Sodiq Alabi, a tech advocate and Paradigm Initiative's Communications Officer speaking at WIMIZ Forum, recently.
Undergraduates must go out of their way to acquire important Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) skills to position themselves for career and business success, this was the position of Mr Sodiq Alabi, a tech advocate and Paradigm Initiative's Communications Officer.
Alabi was speaking at a campus outreach called Winning Without Compromise (WIWIC) at the Oduduwa Hall of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, recently.
The event was organised by the Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) and was targeted at female undergraduates.
Alabi, who spoke on the topic "'Technology Are You Plugged In?", implored the participants to ensure that their tech skills are always improved.
"It matters little your field of study or passion; you must ensure that you have the necessary tech skills that can allow you improve your productivity and efficiency in the field. At your age, you should not limit yourselves. Learn how to code even if just the basics of coding. Learn how to use technology to plan your time, organise your tasks and stay on top of your processes. There are free platforms to learn this skills, find them and avail yourselves of the opportunities they bring," Alabi said.
Also speaking at the event, Mrs Olamidotun Votu-Obada, a business consultant and CEO of Filii Magna Consultancy, encouraged the students to invest in themselves before searching for money.
"You are your greatest asset and you must invest in yourself before anyone would take you seriously. Start by volunteering and getting yourself a mentor. You must learn to work as nothing good comes easy," she said.
Other speakers at the event were the award-winning actor, Kemi "Lala" Akindoju, and the wealth coach, Omilola Oshikoya.
A business pitch and a make-up competition were other side attractions at the event. Some 1300 students of the university attended the event.
Turkish Airlines, the airline that flies to more countries and international destinations than any other airline has hosted its Nigerian passenger agencies in both Lagos and Abuja to a bowling tournament. The Abuja bowling took place at the Dome, Abuja while Lagos held at Twin Waters Lagos.
The bowling tournament is designed to appreciate the passenger agencies and to provide a platform to bring the agencies together, ensuring that they build relationships outside the workplace.
The tournament also leverages the enjoyable competition of sports as a communication tool to develop team dynamics and celebrate the spirit of partnership and healthy competition. Nine agencies took part in the tournament in Lagos while ten agencies participated in Abuja.
Commenting on the tournament, Mr. Yunus Ozbek, General Manger, Turkish Airlines Lagos said, "We often focus on work and business, but fun and communication is important to build an environment where business can thrive, that is why Turkish Airlines organized this bowling tournament.
"It is heart -warming to see the Agencies engage in healthy competition and we sincerely appreciate all our travel agency partners that made this tournament both in Lagos and Abuja a success".
On his part, Mr. Mehmet Asik, General Manager Turkish Airlines Abuja said, "healthy competition, fun and togetherness are some of the values that we are trying to achieve with this tournament.
The Turkish Airlines Bowling Tournament started since 2012 and now in its eight year is taking place in 61 countries, across 127 destinations with approximately 1000 passenger agencies and 3000 players participating in the tournament.
The winners from each city will be joining other winners from the 132 competing destinations to compete at the grand tournament in Istanbul. The champion of the tournament will win a flight ticket and a vacation in Antalya while other agencies in the rank will enjoy other lovely surprises at Istanbul.
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC gave the assurance in Abuja on Thursday when a delegation from NOUN visited him in his office to explore ways of collaborating with the commission.
Mr Ephraim Nwokenneya, Director, Research and Development, NCC, who represented the Executive Vice Chairman, said the grants were part of the commission's strategy to encourage Nigerian students in their studies.
He said about 11 universities from various parts of the country would benefit from the education research grants.
"Even though there are researchers in those universities who are conducting the research, the grants are given to the universities so that they can be able to moderate what happens.
"It underscores the current focus of NCC which is setting up framework to collaborate with the academia and seeing how we can deepen growth in the industry.
"NOUN is going to tap from the rich knowledge resource the commission has on ICT, they will also get possible research grants on some issues that will be of mutual benefit to NCC and NOUN as well as the Nigerian public.
"This is because the commission recognises the need that we can deepen growth, facilitate innovations in the industry through research and because there are a lot of resources that abound in tertiary institutions in the country.
"So, what we have done is to facilitate research with the academia. We have received a lot of proposals from the universities; we have evaluated and selected for grants those that are of paramount interest to our current focus.
"Each of those research proposals has got a prototype from which we can work to commercialise them for the benefit of the industry," Danbatta said.
NOUN Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, who was represented by Prof. Nebath Tanglang, said the university was working to enhance learning through Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
This, the VC said, would be achieved through the World Bank funded African Centre of Excellence and Technology Enhanced Learning (ACETEL). He also said that plans have been concluded to ensure women participated in the programme.
"This is a World Bank sponsored project and World Bank is always interested in issue of gender particularly in this programme, and one of the things we try to do is to ensure that each of the programme we run whether on research or other programmes, there must be space for women.
"We realised that what they do at NCC is almost what we do at NOUN and the purpose of our coming is to collaborate with them.
"At the African Centre of Excellence and Technology Enhanced Learning, we are going to run post graduate programmes on artificial intelligence, cloud computing as well as research.
"We are glad that even at NCC, there are component of research and we are going to leverage on that especially in the area of telecom research.
"We are glad that they are willing to collaborate with us and by the time we finish the arrangement of the collaboration, I know that the programme will take off in full," Prof. Adamu said.
Prof. Grace Jokthan, Director ACETEL, explained that NOUN cannot make programme in using technology to deliver education without working with NCC.
She noted that ACETEL was deploying education using multimedia format and conferencing, to ensure students have access to things that otherwise they would not be able to do.
"We want to use the ICT sector to be able to engage in the education service delivery," she added.
High unemployment, especially among the youths, has negative consequences on the economy of the country and population. Finding the right solution to this problem isn't an easy thing to do. It requires the cooperation and contribution of everyone. Fortunately, technology may be able to provide some solutions. Here are some tech innovations that can help tackle youth unemployment in Nigeria.
Good technology infrastructure is the most important requirement for any technology-based solution. It is crucial to invest more in good internet connection, computer and mobile equipment, and other IT-related supports. All these can be harnessed to train and retrain young Nigerians on relevant digital skills.
The importance of technology in African schools and universities is central. Many local schools have poor access to computers and the Internet. It is significant to integrate technology into school curricula. Technology is evolving rapidly and the demand for digitally skilled workforce will continue to grow in the future. Technology skilled workers have less trouble finding the right job or taking advantage of business opportunities in Nigeria and beyond.
eCommerce has grown significantly over the years in Nigeria. It was ably pioneered by Jumia, Nigeria's no 1 shopping destination. The eCommerce platform has empowered many entrepreneurs by connecting them with millions of consumers across Nigeria and they are able to earn a living. Beyond this, many young Nigerians have seized the opportunities presented by the Jumia Sales Force programme which allows them to earn a commission on every completed sales transaction.
Fighting youth unemployment with mobile phones sounds like a questionable approach. However, mobile technology could be the right solution. The power of mobile technology is often underrated. You just need a mobile phone with a sim card and it can be used to connect employers and job seekers via SMS. Unemployed individuals would receive an SMS notification about available jobs and they could reply by sending their skills and experience.
E-learning platforms are one of the most popular forms of education today. Studying has never been easier and accessible. It provides access to quality study materials in the world. There are unlimited resources for free training materials on the internet. You just need an internet connection and a computer. You can leverage this to hone your skills and use it to apply for available jobs.


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Peter Duesberg, molecular biologist and AIDS denialist
Duesberg hypothesis, disproven claim that HIV does not cause AIDS
Museum François Duesberg, a museum of decorative arts in Belgium
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Q: Ant: exclude a jar from class path. I want to it to act like it does not exist This is my first ant project and I just can't seem to wrap my mind around it. I want to effectively delete the jar and then bring it back after I run my unit tests. I think this can be simulated with the exclude command. I also think that it should be done under the <classpath> tag. Am I correct in my thinking? I also want this jar to still exist, I just want my build to ignore it when i run this particular target. I have tried this:
<junit fork="no" showoutput="false" printsummary="yes" haltonfailure="false">
     <classpath>
         <fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
             <exclude name="**/*xmlparserv2.jar" />
          </fileset>
     </classpath>
</junit>

But to no avail. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

A: Exclude matches on the entire name, try:
<exclude name="**/*xmlparserv2.jar" />

A: I ended up moving the jar around during my tests. At the beginning, I delete it, and keep a reference at the root of my class path. Then at the end, i just copy it back: e.g.
<delete file="lib/xmlparserv2.jar"/>
<!--run lots of tests-->
<copy todir="lib" file="xmlparserv2.jar"/>

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This Community Developments Investments spotlights the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Title VI Loan Guarantee (Title VI) Program, which provides an additional source of funding for Indian tribes receiving federal Indian Housing Block Grants for affordable housing activities. This Investments also explains how two banks have used the Title VI program—and how other banks can as well—to provide housing financing in Indian Country.
A Look Inside: Access to capital and affordable housing are in short supply in Indian Country. HUD's Title VI program—working collaboratively with tribes, banks, and other federal programs—is promoting housing financing in Indian Country to improve living conditions in Native communities, which are among the poorest in the nation. By participating in the Title VI program, banks can expand their markets and make a critical difference in the lives of these communities.
Community Reinvestment Act: Bank activities in Indian Country may qualify for Community Reinvestment Act consideration.
Title VI Loan Guarantee Program: How the program works, what it has accomplished, and how, by participating in it, banks can support affordable housing in Indian Country.
Success Spotlight: An overview of Title VI projects in Pueblo de San Ildefonso, NM and Anaktuvuk Pass, AK.
Indian Housing Block Grant Program: This HUD-administered program provides formula-based grants that promote affordable housing activities in Indian Country.
Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program: This HUD program provides 100 percent housing loan guarantees for enrolled members of federally recognized tribes.
Title VI Loan Guarantee Program: A Source of Hope on Pine Ridge: First National Bank of Gordon, Neb. serves Native Americans living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. In this article, the bank describes a Title VI deal with an Oglala Sioux tribal entity that is creating affordable housing for Pine Ridge residents and helping the bank's bottom line as well.
Fostering Economic Growth in Native American and Other Underserved Communities: Bank of America takes a "holistic" approach to financing affordable housing in Indian Country, a strategy that requires understanding the culture and needs of Native American communities.


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Staff changes at The Financial Times
Neil Hume will leave London newspaper the Guardian in May to lead coverage of the London stock market for The Financial Times.
The latest appointment follows a series of staff changes announced by the Financial Times this week as it aims to strengthen its UK companies and markets team.
Sarah Spikes is joining the FT in April from international business and finance giant Dow Jones, and will take up the role of companies reporter covering financial services and the City of London.
Chris Hughes joins the FT from BreakingViews becoming senior companies reporter, covering the UK.
Dan Roberts will move from his role as US Business Editor for the FT to replace Martin Dickson as the editor of Lombard Column. Dickson is now deputy editor of the FT.
Read about the changes here.
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"I completed my volunteer teaching today at Daniel Wertz school and what a great experience. It's simply a joy to hear and understand how much these students learned this week and how much they remembered. Thank you for including me with this program!
I have to share the nice gift the class gave me. Look at this cute pumpkin with each of the student's hand prints. So special!"
"We don't have a lot of economics in our Social Studies school work. The Junior Achievement program gives a good course on this subject. There are always three to four questions on ISTEP testing about material only taught in JA. Thank you!!"
- Susan, Retired Teacher who volunteers for JA classes and coordinates other volunteers in the community representing Spencer County.
"We tend to forget as adults that our school curriculum does not often allow the teachers to focus on financial and business aspects. We stress the importance of an education but often forget that we must be lifelong learners and work together as a team if we are to make improvements in our community/region. I have been fortunate enough to teach two JA classes and I can report that at 58 I have learned concepts that I had previously thought unimportant to a retired teacher. Whether working or retired, we still must be involved with our youth. Their enthusiasm, energy and eagerness to explore new activities give the JA instructors a chance to plant the seeds of knowledge. They are our future and I want them to be well-informed and aware of what it will take to be successful. Good luck JA and continue your great work!"
"JA is a good program because it helps me make the right choices in the future and makes me interested in a job that I will like. It teaches me strategies on how to get a job and proper manners on how I should act in an interview."
"I put my JA experience on an application for a bank teller position. The bank called me in for an interview, but as a loan analyst. It turns out that the bank president was a classroom volunteer and knew first-hand what JA had taught me!"
"JA provides instruction on realistic things that are going on in this world and the kids open up and begin to believe in themselves."
"The economic events of the past several years have left a meaningful impression on the students we serve. They hear about the global and national recession on the news and they see the stress on their parents' faces as their families deal with difficult financial situations. These young people express a sincere desire to understand what they can do in their personal lives to become master of their financial futures. Junior Achievement offers us the opportunity to have one of the most meaningful impacts on a young person; one that starts them on a path to financial freedom through financial literacy and education."
"Two years ago, we implemented the JA Program with our 7th grade students and we were very pleased with the program and the presenters. One of our Standards is Economics and we definitely saw an improvement in the students' understanding of Economics subject matter due to the JA program. Unfortunately, we were unable to fit the program in last year after losing so many school days to snow days. However, this year we are definitely wanting to implement the program at the 7th grade level again!"
"Thanks so much! We really appreciate all that JA does for us and makes available to our students!!!! Our school had more students recognized at the STAR Student Awards, than any other school in the area, and I think that programs such as your helps make this happen!"
"The Warrick County School Corporation is working with Junior Achievement to provide students with career information an job-shadowing opportunities this year. We realize that it is critical for students to explore careers and actually know what careers entail rather than just pick one because the salary is good or it seems glamorous. Junior Achievement also helps students get a reality check with financial literacy- which is something from which everyone benefits. This is just a snapshot of two of the many programs that Junior Achievement provides for students in Warrick County. We certainly appreciate their partnership and efforts!"


I will always be astonished by people who seem to think that posting an opinion on something is an invitation to an argument. And, more often than not, the arguments are weak and based on invective and emotion rather than reason and logic. This year's political climate has proven that in spades. The Bernie-Bros, Sandernistas or whatever the hell you want to call them have decided that anything that's said in favor of Hillary Clinton is fodder for bombardment. So, for that reason, I'm taking a Facebook vacation until after the election. Oh, I might change my mind but, at this point, I don't see any reason to.


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Yes, see this movie. I was a little worried it'd be more horror-esque than weird, but the beauty of this film is that it manages to make you feel both extremely uncomfortable yet also extremely fascinated at times. Everyone in the Stoker family is a little messed up in the head, with the possible exception of the deceased father, and these issues comes to the forefront near the end of the movie. I wanted to give this film 4.5 out of 5 stars, but there were a few "false endings" that I think could have been eliminated; the ending of the movie, however, is sufficiently creepy, though.
Stoker is in theaters now and is rated R with a runtime of 98 minutes. 4 stars out of 5.


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Q: DFS and BFS Time and Space complexities of 'Number of islands' on Leetcode Here is the question description. The first 2 suggested solutions involve DFS and BFS. This question refers to the 1st two approaches: DFS and BFS.
I have included the problem statement here for easier reading.
Given a 2d grid map of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of
islands. An island is surrounded by water and is formed by connecting adjacent
lands horizontally or vertically. You may assume all four edges of the grid are
all surrounded by water.

    Example 1:

    Input:
    11110
    11010
    11000
    00000

    Output: 1

    Example 2:

    Input:
    11000
    11000
    00100
    00011

    Output: 3

I am unclear as to why the time complexity for both DFS and BFS is O(rows * columns) for both. I see how this is the case where the grid is just full of 0's - we simply have to check each cell. However, doesn't the DFS approach add more time to the search? Even if we mark the cells we visited by changing them to 0 in the dfs methods, we still would revisit all the cells because of the two outer loops. If dfs could be have time complexity of O(n) in the case of a big grid with large row and column numbers, wouldn't the time complexity be O(rows * columns * max[rows, cols])? Moreover, isn't the same case with the BFS approach where it is O(rows * cols * possibleMaxSizeOfQueue) where possibleMaxSizeOfQueue could again be max[rows, cols]?
for (int r = 0; r < nr; ++r) {
      for (int c = 0; c < nc; ++c) {
        if (grid[r][c] == '1') {
          ++num_islands;
          dfs(grid, r, c);
        }
      }
    }

How is DFS's space complexity O(rows*cols)? Is it not possible/common to consider the call stack space as freed when a recursion branch returns?
How is the space complexity for BFS O(min(rows, cols))? The way I see it, the queue could be full of all elements in the case of a grid with just 1's thereby giving O(rows*cols) for BFS space complexity.
DFS Solution
class Solution {
  void dfs(char[][] grid, int r, int c) {
    int nr = grid.length;
    int nc = grid[0].length;

    if (r < 0 || c < 0 || r >= nr || c >= nc || grid[r][c] == '0') {
      return;
    }

    grid[r][c] = '0';
    dfs(grid, r - 1, c);
    dfs(grid, r + 1, c);
    dfs(grid, r, c - 1);
    dfs(grid, r, c + 1);
  }

  public int numIslands(char[][] grid) {
    if (grid == null || grid.length == 0) {
      return 0;
    }

    int nr = grid.length;
    int nc = grid[0].length;
    int num_islands = 0;
    for (int r = 0; r < nr; ++r) {
      for (int c = 0; c < nc; ++c) {
        if (grid[r][c] == '1') {
          ++num_islands;
          dfs(grid, r, c);
        }
      }
    }

    return num_islands;
  }
}

Time complexity : O(M×N) where M is the number of rows
  and N is the number of columns.
Space complexity : worst case O(M×N) in case that the
  grid map is filled with lands where DFS goes by M×N deep.

BFS Solution
class Solution {
  public int numIslands(char[][] grid) {
    if (grid == null || grid.length == 0) {
      return 0;
    }

    int nr = grid.length;
    int nc = grid[0].length;
    int num_islands = 0;

    for (int r = 0; r < nr; ++r) {
      for (int c = 0; c < nc; ++c) {
        if (grid[r][c] == '1') {
          ++num_islands;
          grid[r][c] = '0'; // mark as visited
          Queue<Integer> neighbors = new LinkedList<>();
          neighbors.add(r * nc + c);
          while (!neighbors.isEmpty()) {
            int id = neighbors.remove();
            int row = id / nc;
            int col = id % nc;
            if (row - 1 >= 0 && grid[row-1][col] == '1') {
              neighbors.add((row-1) * nc + col);
              grid[row-1][col] = '0';
            }
            if (row + 1 < nr && grid[row+1][col] == '1') {
              neighbors.add((row+1) * nc + col);
              grid[row+1][col] = '0';
            }
            if (col - 1 >= 0 && grid[row][col-1] == '1') {
              neighbors.add(row * nc + col-1);
              grid[row][col-1] = '0';
            }
            if (col + 1 < nc && grid[row][col+1] == '1') {
              neighbors.add(row * nc + col+1);
              grid[row][col+1] = '0';
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }

    return num_islands;
  }
}

Time complexity : O(M×N) where M is the number of rows
  and N is the number of columns.
Space complexity : O(min(M,N)) because in worst case where
  the grid is filled with lands, the size of queue can grow up to
  min(M,N).

A: @yeputons: I don't think the space complexity for BFS will be proportional to N * M.
When you say a queue could have at max all the leaf elements (when starting at center) that actually means 2*(N+M) elements at Max.
And when starting from one of the corners it indeed is O(min(m, n)), because number of elements being added to the queue are constrained.

A: DFS' time complexity is proportional to the total number of vertexes and edges of the graph visited. In that case, there are N*M vertexes and slightly less than 4*N*M edges, their sum is still O(N*M).
Why so: because we process each edge exactly once in each direction. Situation where recursive call is immediately terminated does not matter as time spent for that call can be accounted for on the call site; and there is at most once call for each directed edge, hence O(N*M).
BFS' time complexity is quite similar. Maximal length of the queue does not matter at all because at no point we examine it in a whole. Queue only gets "append" and "remove first" queries, which can be processed in constant time regardless of queue's size. If we need to check whether a vertex was already visited, we do so in constant time.
Worst-case space complexity for DFS is Theta(N*M): just take any "snake-wise" maze:
......
#####.
......
.#####
......

Here DFS will be forced to traverse the path in whole before it stops and starts freeing up the stack. However, in no situation there will be more than N*M+1 elements on the stack.
Worst-case space complexity for BFS is indeed not O(max(N, M)): it's Theta(N*M) even when we're considering simple grid. Here is an example from math.stackexchange.com:

If we start BFS in the red point, it will end up with a queue which contains all leafs of the tree, their number is proportional to N*M. One can also truncate 3/4rd of the example and make the red dot appear in the upper-left corner.
Looks like the solution you've read is wrong in respect to BFS' worst case memory consumption.

A: This is a classic example of BFS implementation. Only catch here is that we don't need extra space to mark a node as visited. Existing grid matrix can be reused to identify a visited node. I have made a small video explaining this logic. Please check this out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkG4cQzyFoU

A: I think the space complexity of BFS is indeed O(min(M, N)) where M is the row length and N is the column length. Please see the below examples:

*

*When you start traversing a matrix from the corner, the maximum number of cells/nodes you can have in the queue is k where k is the number of cells on a diagonal line in the matrix, which means k = min(M, N).

*When you start traversing a matrix from the centre, the maximum number of cells/nodes you can have in the queue is {1, 4, 8, 12, 16, ..., 4i} where i is the i-th layer. And such cells fit in a matrix of min size {1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ..., i*i} respectively. Please see the below scratch:

We know that i is min(M, N), so yet again we have space complexity of O(4 * min(M, N)) which is O(min(M,N)).
Below is my attempt at arguing against @yeputon's answer:
I think the space complexity of BFS in the answer from @yeputons is not applicable to matrix traversal. The plot shown in that answer is a plot of a binary tree laid out in a matrix, but we are traversing in a ternary tree fashion except for the first step where we branch out to 4 branches. The traversal is more like what's described here in a different answer to the Maths Stack Exchange question quoted by @yeputon (https://math.stackexchange.com/a/2219954/758829). But I feel that this is still not the same, because when traversing a matrix in a BFS way, we go from the starting point outwards only. Traversal in both answers to the Maths Stack Exchange question goes recursively and that means it's not strictly outwards from the starting point.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thank you!


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How often do mass killings happen at work? Data shows public shootings are fraction of US violence.
Nada Hassanein
Mass killings that unfold in public places are a small fraction of all U.S. mass killings.
Workplace killings by employees are rare, criminologist James Alan Fox says.
Since 2006, about 3% of total mass killings occurred at a workplace and were perpetrated by a current or former employee.
Six people were killed and several others were injured after authorities say a store manager opened fire at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night, another in a string of fatal shootings across the nation.
Officers found the shooter dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The attack, which took place in the store break room, comes days after at least five people were killed and at least 17 injured at the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
So far this year, 202 people have died in 40 mass killings across the nation, according to a database of mass killings maintained through a partnership between USA TODAY, The Associated Press and Northeastern University.
Mass killings that unfold in public places are a small fraction of all U.S. mass killings. Those that occur at a workplace are an even smaller portion.
And workplace killings by employees are comparatively rare, say experts such as James Alan Fox, a criminologist and professor at Northeastern University. Here's what to know.
THE LATEST:Walmart manager opens fire in break room, killing 6, in Chesapeake, Virginia
How often do workplace mass killings occur?
There have been 17 mass killings at a workplace by a current or former employee since 2006, resulting in 106 deaths, according to the database. That's about 3% of total mass killing incidents since 2006.
"In terms of workplace homicides, most are actually committed not by employees," Fox said.
When an employee commits a workplace shooting, the assailant typically has felt wronged by the company, Fox said.
"You can't kill the company, but still can hurt the company by killing its employees," he said. "It's typically anger and hostility toward the job or the company."
In 2020, a brewery employee at the Molson Coors campus in Milwaukee shot and killed five co-workers before killing himself. It was the 13th mass workplace shooting by a current or former employee since 2006, according to the database.
The year before, in February 2019, an employee at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois, killed five co-workers. Officers killed the gunman after a 90-minute shootout.
Many workplace firearm-related homicides that aren't classified as mass shootings are tied to robberies and some to disgruntled customers or clients, Fox said. Over the past decade, the number of firearm-related workplace homicides has fluctuated between 350 and 400, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. In 2018, 351 people were killed in a workplace firearm-related homicide.
What defines a mass killing?
A mass killing is typically defined as an incident in which four or more people are killed, not including the perpetrator.
Mass killings that unfold in public places like schools, markets or places of worship make up a small fraction of all U.S. mass killings. Of this year's 40 mass killings, seven, including the Chesapeake tragedy, were shootings in public places. Most occur in private homes. Over the past 16 years, about 70% of mass killings occurred in a residence or other shelter.
Since 2006, 2,742 people have died in 526 mass killings in all types of places, and the majority were shootings, according to the USA TODAY, AP and Northeastern database. Of those, 361 people died in 52 mass killings that unfolded in public places such as commercial, retail and entertainment settings.
One 2016 analysis published in a criminology journal found that during a four-year period, a failed or estranged relationship was the most common reason behind a mass killing.
Overall, roughly 45,000 people a year die of firearm-related injuries, according to 2020 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More:Gun violence is a public health epidemic, experts say. It needs to be treated like one.
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On the afternoon of January 28, 2019, Ephrata Police posted a story on Crimewatch and social media requesting the public's help in identifying a person of interest in the theft of a key from a local bed & breakfast inn. By noon on January 29, 2019, the key had been recovered, a suspect has been identified and Ephrata Police anticipate charges in the future. Tips from the community contributed to the identification of the person of interest. Thank you.


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Ethiopia to get LTE
Ethiopia's monopoly operator Ethio Telecom has announced plans to deploy LTE services in the country's capital, Addis Ababa.The operator recently launched a program of 26 projects aimed at improving service provision, customer handling and communication, and network expansion. Its network expansion plan includes an internet broadband strategy which is expected to include introduction of LTE services in Addis Ababa, as well as HSPA+ in all major cities and universal internet access by 2015.
"We have also developed new products and services to offer to enterprise customers such as business mobile, machine to machine business solution and 3G VPN, and upcoming products such as hybrid business mobile, GPRS and prepaid roaming services," said Bruno Duthoit, CEO at Ethio Telecom. "However we believe that these efforts are not quite enough and we have a long way to go to reach the level of customer satisfaction we aim to."
He added that the plans will help the operator to speedily tackle issues such as network congestion, lack of coverage, lack of bandwidth availability. "Ethio Telecom is currently finalising negotiation with vendors for expansion of telecommunications infrastructures and improve quality of services," Duthoit added.
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47 arrested in FERC, climate protests
Source: Hannah Northey, E&E reporter • Posted: Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Forty-seven protesters opposed to a proliferation of gas projects and the use of hydraulic fracturing were arrested today in front of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's headquarters in Washington, D.C., and at locations in Maryland and New York, according to event organizers.
Twenty-five protesters were arrested by the Federal Protective Service while blocking the entrances to the commission's headquarters in D.C., said Melinda Tuhus, an organizer with Beyond Extreme Energy.
Seven other people were arrested near Dominion Resources Inc.'s $3.8 billion liquefaction project, about 60 miles northeast of D.C. near Lusby, Md., and 15 people were arrested in Seneca, N.Y., where FERC approved a methane storage project, Tuhus said. All protesters have been released, she added.
The demonstration at FERC's headquarters marked the first event in a weeklong attempt to disrupt the agency's operations, Tuhus said. Protesters are calling on the agency to block export facilities, gas pipelines and compressor stations.
The agency in recent months has seen an uptick in opposition — from both climate activists and landowners — linked to the country's gas boom. FERC is tasked as the environmental lead on a wave of proposed gas pipelines, export terminals, compressor stations and other facilities that have triggered pushback from groups opposed to hydraulic fracturing and the use of fossil fuels (Greenwire, Nov. 3).
The rally outside FERC today was led by activists from the Great March for Climate Action. Activists walked, took trains and rode buses 3,000 miles from Los Angeles to D.C. to draw attention to climate issues and FERC's handling of gas infrastructure.
Sean Glenn, 22, from Simsbury, Conn., said she left Wilmington, Calif., on March 1 to walk to D.C. to raise awareness about climate issues, oppose the Keystone XL pipeline — and eventually protest FERC.


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Unlike many people, I never had a strong curiosity towards China. Not even towards Hong Kong, before I heard it was the place I would end up doing my exchange semester. Needless to say, HK has exceeded all my expectations. I no more question whether I would want to live in Asia or not – I will always be open to Hong Kong. The fact of this city fundamentally changing my worldview (which used to be very NYC-orientated), has made me curious of many other places in Asia. My bucket list now has destinations such as Korea, Taiwan, Japan (!!!!) and Shanghai.
Because of the new curiosity of China, I happily promised to join my colleague for a few day trip to Shenzhen. It is now day two and, to be honest, my first glimpse of China have not impressed. And that is kindly put. Everything from the infrastructure to the sense of chaos and gloominess made me deeply miss Hong Kong pretty much as soon as crossing the border. Ironically, infrastructure and crowdedness were the factors that first made me miss Finland, but I now see Hong Kong with completely new eyes.
Getting lost in middle of a hustle on a crowded shopping district immediately once stepping out of the hotel did not enhance our first impression. Fortunately though, we next randomly ended up to a market place of authentic food preparing stands on idyllic alleys. This place calmed my mind a lot, ensuring that I could make it 1,5 more days here. The best part of this trip, by no question, was my noodle wok dinner prepared in front of my eyes, naturally enjoyed plastic chair style in a room behind the stand (for 90 cents?!), as well as a perfect foot massage. This massage place would deserve an own post – the guys were clearly as qualified as physiotherapists and charged ridiculous amount of about 3 euros of 1 hour massage… For once, I felt very generous with the tips, both for dinner and massage. Also, after recovering the shock of lack of western breakfast dishes at the hotel breakfast buffet, I found myself actually enjoying the flavors of traditional Chinese dishes. Big bowl of red bean porridge, noodles and a wide variety of marinated mushrooms, all tested!
I also can not but feel frustrated to not be able to access Facebook, Instagram, my blog… I guess ultimately, however, the communication barrier is the factor that makes me ready to get out of here asap. Simply not being able to communicate with anyone around me makes me so frustrated. With the exception of few truly helpful people willing to at least try, most of the people do not bother to even try to communicate. For example, I simply could not get lunch from the restarants or streets as the staff were not willing to communicate by gestures. If not else, Hong Kong has never appealed me as much and from now on, I will be grateful of every single day spent there ;).
Edit: Being back in Hong Kong and posting this from my favorite cafe in Sheung Wan, I could not feel more relieved. I know I repeat myself a lot, but Hong Kong, you've truly stolen my heart!


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Stated simply, these are the wrong questions: as wrong as asking why TV producers aren't busily commissioning series about perfume, watches, beer, coffee – or chicken. As wrong as my seven-year-old asking why she can't have ice cream with every meal.
Of course, even wrong questions have sensible answers, and the brief response to the "why doesn't the media dedicate more space/time to wine, perfume or chicken?", is that too few people will want to watch/read it.
(Please don't argue with this statement: it's based on the international experience of a wide range of media outlets; successful wine-focused wine books, magazines, columns and programmes with big audiences are rare exceptions to the rule).
But there is a far more interesting question that gets asked far less frequently.
Why don't we see more wine in food and travel and other lifestyle programmes and publications with proven popularity where, like the coffee and the chicken, it has an obvious role.
Why don't I hear the people who complain about being starved of wine TV ever talk about the lack of all but the briefest references to wine in restaurant reviews? Or about the absence of wine suggestions to go with the recipes in women's magazines?
And why, while I'm at it, are there so few mentions of food in so many wine books and articles? It's as though food and wine live in separate worlds, like Victorian men and women or blacks and whites in the southern US of the 1950s.
Those of us who don't like segregation have two choices. We either simply go on complaining about it, or we try to change the situation ourselves. Wine producers could – now here's a really weird notion – save some of the money they throw away on glad-handing wine writers with tiny audiences and spend it on getting to know some food writers. The people charged with promoting wine regions could start to talk to the people responsible for those same regions' tourism campaigns. Instead of running expensive advertisements depicting the same old images of bottles, barrels, vineyards and grapes, the marketing departments of the bigger wine companies could start to look at ways of putting the stuff they sell in the context of the stuff with which it will actually be consumed.
When saying all this, I'm talking from experience. Of the 25 books I've written, the three that still help to pay the bills have, coincidentally or not, been the ones that feature food.
This was not, I should say, originally my choice. My Complete Encyclopedia of Wine which has won some nice awards, originally began life – surprisingly to some – as an own-label book for Tesco, and it was the supermarket that suggested the inclusion of recipes. At first, I couldn't see the point but, when I saw the sales figures, and some of the comments from readers, I ate my helping of humble pie.
included in every fact box.
When Dorling Kindersley approached me about producing a guide to French wines, food and travel pages were almost automatically built into the project – as were food recommendations for every wine. This time I didn't argue – and French Wines has been by far my biggest seller, with editions in languages including French, German, Russian and Chinese.
The Wine Travel Guide to the World was intended to serve as a companion for anyone who travels and enjoys wine, so it seemed natural to include restaurants, wine bars and museums as well as wineries.
I've had similar experiences in the press. For over 14 years, I contributed a weekly wine column in the Sunday Telegraph. Nowadays, that same newspaper sometimes asks me to write about wine sto go with articles in its travel section. One commission, for example, involved recommending wineries in Australia to visit while following England's cricketers on their last Ashes tour down under. The difference between the impact of writing a wine column in the food section, and having a few hundred words on the travel pages was dramatic. After all those years of often meeting Sunday Telegraph readers who'd never read any of my wine columns, I suddenly kept finding myself encountering complete strangers who'd devoured my contribution to the travel pages.
Some wine companies and regions are, of course, exploring ways to think outside of the wine box. Barefoot Wines for example offers recipes galore on its website, while Bordeaux is increasingly focusing on food with its Good Food Would Choose Bordeaux and travel. My own Wine Travel Guide to Wine would never have seen the light of day without sponsorship from Pernod Ricard. And the Savour Australia event in Adelaide, to which I'm heading next week has apparently been jointly funded by Australia's wine and tourism bodies.
Apart from projects like these, created on behalf of other wine producers, I'm now putting (rather a lot of) my own money where my mouth is by launching a website that's totally dedicated to breaking down the apartheid between food and wine. Greatfoodandwinesites.com is an online encyclopedia that will gradually cover every aspect of food and drink – via the best websites and videos and podcasts, all of which will be rated and reviewed by users.
How does it differ from Google? you may reasonably ask. First it's totally focused on food and drink, and second, it's quality controlled. Only good sites are included and over time users – who will be given an incentive to do so – will use their opinions to ensure to separate the best from the rest.
At the heart of the concept lies a paradox. On the one hand, it aims to save users' time by enabling them to find the information they want/need quickly and efficiently; on the other, it will encourage them to "waste" time by seducing them into browsing subjects they didn't know they were interested in. So, someone looking for an abalone recipe might watch a video showing how to prepare it, before being tempted to read a blog post about algae that are being developed as a healthy alternative to butter, an introduction to Algerian wine, latest research into food allergies – and a list of recommended Albariños.
Will it work? We're still building it, tweaking the software – and planning the incentives that we're going to offer users to interact with the site. But it is already attracting a lot of interest from both food and wine professionals, and visitors are spending over four minutes per visit and looking at several pages, so I'm feeling optimistic that we're on the right track.
In any case, I feel much happier actually trying to give non wine-enthusiasts a reason to explore the subject for themselves rather than moaning about the media failing to do our job for us.
Agree with most of this, Robert. Wine craves context. It needs food (usually), good company (always) and pleasant surroundings (if available).
Watching someone taste a wine in a TV studio then describe the flavour is pointless. For most consumers, reading an article that's just about wine in pointless.
However I think we can overstate the importance of wine tourism (how many of us can really afford to visit wine regions, or would divert the annual holiday funds in this direction?) and we also need to be careful about the food matching side of things. It's useful to know a bit about a wine's local cuisine, but we can be (or appear to be) too prescriptive.
To my mind the most effective wine marketing of all is to let people taste the good stuff – let them see why it's worth buying from a specialist and spending a bit more. And make it fun. Thankfully there are hundreds of indies in the UK doing exactly that.
Good points here, Graham. Where we part company is over the overlooked factor of fantasy. People fantasise about food they'd cook and eat and the restaurants in which they'd eat it. They also fantasise about places to which they might – in a parallel life – like to travel. Very few non wine-lovers actually fantasise about drinking Lafite or Leroy (though some might have dreams of Champagne), just as few non-musicians have reveries of owning a Fender Stratoscaster or a Stradivarius.
Putting wine in the context of food, travel or indeed celebrity, is to hitch a ride on some popular dreams.


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The Language of Birds
The Structure of Desire
The Terraced Mountain
W.F. Lantry, a native of San Diego, is a widely published prize winning poet and fiction writer who has been featured in poetry journals and readings nationally and internationally. He currently lives in Washington, DC. He taught for eight years at L'Université de Nice in France, earning his License and Maîtrise in English Literature, Linguistics and Translation. During this time, he won the Paris/Atlantic Young Writers Award. Boston University awarded him a Fellowship tostudy with Derek Walcott and George Starbuck, who together directed his thesis. There he received an M.A. in English and Creative Writing. He holds a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston where he worked with Donald Barthelme, Ed Hirsch, Mary Robison, James Robison and Adam Zagajewski. He has taught at 12 different Universities on two continents in a variety of fields,most often Literature and Rhetoric, but also in History, Library Science, World Civilizations, and Information Technology. He served as Director of Academic Technology at a national research university in Washington, DC for 15 years.
Recently, he teamed with Kate Lantry, Ed Shacklee, and Micheal Linnard to launch Peacock Journal
His recent honors include: Potomac Review Poetry Prize Old Red Kimono LaNelle Daniel Prize The Linnet's Wings (Ireland) Audio Poetry Prize Crucible Editors' Poetry Prize Atlanta Review International Publication Prize CutBank Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry Lindberg Foundation International Poetry for Peace Prize (Israel) National Hackney Literary Award in Poetry Comment Magazine Poetry Award
Lantry has four times been named finalist in the Premio Mundial Fernando Rielo de Poesía Mística (Spain). In 2010, he was named runner up for the UMB William Joiner Center Ellen LaForge Poetry Prize and the Hong Kong University Poetry Book Prize (China), he was commended for his entry in the International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine (UK), and in Canada received Honorable Mention for the Prairie Fire Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award. In 2012, he was nominated for five Pushcart Prizes in two genres on three continents. He has given readings of his poetry in California, Texas, Connecticut, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. While in Nice, he participated in Interspace, a project seeking to unify Poetry, Philosophy, Music and Visual Art. As part of the Interspace project, he gave readings at the Musée Chéret and Galerie Ponchettes in Nice, Centre Pompidou in Paris, La Sapienza, Università di Roma in Italy and collaborated on a multi-media event presented at the Roccabella in Monte Carlo under the patronage of and hosted by Prince Albert.
THIS Literary Magazine selected him as Spotlight Poet, and The Tower Journal featured his work. His chapbook, The Language of Birds, is a lyric retelling of Attar's Conference of the Birds. The Structure of Desire (Little Red Tree Publishing) was his first full-length collection. It was followed by The Terraced Mountain, and will soon be joined by his forthcoming The Book of Maps.
He was featured in the DC area at the HearArts Spoken Word & Music Program in Rockville, the Takoma Park Poetry Reading Series and the Poetry Lab Series at The Soundry in Northern Virginia. Other recent engagements include the Kestrel Celebration at Fairmont State University, and in New York at The Poets House, the Dada Poetry Salon Series at Cornelia St. Café, the Fiele-Festa launch at KGB, and the String Poet Studio Series at the Long Island Violin Shop. His publication credits encompass print and online journals and anthologies, with his work translated into French, Arabic, Italian and Uzbek. He was the founding featured author of Eclectica, and new work has appeared in numerous publications in many countries including: Canada, Mexico, Scotland, France, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Syria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Turkey, Israel, India, Indonesia, India, China and the UK.
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Q: PostgreSQL: Select data with a like on timestamp field I am trying to select data from a table, using a "like" on date field "date_checked" (timestamp). But I have this error :
SQLSTATE[42883]: Undefined function: 7 ERROR:  operator does not exist: timestamp without time zone

My request is :
SELECT my_table.id
FROM my_table
WHERE my_table.date_checker LIKE '2011-01-%'

I don't want to use :
SELECT my_table.id
FROM my_table
WHERE my_table.date_checker >= '2011-01-01 00:00:00'
    AND  my_table.date_checker < '2011-02-01 00:00:00'

A: Perhaps the date_trunc function would be more to your liking:
... WHERE date_trunc('month', my_table.date_checker) = '2011-01-01'

You can also put an index on that expression, if needed.

A: If you need to do a comparison on some part of a timestamp, it's far better to use the EXTRACT() function. For example:
WHERE EXTRACT(YEAR FROM date_checker) = 2011
AND EXTRACT(MONTH FROM date_checker) = 1

Details of the different "fields" you can extract from a date are in the documentation.

A: I don't believe you can do a like on a date column without converting it to a string representation first.
You can use the between query to select between two dates, for instance:
SELECT id FROM my_table WHERE date_checker BETWEEN '2011-01-01' AND '2011-02-01';

A: Try this:
SELECT my_table.id
FROM my_table
WHERE CAST(my_table.date_checker AS VARCHAR) LIKE '2011-01-%';

A: It's all very well not "wanting to use" < and > with timestamps, but those operators can be converted into index scans, and a string-match... well, it can, but EWWWW.
Well, the error is occurring because you need to explicitly convert the timestamp to a string before using a string operation on it, e.g.:
date_checker::text LIKE '2011-01-%'

and I suppose you could then create an index on (date_checker::text) and that expression would become an index scan but.... EWWWW.


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Miami-Dade Schools spokeswoman told local media that the girl brandished the gun at two classmates Wednesday morning before classes started at Carol City Middle School. A school staff member confiscated the weapon.
The student now faces four weapons charges.
An adult who lives at the student's home, was arrested and charged with failing to secure a weapon from a minor.
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Ailing America
Billings is the most depressed city in the country.
31% of the people that live there are depressed, or about 37,000 people.
I wrote a whole big chapter on this in my final Montana history book, in case you're interested. Most people aren't.
Sadly, many think if they just take a pill, they'll get better.
That's bullshit pushed by Big Pharma so they can take your money.
In 2019, nearly 13% of Montanans were taking anti-depressant drugs. We now know that these drugs - SSRI inhibitors - don't even work.
But Big Pharma sure made a shit-ton of money off that garbage first, didn't they?
Prozac alone has made over $22 billion in profits for the drug peddlers since it came out in 1987.
It's interesting how stupid we are.
None of us took a pill to become depressed…but we think if we take a pill, we'll suddenly get better.
Poppycock.
What'll actually make you feel less depressed is doing the exact opposite of what Big Pharma, corporate media, the government, and just about every other authority tells you.
Things like:
Turning off the TV
Working less
Buying less
Turning off the phone
Going outside
Ignoring the news
But none of those things are profitable for the current powers that be.
So keep popping those pills. At least you're making multi-millionaire executives happy!
The Regrets
Most who quit their jobs during or after the pandemic have come to regret it.
Some wish they could go back to old jobs. But not people that worked in healthcare or education.
Those jobs are so bad that 67% of people that had them would never go back.
I think that tells us a lot.
These jobs are critical for our society to function, right?
But they're so odious that the people actually doing them would rather do anything else.
Doesn't that seem like a problem we should discuss?
The Money Don't Lie
It's clear what the biggest problem in America is - Republican voters.
Last night Joe Biden brow-beat and shamed 74 million Americans that vote conservative.
A few hours before, his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre stated, "When you are not with where the majority of Americans are, then, you know, that is extreme. That is an extreme way of thinking."
Let the divisions begin!
Biden gave his anti-conservative speech in front of a blood-red Nazi-like background, complete with marines standing guard…just so you know he means business.
This morning he followed that up with some new spending ideas…none of which will benefit you.
$2 billion more for energy supply stuff (you know…because of Russia).
$12 billion more for Ukraine.
$22 billion more for Covid.
Yep, $36 billion more fresh-off-the-presses money that we don't have, that our great-grandkids can't pay back, and which - honestly - this country doesn't need.
But by golly, we'll get it.
Just not the people that need it.
Like the good folks in Jackson, Mississippi…all 150,000 of them?
They get $75 million to help fix their broken water system, which needs $2 billion to work properly.
But they're not important.
American citizens aren't as important as the military in Ukraine.
They're not as important as the Big Pharma executives.
They're not as important as the oil executives.
Actions speak louder than words, and money speaks loudest of all.
Joe Biden doesn't care about Americans, period.
Ha…Covid?
We don't talk about that anymore.
Nope, just swept covid under the rug. All the lockdowns and lost jobs and government handouts - just forget about it. Move on. It never happened.
That's pretty much the story today. The media has turned its back on Covid. Business as usual now.
But we get reports that things aren't quite 'as usual' with people's health.
For instance, a 56-page report called Group Live COVID-19 Mortality Survey Report by the SOA Research Institute came out in January.
This is the big life insurance report that showed deaths from all causes were way up…and no one could really figure out why.
It's alright - we don't talk about this anymore.
Many of the anti-vaxxers used it as proof that there was something wrong with the vaccine.
Yeah…the vaccine - something else we don't talk about anymore. Why is that?
Anyway, it's pretty average for around 7,500 people to die in the US each day.
So if, let's say, you had a serious natural disaster like a massive flood or forest fire or earthquake and an extra 7,500 people died one day.
You'd have 100% excess mortality.
The life insurance report found that by the end of 2021, excess mortality among all age groups in the US had surpassed 200%.
That's an extra 15,000 people dying each day on top of the usual average.
And it happened in the 35 to 55 age group.
Oh…I'm sorry - we don't talk about this.
Ganging-Up
We really need to gang-up on this problem of fentanyl in our communities, and the larger reasons people are using it.
Much of it comes down to broken homes and broken upbringings.
There's an interesting story about a former Bloods gang member in LA in the 90s, one who somehow turned his life around and became a youth pastor today.
It's an interesting read. He mentions that he grew up in a happy family of four, but things really went downhill when his parents divorced when he was in fifth grade.
"The divorce is when my anger started," he says. "I joined the gang at 9 because I was just trying to fit in and trying to feel that love and support."
What troubles do we as a society put on young families that drive so many to divorce, which in turn causes their kids to feel angry and rejected. Many then turn to drugs.
How can we do better?
Why do we make it so hard for working families today?
Tim Adams link
If you haven't seen this Tucker from several weeks ago, he deep dives into the Big Pharma failures of the last 30 years.
Check it out if you want. He covers several major areas.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/F2GhVkUutFDt/
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A new rumor says that LG may be the chosen Nexus 5 maker this year, with the next-gen Google Nexus smartphone expected to be largely based on the LG G2 and to offer Nexus 4-like pricing.
The news apparently comes from South Korean media, according to MyDrivers, but the Chinese publication doesn't offer any details about the sources of this particular rumor.
MyDrivers says that the Nexus 5 will be as affordable as its predecessor, with prices starting at $299.
However, in order to be that affordable, the new Nexus 5 will not be entirely similar to the LG G2, with LG's most recent flagship apparently being the phone the Nexus 5 will be based on.
According to the publication, the LG Nexus 5 would arrive in October running Android 5.0 and packing a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, 2GB of RAM and a 10-megapixel camera. The device will also have an 1080p display, although it's not clear if it's going to be a 5-inch screen.
Comparatively, the LG G2 features a 5.2-inch Full HD display, Snapdragon 800 SoC and a 13-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization.
Furthermore, it's not clear whether the button layout of the LG G2 – all keys moved on the back under the camera – will remain in placed or not.
Considering that LG made the Nexus 4, it's only logical to wonder whether the Nexus 5 will be based on the LG G2 or not – in fact we already asked ourselves that question the other day.
This isn't the first time we hear that LG will make the Nexus 5 this year, although nothing is clear at this time. At one point LG seemed to deny any interest in building the following Nexus handset, although that particular denial was then quickly denied by the company, which wouldn't say no to making a Nexus 5.
For what it's worth, a completely different rumor that's currently floating around says that Motorola will make a Nexus smartphone this year.
Today's report is just a rumor, so take it with the appropriate amount of salt for now. In case the LG will indeed make the new Nexus smartphone, then we expect to see a large assortment of leaks for the handset in the coming months – after all, the Nexus 4 was hardly a secret last fall.
What company would you like to manufacture the Nexus 5 smartphone? Why?


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use ODataProducer\Common\Messages;
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 * Type to represent association (relationship) end.
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 * @package   ODataProducer_Providers_Metadata
 * @author    Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. <msopentech@microsoft.com>
 * @copyright Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
 * @license   New BSD license, (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php)
 * @version   GIT: 1.2
 * @link      https://github.com/MSOpenTech/odataphpprod
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class ResourceAssociationTypeEnd
{
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        ) {
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                    '$$resourceProperty'
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            );
        }

        $this->_name = $name;
        $this->_resourceType = $resourceType;
        $this->_resourceProperty = $resourceProperty;
        $this->_fromProperty = $fromProperty;
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     * To check this relationship belongs to a specfic entity property
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        if ($flag1 != $flag2) {
            return false;
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        return strcmp(
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        ) == 0
        && (strcmp(
            $resourceProperty->getName(), $this->_resourceProperty->getName()
        ) == 0);
    }

    /**
     * Get the name of the end
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getName()
    {
        return $this->_name;
    }

    /**
     * Get the resource type that the end refers to
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     * @return string
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    public function getResourceType()
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        return $this->_resourceType;
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     * Get the Mulitplicity of the relationship end
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    {
        if (!is_null($this->_fromProperty)
            && $this->_fromProperty->getKind() == ResourcePropertyKind::RESOURCE_REFERENCE
        ) {
            return ODataConstants::ZERO_OR_ONE;
        }

        return ODataConstants::MANY;
    }
}
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Several round one matches that are part of the Betway UK Snooker Championship are going to be in play later today and with that in mind I want to give you an insight into just which snooker players are expected to win each of those matches.
One thing that you are bound to spot as I am enlightening you on each of the following round one matches in that ever popular snooker tournament, is that the odds on the favourite player to win most of them are going to be very low in value, therefore it may be advised to consider placing an Acca bet, on which you have listed several of the following favourites.
BetFred will be offering you the following odds, which are subject to change at any time, and they are also a betting site that will also accept Acca bets on this tournament too.
Plus, with that sign up bonus you will see displayed throughout this website, which is yours to claim when using our links to get to their website, you can lock in even more value if you are not yet a customer of BetFred by signing up today.
The really are some red-hot favourites taking part in many of the Betway UK Snooker Championship this afternoon, and each of the following matches have a scheduled starting time of 14:00 today the 27th of November 2018.
It is going to be difficult to see any other result in the Ding Junhui v Adam Stefanow match other than the former named player, for his win odds are tiny at just 1/50 and the odds of his opponent for reference are therefore high being 12/1!
There are some even short odds being offered on Neil Robertson to win his snooker match today against Kishan Hirani, for he can be backed at odds of 1/80 which does give you an insight into his actual realistic chance of winning, and the odds on offer on Hirani are 12/1.
As for the Yuan Sijun v Ken Doherty match, well Sijun is the favourite to win that match at odds of 4/11, however at 21/10 there is a chance that Doherty may just come out on top and win it, and in the Lu Haotian v Tian Pengfei snooker match it is Haotian that is the 8/11 favourite and Pengfei is 11/10 to win.
Moving onto the Zhou Yuelong v Soheil Vahedi match, the winner of that match should be Yuelong who is the 1/6 favourite to come out on top and as far as the most likely winner of the Martin O'Donnell v Xu Si match the player most punters are backing right now to win is O'Donnell are odds of 4/11.
There are two other afternoon matches that are being played off this afternoon as part of the Betway UK Snooker Championship and the first of those matches is the Jack Lisowski v Zhang Jiankang match in which Lisowski is likely to win at odds of 1/50, and the Michael Georgiou v Luo Honghao should go the way of the latter named player who is up for grabs at odds of 4/7 to win.
The action really will be coming thick and fast today in the Betway UK Championship, and there are plenty of matches all of which will be in play later on this evening.
Those matches all start at 19:30 and the very first one that does look an interesting one from a betting point of view is the Michael Holt v Chen Zifan match, for there is no way in the world I can see Holt losing that match, yet it odds at BetFred are still certainly worth taking right now being as they are 1/4.
You will probably not fancy betting on the Kyren Wilson v Andy Lee match, due in no small part to the simple fact that the favourite to win that match, that being Wilson is on offer at some very restrictive odds right now at BetFred of 1/40!
I think that Matthew Selt should easily beat Zhang Yong this evening and the odds you can get on him doing so are decent at 1/2, in fact you may fancy backing him in a double with Robert Milkins who can be backed at odds of 1/7 to beat Sanderson Lam.
The Dominic Dale v Gerard Greene match on the other hand is a much better balanced match from both a form of both players and a betting point of view for the odds on Dale coming out on top and winning hat match are 8/13 and you can also get odds of 5/4 on Greene winning that match too!
There are still three other snooker matches that are going to be in play this evening, however the odds on the first one, such more so on the favourites to win that match are not huge, and that player is Ricky Walden who at odds of 1/6 should beat Jak Jones who is available at odds of 18/5 quite easily!
The odds on Judd Trump beating David Lilley tonight are not what anybody could ever say are huge, however as those odds are currently 1/10 that does give you an insight into just what his chances of winning hat match are, and as for Lilley, well if you are a fan of his then you will certainly be interested in bagging his win odds of a very high 11/2!
The final match that is also starting this evening at 19:30 in this hugely popular snooker tournament is the one in which Ben Woollaston will be hoping to beat Alfie Burden, in fact the current set of odds on that match do give the impression that he is expected to beat his opponent and for reference the odds on offer are 1/2 on him doing so, but you can also get odds of 6/4 on Burden winning that match too,.
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The Council deals with the naming and numbering of new streets and individual properties and any change to a property name.
To register or change an address with Torridge District Council, you must:
Prove ownership of the property with title deeds or a land registry document
Provide a site plan indicating the position of the property
Have full planning consent for all new builds
Pay the appropriate fee
The fees cover the costs of providing information to Royal Mail, and other organisations such as the Emergency Services and HM Land Registry.
If you need to check an address, we suggest you use Royal Mail's online Postcode Checker. They can also be contacted via telephone.
Please note that all applications take a minimum of 4 weeks to process, but may take longer depending on the complexity of the application.
Confirmation of Address Letters
The council charges a £33.00 fee to confirm the address of a property.
To request an address confirmation letter, please contact the Estates Department using the details below:
Email: corporate.property@torridge.gov.uk
Postal Address: Estates Department, Torridge District Council, Riverbank House, Bideford, EX39 2QG
Application for Cosmetic Change to Address (SN1)
Follow this procedure to change names of existing properties:
Complete the SN1 Application Form, linked in the Apply section
We'll check to ensure there is no other property in the locality with the same name
Subject to no issues being found, we'll inform Royal Mail and other services of the change
We strongly recommend against similar sounding names.
Under no circumstances will a name be allowed which is offensive.
If the property has a number, it is not possible to replace it with a name although we will allow an 'alias' name to be added.
For further guidance please refer to our Street Naming and Numbering Policy and Procedure (PDF) [251KB] .
A fee of £50 applies when changing the name of an existing property. Where an application affects multiple units, the charge is £50 per unit.
Please note that requests can only be accepted from the owner of the property
SN1 - Application to change or add a property name (PDF) [200KB]
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Application for New Postal Address (SN2)
Follow this procedure for new properties / developments:
Complete form SN2 (available to print or word format which can be completed electronically).
Applications for 5 or more properties will need to provide a digital site plan in the form of a geo-referenced .dwg file
We'll inform Royal Mail and other services
Royal Mail will add the address to the 'Not Yet Built' file.
The address will go 'live' when the property becomes occupied.
There is a fee of £76.00 per application, plus a fee per property, which varies depending on the number of properties
1 to 10 units - £13.00 per unit.
11 to 100 units - £6.50 per unit.
100+ units - £1.50 per unit.
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With security threats on the rise for medical devices, NYU [Tandon School of Engineering] hosted a gathering of researchers exploring novel solutions tailored for the sector. ... With the microfluidics segment, driven by healthcare applications, projected to hit $4 billion by 2020, the need for defense measures is growing more acute. "The attack surface is massive," said Ramesh Karri, professor of electrical and computer engineering at NYU [Tandon], one of the organizers of the Workshop on Secure and Trustworthy Biochips. The August event, co-sponsored by U.S. Army Research Office (ARO), was one of the first conferences to examine biochip security.


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-Venn Diagram: Comparing Coral Reefs to Mangroves Ecosystems Worksheet 1: Coral Reef vs. Mangrove Ecosystems- Worksheet 1 -Match the Animal to its Habitat Worksheet 2A and 2B: Print out both PDFS Also, mangrove forests have been linked to enhanced biomass and biodiversity of coral reef fishes [18, 21, 104, 107, 108]. Distribution of fish found on seagrass beds, mangroves and coral reefs: Surveys found 113 species of fish from 32 families in the three habitat types. They are built up entirely of living organisms. The relationship between the two is clear: mangroves thrive in brackish, nutrient-rich waters, while coral reefs thrive in clear, nutrient-poor waters. Coral Reefs. Consequently, in the barrier reef profile, seagrasses provide more protection benefits than coral reefs when mangroves are absent, and, once again, seagrasses can at least partially compensate for the degradation of the reef. Coral reef Fishes Mangroves ABSTRACT Many species of coral reef fish undertake ontogenetic migrations between seagrass beds, mangroves, and coral reefs. Mangroves act to purify the water from human wastes and pollutants, and in doing so, coral reefs are less effected. Our results suggest that ocean warming may not only cause but also amplify coral‐algal phase shifts in coral reefs. (fish from mangroves had greater concentrations than those from coral reefs), as well as among sites (for several elements). al, "Uniting paradigms of connectivity in marine ecology." Ecology. Coral and reef often come together in the form of coral reef, yet the two are different entities that function as a unit. We also observed evidence of recent gene flow between Magnetic Island and northern reefs with three colonies showing mixed ancestry . located primarily in mangroves before migrating to coral reefs. A: The knock-in and knock-out are the genetic engineering methods in which genes are altered in mice an... Q: Hydrostatic pressure is ________.a. While this leads to no detrimental effects on the mangroves, sediment smothers corals and leads to sub-stantial coral mortality in the lagoon. Healthy mangroves can help fight the consequences of climate change on coral reef fisheries, according to a new study. Researchers say corals have been bleached and reefs … A recent study from the Caribbean found that the availability of mangrove nursery habitat had a striking impact on the community structure and biomass of reef fish in their adult, coral … For several reasons, mangroves should be important to us all. Mangroves and coral reefs have a symbiotic relationship which means that they both benefit and depend on each other. Most coral reefs lie between the latitudes of 30 degrees north and south where sea temperatures are warmest. Reefs are huge deposits of calcium carbonate made up mainly of corals. Dharmesh Patel 2. Coral Reefs, like Tropical Rainforests are located within Create. Leaves drop from the mangrove trees & can either become trapped in the root system or be transported by the tides out to neighbouring systems such as seagrass beds and coral reefs. grunt, parrotfish, snapper, barracuda Values increase slightly in sea-level … ... highlighting key differences in the vulnerability and responsiveness of different ecosystems to environmental changes. Mauritius is a biodiversity hotspot and much of the island's unique wildlife depends on intricate connections between the reefs, lagoons, seagrass meadows and mangroves… Connectivity of Reef Fish Between Mangroves and Coral Reefs in Broward County, FL Grant Winners. The mean rate of sedimentation exceeded 35 mgcm 2 d 1 both over the man-groves and on the adjacent coral reefs. Many species used seagrass beds and mangroves as nurseries; however, the nursery value could not be generalized at the family level. Learn what a mangrove is and where it is found, as well as some basic information about the main types of mangroves, highlighting the differences between these types. Many species of coral reef fish undertake ontogenetic migrations between seagrass beds, mangroves, and coral reefs. 2: Peter Mumby, "Connectivity of reef fish between mangroves and coral reefs: ALgorithms for the design of marine reserves at seascape scales." Biological Conservation. Tropical Rain Forests vs. Coral Reefs Location Other Unique Abiotic Factors Climate Coral Reef Coral Reefs are located in the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific oceans since part of these bodies of water are in tropic latitudes. Coral reefs Coral reefs are a unique marine ecosystem. For the reason, that coral reefs are the foundation of many tropical ecosystems and provide livelihood, food, enjoyment and cultural significance for millions of people around the world!!!.. Such differences in the complexity of the surrounding habitats may affect the structure of species diversity between clear-water non-estuarine mangroves and estuarine mangroves . in the lagoon including on the coral reefs, in less than one day. "Mangue" – tropical evergreen tree "Grove" - copse Woody trees or shrubs found at the sea/land interface in tropical estuaries. Nursery Ground Some reef fish require mangrove forest to complete their life cycle: ¾Adult fish migrate to mangrove forest to spawn (lay eggs or larvae) ¾Juvenile fish depend of mangrove roots to serve as a refuge from large predators. Fish species richness was significantly higher on coral reefs (mean=49.1, SE=2.4) than seagrass (12.4, 1.2) and mangroves (14.9, 0.9) (Generalized Linear Model, n=23, both comparisons p<0.001).
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What Causes Scalp Odor?
Underarm Odor in Young Children
Does High Testosterone in Women Increase Body Odor?
How to Stop Forehead Sweat
Causes of Really Bad Foot Odor
What Causes the Body to Produce Body Odor From Pores?
Perspiration and Bacteria
Written by Shannon Marks
The body has two different kinds of sweat glands: eccrine glands, which cool the body with perspiration, and apocrine glands, which are triggered by emotional stimuli. Eccrine glands are found all over the body. Apocrine glands are found where there is an abundance of hair follicles, including the head, groin and armpits. Apocrine glands are more likely to produce an odor because of their locations and the bacteria and dirt that can easily accumulate there.
Each person has her own scent, but changes in hormone levels can affect body chemistry and alter personal odor. Over the course of one month, female hormones change, leading up to menstruation and ovulation. These hormone changes affect the entire body, including the internal thermometer and blood vessel dilation in the skin, all of which can have an impact on body odor. Body odor is also affected by normal fluid discharge, common in women during the menstrual cycle and ovulation.
Each person has her own scent, but changes in hormone levels can affect body chemistry and alter personal odor.
These hormone changes affect the entire body, including the internal thermometer and blood vessel dilation in the skin, all of which can have an impact on body odor.
Although perspiration is virtually odorless, when it comes into contact with bacteria on the skin it can produce an unpleasant odor, according to the Mayo Clinic 4. People can be prone to body odor if they do not shower often enough to rid themselves of odor-causing bacteria. The sebaceous glands, which secrete oil, are triggered for the first time during puberty, so while bathing a few times a week may work for a child, a teenager will find that showering seldom can lead to a bad smell. Obese individuals may also develop body odor if they cannot reach areas of their bodies while washing.
Deodorant helps eliminate body odor by making the skin acidic, an uninhabitable environment for bacteria. Fragrances added to deodorant also masks odors. Deodorant will not, however, stop perspiration.
Although perspiration is virtually odorless, when it comes into contact with bacteria on the skin it can produce an unpleasant odor, according to the Mayo Clinic 4.
Some foods and medications can affect body odor 2. Hot beverages and spicy foods can cause sweating, and when combined with dirt and bacteria, this causes or exacerbates body odor 2. Some foods, such as garlic, are also secreted through pores. When these are combined with sweat, body odor results. Alcohol, when consumed in abundance, is secreted through pores and will cause an unpleasant scent.
Morphine, aspirin, acetaminophen and thyroid medications cause perspiration. People with low blood sugar, caused by diabetes for example, can sweat profusely.
Some foods and medications can affect body odor 2.
When these are combined with sweat, body odor results.
How to Unclog Your Underarm Pores
Treatments for Smelly Armpits
How to Get Rid of Sebum
How to Stop Excessive Underarm Sweat
Can Vitamins Get Rid of Oily Skin?
Mayo Clinic: Hyperhidrosis
Medical News Today: What is Body Odor?
Hamada K, Haruyama S, Yamaguchi T, et al. What determines human body odour? Exp Dermatol. 2014;23(5):316-7. doi:10.1111/exd.12380
Cleveland Clinic. Sweating and Body Odor. Updated October 9, 2018.
Cleveland Clinic. Sweating and Body Odor: Possible Causes. Updated October 9, 2018.
Cleveland Clinic. Sweating and Body Odor: Care and Treatment. Updated October 9, 2018.
Callewaert C, De Maeseneire E, Kerckhof FM, Verliefde A, Van de Wiele T, Boon N. Microbial odor profile of polyester and cotton clothes after a fitness session. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2014;80(21):6611–6619. doi:10.1128/AEM.01422-14
Pastor DK, Harper DS. Treating Body Odor in Primary Care.The Nurse Practitioner. 2012 Mar 13;37(3):15-8.
Shannon Marks started her journalism career in 1994. She was a reporter at the "Beachcomber" in Rehoboth Beach, Del., and contributed to "Philadelphia Weekly." Marks also served as a research editor, reporter and contributing writer at lifestyle, travel and entertainment magazines in New York City. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in literature from Temple University.


From a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed stock copy, in its original Portrait Records factory sleeve. This New York trio had only two chart singles... This was the first and their biggest hit. Note: The labels have light storage wear, grading Near Mint. The wax and audio are pristine Mint.


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