% stake in Small Industries Development Bank of India for Rs 900 crore from IDBI.
This is the largest investment made by the apex rural financial institution so far, and raises its total shareholding in Sidbi to 10%.
The central bank restricted IDBI Bank's operations in May after its financial ratios worsened.
Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme
Himachal Pradesh government implemented the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme to provide easy access to curative geriatric health care services.
The scheme would provide top up coverage of Rs 30,000 per senior citizen to all existing Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna smart card holders.
This would be in addition to the basic coverage of Rs 30,000 in Trust and Society mode.
PepsiCo India Chairman and CEO resigns
PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt. Ltd's Chairman and Chief Executive officer D. Shivakumar has resigned.
He will be joining Aditya Birla Group as president (corporate strategy and business development).
Ahmed El Sheikh, currently senior vice-president and general manager for PepsiCo Egypt and Jordan, will succeed Shivakumar as PepsiCo India CEO.
Facebook India MD Umang Bedi Resigns
In just over a year of joining Facebook as India MD, Umang Bedi has resigned from his position at the social networking giant.
Sandeep Bhushan has been appointed as the interim Managing Director.
Facebook had roped in Umang Bedi as its Managing Director, India from Adobe. Prior to joining Facebook, Umang served as Managing Director of the South Asia region at Adobe.
IIT Kharagpur Signs MoU with Samsung
IIT-Kharagpur has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung India for the setting up of a digital academy on the institute's campus.
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the institute will host the Samsung Innovation Lab and train students on the Internet of Things (IoT).
Dr Oh-Hyun Kwon is the Vice Chairman & CEO of Samsung Electronics.
World Mental Health Day: 10 October
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health.
'Mental health in the workplace' is the theme of World Mental Health Day 2017.
Every year October 10 provides people with the chance to talk about mental health issues.
Since 2012, 11 October has been marked as the International Day of the Girl Child.
The day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights.
This year's theme is "The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030."
IMF trims India's growth to 6.7%
The International Monetary Fund has trimmed India's growth forecast for Financial Year 2017-18.
In its latest World Economic Outlook released, the IMF lowered India's growth forecast for 2017 to 6.7% from its earlier estimate of 7.2%.
As per IMF, India is expected to regain the fastest growing major economy tag next year when it is forecast to grow 7.4%.
Skill development programme in education
Rajasthan became first state in the country to incorporate skill development programme in higher education.
In this regard, IGNOU in collaboration with state's Department of College Education has prepared 16 courses for entrepreneurship and skill development.
Under the project, 12 certificates and 4 diploma courses will be run and each college will be required to choose five courses.
Government imposes anti-dumping duty
The Union Finance Ministry has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of certain steel wire rods from China for five years.
It is done to guard interest of domestic players from cheap in-bound shipments.
Anti-dumping measures are taken to ensure fair trade and provide level-playing field to domestic industry.
Jagdish Mukhi to be Governor of Assam
Jagdish Mukhi was sworn in as new Governor of Assam. He was administered oath of office by Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh.
Before this, Mukhi served as the lieutenant governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
He succeeded Banwarilal Purohit who has been appointed as the governor of Tamil Nadu.
EAC-PM to hold its first meeting
The first meeting of the newly constituted Economic Advisory Council to the PM, will be held on Oct 11 at NITI Aayog.
The Council has been set up with the approval of the PM on 26th September 2017 and is comprised of reputed economists and experts.
The Council will address all issues of emergent importance, will engage with a broad spectrum of stakeholders and formulate advice accordingly.
Germany to help Indian Railways
Ministry of Railways and Germany signed a joint declaration of Intent, regarding carrying out of feasibility study on existing 643 kilometer Chennai-Kazipet corridor of Indian Railways.
German Railways will assist Indian Railways to make country's existing rail corridors semi high speed.
The semi high speed trains will run at 200 km per hour.
Inauguration of NIA Headquarters
India's federal anti-terrorism probe agency, the National Investigation Agency, set up in 2009 in the aftermath of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has a new headquarters in New Delhi.
Rajnath Singh inaugurated the new office at CGO complex, Delhi.
The National Investigation Agency is the Central Counter-Terrorism Investigation agency which came into the existence on 31st December, 2008.
Lal Bahadur Shastri Award
President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, presented the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for the year 2017 to Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak.
Dr. Bindeshwar also received the Padma Bhushan in 1991.
The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award is an annual prestigious award instituted from Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi.
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Habitualment, la cèl·lula en què el virus es gemma, es carrega de més partícules víriques durant un llarg període. Interessantment, la bicapa lipídica d'aquests virus és relativament sensible a la dessecació, la calor i els detergents, de manera que són virus més fàcils d'eliminar que els no encapsulats – en altres paraules, no poden sobreviure fora del medi de l'hoste i han de transferir-se directament d'un hoste a un altre.

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Sungjoon heads to Seoul to meet a close friend who lives in the Bukchon area. When the friend doesn't answer his calls, Sungjoon wanders around Bukchon and runs into an actress he used to know. The two talk for a while, but soon part. He makes his way down to Insadong and drinks makgeolli (rice wine) by himself. Some film students at another table ask him to join them--Sungjoon used to be a film director. He soon gets drunk and heads for his ex-girlfriend's house.


Just imagining it makes the colour leave your face - an empty dancefloor at your wedding reception; the DJ or band looking lonely and bereft in the distance, stragglers awkwardly swaying at the sides. Luckily, Entertainment Nation is here to save you from this horror - on the expert advice of its most experienced and incredible wedding bands, the team have compiled a list of 20 hit songs that won't fail to get your dancefloor jumping.
Remember this massive song from 2014? There's no way you don't, and it'll be a familiar song to your wedding guests too. With a chorus of cheers to accompany THAT opening guitar riff, it's a sure-fire winner to drag even the most reluctant dancers to the floor.
Every generation will send up a cheer of excitement at this '70s hit from Europop sensations, Abba. Reminding guests that they're 'having the time of their lives', it's all you need to get the party atmosphere you dream of for your wedding reception.
This huge '80s hit will act as another guaranteed pull to the dancefloor for wedding guests young and old. With a high-energy and extremely sing-along-able chorus, there aren't many songs better to amp up an atmosphere of excitement like this one.
This Grammy-nominated rock song has sold over a million copies, and is another popular choice to get the party going. Family and friends won't be able to resist crowding the dancefloor to shout along to its killer chorus.
Another throwback to get guests reminiscing (and dancing) is this classic Take That song from the mid-'90s. The perfect feel-good song, everyone will know the words to its infectiously upbeat chorus.
There's no song punchier than classic rock band Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now'. Heads will turn at the singer's first reference to 'having myself a good time', and there won't be an empty chair by the last.
There weren't many places you could go in 2015 without hearing this massive pop song, so there's no chance your guests will be looking at each other blankly when this tune gets played. High-energy and with an undeniably buoyant chorus, the song's a safe bet if you want to get everyone on the dancefloor.
Who doesn't like The Beatles? This throwback is another massive song to thrill in-laws and teenagers alike. If performed in the style of Lennon's raucously gritty vocals (did you know he had a cold at the time of recording?), you'll having everyone letting loose on a jam-packed dancefloor.
'IIII wanna dance with somebody'... drawing a blank? Of course you're not. Everyone knows this song, and they'll all thank you for playing the essential '80s hit. With a soaring chorus and a rhythm that only gets faster, it's both a guaranteed sing-along and a sure-fire dance-along too.
A recent release which received enough radio play to become 2016's Christmas number one, this tropical house hit has all the infectiously upbeat qualities you could want from a huge dance track. That's in spite of its slightly dark lyrics - but don't worry about those; with the chorus' insistence on dedication and protection it fits neatly into a wedding mood.
For a room full of people who suddenly think they can dance like the king of pop, look no further than Michael Jackson's '80s smash hit. Nobody will be safe from dodgy dad dancing when this party standard plays.
You might heave a sigh when you hear The Killers' debut for the umpteenth time in broad daylight, but a few drinks later and there's nothing to get you and your friends jumping for joy like 'Mr Brightside'. You'll be shouting every word no matter how much you've complained about how it closes every single club night.
Another absolute classic, there's nothing like the familiar guitar riff from Superstition to get guests of every age rushing to the dancefloor. With a smoother vibe than the other songs we've looked at, it's a funk essential which won't necessarily drain everyone of their much needed energy for the rest of the night.
Whether you love or hate this song by the self-proclaimed queen of the snakes, Shake It Off is a track which never fails to deliver some wild dance moves to the dancefloor. With a music video that celebrates letting loose no matter what your capability for dancing, it's a foolproof way of getting those of all abilities throwing shapes.
With lyrics which speak of eternal summer and 'the best days of my life', it's unsurprising that this up-tempo rock song is such a hit at wedding receptions. Again, being a song which is nearly as unavoidable now as it was in the '80s, it's also a tune which you can safely bet everyone will know the words to.
Within moments, this song's sensational (and easily identifiable) opening guitar riff will get heads turning and guests jiving. Acclaimed by music critics and selling over 9.3 million copies (it's one of the best-selling songs of all time), it's no surprise that this popular song is considered such a gold standard in crowd-pleasing.
It's another Beatles song, but it couldn't be avoided with Hey Jude. One of the band's most iconic songs, it's piano-driven pop-rock with some infectious melodies to boot. If your guests can somehow resist dancing and singing along to the chorus, they won't be able to stop themselves from chanting 'na-na-na na' and swaying along by the song's close.
Whether your guests are single ladies or not, this is a guaranteed dance-pop classic to get families and friends dancing like they are. Prepare for the screams when the iconic first appeal to 'all the single ladies' is called.
The in-laws won't be informing nieces and nephews that this song is 'before your time' - even decades later everyone will have heard this '80s classic. A guaranteed hit with the dads in the crowd, the catchy throwback will nonetheless make for an energetic dancefloor featuring every generation.
Finally, this power-pop song from 2014 is a high-energy track to get the dance-floor jumping. With an in-built instruction to guests to 'shut up and dance' you couldn't find a more direct way to force family and friends out of their seats and onto the dancefloor.
So there you have it - straight from the horse's mouth; the most successful songs to drive your wedding reception guests to the dancefloor. Have your live wedding band play just one of these tracks and secure a brimming dance-floor all night long.


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Bring the Monkey : A Light Novel (1933) is a crime/mystery novel by Australian writer Miles Franklin.

Story outline

This is a mystery novel involving a murder and the theft of jewels from an English country mansion, Tattingwood Hall.

Critical reception

In The West Australian a reviewer noted: "It is something more than a mystery story, however, and might be as aptly described as a highly amusing and clever satire on certain aspects of modern English and American social life, in which a wealthy film artist with an avid love of publicity and an amateur aviator's craze of flying stunts are satirised with rare subtlety. The part which a monkey plays in the story gives it a bizarre flavour and heightens the entertainment of the author's spicy narrative."

While acknowledging the standard setup of the mystery in the novel a reviewer in The News (Adelaide) found that " in her handling of her story, Miss Franklin strikes a note which should arrest the interest of even the most knowledgeable of mystery and story tastes. There is a sophistication and sprightly satirical humor in her style which is as diverting as it is novel in a book of this type."

See also

 1933 in Australian literature

References

Novels by Miles Franklin
Australian crime novels
1933 Australian novels
Novels set in England
Satirical novels
Monkeys in popular culture


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Q: Next js: Refetchquery not updating for data fetched in getInitialProps I have a component that looks like below
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I want this page to be SSR for SEO reasons. Hence I'm using getInitialProps to render it with some data. Later another action that updates some of this data, and I do a Graphql refetchQuery on that action. The query is being fired and that data is returned. However, the view doesn't update with the new data. I tried the same in another view without getInitialProps and it works fine.
How do I update the data that is fetched via getInitialProps ?

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getInitialProps enables server-side rendering in a page and allows you to do initial data population, it means sending the page with the data already populated from the server... For the initial page load, getInitialProps will run on the server only. getInitialProps will then run on the client when navigating to a different route via the next/link component or by using next/router.

Just like its name implies, getInitialProps is only ran once when your page is loaded. Generally, you should avoid using ApolloClient like this -- instead, you should configure it as shown in the official examples. This way, you can use the useQuery hook like normal instead of using getInitialProps. When the page is rendered on the server, you'll use getDataFromTree to hydrate your cache based on any useQuery hooks that are rendered.

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A dental laser functions by generating heat energy in the form of light. The wavelength used varies from case to case, essentially depending on the type of tissue being treated. A laser can act as a cutting instrument or a tissue vaporizer as well, and is known for its ability to precisely target an exact area of the mouth, no matter how minute. Dr. Stephen D. Lipman employs laser dentistry because of the many benefits and uses it holds for Windsor patients at our practice, and also because of the greater ease and tranquility it affords the people we serve.
Dr. Lipman distinguishes himself from area dentists through his training, expertise, and use of the Waterlase iPlus. With this technology, Dr. Lipman can do some amazing things that his competitors simply cannot.
Laser dentistry is the future of dentistry, and Dr. Stephen Lipman is proud to incorporate it into his practice. Lasers can be used to improve a number of treatments, including fillings, periodontics, and crowns. With laser dentistry, patients can enjoy minimal pain and expedited recovery times.
Not all lasers are created equal. The iPlus is both a hard- and soft-tissue laser capable of modifying teeth, bone, and soft tissue with ease, based on how Dr. Lipman sets it. It's the most advanced laser on the market today and it allows Dr. Lipman to perform a number of treatments that other dentists simply cannot do. Quite simply, just because a doctor owns a laser does not mean that he or she can perform the treatments made possible with the Waterlase iPlus. In fact, the chances are good that the dentist will not be able to perform what Dr. Lipman can!
Most lasers on the market today are diode soft-tissue lasers that are best used for cutting gum tissue only. These lasers are great for simple soft-tissue surgery like gingivectomies, but unfortunately, that's about it. Dr. Lipman distinguishes himself from area dentists through his training, expertise, and use of the Waterlase iPlus. With this technology, Dr. Lipman can do some amazing things that his competitors simply cannot.
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Hardening materials: Composite resin is typically used for fillings and bonding. Once the material has been applied and manipulated to blend harmoniously with your smile, Dr. Lipman will apply gentle laser energy to the area for a hardening effect. During cavity treatment, the laser can also strengthen the bond between the filling and tooth.
Biopsy or lesion removal: A biopsy involves testing a tissue for cancer. A laser can be utilized to remove tissue for this reason. It can also work to remove lesions in the mouth and target canker sores to alleviate any associated discomfort.
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Q: Create a zip file on S3 from CSV files on S3 using Lambda Around 60 CSV files being generated daily in my S3 bucket. The average size of each file is around 500MB. I want to zip all these files through lambda function on the fly(without downloading a file inside Lambda execution) and upload these zipped files to another s3 bucket. I came across these solutions 1 and 2 but I am still getting issue in the implementation. Right now, I am trying to stream CSV file data into a zipped file(this zip file is being created in Lambda tmp directory) and then uploading on s3. But I am getting this error message while writing into zip file:
[Errno 36] File name too long
This is my test Lambda function where I am just trying with one file but in actual case I need to zip 50-60 CSV files individually:
import boto3
import zipfile

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    s3 = boto3.resource('s3')
    iterator = s3.Object('bucket-name', 'file-name').get()['Body'].iter_lines()
    my_zip = zipfile.ZipFile('/tmp/test.zip', 'w')
    for line in iterator:
        my_zip.write(line)

    s3_resource.meta.client.upload_fileobj(file-name, "another-bucket-name", "object-name")

Also, is there a way where I can stream data from my CSV file, zip it and upload it to another s3 bucket without actually saving a full zip file on Lambda memory?

A: After lot of research and trials, I am able to make it work. I used smart_open library for my issue and managed to zip 550MB file with just 150MB memory usage in my Lambda. To use external library, I had to use Layers in Lambda. Here is my code:
from smart_open import open, register_compressor
import lzma, os

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    with open('s3://bucket-name-where-large-file/file-key-name') as fin:
        with open('s3://bucket-name-to-put-zip-file/zip-file-key-name', 'w') as fout:
            for line in fin:
                fout.write(line)

Please note, smart_open supports .gz and .bz2 file compression. If you want to zip file in other formats, you can create your own compressor using register_compressor method of this library.


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Hospital chain faces two federal investigations
by Renee Cocchi February 8, 2013
Prime Healthcare Services, a hospital chain based in Ontario, CA, is facing not one but two federal investigations. One for its Medicare billing practices and another for alleged HIPAA violations. But the company doesn't seem to be worried about the probes.
In fact the company, which owns and operates 21 acute-care hospitals in California, Nevada, Texas and Pennyslvania, is looking to build its 22nd hospital in Rhode Island. And it was in a filing with the state department in Rhode Island, that Prime disclosed the investigations. Up to that point, the hospital management company had vehemently denied it was under any kind of investigation, claiming its Medicare billing practices are perfectly legal.
Medicare probe
California Watch reported that according to federal records, Prime hospitals have billed Medicare for treating extremely high rates of septicemia and kwashiorkor, a form of malnutrition seen among children in African famines. And these billings have made Prime eligible for millions of dollars in Medicare bonus payments.
That's why the Justice Department was subpoenaed Prime's billing records for Septicemia and malnutrition.
In a response to California Watch's request for a comment from Prime, company lawyer Anthony Glassman said it's been targeted for federal investigation due to "false allegations" made by the Service Employees International Union, which represents many Prime workers and has had disputes with the company over labor contracts.
However, federal records show Prime received a Medicare bonus of more than $6,000 for treating a patient with kwashiorkor. And over two years, the hospital said it treated more than 1,000 Medicare patients for kwashiorkor, which is 60 times the state average.
And in an interview with California Watch, the patient whom the hospital said had kwashiorkor, said she spent five days in the hospital because she got hurt from a fall, not because she was malnourished. She even acknowledged the fact that she is overweight, not emaciated.
HIPAA Investigation
To rebut the California Watch story, records show that Prime shared the patient's medical files with a local newspaper and hundreds of hospital employees.
This caused California regulators to fine Prime $95,000 for violating state confidentiality laws, as well as federal law.
However, Glassman, Prime's lawyer, wrote that the chain denies any wrongdoing and is confident it'll win on appeal.
The company also threatened to sue California Watch for defamation because it reported the company was under federal investigation.
That's not all
It was also reported by California Watch that Prime's CEO, Dr. Prem Reddy, gave a presentation to doctors at a south Texas hospital Prime's nonprofit foundation recently acquired. An hour of that presentation was recorded and shared with the news agency.
The recording revealed that Dr. Reddy instructed the doctors how to boost their Medicare payouts, and encouraged the doctors to add to their patients' charts with multiple secondary diagnoses for what he called "comorbid conditions." Reason: Medicare pays big bonuses for treating patients who suffer from specified "major complications and comorbidities," federal records show.
Dr. Reddy also encouraged the doctors to find reasons to admit Medicare patients because it would triple Medicare payouts.
In a letter in response to a request for comment from California Watch about the presentation, Glassman said Dr. Reddy's presentation "focused on complex clinical information," including "evolving Medicare reimbursement models for physicians and hospitals."
He also wrote, "Dr. Reddy was not instructing his doctors on methods for cheating Medicare."
So it looks like federal investigators will be the judge of that. We'll keep you posted on the outcomes of this case.
Tags: HIPAA violation, Kwashiorkor, Medicare billing, Prime Healthcare Services, septicemia


2019-02-17 marked the 23rd edition of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon ("SCMHK"), also known as Hong Kong Marathon. The SCMHK is one of the popular annual sporting event in Hong Kong and is recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federation as a Gold Label Road Race.
As for myself, it was my third SCMHK this year. 2015 being the first one.
Why the SCMHK, some may ask?
One of the reason why I signed up for SCMHK in 2015 was the commemorative medal (in the design of animal from the Chinese Zodiac) that was given to all participants, regardless of the race category. As 2015 was the year of the goat, my favourite animal of the Chinese Zodiac and the loads of yummy food present in the Dim Sum land couldn't keep me away from signing up for my first SCMHK, half marathon category.
15 February 2019, I headed to Hong Kong with some of the girls from Running Department (most of them had signed up for the HM category too).
Zipped through the race pack collection despite reaching there close to 5PM, after feeding our hungry stomachs. Even though the race bib and event tee collection was at two separate locations, we were all done within 30 minutes.
Loved the atmosphere at the Race Expo, the event organiser had set up a mini-carnival with various sponsors booths for their merchandise. The official hydration sponsor also allowed the participants to try out the isotonic hydration offered during the event. It was great to try the hydration and ensure it suits my palate and the system.
The organiser had also set up the "board of glory" for participants of 10Km/half marathon/full marathon category, so that all participants (regardless of their race category) can get a photo next to their name.
Spent the day stuffing myself crazy with yummy Hong Kong food with my friend who also flew to Hong Kong for the race. Did not want to kill my legs since I would need them to be strong and functional for race day. So I avoided too much walking around. Had a simple carb-filled meal with the other RD ladies and headed back to the hotel for a sleep.
Woke up with a stomachache of sort, which was probably induced by the influx of the food from the day before (too much milk tea & polo baos!). Journey-ed 4 stops via the MTR to the start point and tummy created a havoc again when I just entered the race pen, and thus decided to head out to the porta loo (time check: 10 minutes to flag off) despite the long snaking queue.
Since I had decided to abandon my plan to chase after a personal best at this race, which was a tall order since my body had accustomed to the 7:49 min/km pace that my legs have been used to for the past one year, I decided to just take this as another LSD and enjoy the race.
Running a race without the pressure of slashing time off a personal best was actually quite liberating. The weather was thankfully not as humid as per the weather forecast.
Since this was not my first time doing the HM route, coupled with the mount faber loops from RD training, I was mentally & physically prepared for the long gradual slopes along the route.
Saw quite a number of visually impaired people racing the half marathon with their running guide in tow and they were actually going strong!
What could be better for SCMHK?
More fresh air in the tunnels perhaps. Remember that it was much cooler when I ran through the tunnel in 2016 but then again, I was in the earlier flag off group and hence the air must have been fresh.
One of the aspects of the SCMHK that I wish that races in Singapore could emulate is the availability of water stations that specially cater for runners who have BYO cups/ bottles for refill . Oh other wishlist items would be bite size bananas and wrapper- free kit-kats!
On hindsight, if I had stuck to my initial training plan, I would probably be able to shave a couple of minutes off the last SCMHK timing of 2:10 even if I didn't attain a sub-2 as the slightly chilly weather was perfect to run a little faster. Nonetheless, I gave myself a pat on the back for completing the race at an easy average pace of 6:47min/ km (without monitoring my pace during the run). That's 1 minute faster than the 7:49min/km that I had been training!
Yay! Race done , time for breakfast!
Well, perhaps next year, I will be back for the zodiac medal.To complete the collection of the full set of zodiac, I will need to come back again for another 9 times!


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Home : Technical Terms : WPA2 Definition
Stands for "Wi-Fi Protected Access 2." It is the second version of WPA, a technology used for secure Wi-Fi connections. Most Wi-Fi devices manufactured after 2006 support both WPA and WPA2.
WPA vs WPA2
Both WPA and WPA2 provide encrypted data transfers over a Wi-Fi connection. Both require a password with a minimum length of 8 characters. The technologies differ in the way they encrypt the data.
WPA uses the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) to dynamically vary the encryption key shared between the access point and connected clients. The continually changing key provides more secure authentication than the earlier WEP wireless encryption standard. WPA2 further improves Wi-Fi authentication with CCMP, the "Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol," which requires a 128-bit key.
WPA uses the same RC4 encryption method as WEP, which is considered weak encryption by modern standards. WPA2 requires AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), which is significantly stronger and harder to break. AES encryption supports 128, 192, and 256-bit keys.
NOTE: Most Wi-Fi networks use WPA2 by default. If you are offered a choice between WEP, WPA, and WPA2, it is best to choose WPA2 since it is the most secure.
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Mirka Andolfo has shared behind-the-scenes process art from her upcoming Image Comics series Unnatural, which debuts July 4.
Andolfo has shared the various stages in her work on the first issue's cover, as well as the pencil and inks for a page as well as some sketches and the logo treatments for the series from its original publication in Italy as Contro Natura.
Note: the art contains mature content, and is intended for mature readers only.
Leslie is a simple pig girl. She loves sushi, she's stuck with a job she hates, and she lives under a brutal totalitarian government—one that punishes transgressors for anything deemed "unnatural." Leslie dreams of something different for herself. But those dreams are becoming dangerous... This Italian hit series by MIRKA ANDOLFO (Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, DC Comics Bombshells) will transport you into a colorful but terrible world—full of anthropomorphic creatures, but light on personal freedoms—by way of a breathtaking plot that travels between thriller and fantasy, with a hint of sensuality.


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The Eagles' Offseason Shame
If you thought the 8-8 regular season was bad, the Eagles' actions since have been even worse. @FakeWIPCaller sifts through the damage
By FakeWIPCaller . Jan 13, 2012, 7:39am EST
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And you thought the Eagles' 8-8, playoff-less season was disgraceful. The two weeks since the season ended have somehow been even more of a slap in the face to America's most passionate, loyal and long-suffering fan base.
As teams with talent far inferior to theirs have squared off in the playoffs, the Eagles have marked the time with one insulting move after another. They didn't fire Andy Reid, or Howie Roseman, or Juan Castillo or even Dave Spadaro. They haven't released a single player, and the only people who have left the team since season's end are some defensive backs coach you've never heard of, and an equally anonymous player personnel guy who got hired to take over the Colts (good luck with that one, Indy!)
Worst of all, the Eagles haven't done a single thing so far to improve a roster that clearly wasn't good enough. Where is the sense of urgency?
So what does Andy Reid do? He goes on vacation! For a man who hasn't won a Super Bowl after 13 years to go on vacation should make the blood of every Eagles fan boil. Vacations are for winners! And beyond that, what's Andy doing scheduling a vacation for mid-January? Clearly, he wasn't planning on coaching in the playoffs this year.
At any rate, Reid's sojourn has delayed his decision on the future of Juan Castillo. We'll have to wait for an answer on whether Big Red inexplicably keeps Castillo around, or throws him under the bus.
But perhaps even worse than that was the disgraceful press conference by Jeffrey Lurie last week. All year long, myself and other passionate Eagles fans demanded that Lurie speak to us. Not only did we demand accountability, but we need reassurance that our team's owner actually cares about his team and its fan base.
But when he did speak? First he teased us that changes were actually coming, and then, just more of the same nonsense, followed by the announcement that Reid will return. Ray Didinger said it best on the morning show the next day: "this isn't a game!"
With all we spend on tickets, jerseys and concessions, Eagles fans are entitled to a championship, every year. That's what Lurie and Banner don't get.
How can our owner be so arrogant as to believe that he actually knows how to run an NFL team? This isn't "V.I. Warshawski"! This is the Eagles! This is the problem with rich people owning sports teams. We're a blue-collar town, and we need blue-collar ownership. Not everything has to always be about money.
So how can the Eagles get back in touch with their fan base? For one thing, the team's brass needs to spend a lot more time listening to sports talk radio. Perhaps they should put drafting and player personnel decisions up to a vote on the team website.
Other Philly sports takes:
- In his Philly Metro column last week, in which he argued that the NHL Winter Classic sucks, is a ripoff and shouldn't be played, Angelo Cataldi showed once again that he's the preeminent sports commentator of our time. He's always willing to say the thing that absolutely no one else will.
- Speaking of the Winter Classic, the latest outrageous libel against Philadelphia fans is that we booed the singing of the Canadian national anthem. Nonsense; we weren't saying "boo," we were saying BOOOurns, I mean, "Giroux."
- I was happy to hear that Ryan Howard is just about six weeks away from swinging the bat. He should be able to take a called third strike even sooner.
- I can't believe the cops arrested the Flyers fan who beat up a Rangers fan outside Geno's on the day of the Winter Classic. That sort of behavior should be rewarded, not punished! Whose side are the Philly police on?
- It's refreshing to see Penn State alumni such as LaVar Arrington take a brave stand against the hiring of Bill O'Brien, which is without a doubt the most embarrassing and indefensible thing the Penn State football program has ever done. Why won't more ex-Eagles players threaten to burn all their team memorabilia unless there's a coaching change?
- So unfair that John Bolaris gets fired and Andy Reid doesn't. Clearly, there's a huge double standard for mediocrity between the NFL and weathermen.
- The Sixers, in their home opener last week, sold a record 15,157 hot dogs, according to CEO Adam Aron. Are we SURE Andy Reid is on vacation?
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According to the new research, "AI in Fintech: Roboadvisors, Lending, Insurtech & Regtech 2019-2023", chatbots can reduce excessive operational costs in financial services, by resolving customer queries in a fully automated way.
As NLP (Natural Language Processing) evolves and domain expertise is added to AI systems, chatbots are demonstrating a proven record of seamless service delivery, which will drive adoption by initially skeptical financial institutions. This is reflected in a growth of nearly 3,150% in successful banking chatbot interactions between 2019 and 2023.
Chatbot integration in mobile banking apps will be the dominant channel for chatbot-driven customer communications, accounting for 79 percent of successful interactions in 2023. This dominance is due to several reasons, primarily an increase in user preference for app-based banking, as well as the strong performance of early banking chatbots, such as Bank of America's Erica.
Chatbots can automate post-incident data collection, with AI used to analyze the details/images provided using computer vision. These methods will not only save money for insurers, they will also reduce time to claim settlement, improving customer loyalty.