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Motor Vehicle Collisions Over the Thanksgiving Holiday
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Are you planning to travel by car over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday? You need to think carefully about car accident risks. For many Virginia residents, Thanksgiving is a time to visit family members and friends, and to celebrate over food and drink. While many individuals and families alike often plan their Thanksgiving travel on commercial airlines or trains, this year is likely to be a bit different. For those who are still planning to travel, many have decided that air or train travel is unsafe due to COVID-19, and they are planning to travel by car instead.
Given that thousands of Americans already travel by car over the Thanksgiving holiday, this year's Thanksgiving could result in even more motor vehicle collisions. Indeed, even before the pandemic, Thanksgiving was the third deadliest holiday in terms of car accidents. As more families decide to travel by automobile in order to avoid COVID-19 risks on planes and trains, traffic collision risks could increase.
Thanksgiving is a Deadly Holiday for Automobile Traffic
According to the National Safety Council (NSC), each year on average more than 400 die in car accidents during the Thanksgiving holiday period. Those traffic fatalities occur between the Wednesday before Thanksgiving until the Sunday night after Thanksgiving. Car travel, even prior to the pandemic, has been the most popular form of transportation for Thanksgiving holiday travel, resulting in thousands more vehicles on the roads during this period.
Will the same traffic estimates occur this year at Thanksgiving? Research suggests that the pandemic has resulted in fewer drivers on most streets and highways, but higher rates of death due to riskier driving behaviors. Ultimately, although fewer people may be driving to work each day given the ways in which the pandemic has reshaped work-from-home policies, there is a possibility that this Thanksgiving holiday could see even more traffic than usual given that most people will not be flying or taking other forms of public transportation over the long weekend.
Pandemic Results in Less Traffic But More Fatal Accidents
Generally speaking, traffic has lessened significantly during the pandemic, but traffic fatality rates have actually risen. According to an article in Forbes, overall road traffic was down by more than 15 percent since the pandemic stay-at-home orders began, yet in the same period, U.S. traffic fatalities have risen by 30 percent. According to that article, the reason for the rise in traffic deaths may be due to the fact that "the pandemic pushed people toward riskier behavior," while excessive speeding became more feasible on emptier roads.
In sum, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that fewer people are driving and that the roads are emptier, but more people are engaging in risky driving behaviors that are leading to more fatal crashes. If traffic picks up again over the Thanksgiving weekend due to holiday travelers, the combination of excessive speeding and more vehicles on the road could be a deadly combination. Anyone who is planning to travel by car over the Thanksgiving holiday should be aware of the increase in dangerous road behaviors, and should take steps to avoid a crash.
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Making Larger Sense of Our Little Lives: An Interview with Naomi Shihab Nye
by Tara Shea Burke
Naomi Shihab Nye is an award-wining Palestinian-American poet, writer, anthologist, and educator. Her books of poetry include , Red Suitcase, and You & Yours. Her novel Habibi was published in 1999, and she's well-known as the editor of the poetry anthology This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World. She wears many hats and writes in many genres, but most importantly she has made a voice for herself, successfully, by writing poems that test our comfort zones, whether that be by use of politics, war, the natural world, or our bodies. Naomi Shihab Nye was one of the first woman poets I read who taught me to say what is important, and to speak from what I know. I'm constantly struggling with how to do this well as a poet, how to test boundaries and write, as Neruda begged, of the impure and bad tastes, and still reach wide audiences. Nye has done this, and as soon as we were asked to do interviews this year, my hand shot up like a five-year-old know-it-all in kindergarten. "I'll interview Naomi Shihab Nye!" I said. And that was that.
As the time came closer, I started to get nervous. She's been interviewed over and over again, and I wanted to be unique, but still ask the questions most writers want to know. This is my first time interviewing someone so successful, as well as my first year teaching college students. As an MFA candidate, I was lucky enough to get an intro to literature course. Because poetry is my heart, I made sure to pack it full of current poetry they might better connect with. This is where my mind was the day I sent my questions via email to Nye; I was feeling a bit discouraged that I couldn't get 34 twenty-somethings to spark any interest in poetry, even with my most daring selections.
TSB:I was trying to get my students today to wrap their brains around poetry of witness. I read them several kinds of political poems about abortion, sexuality, current events, and many political poems about past and current wars that give me chills every single time. They were not only notmoved, but unsure that poetry is the right vessel for politics. They were still trying to beat meanings out of the poems that weren't on the page, no matter how much I told them, "It's all right here. There are no codes to crack." I also struggled to explain that the personal and seemingly mundane aspects of their lives are just as political as current debates on war, human rights in the world, and whether or not Americans should carry guns or vote for certain politicians. You've explored these ideas many times in your own poems, in ways that address war directly, and also in poems about your personal life, your relationship with your father, death, human connections and honeybees, and spirituality. Could you reflect for a moment on how you see yourself as a poet of witness?
NSN: It is impossible to separate entirely from the worlds which surround us – as much as we might like NOT to think about – all the wars, inequities, injustices, catastrophes, environmental disarray – we are part of everything, implicitly, by our very being on earth, being taxpayers, etc. How we experience our personal lives in such a context, how we consider the delicate maneuvers which sustain us but are denied so many citizens, is necessary context for writing and thinking and considering, every minute. How could we neglect it? Who would we be? It is easy for me to go outside and water my yard with a hose, any morning, before dawn. For how many people would this simplest act be impossible? How many don't have water, a hose, or a yard? Everything is connected. Years ago the phrase occurred to me "Each thing gives us something else" – and often, that "else" is a wider apprehension. Writing may not solve things but it shines light on them, helps us think about them, calls them out [and] places us in a wider fabric of being.
TSB: Then how, specifically, do you address a more heated political topic of debate in your poems? If there is something you want to say about a current event, or any of our world's wars or fallacies, how do you keep yourself from stepping up to a soapbox and ranting, therefore, shutting people out, like many new poets (myself included) tend to do?
NSN: Do it through story, imagery, detail. Ranting tends to provoke opposition – naysayers, denial – but who will say, "I'm sorry, that is not your story or anyone else's story." I'm sorry, that's not what it looked like to you. Be as particular as possible. Find an avenue that feels tangible to you. Walk down it in words.
TSB: And then to expand again, how can poetry keep doing this act of witnessing in today's technological age, where most young, otherwise bright students think poets and writers are of an elite minority that spend too much time thinking about the world in an emotional context? As a writer, I see poetry as something that will never die, and is always changing and growing in its own ways; the huge amount of poets in MFA programs is testament to that. But then I'm reminded by my students that it's all very interesting to them when they make a connection, but in the end a waste of time. They are afraid to delve into the realm of emotions for fear of being too sentimental, or because the emotional aspects of our lives are no longer valued because there is no immediate reward for feeling deeply. How do you feel poetry can keep its momentum and instill connection and change?
NSN: I'm not sure what you mean by "there is no immediate reward for feeling deeply." I think there is. I mean, what else would there be? Feeling shallowly? Being numbed? But I also have trouble with a phrase like "elite minority" – who are these people? Never met 'em yet. I just think we need to read as much as possible, find voices that nourish us, find voices inside us that feel genuine, and try to speak and write in them. I definitely think people are always too worried about "what someone else is going to say about this." Tom Waits, my hero, said, "You must risk something which matters." Underscored.
TSB: I feel like many poets originally came to the page, whether it was when we were 6, 12, or 32, because there was something about their lives or the world directly outside of them that they felt needed to be said and defined. Something was missing. Maybe that is the unique space in all of us that society ignores: the space between worlds, the soul, the heart, the God, the place where good metaphors make connections between mind and body, whatever you want to call it, that poets have been trying to put into words for centuries. Why did you begin writing? Did expressing your world through language create a kind of new space? Why do you keep coming back to the page?
NSN: I love this question. I love how you say, "Something was missing." I came to the page before I could even read it. I wanted to listen to those words which had more space around them – poems, floating islands of words, elegant, brief lines which had the power to transport a listener far, far from the directive, argumentative language of every day.
They suggested – words can do something else too. Words can hint, link, glisten. At age 6, having learned how to write a few simple things, a deep experience (entering the great city of Chicago for the first time and feeling overwhelmed by all I did not know) caused me to NEED to write a poem – immediately. I still remember the palpable excitement, gripping a pencil, shaping giant crooked letters on a white laundry bag – only paper available in the hotel room where we were staying – and the feeling of satisfaction that settled over me afterwards. I remember thinking, "This is what we do. We live and then we try to describe something about it." It is such a pleasure to be in love with the cheapest art.
TSB: I was reading another interview with you and in it you mentioned the Middle Eastern (and many other cultures of our world) tendency to slow down and pause for a moment in the day. This kind of rest and reflection to have a cup of tea or coffee, from a real mug with a real friend, during a usually busy hour, just to be alive in the body and look around at the world as we pass through it, is akin to what poetry asks of us. Even in your poems that sometimes highlight the darker aspects of the human condition or of the societies that oppress, you are brilliant in reminding your readers of the light in the darkness, or on the next page offer a poem that makes us smile and celebrate our small life on this earth. I struggle with this, but am reminded by skilled poets like you to slow down. Is this something you consciously work towards, or does it come naturally after practice?
NSN: Again, I love your question. Let's just bask in it. I definitely think people need to pause more, absorb what they are experiencing, accept "slowness" as a very precious way of being. This whole jazzed-up distracted delusion of "busy-ness" which some people think is a necessary way of behavior is a very unattractive aspect of our culture, our times. We can make a concerted effort not to live that way. It doesn't benefit us much. I like the "slow food" movement. I like walking. I like simplicity, and often poems, with their manageable lengths and carefully selected phrasings, can contribute to our daily efforts for simple clarity.
TSB: You have published countless books of poems, but have also published in all kinds of genres, including poems and stories particularly aimed towards young girls. Can you talk a bit about your process and drive to write poems that speak specifically to our youth, particularly young women at turning points in their lives? Would you recommend other poets to get out of their comfort zone and try on other purposes for their poems, or other genres?
NSN: Well, I wouldn't say countless. I'd say 33. I feel closer to youth than to most or many adults – perhaps it is a case of arrested development. Close to their idealism – their high hopes – their melodrama – their sense of the world as a fluid, evolving experience. I have no understanding of their attraction to vampires, however. Certainly it might be good for all of us to get out of our "comfort zones" regularly – we learn more. Young women, in transition from childhood to young adulthood, have always fascinated me – what stays, what gets left behind. As writers, we are lucky to feel a sense of "audience" at all – a "younger audience" has always intrigued me but this would be a matter of general taste more than intellectual selection. I love a young audience's energy and confusion. I respect the questions of kids. Actually, I revel in them.
TSB: I thank you for getting to this point after many wordy, excited questions. What are you working on now? Will you write until you can't write anymore? What advice do you have for all the MFA poetry graduates in our country? Why should we all keep on trucking with words in lines and lovely alliterations?
NSN: You are generous! I am working on a chapter book for seven-year-olds. I'm in the ninth draft. The book is set in the country of Oman. One wouldn't think it would take so long. I wrote draft one before I ever went there. Muscat – magic place.
I can't imagine giving up writing. It gives us a much larger life. Or, a larger sense of our little life. How lonely would we be without it?
Advice for MFA graduates: keep reading, keep sending out work, keep believing in your own voice and the voices which move you, find friends. I do think people need to read more widely. All the time. We each have great gaps in our reading realms – never too late to fill them in.
I always recommend Wiliiam Stafford and W.S. Merwin to everyone. Here too.
A toast to you!
Yes, a toast to all of us that don't let go, even when the young minds discourage us. Words must find a way to reach them, and who better to remind us that it's possible, then an established poet and writer like Naomi Shihab Nye. She reminded me to use my words carefully (no more countless when I can count the amount) and to teach people how to recognize the immediate, more profound rewards and outcomes, of feeling deeply.
Tara Shea Burke is just a few months and thesis formatting sessions away from completing her MFA at Old Dominion University. She is also pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, which has taken her to South Africa for service learning and will take her to Senegal in May 2012. She is a poetry editor for Barely South Reviewand has an essay in this summer's forthcoming book, Loving the L Word. She lives with her partner and their three dogs in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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Stanford opens second half of Pac-10 season against Washington State
By Darren Sabedra | dsabedra@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
February 4, 2009 at 11:53 a.m.
Picked by the media to finish ninth in the Pacific-10 Conference, Stanford opens the second half of the league season tonight against Washington State in "… ninth place.
The Cardinal has played well enough to drop three conference road games by one point and poorly enough to lose three others (two at home) by a combined 79 points.
The six defeats have sent a team that started the season 10-0 tumbling back to reality.
"Losing is a habit just as much as winning is," forward Lawrence Hill said. "We need to go back to where we were, where Stanford needs to be."
Cardinal Coach Johnny Dawkins conceded that the tight losses might have taken something out of his team. But he believes all is not lost.
"This race is still is a long way from over," said Dawkins, whose team trails conference leaders UCLA and Washington by four games. "It's a situation where we just have to keep fighting. If our kids show that kind of resiliency, it will happen."
Before Stanford (13-6, 3-6 Pac-10) can get back on track, its defense must get better coordinated. Dawkins is a strong proponent of pressure, man-to-man, half-court defense, and that style worked fine during Stanford's weak non-conference schedule.
But in the Pac-10, the Cardinal is tied for last with winless Oregon in field-goal percentage defense (51.3), ninth in three-point field-goal percentage defense (40.0) and eighth in scoring defense (73 points per game).
Dawkins has occasionally switched defenses. He employed a zone part of the time in a one-point loss at USC last week but has mostly used a man-to-man scheme he brought from Duke, where he was a longtime assistant and star player.
"We will use zone from time to time," Dawkins said, before adding, "We don't take pride in playing zone defense. What we have to do is lay a foundation of how we want to play now and in our future. To do that, you can't compromise your values. When you start to work a lot of different defenses, you run the risk of becoming a jack of all trades and never mastering any of them."
Stanford mastered nothing in its 97-63 loss Saturday at UCLA, a performance Dawkins called the season's most disappointing. The Bruins shot 73.3 percent (11 for 15) from three-point range and 63.3 percent overall.
What's to blame for the defensive breakdowns?
"It's been a little bit of everything," Dawkins said. "When you take five guys, it has to be coordinated. I may break down one time on penetration. You may break down one time on help defense. I may break down one time on not boxing out. Well, all three led to scoring opportunities."
Tonight, Stanford faces a team that defeated the Cardinal last month in Pullman, Wash., 55-54 on a basket with 17 seconds left. The Washington State loss followed an 84-83 defeat at Washington two days earlier. The Huskies visit Maples Pavilion on Sunday.
The lessons from those one-point losses?
"What it does," Dawkins said, "is it points out we have to be better."
Contact Darren Sabedra at dsabedra@mercurynews.com or (408) 920-5815.
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Plot released for Ridley Scotts Prometheus
By Matt Chapman 29 September 2011
Official synopsis for Alien prequel confirms some rumours
Fox has released a new brief description of Ridley Scott's Prometheus and it seems to confirm some of the rumours about the Alien prequel's storyline.
A leaked synopsis that found its way on to the web suggested that a group of scientists working for Weyland-Yutani discover that life on Earth was created by beings from another planet.
Based on that information they head into space to discover the key to life and encounter an alien threat.
The following text appeared on the official Prometheus page:
"Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner , returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus , he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race."
For comparison here's the previous synopsis from back in June:
"Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life's ultimate mystery."
If you know your Greek mythology you'll be aware that Prometheus was a Titan who stole fire from the gods and had his liver eaten every day by a giant eagle as punishment.
Sounds like stealing the key to creation from humanity's makers might not be a great plan after all.
Prometheus opens on 1 June 2012.
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Improving Access to Capital for Detroit's Minority Business Owners
By Caroline Beetz Fenske
Minority-led businesses in Detroit—especially small businesses and microenterprises—face significant barriers in accessing capital. While these obstacles and other inequities facing people of color are longstanding in Detroit, the pandemic has worsened conditions, with many businesses either closed or on the verge of closure. To identify concrete actions to help these businesses access capital, the Chicago Fed hosted a virtual event on March 4, 2021, "Supporting Detroit Minority Businesses: Access to Capital and Lessons Learned." This event, the latest in the Chicago Fed's Project Hometown series, brought together business leaders, community organizations, and researchers to discuss the availability of finance and capital to predominantly Black-owned businesses in Detroit.
Rick Mattoon, vice president and regional executive of the Chicago Fed's Detroit Branch, opened the event by explaining that many small businesses and microenterprises in Detroit, particularly minority-run ones, face unequal access to capital. Mattoon remarked that "these firms often make up the very fabric of their neighborhoods, support local employment, and promote wealth accumulation in their communities."
Joseph Anderson, chairman and CEO of TAG Holdings and chairman of the board of the Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, moderated the event. Anderson discussed that Black-owned small businesses have long faced weaker traditional banking relationships, and their lack of connections made it significantly harder for them to access the early rounds of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding. "Given that the channel for distributing PPP was largely defined by providing incentives for banks to fund their existing clients, unbanked or underbanked businesses were largely shut out of the original distributions," Anderson said.
Extensive studies have found that Black households have significantly lower savings and accumulated wealth than White households, Anderson explained. Promoting small Black businesses in Detroit through greater access to capital provides a key opportunity to build Black household wealth, support local neighborhoods, and create investment opportunities, he added. In addition to obtaining capital, these businesses need access to markets, the ability to develop supply chain relationships, and technical support to help with management challenges and pivoting under changing market conditions, he remarked.
Dr. Kenneth Harris, president and CEO of the National Business League, said that historically Detroit has experienced extreme racial inequities. The city's Black population is largely excluded from the financial capital marketplace, and distrust of financial institutions is rooted in historical experience, he said. Michelle Sourie Robinson, president and CEO of the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council, reiterated that the hesitance among Black businesses to work with banks is "steeped in centuries of mistrust." Minority businesses are still being excluded from the banking industry today, more than a half century after the passing of the Civil Rights Act, Harris said. As a result of the mistrust, Black businesses are often unbanked, putting their savings "under the mattress," relying on borrowing from friends and family, and otherwise operating outside of the traditional banking system, he explained. Anderson added that unfair policies such as redlining and predatory lending have made Black communities wary of both government and financial institutions. Sandy Pierce, senior vice president for Huntington Bancshares and member of the Chicago Fed's Detroit Branch board of directors, reaffirmed that there is a "trust gap." Robinson added that this mistrust is reinforced by that fact that Black businesses are often unfairly given lower loan amounts and charged higher rates of interest, and disparities can also be seen in their exclusion from early PPP funding.
Blacks represent 80% of Detroit's population, Harris reported, and almost 80% of the city's businesses are Black-owned. Most minority businesses in Detroit are microenterprises, with the majority having revenues between $100,000 and $150,000 or less annually, said Pamela Lewis, executive director of the New Economy Initiative (NEI). Most of these Black businesses do not have access to professional advisors and banking relationships, she added. Robinson explained that "minority-owned businesses are twice as likely to report that the cost of capital is prohibitive to the growth of their business." As a result, the Detroit community suffers in terms of reduced growth potential, lower employment, and reduced opportunities for wealth building, she said. Pierce reported a grim statistic that 60% of the businesses that have closed because of the pandemic will never reopen.
In February 2021, Huntington held numerous community-needs listening sessions to better understand the requirements of minority and women-owned businesses, and from this experience "we found out how deep some of these issues were," Pierce said. While her bank has taken steps to remove barriers for many businesses using a micro loan program, "it is not enough," she added. Pierce recommended improving communications to better inform Black businesses about the services available from financial institutions, and she expressed the importance of developing partnerships with intermediaries that minority business owners trust. Also, to close the resource gap that exists, banks, nonprofits, charitable foundations, and regulatory agencies need to coordinate efforts to share information more effectively with business owners and help them achieve company sustainability, she said. Beyond taking coordinated action, she added that it is necessary to measure the results and share the information transparently.
Robinson reported that nationally only 2% of minority businesses gross over $1 million annually, and she remarked that "in order to solve this capital access issue and support minority businesses, we must all take a different approach and really understand that the systems as they are today will continue to stifle growth." Lewis emphasized the importance of having "trusted connectors" in the community (for example, community development and faith-based organizations) to help minority businesses find the resources that they need. Looking into how lending programs are designed is also important because many of these programs focus on larger small businesses, which are not as applicable for many of Detroit's microenterprises, she said. In addition to the grant capital that has been provided by the philanthropic community, Lewis questioned if state dollars could be used to invest in microbusinesses much like they have invested in venture- and innovation-led companies. She also pointed out that financing should match the needs of the various business segments because "how you support a large minority-owned manufacturing supply company is very different than how you support a small service business in a neighborhood." Moreover, Lewis recommended mentoring on the part of trusted community members to provide technical assistance to small businesses, for example, to assist them with the loan process and business plans.
To provide expanded capital access, Harris suggested a "complete institutional and structural change" in the approach to lending to minority businesses. Developing partnerships, providing technical assistance, and focusing on supporting entrepreneurship ventures to promote a "sustainable ecosystem," are all essential, he said. Banks should be held accountable for not serving the most vulnerable and excluded populations with respect to capital access, he added. Given the changing demographics in this country, Harris noted that Black businesses will become an increasingly large and important client base in the years ahead. Pierce recommended that pushing for appropriate policies at the state and federal level is another avenue worth pursuing to improve access to capital for minority businesses.
Robinson concluded that it is time to take action to address the capital access inequities, "without excuse." In wrapping up the event, Anderson said that this conversation will continue in order to promote a coordinated effort to put specific plans and solutions in place.
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The added bonus here, Digital Ship wrote, is that current employees can use the system to review internal processes, resolve problems and come up with better standards of operation.
"Training with this (simulation) will vastly improve understanding and confidence of the officers who plan to serve in this category of ships," said Ravi Budhara of BSM's training center.
Such comprehensive and powerful resources are also reaching for the cloud. As more workers go mobile, training is following suit, with mobile applications that also can access these programs from whatever smartphone or tablet a person prefers. The source said that integrating more mobility into custom training software will make it more widely accessible, therefore promoting broad usership of employees no matter where they are. It will also increase the lifespan of a single implementation, as these tools will remain popular and accepted, thereby avoiding more costly outlays of funding due to a lack of current training materials.
The Sacramento Bee reported that simulation development is now being encouraged with mobile carriers to increase the range of services this software can accommodate.
Companies that want to create simulations based on workplace activities at the office, jobsite and on the go, should contact CSE Software Inc. to find out what options exist both with mobile and standard simulation development. These programs benefit employees in many different ways, making them valuable additions to any company's training and human resources portfolio. CSE's Serious Gaming Development Team has the experience to create the simulated activities that can train and educate your company's employees, whether they need to learn a task, protocol or procedure.
CSE Software's simulation development is in the news!


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As another user commented, the support is virtually non-existent despite paying for a Premium Plugin. This plugin was purchased to combine Aggregate Reviews onto single brand pages as it advertises it can do. However, it doesn't. It incorrectly outputs Schema with multiple errors so that the Aggregate Reviews take on the Price & Stock Status of a single product.
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Данко Роев (22 октомври 1935 г. – 27 октомври 2008 г.) е легендарен български треньор по футбол. Най-големите успехи в кариерата си постига с Академик (София). Като старши треньор има 374 мача в "А" група.

Биография
Като футболист Роев играе за отборите на ВИФ "Георги Димитров" и Спортист (Кремиковци). Отрано се отдава на треньорството. През сезон 1970/71 е помощник на Борислав Миленов в Академик (София).

През 1971 г. Роев е назначен за старши треньор на Академик. Под негово ръководство "студентите" се утвърждават в горната половина на "А" група. Завършват на 5-о място през сезон 1972/73 и на 6-о през 1973/74. В края на 1974 г. Академик печели Балканската купа, като във финала успява да се справи с македонския Вардар (Скопие). През 1974/75 Роев отново извежда отбора до 5-ото място в първенството, а през следващия сезон 1975/76 възпитаниците му печелят бронзовите медали в "А" група и придобиват право на участие в Купата на УЕФА.

През есента на 1976 г., в 1-вия кръг от европейския турнир, Академик елиминира Славия (Прага) след загуба с 0:2 в Чехия и победа с 3:0 в София. Във 2-рия кръг "студентите" се изправят срещу италианския гранд Милан. На 20 октомври 1976 г. Данко Роев напълно печели треньорския дуел срещу своя колега Джузепе Маркиоро, а възпитаниците му постигат победа с 4:3 срещу звездния тим, в чийто редици личат имената на Джани Ривера, Фабио Капело, Фулвио Коловати, Енрико Албертози. Академик е близо до чудото в реванша, но в крайна сметка отпада след загуба с 0:2.

През лятото на 1977 г. Роев напуска Академик и поема Пирин (Благоевград). Остава начело на "орлетата" три сезона, в които отборът завършва съответно на 7-о, 9-о и 12-о място в "А" група.

През лятото на 1982 г. Роев е назначен за треньор на Славия (София), но се задържа на поста само 6 месеца до декември 1982.

Бележки

Български футболисти
Български треньори по футбол

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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – In a sweeping call for reform of the Administrative Office of the Courts, a report from a committee of judges found the agency has been operated as the director's fiefdom, has strayed far from its original path and has been deceptive about finances and personnel. They also criticized the bureaucracy as top-heavy, badly organized and employing too many overpaid workers.
Their long-awaited report proposes a drastic reorganization that includes cutting the staff by one-third and moving the agency from its lavish San Francisco headquarters to a cheaper space in Sacramento. In the 277-page, 11-chapter dcoument, the Strategic Evaluation Committee also recommended cutting high-level positions, closing regional offices and eliminating entire divisions of the vast bureaucracy that sits atop the court system.
Based on a year-long investigation, the massive, crisply-worded report did not pull punches.


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Q: MSBuild Iterate Properties Is it possible to pass MSBuild some command line properties:
msbuild.exe /p:Configuration=Release;labDeploy=false;prodDeploy=true

Then somehow iterate through the key/value pairs passed in via the properties arg.
If so, how?

A: You don't say what you want to use them for, but if you're trying to use them for execution control, look at MSBuild Conditions. For example, my company's "product" at this point, fully implemented, consists of a traditional client-server app, a web-based reporting app, and a newer Silverlight implementation of some of the client-server application.
In my master MSBuild project file, I have separate targets for each application,  Whether or not they run is controlled by a Condition check of a few command-line parameters.
  <!-- run the builds for the selected build types -->
  <Target Name="RunBuild" DependsOnTargets="ValidateBuildSelected">
    <CallTarget Targets="BuildWindowsClientApp" Condition="'$(BuildWindowsClientApp)'=='TRUE'" />
    <CallTarget Targets="BuildWebReportingApp" Condition="'$(BuildWebReportingApp)'=='TRUE'" />
    <CallTarget Targets="BuildWebClientApp" Condition="'$(BuildWebClientApp)'=='TRUE'" />
  </Target>

I can run one or all of the options based on how I set the parameter string up.

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A rich, decadent and very chocolatey pudding – think those little Gu pudding pots you can buy. These are dairy-free and would set nicely after a good amount of time in the fridge – we wanted them for pudding so they were still a little oozy (see pictures), but still rather delicious.
– Place all the ingredients in a saucepan and melt together over a gentle heat.
– Stir until smooth and unctuous.
– Chill until ready to eat.
Truffle pots – how could you resist?
Wow, the look good, I've not heard of that cream before.


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SecureUSB BT Encrypted Flash Drive
Model: SecureUSB BT Encrypted Flash Drive
Manufacturer: SecureData
Provided By: SecureData
SecureData is a worldwide leader in hardware encrypted storage and data services. Founded in California, USA in 2007, this privately held company pioneered many of the data recovery techniques currently used throughout the industry before expanding into e-discovery and forensics services. Today, the company offers a range of high-level data protection capabilities including hardware encrypted portable data storage devices, backup solutions, file repair software, data recovery and digital forensics services to help clients achieve their security objectives.
Over the last year or so, I've had the pleasure of reviewing SecureData's hardware encrypted SecureDrive BT portable SSD as well as their keypad-equipped SecureUSB KP flash drive. The company has now given me the opportunity to review its other encrypted flash drive, the SecureUSB BT. Available in capacities ranging from 4GB up to 128GB, this pocket-sized storage device features a FIPS compliant design with military-grade AES 256-bit XTS encryption. What really makes SecureDrive BT stand out amongst other encrypted USB flash drives is that, instead of a keypad, it offers secure wireless user authentication via the SecureData Lock app on your mobile device. The drive is also equipped with a rugged, extruded aluminum sleeve that protects it against dust, water and physical damage as well as a USB 3.0 interface capable of delivering up to 130 MB/s read and 43 MB/s write speeds.
With specs and features like this, it's hard not to be impressed by the SecureUSB BT. However, as you all know by now, we're not ones to take things at face value. In this review, we'll take a closer look at SecureData's encrypted USB flash drive and then put it through its paces to see how well it performs. Does the SecureUSB BT have what it takes? Keep reading as we find out.
The SecureUSB BT comes packaged in a plastic clamshell that gives you a clear view of the drive. The packaging also advertises many of the drive's key features including its 16GB capacity, automatic backup and antivirus, FIPS compliance, BlueTooth activation and 3 year warranty. Inside, you'll find the SecureUSB BT, a protective sleeve and a quick start guide.
Physical Features:
The SecureUSB BT measures 55 x 20 x 10 mm and tips the scales at 12g without the sleeve. This is a bit on the large side for a USB flash drive. However, its hardware encryption engine, physical protection mechanisms and BlueTooth module account for most of the extra bulk and weight.
While the ends of the SecureUSB BT are plastic, the body is constructed out of aluminum and is covered by a great looking blue finish. Above the opening at the bottom, there is also a small LED that shows the status of the drive. This indicator lights up red or blue and will blink to indicate whether the drive is locked, unlocked or transferring data.
The SecureUSB BT comes with a rugged, extruded aluminum sleeve that protects the body of the drive from physical damage as well as dust and water to depths up to 1 meter.
The SecureUSB BT's internal components are protected by an epoxy compound so I wasn't able to crack it open. However, using Flash Drive Information Extractor, I could see that the drive uses Phison's PS2313 controller. Unfortunately, the app was not able to identify the memory chips being used.
One of the things that makes the SecureUSB BT unique is the ability to unlock your data from an iOS or Android device. Simply plug your drive into any computer with a USB port, fire up the app and connect to it via Bluetooth and unlock your data using the password that you set.
Setting up the SecureUSB BT is pretty straightforward. The first thing you'll want to do is install the SecureData Lock app which is available through Google Play and Apple App Store. Next, insert the SecureUSB BT into an available USB port on your computer. At this point, the drive will undergo a quick self-test where the LED blinks green, blue and then red. Once it's done, it will light up a solid red, indicating that it is locked but not connected to any devices.
With the SecureUSB BT powered on, you can launch the SecureData Lock app on your mobile device. If this is the first time you've used it, you will need to pair the drive with the app by clicking on the "+" icon. The app will then use Bluetooth to try and find it. When it locates the drive, it will prompt you for the device ID that is printed right above the USB port.
Once the SecureUSB BT is paired with the SecureData Lock app, you can go ahead and unlock it. To do so, simply enter your password. If entered correctly, the lock icon in the app will turn green. The LED on the drive will also light up blue to show that it is unlocked and the data is accessible.
With the SecureUSB BT unlocked, you can use the SecureData Lock app to change the name of your drive as well as your password. You can also enable features like two-factor authentication and biometric unlock so that you can use facial recognition or your fingerprint instead of a password. It's also a good idea to enable the password recovery feature. Otherwise, if you forget your password, the drive will need to be reset and your data will be lost.
To keep people from guessing your password, the SecureUSB BT utilizes a brute force hack defense mechanism. If an incorrect password is entered 10 consecutive times, then the password and all data will be deleted. The SecureUSB BT will then need to be reformatted and a new password created before it can be reused.
The test system used in this review is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 3 3100 CPU, MSI B550 GAMING PLUS motherboard, 16GB (8GB x 2) of Crucial Ballistix 3200 MHz DDR4 memory, Crucial P5 1TB SSD and a GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G graphics card. For the operating system, I used the latest version of Windows 10 Pro.
To test the performance of the SecureUSB BT flash drive, I ran a series of benchmarks using CrystalDiskMark, HD Tach RW and ATTO Disk Benchmark. To get a feel for the "real world" performance, I also copied and pasted 1GB of random files and directories as well as a single 4GB ISO file in Windows Explorer.
CrystalDiskMark 5.1.2:
First, I ran a few quick tests using CrystalDiskMark. This benchmark tool measures the performance of a storage device by testing its sequential read and write speeds as well as its random read and write speeds using blocks 512K and 4K in size.
According to SecureData, the SecureDrive BT is capable of reading at 130 MB/s and writing at 43 MB/s when connected to a USB 3.0 port. While the drive had no problems reaching its rated read speed, it came up short in CrystalDiskMark's sequential write speed test.
HD Tach RW 3.0.4.0:
Next, I used HD Tach to test the SecureUSB BT's read, write and burst speeds as well as its seek times and CPU usage.
The performance here was very similar to what we saw with CrystalDiskMark. When connected to the computer's USB 3.0 port, the drive had average read and write speeds of 154.5 MB/s and 25.1 MB/s, respectively, as well as a burst speed of 164.0 MB/s.
ATTO Disk Benchmark 4.01:
I also used ATTO Disk Benchmark to test the SecureUSB KP's sequential read and write speeds. The tests are run using blocks ranging in size from 512B to 64 MB and the total length set to 256MB.
When tested with ATTO, the SecureUSB BT's read speeds topped out at about 163 MB/s and its write speeds at 24 MB/s.
"Real World" Benchmark:
To test the "real world" performance of the SecureUSB BT, I copied and pasted 1GB worth of randomly generated files and directories. All of the files are between 1KB and 95MB in size and no more than five directories deep. To see how well the drive handled large files, I also copied and pasted a 4GB ISO file.
1GB of Files 4GB ISO File
Write: 46 seconds 2:52
Read: 10 seconds 26 seconds
The SecureUSB BT performed fairly well here, taking 46 seconds to write 1GB worth of test data and 10 seconds to read it back.
Like SecureData's other encrypted storage products, the SecureUSB BT is a great choice for the security conscious consumer or professional looking to keep sensitive data out of the wrong hands. Available in a number of different capacities, this USB flash drive features a FIPS compliant design, military grade full disk 256-bit AES hardware encryption and a rugged, extruded aluminum casing that protects it against dust, water and physical damage.
What really makes the SecureUSB BT stand out amongst other encrypted flash drives, though, is that it is unlocked via an app on your mobile device. This is not only easier to configure than a keypad, it offers additional features like two-factor authentication, password recovery and biometric unlock where you can use facial recognition or your fingerprint. Corporate IT departments can also enroll in a subscription that will allow them to remotely manage the SecureUSB BT and control things like where and when a drive can be unlocked.
When it comes to performance, the SecureUSB BT did relatively well in our tests. With all of the encryption being done at the hardware level, I found it to be just as fast as a non-encrypted USB 3.0 flash drive. Thanks to its USB 3.0 interface, the 16GB version of the SecureUSB BT was able to read at speeds as high as 166 MB/s and write at more than 25 MB/s.
The SecureUSB BT is available now in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities and can be purchased directly from SecureData or through some of the sellers listed on Amazon.com. Prices currently range from $106 up to $169.
Highs:
Secure wireless authentication via mobile device
App features two factor authentication, password recovery and remote data wipe
FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated
Military-grade AES 256-bit XTS hardware encryption
Good read and write speeds
Brute force anti-hacking self destruct feature
Step-away autolock
OS and platform independent
Dust and water resistant
Remote management ready
Slightly larger and heavier than non-encrypted flash drives


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La gara del 2 di coppia pesi leggeri maschile dei Giochi della XXXII Olimpiade si è svolta tra il 24 e il 29 luglio 2020. Hanno partecipato 18 equipaggi.

La competizione è stata vinta dall'equipaggio irlandese composto da Fintan McCarthy e Paul O'Donovan.

Formato
La competizione si è svolta su tre turni: nel primo turno i primi due classificati di ogni batteria sono avanzati al turno successivo. Gli equipaggi eliminati al primo turno si sono affrontati in due batterie di ripescaggio, ognuna delle quali ha qualificato altri due equipaggi al secondo turno. I primi 3 di ogni semifinale hanno avuto accesso alla Finale A.

Gli equipaggi eliminati hanno partecipato ad un analogo tabellone che ha determinato i piazzamenti.

Programma

Risultati

Batterie

Ripescaggio

Semifinali

Finali

Collegamenti esterni

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Q: Nasm - access struct elements by value and by address I started to code in NASM assembly lately and my problem is that I don't know how I access struct elements the right way. I already searched for solutions on this site and on google but everywhere I look people say different things. My program is crashing and I have the feeling the problem lies in accessing the structs.
When looking at the example code:
STRUC Test
    .normalValue RESD 1
    .address RESD 1
ENDSTRUC

TestStruct:
    istruc Test
        at Test.normalValue dd ffff0000h
        at Test.address dd 01234567h
    iend

;Example:
mov eax, TestStruct ; moves pointer to first element to eax

mov eax, [TestStruct] ; moves content of the dereferenced pointer to eax (same as mov eax, ffff0000h)

mov eax, TestStruct
add eax, 4
mov ebx, eax ; moves pointer to the second element (4 because RESD 1)

mov eax, [TestStruct+4] ; moves content of the dereferenced pointer to eax (same as mov eax, 01234567h)

mov ebx, [eax] ; moves content at the address 01234567h to ebx

Is that right?
Help is appreciated

A: I dont know if you figured out but here is our code with some little modification that works. All instructions are correct except the last one mov ebx, [eax] which is expected caus you are trying to access content at address 0x1234567 resulting in SIGSEGV
section .bss
  struc Test
    normalValue RESD 1
    address RESD 1
  endstruc

section .data
  TestStruct:
    istruc Test
      at normalValue, dd 0xffff0000
      at address, dd 0x01234567
    iend

section .text
  global _start

_start:

  mov eax, TestStruct ; moves pointer to first element to eax
  mov eax, [TestStruct] ; moves content of the dereferenced pointer to eax same as mov eax, ffff0000h
  mov eax, TestStruct
  add eax, 4
  mov ebx, eax ; moves pointer to the second element 4 because RESD 1
  mov eax, [TestStruct+4] ; moves content of the dereferenced pointer to eax same as mov eax, 01234567h
  mov ebx, [eax] ; moves content at the address 01234567h to ebx

Compile, link and run step by step with nasm -f elf64 main.nasm -o main.o; ld main.o -o main; gdb main


Installing plugins is pretty simple with WordPress and one of the reasons why it is such a powerful content management screen.
Then type Church Admin into the search bar on the right and my plugin should come up first!
Notice at the top of the screen in the "Admin Bar", there is now a Church Admin link, as well as a link in the left hand menu.


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Metro Kicks Off New Warner Center Shuttle
In June, Councilmember Blumenfield helped launch the new Metro Warner Center Shuttle and joined in its inaugural ride. Replacing the single Orange Line Stop at Warner Center Station, this new line connects riders to 10 new stops including Westfield Topanga & the Village, Warner Center Corporate Park, Kaiser Permanente and others. It will serve as a local circulator to make it easier for local residents and workers to get around without using their cars.
"Also, now Orange Line riders and locals can link up and have easy access to major amenities of Warner Center," said Blumenfield. "My staff and I vetted many options on how to best add more mobility and mass transit through our downtown area and this new line is easy and efficient and doesn't add cost to an Orange Line rider." It will run continuously and wait times are less than 10 minutes.
More about the new Warner Center Metro Line.


Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins is the first woman elected to that position, and the first woman of color to serve as a district attorney anywhere in Massachusetts.
Rollins was sworn in as Suffolk County's 16th district attorney Wednesday.
She was administered the oath of office by Geraldine Hines, a former associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court and the first woman of color to serve on that high court.
In turn, she swore in about 150 Suffolk County prosecutors whom she oversees as the chief law enforcement officer for Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop. The ceremony was held at Roxbury Community College.
Rollins has been an attorney for two decades. She received degrees from Northeastern University School of Law and the Georgetown University Law Center. She previously served as a field attorney at the National Labor Relations Board in Boston and as an attorney with the law firm of Bingham McCutchen, including a rotation through the Plymouth County District Attorney's office, according to a statement from her office.
She handled civil and criminal matters as a federal prosecutor with the United States Attorney's office in Boston for four years before serving as general counsel for both MassDOT and the MBTA, and went on to become the chief legal counsel for the Massachusetts Port Authority.
A cancer survivor, a mother, and an aunt with custody of two nieces, Rollins was elected to her current position at the age of 47 with a mandate to change, reform, and improve the criminal justice system. She pledged to use that platform locally and nationally with the support and assistance of her prosecutorial staff and professionals from many other fields of expertise as well.


The number of older adults in the United States is rapidly increasing as the baby boomer generation ages. Advancing age is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and Alzheimer's disease. The Vascular Physiology Laboratory is interested in understanding how arteries and capillaries change with advancing age and how these changes lead to increased disease risk. We are also exploring interventions that could prevent or slow the onset of vascular disease in older age.


Makhunik village is famous for having people with short stature. Due to the architecture of this village, many stories and legends have been formed around it. Here you can get acquainted with the unique culture and lifestyle of the locals.
Throughout history, humans have made stories. That is why some people believed almost anything. This particular village is known as the Lilliput village, but in fact, it is a historical village that is 400 years old in the southern Khorasan province. Many people consider it as one of the seven most amazing villages in the world, and many people come here to see the little ones; but this is not the only reason for its reputation because there are other factors at work, such as the architecture of the houses and culture and customs of these people. We are going to uncover the mysteries and secrets of this particular village and get to know more about it.
The most attractive part of this village is its people, and the tales surrounding them; people who have an Afghan nationality and migrated to the area several hundred years ago. In general, it is evident that the villagers are of short stature and consequently the houses are small and short.
About 400 years ago, an individual named Ahmad Khan, along with his family left Afghanistan and came to Iran. They sought refuge in the Makhunik area in search of a place to live and they settled in this land. Ahmad Khan and his family began using materials in the area to build houses whose architecture later becomes one of the characteristics of the village and remains in its original form for several hundred years.
In the following, we will give a complete overview of the architecture of the houses. The population of the area gradually grows and after a while, it becomes a village.
It is a non-agricultural area with poor vegetation and low ranges. A number of people in the village had livestock at that time, but due to lack of proper food, they lost the animals, which is why people could not use the meat for their daily meals throughout the year. The only people to have access to food were the ones who had jujube trees, turnips, wheat, barley, and mountain pistachio. The food that was cooked with pistachio or a mixture of what they had and they ate the same the food every day. On the other hand, access to the surrounding towns was very difficult, and there was no means for passing through the mountains. That's why the village remained unknown to the outside world until about a hundred years ago, few would know about it, and people could not easily travel to cities and other villages to buy food. Over the years the locals have been unable to grow as normal people, due to poor nutrition, and that is why they had short stature. They reached half a meter and most people were 130 cm tall.
it is said that the short stature was only related to one of the clans living in the village, the tribe of Ghulam Mohammad Reza, and the rest of the people had a normal height. Over time the height of these people was transformed through nourishment and mixed marriages.
About a hundred years ago people found out about the existence of this village and about 70 years ago the connection was made. Vehicles opened their way to the area, along with food and other amenities.
Ahmed Rahnama, a resident of Makhunik says that when the cars came to the village, people were able to reach nearby cities and eat something more than just Kashk.
The locals worked in the nearby cities and that made them more civilized. At the same time, this interaction changed the way they live, making the people more similar to those of other parts of Iran. These days, foods such as Kashsk, Chorba, Curgi, and Kaymak make up the most popular foods. Among which Karachi is the most important food for the locals. Nowadays most locals have a common height and weight, and their life is easy than before. However, there are a number of things that are in need of development in this particular village.
In 2005, a 25-cm mummified body was discovered. Experts speculated that the mummy belonged to a child that died about 400 years ago. The mummy showed that the inhabitants of this particular village at that time were shorter than the average human being.
Furthermore, some of the houses in the village have a peculiar design and architecture. When you walk through the alleys of the village, houses with very small doors and walls will surprise you and make you wonder about the conditions back then.
To give you a better picture of the situation, let's first describe the architecture of these houses.
Nowadays there are about 200 houses in the old texture of the village, of which 70 to 80 percent are surprisingly smaller than usual. The length and width of these houses are between 1.5 to 3 meters to 3 by 5 meters, and the height of the ceilings is at most 1.5 meters. Houses are built on the slopes of hills and are very much compact. The floor of each house lower by a meter from the ground and each house has only one small window. The entrance doors of each of these houses are also very small and many cannot even pass through it. There are two steps at the front door. A very simple house made of stone, wood, and cob. Each house has only one small space for storing barley and wheat – called a "Kendig" – and a small wood burning stove for cooking – called "Korshak" – and a few very small rooms for keeping animals and other appliances. There is also a living room, bedroom, kitchen, knitting workshop, and so on. Back then a family of eight lived in one of these small houses and had no problem with the living conditions.
There were also houses that people used to stay in during spring and summer. The difference between these houses and the winter houses was that the roof was not made of cob and it was covered with leaves of various plants.
The small houses created the illusion that back then Lilliput people lived in this village but the truth is something else.
The first reason is the cold climate. Since firewood was hardly found in the vicinity, people could barely heat their homes. For the same reason, they had to make small houses that could keep them warm with a small amount of firewood. On the other hand, the presence of only one small window made the heat stay in the house and the cold outside of it.
In principle, the windows were used only for knowing whether its night or day. Most doors were also built southward to prevent the entry of northern winds into the house.
In addition to this, the lack of animals such as donkeys, cows, and horses in the area did not allow people to travel far in order to bring stones and materials for building the houses so people used the least material available to build the houses.
Nowadays however the construction of ordinary houses is in development and they no longer live in those small houses.
Some sources say that the village dates back to thousands of years ago and that the village has an ancient history. The rock relief discovered near the Makhunik Qanat and the depiction on it is one of the evidence of such claims. Of course, this rock relief has deteriorated over many years due to various reasons such as human interference, rain, and other natural phenomena and there is not much left to it. Apart from this, there is no other written record on the history of this village. During the Naser al-Din Shah Qajar period, Colonel Charles Edward Debit in the book called "Khorasan and Sistan travelogue" talks about this village.
It seems that long ago, people of this village were farmers and lived a nomadic life, and over time they chose to settle down in a village. Other structures such as the village Tower, Anjir Tower, Sargarduni House, Dead Nader. The village Tower is more famous among the other sights of the countryside and it is located on a higher plane than the others so that it could be used as an observation tower.
Three kilometers outside of the village there is a mobile hospital which the locals call "quarantine". Back then the villagers had no way of communicating with other parts of the country so those infected with smallpox and other diseases were brought to this mobile hospital. The ones who survived smallpox nursed other patients. The smallpox was mostly due to the people going to Afghanistan and then coming back with the disease.
Like other villages, the people have their own customs and traditions, which we will talk about in this section, but it is better to get some information about the locals before studying the culture.
The people of Makhunik village is either Muslim or Sunni. According to the latest census taken in the year 2016, there are 787 Sunnis living in this village. As we said earlier, the locals are descended from Afghanistan and have their own particular dialect. The main job of the locals is livestock breeding, along with agriculture. Most agricultural products include wheat, garlic, barley, turnip, beetroot, carrot, tomato, onion and also saffron. Horticulture is not very popular in this area, and only a few jujube trees, berries, figs, pomegranates, apples, grapes, and almonds are planted near the water and canal dens of the village.
A number of people are also employed in the mines near the village, and others go to work in nearby cities because of the drought and unemployment in the area. The only work for local women is carpet weaving.
Different events and ceremonies take place in the village. Ceremonies such as weddings, Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr and Ghorban, and also a prayer for rain ceremonies which, unfortunately, we do not have much information about how they were held in the past but most likely it was practiced just like Sunni tribesmen in Afghanistan.
"Naf-Bori" is the name of a tradition that was prevalent among the locals many years ago. Based on this tradition, every time a girl was born in the village, the residents went to the newborn's home in order to see the child. At the same time, they chose a boy to marry the girl when they both reached the legal age. The term "Naf-Bori" means that the baby's umbilical cord is cut off in the name of that boy and that the girl cannot marry anyone else. Of course, this custom is no longer commonplace and it's been long forgotten.
The interesting thing is that nobody smokes in this village. The locals consider smoking and use of other types of recreational substances as taboo and dangerous for the community.
Some say that the locals did not drink tea until 50 years ago, or they did not eat meat or rice because it was banned. That is simply not true at all.
The locals couldn't buy tea, meat or rice because of extreme poverty. Meat and rice were considered as medicine and they ate this kind of food only as a cure for severe illnesses. The people could eat meat only twice a year, and also the meat was a donation from the wealthy people in the village. The rich people living in the village also ate meat only twice a year. Today people consume meat on an everyday basis.
Another rumor about the people of this Makhunik village is about watching television. It is said that a few years ago the locals did not allow televisions in the village and considered them as an indication of the devil, so they would not allow children to watch television. Although local inquiries show that this is not true at all.
Before the roads were opened and the people were capable of buying clothes from nearby cities, the locals would wear and weave handmade costumes. The women say that their mothers taught them to make their own clothes and their own shoes. Back then the clothes were mostly made of thick woolen fabrics. Nowadays, most people go to the city for shopping, and few people still wear traditional clothes.
You should note that the nights here are very cold so be sure to bring warm clothes.
Spring: One of the best seasons for traveling to Makhunik village.
Summer: It is quite hot and it's not a good time to visit the village at all.
Fall: The weather is mild and the cool fresh air makes you ecstatic, so overall it's an as good as any other season.
Winter: it is quite cold and treacherous so it is better to postpone your trip to another time.
There are three narrations about the name of the village. Some say it's called "Makhunik" because of the cool weather it has.
On the other hand some people believe the name comes from a gap in the mountain near the village. Others believe that Makhunik is composed of two words namely "Moon" and "Dekhunik" (Pahlavi language) which consequently means the land of the moon.


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A woman stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be sent to her mother who lived two hundred miles away.
As she got out of her car she noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing.
She bought the little girl her rose and ordered her own mother's flowers.
She directed her to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.
The woman returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to her mother's house.
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The I Have A Name Project (IHAN) strives to raise awareness about homelessness and empathy for the homeless. The project has displayed photos of homeless people in exhibits and has been influential and popular on social media.

Founding
In 2007, Jon Linton—a photographer based out of Phoenix, Arizona—began a project to document homelessness in Phoenix to create awareness and bring about change. While working on the project, Linton walked around Phoenix. He came across a man who was holding a sign that said he was Vietnam War Veteran, Chuck Ridgeway, and Linton asked him his name. The man began to weep, and said "You have no idea how long it has been since someone cared to ask my name." After interviewing Ridgeway, Linton interviewed and photographed other people living on the streets, to learn their names and help the public learn about homelessness in Arizona and the United States. After the 2008 recession in the United States, Linton had to postpone the project. In 2013, Linton created a video with the photos he had taken in 2007 and posted it on Facebook. After two weeks, 30,000 people had seen the video. Barry Goldwater's provided pro bono legal assistance for the project. A crowdfunding effort raised money for the project. In September 2013, Linton created a Facebook page for the project.

Linton is a long-time resident of Arizona. As a college student, Linton would give change in his pocket to help the needy. Linton has written about homeless youth and homelessness. Linton has described the homeless world as an "Invisible World." Linton works in art-book by day and published I Have a Name, a 96-page soft-cover book.

Other artists have contributed to the project. Since its founding, IHAN has also expanded beyond photography to paintings, mixed media, and written word. IHAN aimed to make a mural relating to homelessness. Linton believes that college students can help the homeless.

Photo exhibits
Linton and the project have put on photo exhibits in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.  In the exhibits, the photos were only accompanied by the names of the subjects. The photos have been described as having quiet solidity, an air of survived desertion, simple, and giving of an air of aloneness. IHAN displayed photos in conjunction with the Carlos G. Figueroa foundation. Figueroa was an Arizona homeless man who was murdered and robbed in 2003. One observer wrote: "the subject claims his or her identity and becomes more than just a face passed on the street." One exhibit in Arizona was dedicated to a homeless teen, Summer Francis Smith, who died.

In 2015, I Have A Named showed their photos in Los Angeles, California, with other artists. After the 2015 exhibit in Los Angeles, Linton stated that there may not be anymore exhibits and he will devote his time to homelessness outreach.

Influence
The I Have A Name Project has used social media extensively, gaining more than 40,000 followers across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Adrian Grenier mentioned IHAN on his instagram account. IHAN has gained attention in 44 different countries. Linton said: "I get messages from anyone from a woman in Juneau, Alaska to someone in Sydney, Australia that suggest that, 'You've changed the way I think about this situation, thank you,'" Through IHAN, the mother of a homeless teen, who was killed, gave a message: "Summer was a tortured but beautiful free spirit. Summer was an angel."

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Vets excluded from Covid-19 funding
East Meadow American Legion Post 1082 is just one of the Legions that has been excluded from Covid-19 money.
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It's not right that veterans organizations can't get money."
Pete Wenninger, Commander, East Meadow American Legion Post 1082
Because of a technicality in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts haven't been receiving special pandemic loan and grant assistance from the federal government, despite their nonprofit status.
ARPA was enacted in March, after the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, passed under President Trump in 2020, ran out. The $1.9 trillion stimulus bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden to speed up the country's recovery from the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Veterans organizations, however, are unable to receive funds because of their particular tax-exempt status. While American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts are listed as 501(c)(19), ARPA only provides benefits for organizations designated as 501(c)(3). This leaves out other groups such as 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(7) social clubs, 501(c)(8) fraternal beneficiary societies and 501(c)(10) domestic fraternal societies.
"501(c)(19) is every American Legion chapter, not just ours," said Pete Wenninger, commander of the East Meadow American Legion 1082.
In addition to the American Legion and VFW, other veterans groups include the Military Officers Association of America, Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Guard Association of the United States and the Marines Memorial Association.
According to the Internal Revenue Service, organizations described in section 501(c)(3) are commonly referred to as charitable organizations, most of which are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions. 501(c)(19) organizations are also eligible to receive tax-deductible donations.
Nassau County Legislator Tom McKevitt, a Republican from East Meadow, said legislators have been lobbying Washington since May to rewrite ARPA to include veterans organizations in the legislation. "If there is money to be given to you," McKevitt said, "we would do it in a minute."
Local lawmakers have pushed to revise the language in ARPA to expand funding to veterans groups. In June, Richard Nicolello, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, submitted a letter to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on behalf of the Republican majority requesting that the "narrow definition" of nonprofits be modified to include veterans and other organizations.
"The Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdowns had a devastating effect on veterans, fraternal and cultural organizations that own facilities," the letter stated. "The organizations were prevented from holding catered events at their facilities, which is a primary means whereby they pay the costs associated with the halls."
The Democratically controlled Senate has not acted since the letter was sent, McKevitt said.
"It's not right that veterans organizations can't get money," Wenninger said. "We have bills to pay, and we're self-sufficient for the most part, unless we're in dire circumstances like Covid."
Frank Salamino, the quartermaster of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2736 in East Meadow, said the group would use any grant or loan funds to continue services and, potentially, purchase a hall for the VFW.
"It's not the same not having our own building," he said. "What helps a post thrive is having their own place. It makes a difference."
The American Legion, Wenninger said, advocates and raises funds for homeless veterans and those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as helps provide funeral services for veterans.
With federal funds, he said, the American Legion could add an air-filtration system to its post on Bellmore Road. "I would also put in hand sanitizers — all the things that Covid money is supposed to be used for to improve your business," he said.
And, he said, he would also redo the bathrooms to make them fully handicapped accessible.
"Recross your t's re-dot your i's and make it right," Weinger said of the ARPA.


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Q: Is it possible to use (preferably empty) range specification with empty HTTP entity? Situation:

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*HTTP entity (S3 object in my case)

*GET request returns additional information (x-amz-tagging-count) that I need

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*note: unfortunately equivalent HEAD request doesn't return that info

*to get that info GET request is sent with a small range specification (e.g. Range:0-0)

Problems:

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*we retrieve unnecessary data (with performance hit: time server spends to read that byte)

*it fails for zero-sized entities (S3 objects)

Related parts from HTTP 1.1 standard:
    first-byte-pos  = 1*DIGIT
    last-byte-pos   = 1*DIGIT
    byte-range-spec = first-byte-pos "-" [ last-byte-pos ]
    ...
   A byte-range-spec is invalid if the last-byte-pos value is present
   and less than the first-byte-pos.
    ...
    suffix-length = 1*DIGIT
    suffix-byte-range-spec = "-" suffix-length
    ...
   If the selected representation is shorter than the specified
   suffix-length, the entire representation is used.
    ...
   If a valid byte-range-set includes at least one byte-range-spec with
   a first-byte-pos that is less(!!) than the current length of the
   representation, or at least one suffix-byte-range-spec with a
   non-zero(!!) suffix-length, then the byte-range-set is satisfiable.
   Otherwise, the byte-range-set is unsatisfiable.

It seems to me that:

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*it is impossible to specify empty range at all (i.e. 1-0 and -0 are both invalid or unsatisfiable)

*if entity length is zero -- Range:-1 should work (and return 0 bytes) according to the standard, but each server I tried (including AWS S3) was failing with "invalid range" message

Question:
What is the best way to deal with this situation? (ideally, I'd like to specify an empty range)
Notes:

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*I can omit range specifier for empty entities, but this creates a race condition -- it is possible for entity to be updated right before my GET request and I will end up downloading potentially huge amount of data

A: According to standard the only way to specify a satisfiable for empty entity range is to use suffix-byte-range-spec with non-zero suffix-length (i.e. Range:-1, Range:-2, etc).
Unfortunately, none of servers I checked (AWS, StorageGrid, Dell ECS) support this.
Therefore to avoid races the only solution is:

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*to use conditional GET with condition on timestamp

*structure your logic in such way that entities with too early timestamps are ignored

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*i.e. have a "dead" window (X-seconds-ago, +inf) where objects (with timestamp in that window) are ignored

*have your logic executed repeatedly (incrementally?) until final run

*make sure final run is executed in environment where data is guaranteed to not change

*make sure server's clock is "reasonably" synchronized with clients (i.e. drift is well within aforementioned time window)

Alternatively, condition can use etag, but I wouldn't do it to avoid race in case of md5 collision. Which isn't particularly hard to achieve...
In case of S3 another alternative is to use versioned buckets and execute GET on specific object version.


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Press release: "IU appoints new vice president dedicated to student success"
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Julie Payne-Kirchmeier – Photo courtesy of Indiana University
Indiana University published the following press release Friday on Red Carpet Day as the Grad Worker strike is in its third week:
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A nationally recognized leader in student affairs is joining Indiana University in an inaugural leadership role dedicated to student success and well-being. IU President Pamela Whitten has appointed Julie Payne-Kirchmeier to the role of vice president for student success starting Aug. 1, pending approval of the Board of Trustees.
Advocating for student interests and the student perspective in all university decision-making, Payne-Kirchmeier will serve on the university's senior leadership team and work with leaders across all university campuses in developing and guiding the implementation of strategic initiatives to enhance the student experience university-wide.
"Students are the center of the universe at IU, and that is why we designed a senior leadership role focused on the issues of importance to them," Whitten said. "Julie will be joining a team of dedicated staff and faculty focused on our students. Her deep experience and proven leadership will accelerate our support of student success."
Currently vice president for student affairs at Northwestern University, Payne-Kirchmeier oversees divisions that include housing, dining, counseling, health services, campus life, fraternity and sorority life, campus inclusion, and technology.
Before joining Northwestern University in 2012, Payne-Kirchmeier was the assistant provost for the University College at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She has also held student-focused positions at the University of Southern Indiana. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Texas A&M University-College Station, and her Ph.D. in educational leadership, administrations and foundations at Indiana State University.
"Indiana University's commitment to students is long standing, and President Whitten's vision for supporting student success is inspiring," Payne-Kirchmeier said. "I am both honored and humbled to step into this inaugural role and partner with students, faculty, staff and leadership across all campuses to ensure IU students can thrive and succeed."
Payne-Kirchmeier was selected for the position as part of a national search that included broad input from all IU campuses, including students. As part of her role on the search committee, Alexis Dilg, a master's student in the School of Education at IU Bloomington, led listening sessions with students, sharing their perspectives on the vice president role with the search committee.
"IU is truly putting students first in a highly visible and tangible way as part of this position," Dilg said. "This new campus leader will ensure the student perspective is brought to every part of university decision-making."
Payne-Kirchmeier is immediate past chair for NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and is an instructor in Northwestern University's Master of Science in Higher Education Administration and Policy program. A published author, her research interests include women's leadership in higher education, technology in higher education, and graduate preparation for student affairs and higher education."
https://news.iu.edu/stories/2022/04/iu/releases/29-vice-president-student-success.html
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A Tribute to the first Institute Leadership Team
Left to Right: Theresia Tina rsm, Annette Schneider rsm, Sally Bradley rsm, Barbara Bolster rsm and Berneice Loch rsm.
The 'whole-hearted gift of five utterly selfless women' was celebrated in a poignant tribute to the Institute's first leadership team held on the last night of the Chapter.
The ritual, organised by Schola Fakiwi and Theresia Boyek, was both a 'Thank you' as well as a 'Sorry' to the ILT on behalf of the Sisters in the Institute. The 'Thank You' was for their incredible achievements and marvelous job they have done over the past six years. The 'Sorry' was for when the Sisters had not been their best selves.
The poignant ceremony began with a traditional Papua New Guinean dance and song of thanks and included a reading from Mark's Gospel (12:42-44), a story of Jesus' response to the overwhelmingly selfless action of an unnamed woman.
In breaking open the Word, Veronica Lawson drew parallels with the action of women she referred to as 'Nedevah', with the first ILT whom she said gave everything in the task of leading us to hear and to respond to the cries of earth and of those rendered poor.
"What we bring to Nedevah's story this evening is a six year narrative of the wholehearted gift of five utterly selfless women- Berneice, Sally, Theresia, Annette and Barbara. There is much in Nedevah's experience that may be right outside of their capacity or of ours to understand. At the time of election, they were certainly not destitute. They were, nonetheless, women totally dependent on an extended community of women. They gave everything in the task of leading us to hear and to respond to the cries of earth and of those rendered poor. Was their generosity in any way exploited by our system as was Nedevah's by the temple system? Did we ask of our sisters in designated leadership more than was fair or just? Did we take account of their need to replenish their personal resources? Are we aware of how we need to change our system so that they, with all of us, might flourish and offer their considerable gifts as they move from designated leadership to other ways of exercising leadership in and for our vulnerable planet. Nedevah's story might be a resource for us all as we move to a new moment in Mercy", Veronica said.
Sisters Faith Jones, Sharon Price, Schola Fakiwi, Karon Donnellon and Helen Owens paid individual tributes of gratitude, on behalf of all Sisters, to Berneice, Annette, Sally, Barbara and Theresia respectively. As a sign of gratitude, the current ILT were each presented with a beautiful piece of art from Papua New Guinea (as pictured above).
At the conclusion of the tributes, each member of the current ILT, gave a moving thanks to all of the Sisters for the extraordinary ritual that had just occurred in their honour.
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