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Världsmästerskapen i nordisk skidsport 1954 ägde rum i Falun i Sverige 13–21 februari 1954. 18-kilometersloppet ersattes av ett 15-kilometerslopp. 30-kilometersloppet, som senast hållits 1926, återkom också. Inom nordisk kombination kortades längdåkningen ner till 15 kilometer. 1954 var också året som Sovjetunionen debuterade vid världsmästerskapen i nordisk skidsport.

Ordförande i organisationskommitén var Sigge Bergman. För första gången medverkade damer i nordiska skidgrenar vid separata världsmästerskapssammanhang. Man hade dock medverkat vid olympiska vinterspelen 1952 i Oslo i Norge.

Längdåkning herrar

15 kilometer
17 februari 1954

30 kilometer
14 februari 1954

Vladimir Kuzin var den förste från Sovjetunionen att vinna en tävling vid världsmästerskapen i nordisk skidsport.

50 kilometer
21 februari 1954

4 × 10 kilometer stafett
20 februari 1954

Längdåkning damer

10 kilometer
21 februari 1954

Ljubov Kozyreva var den första kvinnan att vinna en tävling vid världsmästerskapen i nordisk skidsport.

3 × 5 kilometer stafett
17 februari 1954

Nordisk kombination, herrar

Individuellt
16/17 februari 1954

Backhoppning, herrar

Stora backen
14 februari 1954

Medaljligan

Se även
Medaljfördelning per nation vid världsmästerskapen i nordisk skidsport
Lista över världsmästare i längdåkning för herrar
Lista över världsmästare i längdåkning för damer

Källor
Längdskidåkning
Nordisk kombination
Backhoppning

Externa länkar

Sport i Sverige 1954
Backhoppning i Sverige
Längdskidåkning i Sverige
Nordisk kombination i Sverige
Backhoppningssäsongen 1953/1954
Längdskidåkningssäsongen 1953/1954
Nordisk kombination-säsongen 1953/1954
Sportevenemang i Falun
Internationella sportevenemang i Sverige
1954


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Q: Is it possible to secure the linux kernel sockets?
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*I have several Linux applications which uses sockets (UDP/TCP IP).

*I want (need, no matter why) to secure the connection with my own secure protocol without changing those applications.

*I thought about changing the Linux kernel socket implementation, so I can use my secure protocol sockets, without changing those applications.

*So, Is it possible to change the Linux kernel sockets, so when using send or receive sockets function, the inner Linux implementation will by mine ?
And how can I do it ? which kernel module do I need to change ?

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national team and of Swedish soccer players failed to link repeated heading with any mental impairment.
Although accidental injuries cannot be eliminated from sports, especially those involving contact, evidence of brain injury caused by a deliberate action would likely lead in a shift in attitudes towards heading," he adds.
Heading skills must be practiced at all levels, right up through college and the professionals.
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An application for regularly emailing a list of senders the output of an ipython notebook

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I want to generate random numbers, dates as my test data, how do I do this in Selenium IDE?
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I have written my own element locator, how do I test it?
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I want to use only Selenese as my test script language but still want to execute tests in other browsers, how do I do that?
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I have added one command in the middle of the list of commands, how do I test only this new command?
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Can I make Selenium IDE tests begin test execution from a certain command and not from the very first command?
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Firefinder can also be used to test XPath locators.
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This extension can be added under "Selenium IDE Extension" section to use loop feature in Selenium IDE.
Can I use screen coordinate while using click command? I want to click at the specific part of my element.
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Robert Scott Witty was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was a childhood actor staring in "Let's Go," a Canadian children's TV series taped at the CKY-TV studios in Winnipeg. In early adulthood, he toured around the world as a lead performer with, "Up with People," gaining international exposure and experience.
In 1996, Witty graduated from the Neighbourhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City. He then co-founded The Shooting Star Theater in Lower Manhattan, featuring plays and musical acts for over 15 years, though he sold his ownership interest in 2000.
In 2000, he resumed acting in television shows and theatre productions; produced theatre productions in the U.S. and Canada; and directed and produced music videos that appeared on Much (formerly known as MuchMusic), Canada's leading music video channel.
After owning and operating successful business ventures in British Columbia, since 2003, Witty immigrated to the United States with his wife and children, turning his primary focus to producing films. Witty's continued passion for filmmaking has led him to take on the role of producer for "Feast of The Seven Fishes," written and directed by Robert Tinnell, with an ensemble cast featuring Skyler Gisondo and Madison Iseman. "Feast of the Seven Fishes" finished production in August 2018 with an anticipated November 2019 release date.
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Padparadscha Sapphires are impossibly rare, highly prized, unbelievably gorgeous, lotus-hued gemstones from Chimwadzulu Hill in Malawi's central region. Named for its semblance to a Sri Lankan pinkish-orange lotus flower (Nelumbo Nucifera Speciosa), Padparadscha Sapphire's signature cocktail of kumquat sunrises and roseate sunsets has made it one of the world's most desirable and valuable gemstones. Famed for its seductive beauty and extreme scarcity, Padparadscha are Sapphires' rarest and most coveted colors.
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"That which spreads its rays like the sun, is glossy, soft to the touch, resembling the fire, like molten gold and not worn off is padma raga" is how a medieval Indian text on gemology, 'Thakkura Pheru's Rayanaparikkha', describes Padparadscha Sapphire.
Optimal lapidary is absolutely critical to fully realize Padparadscha Sapphire's unique beauty. Carefully faceted by experienced lapidaries with an eye-clean clarity, the highest quality clarity grade for colored gemstones as determined by the world's leading gemological laboratories, in a manner that doesn't sacrifice brilliance for weight, they possess a superior polish resulting in a beautiful luster, as well as a good shape and overall appearance (outline, profile and proportions).
Unfortunately, the 'Padparadscha' color prefix has been both confused and misused. Writing in 2001, gemstone author Yasukazu Suwa explains this now historic challenge stating, "There is no universally accepted definition of Padparadscha Sapphire", and this isn't surprising considering its history. Our modern word 'Padparadscha' is in fact an English corruption of a German corruption of the Sinhalese 'padma' (lotus) and 'raga' (color).
Thankfully, since 2006 the name's exact meaning has been clarified. Members of the Laboratory Manual Harmonization Committee (LMHC) have standardized the nomenclature they use to describe a Padparadscha Sapphire, defining the gem as "a variety of Corundum from any geographical origin whose color is a subtle mixture of pinkish-orange to orangey pink with pastel tones and low to medium saturations". Even though this description provides clear boundaries, it has enough room for buyers to explore the sublime intricacies of this tremendously rare gem.
While both Ruby and Sapphires are classed as Type II gemstones (gems that typically grow with some minor inclusions in nature that may be eye-visible), Sapphires are usually cleaner (and larger) than Ruby, with an eye-clean clarity (no visible inclusions when the gem is examined six inches from the naked eye) being the typical standard.
While Sapphires are pleochroic (different colors visible from different viewing angles), this is not usually a concern, but gems with table-up pleochroism that detracts from their beauty, will also be priced accordingly. As usual, the visibility of pleochroism is determined by crystal orientation during lapidary. The aesthetic impact of color unevenness due to zoning (location of color in the crystal versus how the gem is faceted) or excessive windowing (areas of washed out color in a table-up gem, often due to a shallow pavilion) is also an important value consideration. Finally, pay attention to how transparency and inclusions affect Sapphires' color beauty and subsequently, value. As with all gemstones, assuming everything else to be equal, sizes matters for Sapphires, and one 4 carat Sapphire will always be far rarer (and more expensive) than four 1 carat Sapphires.
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One of the world's rarest and most expensive gemstones, Padparadscha Sapphire sources include, Madagascar, Malawi, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
In 1958 a Ruby and Sapphire deposit was discovered in Ntcheu about 145 kilometers south of Malawi's capital of Lilongwe. Although this is one of the oldest known gemstone deposits on the African continent, very little has been published about its history. In 2008, Nyala Mines Ltd. began working the deposit, while Columbia Gem House Inc. handled lapidary, marketing and distribution. To support the local community, Columbia Gem House established the Dzonze District Development Fund, which helps two villages near the mine through a school at Kandoma and a hospital in Katsekera.
Columbia Gem House have been building a mine-to-market supply chain for ethical gems since 1976. Mining and cutting on three continents, they are pioneers of 'Fair Trade Gems'. These are gemstones that are closely tracked from mine-to-market to ensure that every gem has been handled according to strict protocols. These include a tight chain of custody, environmentally-responsible gem mining, ethical sourcing, fair wages and safe labor practices at mines and lapidaries, the promotion of cultural diversity, as well as public education and accountability.
With well over 90 percent of Corundum gemstones treated, Padparadscha Sapphires from Malawi are one of the few Sapphires that are totally natural and unenhanced, thereby accentuating the rarity of an already incredibly scarce Sapphire variety.
One of the world's hardest gemstones (Mohs' Hardness: 9), Padparadscha Sapphire is an excellent choice for everyday jewelry. Padparadscha Sapphire should always be stored carefully to avoid scuffs and scratches. Clean with gentle soap and lukewarm water, scrubbing behind the gem with a very soft toothbrush as necessary. After cleaning, pat dry with a soft towel or chamois cloth.
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Q: Redirect still remains in the same page in Spring MVC I want to redirect to my home page, but this doesn't work:
@RequestMapping(value = "logout", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String logout(HttpSession session) {
    this.setSessionAccount(session, null);
    return this.getRedirect("/index");
}

My current page is host/u/center. There's some response record:

A: You should
return "redirect:/index"

instead of calling another method of the controller.

A: I know what's the problem.
I use an ajax get request.
So I still remains in the same page.
Anyway,tanks for your answers.


Economic theorist and historian I.I. Rubin suggested a definition of political economy which has nothing in common with the definition of economics. According to Rubin, "Political economy deals with human working activity, not from the standpoint of its technical methods and instruments of labor, but from the standpoint of its social form. It deals with production relations which are established among people in the process of production".


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Q: C language: I want to see if a value of a[] is less than all the values of b[] I have to solve an exercise in C. The exercise asks me to get 2 arrays (a, b) from input and see if there is a value of a[] which is less than all the values of b.
Both array have 3 elements.
The code I wrote is the following:
for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
{
    while(k<3)
    {
        if(a[i]<a[k])
        {
            count++;
            if (count==3)
            {
                break;
            }
        }
        k++;
    }
    count=0;
}

if (count==3)
{
    printf("TRUE");
}
else
{
    printf("FALSE");
}

The problem with the code is that it prints false in any input I give.
Any help would be appreciated.
P.S. I left out the scanning from keyboard of the arrays and the declaration of i and k to keep the code short and clearer.

A: For starters do not use magic numbers like 3. Instead use named constants.
In this statement
if(a[i]<a[k])

you are comparing elements of the same array a instead of comparing an element of a with an element of the array b.
Also before the while loop you have to set the variables count and k to 0.
for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
{
    k = 0;
    count = 0;
    while(k<3)

And the break statement breaks the while loop but it does not break the outer for loop.
The code does not determine the position of the target element of the array a that is less than all elements of the array b.
You could write a separate function that does the task.
Here is a demonstrative program.
#include <stdio.h>

size_t find_less_than( const int a[], const int b[], size_t n )
{
    size_t i = 0;

    for ( _Bool found = 0; !found && i < n; i += !found )
    {
        size_t j = 0;
        while ( j < n && a[i] < b[j] ) j++;

        found = j == n;
    }

    return i;
}

int main(void)
{
    enum { N = 3 };

    int a[N], b[N];

    printf( "Enter %d values of the array a: ", N );
    for ( size_t i = 0; i < N; i++ ) scanf( "%d", &a[i] );

    printf( "Enter %d values of the array b: ", N );
    for ( size_t i = 0; i < N; i++ ) scanf( "%d", &b[i] );

    size_t i = find_less_than( a, b, N );
    if ( i != N )
    {
        printf( "The element at position %zu with the value %d of the array a\n"
                "is less than all elements of the array b\n", i, a[i] );
    }
    else
    {
        puts( "There is no element in the array a\n"
              "that is less than all elements of the array b\n" );
    }

    return 0;
}

Its output might look like
Enter 3 values of the array a: 3 0 1
Enter 3 values of the array b: 1 2 3
The element at position 1 with the value 0 of the array a
is less than all elements of the array b

A: Writing programs is mechanics. Of course, it seems challenging at first, but it rapidly becomes easier; you only need to translate the description of a solution ("first do this, then do that") into a programming language.
The real art is coming up with good solutions. A good solution does not waste time or space, for example. And it also scales to larger problems.
In this problem, the obvious solution is to take each element in turn from a and see if it is less than every element of b. In the worst case, that will involve comparing every element of a with every element of b. That doesn't matter much if they both only have three elements, but suppose they had a million elements. Then that procedure could end up comparing every element of a with every element of b, a total of 1,000,000,000,000 comparisons. Even on modern hardware, that would take a long time.
But there is an easy improvement. If an element from a is not less than any element of b, then it is not less than the smallest element of b. Conversely, if it is less than every element of b, then it is obviously less than the smallest element of b.
So it is not necessary to compare with every element of b; only with the smallest element of b. We don't initially know what that element is, but it is straight-forward to scan b once to find it, and then use it in a scan of a. That lets us solve the million element problem with at most 1,999,999 comparisons, which I think you will agree is a lot more practical.
Sometimes nested loops are necessary. But when you see one, you should always at least ask yourself, "is there a better solution?" Because the art and joy of programming isn't the mechanical translation of algorithm into code; it is the eureka moment in which that better solution reveals itself to you.

A: To check if there is a value in a that is less than all the values of b, you can use a double for loop:
for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
{
    int count= 0;
    for (int j = 0; j < 3; ++j)
    {
        if(a[i]<b[j])
        {
            count++;
        }
    }
    if (count==3) break;
}
if (i<3) printf("%d\n", a[i]);

Another approach, which is faster, is to first find the smallest of a and then check for each b if this is smaller:

int smallest= a[0];
for (int i = 1; i < 3; ++i)
    if (a[i]<smallest) smallest=a[i];

int count= 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
    if(<b[i]<smallest)
        count++;

if (count==3) printf("yes\n");

The first version has a nested loop, and so has n*n iterations. The second has only n+n iterations (also called O(n2) and O(n+n)).


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The Taliban insurgency refused to hold talks with the Afghan government and rejected the announcement made by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group, which includes the governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States. The Quadrilateral Group announced at the end of February that a meeting would take place in March between the Afghan government and the Taliban insurgency in Islamabad. The Taliban insurgency says it has not authorized anyone to be its representative in the meeting and the group restated its conditions before it would join talks: the withdrawal of foreign troops, the removal of Taliban names from international blacklists and the release of insurgent prisoners. Declarations by the Pakistani foreign affairs adviser, Sartaj Aziz, who said that the Pakistan government had influence over the Taliban insurgency and could bring them to the negotiating table, while openly recognizing that the Taliban leaders and their families were on Pakistani soil, could have jeopardized the announcement of the talks. (The Guardian, 5/3/16; The Diplomat, 12/3/16)
MOROCCO – WESTERN SAHARA: Rabat expels 84 MINURSO members in response to Ban Ki-moon's statements about the "occupation" of Western Sahara
The visit of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the area of Western Sahara controlled by the POLISARIO Front and the Saharan refugee camps in Algeria escalated tension with the Moroccan authorities. The Moroccan government rejected Ban Ki-moon's statements about its "occupation" of Western Sahara, which led to mass protests in the Moroccan capital and calls from the Moroccan authorities to the UN Secretary-General to clarify his position. Ban Ki-moon attributed the situation to a misunderstanding and regretted Morocco's reaction. In mid-March, Rabat notified the UN that 84 members of the civilian component of MINURSO and the African Union had to abandon Moroccan territory within three days and announced the suspension of its financial aid to the mission. The UN warned that MINURSO's operations were seriously compromised by this reduction of the contingent, since only 28 civilian members of the mission remained in Laayoune. During his trip to the region between 3 and 7 March, Ban Ki-moon intended to meet with the king of Morocco, but the meeting was cancelled after Rabat said that the king had a scheduling conflict. In the first trip by a UN Secretary-General to the refugee camps since 1998, Ban Ki-moon visited Nouakchott, Rabouni, Smara, Algiers and the MINURSO team in Bir Lahlou. The four objectives of the journey were to make a personal assessment of the situation and help to find a solution, meet with the MINURSO contingent, evaluate the critical humanitarian scenario first-hand and share his impressions about the dispute with important leaders in the region. (ICG, 01/04/16; UNSC, 19/04/16)
BURUNDI: A fragile minimum agreement is reached regarding the presence of an AU mission in the country, although the inter-Burundian dialogue remains stalled
Numerous international delegations have visited Burundi in recent weeks to find a way out of the country's political crisis, which continues to be plagued by violence and instability, although little progress has been made. Visits were made by the UN Security Council, the US special envoy to the Great Lakes region, the UN Secretary General and a delegation of five leaders from AU countries. President Pierre Nkurunziza promised Ban Ki-moon that 1,200 political prisoners would be released (he later raised that figure to 2,000) and two independent radios were reopened. He also made a promise to the AU delegation led by South African President Jacob Zuma that 100 military observers and 100 human rights observers would be deployed in an effort to reduce violence. The UN Secretary General's visit was marked by explosions and grenade attacks, with dozens of people being injured on the day of his arrival in the country. However, several analysts say that the Government has become bogged down, since the main item on the table, which is the negotiation with the representatives of the political and social opposition under the Conseil National pour le respect de l'Accord d'Arusha pour la Paix et la Réconciliation Au-Burundi et la Restauration d'un Etat de Droit (CNARED), is at a standstill. Instead, the authorities have unilaterally created the so-called National Commission for Inter-Burundian Dialogue (CNDI) to negotiate with those groups they feel more comfortable with, while ignoring the main opposition parties and even the armed opposition and leaders of the 2015 coup. President Yoweri Museveni, who was appointed to be the official mediator for the East African Community (EAC), said that the CNARED was the country's main opposition coalition. In January the AU reversed the decision announced in December to send a 5,000-strong peacekeeping mission to the country, following the Government's strong rejection and threats. On the other hand, some context has to be given regarding the acceptance of the military observers, since the AU has failed to deploy this observation mission since July 2015. Currently only 32 AU military observers have been deployed and their ability to move freely around the country has not been guaranteed. (IRIN, 02/03/16; RFI, 14/03/16)
TURKEY (SOUTHEAST): Antagonism grows between the Turkish government and the Kurdish movement, dampening the possibilities of dialogue
Antagonism grew between the government of Turkey and the pro-Kurdish movement, making options for rapprochement difficult. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for expanding the definition of "terrorists" to include those who give support to terrorism, whether they are MPs, academics, writers or journalists. Erdogan warned that there was no middle position and that people were "either with us or with the terrorists". Furthermore, the ruling party AKP has circulated a draft law to dismiss mayors facing terrorism-related charges and replace them with public officials appointed by the ministry of the Interior or by governors as part of a package of reforms affecting local authorities. This was compounded by the political controversy regarding Parliament's proposal to eliminate parliamentary immunity for MPs under criminal investigation in a context in which several MPs from the pro-Kurdish party HDP stand accused of belonging to an armed organisation. (Hürriyet, Reuters, 1-31/03/16)
UKRAINE (EAST): A new negotiating summit is held between Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France, but no agreement is reached on elections in the Donbas
Difficulties in the Ukrainian peace process continued. The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany met in Paris in early March, but failed to reach an agreement on holding elections in eastern Ukraine, one of the items of the Minsk agreements. Ukraine insisted on the need to guarantee the security of the territory beforehand, including the implementation of a full ceasefire and the withdrawal of weaponry before any possible elections. Meanwhile, Russia indicated that it was ready to support the electoral proposal presented by Germany and France. Meanwhile, the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk began to issue its own passports. Its leader, Aleksandr Zakharchenko, announced that any citizens who wished to vote in local elections would need those documents. However, the Minsk agreements provide for local elections to be held as part of Ukrainian legislation. Despite the persisting disagreements regarding the elections, an agreement was achieved on other aspects, like the beginning of demining efforts in 12 areas in the conflict zone, the ban on military exercises near the line of contact, the release and exchange of all prisoners and civilians illegally detained prior to 30 April and the creation of a mechanism for preventing and managing incidents linked to ceasefire violations and guarantees of access to the conflict zone for observers. Nevertheless, problems in the process remained evident during the rest of the month. At the end of the month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the Ukrainian government of failing to implement the ceasefire agreement. (Reuters, RFE/RL, BBC, 1-30/03/16)
COLOMBIA: The Government and the ELN announce the beginning of peace talks
Frank Pearl, representative of the Colombian Government, and Antonio Garcia, for the National Liberation Army (ELN), announced on March 30 the beginning of public formal peace talks. The talks will mainly be held in Ecuador, and representatives of the guarantor countries Ecuador, Norway and Venezuela will attend, as well as the accompanying countries, Chile and Cuba, which will all host rounds of negotiations. The negotiation will be based on a six-point agenda: 1) participation of society in peacebuilding; 2) democracy for peace; 3) transformations for peace; 4) victims; 5) end of the armed conflict; and 6) implementation. President Juan Manuel Santos expressed the Government's satisfaction with the beginning of talks with the ELN, but emphasized that the meetings will only take place once some humanitarian issues are resolved, including the release of people who have been kidnapped by the guerrillas. Antonio García, the ELN's chief negotiator, said he hoped the talks would begin within the next two months. The announcement was very well received by the Latin American countries, as well as by the US government and EU, who have said that the it is an important step towards achieving peace in Colombia. With regard to the peace process with the FARC, earlier in the month Senate and Congressional commissions approved the bill that allows the creation of concentration zones for FARC fighters, which will allow the laying down of arms, the transition to a legalized status and the reincorporation of combatants into civilian life. The bill was approved with the vote of the Radical Change Party, the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the Social Party of National Unity, the Green Party and the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA). The bill should now be voted simultaneously in plenary sessions of both houses. Finally, in what was a small setback in the peace process with the FARC, the Government and the guerrillas announced that they were postponing the date to reach the final peace agreement, initially scheduled for March 23. (Infolatam/EFE, 1, 30-31/03/2016; Colombian Presidency, 30/03/2016; BBC, 30/03/2016)
GEORGIA (ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA): The conflict parties agree to a prisoner exchange and Abkhazia announces the reactivation of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism
Significant progress was made in the peace process in March. First, Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia implemented a trilateral agreement to exchange 16 prisoners. The multiple swap occurred on the administrative border between Georgia and Abkhazia. As part of the deal, the Georgian government released four prisoners from South Ossetia, while South Ossetia released four Georgian prisoners and Abkhazia released eight, without requesting the release of Abkhaz prisoners in exchange. All three parties were pleased with the agreement. Georgian Minister of Reconciliation Paata Zakareishvili expressed particular gratitude to the Abkhaz regime and its leader, Raul Khajimba, before both the Abkhaz and Georgian media. Moreover, Zakareishvili hailed the honest work by all the parties and the importance of the deal as part of the peace process, stating that Georgia wanted to begin a new stage in its relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia and that humanitarian issues were at the forefront of that goal. The foreign minister of South Ossetia also welcomed the good faith of all sides. His Abkhaz counterpart highlighted the exchange as an "excellent" example of pragmatic cooperation between all parties. The deal began to be developed within the official format of the peace process (the Geneva International Discussions (GID) facilitated by the EU, OSCE and UN), but ended up getting addressed and agreed to with direct meetings among all three parties. The second major breakthrough took place at the end of the month, when Georgia and Abkhazia agreed to resume the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, suspended since 2012, unlike the one in South Ossetia. The agreement was announced as part of the 35th round of the GID and was praised by the parties, the facilitators, Russia and the United States. The OSCE described it as an important step forward in boosting confidence, predictability and transparency. Among other sectors, Georgian women's organisations and women displaced by the conflict had called for the reactivation of the mechanism. (Civil Georgia, OSCE, EUMM, Georgia Today, 1-31/03/16)
INDIA (NAGALAND): Government and NSCN-IM meet in Delhi
The Government of India and the Naga armed opposition group, NSCN-IM, are holding negotiations in Delhi. The NSCN-IM delegation included General Secretary Th. Muivah and a figure that was recently reinstated to the group, General Kholi Konyak. Konyak had led the dissident faction NSCN-U, but days before the new round of talks with the Government he re-joined the NSCN-IM. It is believed that the Government and the armed group are working on a 33-point agreement that has been kept secret and that consultations are being conducted based on the framework agreement that was signed in 2015. The Government also stated that it was working hard to resolve the disruption of the cease-fire agreement with the NSCN-K and underscored efforts by Naga organizations such as Naga Hoho and Eastern Nagaland People's Organization (ENPO), which travelled to Myanmar at the request of The Nagaland State Assembly to talk to the NSCN-K. Some sources indicated that the Indian Government would like to incorporate all Naga organizations into the final agreement before it is signed. (SATP, 13, 15 y 18/3/16; The Telegraph India, 16/3/16)
SOUTH SUDAN: SPLA-IO troops begin to arrive in the capital as established in the peace agreement
Despite continued tension and armed clashes in the country, the Peace Agreement signed last August continued to move forward. On March 28, the first group of soldiers from the rebel group Sudan People's Liberation Movement / Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) arrived in the capital, Juba, in compliance with one of the clauses of chapter two of the Peace Agreement, which deals with permanent ceasefire and security mechanisms. The arrival of the SPLA-IO troops was undertaken with the aim of preparing for the arrival in Juba of its leader, the country's current First Vice-president, Riek Machar, which will allow the creation of the desired Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU). The unit of 39 soldiers joined the 22 SPLA-IO police officers who had arrived four days earlier. In all, 2,910 SPLA-IO soldiers and police will be deployed, with 1,370 arriving by air and the rest by land. According to the Peace Agreement, the capital will be protected by another 5,000 soldiers deployed by the Government. The South Sudanese Minister of Communication, Michael Makuei Lueth, received the troops at Juba airport and welcomed them. At the end of the month, about 230 SPLA-IO officers and soldiers had returned to the capital. Festus G. Mogae, head of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), informed the UN Security Council that despite the ceasefire violations, the country is making progress and was optimistic about the possibility of achieving the creation of the transitional government (TGoNU) in the first weeks of April. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, president of the African Union Commission (AU), also expressed his satisfaction with the arrival of SPLA-IO troops in Juba, and recognized that it was a step towards facilitating the return of Machar and the formation of the TGoNU. (Sudan Tribune, 25, 28/03/2016; VOA, 31/03/2016)
YEMEN: The conflicting parties agree to implement a cessation of hostilities with a view to resuming the peace talks in April
In late March, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ould Cheikh Ahmed announced that the parties to the conflict have accepted to implement a cessation of hostilities agreement across the country starting at midnight 10 April in order to pave the way for a resumption of the peace negotiations. The agreement was preceded by a timely truce reached between Saudi Arabia and Houthi forces along the Saudi-Yemeni border that enabled an exchange of prisoners (19 Saudis in exchange for 109 Yemenis, according to some sources) in early March. The next round of meetings between the parties is planned to take place in Kuwait on 18 April. According to the UN special envoy, these talks are expected to help to return Yemen to the path of transition, using as references the agreement sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council in 2011 and the outcome of the National Dialogue Conference, which presented its conclusions in early 2014. After the escalation of violence in March 2015, the parties established the first direct talks in late 2015, but from then on the breaking of the ceasefire and the persisting differences among the parties had prevented a return to the dialogue. According to reports, the talks in Kuwait will be direct and built around five lines of discussion: the withdrawal of the militias and armed groups, the delivery of heavy weapons to the state, interim security agreements, the restoration of state institutions and of an inclusive dialogue and the creation of a special committee to address the situation of detained people. It was also hoped that the cessation of hostilities would provide access to humanitarian aid in different areas hit by the conflict. (UN News, 23/03/16; ICG 04/04/16)
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'Friends from College' Trailer: Keegan-Michael Key and Cobie Smulders Lead Netflix Dramedy Series
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Netflix has dropped the first trailer for Friends from College, a dramedy series led by Keegan-Michael Key and Cobie Smulders.
Executive produced and directed by Bad Neighbours and Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller, this eight-episode series follows a group of college friends as they face down their forties, complete with romantic entanglements, poor career choices and having to act one's age.
This looks like it could be a funny, honest little show, one boosted by a solid cast and – hopefully – sharp writing. If the laughs and drama are strong and balanced out nicely, this could be another stand-out series for the streaming giant.
All eight episodes of Friends from College, also starring Annie Parisse, Nat Faxon, Fred Savage and Jae Suh Park, will drop on Netflix on July 14.
Synopsis for Friends from College:
A group of friends from Harvard played by Keegan-Michael Key (Ethan), Cobie Smulders (Lisa), Annie Parisse (Sam), Nat Faxon (Nick), Fred Savage (Max) and Jae Suh Park (Marianne) are facing down their forties. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another Friends from College is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.The series is executive produced by Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors, Neighbors: Sorority Rising, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek), who also directed all eight episodes. Francesca Delbanco serves as an EP and writer.
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Apple released the first beta version of the highly-anticipated operating system iOS 9 a few weeks back. It was made available for all iOS compatible devices, including iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 5s, 5c, 5, 4S, iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad mini 3, Retina iPad mini, iPad mini, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, and iPod touch 5g. This beta has been made available to the developers so that they can get accustomed to the new features and other things that come along with it. However, just like before, Apple has allowed regular users to get their hands on this beta as well, and it is very likely that they will pounce on this opportunity. We are here to advice you against it because there are a lot of problems with the beta version, some of which are outlined below.
iOS 9 is new so obviously there will be a lot of apps that wouldn't be compatible with the latest iOS operating system. This is not your fault or the mistake of developers. It's just that the iOS 9 is new and developers will need some time to get used to it. After that, they will be able to update their apps to work on the latest operating system. Keeping in mind that this is the first beta, so the compatibility will not be around just yet. The best thing to do right now is to wait until the full release and then move on to iOS 9 without much of a hassle.
The iOS you have right now runs without any major issues. However, the situation will take a turn for the worse as soon as you download the beta for iOS 9. Your phone will become noticeably sluggish, and will crash for no reason on regular basis. Since the operating system is in beta phase so these issues are to be expected, but why ruin your experience when you have got good thing going on. Wait for a while until most of the stuff is sorted out and more people have switched to iOS 9.
If you encounter any problem of any sort after updating to the latest operating system, then don't expect any support whatsoever. You will not get any help from any developer or Apple employees because iOS 9 is under development and all the problems of the operating system will only be resolved through patch updates, which can take a while.
Lack of compatibility combined with a large number of bugs, and no support makes iOS 9's beta a no-go area for all regular users of iOS. It is the first beta, which means that there will be issues. So instead of getting frustrated, the best course of action would be to just sit back, relax, and use the iOS version that is working smoothly without any problem. Just wait for a more stable version of iOS 9 to arrive before making the switch.


In 1920, Liddell joined his brother Robert at the University of Edinburgh to study Pure Science. Athletics and rugby played a large part in his university life. He ran in the 100 yards and 220 yards races for Edinburgh University and played rugby for the University club, from which he gained a place in the backline of a strong Scottish national rugby union team. In 1922 and 1923, he played in seven out of eight Five Nations matches along. In 1923 he won the AAA Championships in athletics in the 100 yards (setting a British record of 9.7 seconds that would not be equaled for 23 years) and 220 yards (21.6 seconds). He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree after the Paris Olympiad in 1924.
The 1924 Summer Olympics were hosted by the city of Paris. Because he was a devout Christian of a particular stripe, Liddell refused to run in a heat held on Sunday and was forced to withdraw from the 100-meters race, his best event. The schedule had been published several months earlier, and, contrary to the portrayal of this action in Chariots of Fire, he made this decision well before the Games. There was no tense meeting with the Olympic committee and the Prince of Wales invoking his patriotism. Liddell spent the months before the games training for the 400 meters, though his best pre-Olympics time of 49.6 seconds, set in winning the 1924 AAA championship 440 yards, was modest by international standards.
The pipe band of the 51st Highland Brigade played outside the stadium for the hour before he ran. At the time, the 400 meters was considered a middle-distance event in which runners raced round the first bend, coasted through the back leg, then put on a sprint in the home straight . Deprived of a view of the other runners because he drew the outside lane, Liddell sprinted the whole of the first 200 meters to be well clear of the favored U.S. runners. He then treated the race as a complete sprint, and, even though he was challenged all the way down the home straight, he held on to take the gold. He broke the Olympic and world records with a time of 47.6 seconds. It was controversially ratified as a world record, despite it being 0.2 seconds slower than the record for the greater distance of 440 yards.
A few days earlier Liddell had competed in the 200 meter finals, for which he took the bronze medal behind U.S. runners Jackson Scholz and Charles Paddock, beating British rival and teammate Harold Abrahams, who finished in sixth place, but went on to take the gold in the 100 meters. His performance in the 400 meters in Paris stood as a European record for 12 years, until beaten by another British athlete, Godfrey Brown, at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Here's a film of Abrahams and Liddell running in the Olympics.
After the Olympics and graduation from Edinburgh University, Liddell continued to compete. His refusal to compete on Sunday meant he had also missed the Olympic 4 x 400 relay, in which Britain finished third. Shortly after the Games, his final leg in the 4 × 400 meters race in a British Empire vs. USA contest helped secure the victory over the gold-medal winning U.S. team. A year later, in 1925, at the Scottish Amateur Athletics Association (SAAA) meeting in Hampden Park in Glasgow, he equaled his Scottish championship record of 10.0 seconds in the 100, won the 220 yard contest in 22.2 seconds, won the 440 yard contest in 47.7, and participated in a winning relay team. He was only the fourth athlete to have won all three sprints at the SAAA, achieving this feat in 1924 and 1925. These were his final races on British soil.
Because of his birth and death in China, some of that country's Olympic literature lists Liddell as China's first Olympic champion.
Liddell returned to Northern China to serve as a missionary, like his parents, from 1925 to 1943 – first in Tianjin and later in the town of Xiaozhang, in Hebei province, an extremely poor area that had suffered during the country's civil wars and had become a particularly treacherous battleground with the invasion of the Japanese.
Liddell's first job as a missionary was as a teacher at an Anglo-Chinese College (grades 1–12) for wealthy Chinese students. While he is best known for athletics, his true passion was found in his missionary work. He believed that by teaching the children of the wealthy, they would become influential figures in China and promote Christian values. Liddell used his athletic experience to train boys in a number of different sports. One of his many responsibilities was that of superintendent of the Sunday school at Union Church where his father was pastor.
During his first furlough from missionary work in 1932, he was ordained as a minister. On his return to China he married Florence Mackenzie, of Canadian missionary parentage, in Tianjin in 1934. The couple had three daughters, Patricia, Heather and Maureen, the last of whom he would not live to see. The school where Liddell taught is still in use today. One of his daughters visited Tianjin in 1991 and presented the headmaster of the school with one of the medals that Liddell had won for athletics.
In 1941 life in China had become so dangerous because of Japanese aggression that the British government advised British nationals to leave. Florence (who was pregnant with Maureen) and the children left for Canada to stay with her family when Liddell accepted a position at a rural mission station in Xiaozhang, which served the poor. He joined his brother, Rob, who was a doctor there. The station was severely short of help and the missionaries there were exhausted. A constant stream of locals came at all hours for medical treatment. Liddell arrived at the station in time to relieve his brother, who was ill and needing to go on furlough.
As fighting between the Chinese Eighth Route Army and invading Japanese reached Xiaozhang, the Japanese took over the mission station and Liddell returned to Tianjin. In 1943, he was interned at the Weihsien Internment Camp (in the modern city of Weifang) with the members of the China Inland Mission, Chefoo School (in the city now known as Yantai), and many others. Liddell became a leader and organiser at the camp, but food, medicine and other supplies were scarce. There were many cliques in the camp and when some rich businessmen managed to smuggle in some eggs, Liddell shamed them into sharing them. While fellow missionaries formed cliques, moralized and acted selfishly, Liddell busied himself by helping the elderly, teaching at the camp school Bible classes, arranging games and by teaching science to the children, who referred to him as Uncle Eric.
In his last letter to his wife, written on the day he died, Liddell wrote of suffering a nervous breakdown due to overwork. He actually had an inoperable brain tumor, but fatigue and malnourishment may have hastened his death. Liddell died on 21 February 1945, five months before liberation. Langdon Gilkey later wrote, "The entire camp, especially its youth, was stunned for days, so great was the vacuum that Eric's death had left." According to a fellow missionary, Liddell's last words were, "It's complete surrender", in reference to how he had given his life to God.
In 2008, just before the Beijing Olympics, Chinese authorities revealed that Liddell had refused an opportunity to leave the camp, and instead gave his place to a pregnant woman. Apparently, the Japanese and British, with Churchill's approval, had agreed upon a prisoner exchange. News of this final act of sacrifice surprised even his family members.
My ideas on the diet of an athlete are different for different athletes. Some will find that they do best by dieting, others who are used to living on simple fare will find that they need to do very little in that direction. As I lived with 12 or 13 others in the Edinburgh Medical Mission, I just took what they took. Actually on the day of running I avoided pastry, plum pudding, and all foods that would obviously be too heavy as passengers for the afternoon. On one day on which I ran I took plum pudding, and that day I ran the second fastest 'quarter' I have ever run in Scotland.
A "quarter" is 440 yards, that is, a quarter of a mile.
Scots do make a plum pudding like an English Christmas pudding, but they also make clootie dumpling, which is similar but lacks eggs and milk. It has a light skin formed by flouring the cloth that it is boiled in.
Mix the ingredients together thoroughly in a large bowl, then add cold water a little at a time to form a sticky dough that will hold together.
Spread out a large piece of muslin or cheesecloth (doubled) and flour it lightly. Use your hands (floured) to scoop out the dough and make a mound in the center of the cloth. Sprinkle flour lightly on top of the dough. Then draw up the cloth and tie it securely at the top to form a ball.
Set a trivet in the bottom of a large pot and half fill it with water. Place the dumpling on the trivet and bring the water to a gentle boil. The water should come about halfway up the side of the dumpling. Cover and gently boil for about 3 hours or more. Keep an eye on the water level and top up with warm water as needed.
The dumpling will set firmly and can be unwrapped on to a serving dish. Serve with fresh egg custard.


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Q: how to add sub collection to a document in firestore? there is no documentation about how add sub collection in a document in firestore,
how to add a sub collection by using a web app?
even tried like this but didn't worked.
how can i add a sub collection in apps by using code?
is there any way to do it or it will be better to use firebase real time database?
if it so, please let me know how to do it in firebase as welli want to add like this
i did this but iam getting an error like this the error says this

A: Your code should work if you change .set to .add.  Cloud Firestore will then issue a new ID for that document.  If you want to specify the document ID, then you'll need to do this...
Set a book with a given ID
db.collection('users').doc(this.username).collection('booksList').doc(myBookId).set({
  password: this.password,
  name: this.name,
  rollno: this.rollno
})

This page details how to Add data to Cloud Firestore
Add a book
db.collection('users').doc(this.username).collection('booksList').add({
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Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Station Pier, MCG, Telstra Dome, Melbourne Tennis Centre, Royal Botanic Gardens and South Melbourne & St. Kilda Beaches are all close by.
Bustling Clarendon Street, full of cafes, shops and bars is within walking distance.


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At the bottom of the Burn DVD window, disc capacity bar with two types capacity (DVD 4.7G, DVD DL 8.5G) displays different status according to the size of the added files. When no file added, disc capacity bar is blank. After adding files, Green represents plenty of space, yellow is running out of space, and red is warning the available space has been exceeded.
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Back in June 2013, fisherman caught an enormous female shortfin mako shark off Huntington Beach, California. The small group of fisherman were filming for Outdoor Channel reality television show, 'Jim Shockey's The Professionals'. Many had wondered why the shark wasn't simply released. After the film and photos were over, the animal was donated to a scientific research group, and their findings were just published in the July issue of the Journal of Fish Biology.
In June 2013, a record-breaking female Isurus oxyrinchus (total length 373 cm, mass 600 kg) was captured by rod and reel off Huntington Beach, California, where it was subsequently donated to research and provided a rare opportunity to collect the first data for a female I. oxyrinchus of this size. Counts of vertebral band pairs estimate the shark to have been c. 22 years old, depending upon assumptions of band-pair deposition rates, and the distended uteri and spent ovaries indicated that this shark had recently given birth. The stomach contained a c.4 year-old female California sea lion Zalophus californianus that confirmed the high trophic position of this large I. oxyrinchus, which was corroborated with the high levels of measured contaminants and tissue isotope analyses.
The study determined that there were very high levels of a number of contaminants in the shark. After analyzing the liver, DDT levels were found to be 100 times the legal limit of consumption allowed by the EPA. PCBs were over 250 times the legal limit. Mercury, 45 times the legal limit for women and children to eat it. Both PCBs (a substance used in the manufacturing of electronics) and DDT (a pesticide) were outlawed back in the 1970s because of their known toxicity. Unfortunately, so much of those chemicals made it into the water that they have accumulated in the seabed.
Larger predators, such as sharks, end up having higher levels of these toxins due to bioaccumulation. While the smaller fish end up having some of the chemicals present, the larger animals that continually eat these smaller fish end up having much higher levels as a result. In addition, some of the toxins are passed to their offspring, perpetuating the problem.
We often hear these trophy hunts disguised as providing large quantities of food for families, communities, even indigent populations. Hopefully, studies like this will help to educate the public and lead to more animals being released alive back into the wild. There's simply no good reason to kill and land an impressive shark like this.


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Biografia
Scarse le sue notizie biografiche, tuttavia, il 7 maggio 2018, Nicoletti in una intervista rilasciata alla giornalista Flavia Piccinni dichiara "Ho la sindrome di Asperger. Adesso la mia estrosità ha un nome. Io sono mio figlio, e lui è me".

Attività professionali e opere sociali

Gianluca Nicoletti comincia a lavorare alla RAI nel 1983. Dal 1994 è iscritto come giornalista professionista all'Ordine dei Giornalisti del Lazio. Nel 1995 è assunto al Giornale Radio, dove è stato inviato speciale fino al 1999 e successivamente capostruttura alla Divisione Radiofonia per il settore dedicato all'innovazione "Sviluppo Prodotti Multimediali". In quel ruolo dirige la startup per il primo portale Internet dinamico della Rai.

Dal 1983 al 1994 ha collaborato come inviato alla trasmissione radiofonica Radiodue 3131, dove ideò uno "studio mobile" girando quindi con esso tutta l'Italia per tre edizioni. In tre delle edizioni successive ha invece condotto il programma.

Nel 1992 è stato autore e conduttore del magazine settimanale Qui lo dico e qui lo nego in onda su Radio 2 dove, nel 1994, ha condotto la trasmissione Vipera.

Per undici anni, dal 1993 al 2004, ha condotto la trasmissione Golem: idoli e televisioni, incentrata su temi riguardanti la televisione e l'attualità analizzata attraverso il mondo dei media. Già nel 1993 Golem ha aperto una propria pagina su internet. La trasmissione ha vinto vari premi (Premiolino 1997, Saint Vincent 1998, menzione speciale al Prix Italia 1998, Forte dei Marmi 1999 e Guidarello 2000).

Dopo aver lasciato la Rai nel dicembre 2004, Nicoletti è approdato a Radio 24, dove dal 2005 è autore e conduttore della trasmissione radiofonica Melog 2.0. Per la stessa radio nel 2005 ha condotto anche la trasmissione Il volto e l'anima.

Nel 2010 ha ideato per Radio 24 il programma Corpi (racconti di Cristina Cattaneo medico legale) e La guardiana del faro con Barbara Alberti.

Da settembre 2014 ha ideato e condotto per Radio 24 il programma Il treno va.

Nell'ottobre 2012 viene insignito del premio Cuffie D'Oro Lelio Luttazzi nella categoria "One Man One Voice" con la seguente motivazione:
"È una delle voci più conosciute tra gli intellettuali italiani. Vanta il piacevole dono dell'imprevedibilità e dell'uso sapiente della parola. Fine scrittore, critico televisivo e fustigatore di costumi, Gianluca rappresenta un'eccellenza della radio italiana."

Attività televisiva
Ha collaborato con vari programmi televisivi delle reti RAI: del 1995 Uno più uno e Mediamente (laboratorio televisivo multimediale), in onda su Rai 1. Durante lo stesso anno è stato autore e conduttore della rubrica Parola in TV di Videosapere e ha realizzato lo speciale Telesogni di notte con Gianni Ippoliti. Dall'ottobre al febbraio 1996 è stato autore e conduttore del programma di Rai 3 Niente da perdere dove, in forma di monologo, venivano analizzate immagini della televisione notturna. Da novembre a giugno 1996 è stato autore e conduttore di una nota settimanale di critica televisiva all'interno del programma TV Zone su Rai 2 e Raccolta differenziata, con tema principale l'analisi dei fenomeni televisivi. Su Rai 1 è stato conduttore e coautore della trasmissione La parte dell'occhio, programma sull'estetica televisiva. Nel 2004 ha condotto un'edizione di Conferenza stampa per le Tribune Politiche della Rai.

Nell'estate 2005 passa alle reti Mediaset per collaborare a Matrix di Canale 5, in onda da settembre. Nell'autunno del 2006 ha fatto parte della giuria della prima edizione del reality show La pupa e il secchione in onda su Italia 1. Nel 2010 ha curato la rubrica di News Mediaset Jekyll, in onda quotidianamente su Italia 1, commentando i fatti televisivi accaduti il giorno precedente.

Attività giornalistica
Dal gennaio 2005 è editorialista del quotidiano La Stampa.
Nel 2009 e 2010 ha collaborato al mensile Wired
Nel 2010 ha curato la rubrica La posta del cuore su Marie Claire.

Attività teatrale
Per il teatro ha ideato la performance La macchina per entrare e uscire dal mondo, una pièce dove sul palcoscenico si costruisce un trasformatore di umani in avatar e viceversa, ovvero una scenografia che rappresenta un ambiente reale, una piazza metafisica con, ai due rispettivi estremi, due porte che si possano aprire e chiudere.

La scenografia in sintesi è un unico pannello diviso in tre aree, le due laterali dove le porte rappresentano la facciata esterna di un edificio – disegnata o fotoriprodotta sul legno della scena – mentre la parte centrale è bianca come uno schermo cinematografico. La parte mancante della scena viene integrata videoproiettando un ambiente virtuale tridimensionale interattivo che completa il quadro dell'edificio con altre due porte virtuali apribili.

Ogni attore o persona del pubblico può entrare da una porticina di legno come essere di carne e ossa e riuscire da quella proiettata come avatar continuando a dare la voce alla sua rappresentazione virtuale. Può essere fatto anche il percorso inverso "passando" da avatar a essere umano.

La macchina per entrare e uscire dal mondo ha esordito a Torino il 7 giugno 2008 e si è poi evoluta in La notte di Giano – rappresentata per la prima volta il 21 dicembre 2008 a Roma – con l'aggiunta di personaggi e musica dal vivo composta su testi di Nicoletti.

Attività su internet
Dal 1999 al 2004 è stato direttore editoriale di Rai Net, l'internet company della Rai, ha curato lo start-up del portale internet della Rai e fondato la testata giornalistica on line Rainet news, di cui è stato anche direttore responsabile. Sempre in ambito Rai ha diretto la realizzazione di Rai Click, il portale Rai che mette a disposizione su internet trasmissioni televisive in streaming.

Lancia nel giugno 2009 la protesi vocale perenne, una proposta sperimentale di social networking utilizzante un sistema di messaggeria vocale.

Attività musicale
Nel 2008 collabora con Frankie hi-nrg mc nel recital Mattatoy dell'album DePrimoMaggio. L'11 luglio 2009 Nicoletti ha pubblicato il suo primo disco intitolato Macchina per fughe domestiche, una raccolta di ballate in musica realizzata in collaborazione con i fratelli Riccardo e Francesca Alemanno. I temi dell'album si concentrano sui possibili metodi per fuggire dalla vita quotidiana.

Attività cinematografica
Nel 2017 ha realizzato il film documentario Tommy e gli altri, con la regia di Massimiliano Sbrolla, in cui racconta di un viaggio in Italia, assieme al figlio, alla ricerca di famiglie con autistici adulti a carico. È stato trasmesso sui canali Sky da aprile 2017 ed è stato interamente autofinanziato e sostenuto attraverso crowdfunding. Nel 2018 il film è stato portato in tour nei licei italiani con il progetto didattico "Cervelli Ribelli" sostenuto dal Miur e Sky.

Nel 2020 è protagonista del docufilm Tommy e l'asta dei cervelli ribelli che racconta la storia del viaggio di Gianluca Nicoletti e suo figlio Tommy attraverso l'Italia, in un tour legato alla realizzazione dell'iniziativa Out of the Ordinary, un'asta con l'obiettivo di finanziare in parte un laboratorio creativo per "cervelli ribelli". Il film, scritto da Gianluca Nicoletti, con la regia di Massimiliano Sbrolla e la produzione esecutiva di Kulta srl, è andato per la prima volta in onda su Sky Arte il 2 aprile 2020, giornata mondiale per la consapevolezza sull'autismo.

Altri progetti
Nel maggio 2010 apre, in collaborazione con Francesca Cellamare e Stefano Moriggi, la kermesse Macchine e Carne al Museo dei Fiorentini a Roma, basata su teorie tratte dal libro Perché la tecnologia ci rende umani.

Nel giugno 2010 lancia la performance La disciplina del sollievo di sollevar donne. Con il proposito di ristabilire un corretto protocollo di comunicazione tra uomini e donne, Nicoletti solleva materialmente donne sulle proprie spalle. Questi eventi sono stati organizzati in varie località italiane.

Nell'autunno 2010 collabora con Marco Pizzo, storico e direttore del Museo Centrale del Risorgimento, all'iniziativa Gioventù Ribelle promossa dal Dipartimento per la gioventù e dedicata agli eroi del Risorgimento. La mostra, ospitata al Vittoriano di Roma dal 3 novembre al 18 dicembre 2010 e inaugurata dal Presidente della repubblica Giorgio Napolitano, si pone l'obiettivo di parlare alle nuove generazioni e si svolge in ambito multimediale, combinando nuove tecnologie, interazioni video, cimeli, dipinti. Nicoletti partecipa in qualità di guida vocale alla sezione Amabili resti, dedicata alle reliquie laiche dei martiri del Risorgimento italiano, narrandone le storie.

Il 14 maggio 2011 in occasione della Notte dei musei esegue al Museo di Trastevere a Roma la performance di parole, musica e fotografie Il Museo dei Pensieri, una visita guidata tra gli "oggetti mentali" abbandonati per la città fotografati da Fabrizio Intonti.

Impegno sull'autismo
Si occupa attivamente di diffondere cultura sull'autismo e la neuro diversità. Dal 2013 ha scritto tre libri sulla sua esperienza di padre del figlio autistico Tommy: Una notte ho sognato che parlavi, Alla fine qualcosa ci inventeremo, entrambi best seller e pubblicati in Oscar Mondadori, e nel 2018 Io, figlio di mio figlio sempre pubblicato da Mondadori. Ha realizzato il film Tommy e gli altri. Ha progettato e gestisce l'area web d'informazione sull'autismo "Per noi autistici". Il sito realizzato nel 2015 con contributo del MIUR, è integrato con strumenti interattivi di partecipazione, realizzati in ambito al progetto "Digital for social" finanziato da Fondazione Vodafone.

Ha fondato l'Onlus Insettopia, associazione che s'impegna per creare e sostenere progetti capaci di fornire servizi utili alle famiglie dei soggetti con autismo. (es. "Autistici&Giardinieri con MIUR e Università Luiss). La stessa Onlus dal dicembre 2020 si è trasformata in "Fondazione Cervelli Ribelli Onlus", Nicoletti ne è il presidente.

Riconoscimenti
 Premiolino (1997)
 Premio giornalistico Saint Vincent (1998)
 Menzione speciale Prix Italia per la sezione web (1998)
 Premio per la satira politica di Forte dei Marmi (1999)
 Premio Guidarello (2000)
 Premio Cuffie D'oro Lelio Luttazzi (2012) – Categoria One Man One Voice
 Con il libro "Una notte ho sognato che parlavi" (Mondadori – Strade Blu) vincitore della 49ª edizione (21 settembre 2013) del Premio Estense, promosso da Unindustria Ferrara.

Opere
 Ectoplasmi. Esistere nell'aldilà catodico: il potere medianico della televisione, Baskerville, Bologna, 1994. ISBN 88-8000-009-8
 Amen, Mondadori, Milano, 1999. ISBN 88-04-46384-8
 Golem. Idoli e televisioni (saggio con CD ROM), Rai Eri, Roma, 1999. ISBN 88-397-1065-5
 Le vostre miserie, il mio splendore. La discesa nella seconda vita dell'avatar bitser Scarfiotti, Mondadori, Milano, 2007. ISBN 88-04-57333-3
 con S. Moriggi, Perché la tecnologia ci rende umani. La carne nelle sue riscritture sintetiche e digitali, Sironi, Milano, 2009. ISBN 978-88-518-0126-7
 Una notte ho sognato che parlavi, Mondadori, Milano, 2013. ISBN 978-88-04-62628-2
 Il libro infame: memorie dal tempo a castello, illustrato da Roberto Ronchi, Tonuè, Latina, 2013. ISBN 978-88-97165-75-0
 Alla fine qualcosa ci inventeremo, Mondadori, Milano, 2014. ISBN 978-88-04-64332-6
 Io, figlio di mio figlio, Mondadori, Milano, 2018. ISBN 978-88-04-68713-9

Partecipazioni
 AA.VV., Lo specchio e la lente (sezione Verso l'iperinformazione), Laterza, Bari, 1993.
 AA.VV., Check up del giornalismo italiano (sezione Tra realtà e spettacolo), Laterza, Bari, 1995.
 AA.VV., Dall'analogico al digitale (sezione Tecnologia o ideologia?), Laterza, Bari, 1996. ISBN 88-420-4911-5
 AA.VV., La svolta della TV (sezione Declino del culto televisivo?), Laterza, Bari, 1997. ISBN 88-420-5364-3
 AA.VV., Labranca Remix - Il primo libro mondiale di letteratura campionata (sezione Thanatos is not loved), Castelvecchi, 1997. ISBN 88-86232-97-7
 AA.VV., La Realtà Del Virtuale (sezione Il tempio della distorsione), Laterza, Bari, 1998. ISBN 88-420-5586-7
 AA.VV., Il Web 2.0 (sezione L'evoluzione delle protesi emozionali), Il Sole 24 Ore Media, Milano, 2007. ISBN 88-8363-880-8

Discografia

Album
 2009 - Macchine per fughe domestiche

Note

Voci correlate
 Golem (programma radiofonico)
 Melog

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 obliqua-mente - Blog di Gianluca Nicoletti su La Stampa
 per noi autistici  - Il sito d'informazione sull'autismo di Gianluca Nicoletti
 Gianluca Nicoletti su Radio 24
 La magnifica protesi - Blog di bitser Scarfiotti, avatar di Gianluca Nicoletti

Autori televisivi italiani
Critici televisivi italiani
Vincitori del Premio Saint Vincent
Personalità di Internet
Il Sole 24 Ore
Saggisti italiani del XX secolo
Saggisti italiani del XXI secolo
Conduttori televisivi italiani del XX secolo
Conduttori televisivi italiani del XXI secolo
Autori radiofonici

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But when I build a login form the fields will have a different data structure (eg email: string, password: string ...)
How can I type my data if the data will change from form to form?
If I type the data object to any, then I lose any advantage of typescript.


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Franciscan Health puts new visitor restrictions in place due to COVID-19 spike
by HF Chronicle Staff on October 25, 2020
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The State of Faith: Multi-ethnic perspective drives church's every move January 30, 2023
The Illinois Department of Transportation is inviting the public to comment and offer suggestions on a new study assessing the state's rail system.
Illinois is the rail hub of North America, the only state in which all seven Class 1 railroads operate. Illinois boasts more than 10,000 miles of track and serves a robust passenger rail network, with Amtrak connecting 30 communities statewide and Metra operating 11 lines in the Chicago area.
The goal of the study is to seek input on current conditions, capacity concerns and safety challenges to help identify potential . . .
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Budget 2022: New Zealand earmarks nearly $400M for health system data, digital infra
The New Zealand government has set aside over NZ$600 million (around $400 million) in its Budget 2022 to invest in the health system's data and digital infrastructure and capability.
WHAT IT'S FOR
The budget includes investments over four years of:
NZ$320 million to continue building data and digital infrastructure and capability, including support to data and analytics; information sharing; potentially fixing or replacing out-of-support District Health Boards (DHB) technology infrastructure and systems; and the launch of the Hira tranche two.
NZ$155.3 million for setting up digital solutions across the Southern Health system and building the country's first digital hospital in Dunedin; and
NZ$125.315 million to expand existing population health and disease management digital capability and infrastructure to future-proof the health system from emerging pandemics and support the delivery of future public health programmes.
Additionally, the government is giving NZ$10.8 million over three years to implement a common data and digital platform for public health units, enabling the new National Public Health Service to operate as a "single, cohesive national service".
Health Minister Andrew Little said that the Budget 2022 supports a shift towards a "national system backed by modern technology and more secure IT platforms".
For the minister, the "transformation of health IT will allow for better, more accessible digital supports for patients, doctors and nurses". He added that "joined-up IT platforms will make care delivery and administration easier".
In a separate statement, Digital Health Association (DHA) Chief Executive Ryl Jensen noted that New Zealand's current health ecosystem has "limited ability to share data and information". "We are playing catch up due to the disparate way digital health systems have developed and the aged legacy systems we have," she stressed.
"Addressing this is critical if we are to provide people with easier access to a greater choice of services and reduce inequity," Jensen urged.
While welcoming the government's funding in health data and digital infrastructure, the DHA maintained that the "strong investment must continue if we are to have an Aotearoa New Zealand with a world-leading health and disability system, enabled by digital health".
THE LARGER TREND
The government is investing a total of NZ$11.1 billion in health, which it claims to be its biggest ever. The funding includes about NZ$1.8 billion to clear deficits accrued by DHBs each year since 2008.
As part of the budget announcement, the government said it is replacing the country's 20 DHBs with new health services, Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority, starting July.
"Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority will together form a nationwide public health system. Together, they will tackle the post-code lottery that for decades has meant different patients with the same conditions have had different access to care, in areas like cancer care and orthopaedics," Minister Little said.


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What I've Learned About Live Streaming — 3 Musicians Share Their Hard-Learned Lessons
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How does understanding who we are and how we connect to the world around us (from an astrological standpoint) help us grow? Can this relate to our business life (i.e., how we handle business deals, pitch meetings, what career paths we take, etc.)? How can we use it to our benefit?
It's a great question because it also answers what got me hooked on astrology in the first place. I always knew that I was an Aquarius, but I had met so many other Aquarians who were nothing like me. Why was I shy when conversations revolved around me? Why was I so rebellious as a teenager? Why was I such a romantic? Reading my birth chart for the first time affirmed everything I had always known about myself.
Human beings want to know that who they are is OK. They want to know that what makes them different is a strength not a weakness. They want to know that they're on the right path. If you know that you're a Leo Rising, this will affirm that you could pursue a career on stage. If you know that your Moon is in Aquarius, this will affirm that you need independence in relationships to feel emotionally satisfied. If you know that your partner's Venus is in Cancer, this will affirm that you need to treat them gently in love.
Self-reflection is the key to self-actualization. If you know what your strengths are you can maximize them. If you know your weakness's you can be aware of your blind spots. This allows you to come into any situation, personal or professional, and know exactly what you can offer the room and what you will need from them in return. Your birth chart is your one-of-a-kind astrological thumbprint. It is the blueprint of who you are and how you function. It is the key that helps us unlock our ultimate potential and purpose.
Can you share advice on how to take a passion and turn it into a project?
The funny thing is I never planned to take this past the walls of my bedroom and intimate conversations with friends. In fact I grew up with two Chemistry Professors who have been quoted saying they wish I was into "astronomy rather than astrology". I never liked school and never saw the point in studying subjects that I wasn't interested in (such an entitled Millennial, I know). I chose to get my degree in Graphic Design because it was a hands-on trade.
However, I have never loved learning about anything more than I have loved learning about astrology. I have never studied harder. I have never dug deeper. I have never understood anything better than I understand astrology. I have never wanted to work harder. I wake up every day with a genuine desire to create and share more. I think that our true passions choose us. Not the other way around.
Listen closely to yourself, not others. Once you find something you actually want to spend time learning and doing, you'll know you're onto something.
You can learn more about Nadine and your connection to astrology via her Instagram, @nadinejane_astrology.


Among the most common electrical wiring thoughts is on how to wire a swap. Although utilizing switches at your home is fairly easy, wiring one particular might not be that uncomplicated for everybody. An ON-OFF switch is in fact quite simple to wire. You will find different types of switches, but for this example, let's say you will be setting up a single-pole toggle switch, an exceedingly frequent switch (and the most basic).
You will discover 3 colors of wires inside a typical single-pole toggle switch: black, white, and inexperienced. Splice the black wire in two and hook up them within the terminal screws - one particular on top rated along with the other within the bottom screw of the swap. The white wire serves like a supply of uninterrupted electrical power which is commonly related to the light colored terminal screw (e.g., silver). Hook up the eco-friendly wire into the ground screw of your switch.
These ways would generally be adequate to help make a typical swap work with out a difficulty. Nevertheless, in case you are usually not assured that you simply can carry out the undertaking appropriately and safely and securely you far better enable the professionals do it instead. Right after all, you will find a reason why this process is one of the most typical electrical wiring thoughts asked by most of the people.
For many motive, the best way to wire a ceiling fan is additionally considered one of quite possibly the most common electrical wiring queries. To simplify this undertaking, you can utilize only one switch to get a single ceiling fan. To wire the enthusiast, it can be simply a make any difference of connecting the black wire in the ceiling fan to your black wire on the switch. When there is a light-weight, the blue wire must be linked to your black wire from the swap in addition.
You will discover causes why these are typically essentially the most frequently questioned electrical wiring queries. One particular, quite a few believe it truly is uncomplicated to accomplish, and two, these are the frequent electrical jobs at your home. But you then shouldn't place your basic safety in danger in your goal to economize. The stakes could even be much larger for those who endeavor to lower your expenses and do an electrical wiring occupation without having enough information or experience.


I like to do a painting and then let it sit. Going on to other things is good as I look at it passing by as I clean or fold laundry I'm always having to look at it and ask myself what I like about it and is it doing what I wanted. I am currently studying color contrasts used for taking your eye from place to place in your painting as well as creating depth. I love how the river seems to flow from within. It's surreal. So hopefully the eye starts at the center tree and then bounces off the right tree and to the left tree and then down to the trees knees.