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August 18, 2009 Special Dispatch No. 2466
Antisemitism On Egypt's Al-Rahma TV - Children Memorize, Recite Antisemitic Slogans; Clerics Say Jews Are Offspring of Snakes and Vipers, Call For Reading 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion', And State: Our Hatred of The Jews is Purely on Religious Grounds - While Warning Against the Jewish-Zionist Starbucks, Domino's, Burger King & Others
Egypt | Special Dispatch No. 2466
The following are transcripts from programs that aired on the Egyptian television channel Al-Rahma. They include segments from children's shows, and of speeches and discussions with numerous sheikhs.
To download a PDF of the report, visit http://www.memri.org/downloads/2466_Al-Rahma_SD.pdf
To view MEMRI TV's page for Al-Rahma TV, visithttp://www.memritv.org/content/en/tv_channel_indiv.htm?id=197.
*Egyptian Cleric Teaches a Child to Memorize Antisemitic Messages on Al-Rahma TV and Explains: The Understanding of What He Said Will Come
Following are excerpts from an Islamist children's program, which aired on Al-Rahma TV on March 6, 2009.
To view this MEMRI TV clip, visit http://www.memri.org/legacy/clip/2093 :
"Oh Allah, Completely Destroy and Shatter the Jews"
Child: "Oh Allah, completely destroy and shatter the Jews. Oh Allah, torment them with a disease that has no cure or remedy. Send a thunderbolt down upon them from Heaven. Oh Allah, torment them with every kind of torment. Oh Allah, send upon them flocks of ababil birds [1] that will pelt them with stones of baked clay, and turn them into straw that has been eaten. Oh Allah, turn their women into widows - just like Muslim women were widowed. Allah, turn their children into orphans - just like Muslim children were orphaned. Oh Allah, bless the efforts of the mujahideen. Oh Allah, bring victory upon us soon. Amen, amen. Peace and blessings upon you."
"The Understanding Will Come... This Is One Stage in Becoming a Future Preacher"
TV host: "Well done. Well done. I let him end the program on purpose. Of course, he memorized this, and the understanding will come, Allah willing. But this is one stage in becoming a future preacher."
*Children Memorize and Recite Antisemitic Messages on Al-Rahma TV Children's Show
Following are excerpts from two Egyptian children's TV shows which aired on Al-Rahma TV on January 30 and February 13, 2009.
To view this MEMRI TV clip, visit http://www.memri.org/legacy/clip/2066.
"Heroes of Gaza... You Were Victorious, You Were Not Defeated, When You Refused to Surrender to the Accursed Jews"
Boy 1: "Omar [Ibn Al-Khattab] said: 'Our dead go to Paradise, while their dead go to the Hellfire.'
"Heroes of Gaza, you were victorious, you were not defeated, when you forced the enemy to withdraw in humiliation. You were victorious, you were not defeated, when you refused to surrender to the accursed Jews.
"'Judgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them, and the Jews will hide behind stones and trees, and the stones and the trees will say: Oh Muslims, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him' - except for the gharqad tree, which is the tree of the Jews." [...]
"The Zionist Aggression... Will Continue Until the Day Comes When the Stones and the Trees Say: 'Oh Muslims, There Is a Jew Behind Me, Come and Kill Him"
Boy 2: "The Zionist aggression continues its attacks on Gaza with warplanes. This war will never be over. It will continue until the day comes when the stones and the trees say: 'Oh Muslims, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.'
Boy 3 [in English]: "In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful. Actually what is happening in our days to Muslims of the blockade - murder and displacement is not a new thing, and it is not the end. This is a good omen I give you to restore hope again - that Allah's victory is near and his promise is going to be fulfilled, no matter what the circumstances are. Allah has answered the supplication of the Prophet, peace be upon him, for the Muslims' nation to be protected from being completely wiped out. However, some of the nation may face difficulties, but the [Islamic] nation will never pass away. If what is happening now in the Gaza Strip makes us really have great sympathy for the present [unintelligible], we should know that Muslims suffered more than that in the past.
"Also, we have been ordered to vanquish the Jews and to evacuate them. Allah's judgment must be carried out, so [unintelligible] their final defeat entirely by Muslims. Then Al-Aqsa will return, the Islamic caliphate will also return, and Jesus Christ will descend and kill the Antichrist - that will actually be the end."
*Egyptian Cleric Salama Abd Al-Qawi Warns Muslims About 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' And U.S. Companies
Following are excerpts from a speech by Egyptian cleric Salama Abd Al-Qawi, which aired on Al-Rahma TV on January 15, 2009.
"They Composed These Black Protocols Themselves, In Order To Destroy the Inner Power of Our Nation"
Salama Abd Al-Qawi: "Read, if you will, that black book, in which they included those Protocols of the Elders of Zion. They composed these black protocols themselves, in order to destroy the inner power of our nation. They composed these protocols in 1897 in Switzerland, in their black congress, which brought together all the Elders of Zion. They began conspiring to annihilate the Islamic and Arab nation, to plunder its resources, and to destroy its youth. Regretfully, the plots they hatched are being implemented today in detail."
"One of Their Conspiracies... Was to Gain Control Over the Entire Global Economy... So They Founded Huge Companies"
"One of their conspiracies, which stemmed from their black hatred, was to gain control over the entire global economy, bringing the world under their thumb. So they founded huge companies, which, like spiders, send their webs all over the world. The main goal of these companies was to erase Islamic identity.
"[The Jews] say that God - or rather, god as they define it - divided the week into six days. Two days He allocated for creatures and people. For two days, He sat and played with a whale. For the remaining two days, He sat in the company of Eve, who came to Him in her most splendid beauty and whatever... It's inconceivable that anyone with a grain of reason would say such things.
"They say that later, when the Holocaust took place, God was angry. Right. When the Holocaust took place, God was angry, and He stopped playing with the whale, and stopped seeing Eve, who would come to Him in her most splendid beauty. These are the things they believe about God." [...]
"All Carbonated Beverages Are Zionist-American Products... McDonalds is Jewish-Zionist, Kentucky Fried Chicken... Little Caesar, Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, Burger King... Starbucks"
"Many basic products, which may be found in many Muslim households, like Ariel, Tide, and Persil laundry detergents, are made by Zionist companies. The Coca Cola and Pepsi companies and all their products - Seven Up, Miranda, Fanta, and all these products, all the carbonated beverages, with very few exceptions that don't bear mention... Almost all carbonated beverages are Zionist-American products.
"Some restaurants, I'm sad to say, are teeming with Muslim youth, and their safes are full of the money of Muslims... McDonalds is Jewish-Zionist, Kentucky Fried Chicken is Jewish-Zionist, Little Caesar, Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, Burger King... By the way, all these products, which I have mentioned... In addition, there is a new type of coffee these days... All these are pure Zionist products, especially what is known as Starbucks, the well-known coffee. It is Zionist."
*Egyptian Cleric Said Al-Afani: Jews Are the Offspring of Snakes and Vipers and Were Behind All Wars
Following are excerpts from a religious TV program featuring Egyptian clerics Sheikh Said Al-'Afani and Sheikh Muhammad Abd Al-Salam, which aired on Al-Rahma TV on January 17, 2009:
"The Jews Are The Accursed People... The Offspring Of Snakes And Vipers"
Said Al-'Afani: "[The Jews] are the accursed people, who incurred the wrath of Allah. They are the offspring of snakes and vipers, the slayers of our Prophet Muhammad, whose death was a consequence of his being poisoned by a Jewish woman.
"We should know that the Jews are the slayers of the prophets. They killed the prophet Yahya (John the Baptist) and the prophet Zakariya. They slaughtered the righteous prophet Yahya, and they presented his head as a gift to an Israelite prostitute.
"Our hatred of them is purely on religious grounds, and not because of the pure, sacred land, which was blessed by Allah, or because of Gaza..."
Muhammad Abd Al-Salam: "Not only because of Gaza..."
Said Al-'Afani: "...not only because of Al-Aqsa and so on. We hate them, first and foremost, because of their enmity towards Allah, and because they slew our prophets."
"It Is Our Duty To Hate Them, As Part Of Our Faith"
Muhammad Abd Al-Salam: "Let me clarify that it is our duty to hate them, as part of our faith."
Said Al-'Afani: 'Right."
Muhammad Abd Al-Salam: "People have become confused about this. Some think that it is a territorial or a national issue, or that it has to do with the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, but the issue is much broader - it is a matter of faith. We are obligated to hate them because they are a murderous people, and the enemies of all that is good and of Islam."
Said Al-'Afani: "The Jews were behind World War I and World War II. When the American commander said that Japan had agreed to the terms of surrender, Rothschild the American - or rather, Roosevelt the American - was told by the Jewish loan sharks to drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Jews were behind the English Revolution. The Jews were behind the French Revolution. The Jews were behind the U.S. Civil War in 1869-1866 [sic]. The Jews were behind the French coup of 1815. The Jews were behind the war between France and Prussia. The Jews were behind the rise of Communism. Karl Marx was a Jew. The Jews instigated war by means of sex. The Jewish Mathilde inspired Johnson to carry out the 1967 war, as we are informed by Muhammad Hassanein Haykal. The Jews are behind all the ruin and destruction in the world."
*Egyptian Cleric Sheik Masoud Anwar: The Worst Enemies of the Muslims - After Satan - Are the Jews
Following are excerpts from an address by Egyptian cleric Sheik Masoud Anwar, which aired on Al-Rahma TV on January 9, 2009.
To view this MEMRI TV clip, visit http://www.memri.org/legacy/clip/2054 )
The Worst Enemies of the Muslims - After Satan - Are the Jews; Who Said This? Allah"
Sheikh Masoud Anwar: "The worst enemies of the Muslims - after Satan - are the Jews. Who said this? Allah did.
"When our religious scholars wrote a prescription for a medicine that would cure our nation of the disease known as the Jews, they said that one of the elements of victory is knowing the enemy. One element of victory is knowing our enemy.
"The [Jews] are a nation of people who curse Allah day and night. The Jews describe Allah in the most abominable terms. They describe Him as miserly, powerless, and poor. In their view, God is someone who cries and slaps Himself in despair. He has regrets and is sorry. He plays games, and He is beaten. This is what the Jews said about God.
"They are prophet slayers. They killed 40 prophets. They accused the prophets of heresy and killed them. As for the books that were sent down by God, the Jews do not believe in either the New Testament or the Koran. As for the Torah - they distorted it." [...]
"The First Characteristic [of the Jews] is the Rigidity of Their Hearts"
"What are the characteristics of the Jewish personality? You should pay attention to this, and maybe even take notes. The first characteristic: One of the most prominent traits of the Jews is the rigidity of their hearts. Their hearts are rigid, and they bow their heads only to a strike by the hammer. The hardest hearts of all are the hearts of the Jews.
"The hardest hearts of all are the hearts of the Jews. Their hearts are solid, icy, and devoid of any goodness. They know no mercy or compassion. The Koran bears witness to this, history bears witness to this, and the reality of our life bears witness to this.
"What did the Jews do? They entered the village [of Deir Yassin], and killed 52 people, including 25 pregnant women. They killed 25 pregnant women. They slashed open the bellies of the pregnant women, and then cut the fetuses, laughing all the while. They would take a pregnant woman, slash open her belly, and then they would take the fetus out and cut it, laughing.
"Then they took some Muslim women, stripped them of their clothes, and paraded them in convertible cars around the Jewish neighborhood. Allah is with you, oh people of Palestine." [...]
"The Second Characteristic Is Their Clinging to Their Lives... The Third.. Is Their Treacherous Nature"
"The second characteristic is their clinging to their lives. You Jews... A Jew clings to his life, even if it means living the life of a worm, a rodent, or a cockroach.
"Cowardice is a deep-rooted characteristic of every single Jew. Cowardice... Clinging to life...
"The third characteristic of the Jews is their treacherous nature. The Jews are violators of covenants. Whoever believes that the Jews can honor an agreement is deluding himself. Whoever claims that the Jews honor their commitments is gullible. Whoever makes fun of us, saying the Jews are divided into doves and hawks, is a liar. There are neither hawks nor doves among them. You cannot even dream of a peaceful solution with the Jews. Forget about your dreams. They are either vultures or wolves - not doves. There are no doves or hawks among them. They are all wolves. They are all wolves. The Jew holds an olive branch in one hand, and a dagger in the other.
"The dog-eaters in Korea... The people who eat dogs in North Korea produced nuclear bombs. The people who worship cows in India produced a nuclear weapon and sent satellites into space. What have we produced?"[...]
"Another Characteristic of the Jewish Personality is the Love of Corruption"
"Another characteristic of the Jewish personality is the love of corruption. The Jews are behind any form of corruption in the world.
"Who spread atheism in the world? Karl Marx, who was a Jew. Karl Marx, who spread atheism in the world, was a Jew! Who spread sex and prostitution in the world? Freud the Jew, who tells you that in everything that humans do, they are driven by their sexual urges. This criminal even said that a breast-feeding baby is driven by his urges. What can I say about these people? They are filthy. Who spread promiscuity in the world? Sartre, the Jewish philosopher. Who spread the treacherous Bahai faith? The Jews. Who established Freemasonry, Communism, and nationalism? The Jews.
"What destroyed the world? Usury - invented by the Jews. Who is behind the alcohol trade in the world? 60% of the world's alcohol distillation industry is held by the Jews. They are human traffickers. Who invented the cinema and the theater? The Jews. The Jews are behind every form of corruption in the world." [...]
"The Sixth Jewish Characteristic is Stinginess, Miserliness, and the Worship of the Dirham and the Dinar"
"The sixth Jewish characteristic is stinginess, miserliness, and the worship of the dirham and the dinar. The most miserly of Allah's creations are the Jews.
"My brothers, God has made the Jews an example of miserliness. In Egypt, when we encounter someone stingy, we say to him: What's wrong with you, brother? You're such a Jew!"
Endnote:
[1] Ababil birds are described in the Koran as dropping red clay bricks on the army of elephants sent by the king of Yemen to attack Mecca in 571 CE.
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Q: Some clarity on how to use View Models with MVC and ModelBinding please I am getting confused about the use of ViewModels in an edit form where one of the properties is the editable entity ie
ViewModel
   Entity
   Actions

The model desclaration at the top of the View page:
   @model MyProject.Models.ViewModel

Not
   @model MyProject.Models.Entity

So what is the best way to represent the Entity Property which is the one that needs updating. I first started making a variable out of it.
Entity myEntity = ViewModel.Entity;

So each form element edit field might be represented by:
@Html.EditorFor(model => myEntity.Name)

However what happens with the Model Binding parameters in the post action?
    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Edit(Entity myEntity)

            db.Entities.Attach(myEntity);
            db.ObjectStateManager.ChangeObjectState(myEntity, EntityState.Modified);
            db.SaveChanges();

So this question is really about how to deal with editable property objects in a ViewModel as opposed to a specific Entity Object that could be passed in as the Model which is straight forward.
Answer most likely simple.
Huge thanks in advance.
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Feedback on how to reference domain objects from a ViewModel in a View. I have found that if I reference them directly in the lambda expresions, then model binding works fine as it can use the derived ids to navigate around the returned ViewModel. If one use a local variable in the View then this variable name is then used in the Id which then breaks the ViewModel Model binding mapping.

A: Your POST action should take the view model as parameter, not the domain model:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Edit(ViewModel viewModel)

then you should use the ID of this viewModel to retrieve the corresponding domain model from the database that needs to be updated. And then update the properties of this domain model from the view model. Finally persist the domain model back to the database.

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The report was based on a Clinton campaign strategy document published by Wikileaks and sources who spoke with the Free Beacon.
Citing campaign strategists, the Free Beacon report said Clinton changed course after realizing the negative impact the Iran deal was having on Democrats.
A DC-based pollster told The Algemeiner last week that the Iran deal was weighing down Democratic candidates in congressional races around the country.


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Trudeau government unveils environmental assessment review panel
By Canadian Press. Published on Aug 15, 2016 5:36pm
The federal Liberals have announced details of a long-promised review to examine environmental assessments for projects from pipelines to new mines.
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Monday a four-person panel has been asked to study how the assessments are done to ensure decisions are based on sound science, avoid duplication and serve and involve the public.
The review was included in the mandate letter McKenna received from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when she was appointed to the post last fall.
Neither industry nor environmentalists have been happy in recent years with the way environmental assessments are done. One side says they are too complex and lengthy, while the other says they don't protect fragile ecosystems and leave out important considerations.
During the federal election, Trudeau spoke about the need to reform a process that he said had lost the trust of Canadians. That promise was repeated in the throne speech.
The first Liberal budget committed $16.5 million over three years to improve consultations already ongoing and support First Nations involvement.
The new review promises extensive opportunities for pubic input, as well as direct consultation with interested organizations. Meetings are to be held in areas where projects have been through an environmental assessment.
The panel will be led by Johanne Gelinas, a former federal commissioner of environment and sustainable development.
Retired Teck Resources vice-president Doug Horswill and environmental and aboriginal lawyers Rod Northey and Renee Pelletier round it out.
The panel is expressly instructed to engage with First Nations individuals and groups. It is also instructed to work together with other reviews being done by Fisheries and Oceans, Natural Resources and Transport Canada.
The panel is to begin next month and finish by the end of January.
Environmental groups welcomed Monday's announcement.
"This review marks the beginning of a rare opportunity to build a next-generation environmental assessment law for Canada," said a statement from Jessica Clogg of the West Coast Environmental Law Association. "With widespread conflict over projects like oil pipelines and dams, the stakes have never been higher."
Stephen Hazell of Nature Canada said in a release he was pleased by the panel's makeup and terms of reference.
"We look forward to working with the panel in the coming weeks to develop proposals for the next generation of laws to ensure that development is sustainable and nature is conserved."

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Anne Kraft
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Also a director, her directing credits include "Nunsense II", "Love, Loss and What I Wore", "Vital Signs", "Glass Menagerie", "Love Letters", "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "I Ought to be in Pictures."
In 2009 she was among the first recipients of the Rowita Award (Recognizing Outstanding Women in the Arts) and in February 2019 was honored to be chosen Best Actress in Folio Weekly's Best of St. Augustine Poll.
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Radical dual tilting blade helicopter design targets speeds of over 270mph
By Colin Jeffrey
Radical dual tilting blade hel...
The AVX Aircraft concept has coaxial rotors, ducted fans and a top speed of over 270 mph (435 km/h).
The AVX is a multi-use coaxial helicopter
AVX JMR in Attack configuration showing weapons cutaway.
AVX Aircraft in Utility-Transport configuration showing floor plan for troop (14) seating.
AVX JMR in Attack configuration
AVX Rotor System
AVX JMR Utility Transport showing cutaway for troop seating.
OH-58D Kiowa with AVX coaxial rotors in combination with ducted fan rotors after conversion
AVX Aircraft Company OH-58D conversion process
As one of the contenders in the race to win a $US100 billion contract from the US government for the next generation of attack helicopter in the Army's Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program, AVX Aircraft Company has conceived a futuristic machine kitted out with coaxial rotors, ducted fans and a retractable undercarriage that could hit speeds of over 270 mph (435 km/h).
For some decades now, the US Army has been incrementally upgrading its aging fleet of helicopters, but that approach is becoming expensive and limits are being reached as to what can be added to legacy platforms. As part of the overall JMR-TD program, the US Army-led Future Vertical Lift (FVL) stage aims to replace the service's aging helicopter fleet with the Black Hawk, Apache, and Chinook all in line to be supplanted.The AVX concept is one of those proposed to the US Army as a possible replacement.
You may remember the AVX flying car concept previously covered by Gizmag; this helicopter seems to have much in common with that design with its coaxial rotor system and ducted fan propulsion system. This latest version, however, appears to be substantially larger, stronger, and faster in every way.
With a projected weight of 27,000 lb (12,000 kg), a claimed lift capacity of 13,000 lb (5,900 kg), and a planned ability to carry 12 combat troops plus 4 crew members, this AVX concept is directly targeted as a wide-ranging replacement for many aging members of the army air wing.
Sporting a pair of stubby wings up front to provide a claimed 40 percent of overall lift at flight speed, the concept also has a rear access ramp to permit cargo loading and fast egress for troops or small vehicles. The AVX comes in an attack version with a belly turret and floor weapon doors as well.
The competitors against which the AVX concept is pitted include a combination of tilt rotor and coaxial rotor designs, with the likes of the Sikorsky S-97 Raider (a new concept based on the success of its previous X2 demonstrator), the Bell V-280 Valor, the Karem TR36TD, and the Boeing-Sikorsky SB-1 Defiant. Provided that the AVX concept can attain its impressive proposed specifications, along with its claimed high-capacity, speed, and versatility, it appears to be one very able candidate in this competition, even amongst this array of heavy-hitters.
Based in Fort Worth, Texas, AVX was created by a group of former Bell Helicopter engineers in 2005 with the goal of producing a low-cost, high-performance modification to the US Army's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters. Its design approach is aimed at swapping the main rotor with rigid coaxial blades, shortening the tail, removing the tail rotor, and adding twin ducted fans for higher performance, and longer range. This patented coaxial rotor, twin-ducted fan design concept forms the basis of the current JMR proposal.
The JMR-TD FVL program aims to provide flying technology demonstrations by 2017.
The short video below shows an animated version of the AVX concept in action.
Source: AVX Aircraft Company
AVX Answer to the Future of Vertical Lift
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Colin Jeffrey
Colin discovered technology at an early age, pulling apart clocks, radios, and the family TV. Despite his father's remonstrations that he never put anything back together, Colin went on to become an electronics engineer. Later he decided to get a degree in anthropology, and used that to do all manner of interesting things masquerading as work. Even later he took up sculpting, moved to the coast, and never learned to surf.
Mark A July 8, 2014 02:39 AM
What if... we didn't need to kill people any more.
Ramon Verhoeven July 8, 2014 05:23 AM
Yeah , the militarily industrial complex would be out of power. Sadly dont see it happening. To many people profit from war and weapons.
Germano Pecoraro July 8, 2014 05:32 AM
It's easier than a tilt-rotor
JPAR July 8, 2014 05:55 AM
Well I guess it has civilian uses as well..... although guessing it's going to be a lot more expensive to operate than a small plane.
manxann July 8, 2014 06:15 AM
Sounds expensive! Check out YouTube, Fairey Rotodyne, circa 1960 Similar or better performance, not a computer in sight. Worked well, killed by Government and management disinterest!
jerryd July 8, 2014 01:29 PM
Looks excellent as far more simple, lighter, more eff but higher lift rotors is the key. instead of collective pitch and all it's parts, weight they just lean the rotors in the direction they want to go.
It's how a 1 person electric commuter version for 30+ miles could work too.
It'll also require a lot less maintaining, running and fuel costs
The Fairey won't be anywhere near this ones abilities landing, hovering etc close to the ground. .
Alien July 8, 2014 02:14 PM
Why does in need four crew? Big airliners manage with only two.
I realise that helicopters are more difficult to fly, but surely there can be only person one in control at a time. In an age when we're seeing drones and driver-less cars, so many crew seems too much - to a mere laymen like myself anyway.
Or... with twelve military passengers, perhaps a couple are flight attendants!
David Koons July 8, 2014 03:00 PM
Whoa this is cool! Hard not to love technology presented by a narrator with a really deep voice.
Ron Johnson July 8, 2014 03:52 PM
"Big airliners manage with only two."
All those stewardesses are part of the crew.
"perhaps a couple are flight attendants!"
Loadmaster and door gunner.
"What if... we didn't need to kill people any more. "
Stop listening to John Lennon and pay attention to the real world: humans -- like their chimp and ape cousins -- regularly turn violent to get what they want, and nothing's going to change that.
Fiat Chrysler throws its weight behind Archer's eVTOL project
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Legrand makes leadership moves
Brian DiBella is new president, data power; Ravi Ramanathan is president, electrical wiring.
Brian DiBella
Legrand North and Central America, a manufacturer of electrical and digital building infrastructures, made Brian DiBella president of data power and control (DPC); while Ravi Ramanathan has been promoted to president of electrical wiring systems (EWS), both effective Jan. 3, 2022.
Since 2014, DiBella has been the president for EWS, Legrand's largest division. He is known throughout the organization as a team builder and collaborative leader.
DiBella has been a valued member of the West Hartford, Conn.-based Legrand North America team for nearly two decades. He began his career with Legrand as the chief information officer in 2004 before moving into the role of vice president and general manager of wiremold in 2007.
"It's been an honor working for Legrand over the past eighteen years and being a part of the growth and evolution of the company" said DiBella. "I look forward to working with my colleagues in the data power and control division and being a part of this fast-growing business. While I will miss my team at EWS, I trust that Ravi will do a great job in leading them towards growth and continued success," said DiBella.
Ravi Ramanathan
In 2019, Ramanathan led and integrated Starline, which Legrand acquired in that same year. Ravi's aptitude for leadership was evident through his time with Starline, almost doubling its revenue over the last two years.
Ramanathan has worked with DiBella since 2014, when he joined as the vice president and general manager of the wire and cable management business for EWS.
"There is no denying the invaluable lessons I have learned by working with Brian for the last seven years," said Ramanathan.
"Legrand's innovative mindset and commitment to our customers are values that each of our team members live by. I'm excited to lead this talented team to further success and join the esteemed Legrand leadership team. I'm grateful to continue to be a part of the company's growth," said Ramanathan.
Legrand, with world headquarters in Limoges, France, is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Its comprehensive offering of solutions for commercial, industrial, and residential markets makes it a benchmark for customers worldwide.
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Take a space. Make a sound in it. Make another sound in it. Make another sound in it. Make another sound in it. Get to know the space. Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it. Do something else to it. Do something else to it. Get to know the object. Take a person. Watch them make an action. Watch them make another action. Watch them make another action. Watch them make another action. Get to know the person. Do something. Do something else. Do something else. Do something else. Get to know yourself.
Tim Mitchell. F: Jasper Johns' Make something, find a use for it.


Web Girl Kathleen revealed on-air that she repeats positive affirmations to herself every morning and suggested that everyone should write themselves a love note from time-to-time. Since it's the beginning of the year, she suggested that positivity and mindfulness be a top priority for those practicing new year resolutions in 2019.
Over the weekend she noticed a poem by writer Hollie Holden about body positivity had gone viral and she wanted to share it on-air.
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People are loving the cover of Michelle Obama's new memoir.
Do you desperately miss the Obamas?
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Welcome to the club!
There's a reason the whole internet seems to melt every time Barack or Michelle tweets a throwback pic or speaks out on the state of current affairs: Many of us desperately miss the good old days.
So when the cover of Michelle Obama's new memoir, "Becoming," was shared by the former first lady, people (unsurprisingly) freaked out.
Like, really freaked out.
One common response? Please come back and save us all.
Other pun-lovers used the memoir's title to express their adoration.
Some admitted to not being big readers — but they'd certainly make an exception for his one.
When words failed to express their excitement, a good GIF did the trick.
Some celebs — like actor Maureen McCormick — were fan-girling too.
Members of Congress, like Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, recalled one of Obama's most famous lines to celebrate the news.
"That cover is like a big, full jug of water in the desert," someone chimed in.
Clearly, Obama's legacy still means a whole lot to many folks. But don't fret: Michelle's not retiring anytime soon.
No, she won't ever be president (at least, if you believe her ardent disdain for the very idea is genuine). But she's changing the world in her own ways.
She's fighting to get more women at the table in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. She continues to speak out about the importance of keeping our kids healthy and active. She's still just as passionate as ever about getting more girls in school around the globe. And she's helping give opportunities to tomorrow's leaders through the Obama Foundation.
Even beyond her more tangible work, though, Michelle Obama's story remains an inspiration to many. And she hopes sharing it through her new memoir will help us discover our best selves.
"I hope you'll also think about your own story, and trust that it will help you become whoever you aspire to be," she wrote in the tweet sharing the cover. "Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own."
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will feature a "boot camp" mode for rookies that need field training before hitting the competitive online scene. The mode allows players to ease into the mode by playing against a mixture of stupid AI characters and other rookies.
Two six man teams will face-off in the retooled mode, which pits 3 human and three AI players on each team. Solely designed to get players adjusted to the speed of the game, and its intracacies, players will be able to level through rank 10. This will allow players who use the combat training mode, the ability to take the training wheels off just when they're unlocking the new Create-a-Class features for their character.
David Vonderhaar told Games Beat that there are numerous other tools for Call of Duty rookies to take advantage of with Black Ops 2. There are other combat training modes, and with the ability to now watch in on the best players' live streaming gameplay, these rookies will have ample opportunity to pick up some tips.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is scheduled for release on November 13th on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. A Wii U version of the game are due to arrive shortly thereafter.


Sense and the City explores how the future of London was imagined in the past, and how new technologies are influencing transport, entertainment, communication and news.
The Architectural Utopias section offers striking visions of future cities. NASA's Toroidal Colonies from 1975 and John Harris' Body Mortgage illustration particularly stand out, while Future Nightmares shows how it could all go so horribly wrong. Ever wished your bus or taxi could take to the air and skim over a traffic jam? Sadly, Future Satires' flying buses exist only in London General Omnibus' archives for the 1920s. Even in the 1960s, people dreamed of automatic trains – Arthur Radebaugh's Robot Railroading is an eerily accurate premonition of the DLR.
Personal transport is a recurring theme – Syd Mead's (visual futurist of Bladerunner and Tron fame) uni-pods enclose the wearer in 'a carapace with a pair of mercury gyros on the back that would serve as a personal mobility device.' If anyone can explain to us what that means, please be our guest in the comments. On this theme, the ill-fated Sinclair C5 is featured along with the slightly more bizarre RYNO – a self-balancing, one-wheeled, electric scooter. We really wish Helicopters for Everybody had come to fruition, though.
One of the LTM's key partners, the Royal College of Art, presents some new ideas on future technology and transport, some perhaps more useful than others. The emotion scooter, which uses the rider's body expressions and mood to communicate with other road users could have some worrying implications for road rage. BikeHub, however, is a useful app which aims to help cyclists find routes away from busy roads and offers 3D maps and satnav. Augmented Wayfinding could help pedestrians discover their boroughs dynamically using social networking.
The centerpiece of the exhibition is an interactive table with eight screens where the viewer can see animations, maps and images of subjects ranging from geotagging to driverless cars. For the tinfoil-hatted, there's a slightly worrying display from artist Manu Luksch on the prevalence of CCTV in London, complete with a map of all the camera locations in Whitehall. A display on Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and face recognition technology demonstrates that no-one is faceless in a crowd.
Finally, the Bus Shelter of the Future shows us how waiting for the new Boris bus could be so much better. it doesn't just keep one's hair dry in the rain, it also provides travel data in real time, alternative route suggestions and touch screens. And it doesn't have a gang of 14 year old hoodies drinking cider in it.
The Sense and the City exhibition opens on Friday 1 July and runs until 18 March 2012 at London Transport Museum, Covent Garden Piazza, London, WC2E 7BB. Executive Curator, Stephen Feber, StephenFeber@me.com, 07515 338535. Admission is included in the entry ticket to the main Museum galleries (adult admission charged and under16s free). For further information visit www.ltmuseum.co.uk or call 020 7565 7298.


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K. John McConnell, PhD, is Director of the Center for Health Systems Effectiveness (CHSE) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at OHSU and the OHSU/Portland State University School of Public Health. CHSE's work in Medicaid includes analyses of the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files (TAF) data, with projects focusing on behavioral health, reproductive health, long-term care, managed care, and social determinants of health and health equity. CHSE currently leads several Medicaid waiver evaluations for states in the Northwest and serves as the hosting organization for the Medicaid Insights Colloquium, a bi-monthly virtual speaking series focused on Medicaid policy and research. Dr. McConnell has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, with articles appearing in high-impact journals, including Health Affairs, NEJM, and JAMA-family journals. He received his PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University in 2001.
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Assessing Oregon's Efforts to Increase Investments to Address Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity
The goal of this 2020 project is to help state Medicaid agencies understand how managed care organizations respond to contracting requirements regarding social determinants of health and health equity (SDOH-E), and to help inform federal policy to enhance funding for SDOH-E investments.
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dba_open() establishes a database instance for path with mode using handler .
It is r for read access, w for read/write access to an already existing database, c for read/write access and database creation if it doesn't currently exist, and n for create, truncate and read/write access.
The name of the handler which shall be used for accessing path . It is passed all optional parameters given to dba_open() and can act on behalf of them.
Returns a positive handle on success, or FALSE on failure.
before 4.3.5 open mode 'c' is broken for several internal handlers and truncates the database instead of appending data to an existent database. Also dbm and ndbm fail on mode 'c' in typical configurations (this cannot be fixed).


ADA, Mich -- It's year number two for head coach Eddie Ostipow at Forest Hills Eastern, but several of his players were playing varsity football before he even arrived.
In 2012 several sophomores, now seniors, were contributors on the varsity team. Now, Eastern hopes that experience will pay dividends.


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Q: Android ListView Duplicates entries If i type "Hello" in my edittext in activity 1 it will add "Hello" to the listview in activity 2 as the first entry ( which has no error ). Also, if I type "Apple" as my second entry I will change the first entry of "Hello" to "Apple" and add the new 2nd entry "Apple"... causing both entries to become "Apple" and "Apple"... any thoughts?
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    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_argue_list);
    ListView txtlist = (ListView)findViewById(android.R.id.list);

    Bundle bun = getIntent().getExtras();
     Lrg = bun.getString("Jenny");
     Med = bun.getString("Forest");
     Med2 = bun.getString("Gump");

        KoreyzAdapter add = new KoreyzAdapter();
        txtlist.setAdapter(add);
        list.add(0, Lrg);
        add.notifyDataSetChanged();
        setListAdapter(add);
}
class KoreyzAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String>{

      public KoreyzAdapter() {
          super(ArgueListActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, list);
    }
      class ViewHolder{
          TextView who;
          TextView sex;
          TextView cat;
          ImageView pic;

          ViewHolder(View v){
              who = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.inputLrgtxt);
              sex = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.whoMedtxt);
              cat = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.stupidMedtxt);
              pic = (ImageView)v.findViewById(R.id.sexpic);
          }

      }
                public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
                    View row = convertView;
                    ViewHolder holder = null;
                    if(row == null){

                         LayoutInflater inflator = (LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
                        row = inflator.inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
                        holder = new ViewHolder(row);
                        row.setTag(holder);

                    }else{
                        holder = (ViewHolder)row.getTag();
                    }

                        holder.who.setText(Lrg);
                        holder.sex.setText(Med);
                        holder.cat.setText(Med2);

                        holder.pic.setImageResource(R.drawable.maleandfemale);

                        return row;
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A: You have to clear the adapter data. Before loading the listView from adapter make the list clear at onCreate() of your activity. It is just appending the old data. That's why it is showing two times.
I hope this will work.
Use this one onCreate():
list.clear()

A: Check this link. It might help you as well.
Even I was facing the same problem it took me 2 days to get rid of that issue.
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A: With ArrayAdapters always pass the layout of the list row items in the constructor.
Example : TodosAdapter(Context context, int layoutResourceId, List<Todo> todos);

int layoutResourceId is android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1


Assam is a northeastern state of India. Located just below the eastern Himalayan foothills, it is surrounded by the other northeastern states: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Meghalaya. Assam and its commercial capital Guwahati form the gateway to the northeastern states, together called the seven sisters.
It has the unique Locational advantage of being situated close to South East Asian countries and hence it has the potential to emerge as a strategic base for domestic and foreign investors to tap the vast potential markets of countries like China, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, etc.
Assam's proximity to SAARC countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan gives it the investment potential considering the advantage of border trade with theses countries. Border Trade Centre at Sutarkandi in Karimganj district and Mankachar in Dhubri district have been developed to facilitate border trade with Bangladesh. It has been proposed in the 11th five-year plan to set up two more Border Trade Center, one at Ledo connecting China and other at Darranga connecting Bhutan. There are several Land Custom Stations (LCS) in the state bordering Bangladesh and Bhutan to facilitate border trade.
Border points between Myanmar and North East region have been opened at Moreh (Manipur) and Champhora (Mizoram). Besides, Assam's internal waterway networks connect it to Bangladesh giving it access to the ports of Chittagong (Bangladesh), Kolkata and Haldia (West Bengal).
Industrial scenario has undergone a vast change in Assam. Apart from tea, petroleum and petrochemicals, other industries in various sectors like paper, fertilizer, cement, coke, lime, sugar, engineering, plastic, steel, printing, cosmetics, poultry & dairy products along with handloom and handicraft have thrived in the state. Moreover, with its rich flora and fauna, breathtaking natural beauty, age-old temples and monuments, Assam offers a unique potential for tourism industries for both domestic and foreign market.
The political system of the state ensures that elected representatives govern the state. The state has 126 Legislative Assembly constituencies and 14 Parliamentary constituencies.
The state is endowed with plenty of natural resources.
Unique locational advantage of being situated close to South-East Asian countries.
Assam's proximity to the SAARC countries of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan gives rise to investment potential for foreign investors taking advantage of the dynamic possibilities of intra regional trade through SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement).
Gateway to the North - East.
Source of raw material for both agriculture and industry.
Special Government Incentives under the North East Industrial Policy.


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Published: November 11, 2020, 8:11 pm Updated: November 11, 2020, 8:17 pm
Tags: 2020 Election, Decision 2020, Trump Campaign, Lawsuit, Michigan, Wayne County, Michigan Court Of Claims, Affidavits, Wayne County Board Of Canvassers, Michigan Board Of Canvassers, Local, News, Politics, Local News, Michigan Elections, Michigan Politics, Michigan Election Lawsuit, Election Result Certification, Certification Process, Election Results, Donald Trump, GOP, Poll Watchers, TCF Center, Ballot Counting, Presidential Election
Hundreds provide testimonies -- but no real evidence -- in Trump campaign lawsuit to stop certification of Michigan election results
Affiants claim they witnessed misconduct, but offer no real proof
DETROIT – Hoping to halt a statewide certification of Michigan election results, the latest lawsuit by President Donald Trump's campaign submitted hundreds of claims asserting GOP poll watchers were excluded from counting rooms or saw illegal activity in the count in the state.
The Trump campaign is suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson along with the Wayne County and the Michigan Board of Canvassers, which are in charge of reviewing elections. While the case is filed in the state's Western District, which does not encompass Wayne County, the campaign is more likely to find a sympathetic judge there as opposed to the Eastern District.
Inside the lawsuit are 234 pages of affidavits from people claiming to have been Republican poll watchers who witnessed or were told about misconduct by mostly Detroit ballot counters. Among the handwritten pages are claims that the watchers were unable to see ballots and match signatures.
Those who submitted affidavits questioned ballot transportation and most often were either not allowed to enter or saw others not allowed to enter. Though these individuals have claimed they were not allowed to enter ballot-counting rooms, as it has been repeatedly explained, it was discovered that the number of poll watchers from both parties had already exceeded the legal limit allowed in the room at one time. That is why those individuals were not allowed entry.
READ: What Michigan election lawsuit claims, despite lack of evidence
READ: What we know about GOP challenge to Michigan's election results
Many hoping to be poll watchers turned protestors showed up, some attempting to take pictures while chanting and banging on glass windows. Election officials were forced to put up cardboard to prevent the count from being seen by those not approved.
Several affidavits also commented on the atmosphere inside the TCF Center during the ballot-counting process, with individuals claiming they were harassed, yelled at or called profane names. Many alleged there were cheers when GOP challengers were escorted from the counting room by police on several occasions. Others also said they thought the counting of hundreds of thousands of ballots seemed overly hectic.
One affiant said, "At the time military ballots arrived, it seemed quite chaotic at this point and people were everywhere."
Another said announcements made by election officials over the PA system were "very distracting to those of us trying to concentrate."
Tuesday night, Fox News GOP chair and Michigan native Ronna McDaniel said those claims, brought without other supporting evidence, were signs of widespread voter fraud.
Multiple studies have shown voter fraud is extremely rare and has never been proven to be widespread.
READ: Republican National Committee chair calls for investigation into Michigan ballot-counting process
READ: Legal action by Trump campaign and GOP unlikely to impact Michigan election results
Also in the lawsuit as an exhibit is a letter dated Oct. 28 asking for members of the Trump campaign to be part of the TCF Center's accuracy test held Oct. 29 -- a test meant to ensure machines are properly calibrated. It's unclear based on the exhibits if the campaign members attended the test on Oct. 29. A call to confirm with the City of Detroit clerk's office was not returned.
Two other ongoing lawsuits in Michigan were also submitted as exhibits of evidence: one in Wayne County, where a ruling is expected Friday, and another that is being appealed in the state Court of Claims after being dismissed last week.
"We've seen this in other states as well, trying to promote the idea that this election wasn't transparent, that things happened behind closed doors -- and that's simply not what the facts illustrate," Benson said about the allegations.
Both the Trump and Joe Biden campaigns have started asking Michigan voters specifically to help fund these upcoming legal battles.
Democrats have already asked to be part of the Court of Claims appeal, opposing the Trump campaign. Along with those funds, John James, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate who lost his bid this year, has started his own legal fund in conjunction with the Republican National Committee for that race against Sen. Gary Peters, potentially setting up even more challenges to come.
READ: Here's what comes next in Michigan's ballot-counting process
Grant Hermes
Grant comes to Local 4 from Oklahoma City. He joins the news team as co-anchor of Local 4 News Today weekend mornings and is a general assignment reporter.
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Personally, and on behalf of Pompeu Fabra University, I would like to give you a very warm welcome.
Founded in 1990, UPF is a young public university, a leader in research committed to educational transformation that has already achieved international recognition, as witnessed, for example, by its inclusion in the top rankings.
UPF's main goal and reason for being is the creation of knowledge and its transmission (through education) and transfer to society. Our activity must improve the well-being of people, both locally and globally, and of the planet, reducing inequality (socioeconomic, gender, etc.) in keeping with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN's 2030 Agenda.
From the start, UPF has been an urban university, closely connected to the city of Barcelona, its activity aligned with the interests of society, its institutions, and its inhabitants. It conducts this activity in eight disciplines, spread out across three campuses located in the city centre. In recent years, it has also been part of the UPF Group, a network of legally separate institutions and centres specialized in teaching, research, and knowledge transfer, each of which brings added value to our university project.
I encourage you to use this website to learn more about our university and invite you to visit our campuses and interact with our community. The more people who participate, the more easily we can build a university that is constantly improving to the betterment of society.
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We Are Stewards of Winter
Winter Wildlands Alliance was founded to represent backcountry skiers and human-powered recreation on America's public lands. We are an alliance of grassroots organizers, environmental advocates, backcountry skiers and snowboarders, and individuals who are devoted to protecting, preserving, and sharing access to quiet places in the mountains.
Keep Winter Wild
Learn more about our policy and advocacy work on public lands.
The Backcountry Film Festival raises money for grassroots causes.
A classroom without ceilings that introduces kids to the snowpack.
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Thanks to Brazil's National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS), over half of all municipal solid waste collected in Brazil is now being disposed of in an environmentally appropriate fashion, in landfills. Between 2010 and 2014, the Federal Government – through its Environment Ministry, its Ministry of Cities, and the National Health Foundation (FUNASA) – has invested R$ 1.2 billion to implement the PNRS. Accordingly, the number of municipalities with environmentally appropriate disposal practices doubled, from 1,090 in 2008 to 2,200 in 2013.
As a means of doing away with improper municipal solid waste disposal systems and encouraging waste sorting and recycling, R$ 600 million has been spent to help develop and implement state and local solid waste management projects.
Cities whose populations are under 20,000 receive special treatment under the law and are approved to create simplified plans. In addition, the Brazilian federal government supports the formation of public consortia to make integrated solid waste management in these municipalities more feasible.


Product Details: Groves 82" x 60" Six Wheeled Fabrication Cart with 60" load height and 3,200 lb. Capacity. Four heavy duty swivel casters on the base ends. Two (2) wheels located in the center of the base. Groves FC82.
Raised material supports for ease of loading, and will keep the finished material high off the ground to transport material safely and easily.
Two models available to move anything from single lites to full cases of glass, as well as complete framed windows and doors.
Forkliftable to help with the loading and unloading of delivery equipment, and moving raw material to fabrication area.
Heavy duty rubber is mounted on the base and the uprights to help prevent slipping and damage to the material.
Ratchet straps are provided to secure material to the cart.
Four heavy duty swivel casters on the ends of the base for stability, and two wheels located in the center of the base, provide easy mobility and a zero turning radius.
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Length 82" Width 25" Load Height 60" Overall Height 73".


Some of you might remember back to 2009 and 2010, when jetBlue sold an All You Can Jet pass — $599 for a month's worth of unlimited flying. They haven't done that in a while, but another airline is now doing something similar for $148. The catch is that you have to do all your flying in Southeast Asia.
To avoid confusion, I'm not saying that flying around Southeast Asia would be bad — I'm just saying you have to get to Kuala Lumpur to take advantage of the deal. The AP said AirAsia is set to offer an unlimited month of flying for 499 ringgit ($148), plus airport taxes. The deal will include ten destinations from their hub in Kuala Lumpur. The details and restrictions of the deal won't be announced until January 15th, when the tickets go on sale, but the destinations are speculated to coincide with the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The goal of ASEAN is to create a common economic community among the member nations, and the hope for the sale is to increase revenue and tourism in Southeast Asia.


Two 'Hoods' ride the train each night to a wrecking yard on the outskirts of the city. Here in this cemetery of stories they are storytellers as they leap from one imaginary car wreck to another, acting out each vehicle's final moments with the power to fast-forward, pause and rewind.
Tough yet entertaining, HOODS by Angela Betzien (originally commissioned by Sydney Opera House, HOODS successfully toured to schools in Australia for 2 years) examines subjects such as marginalised youth, poverty, and family breakdown.
This energetic, exciting production will be touring to schools in Munster and South Leinster from October 2014 and is designed for Transition Year and older Junior Cycle students.
Schools may also avail of the performance in the Graffiti Theatre, Blackpool. Please contact Graffiti for more information.
HOODS will play to a maximum of 70 students per performance.
Cost of the performance per student: €6.00.
Included in the above cost will be a curriculum-linked Teacher's Book – available in hard copy and online – of extensive resource materials to assist in classroom work on the subjects covered in the production.
For an extra cost, schools in Cork City can avail of a choice of workshops to accompany the performance. Please contact Graffiti for more information.
A teacher to be present during the performance and workshop in accordance with Child Safety Guidelines.


Before a person begins the process of buying a house he or she will need to know what they can afford. Typically this comes down to how much of a loan he or she can obtain. One route to take is to get pre-qualified. The pre-qualification process is one in which a mortgage company interviews the home buyer and asks questions about the individual's finances, including debts. Pre-approval is yet another option that is available. For pre-approval, a credit check is run and the amount of available down payment is taken into consideration. The lender also looks at any owed debt and if the person is a first time home buyer. This results in an estimated pre-approved amount that is typically favored over pre-qualification.
Once a person knows how much he or she can afford in terms of a house, it is time to look at the details of where to live. Often people choose a location-based off of factors such as family and work. Although a person may have a general idea of where he or she would like to own a home, it is important to consider all of the options. Urban areas are generally in the city while suburban areas are located at the outskirts of the city. People with families may appreciate the suburban areas, which generally have more schools and larger homes and yards. Urban areas are typically more expensive, but because they are at the heart of the city there are more activities, culture, and restaurants. Small towns and rural areas located outside of large cities are also an option and offer more sedate living than larger more urban areas. A person should visit potential locations keeping in mind his or her family's lifestyle and commute.
You've decided to buy a house and you are pre-approved. Now it's time to choose an agent. We will make this really easy for you….choose us! We are dedicated to working in your best interest as a buyer. Helping you through the process with everything from showing houses to the negotiations of a contract. We work for you!
You are pre-approved and you have called us to help you find a house. Now it is time to view available homes in the area. Of the steps to buy a house, this is often one of the most enjoyable. As your agents, we will locate and screen homes for you the buyer and present you with the options that best match the criteria you need.
Once we have helped you find the perfect home, it is time to make an offer on the property. This is an area in which we as agents are invaluable. Working with you and comparing similar properties that have sold in the area, together, we will come up with an offer. We as agents will draft a contract that is agreeable to you the homebuyer. The contract will include the price of the offer, as well as terms that the seller and the buyer will need to meet in order to achieve a successful transaction. We will ensure that the contract meets all of the necessary legal requirements.
Once the offer is made and accepted, we will work with you and help with scheduling the home inspection, work with the lender for appraisal purposes, and walk you through everything you will need on the closing day. Remember, we work for you and want to help you make this transaction as smooth as possible.


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Q: How to move location of Atomikos's tm.out and *.epoch files? I'm running a J2SE application that uses Atomikos which dumps it's numerous log files to the current directory.  I'd like to move the location of these files to "/tmp", but I cannot locate a configuration property that I can set from within my Spring XML config file.
The Atomikos documentation references a property:
com.atomikos.icatch.output_dir

Which seems exactly what I need, but how to set from Spring it without a jta.properties file?  Here is my transaction manager config:
<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager">
    <property name="transactionManager" ref="atomikosTransactionManager" />
    <property name="userTransaction" ref="atomikosUserTransaction" />
</bean>

<bean id="atomikosTransactionManager" class="com.atomikos.icatch.jta.UserTransactionManager"
    init-method="init" destroy-method="close">
    <!-- When close is called, should we force transactions to terminate? -->
    <property name="forceShutdown" value="false" />
</bean>

<bean id="atomikosUserTransaction" class="com.atomikos.icatch.jta.UserTransactionImp">
    <!-- Number of seconds before transaction timesout. -->
    <property name="transactionTimeout" value="30" />
</bean>

A: The property in question must be set on the singleton instance of the transactionService -- an object that is normally created on-demand by the user transaction manager:
<bean id="userTransactionService" class="com.atomikos.icatch.config.UserTransactionServiceImp"
    init-method="init" destroy-method="shutdownForce">
    <constructor-arg>
        <!-- IMPORTANT: specify all Atomikos properties here -->
        <props>
            <prop key="com.atomikos.icatch.service">com.atomikos.icatch.standalone.UserTransactionServiceFactory</prop>
            <prop key="com.atomikos.icatch.output_dir">target/</prop>
            <prop key="com.atomikos.icatch.log_base_dir">target/</prop>
        </props>
    </constructor-arg>
</bean>

Now the property is set.  But in order to ensure you don't have two transaction services running you must also modify the user transaction manager bean as follows:
<bean id="atomikosTransactionManager" class="com.atomikos.icatch.jta.UserTransactionManager"
    init-method="init" destroy-method="close" depends-on="userTransactionService">
    <!-- When close is called, should we force transactions to terminate? -->
    <property name="forceShutdown" value="false" />
    <!-- Do not create a transaction service as we have specified the bean in this file -->
    <property name="startupTransactionService" value="false" />
</bean>


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local local_IconList = nil

local PANEL = {}

AccessorFunc( PANEL, "m_strSelectedIcon", 		"SelectedIcon" )
AccessorFunc( PANEL, "m_bManual", 				"Manual" )

function PANEL:SelectIcon( name )

	self.m_strSelectedIcon = name

	for k, v in pairs( self.IconLayout:GetChildren() ) do

		if ( v:GetImage() == name ) then
			self.m_pSelectedIcon = v
		end

	end

end

function PANEL:ScrollToSelected()

	if ( !IsValid(self.m_pSelectedIcon) ) then return end

	self:ScrollToChild( self.m_pSelectedIcon )

end

--[[---------------------------------------------------------
   Name: Init
-----------------------------------------------------------]]
function PANEL:Init()

	self.m_strSelectedIcon = ""

	self.IconLayout = self:GetCanvas():Add( "DIconLayout" )
	self.IconLayout:SetSpaceX( 0 )
	self.IconLayout:SetSpaceY( 0 )
	self.IconLayout:SetBorder( 4 )
	self.IconLayout:Dock( TOP )

	self:SetPaintBackground( true )

end

function PANEL:Fill()

	self.Filled = true
	if ( self.m_bManual ) then return end

	if ( !local_IconList ) then
		 local_IconList = file.Find( "materials/icon16/*.png", "MOD" )
	end

	for k, v in SortedPairs( local_IconList ) do

		timer.Simple( k * 0.001, function()

				if ( !IsValid( self ) ) then return end
				if ( !IsValid( self.IconLayout ) ) then return end

				local btn = self.IconLayout:Add( "DImageButton" )
				btn.FilterText = string.lower( v )
				btn:SetOnViewMaterial( "icon16/" .. v )
				btn:SetSize( 22, 22 )
				btn:SetPos( -22, -22 )
				btn:SetStretchToFit( false )

				btn.DoClick = function()

					self.m_pSelectedIcon = btn
					self.m_strSelectedIcon = btn:GetImage()
					self:OnChangeInternal()

				end

				btn.Paint = function( btn, w, h )

					if ( self.m_pSelectedIcon != btn ) then return end

					derma.SkinHook( "Paint", "Selection", btn, w, h )

				end

				if ( !self.m_pSelectedIcon || self.m_strSelectedIcon == btn:GetImage() ) then
					self.m_pSelectedIcon = btn
					--self:ScrollToChild( btn )
				end

				self.IconLayout:Layout()

			end )

	end

end

function PANEL:FilterByText( text )

	local text = string.lower( text )

	for k, v in pairs( self.IconLayout:GetChildren() ) do

		v:SetVisible( v.FilterText:find( text ) != nil )

	end

	self.IconLayout:Layout()

end

function PANEL:Paint( w, h )

	if ( !self.Filled ) then self:Fill() end

	derma.SkinHook( "Paint", "Tree", self, w, h )

end

function PANEL:OnChangeInternal()

	self:OnChange()

end

function PANEL:Clear()
	self.IconLayout:Clear()
end

function PANEL:Add( name )
	return self.IconLayout:Add( name )
end

function PANEL:OnChange()

end

--[[---------------------------------------------------------
   Name: GenerateExample
-----------------------------------------------------------]]
function PANEL:GenerateExample( ClassName, PropertySheet, Width, Height )

	local ctrl = vgui.Create( ClassName )
		ctrl:SetSize( 300, 300 )
		ctrl:SelectIcon( "icon16/heart.png" )

	PropertySheet:AddSheet( ClassName, ctrl, nil, true, true )

end

derma.DefineControl( "DIconBrowser", "", PANEL, "DScrollPanel" )

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An exhibition of sculpture by Jacob Epstein (Consumatum Est) (Leicester Galleries), 1937
Type: Exhibition
Description: Monographic exhibition.
Exhibition no. 662
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Exhibitors included Jacob Epstein
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'An exhibition of sculpture by Jacob Epstein (Consumatum Est) (Leicester Galleries), 1937', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=ann_1288733531, accessed 17 Jan 2021]
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Many general counsels admit to pursuing in-house roles as a way to avoid litigation, which after working in law firms, they discover an aversion to. That's not the case with Randy Reaves, vice president and general counsel of Schnabel Engineering.
Reaves is a litigator at heart. He grew up watching shows like Perry Mason and thought "a real lawyer" was in the courtroom. But over the years, he came to realize that in the litigation arena, clients never really like their attorneys. Even if an attorney gets a great result, the client is only happy until he or she gets the bill, Reaves quips.
After 32 years of practicing law, Reaves has found a way to be both "a real lawyer" and an in-house counsel. He's stuck to his litigation guns, managing court cases over the years for companies like Tredegar Corporation, CarMax Auto Superstores and Signet Banking Corporation, and along the way he's made friends of internal clients.
Today, Reaves manages Schnabel Engineering's litigation, though he says, "knock on wood," the firm doesn't have much of it. And he's found other ways to support the business.
If not suing, what are you doing?
Reaves didn't intend to be a lawyer when he enrolled in law school; he was simply looking for a broad, liberal arts degree. After a couple of law firm internships, though, he answered the call to litigate.
In retrospect, it seems natural. In high school, Reaves did well on the debate team, winning regional competitions and attending state finals. He excelled, too, as an extemporaneous speaker. "I've always liked to argue," he says, laughing.
After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law, Reaves found success as a litigator at Hirschler Fleischer, a large firm in Richmond, Virginia. He especially enjoyed being in the courtroom, arguing motions and trying cases, including the handful of jury trials he experienced in his five years there. In business disputes, Reaves says, both sides are usually loath to leave their fate in the hands of a group of laypeople and try to persuade a judge instead.
In Reaves's early years of practice, he thought of little other than litigating. In fact, the firm's office was divided by floors—with litigators on one floor, real estate attorneys on another, business attorneys on another, and so on—and Reaves and his colleagues on "the litigator floor" used to jokingly ask what attorneys on other floors even did.
"It was kind of like, if you're not suing somebody, being sued or in a courtroom fight, what are you doing?" he says.
Eventually, the 60 to 80 hour, six and seven day work weeks got to be too much. Reaves had a seven-month-old at home, his wife had a stressful job as well, and the demands of law firm life were taking a physical toll.
In search of a role that would offer better work-life balance, yet still suit his affinity for litigation, Reaves found his way to Signet Banking Corporation.
Reaves joined Signet in 1991, just after a real estate boom in the late '80s had busted. He was brought on to lead the bank's litigation in bankruptcy court, and spent time in the courtrooms of Virginia. He also managed litigators in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, and over time oversaw a multi-lawyer in-house litigation section, an essential shift that transitioned Reaves from solely litigating to managing others.
As happens, Signet was purchased by First Union, which later became Wachovia Bank, which became Wells Fargo, and Reaves found his job moving to North Carolina. Not keen on relocating, Reaves accepted an offer from CarMax, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of now-defunct Circuit City, the once-dominant electronics retailer.
At the time, 1998, CarMax was just kicking into high gear as an online and "no haggle" price used-car dealer, and in many ways it was breaking the car sales mold. The company needed someone to handle its litigation—especially with state regulators and competitors. It also needed someone to protect its trade secrets and handle consumer complaints submitted to the Better Business Bureau and state attorneys general.
Shortly after Reaves joined CarMax, his boss left, and Reaves accepted the added responsibility of managing a 15-person legal team. For the first time, he was involved in contract and lease reviews and general corporate legal work. He jokes that he finally discovered what his colleagues on the other floors of Hirschler Fleishcher had been doing all those years prior.
Without abandoning his love for litigation, Reaves gained new perspective and appreciation for a more business-oriented mindset.
"What I've learned over time is you can get a lot of satisfaction in helping to achieve mutually beneficial deals between companies or entities who are trying to work together while preserving their distinct objectives," he says.
That notion has served Reaves well, especially in his current role at Schnabel Engineering—a 60-year-old, 300-person engineering firm that specializes in geotechnical, tunnel and dam work. Headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia, Schnabel Engineering has offices along the East Coast, from New York to Georgia, as well as one in Knoxville, Tennessee, and another in Dallas, Texas.
While Reaves does manage Schnabel Engineering's litigation, the firm doesn't have much of it, he says. That has freed him up to do things like streamlining the firm's corporate structure and taking a strong stand during contract negotiations.
Since joining Schnabel Engineering in 2010, Reaves has also created a stronger framework for acquisitions.
"The company has always been good at analyzing the financials of a potential acquisition and how it may complement our current strengths and markets … but I have helped set up a framework so you can make sure risks are identified and allocated upfront, so that the acquisition will be better incorporated into the Schnabel family," Reaves says.
Reaves notes that Schnabel, a 100 percent ESOP-owned company, has a unique culture, and its employees are motivated to do quality work.
Reaves appreciates that atmosphere and working with engineers, who he says are as detail-oriented as he is and understand the importance of fully assessing risk. Reaves appreciates, too, that at Schnabel Engineering, the engineers and business leaders aren't afraid to make a decision.
At past companies, Reaves found businesspeople who were "scared to death" to make a decision. Instead, they deferred to the legal team.
Though Reaves "grew up" in a law firm, he has come to appreciate the collaborative relationships he's able to have with businesspeople as an in-house lawyer.


Tech companies: Whose side are you on?
I wrote this for the Guardian. I'm crossposting it here for my archive. The post is all the more relevant a day later as Google, Apple, AT&T, and Public Knowledge attend a secret White House meeting about secrecy. I'd have a lot more respect for them if they refused, given the condition.
Technology companies: Now is the moment when you must answer for us, your users, whether you are collaborators in the U.S. government's efforts to collect it all — our every move on the internet — or whether you, too, are victims of its overreach.
Every company named in Edward Snowden's revelations has said that it must comply with government demands, including requirements to keep secret court orders secret. True enough. But there's only so long they can hide behind that cloak before making it clear whether they are resisting government's demands or aiding in them. And now the time has come to go farther: to use both technology and political capital to actively protect the public's privacy. Who will do that?
(1) Internet platforms that provide services directly to consumers, allowing government to demand access to signals about us: Google with search, mail, calendars, maps; Facebook with connections; Skype with conversations, and so on.
In its first Prism reporting, the Washington Post apparently unfairly fingered nine of these companies, accusing the NSA and FBI of "tapping directly into the central servers" that hold our "chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs." Quickly, the companies repudiated that claim and sought the right to report at least how many secret demands are made. But there's more they can and should do.
(2) Communications brands with consumer relationships that hand over metadata and/or open taps on internet traffic for collection by the NSA and Britain's GCHQ, creating vast databases that can then be searched via XKeyscore. Verizon leads that list, and we now know from the Süddeutsche Zeitung that it also includes BT and Vodafone.
The bulk data carriers have no consumer brands or relationships and thus are probably the least likely to feel commercial pressure to protect the rights of the users at the edge. The telephone companies should care more but they operate as oligopolies with monopoly attitudes and rarely exhibit consumer empathy (which is a nice way of saying their business models are built on customer imprisonment).
A hodgepodge alliance of U.S. legislators is finally waking up to the need and opportunity to stand up for citizens' rights, but they will be slow and, don't we know, ineffective and often uninformed. The courts will be slower and jealous of their power. Diplomacy's the slowest route to reform yet, dealing in meaningless symbolism.
So our strongest expectations must turn to the first tier above, the consumer internet platforms. They have the most to lose — in trust and thus value — in taking government's side against us.
At the Guardian Activate conference in London last month, I asked Vint Cerf, an architect of the net and evangelist for Google, about encrypting our communication as a defense against NSA spying. He suggested that communication should be encrypted into and out of internet companies' servers (thwarting, or so we'd hope, the eavesdropping on the net's every bit over telcos' fibre) but should be decrypted inside the companies' servers so they could bring us added value based on the content: a boarding pass on our phone, a reminder from our calendar, an alert about a story we're following (not to mention a targeted ad).
Now there are reports that Google is looking at encrypting at least documents stored in Google Drive. That is wise in any case, as often these can contain users' sensitive company and personal information. I now think Google et al need to go farther and make encryption an option on any information. I don't want encryption to be the default because, in truth, most of my digital life is banal and I'd like to keep getting those handy calendar reminders. But technology companies need to put the option and power of data security directly into users' hands.
That also means that the technology companies have to reach out and work with each other to enable encryption and other protections across their services. I learned the hard way how difficult it is to get simple answers to questions about how to encrypt email. The industry should work hard to make that an option on every popular service.
But let's be clear that encryption is not the solution, probably only a speed bump to the NSA's omnivorous ingesting. At the Activate conference, Cerf was asked whether the solution in the end will be technical or institutional. No doubt, institutional, he answered. That means that companies and government agencies must operate under stated principles and clear laws with open oversight.
Before Snowden's leaks, technology CEOs would have had to balance cooperation and resistance just as the nation supposedly balances security and privacy. But now the tide of public opinion has clearly shifted — at least for now — and so this is the moment to grab control of issue.
Besides taking action to secure technology and oversight within their companies and the industry, right-thinking technology companies also need to band together to use their political capital to lobby governments across the world to protect the rights of users and the freedom and sanctity of privacy and speech on the net. They must take bold and open stands.
* and that government must become transparent by default and secret by necessity (there are necessary secrets). Edward Snowden has shown us all too clearly that the opposite is now true.
I also believe that we must see a discussion of principles and ethics from the technologists inside these companies. One reason I have given Google the benefit of the doubt — besides being an admirer — is that I believe the engineers I know inside Google would not stay if they saw it violating their ethics even if under government order.
I can tell you that it is a point of pride, both for the company and for many of us, personally, that we stand up to governments that demand people's information…. I can categorically state that nothing resembling the mass surveillance of individuals by governments within our systems has ever crossed my plate. If it had, even if I couldn't talk about it, in all likelihood I would no longer be working at Google.


This topic explains how to show updates, such as adding or deleting rules, to a deployment. When you make a change to a deployment, the update icon ( ) appears next to the name of the deployment.
The Rules tab is displayed.
In the options panel, under Deployments click Show Updates on the far right.


The infamous breast cancer/antiperspirant myth began on the Internet in the late 1990s as a viral email followed by a series of articles. The messages claimed that underarm products contain harmful chemicals, like the aluminum in antiperspirants, which could potentially be absorbed by the skin. The rumors suggest shaving with a razor blade causes tiny underarm nicks that allow the substances to enter lymph nodes under the arm. The body is not able to get rid of the chemicals due to the sweat-prevention qualities of antiperspirants. The cells are then said to mutate into cancer because of the high toxin build-up.
However, in reality these warnings are unfounded. In addition to multiple studies refuting the myth (see below), lymph nodes are not connected to sweat glands. Furthermore, there is no evidence that our skin absorbs a significant amount of aluminum from antiperspirants and it's unlikely that a small cut in the skin would allow a major source of carcinogens to enter the body and reach breast cells.
Fill out our breast cancer risk assessment and learn more about your risk factors for breast cancer.
In the last few decades, numerous studies have explored a possible connection between underarm products and breast cancer prevalence. A 2002 study looked at 813 women with breast cancer and 793 women with no history of breast cancer. The results did not show an increased breast cancer rate for women who reported using underarm antiperspirants/deodorant or for women who applied the product within one hour after shaving using a razor blade. In 2006, a smaller scale study supported the original findings, and in 2016, a systematic review also concluded that there is no link between antiperspirant and increased breast cancer risk. In fact, the results indicated that antiperspirant use was protective, but the review was based on only two studies.
The key takeaway is there's absolutely no conclusive scientific evidence that antiperspirants or deodorant cause breast cancer. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) all emphasize a lack of any conclusive evidence supporting the rumored link.
However, there are many ways to reduce your breast cancer risk and cancer risk in general. Quitting smoking, practicing healthy habits, maintaining a nutritious diet, living an active lifestyle and more are all significant ways to reduce your chances of developing the disease. You can also educate yourself on what factors do increase your risk of developing breast cancer.
What's the Deal With Talcum Powder Use and Ovarian Cancer Risk?


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Recording: Advantages of the Médiathèque+ in Secretarial Studies
Webinaires 22 janvier 2021
Would you like to learn more about the Médiathèque+?
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Accessibility on all devices
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Do you have any questions about the Médiathèque+?
In this webinar, Claude Lacroix, from our Customer Service – Digital Tools, and Mariya Pakhomova, one of our coordinators, present the advantages of working and studying with the Médiathèque+ in Secretarial Studies.
Watch below the webinar presented on February 17, 2021.
Having more than 30 years of experience in the customer service field, Claude has distinguished himself by following a unique career path. After studying music at university, then being an advocate for young entrepreneurs or teaching entrepreneurship, Claude chose CEMEQ as a logical continuation of his career path. CEMEQ enables him to put his knowledge, skills, and passion for technology and innovation into practice, as he enjoys collaborating with the world of vocational training.
Mariya Pakhomova is a coordinator who participates in our collaborative work on various CEMEQ's projects. She has a background in applied linguistics studies, as well as experience in teaching English as a second language and developing English-teaching materials. She is passionate about languages, language teaching, and educational technology.
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In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together. In a frying pan, heat a tbsp of olive oil over medium heat. Pour and spread the tofu pancake batter mix into the pan. Cook both sides until golden.
Use a big flat spatula to flip the pancake so it won't break. Serve warm.