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The sanctuary in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska combines the elements of the cult of Christ the Suffering and the cult of the Virgin Mary. The founders of the monastery were the Zebrzydowscy family, whose representative, Mikolaj Zebrzydowski, handed in the funding documents to the Bernardines in Krakow, giving them the chapel of the Crucifixion and the ground for building the monastery with a chapel and a church. Between the years 1604 and 1609, at the Zar foothill, the monastery was constructed, according to the project of an Italian architect Jan Maria Bernardoni and Pawel Baudarth, flamish architect. Mikolaj Zebrzydowski decided to fund the building of the stations of the Way of the Cross, basing on Jerusalem. On his request, Feliks Zebrowski, an astronomer and mathematician, measured the area and located all the stations. Mikolaj Zebrzydowski also built the chapel of the House of the Viergin Mary.
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is also known for the celebrations of the Holy Week, when paschal mysteries take place, gathering more than 100,000 people each year. They are one of the oldest and biggest in Europe.
The sanctuary is also a place of the Virgin Mary's cult. A painting of Our Lady of Kalwaria, formerly belonging to the Paszkowscy family, is located in the basilica. In May 1641, Elzbieta and Stanislaw Paszkowscy noticed bloody tears falling from Virgin Mary's eyes and the painting was placed in the monastery. In 1887, the painting was crowned by cardinal Albin Dunajewski.
The monastery, the basilica and the pilgrim's park were included on the UNESCO list of cultural heritage.
Virtual pilgrimage - The sanctuary in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.


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Antón Jaén (Badajoz, 1490 - desaparecido después de 1545) fue con conquistador español en América.

Había nacido en Badajoz en el año 1490, y era hijo de Pedro Jaén y de María Rodríguez Obtuvo licencia para pasar a Indias el 13 de noviembre de 1512 y como era de familia destacada, salía acompañado de su criado Martín Rodríguez. Se quedan en Santo Domingo, y según sus declaraciones, Jaén llegaba a las costas de Cumaná en 1521, en la expedición de Jácome Castellón cuando fueron a construir una fortaleza en la desembocadura del río Manzanares, cerca de Cumaná, para asegurar el suministro de agua a los españoles que vivían en la isla de Cubagua. En la bibliografía extremeña Jaén aparece con los nombre de Antón Alonso.

Terminados los trabajos de la fortaleza, Antón Jaén se quedaba en la vecina isla de Cubagua al olor de la explotación de perlas que comenzaban a dar buenos dividendos una vez que había desaparecido la amenaza de los indígenas, que echaron de la isla a los españoles que empezaba a explotar las pesquerías de perlas. Jaén se instala en la isla y comienza a prosperar con el negocio de las perlas, que generalmente las vendía a su coterráneo el armador Diego Caballero, quien estaba residenciado en Santo Domingo

La isla
La isla de Cubagua está situada entre la isla Margarita y la costa venezolana, tiene una extensión de 25 km², y es sumamente llana y arenosa en su composición; con escasa vegetación y sin vestigios de agua potable. Fue descubierta por Colón en 1498, y en 1516 se establecían en ella la primera colonia de españoles.

Después de este primer intento poblador, y debido al continuo ataque de los indígenas, la isla se despobló por completo hasta 1521, que con el auxilio castrense que le habían prestado Gonzalo de Ocampo y Jácome Castellón reprimiendo los ataques indígenas desde la costa; una vez desaparecida la amenaza indígena, la isla empezaría a poblarse rápidamente para explotar los ostiales perleros.

En pocos años, aquel árido islote, se convierte en un emporio debido a los altos dividendos y productivos jornales que proporcionan las perlas. Velozmente, Nueva Cádiz, como la nombran a la floreciente ciudad que ha surgido, rivaliza en lujo y suntuosidad con cualquiera de las ciudades europeas. El dinero se ganaba a manos llenas, y aquellos yermos arenales se cubrirán de suntuosas casas y majestuosos edificios oficiales; y al socaire de las suculentas ganancias, acudirán los personajes más heterogéneos de la sociedad que viajaba entonces por las costas caribeñas.

Aventureros, comerciantes y soldados de las expediciones conquistadoras que llegaban a la isla para adentrarse en las gobernaciones concedidas por la Corona, todos ponían el pie en la opulenta Nueva Cádiz, que llegó a contar 1000 habitantes fijos. Como la isla nada producía ni tenía agua potable ni leña para los usos domésticos, Antón Jaén ostentaba el monopolio de estos suministros, y la rentabilidad que obtenía con este negocio era tan importante como la que le daban los bancos de perlas.

A partir de 1537, los bancos de ostras comienzan a agotarse y la desesperación hace que la mayoría de sus habitantes abandonen la isla y busquen nuevos horizontes donde puedan seguir viviendo. La majestuosa ciudad que habían levantado comienza a quedarse sola y a deteriorarse por la falta de mantenimiento de las viviendas; y para terminar de arruinarla, en 1541 se presenta una asoladora tempestad secundada por un terrible maremoto que dará al traste con aquel emporio, donde tantos españoles se habían hecho ricos y donde habían muerto tantos esclavos perleros.

Justificación esclavista
Los Reyes Católicos, aconsejados por asesores de dura mollera y alma perturbada, ponen a circular una real pragmática que, por sus descabellados términos, dista mucho de los buenos sentimientos de que hacían gala ambos monarcas. Ese insólito e inhumano documento, daba patente de corso a cualquier español para que esclavizara indígenas en las costas e islas del territorio indiano.

Pero el beneficiado con esta explotadora prebenda, además de que solamente estaba autorizado a esclavizar a los que practicaran el canibalismo, tenía que acatar las leyes estrictamente y no podía dedicarse a cazarlos indiscriminadamente sin leerles previamente una desatinada pracmática documento que decía lo siguiente:

"Sabed que hay un Dios en el Cielo y un Papa vicario suyo en la Tierra. El Papa ha concedido este Nuevo Mundo a los reyes de Castilla, por lo que sois vasallo de Isabel y Fernando; y si no os sometéis a este vasallaje y no renunciáis a vuestra insolente idolatría, os haremos dura guerra y os esclavizaremos incluyendo a lustras mujeres y a vuestros hijos, y os quitaremos vuestros bienes"

Naturalmente, los indios no entendían el castellano y mal podían acatar la Real Orden por muy vasallos de Castilla que fuesen ahora. Seguramente los confiados indígenas, después de rascarse la cabeza y esbozar una leve sonrisa, se quedaban inquisitivamente absortos, y con infantil inocencia, contemplaban a los barbudos soldados. Acto seguido, los que no escapaban eran engrillados y conducidos a la nave que aguardaba en la playa.

Perlero y esclavista
En 1527, llegaba a la isla Pedro Ortiz de Matienzo, como alcalde mayor nombrado por la Real Audiencia de Santo Domingo. El funcionario entabla buena amistad con Jaén y lo nombra ejecutor de varios cargos fiscales, además de formar compañía con él y otros españoles de la isla para la caza de esclavos con el objeto de utilizarlos como buceadores en las pesquerías de perlas.

Quizás para estar más cerca de Dios y que le perdonara sus pecados esclavistas, Jaén es nombrado en 1528, mayordomo de la iglesia de Cubagua y de la cofradía de San Antón. Ese mismo año, ante el inminente ataque del pirata Diego Ingenios, se reúne la comisión defensiva de la isla y Antón Jaén es encargado de comandar el pelotón que defienda la isla..

Con escasas armas y media docena de pequeñas piezas de artillería, los de Cubagua ayudados por los de Margarita, que habían acudido en su socorro, lograron repeler el ataque, y los piratas derrotados y maltrechos, desistieron del saqueo insular ante la pérdida de 35 de sus hombres.

Negociantes y mandatario
Los negocios de Jaén siguen prosperando, tiene esclavos que le sirvan, barcazas de cabotaje, varias docenas de canoas para la pesca de las perlas y almacenes atestados de todo lo que necesitan los isleños. Por sus rentables negocios, Jaén se ha convertido en el hombre más rico e influyente de la comarca, puesto que además de los enormes beneficios de las perlas, los suministros generales le dan unas ganancias que sobrepasan los cinco mil ducados anuales.

Y como el dinero atrae poder, a partir de 1.530 empezará a ocupar cargos oficiales; es nombrado veedor, teniente de alcalde, y desde 1532 hasta 1534 ejercerá como alcalde mayor. En 1538 era mayordomo de los fondos municipales. Anteriormente decretó las primeras ordenanzas municipales para el régimen de la isla, que históricamente fueron las primeras disposiciones oficiales que se dictaron en Venezuela.

Su mandato se caracterizó por el reglamentado cumplimiento de las leyes. El gobernador de la isla de Trinidad, Antonio Sedeño, había alquilado una carabela para trasladar ciertas mercancías a Puerto Rico, Jaén olió manejos dolosos, detuvo a la tripulación, a los pasajeros que se encontraban a bordo y confiscó la embarcación del gobernador.

A partir de 1537, comienza la decadencia de la isla, porque además de una invasión de tiburones que mataron a varios buceadores, los ostiales de las perlas comenzaron a agotarse por la sistemática explotación a que los sometían. Muchos de sus habitantes se mudaron para el Cabo de la Vela y la isla de Margarita. En esta isla, Antón Jaén también sería alcalde en 1542.

Hacia 1545, Antón Jaén desaparece de Margarita y no se vuelven a tener noticias de él. Parece ser que se estableció en Santo Domingo, y según crónicas de la época, en los últimos años de su vida, vivía en la isla dominicana implorando limosna por las calles.

Referencias

Bibliografía
"Las perlas del Caribe: Nueva Cádiz de Cubagua", Enrique Otte, Fundación "John Boulton", Caracas 1977
"Historia de Venezuela" Tomo I, Guillermo Morón, Caracas
"Recopilación historial de Venezuela", fray Pedro de Aguado, Tomo I, Biblioteca de la Academia Nacional de la Historia, Venezuela.

Conquistadores españoles del siglo XVI
Exploradores de España del siglo XVI
Conquista de Venezuela
Personas desaparecidas
Nacidos en Badajoz

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2020-013- part 2, education security, ransomware, april mardock, Nathan McNulty, and Jared folkins
April Mardock - CISO - Seattle Public Schools
Jared Folkins - IT Engineer - Bend La Pine Schools
Nathan McNulty - Information Security Architect - Beaverton School District
OpSecEdu - https://www.opsecedu.com/
https://www.a4l.org/default.aspx
https://clever.com/
BEC - https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/definition/business-email-compromise-(bec)
https://www.k12cybersecurityconference.org/
https://acpenw.sched.com/
Bypassing security controls - https://www.goguardian.com/blog/technology/how-students-bypass-school-web-filters-and-how-to-stop-them/
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2077711-chromebook-google-docs-bypassing-filters
https://www.mobicip.com/blog/here%E2%80%99s-how-kids-bypass-apple%E2%80%99s-parental-control-tools
https://www.phantomts.com/2020/01/11/kids-can-bypass-communication-limit-feature-on-ios-13-3/
https://www.ocregister.com/2009/02/17/students-accused-of-changing-grades-using-teachers-password/
Security persons at education institutions of varying sizes.
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/ransomware-crisis-in-us-schools-more-than-1000-hit-so-far-in-2019/d/d-id/1336634
https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2019/09/25/yet-another-u-s-school-district-has-been-ravaged-by-malware/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/texas-school-district-falls-for-scam-email-hands-over-2-3-million/
Why are schools soft targets?
Is money/budget the reason schools get the raw deal here?
Why is ransomware such an appealing attack?
How complex is the school environment?
Mobile, tablets, hostile users, hostile external forces
Adding technology too quickly? Outpacing the infrastructure in schools?
Just ideas for some questions. - Jared
Do you find vendors are very responsive in the education space when receiving a vulnerability report?
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/09/10/parent-who-criticized-his-sons-math-program.html
When students, who you are trying to educate, when they are found doing something inappropriate, how do Districts handle it?
https://ktvz.com/news/2017/11/08/mtn-view-hs-bomb-threat-traced-to-eugene-14-year-old/
What challenges do Security people in education face when partnering with their user base?
Unlike a corporate setting, many educators and students need to install different software throughout the year, how is that handled?
How did April, Nathan, and Jared meet?
Is the technology stack in your various school systems changed much in the last 10 years? Have you moved to cloud based, or do you still have an IT shack at the school systems with physical machines?
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Edwin S. Wright – Class of 1944
Edwin S. Wright, USN (Ret)
BS Civil Engineering, Southern Methodist University
Commissioned February 1944 at 20 years old.
World War II, Pacific Theater
Amphibious training in Norfolk, Virginia
Invasion at Mindoro.
Invasion at Okinawa
Gunnery Officer on LST 578
Skipper of LCI 446
Skipper of LST 666
Leyte Gulf Operation
He was recalled in 1950 for two years of duty during the Korean War.
Eight years active duty, Twenty-six years Naval reserve, retired 1976.
Other Notable Content
Witnessed the USS Mt. Hood blow up along with the DE accompanying it during a landing in New Guinea. This was due to careless ammo handling.
On the way to the invasion in the Philippines he saw a kamikaze hit an ammo ship. His ship shot down 3 Japanese planes.
On VJ day he remembered was between Leyte and Amaroo. He felt we saved a lot of lives on both sides by using the atomic bomb.
He witnessed a sister ship sunk by torpedo in column formation.
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Earth Gone
UPDATE BELOW
As President-Elect Obama continues a rapid transition into the White House, he faces not only the mundane problems, like the financial meltdown, wars and more wars, but also the most-major of issues: The end of civilization.
Nothin' heavy.
(Illustration of Salvador Dali's "Cavalier de L'Apocalypse" — Horsemen of the Apocalypse — can be found here).
Hidden in the everyday, lost in the flurry of news from Wall Street, Baghdad, and points in between, is the climatic climate, global warming being just the end result of thousands of years of civilized living, creating a planet dying in its own vomit.
The culture of civilization is to blame.
Derrick Jensen, an anarcho-primitivist and author, says the end of our known age is quickly approaching, but it's been a long-time coming.
In an engaging interview posted yesterday at Red State Rebels:
But when you think of the plains and hillsides of Iraq, is the first thing that you think of is cedar forests so thick that sunlight never touches the ground.
That's how it was prior to the beginnings of culture.
One of the first written myths of this culture is Gilgamesh deforesting the plains and hillsides of Iraq to make cities, and the Arabian peninsula was Oak savannah, and the near east was heavily forested, Greece was heavily forested, Italy was heavily forested, north Africa was heavily forested.
Those forests were cut for, to make the Phoenician and Egyptian navies.
You know this culture destroys land bases wherever it goes.
It destroys, it destroys the natural order. It's built on, it's not based on living in one place forever. The Tolowa, on whose land I now live, lived here for at least 12,500 years if you believe the myths of science, and this culture's lived here for 180 years, and the place is hammered.
I mean there was, there was salmon runs so thick that people were afraid to put their boats in the water for fear they would capsize, and the salmon are, are almost gone…
Life under current conditions is doomed.
So yeah, it's, it's, I mean, also it's really obvious.
I mean any way of life that's based on the use of non-renewable resources won't last, pretty, pretty clear, and I mean, so this way of life has never been sustainable, and it never will be.
Any way of life also, that's based on the hyper-exploitation of renewable resources won't last.
The only way you can live sustainably is by actually improving your habitat.
That's how all creatures that survive in the long run, survive in the long run, and this was a really stupid blow out, and it's killing the planet.
The entire interview is well-worth the read. (h/t to counterpunch.org).
And climate change itself is apparently coming faster than anticipated.
Watch David Letterman's rant/worry episode on the earth's demise here.
And this morning's New York Times:
A noxious cocktail of soot, smog and toxic chemicals is blotting out the sun, fouling the lungs of millions of people and altering weather patterns in large parts of Asia, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations.
The byproduct of automobiles, slash-and-burn agriculture, wood-burning kitchen stoves and coal-fired power plants, these plumes of carbon dust rise over southern Africa, the Amazon basin and North America.
But they are most pronounced in Asia, where so-called atmospheric brown clouds are dramatically reducing sunlight in many Chinese cities and leading to decreased crop yields in swaths of rural India, say a team of more than a dozen scientists who have been studying the problem since 2002.
So don't sweat the small shit.
UPDATE: 11/14/08
A look at why the human race isn't responding to all this horrible climate changes, despite all the reports filling the global-warming in-box.
Lisa Bennett, communications director for the Center for Ecoliteracy, paints a picture of non-response:
"Many climate scientists find the response to global warming completely baffling," says Elke Weber, a Columbia University psychologist and the chair of the Global Roundtable on Climate Change's Public Attitudes/Ethical Issues Working Group. According to Weber, climate scientists just can't understand why government and the public have been so slow to act on the extraordinary information these scientists have provided.
Among the most significant factors they point to: The way we're psychologically wired and socially conditioned to respond to crises makes us ill-suited to react to the abstract and seemingly remote threat posed by global warming. Their insights are also leading to some intriguing recommendations about how to get people to take action-including the potentially dangerous prospect of playing on people's fears.
Like genocide, the long-term consequences of global warming are so enormous we can't wrap our heads around them. Scientists predict in 40 years global warming will displace 20 million people from Beijing, 40 million from Shanghai and surrounding areas, and 60 million from Calcutta and Bangladesh. These statistics are daunting, but they're abstract; they don't inspire us to feel for the one individual whose life will be put at risk. As a result, we fail to take appropriate action.
Read Bennett's entire thought-provoking post at AlterNet.
Posted by: Bruce Maulden // Musings // November 13, 2008
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Q: file match pattern R with several possible prefix and suffix I want to find any files that start with one of the possible prefixes and ends with one of the possible suffixes.
Here is the example:

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*file can start with "API" or "DB" or "S3" followed with one "_"

*then the ID of the query is showing up plus a "." character

*and the file name will end up with one of the "JSON" or "SQL" or "TXT"

I used the following code
filesPattern = "[DB|API|S3]_.*.[JSON|SQL|TXT]$"
LIST_OF_FILES  = toupper(list.files(dirProcess,
                                    pattern = filesPattern,
                                    ignore.case = T))

which is working somehow, but not accurately. first of all, I don't know how to force start with one of these prefixes. second the "." character before suffix is not checked. there are some other problems as well which I'm not sure if I defined possible prefix and suffix right?!
Finally, how I can get one file with an specific ID? for example:
these are my file names:
[1] "API_GPT.TXT"      "API_GPTR.R"       "DB_COUNTRY.SQL"
[4] "DB_DECISIONS.SQL" "S3_BUCKET_LIST.R"

and I'm looking to get a file with ID = "DECISIONS".

A: The [DB|API|S3] is a bracket expression that matches a single char: D, B, |, A, P, I, S, or 3.
You may use
filesPattern = "^(DB|API|S3)_.*\\.(JSON|SQL|TXT)$"
LIST_OF_FILES  = list.files(dirProcess, pattern = filesPattern, ignore.case = TRUE)

Details:

*

*^ - start of string

*(DB|API|S3) - either of the 3 alternatives (DB, API, S3 substrings)

*_ - an underscore

*.* - any 0+ chars, as many as possible

*\\.  - a literal . symbol

*(JSON|SQL|TXT)- either of the 3 alternatives (JSON, SQL, TXT substrings)

*$  - end of string.

You do not need toupper() as you are using ignore.case = TRUE argument that makes pattern matching case insensitive.

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Kora is a relict submarine arc-stratovolcano buried offshore in north Taranaki Basin. New Zealand. Kora was active on the seafloor in middle to upper bathyal water depths from the late Early Miocene to Late Miocene times. Post-eruptive burial of the volcanic edifice by Mohakatino Formation and Giant Foresets Formation sediments has preserved the edifice and its flanking volcaniclastic deposits. Arco Petroleum New Zealand Inc. drilled the Kora feature in 1987 and 1988. Core recovered from the Kora-1A, Kora-2, and Kora-3 wells contain lithologies derived entirely from fragmented volcanic rocks, with no evidence for massive lavas or pillow lavas. Typical lithologies are interbedded tuffs, hyaloclastite tuffs, volcanic conglomerates, and tuff breccias. The framework clasts in the tuff breccias and conglomerates are porphyritic andesite lithic clasts and andesite eruptives. The lithics were derived from subvolcanic intrusions that formed prior to the main period of edifice construction between 16 Ma and 12 Ma. The round porphyritic conglomerate framework clasts were shaped in transit through the volcanic conduit during volcanic eruptions. Conglomerates lack a planar clast fabric and have a polymodal matrix. They were deposited as density modified grain flows. The tuff breccias are the suspended tails of these deposits. The interbedded tuffs and sparse pebble trains are interpreted to be suspension deposits derived from primary subaqueous eruptions. The fragmental volcaniclastic rocks erupted from Kora were formed entirely at the water-magma interface from fuel-coolant interactions, and cooling-contraction granulation. In contrast, modern volcaniclastic rocks on the southern Kermadec submarine arc-volcanoes, Rumble IV and Rumble V, commonly form from collapsing proximal pillow lava outcrops and small eruptive vents. Like Kora, epiclastic redeposition of volcaniclastic debris on Rumble IV and Rumble V include avalanche slides, debris flows, and grain flows, with little evidence for large-scale channel deposits. Seismic facies comprising the Kora edifice were determined from seismic reflection profiles. The individual apron facies reflectors are identified. These comprise a downlapping terminal wedge that marks the downslope limit of volcaniclastic debris, or the surface along which they travelled. Long continuous, subparallel, individual apron facies reflectors typify northwestern aspects of Kora; these reflectors can be traced laterally from the crest of the edifice to the long thin terminal wedge at the toe of the edifice. The southeastern aspect consists of individual apron facies reflectors that are hummocky, discontinuous and intertwined, with short thick terminal wedges. The edifice has been subject to a sector collapse on NW slopes, where a slump scar occurs. The eastern slopes dip more steeply than the western slopes. The edifice has a conical morphology and is some 10 - 12 km in diameter. The major element geochemical analyses from Kora have been compared to geochemical anlayses from the Coromandel, Waitakere, Rumble IV, Wairakau, Egmont, Titiraupenga, Alexandra, Kiwitahi, and Tongariro volcanic centres using discriminant function analysis. Results have identified four assemblages of volcanic centres with comparable major element geochemistry. Kora, which fits in to the Waitakere, Wairakau and Alexandra volcanic assemblage is a southward extension of the Northland volcanic "trend".


My husband, Bill and I, have been volunteering in the Ludoteca for about 5 months.
During this short period of time, we have learned so much about Ecuador through the children and their parents. It is a privilege to be able to put a smile on a child's face or hear the laughter from another child when you know how boring that hospital bed can be.
Just a simple coloring sheet or puzzle or even reading a book in our limited Spanish makes us happy and brings the small patients at least a small burst of happiness - one that we hope will last a while.
We enjoy being a part of the Ecuador Fundacion. Thank you for the opportunity!
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The National Plan of Action for Seabirds 2020 outlines our commitment to reduce fishing-related captures and associated seabird deaths. The new plan follows wide public consultation launched in November last year.
The plan focuses on innovative solutions and education to reduce seabird bycatch. It seeks to ensure fishing operators know how to avoid catching seabirds and take the appropriate steps to do so," said Stuart Nash.
Aotearoa/New Zealand is a global hotspot for seabirds, including iconic albatross and petrel species that fly thousands of kilometres across the world's oceans. The actions we take to look after them in New Zealand have a global impact," said Eugenie Sage.
Seabirds are among the most threatened groups of birds globally. Fisheries bycatch is one of the greatest threats to many of them, along with invasive predators, disease, pollution, a changing climate and associated environmental change. That's why the focus of the Action Plan is to reduce seabird deaths from fishing bycatch," said Eugenie Sage.
The new National Plan of Action for seabirds plan will support all fishing interests to develop new bycatch mitigation practices and improve practices already in use. These include bird-scaring lines, weighted longlines, fishing at night, avoiding areas important to seabirds, and reducing discharge that attracts birds to fishing boats," said Stuart Nash.
Some innovative solutions are already being used. Many current measures have come from industry, who have the technical knowledge needed for workable solutions," he said.
The Action Plan has a vision of New Zealanders work toward zero fishing related seabird mortalities. We expect to see all fishers and the industry doing as much as they can to achieve this," said Stuart Nash.
The new Action Plan will prompt species-specific actions where there is particular concern about threats to seabird populations. This has occurred already for Antipodean albatross and black petrels and is being done for hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin)," said Eugenie Sage.
The plan requires all fishing vessels at risk of accidentally catching seabirds to create risk management plans for protected species. These plans will be audited and regularly monitored against government standards" said Stuart Nash.
New Zealand is a global centre of seabird diversity with about 145 of the world's 346 seabird species using New Zealand waters and 95 species breeding here. New Zealand has more endemic breeding species than any other country in the world. 90% of them are threatened with, or at risk of extinction.
145 of the world's 346 seabird species use New Zealand waters and 95 seabird species breed here. The fact that so many species use New Zealand waters and breed here is a reason why New Zealand has more seabird species threatened or at risk of extinction than other countries.
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The Plan provides clear goals and objectives, and is supported by an implementation plan for reducing fishing-related seabird deaths as well as putting in place tools to measure and report on progress annually.
While the focus of the Plan is on the commercial sector, from small family run boats to large factory boats, it also encompasses recreational fisheries that have an impact on seabirds.
Regulatory tools are also available to ensure the objectives of the Plan are met. The fishery industry needs to innovate to reduce bycatch. A collaborative approach can help to solve bycatch issues through prevention, monitoring, education and research.
Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation reviewed and updated the Plan with input from an advisory group of stakeholders. The Plan was publicly consulted on between November 2019 and January 2020 with over 3,700 submissions received.
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A great way to impress your Mates, frighten your Mom and annoy your girlfriend !!!
These are fantastic: Tell them you had a lot to drink the night before and did not realize what you had done!!!!
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Avoid the pain and expense of a real tattoo! these are great for parties, fancy dress, to frighten your girlfriend or mum, there are endless options here!
Made of printed nylon these mould to your skin perfectly and will fit most people.
There are three styles available, and they are easily pulled on and off. You can even wash them!
And will definitely cause a stir when revealed. Great Fun!! go on, scare your boss, mum and family!
These are great i bought a bunch for going on my brothers stag do it added an extra scary element to the paint balling session as we all rolled up our sleeves for the group picture! grrr!!
I was happy with this it is good for a giggle, nearly got the sack for wearing it at work so was good fun, my boss has now bought some to scare his boss!


Due to the efforts of the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and our supporters, on October 3rd, the Manhattan Beach City Council approved the staff recommendations that were proposed.
Specifically, sharrows are going to be added near schools, among other locations. Although this was a victory, there will be more!
Stay tuned for more information on what YOU can do to help make the South Bay more bicycle friendly.
Attached is a picture of all the people who came out to support bicycling in the South Bay. We would like to thank all those who took time out of their busy schedules to come support us and we hope you will be able to do the same thing in the future.


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Maintaining a steady frame rate at 4K while livestreaming is no easy task, but Telia's networks seem to be up for it. The networks could efficiently manage speeds of up to 2.2Gbps which is objectively faster than a lot of wired connections available in the market. Verizon and AT&T are already offering up to 1Gbps home and up to 1.5Gbps mobile 5G solution, and some modems have seen peak speeds of up to 5Gbps. Prima facie, the speeds may seem tad overkill for video streaming, but they open up possibilities for livestreaming AR, VR, and 3D content.
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COOMBSVILLE AVA
APPELLATION – Coombsville AVA
VARIETIES – Cabernet Sauvignon
CLONES – 339, 169, 685
In September 2012, Kelly Hendrickson purchased the property that would become Faniani Vineyards. With a permit to plant just over 4 acres of vineyard, the dream of growing high-end Cabernet Sauvignon was born. Located in Coombsville, the vineyard sits within Napa Valley's newest sub-appellation. Faniani Vineyards now covers more than 6 planted acres.
A fourth generation Californian, Kelly spent most of her life in the Los Angeles area before being drawn to Napa. However, she has deep roots in Northern California, as her grandmother's family, the Faniani's, began ranching in Butte County in the 1860s. Giving the vineyard the Faniani name pays tribute to Kelly's Swiss-Italian heritage and her family's pioneering spirit.
Having earned a Bachelor's degree in business/marketing from California State University Long Beach, Kelly's career was long focused on financial management in both the aerospace and legal industry. To ensure her vineyard's success, from the onset, Kelly surrounded herself with a team of talented professionals. From an initial vision on paper, which she crafted with her colleagues, the vineyard began to take shape. The first four acre phase was planted as rootstock in 2014 and field grafted in 2015. Bench grafts were planted in 2016 for the additionally permitted area. In April 2016, Kelly entered into the vineyard's first grape contract, which fortuitously, was with Bell Wine Cellars. In September that year, she delivered her first harvest to Bell.
Over the years, Kelly has come to appreciate her good fortune in purchasing the property where the vineyard makes its home. The Coombsville AVA is known for its gravely loams and unique soil content. Continuous erosion over millions of years have left the land rich in volcanic ash and rock. That, coupled with its generally cooler temperatures than most AVA's in Napa Valley and numerous micro-climates, has made Coombsville a dream location to be a grape grower. For Kelly, the vineyard is more than her life's work. It's her true passion.
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Récompenses : Honorable Mention en 1995 . Awards of Merit en 1997.
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Wii U Skylanders Imaginators gets two thumbs up from The Boy. The issue I have with it? I don't understand anything about it, and The Boy's addiction to this Skylanders franchise is freakishly strong. As much as I try, and try, and tryyyyy, I just don't get the fascination. I pressed The Boy for what he loved the most about this new Skylanders Imaginators. Find out what the answer is below.
I'll be the very first to admit, I'm not into video games. As a kid, I never really loved them, was into them, or wanted to play them. The best I did was a GameBoy back in the day, with Tetris and some kind of Mario game. I still have it, since my mom basically saved every toy from her children's childhood. However, for me, Pac Man on our little miniature arcade game, and the GameBoy, were about as adventurous as I got with video games.
Ma, you can make your own Skylanders with this one. It's awesome. I'll never be bored again!
Do I believe The Boy?
At the ripe old age of 8, I think he believes he'll never get bored with this new addition to his Skylanders repertoire of games. However, I know him better than he knows himself at this point, so I believe I'm stuck buying a ton of little figures in order for him to creating new characters. He's got a few now, and I can tell he's itching for more. The kid likes options, and let's say, Skylanders Imaginators definitely provides him with lots of options.
I trust the boy loves his new game, but also, trust the Activision company is set to receive lots of our cash the next year, until the next Skylanders game comes out. Since a new one comes out almost every year, I'm banking on 2017 to bring yet another version to our home!
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City Hall Live Spotlight online performances kick off with award winning Colombian-Canadian artist Lido Pimienta
Today, Mayor Tory announced that the City of Toronto, in partnership with Unison Benevolent Fund, is launching City Hall Live Spotlight, a weekly livestreamed concert series, as part of ShowLoveTO, to support the local music industry and provide Toronto residents with music experiences at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Residents are encouraged to make a night of it by ordering in their favourite takeout and settling in for a concert in the comfort of their own home.
Posted by Laura Anonen on January 6, 2021
City Hall Live Spotlight will feature professionally produced livestreamed videos of Toronto musicians performing at shuttered music venues and other affected music-related businesses around the city. Each performance will be accompanied by a brief introduction to the location and its role in Toronto's music industry.
City Hall Live Spotlight kicks off on January 14 at 7:30 p.m. online, livestreamed from the Phoenix Concert Theatre and is scheduled to run weekly through the spring. The first performance of the series will feature Colombian-Canadian artist Lido Pimienta, a Grammy Award nominee for her 2020 album Miss Colombia and winner of the 2017 Polaris Music Prize for her album La Papessa.
Performances will be available at https://www.facebook.com/CityHallLiveSpotlight and on HappinApp at https://happin.app/, a new Toronto-based livestreaming platform that enhances the music concert fan experience and improves revenue streams for artists. Backline for City Hall Live Spotlight has been provided by Yamaha Canada.
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant economic impact on Toronto residents and businesses, including the music industry. During each City Hall Live Spotlight performance, viewers who are able to can choose to make a donation, 100 per cent of which will support the Unison Benevolent Fund's vital work to help musicians and music industry workers in crisis.
To help support Toronto's restaurant industry, which has similarly been impacted by the pandemic, City Hall Live viewers are also encouraged to order dinner from their favourite local restaurant at http://www.ToGoToronto.com, a free online listing of restaurants offering safe takeout and delivery by Destination Toronto in partnership with the City.
Since 2016, local artists have performed on Nathan Phillips Square as part of City Hall Live's music series. The series provides paid performance opportunities for Toronto musicians across all genres and works with numerous Toronto music organizations, festivals and events to curate the schedule. At the beginning of the pandemic, City Hall Live moved online from April to July and featured 120 performances by local artists, livestreamed from their homes. All told, City Hall Live has showcased more than 335 local acts and partnered with over 81 local organizations.
In recognition of the ongoing financial challenges facing live music venues, in 2020 the City introduced a tax relief program to support this essential part of Toronto's music ecosystem. Forty-eight establishments received a combined $1.7 million in property tax relief last year as a result of the City's expansion of the Creative Co-Location Facilities Property Tax Subclass. Last October, City Council made this important program permanent.
That same month, the City and the Canadian Live Music Association, in partnership with Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area and Ontario Creates, released the results of a Toronto venues study called Re:Venues: A Case and Path Forward for Toronto's Live Music Industry. Among other findings, the study confirmed that the total economic impact of Toronto live music venues is $850 million annually, providing the equivalent of 10,500 full-time jobs. The study is available at https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/9846-Re-Venues-FINAL-REPORT.pdf.
City Hall Live Spotlight is a part of the City's ShowLoveTO initiative, launched in association with Founding Sponsor American Express and in partnership with Destination Toronto, to help Toronto businesses, neighbourhoods and residents safely recover and rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic. More information about ShowLoveTO programs is available at http://www.toronto.ca/showloveto.
Toronto-based musicians can apply for City Hall Live Spotlight and other City of Toronto Music Office programs at http://www.toronto.ca/music.
"Music is a universal language that can be enjoyed by all. During a time in which we need to support homegrown talent and our music industry, we are giving people an opportunity to experience music from the comfort of their own home. The new City Hall Live Spotlight series will not only help lift spirits but will encourage us all to keep supporting our hard hit music industry which is a vital component of our economy and will come back strong when the pandemic is over."
- Mayor John Tory
"Whether it is tax relief for live music venues or paid performance opportunities for Toronto musicians, we must continue to find new ways to support Toronto's music industry. Our night economy depends on it and we must act now to ensure that we have something to return to when the pandemic is over."
- Deputy Mayor Michael Thompson (Scarborough Centre), Chair of the Economic Development and Culture committee and member of the Toronto Music Advisory Committee
"During the COVID-19 pandemic, opportunities for paid performances have been few and far between for Toronto musicians and music industry businesses. Like many Toronto businesses and residents, it is critical for us to support this industry now so that it has a future."
- Councillor Brad Bradford (Beaches-East York), Chair of the Toronto Music Advisory Committee
"We are so excited and incredibly proud to once again partner with the City of Toronto for the City Hall Live Spotlight series. Not only will the series continue to support and promote local, emerging musicians through the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it will also continue to raise valuable funding that will ensure Canadian music-makers and their families have access to life-changing counselling services and emergency financial assistance under these complicated circumstances."
- Amanda Power, Executive Director at Unison Benevolent Fund


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Q: How to recode a single categorical variable into a dummy I am struggling to understand how to recode a categorical variable in a CSV file (originally named "smoker") into a dummy variable named "smoke".
This is my code currently, with notes for where the recoding should go:
import numpy as np

import pandas as pd

import statsmodels.formula.api as sms

from statsmodels.formula.api import ols

ins = pd.read_csv("insurance.csv")

# Recode the column smoker into a dummy variable with the prefix smoke

results = ols(formula='charges ~ age + bmi + smoke', data=ins)
model = results.fit()

aov_table = sms.stats.anova_lm(model, typ=2)

print(aov_table)

A: Not sure what your  'smoker' column looks like. You can try something like this.
df['smoke'] = np.where(df['smoker'] == "yes", 1, 0)

Again you will need to rearrange the coding based on your 'smoker' column's values


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Halsnæs Municipality
Municipality in Region Hovedstaden, Denmark
Halsnæs Kommune
Rådhuspladsen 1, 3300 Frederiksværk
Steffen Jensen (S)
(1 April 2014)
250/km2 (650/sq mi)
www.halsnaes.dk
Halsnæs Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region"). The municipality covers an area of 122.15 km² (2013), according to Municipal Key Figures (De Kommunale Nøgletal (www.noegletal.dk)), and has a total population of 30,644 (1 April 2014). Its name comes from Halsnæs, the peninsula that forms the western part of the municipality.
The municipality was created on 1 January 2007 as a merger of the former municipalities of Frederiksværk and Hundested. At first the merged municipality wore the hyphenated name Frederiksværk-Hundested, but it was changed to Halsnæs on 1 January 2008. Its mayor, as of 1 January 2018, is Steffen Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats political party.
2 Urban areas
3 Landmarks
Geography[edit]
Lake Arresø, the largest lake in Denmark, has its western part in the municipality. Originally a fjord connected to Kattegat, it was landlocked when the land northwest of the lake rose by 5 meters in the last ice age. In 1717, by royal order a canal was built (finished in 1719) to connect the lake with Roskilde fjord. The construction of the canal was necessary because the natural stream (Danish:å) from the lake to the fjord was filling up with sand. The water in the newly built canal was harnessed by a watermill, and the town of Frederiksværk basically was created through industrialization.
Urban areas[edit]
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
1 Frederiksværk 12,257
2 Hundested 8,861
3 Liseleje 2.580
4 Ølsted 1,863
5 Vinderød 1,033
6 Melby 792
7 Evetofte 368
8 Torup 321
9 Ølsted Sydstrand 250
10 Ølsted Strandhuse 220
Landmarks[edit]
Arresødal Castle, completed in 1788, now serves as a private hospital.
Halsnæs municipality's official website (in Danish)
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On Sept. 28, Word Vancouver celebrated its 20th anniversary as the largest literary gathering on the West Coast. The festival showcases the best and brightest from Vancouver's literary scene, from poetry readings on TransLink buses to bookbinding workshops and exhibitions at the Vancouver Public Library.
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Literary Press Group, Anvil Press, subTerrain, and Caitlin Press exhibiting inside the Vancouver Public Library.
The Crime Writers of Canada table.
Poetry on the Bus reading by Billeh Nickerson with poet George Murray and Real Vancouver Writers' Series' Dina Del Bucchia.
Arsenal Pulp Press marketing manager Cynara Geissler (left) with Taryn Boyd, associate publisher of Touchwood Editions and Brindle & Glass Publishing.
Kevin Chong with his 2012 memoir My Year of the Racehorse.
Authors Willie Sellars and Kathy Beliveau.
Publicist Andrea Routley at the Caitlin Press booth.
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Jude Johnstone "Quiet Girl"
Jeff Pescetto "In My Shoes"
I Like It Better - More Music From Home
When Jack Tempchin, legendary songwriter for the Eagles, ("Already Gone", "Peaceful Easy Feeling"), Johnny Rivers ("Slow Dancing") and Glenn Frey ("Smugglers Blues", "You Belong To The City"), first heard Swedish act Citizen K, he was so impressed by the vocal, instrumental and arranging skills, that he offered a new unreleased song, right there on the spot.
"You Only Live Once" is the opening track to "I Like It Better Here – More Music From Home" (the 2nd album to celebrate the joy and and magic of home), where Citizen K and two of his musical buddies are calling themselves the Smashing Tempchins, as a humble hommage to one of their favorite songwriters.
Where the first volume had more of a "westcoast-focus", this second volume has more of a "americana/country/roots-feeling".....
Several American artists in the frontline of the "no depression-fold" have relinquished new and exclusive tracks for this album – Albert & Gage, Clarence Bucaro, Anthony Crawford, Fur Dixon & Steve Werner, Fayssoux, Ted Russell Kamp, Annie Keating, Jeff Larson, Steve Mednick and Kimmie Rhodes.
Canadian artist Luke Jackson contributes an unreleased track from his latest album, produced by Christoffer Lundqvist (Brainpool, Roxette, Per Gessle), with an exquisite string arrangement by the late, great Robert Kirby (Nick Drake, Elton John, Richard Thompson, Elvis Costello).
But just as on the first volume, several Europan acts also contribute exclusive tracks; Dean Owens and Hey Negrita from the UK, Shiner Twins from Holland, and singer-songwriter Henrik af Ugglas (who's forthcoming album legendary writer Lennart Persson called "the most awaited debut in a very, very long time..."), up-and-coming alt-country-group Little Green from the Swedish westcoast, and alt-blues-artist Slowman ("he easily switches between styles, yet at the same time is a master at whatever he does"), all from Sweden.
More informations at Hemifran.com
Thanks to Peter Holmstedt
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Rosalina and Luma's move list and speculation - Super Smash Bros. Wii U Weekly
By Hollander Cooper 2013-12-19T00:57:22.352Z
Rosalina is easily the most interesting new character revealed for Super Smash Bros. Luma in hand, she... does stuff. What stuff? Honestly, we're still figuring that out. We went through and analyzed the trailer, finding a bunch of interesting things about her moveset. Let's take a look, shall we?
Super Smash Bros. Wii U Weekly is GamesRadar's weekly Super Smash Bros. Wii U show. Yeah, we bet you figured that out already. Come back every Wednesday for the latest news, analysis, and speculation about the upcoming brawler.
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author: COLOMBO TELEGRAPH
Meet The Lawyers Who Won The Fight For Kuliyapitiya – And All Children With HIV/AIDS
By Yudhanjaya Wijeratne –
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
Some days ago, a boy was denied access to an education on the suspicion that he had HIV/AIDS. It seemed the entire Sri Lankan rose up in protest over his plight – and over the retarded comments of the Education Minister, who tried to make a case for separating the child from his mother.
And what did we do? Nothing, of course.
Three people, however, carried on the fight. Kamani Jinadasa, Senany Dayaratne and Thishya Weragoda continued pushing the Supreme Court to make sure that this would never happen again. And yesterday, K Srivpana, 44th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, ruled in the Supreme Court that every citizen over the age of five years has a right to education at any government school in the country, HIV or no HIV.
Not only does this make it illegal for such idiocy as we witnessed not too long ago: it also sets a precedent for other HIV/Aids victories. After all, we live in a country where the discussion of sex is taboo, an STD worse than an exorcism, and an entire village and a Minister ostracize a child over the mere suspicion of him being infected.
Kamani Jinadasa, Thishya Weragoda and Senany Dayaratne
In this nation, these three have made history: together with Counsel Senani Dayaratne, they fought on behalf of a petition put forward by the mother of said child, seeking a legal declaration that the child would be allowed an unobstructed education in a government school within two miles of her residence. Cited in the petition (I'm assuming as Imbeciles-In-Chief) were Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, J. G. N. Thilakaratna, the Provincial Director of Education, A. S. K. Jayalath Zonal Director of Education, the Principals of three schools, the Education Ministry Secretary, IGP and the Attorney General as infringing on the rights of her child to equal treatment and non-discrimination under the law of the country.
And they won.
Who are they? Kamani is a consultant with a history of working for women's rights, gender equality and the rights of those with HIV. Senany and Thishya are independent lawyers. They are the kind of people we need more of.
If this introduction seems a trifle too dramatic, it's because they deserve it. They deserve a standing ovation. Because, goddammit, while we were here bitching about the Big Match and the charge in our phone batteries, they actually went out and changed the course of the future. These are the heroes of today.
*Yudhanjaya Wijeratne is a contributor to Colombo Telegraph, his articles can be found on his blog, icaruswept.com
Antibiotics Off The Menu
Civil Society Condemns Yahapalanaya Bonanzas For MPs
SJ / March 15, 2016
With such lawyers, there is much hope for this country
Sinhala_Man / March 15, 2016
Yes, it is great that these lawyers have made sure that little boys like Rahul will no longer have to leave their familiar surroundings and go in to strange places for their education. I refer, of course to the fact that, heartwarming as that story from Trinity College was, the little guy has to adjust to life in a totally strange environment.
https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/a-school-at-last-for-the-kuliyapitiya-boy/#comments
I also said this, on the 9th of March, while agreeing that we had to rejoice that the prestigious school had come to the rescue of the little boy, that "Sometimes the truth is more complex than at first appears. It may be that in six days I have to reveal another side to all this. I hope I don't have to!"
And on the 10th, I added this:
"Come the Ides of March 2016, and I may be forced to say things that I don't want to about these wonderful schools that I owe so much to – . . . and I keep praying that I won't have to write that article."
Well the Ides of March are with us; and what has happened is worse that anything that I foresaw. We are all agreed that teachers are vital to prepare the next generation to face new challenges, and I tried to give an account of the various types of schools that we have in the country, and the need to understand the unseen forces that control them.
Some schools are in the limelight, and there can be no hanky panky.
"S. Thomas' branch schools . . . this may HAVE to be explained next week", I said.
How many will even believe this? The teachers in the schools at Kollupitiya, Bandarawela and Gurutalawa (now who has heard of that place?) are entitled to representation on the Board of Governors that looks after the Mt Lavinia school as well.
Well, a guy who had not been sponsored by the Staff of any of the schools, was cheated on to the Board. Just slander, says you? Well, let me throw this challenge to the Bishop and the BoG: the man they sneaked in has never SAT a public exam. No, not even the O. Levels! How could he, when he never went beyond Grade 8?
I had quietly warned all concerned that what was contemplated was an insult to the teaching fraternity. But I only expected a lack of democracy. We talk about Minister Akila V.K.'s suitability; but I didn't expect this! Grade 8!
"Sinhala_Man" will have to give his baptismal name (something also referred to earlier) and with my photograph in place, I will have to explain myself – and face all consequences!
Yes, we need lawyers who will fight for the oppressed! In this case, for the teachers!!
Old Codger / March 16, 2016
Sinha Man
The chap you are referring to I believe has been or will be sent packing, as the dictatorial and old fashioned former Headmaster of the Kollupitiya school (the chief backer of the chap you've mentioned) was also sent packing.
However the sneaky Bishop has now replaced all heads of the 4 S. Thomas' schools with priests who he can directly manipulate. In addition, he has placed his close relative and other unqualified people as moles in the hierarchy of the Kollupitiya school. Soon he will insist that his choices are nominated as the representatives to the board. You see wherein the problem lies? The same bishop (as interim chair of the Trinity College board as well) has the audacity to sit in the photograph with Akila V and grin as the "MOU" is being signed. With hats off to the TCK OBU, there should be a distancing of the schools from these power hungry bishops, who are not unlike certain monks in robes looking for political power. The present incarnation is one of the worst in history. Sad that these schools that have turned out some of Sri Lanka's finest minds are being destroyed by the religious corrupt.
Spark / March 15, 2016
Well done Kamani, Senany and Thishya for fighting for this selfless right. The fact is that people like you are a minority within a minority of the majority. None of the newspapers or TV stations or Radio would want to announce your victory, this is because of our ingrained culture that persons who contract HIV deserve getting it for what they have been up to. Believe me, not only the three wheeler driver thinks this way, but even the Minister of Higher Education and other highly educated individuals holding authority belong to this culture. It is in this similar way that we quietly watched innocent minorities getting harassed, killed and abused by a majority for the simple reason again that they deserve it for not towing whatever line the majority wants to impose. Our Political leaders have ravished and capitalized on the culture of this weakness amongst the majority population making this country lame, unproductive and undisciplined to what it is now. An article in CT https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/which-part-of-the-1978-tomfoolery-is-to-be-retained/ aptly summarizes one of the rulers in this country, drove this country towards anarchy and instability for what it is now. Rulers before him and after him were no different and made equally similar mistakes of arrogance. Sadly, we are also a nation sans philosophers, poets and peace activists but a country famous for Sepala Ekanayake (Hi-Jacker who was given a heros welcome when he arrived at Colombo Airport), Wijayamuni (the Navy Soldier who hit Rajiv Ghandhi with a rifle at one of the highest prestigious Guard of Honor ceremonies and thereafter became popular with the citizens for this "brave" action and even contested for elections thereafter), Somarama Thera (Sinhalese Buddhist Priest while in robe who shot and killed SWRD in cold blood) and many many others.
Therefore, not much can be expected as reform from the people and leaders of this nation, because they all belong to a culture that views an issue with preset notions.
Firoza / March 15, 2016
These 3 lawyers surely need praise and appreciation for their contribution towards a worthy cause. The decision will mould the society to the right path.
vnd / March 15, 2016
Hats off to these lawyers….But, the person who wrote this article has said "What did we do ? – Nothing "….That part I won't agree to…Because, the normal citizen cannot do anything other than to show and display his/her anger towards this discriminating issue for the poor child…..
I have been following so many articles and write ups by so many people across the globe…Thoroughly disgusted with this inhuman act……And some telling off in utter foul language in social media for the dumb ass of an education minister too….
I, my self wrote quite a number of comments and displayed my disgust towards this issue in Social media….
What else can the normal citizens do ???
IF I come to Sri Lanka next, and if I find this child's address, I would certainly love to donate things like stationery, clothing and toys for this child, in whatever the way I can…..
To take action legally, obviously a team of lawyers should stand up for this child….And these three Lawyers did it successfully….Well done.
If do you have commented clearly, you have done much.
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / March 15, 2016
Dr.RN
Willa / March 15, 2016
Standing up and fighting for the rights of the oppressed is a noble task. It is a duty. Victory is difficult but not impossible.
When there is oppression, there are "reasons" people attribute to it and justify oppression as reasonable. But when a person rises above all reasoning and looks with love for the oppressed, the blessing of God enables success and freedom for the oppressed.
I thank the three lawyers for rising up to their call, to fight for freedom and win it for all those who were so oppressed
justice / March 15, 2016
We need more lawyers like these for "Public Interest Litigation" like what they have taken on, and succeeded, in the supreme court.
Will they take on the horrible millstone called "Law's Delays" in Sri Lanka, which impoverishes litigants and their families, in some cases, for generations?
sarath / March 15, 2016
The School Principal who ashed other Principals not to take this Child to their Schools should be arrested and prosecuted.
Mallaiyuran / March 15, 2016
Well done. Keep it up.
Marcus Aurelemus / March 16, 2016
Kamani Jinadasa, Thishya Weragoda, Senany Dayaratne,
thank you sincererly and gratefully for all the valuable help with regard to this case of the mother and son. Words will never be adequate enough to thank you three wonderful persons for your time and energy.
Yes ! Sri Lanka desperately needs people like you to bring it out of the darkness it is wallowing in.
May the good God, the author of all goodness bless you and your families in all that you do and may you go from strength to strength as life goes on. Thank you.
prasanna / March 16, 2016
well done guys,very proud of u ,for stand against this jungle law in un faith full hands,also my great thoughts and thanks for the few schools who offer this poor child a school,wonder what happend to our buddhist monks who protest for everything,where the politikos,ranjans acting was good,wonder its acting with out a act only?great work of ur team,to stand an stamp the law for future,oba samata budusaranai,
Adrian / March 16, 2016
While being grateful for helping the victim, suggest that why not gather momentum to reduce the unnecessary powers vested with the parliamentarians during the passage of the new constitution? Most of the stupid decision making is done by unprofessional parliamentarians.It would be very timely.
jimsofty / March 16, 2016
If there are many HIV AIDs children wit HIV-AIDs, they deserve a different school.
Because of compassion, other children should not be allowed to get infected because of accidents.
Tamil from the north / March 17, 2016
Jim Shitty……..shut the hell up.
Priya / March 16, 2016
Well done to three of you.Country is on the democratic pathway and things cannot be change d overnight.We will hope many professionals will come forward like them to help masses who don't have s voice.
Upali Wickramasinghe / March 18, 2016
Nice to hear about your success.Why not take up the case of a ROAD -in front of the Dalada Maligawa.
The road being closed or not has no practical purpose for me, but I hate to see such Tom Foolery being practized.I live far away from kandy.
Maha Nayakes are nothing but another civilian in safron. They do not claim to be follow even the five precepts.They have come into such positions through time/age and influence.They should not be allowed to dictate what the civilian does.
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Blog Hops & memes, Throwback Thursday
Prince When Doves Cry for Throwback Thursday
Once again, we have arrived at another Thursday, which means we're a step closer to Friday. My playlist for the week consisted of Dead Prez, The Thug Show from Slim Thug, Blackstreet and Fantasia. Unfortunately, this week my time was spent more at home and practicing social distancing. Despite having a lot of choices to choose from, I'll go in another direction. Two days ago marked the four year anniversary of the passing of Prince. Prince has been viewed by countless people as one of the greatest musicians ever. The Artist Formerly Known as released an unprecedented 39 studio albums starting in 1978. Purple Rain was his biggest selling album and one of the greatest projects ever. Purple Rain went on to sell a whopping 13 million copies. The Purple Rain album was so great that it was turned into a movie.
While the title track is definitely worthy to be featured, we're going with another hit off the album. One of my favorite songs ever is When Doves Cry off the album. When Doves Cry was the first single and it went on to go double platinum. Check out the video for When Doves Cry above, which is my Throwback Thursday track. For all my fellow Prince fans, check out the track listing and stream link below.
Let's Go Crazy
Take Me with U
The Beautiful Ones
Computer Blue
Darling Nikki
I Would Die 4 U
Baby I'm a Star
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Sameer Verma, Mixed Doubles Pair Enter Quarterfinals Of Thailand Open
Sameer Verma will face third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, who received a walkover, in the quarterfinals
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Updated: 21 Jan 2021 11:28 am
India's Sameer Verma advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals at the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament after steamrolling Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in a second-round match in Bangkok on Thursday. (More Badminton News)
The world number 31 Indian needed just 39 minutes to see off Gemke 21-12 21-9.
The mixed doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also sailed into the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 22-20 14-21 21-16 win over the German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich in a match that lasted close to an hour.
This was Sameer's third victory over Gemke. The Indian had defeated the world number 17 Danish player in their previous two clashes.
Sameer will face third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, who received a walkover, in the quarterfinals.
"I was very confident before the match. I came prepared. Next up I have Anders Antonsen from Denmark. I'm feeling very confident, so let's see. It will be tough but I will play my best," Sameer said.
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PagerDuty Accelerates Enterprise Reach and Customer Growth While Surpassing Industry Milestones
Company's platform for action addresses real-time work across multiple business units within enterprise
SAN FRANCISCO – April 17, 2018 – PagerDuty, the global leader in Digital Operations Management, today announced its continued momentum into enterprise and the business growth achieved over the last several quarters.
The company has amassed an ever-expanding portfolio of more than 10,000 customers, including half of the Fortune 100. PagerDuty has also exceeded the $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) milestone through its award-winning products, hundreds of thousands of active users, and a few key strategic executive hires. As an early pioneer in the modernization of the incident management process within IT and developer operations, PagerDuty has rapidly evolved its platform to address the human operations factor in the always-on digital economy. The platform for action enables users in DevOps and other large business units such as security and customer service to achieve a balanced approach to addressing digital signal orchestration and overall employee well-being and health.
Founded by former AWS engineers Alex Solomon, Baskar Puvanathasan and Andrew Miklas, PagerDuty began as a Y Combinator-backed startup that was quick to identify the rise of digital and the cloud infrastructure that came with it. Their vision to build a product that could help developer and operations teams immediately respond efficiently at the first sign of problems was the first of its kind for true digital incident response.
In 2016, accomplished cloud executive Jennifer Tejada joined PagerDuty as the CEO and has led the company through the next critical phase in its growth. During her tenure, she has driven rapid innovation within the company and spearheaded a successful Series C round from Bessemer Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Accel Partners. Her passion for diverse and inclusive cultures has helped close the company's gender equity pay gap, balance engineering management demographics between men and women, promote diversity during hiring practices, and reinforce an equitable culture and work environment. The company has doubled headcount over a two-year span and plans to continue strategic hiring through 2018 and beyond to scale the business accordingly to continue product and customer growth.
"From its onset, PagerDuty was built for people. We understand what digital disruption can do to the health and well-being of DevOps and other business users. As a result, our platform for action gives back lost time to the user and minimizes the 'all hands on deck' mentality to ensure a balanced operational response across teams," said Tejada. "Growing in a sustainable way from $1 million to $100 million in six years is a monumental milestone for any company, especially in the SaaS world where you have to consistently deliver value to continually earn your customers' loyalty. Our product, customer and company growth continues to accelerate our global expansion as we reimagine and humanize digital operations within enterprise."
PagerDuty's enterprise-grade digital operations management platform helps reduce downtime for business, addressing a $700 billion-dollar problem in North America.* The company's unique platform enables customers like IBM, Gap Inc., Wynn Resorts and Netflix to go from digital signals to action in real-time and take advantage of a deep data set to resolve problems and provide insights into business and employee health.
"To ensure Evernote customers' ideas are always with them and always in sync, we need to maintain as little downtime as possible," said Evernote CEO Chris O'Neill. "By providing the insights we need across the organization, PagerDuty plays a pivotal role in helping us deliver a great customer experience."
By driving continuous innovation, PagerDuty has moved beyond alerting and on-call management for large, complex organizations. In early 2018, PagerDuty built upon its deep data set by launching an industry-first Operations Health Management Service (OHMS). The service offering provides enterprises with visibility into the work-life balance challenges of IT professionals and identifies the operational and human deficiencies in an organization compared against the comparable index of all PagerDuty customers measured. The platform is about to introduce additional new products based off this same treasure trove of responder data focusing on reducing alert noise, accelerating learning and delivering new analytics that report business impact and trends over time.
Businesses, particularly enterprise, have embraced the DevOps approach to real-time work within their organizations. Other business units and functions are beginning to use the PagerDuty platform such as SecOps to automate alerting and security incident management and customer support to reduce the time to acknowledge and respond to newly opened cases.
Strategic Executive Hires
In the last year, PagerDuty bolstered its executive leadership team with the additions of the following executives:
Jonathan Rende, senior vice president of product and marketing
Rebecca Kline, general manager, growth
Jukka Alanen, senior vice president of business development and corporate strategy
Stacey Giamalis, senior vice president and general counsel
The company's executive team led by Tejada is gender-balanced, global (65 percent born outside the U.S.) and brings over 150 years of technology management experience from hypergrowth, large technology companies around the world in sectors spanning applications, infrastructure, security, payments and consumer technology. Employee growth has more than doubled since 2015 and will reach 400 by the end of the year.
Leaders in Diversity & Inclusion
The company has built a leadership team committed to an inclusive environment where employees can flourish. Women account for 50 percent of the company's engineering leadership team, and in 2017, PagerDuty achieved gender pay equity between men and women within 1-2 percent job for job. The company ensures all employees from different backgrounds feel like they have a voice within the business and feel recognized by management. PagerDuty has sponsored and funded five employee-led resource groups in support of women, its LGBTQ community, veterans, its black and Latinx community, and migrants. The company's diversity and inclusion initiatives demonstrate a culture that promotes belonging and employee investment while driving outstanding business results.
To learn more about how PagerDuty is expanding to meet global demand for digital operations management, visit www.pagerduty.com.
*http://news.ihsmarkit.com/press-release/technology/businesses-losing-700-billion-year-it-downtime-says-ihs
PagerDuty is the leading digital operations management platform for organizations. Over 10,000 enterprises and small to mid-size organizations globally trust PagerDuty to improve digital operations, drive revenue, mitigate threats, protect assets, and delight customers. To learn more and try PagerDuty for free, visit www.pagerduty.com. Follow our blog and connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook.
Michael Basilio, PagerDuty
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Q: Как сохранить записи в таблице при перемещении её между приложениями Django? Есть модель Document в одном из аппов, я её перемещаю в другой апп и называю Contract. Как мне не потерять записи при перемещении? Как грамотно написать кастомную миграцию?

A: Записи хранятся в sqlite3 или в подключённой вами базе данных.
Если вы хотите получить данные из sqlite3:
1. Делаете dump текущих данных (получаете *.json):
python manage.py dumpdata > projectdata.json
2. Подключаете необходимую вам БД в настройках вашего проекта.
3. Переходите в dbshell
python manage.py dbshell
=> TRUNCATE django_content_type CASCADE;
4. Загружаете дамп в проект:
python manage.py loaddata projectdata.json
Если вы хотите получить данные из другой подключенной базы данных - воспользуйтесь встроенными средствами этой базы данных.

A: Решено. Достаточно провести подобную миграцию перед удалением таблицы Document
from django.db import migration

def migrate_existing_rows(apps, schema_editor):
    document = apps.get_model("accounts", "Document")
    contract = apps.get_model("contracts", "Contract")
    alias = schema_editor.connection.alias

    for doc in document.objects.all():
        contract.objects.using(alias).create(
            title = doc.title,
            file = doc.file,
            tenant = doc.renter,
            object = doc.object
        )

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ("accounts", "0025_add_issue_create_date"),
        ("contracts", "0001_initial"),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.RunPython(migrate_existing_rows)
    ]


With only 40 daycares throughout the country and most of them located in urban areas, children are often left to fend for themselves.
With care and precision, Karina slowly moves the colorful rubber puzzle on the table to her 14-year-old friend Mariam, after the teachers leave the room. She confidently points at the blue squared piece. "What is this?" she asks her friend, "and this?" she repeats with the yellow circle, "and this?" while pointing at a purple rectangle. "Very good," she says proudly after her friend identifies all correctly.
Short for her age, but always smiling, 10-year-old Karina has Down syndrome. Her friend Mariam has brain damage. The girls sit at a white table in a serene, recently renovated, activity room filled with children's books, toys, and puzzles. It's their favorite place to go, the newly opened daycare center for children with disabilities in Borjomi.
And places like these are scarce for children with disabilities in Georgia. With only 40 daycares throughout the country and most of them located in urban areas, children like Karina are often left to fend for themselves.
"I fought very hard for my daughter, I gave up my own life to give her a meaningful one," says Karina's mother, Gaiane Dalibandian. Gaiane completely re-schooled herself and is now an assistant teacher at the daycare, which opened its doors in December 2017 with the technical support of UNICEF, the McLain association for Children, and with a financial contribution by the Bulgarian Development Aid. The local Government also took an active part into the process.
UNICEF renovated and fully equipped the building to create a friendly environment for learning, development and fun; trained professionals from different fields to improve their skills and ensure that every child will receive the individualized care s/he needs to reach his/her full potential.
Children with disabilities are one of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in Georgia. Not only are they discriminated on a daily basis because of a persistent stigma and inadequate policies and legislation, but they also lack access to proper support services such as daycares, home cares, and early intervention services. Statistics on children with disabilities are also incomplete, and many of these children remain invisible to the system.
"The hospital told me when my daughter was born that I didn't have to take her home, and all my relatives, friends, and neighbors told me to give her up," Gaiane tells us. Karina's newly found friend Mariam - who was born with extensive brain damage - has also faced difficulties, her mother says, especially to have meaningful learning possibilities.
"Mariam has troubles reading words and sentences, she can read the letters, but gets stuck putting them together as words," Tea Zurgashvili says about her daughter's development issues, "but some teachers at school think that, because of that, she won't be able to do any homework and they stopped asking her questions in class." And like any typical teenager, Mariam told her mom that if no one asks her questions in class, why should she do homework at all.
But times are changing. Especially for the 10-year-old Karina and 12-year-old Mariam in Borjomi.
Laughs and squeaks come from the hallway. Karina, Mariam and their friends run through the hall for their afternoon snack. They are going to make a cake together, after having drawn colorful letters and flowers on origami paper, and they just can't wait.
Up to 30 children with disabilities can enjoy the several different activity rooms, develop themselves and have fun after school hours. Nana Lomadze, head of the board of Together for Real Changes, an NGO advocating for people with disabilities, tells us proudly that after the daycare opened, several different new faces showed up, children they had not known about previously.
"When I realized there was nothing for children with disabilities in the entire Borjomi region, I knew I had to do something," Nana says in her office at the center. The Tbilisi-based mother of a 25-year-old son with severe muscular dystrophy knows all too well the struggles parents of children with disabilities have to go through.
"We worked hard with the entire community to make this happen, from parents to the local government, to the school, medical centers, media," Nana explains, adding that the center covers over 13 villages in the Borjomi area, quite a logistical challenge.
Even though the center has only been open since December, it has already given ten-year-old Karina something much more valuable than anything else: confidence. Karina used to be shy at school, not talking to her classmates and clinging to her mother and the special teacher. But now, in the two hours she spends at school before she goes to the daycare, she's started to make friends with her classmates.
For 12-year-old Mariam, the center has been a breath of fresh air as well. "I like learning," the confident teenager tells us, while she is jotting down Georgian letters on colorful papers. Her mother immediately adds that it has been a long time since she's seen her daughter push herself so hard, studying. And that has also had a positive effect on Mariam's attitude towards her school work as well.