2016 could be considered a pretty bleak year for people of colour after Brexit and the US presidential situation.
However, it wasn't all bad as we saw the hashtag #UKBlackOwnedBusinesses trending on Twitter and the launch of the award-winning platform Brands of Colour.
Black people are tired of investing their money into brands and businesses that do not represent or consider them and as a result, UK Black businesses are finally getting the spotlight they deserve.
To maintain the momentum that started in 2016 – our blog post about 26 Cool UK Black Owned Businesses We Picked Up From Twitter Hashtag #UKBlackOwnedBusinesses inspired by the online directory UKBlackowned.co.uk right from Twitter last year, got about 800 shares on social media – here is the second round!
A company that has created a brand concept consisting of makeup, bespoke cosmetics and skin and body care products. The company's portfolio is composed of completely natural products and services that embraces and caters to every skin tone and complexion.
Born out of a desire to revolutionise black hair and skin products in the UK, Antidote Street is an online platform offering a curated selection of hair and grooming products. They also provide useful tips, advice and product reviews via their blog.
Inspired by the birth of the founder's daughter and the desire to find a natural hair crème for her, MourMourCreme offers a range of homemade hair, beard and body products using only raw, unrefined and natural ingredients. The products are suitable for all hair types and suitable for babies, children and adults.
A London based hair care brand delivering a range of products made natural plant and fruit extracts, nurturing oils, antioxidants and vitamins and without parabens, silicone and sulfates. The hair care products are created with a diverse range of hair types and textures in mind as well as environmental sustainability, packaging the crèmes in recyclable tubes.
A UK based company providing a range of high quality cosmetics including lip creams, eyeshadows, loose powder and lashes. Happy shopping!
A wholesale and retail hair distributor, founded by Sandra Brown-Pinnock, creator of the "Xsandy's" brand of hair extensions offering a selection of hair, body and men's grooming products as well as hair extensions and wigs. Worth mentioning that Xsandys's is the only black-owned hair and beauty store in South East London! Well done Sandra, this is very inspiring!
A UK based business aiming to promote healthy hair growth offering a hair butter made using natural ingredients, minimal chemicals and additives where possible. The business also aims to support the Sickle Cell Society (SCS) by donating 5% of all revenue to the SCS.
Offers a range of holistic natural hair and organic skin care solutions developed as an extension to the holistic hair care and wellbeing services provided through Almond & Avocado Ltd. Most of the ingredients used in the products are inspired by or can be sourced in the Caribbean and a percentage of sales are donated to Alopecia UK.
If you need to book a braider, loctician or natural hair stylist, this is the place to go! Afrocks is the number one online platform connecting individuals looking for natural hair and afro hair services with top-quality, pre-screened mobile stylists in London. Afrocks provides a seamless booking process and secure payment: Book your hair appointment in just a few clicks and get your hair done from the comfort of your own home.
A design and print company based in South East of London providing bespoke services to small, medium and large scale companies and organisations. Services include logos, banners, brochures, greeting cards, souvenirs and much more.
A freelance creative design company based in London offering branding, corporate identity and creative consultancy. The company specialises in business cards, leaflets, logos and more, including custom Snapchat filters.
Photography studio of photographer Gerald "Geez" Marie-Nelly situated in East London specialising in portraits and product photography. Obeejool offers portraits for portfolios, family and newborns and social media profiles as well as product shoots for e-shop sellers, bloggers, start-ups and existing brands. Pure talent, big up FWI and Martinique!
Artist Kirsty Latoya is a 24-year-old artist from South London who specialises in digital illustration and traditional art in the form of drawing. Her online shop sells a selection of products including tote bags, prints, phone cases and greeting cards. She is currently accepting illustration commissions and is open for collaborations with brands and other artists.
Artist Erina Nyonyintono specialises in acrylic portraits predominantly focusing on her Ugandan heritage, promoting a positive light of Africa as a whole. Her paintings and prints are available to purchase via her online shop.
MaarifaHub is an app devoted to allowing users from the African diaspora to engage, interact with and support their community. You'll be able to read articles promoting positivity about men and women working for the betterment of the Black community and stay up to date with blogs by our contributors who cover topics to spark meaningful conversations.
A social enterprise designed to crowdfund for a different UK Black-owned business every month with the aim of bridging the gap between willing contributors and businesses in need of financial assistance.
A project with the goal of making afro textured hair more visible in the media as beautiful hair to boost the self-esteem of young black girls and women so that they are empowered by their unique beauty and given the confidence to embrace themselves and believe in their talents to achieve greatness. You can buy positive affirmation "Empower Dressing" products via the online shop.
Feeling overwhelmed by the idea of going back to natural hair? Fear not as there is now an app for that. AppFrolution is a powerful and essential application to document and organise my hair journey, from scheduling your haircare to check and tracking length, 'A Hair Diary on your Mobile' available in French and English.
A "Cocoa House" in Brick Lane, London, bringing you quality chocolate made using Ghanaian cocoa beans. A huge selection of chocolates is available to purchase online via the shop, including a range suitable for vegans.
A luxury menswear tailoring brand specifically designed for tall gentlemen. With subtle classic designs and luxury fabrics, Lynch & Mason was created to meet the demands of the tall, confident, well-groomed gentleman.
An online boutique selling clothing, accessories and art with free shipping within the UK.
An online store selling casual wear, classic headwear and accessories.
A 'tribally modernised' clothing brand by Joy Kamau with the aim of reinventing 'traditional clothing' by creating beautifully finished garments to fit in with day to day life. Clothing, bags, shoes and accessories can be purchased via the online shop.
An independent family run online boutique and gift shop offering urban chic silver jewellery, gifts and accessories for the frugal fashionista as well as jewellery parties for groups of 10 or more.
Bokit'la is the first french Caribbean street food based in london. Sharing a taste of Guadeloupe by preparing fresh baked dough, known as Bokit. Seriously, check them out. Food is amazing and owners are very very friendly!
Offering the delivery and catering of high quality, authentic African food at affordable prices. Also, the official caterers of the Nigerian Carnival in the UK with over 10 branches dotted around South East London and Kent.
A location based app and social network for discovering African and Caribbean Food in London. The app gives you a map or list view of African and Caribbean restaurants, takeaways, pop-ups and supper clubs near you.
A London-based online marketplace bringing fresh, authentic modern African and Caribbean food to your doorstep.
Exotic organic drinks inspired by African tradition using fruits and plants indigenous to Africa. The drinks are low in both calories and sugar and completely organic, without any preservatives, artificial additives or colourings. 5p from the sale of every bottle of drinks in the Chosan range is donated to food producers in Africa.
A London-based creative company bringing innovative ideas to life through purposefully designed branding and websites.
A domestic and commercial cleaning solutions company using the industry's most effective tools, vetted cleaners and a trained property maintenance team and a focus on providing a more restorative approach to cleaning.
A London based, online homeware boutique that designs a globally inspired, range of interior, homeware and lifestyle products including furniture, soft furnishing, wallpaper and crockery.
A video magazine dedicated to contemporary youth culture & empowerment. The platform profiles young urban creative talent within music, fashion, arts & business globally.
A literary publisher for black millennials publishing eBooks and celebrating the art of storytelling across the African Diaspora.
An online network connecting and generating opportunities for Black British bloggers, founded by Mariam Bashorun. The network also has a Facebook group where opportunities are posted and bloggers can share their latest work.
An online magazine primarily (but not exclusively) for women living in London featuring news, information and pieces on notable black role models, fashion, health and beauty, travel and lifestyle, all with an appreciation for the black person, culture and experience. Founded by Joy Joses, Melanmag is on track to become a reference in the online space.
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Hi Kevin this is great wow!
We are on the lookout for place to organise our 1st event this year. We will definitely give you a call and pay you a visit!
Great article and great to hear of these new companies. I agree with Kevin abive. We need to network and raise the profile of black owned businesses. Our company 'Afrika Presents', http://www.afrikapresents.com a cultural education company is based in Scotland, the land of no African culture so we would love to connect with black businesses across the UK.
Mara we just checked your website and it's fantastic. We will definitely get in touch with you soon!
Fantastic. I am so proud of you all. God bless you and you enterprising nature.
Excellent article and good to see a much wider range of B-OBs than usual.
Includind, extending and elevating the perception and experience of those buying from B-OBs is one of the main aims of MOMM – Make Our Money Matter and a goal long term that we are inexorably working towards through our CommUnity events such as 'CINEMA NOIR and IDoABC…..which particularly resonates with this article. We would LOVE to be able to collaborate with you to take these initiatives further and hope U will get in touch at MakeOurMoneyMatter@gmail.com, or 07399658058.
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Q: How to retrieve specific row's data from database in codeigniter I am working on a project and stuck at a point. I have designed a form which insert a person's profile detail in database.... now I want that as the person submit the entries into database the next page after submission should be the preview of the entered profile like the person's image name and other details.
This is my controller code
public function listbusiness()
{
    $this->load->model('client/Client_model');
    $this->Client_model->checksession();
    if($this->input->post("continue",TRUE)){

        $ptype = $this->input->post('ptype');
        $ftype = $this->input->post('ftype');

        $peckage=array();
        if($this->input->post('pktype1'))
        {
            $pk1=$this->input->post('pktype1');
            $price1=$this->input->post('price1');
            $peckage[$pk1]=$price1;
        }
        if($this->input->post('pktype2'))
        {
            $pk2=$this->input->post('pktype2');
            $price2=$this->input->post('price2');
            $peckage[$pk2]=$price2;
        }
        if($this->input->post('pktype3'))
        {
            $pk3=$this->input->post('pktype3');
            $price3=$this->input->post('price3');
            $peckage[$pk3]=$price3;
        }
        if($this->input->post('pktype4'))
        {
            $pk4=$this->input->post('pktype4');
            $price4=$this->input->post('price4');
            $peckage[$pk4]=$price4;
        }
        $sessiondata=array('ptype'=>$ptype,'ftype'=>$ftype,'pkage'=>$peckage);

        $this->session->set_userdata($sessiondata);

        $city = $this->input->post('City');
        $this->session->set_userdata('city',$city);

    }
    if($this->input->post("submit",TRUE)){

        //print_r($_POST);die;

        //print_r($this->session->all_userdata());
        //die;

        $title = $this->input->post('title');
        $desc = $this->input->post('desc');
        $term = $this->input->post('term');
        //$file = $this->input->files('files');
        $add = $this->input->post('add');
        //$name = $this->input->post('stud_name');

        $bid = $this->session->userdata('logged_in');
        //$file=str_replace(" ","_",$_FILES['stud_img']['name']);
        $pp=implode($this->session->userdata('ptype'));
        $ff=implode($this->session->userdata('ftype'));
        $newdata=array("name"=>$title,
                       "detail"=>$desc,
                       "type"=>$pp,
                       "address"=>$add,
                       //"price"=>$price,
                       "facility"=>$ff,
                       "city"=>$this->session->userdata('city'),
                       "bussid"=>$bid['userid']);

                        //print_r($newdata);die;

        $retval=$this->Client_model->save("listing",$newdata);

        if($retval>0)
        {
            //print_r($newdata);die;
            $apack=$this->session->userdata('pkage');
            foreach($apack as $key=>$value)
            {
                $price=array("packtype"=>$key,"price"=>$value,'lid'=>$retval);
                if($value!='')
                {
                    $this->Client_model->save("price",$price);
                }
            }
            if(isset($_FILES['files']))
            {
                $photoname=$_FILES['files']['name'];
                $photopath=$_FILES['files']['tmp_name'];
                $name=implode(",",$photoname);
                $uploaddata=array("name"=>str_replace(" ","_",$name),"lid"=>$retval);
                $retval1=$this->Client_model->saveupload("photo",$uploaddata);
                if($retval1>0)
                {
                    $size=count($photoname);
                    for($i=0;$i<$size;$i++)
                    {

                        $filename=str_replace(" ","_",$photoname[$i]);
                        move_uploaded_file($photopath[$i],$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/clubhouz/upload/photo/".$filename);
                    }
                }
            }
            //redirect("business/businessdetail");
            //$insertid=base64_encode($value['id']);
            // $insertid = $this->db->insert_id();
            $insertid=base64_encode($value['id']);
            redirect('viewlistdetail?id=$newid');

        }

    }

This is in the model:
function viewlistdetail($st)
{
    //echo $st;die;
    $data['page_title'] = 'List View';
    $data['detail']=$this->getlistdetail($st);

    $this->load->view('client/general/head',$data);
    $this->load->view('client/general/header');
    $this->load->view('client/listview',$data);
    $this->load->view('client/general/footer');
}

and the listview displays the last inserted record,
but there is error of page not found after I submit the form.

A: Please check the following procedure and apply it in your project.
your controller file, I assume, its file name is persons.php
class Persons extends CI_Controller {
  function view($id)
  {
    $this->load->model(array('Persons_model'));

    $person     = $this->Person_model->get_person($id);
    $data['first_name'] = $person->first_name;
    $data['last_name'] = $person->last_name;
    $this->load->view('person_view', $data);
  }
}

your model file, I assume, its file name is persons_model.php
Class Persons_model extends CI_Model
{
    function get_person($id)
    {

        $result = $this->db->get_where('persons', array('id'=>$id));
        return $result->row();
    }
{

your view file, I assume, its file name is person_view.php

First Name: <?php echo $first_name ?>

Last Name: <?php echo $last_name ?>


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Books > Imprint: Nero > Food & Cooking
The Taste of Home: In search of the secrets of flavour
Diane Fresquez
Do men and women experience taste and smell differently? What do apple trees have in common with humans? And what happens when you eat a meal in complete darkness?
Moved by a death in the family to recreate the dishes her mother prepared in her childhood home, former Wall Street Journal reporter Diane Fresquez embarked on a year-long journey to investigate the links between taste, memory and the molecular building blocks of what we eat, seeking out scientists and entrepreneurs who are trying to reveal the secrets of flavor.
In this weird and wonderful exploration of the world of sensory science, Fresquez meets a brewery owner who's developed a banana-flavored beer designed to appeal to young women, and an entrepreneur who won't rest until he develops the perfect mead, the ancient liquor considered the ancestor of all fermented drinks. She encounters a young mother and PhD student whose research shows that what a mother eats can influence the flavour of her breast milk, and a scientist in the Netherlands who researches flavor and memory at an Orwellian university lab called 'The Restaurant of the Future'. The Taste of Home will delight foodies and scientists alike.
Diane Fresquez is a food and arts journalist based in Brussels, Belgium. A former special correspondent to the Wall Street Journal and script reader for Handmade Films, HTV, Sky Television and other British media outlets, Diane now works for the Hunger …
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When did everyone in Ireland start using the vowel "o" in a certain single-syllable version of the informal term for mother? Did I miss a meeting at which it was agreed we would all now say "mom" instead of "mam", or even "mum"? Because suddenly, it seems to be everywhere.
Okay, it was no surprise to see it in a recent Ross O'Carroll Kelly classic about the "Mount Anville Moms", as they call themselves. Despite their acronym, which seems to argue for the traditional spelling, you somehow expect Mount Anville mothers to be in early on all the hottest trends.
Nor did it raise eyebrows in the latest cast of socio-economic types from another chronicler of the Irish zeitgeist, David McWilliams. His "Sliotar Mom" ("suburban GAA goddess") is, after all, a homage to that cornerstone of modern America, Soccer Mom, who herself has done so much to popularise the word.
But I knew the usage had reached epidemic levels when reading a report on the sports pages of the Irish Independent on Monday. It was about the former Kerry GAA star Kieran Donaghy playing basketball in Tralee. At the end of which, the paper reported that "his mom and his wife" came onto the court to hug him.
We're not talking here about the decline of the full-blown Irish "mammy". That word is now reserved mainly for intimate family settings.
When used in the public sphere, it tends be laced with at least some ironic intent.
Mam, on the other hand, was the semi-formal and respectable alternative, suitable for both conversation and print.
And yes, it has always had competition from the great maternal powers to our west (Mom-world) and east (where Mum still reigns, in every sense).
In fact, there was a time when the latter seemed to be the bigger threat, thanks to the vast ranks of Mumsnet users massing on our sea-borders.
But the uniquely-Irish Mam seemed to have been holding her own on both fronts. Then, overnight, or so it appears, she capitulated to the pressures of American-accented globalisation.
I suspect not even Unesco heritage listing would save her now, although maybe Brexit might. France will soon be our nearest neighbour in the EU and is a natural ally on this issue, the French equivalent being Maman. Time will tell.
For now, I'm tempted to find some profound reason behind this maternal vowel shift. And the natural suspicion with all such sudden changes in the way we speak is that it's a conscious rejection of something considered old-fashioned or embarrassing.
The once-notorious Dart accent is an obvious precedent. Thirty-odd years ago, a generation of young people – many of whom lived nowhere near the DART – spontaneously decided that the broad vowel sounds of their elders – in particular they way they pronounced the diphthong "ou" or "ow" – were things now best avoided, like buttermilk or snuff tobacco.
The resultant strangulated attempts to say "how now", "brown cow", or "roundabout" set the teeth of older people on edge for decades afterwards. Despite which, Dart-speakers got their own TV shows eventually and the sound became normalised.
But along with the GAA, the Irish mother is one of the few institutions to have emerged unscathed in the great social changes that have swept this country over the past generation. And yet she too now appears to have had phonetic reform forced upon her.
It can hardly have anything to do with the US history of "mammy", which has a whole different meaning there. Thus my Oxford English Dictionary still lists a second meaning of the term (after "child's word for mother") to be "coloured woman in charge of white children".
And the black Mammy was indeed a stock character in many books and films of the American south, from Gone with the Wind to Forrest Gump. She was also the inspiration for the old Vaudeville song, made famous by Al Jolson. When the singer says he'd walk "a million miles/for one of your smiles", it's his surrogate Mammy (back in "Alabammy") he's eulogising.
That must have added to the cultural complications of exporting a recent RTÉ series, otherwise very successful overseas, in which an Irish man placed his mother in various fraught situations and recorded her reactions.
Not, by the way, that I'm blaming Baz Ashmawy for the decline of the traditional Irish terms for mother. On the contrary, he did his best to revive them. It's just unfortunate that his 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy should also have coincided with the mysterious disappearance of "Mam".


MILTON, N.Y. (Nov. 3, 2018) – Freshman Robin King (Raymond, Ohio) came in first place at the ECAC Championship Meet on Saturday at the Hudson Valley Sportsdome. She was one of three Mariner freshmen to compete in the race. All three plebes placed in the top-15.
King broke the tape of the 6K race with a time of 26:42.4, nearly 21 seconds ahead of team champion Vassar's top runner. She is the first female to win ECACs in Academy history.
Classmate Brooke Jorstad (La Crosse, Wis.) came in third place in the event in 27:09.1. Rounding out the Merchant Marine runners was freshman Anna Grafton (Belmont, N.H.), who placed 14th with a time of 29:01.3.
Vassar took home the team championship with 16 points, while St. Joseph's-L.I. (63 points) and NYU (92 points) rounded out the top three.
For the complete results from the ECAC Championship Meet, click here.
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Blood Drive Planned For Morris Plains Teen
"Independent", "athletic" and "outgoing." Those are the words used by Carol Lombardi to describe her 17-year-old daughter Nicole.
From a recent prom photo, it's hard to imagine that this beautiful and vibrant young woman is now fighting for her life.
A Morristown High School student who lives in Morris Plains, Nicole was diagnosed with aplastic anemia and is now at Hackensack University Medical Center fighting this rare and dangerous disease.
Aplastic anemia is a condition that results when the bone marrow stops making sufficient blood cells, leaving the body susceptible to severe anemia, infections and bleeding. It can strike at any age.
Today, Nicole is dependent on daily blood transfusions while her doctors try to reverse the life-threatening condition.
For the last month, Nicole's family members have focused all of their time and energy on assuring that the teen has everything she needs during this difficult time.
"Our employers have been very understanding," said Ms. Lombardi, who is a catering and sales associate at OME caterers in Whippany.
Ms. Lombardi has been working closely with Nicole's father, John, a captain in the Morris County Sheriff's Department, and his wife, Debby, to guarantee that there is sufficient blood for their daughter's transfusions.
They, along with members of the community and Community Blood Services in Paramus, have organized a blood drive on Nicole's behalf.
"We are hoping for a great turnout," said Ms. Lombardi. "The VFW turned on a dime for us. They have been very, very helpful."
The drive will be held on Saturday, August 3rd from 9am - 3pm at the VFW, 45 Tabor Road, Morris Plains.
"Nicole has always been a good student," said Ms. Lombardi. "She has not selected a college yet, but she plans to study business."
Whole blood donors must be 18-75 years old (17 with parent's permission), and weigh at least 110 pounds. For more information on the Morris Plains blood drive please call Community Blood Services at 201-251-3703.


As editor of The 74, I spend most days thinking about how to translate edu-speak for mainstream readers, about how to entice busy parents to join us for a jog into the weeds of policy, finances, curriculum, standards, equity, and innovation. Few issues have the urgency, stakes, or drama of education, but sometimes the statistics, lexicon, and underpinnings of pedagogy can become all put impenetrable for your average mom and dad.
So imagine my surprise when, Tuesday night, a couple of friends without kids were the ones to raise education over dinner.
The cause: the latest update to what's known as the Nation's Report Card that had been making headlines all afternoon. Fresh results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress had been released that morning, showing mostly flat reading and math scores across the country, and our newsroom had spent the rest of the day crunching surprising trends (see Kevin Mahnken's breakdown of this year's most notable bright spots for student gains and David Cantor's survey of how the first-ever digital version of the test may have hurt low-income test-takers).
As I explained those flat trendlines over dinner, the conversation started to veer toward the issue of testing, and how assessments tie to standards and equity — and why some parents opt their children out of tests.
Tuesday provided yet another powerful example of how tests help us to understand where today's kids are at. We now know our struggling students aren't getting the support they need, and my friends now know that all those headlines about flat scores are lacking some important nuance.


Cyber threats continue to be a growing, global problem. In order to ensure our economic prosperity, safeguard personal privacy, and protect our critical infrastructure, we need to address cybersecurity and understand that it is a major threat to our nation. Critical infrastructure provides energy, water, transportation, financial services, and other capabilities that support our daily lives.
Though technological solutions continue to improve, we continue to see an increase in cyber crime and billions in theft. It is important to note cyber crime may be a method of fundraising that helps fuel terrorist activities across the globe. With a surge in terrorist activity across the globe, there's no better time than no to take a look at cybersecurity. By minimizing vulnerabilities in private and public infrastructures, we can significantly reduce the amount of financial resources criminals have at their fingertips.
With the average time to detect an attack ranging from hundreds of days to nearly 3,000 days and phishing attacks increasing in frequency and effectiveness, it is imperative we take an alternative approach to cybersecurity that focuses heavily on vulnerability identification and remediation.
HSFA will be releasing a white paper soon that highlights our overview of the modern cybersecurity landscape and how cloud technology, virtualization and/or real time simulations can significantly enhance cyber attack countermeasures in public and private infrastructures.
As HSFA nears publication of this white paper, we're soliciting input from industry experts and solution providers in the cybsersecurity marketplace. This upcoming white paper will offer next steps on developing standards for moving forward to a more secure global technical infrastructure and it is our hope that companies in this market space will proactively offer their support in developing these future requirements.
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Cyber threats to a control system refer to persons who attempt unauthorized access to a control system device and/or network using a data communications pathway. This access can be directed from within an organization by trusted users or from remote locations by unknown persons using the Internet. Threats to control systems can come from numerous sources, including hostile governments, terrorist groups, disgruntled employees, and malicious intruders. To protect against these threats, it is necessary to create a secure cyber-barrier around the Industrial Control System (ICS). Though other threats exist, including natural disasters, environmental, mechanical failure, and inadvertent actions of an authorized user, this discussion will focus on the deliberate threats mentioned above.
For the purpose of this discussion, deliberate threats will be categorized consistent with the remarks in the Statement for the Record to the Joint Economic Committee by Lawrence K. Gershwin, the Central Intelligence Agency's National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology, 21 June 2001. These include: national governments, terrorists, industrial spies, organized crime groups, hacktivists, and hackers. Activities could include espionage, hacking, identity theft, crime, and terrorism.


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Rams Wire
4 Rams players to watch vs. Ravens on Sunday
Odell Beckham Jr.
Skyler Carlin
December 31, 2021, 9:41 AM ·4 min read
The month of December was extremely kind to the Los Angeles Rams, who have posted a 4-0 record in the past four weeks. That has them sitting at the No. 3 seed in the NFC and atop the NFC West. Next up on the schedule is the Baltimore Ravens, a team that the Rams have not beaten since 2003.
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, there are plenty of playoff implications. Los Angeles is vying for the No. 1 seed in the NFC while simultaneously focusing on securing the NFC West for the third time under Sean McVay.
The last time these two teams met, Baltimore thrashed Los Angeles at The Coliseum by the score of 45-6 in Week 12 of the 2019 season. While the Rams hope for a different outcome this time around, here are four players to watch in Sunday's pivotal road game versus the Ravens.
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The offense of the Rams has seemingly hit its stride again over the past month after being in a lull for a few weeks. One of the main reasons why Los Angeles has been firing on all cylinders on offense in recent weeks is largely due to the insertion of Sony Michel into the starting lineup.
During the month of December, Michel scampered for 423 yards and two touchdowns on 89 attempts. On the season, Michel now has 728 rushing yards, giving him two weeks to reach 1,000 rushing yards for the first time in his four-year career.
The Ravens come into this matchup boasting the No. 6 ranked defense in rush DVOA, so running lanes aren't going to come easy for Michel. Cam Akers could make his season debut on Sunday, but even if he's ready to return, the Rams should continue to lean on Michel as he's performed admirably well in the past month.
When the Rams signed Odell Beckham Jr. earlier this season, there was skepticism on whether or not he'd fit in the offense. Following a quiet debut against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 10, Beckham has flourished over the past five weeks, helping replace the large void left behind by Robert Woods' absence.
In the past five weeks, Beckham has combined for 18 receptions, 230 yards, and four touchdowns. Those numbers would be even better if Matthew Stafford was able to connect on some of his throws to the three-time Pro Bowler as he's been off-target on quite a few of his passes to Beckham.
This week is a perfect week for Stafford and Beckham to get on the same page with the Ravens fielding a thin secondary due to injuries. Beckham, Cooper Kupp, and Van Jefferson Jr. will all be lining up against a secondary that just surrendered 22 receptions, 404 yards, and three touchdowns to Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, and Tyler Boyd in Week 16.
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Von Miller was able to finally get his first sack with the Rams two weeks ago versus the Seattle Seahawks. Even without the gaudy sack numbers, Miller has been a welcomed addition to Los Angeles' defense due to his contributions in setting the edge and inciting pressure on the opposing quarterback.
Setting the edge is going to be crucial for the Rams this week against the Ravens. It remains to be seen if Lamar Jackson or Tyler Huntley draws the start at quarterback for Baltimore on Sunday. Jackson took a step back in his progress toward returning to the field as he failed to practice on Thursday after being a limited participant on Wednesday.
Regardless of whether it is Jackson or Huntley, the Ravens have two quarterbacks that can create with their legs. Despite defeating the Cardinals the other week, the Rams gave up 61 rushing yards on seven attempts to Kyler Murray, so they'll need to show improvement in that area this week.
Slowing down Baltimore's quarterbacks begins with Miller and Leonard Floyd staying focused on being able to contain the edge and prevent either quarterback from escaping the pocket.
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It has been an up-and-down season for Taylor Rapp this year, especially in coverage. Rapp isn't the fastest or twitchiest player at the safety position, which sometimes leads to him getting beaten in coverage down the field.
With Rapp being inconsistent in coverage, the Ravens are going to find ways to get him matched up with Mark Andrews as much as possible. Andrews has been on quite the tear in recent weeks, notching 29 receptions, 376 yards, and four touchdowns in just the past three games.
Stopping Andrews is going to be easier said than done with the Ravens scheming up multiple ways to get him involved in the passing game. While Jordan Fuller and other members of the secondary will get their fair share of snaps against Andrews, Rapp will likely be the busiest of the bunch.
Seahawks Wire
Seahawks: 6 teams that could offer best returns in a Russell Wilson trade
Here are six NFL teams that could probably offer the best return in any potential deal for Wilson.
Shirtless Ryan Fitzpatrick braved cold with Bills mafia for blowout of Patriots
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from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
from typing import List, Optional, Set

from zerver.decorator import require_realm_admin, require_member_or_admin
from zerver.lib.actions import do_invite_users, do_revoke_user_invite, \
    do_revoke_multi_use_invite, do_resend_user_invite_email, \
    do_get_user_invites, do_create_multiuse_invite_link
from zerver.lib.request import REQ, has_request_variables, JsonableError
from zerver.lib.response import json_success, json_error
from zerver.lib.streams import access_stream_by_id
from zerver.lib.validator import check_list, check_int
from zerver.models import PreregistrationUser, Stream, UserProfile, MultiuseInvite

import re

@require_member_or_admin
@has_request_variables
def invite_users_backend(request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile,
                         invitee_emails_raw: str=REQ("invitee_emails"),
                         invite_as: Optional[int]=REQ(
                             validator=check_int, default=PreregistrationUser.INVITE_AS['MEMBER']),
                         stream_ids: List[int]=REQ(validator=check_list(check_int)),
                         ) -> HttpResponse:

    if user_profile.realm.invite_by_admins_only and not user_profile.is_realm_admin:
        return json_error(_("Must be an organization administrator"))
    if invite_as not in PreregistrationUser.INVITE_AS.values():
        return json_error(_("Must be invited as an valid type of user"))
    if invite_as == PreregistrationUser.INVITE_AS['REALM_ADMIN'] and not user_profile.is_realm_admin:
        return json_error(_("Must be an organization administrator"))
    if not invitee_emails_raw:
        return json_error(_("You must specify at least one email address."))
    if not stream_ids:
        return json_error(_("You must specify at least one stream for invitees to join."))

    invitee_emails = get_invitee_emails_set(invitee_emails_raw)

    # We unconditionally sub you to the notifications stream if it
    # exists and is public.
    notifications_stream = user_profile.realm.notifications_stream  # type: Optional[Stream]
    if notifications_stream and not notifications_stream.invite_only:
        stream_ids.append(notifications_stream.id)

    streams = []  # type: List[Stream]
    for stream_id in stream_ids:
        try:
            (stream, recipient, sub) = access_stream_by_id(user_profile, stream_id)
        except JsonableError:
            return json_error(
                _("Stream does not exist with id: {}. No invites were sent.").format(stream_id))
        streams.append(stream)

    do_invite_users(user_profile, invitee_emails, streams, invite_as)
    return json_success()

def get_invitee_emails_set(invitee_emails_raw: str) -> Set[str]:
    invitee_emails_list = set(re.split(r'[,\n]', invitee_emails_raw))
    invitee_emails = set()
    for email in invitee_emails_list:
        is_email_with_name = re.search(r'<(?P<email>.*)>', email)
        if is_email_with_name:
            email = is_email_with_name.group('email')
        invitee_emails.add(email.strip())
    return invitee_emails

@require_realm_admin
def get_user_invites(request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile) -> HttpResponse:
    all_users = do_get_user_invites(user_profile)
    return json_success({'invites': all_users})

@require_realm_admin
@has_request_variables
def revoke_user_invite(request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile,
                       prereg_id: int) -> HttpResponse:
    try:
        prereg_user = PreregistrationUser.objects.get(id=prereg_id)
    except PreregistrationUser.DoesNotExist:
        raise JsonableError(_("No such invitation"))

    if prereg_user.referred_by.realm != user_profile.realm:
        raise JsonableError(_("No such invitation"))

    do_revoke_user_invite(prereg_user)
    return json_success()

@require_realm_admin
@has_request_variables
def revoke_multiuse_invite(request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile,
                           invite_id: int) -> HttpResponse:

    try:
        invite = MultiuseInvite.objects.get(id=invite_id)
    except MultiuseInvite.DoesNotExist:
        raise JsonableError(_("No such invitation"))

    if invite.realm != user_profile.realm:
        raise JsonableError(_("No such invitation"))

    do_revoke_multi_use_invite(invite)
    return json_success()

@require_realm_admin
@has_request_variables
def resend_user_invite_email(request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile,
                             prereg_id: int) -> HttpResponse:
    try:
        prereg_user = PreregistrationUser.objects.get(id=prereg_id)
    except PreregistrationUser.DoesNotExist:
        raise JsonableError(_("No such invitation"))

    # Structurally, any invitation the user can actually access should
    # have a referred_by set for the user who created it.
    if prereg_user.referred_by is None or prereg_user.referred_by.realm != user_profile.realm:
        raise JsonableError(_("No such invitation"))

    timestamp = do_resend_user_invite_email(prereg_user)
    return json_success({'timestamp': timestamp})

@require_realm_admin
@has_request_variables
def generate_multiuse_invite_backend(
        request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserProfile,
        invite_as: int=REQ(validator=check_int, default=PreregistrationUser.INVITE_AS['MEMBER']),
        stream_ids: List[int]=REQ(validator=check_list(check_int), default=[])) -> HttpResponse:
    streams = []
    for stream_id in stream_ids:
        try:
            (stream, recipient, sub) = access_stream_by_id(user_profile, stream_id)
        except JsonableError:
            return json_error(_("Invalid stream id {}. No invites were sent.").format(stream_id))
        streams.append(stream)

    invite_link = do_create_multiuse_invite_link(user_profile, invite_as, streams)
    return json_success({'invite_link': invite_link})

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Середнє арифметико-геометричне — це спільна границя двох послідовностей, середньої арифметичної та середньої геометричної двох заданих чисел a та b.

Доведення
Нехай нам задано два додатних числа a та b, причому (). Утворимо їх середнє арифметичне та середнє геометричне.

Відомо, що перше середнє більше за друге:

В той же час, вони містяться між заданими числами:

Якщо числа  та  вже визначені, то  та  визначаються за формулами:

і, як і вище,

Таким чином складаються дві варіанти  та , перша з яких є спадною, а інша зростаючою (на зустріч одна одній). В той же час

Так що обидві варіанти обмежені, і відповідно, обидві прямують до кінцевих границь.

Якщо в рівнянні

перейти до границь, то отримаємо

звідкіля

Таким чином, обидві послідовності прямують до спільної границі

Література

Арифметико-геометричне середнє
Числові послідовності


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Gira Apps
Control building technology with a mobile device from anywhere in the house or even when on the move. Switches can be easily customised with the necessary functions and the desired shapes and colours. You can find out all the news from Gira at any time, from anywhere. With the Gira App, you always have the requested services to hand – available for smartphones and tablets with all popular operating systems.
Gira Smart Home App – mobile control of the intelligent home
The app for the Gira X1 turns existing mobile devices into convenient operating elements for intelligent building technology. The Gira Smart Home App's user-friendly interface displays the KNX installation of a single-family home and makes its functions available: Dimming, switching, roller shutters, blinds, heating control, value transmitter, scenes, timer and much more. The Gira Alarm Connect security system can be controlled via the Smart Home App, both within the home and on the move. Remote access via the Gira S1 is made secure through encryption and digital certificates Gira S1. In addition to this there are also customisation options, such as personalising the home screen. The project and the user settings, such as timers and favourites, are saved on the Gira X1. The app is available from the iOS and Android App Stores and can be used on smartphones and tablets. The Gira device portal offers a free-of-charge service for accessing the home automation system while on the move (DDNS).
More about the Gira Smart Home App
Gira Smart Home App for iPhone and iPod touch
Gira Smart Home App for Android devices
Gira HomeServer/FacilityServer App –
Central control of building technology – at home and on the move
On the way to work, on holiday or in the garden: The Gira HomeServer/FacilityServer App allows all of the building technology to be conveniently operated while on the move using an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, or any Android-based mobile devices. The free app for controlling the Gira HomeServer and the KNX installation in the building features the uniform Gira interface design. Because of this, users can quickly negotiate the user menu and enjoy the advantages of intuitive menu navigation even while on the move. There is easy access to all control functions regardless of where you are, and a constant overview of all the building technology is available.
More information about the Gira HomeServer/FacilityServer App
Gira HomeServer/FacilityServer App for iPhone and iPad
Gira HomeServer/FacilityServer App for Android devices
The eNet SMART HOME App is intuitive and makes it fun to manage your home. The controls are always the same – whether you are at home or on the move with remote access activated. With the app, it is possible to activate individual functions and configure various timers, including astro function, scenes and if-then rules. All helping to make life in your home even more pleasant.
eNet SMART HOME App for Android devices
eNet SMART HOME App for iOS devices
Gira System 3000 Bluetooth App –
programming and operation is easier than ever before!
With the help of the Gira System 3000 Bluetooth App, start-up and control of the System 3000 operating top units for automatic blind and lighting control is easier than ever. The app enables easy and convenient programming and operation directly from your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth. This does not require a network connection. Even extensive applications can be created very easily and conveniently from your sofa, without the need for complex programming tools, using your smartphone or tablet.
Gira System 3000 Bluetooth App for iPhone and iPod touch
Gira System 3000 Bluetooth App for Android devices
DCS mobile App – mobile access to the Gira door communication system
Whether on the move or using your home WLAN network: with Gira DCS mobile, Gira is introducing a new highlight for mobile door communication access. As a function in the familiar DCS-IP gateway for iOS and Android smartphones. Now via Gira's own portal solution. Highly encrypted via Secure Data Access, which is also used in Gira S1. New features such as early media, group calls and the award-winning Gira interface design ensure that you know who is at the door even when you are not at home. In the first version, images are updated twice a second. Other functionalities will follow in later updates. An update file will be available for all users who already use a DCS-IP gateway.
Gira DCS mobile App for iOS devices
Gira DCS mobile App for Android devices
Gira Design Configurator
create your favourite design in the design line
The entire Gira design system at a glance — within your own four walls. The easy-to-use Gira Design Configurator will give you a realistic impression of your desired combination. The many frame varieties of the Gira design lines can be combined with selected functions in various colours and materials from the Gira product range. The new, fascinating "Live View" mode uses a smartphone's or tablet's camera to show what selected design variants look like in your real-life environment. The Gira Design Configurator can be accessed online or is available as a free app for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Open the Gira Design Configurator in your browser (Live View mode not available)
Gira Design Configurator App for iOS devices
Gira Design Configurator App for Android devices
Gira Keyless In App – easy and individual configuration
A wizard guides the user through start-up of the Gira System 106 Keyless In fingerprint module on a step-by-step basis using questions that are easy to follow. A Bluetooth interface makes subsequent configuration of the device secure and easy using its own app.
The app provides detailed user management: Up to ten persons can be saved as administrators. Adding new users and removing them again when they are absent can be done flexibly – without changing any other rights. Rights can also be assigned on an individual basis, such as access for one single occasion or within a defined time slot.
Find out more about the Gira Keyless In
Gira Keyless In App for iOS devices
Gira Keyless In App for Android devices
Smart Home App HomeServer App eNet SMART HOME App System 3000 App DCS mobile App Design Configurator Gira Keyless In App
Home Service Apps


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Computer science is all around us, at school, at home, and in the community. This book gives readers the essential tools they need to understand the computer science concept of simulations. Brilliant color photographs and accessible text will engage readers and allow them to connect deeply with the concept. The computer science topic is paired with an age-appropriate curricular topic to deepen readers' learning experience and show how simulations work in the real world. In this book, readers will explore a star simulation at a science museum. This nonfiction title is paired with the fiction title Sofia Goes to the Science Museum (ISBN: 9781538351505). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Text-dependent questions, Whole class activities, and Independent activities.


Consider this my version of beauty awards.
I can't tell you how many people I've turned onto my dynamic duo, Liam Carey and Jan Marie Arteca, at Broome & Beauty in Soho. Friends, family and editors all become addicted. I first met them back in the day when they worked at the Ted Gibson Salon on 5th Ave, and have been loyal (as loyal as I can be as a beauty editor) ever since. Liam opened the salon a little over two years ago and cuts and styles like no other (he even did my hair for my wedding day) and Jan is my a colorist and extension master-mind. Check out their work in my latest post: My New Spring Look .
If you're in need of a quick refresh, the Madison Reed Color Bar is going to be your new stomping ground. It's now mine when I don't have the time to do a full refresh with Liam and Jan. They recently opened in the Flatiron and offer permanent and demi-permanent root coverage as well as clear and colored glosses at affordable prices ranging from $35 to $80. Specializing in color, the same person washes, dyes and dries your hair and you're out the door in no time. I recently paid a visit for a color gloss and found it's easy to book (no waiting a week or two for your normal colorists), the atmosphere to be welcoming and colorists to be skilled (I left with an amazing blowout, too).
I recently had the pleasure of getting a facial by Danuta Meiloch, the Founder of and Lead esthetician at Rescue Spa in the Flatiron and let me tell you, it was a transformative experience. I always appreciate a trying luxury facials (who wouldn't), but unlike others, this one was a ritual. I'm used to the step-by-step, which are great, but instead of slathering on formula after formula, Danuta applied each product with purpose in unique massaging motions. My skin looked and felt clear, dewy and healthy afterwards and I left with the idea of looking at my skincare routine as a ritual as well. The best part – it's a full service salon and spa offering blowouts, makeup application, manis and pedis as well. Can you say one stop shop? How convenient.
I've written about Mario Badescu countless times and for good reason – they offer affordable, no BS facials at an affordable price point. I frequent the spa on the Upper East Side as much as I can for a good cleaning and balancing. The one thing you compromise is a pampering experience. Instead of receiving shoulder and hand massages while your face mask sits for 20 minutes, you're left in the dark room, alone. I personally don't mind it at all and don't think you will either for the effectiveness (you already love their Drying Lotion!) and price points.
This is hands down, one of my favorite places in the city. Joe and I go to Aire Ancient Baths on special occasions. As soon as you step in, the anxieties of the city around you disappear. Downstairs you'll find a candlelit Roman bath house with three temperature controlled pools (hot, warm and cold), a salt water pool for floatation therapy, jacuzzi and steam room. Open 8am to 9pm, you can enjoy the facility for two hours per booking. I love adding on an hour massage to enrich the experience and spend more time there. Here's a full post on the experience.
Lush spas are special sanctuaries found in several countries. The cozy spaces offer seven types of massages, but my favorite the Synethesia massage, was perfectly choreographed to music and a full sensory experience using scent and lighting. (See full blog post here.) No matter what massage you book, it will be fully customize to how you feel and hope to feel afterwards.
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A Shortsighted Foreign Policy for Israel
Guy Frenkel November 15, 2018
Israel and the RegionUS-Israel Relations4 min read
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had earned himself a negative reputation among Democrats long before President Barack Obama entered the scene, but for many, his seemingly shameless pandering to the Republican Party culminating in his speech before Congress during Obama's second term crossed all lines of decency and endangered bipartisan support for Israel. Since then, Netanyahu has continued playing political favorites in American politics, and, more troublingly, has expanded this problematic behavior to the rest of the international arena where he regularly courts controversial leaders with questionable commitments to democracy and human rights.
Much has already been written about how the current Israeli government's obsequiousness towards the Trump administration and its warm embrace of other right-wing populists makes a mockery of past Jewish suffering under nationalist governments. In the present day, it may in fact endanger Jewish citizens living under said governments, and is likely to inflict long-term diplomatic damage if and when the pendulum swings back towards political moderation. However, there is another facet that is too often unexplored regarding these alliances and the damage they cause to the Jewish state's legitimacy, one that, however unwittingly, gives off a stench of desperation and emboldens its most strident detractors.
Critics are often quick to point out that Israel's relations with questionable or simply unpopular regimes are hardly a new phenomenon. Indeed, during the waning days of the Cold War, Israel often found itself in the company of Latin American military juntas (a number of which showed more than a little disdain for their Jewish citizens), and was infamously late, even among Western states, in cutting ties with apartheid South Africa.
But in addition to often coming from a place of bad faith, these arguments usually leave out historical context and geopolitical considerations, dubious as those may be in justifying relationships with repressive governments. Dubbed the "nightmare years" by some Israeli scholars, the 1970s saw the oil-producing states of OPEC bringing the brunt of their power against Israel, decimating the latter's foreign relations with the overwhelming majority of non-aligned countries. When one combines this state of affairs with a hostile U.S.S.R. arming even more hostile neighbors encircling a much weaker Jewish State and a United States less intrinsically committed to its defense, the calculus becomes more complicated and may better explain why Israeli leaders at the time felt that scruples in their foreign relations were a luxury they could ill afford.
Fast forward a few decades and Israel finds itself in a far more enviable position: it has unquestionably transformed into a regional hegemon with a highly dynamic economy largely untouched by 2008's global recession. In comparison to its diplomatic nadir 40 years ago, it boasts relations with the overwhelming majority of the international community, few of whose members question its right to exist or seek to turn it into a pariah. Despite the very real dangers posed by Hamas and Hezbollah, the country is in no danger of being overrun and destroyed by its enemies. And for all noise that the BDS movement elicits, it is a marginal phenomenon whose real harm comes in the way anti-Israel sentiment is exploited and magnified by the Israeli right in order to reinforce an already formidable siege mentality.
Perusing the above facts, one could easily predict a cheery future for the country. And yet, you might not guess that from the prime minister's deliberate courting and hosting of highly controversial leaders who are often shunned in other parts of the West, or in his political favoritism. Instead of acting like the leader of a powerful state that punches well above its weight on the international stage, Netanyahu has of late treated foreign relations the same way the leader of a breakaway region might: as primarily short-term gains that must be cashed in immediately regardless of long-term ramifications that may never come.
In the case of breakaway statelets propped up by Russia like Abkhazia and South Ossetia who are desperate for approval or regions with aspirations of separatism like Bosnia's Republika Srpska, any and all sources of support are worth the price, even if they come from autocrats and serial human rights offenders. For Israel, this embrace simply calls into question its own self-image as a confident state that no longer fears its existence is a temporary anomaly. Worse still, it erroneously confirms for the country's enemies what they have long suspected: that Israel's success is nothing but a veneer, under which lies a state whose flimsy legitimacy rests on the approval of an international rogue's gallery.
In the past, Israeli politicians and military strategists were often accused of being incapable of planning for the long-term, constantly in a state of existential crisis, oftentimes justifying decisions that would haunt them in the future. Today's Israel is strong enough to be pickier with the company it keeps and the friends it chooses to embrace. Failure to internalize this fact will continue to damage its reputation and simply encourage those who view Israel as an irreconcilably malignant force.
Guy Frenkel is a Contributing Writer for IPF's Matzav. He is an Israeli political analyst specializing in self-determination issues. Frenkel has previously worked with Blue White Future and Partners for Progressive Israel. Frenkel holds an MA in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is currently based in the New York City area.
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We experience everyday interference with our communication systems and devices dependent upon uninterrupted reception of signals from the United States Global Positioning System. If the signals between our GPS satellites and their receiving ground control stations, or the signals from the ground stations, were disabled by jamming or spoofing, the timing signals of all our digital systems will be disrupted. The ever-increasing integration of cyber-architectures with wireless technologies used for our critical infrastructure, communication and transportation systems, financial transactions, and every digital device means we are constantly dependent on uninterrupted GPS signals. However, the scope of this dependency will be suddenly understood only when all these systems and devices completely fail.
Take an attack on Manhattan, for example. The first thing most people would notice is that their cellular phones and tablets cannot send or receive calls/messages and many will just go dark. In the absence of timing signals, traffic lights — no longer synchronized and digitally run cars losing control going astray — would cause devastating accidents and create huge traffic jams. By then, people will realize that something had gone terribly wrong. Most first responders — ambulances and firefighters — will be either unreachable or will not be able to reach their destinations. U.S. banks, credit unions and stock exchanges, all dependent on new advanced cyber technology, including cloud servers, will be unable to operate when losing timing signals, and ATMs will no longer dispense cash. Power outages will follow and the oil storage facilities at Brooklyn Harbor will release their content, creating a massive oil spill that spreads into the ocean, while the release of liquefied/pressurized gas in the tankers will create a huge poisonous and flammable cloud over the city. Digitally programmed locks on prison cells would either remain locked or will open to release the inmates who would start rioting and breaking into stores. If this fictional scenario lasts even for a day, it would cost thousands of lives, billions of dollars and civil unrest that will be difficult to control devastating the city and the nation's economy and security.
Yet, a large number of radio frequency jamming devices are advertised and sold in the U.S. despite the 1934 Communications Act that strictly forbids the manufacturing, marketing and importation of jamming devices into the U.S. Apparently, the Federal Communications Commission's enforcement efforts are not enough to curtail this problem.
Incredibly, Wheeler is reported to say "Some companies could take time adjusting to the 'demonstrably effective' aspect of the new paradigm…" because it "will require a level of transparency that may make take some time to get used to."[!] Nevertheless, Wheeler promised to monitor the implementation to decide what, if any, additional steps should be considered to better secure our cyber systems.
Is the goal of this policy to test how long before Beijing, Teheran, Moscow or Pyongyang will try challenging it? I doubt it.


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It's listed at 199,980 Euro, not USD.
I would say a max of $20K since what you've got is a parts car. I didn't an undamaged body part. I suspect there's been some frame damage since it looks like the car was rolled.
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I'd say it's worth $50k just because all the parts are there. Destroyed, but there (well, maybe in a nearby bin)! It is after all a very rare exotic supercar!
Can't be 100% sure from pictures but the engine, transmission, interior, wheels, and many other big-ticket items appear to be ok.
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Robina Asti was denied the survivor benefits she should have received after her husband's death for two long years. In a 2004 ceremony in an airplane hangar in Orange County, NY, Robina, a World War II veteran and pilot, married her longtime sweetheart, Norwood Patton. In June 2012, Norwood passed away at 97 years old. On July 27, 2012, Robina applied in person for survivor benefits through the SSA.
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Carron was launched at Bombay Dockyard in July 1792. She was a country ship that made several voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before the Royal Navy purchased her in 1804 to use as a fifth-rate frigate, and renamed Duncan. In 1807 the Navy renamed her Dover. She was wrecked off Madras on 2 May 1811.

EIC voyages
Carron made several voyages for the EIC.

In 1795 Captain Francis Simpson sailed from Bengal for China, and then for Britain. Carron was at Whampoa on 24 November 1795, crossed the Second Bar on 11 January 1796, and left China on 15 February. She reached Saint Helena on 5 May, and arrived at Long Reach on 8 August.

Carron was admitted to the Registry in Great Britain on 23 November 1796. Simpson received a letter of marque on 25 November. He then sailed for China and Bengal on 27 November.

On August 1797 Surat Castle arrived at Portsmouth from the West Indies. She was one of five vessels that the government had chartered to carry invalids and prisoners from the West Indies. The other four were Bombay , Bengal , , and . In August the Directors of the EIC agreed to permit Bombay Anna, Bengal Anna, Carron, and Surat Castle to return to the Indies with exports to proceed to China and then to return to England with early cargoes for the EIC, in accordance with the engagement they had entered into before they had gone to the West Indies at the government's behest.

In 1799 Simpson sailed from China for Britain. Carron was at Lintin on 9 February 1799, and at Malacca on 22 February. She reached St Helena on 11 May, and arrived at The Downs in July.

She then returned to Bombay, leaving Britain on 13 February 1800. When she left England she was in company with Cuvera, , and Minerva. She returned from Bombay on 17 June 1801.

Carron sailed from Portsmouth on 9 September 1801. She was part of a convoy under escort by  that also included , , , , , , Caledonia, , , , Elizabeth, , and . The convoy reached Madeira on 23 September, and left the next day.

On 14 February 1804 Carron was one of 11 country ships present at the Battle of Pulo Aura, though she took no part in the engagement. She, like the rest of the flotilla of East Indiamen and country ships, was coming back from China.

HMS Duncan
Rear-Admiral Edward Pellew, took up the post of  Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station in 1805. He purchased Carron that year and named her HMS Duncan.

Initially she was under the command of Lieutenant Clement Sneyd (acting). Under his command she captured a number of French vessels.

On 11 October Duncan captured the French sloop Pincon, of 30 tons, which was sailing from Madagascar to a port north-west, when Duncan took her off St Dennis and destroyed her at sea;

Prior to 7 November Duncan captured Emilie, a French privateer, after an engagement off Réunion. On 7 November, as Duncan was sailing into the main anchorage at Mahé, Seychelles, Sneyd observed a strange sail anchored between the islands of Thérèse and Conception and sent Emilie to investigate.

On 9 November Emilie rejoined Duncan, having with her the French brig Courier, of 280 tons, fitted as a slaver. Courier (or Courier des Seycelles) was based in the Seychelles and the governor, Jean Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, protested to Sneyd that it was one of the vessels that the capitulation of the Seychelles exempted from seizure.

As soon as the captain of Courier des Seychelles saw Duncan and Emilie, he hid on shore the 200 slaves that he had been carrying. He also hid his all his cables and anchors. Sneyd sent search parties that succeeded in despoiling the homes of owners of Courier des Seychellles, and bringing back her sails, cables and anchors. However, not only did they not find the 200 slaves, but four British sailors deserted, with their weapons, and also could not be found.
While at Mahé, Duncans crew captured the French brig Sirius, of 80 tons (bm), carrying a cargo of gum, rosin, and plank, French brig of unknown name, of 90 tons (bm). This brig the British burned. Sneyd sent his men on punitive raids along the west coast. They fired on and forced to run aground at Anse Boileau a brig coming from Madagascar. They also found and set on fire Rosalie, a small vessel undergoing repairs at Anse á la Mouche. It is possible that Sirius was the brig coming from Madagascar, and Rosalie the brig of 90 tons.

Sneyd and Duncan stayed less than a week at Mahé before sailing off with Emilie and Courier des Seychelles.

On 27 November Duncan captured the French schooner Cacotte, of 70 tons (bm), pierced for eight guns but only carrying four. She was carrying cocoa nuts when Duncan captured her off Diego Garcia.

Lieutenant Charles Hawtayne (acting) replaced Sneyd. Not long thereafter Pellew appointed Hawtayne governor of the naval hospital at Madras. Captain Lord George Stuart replaced him as captain of Duncan.

On 8 April 1806 Duncan captured the French privateer Île de France, of 8 guns and 71 men, at sea and destroyed her. Head money was paid in November 1827 for 69 men.

In June 1806 Duncan, still under Stuart's command, returned to Mahé. This time Quincy quickly arranged a renewal of the capitulation with Stuart. A few days later the 74-gun  joined Duncan. Both vessels stayed only a few days to replenish their water and provisions before sailing off. This time too, some four crew members from Duncan took the opportunity to desert successfully.

HMS Dover
In 1807 Duncan was registered with the Admiralty (on 24 March), and received the name HMS Dover. In the summer, Stuart was appointed to . Captain Edward Tucker replaced Stuart on Dover.

In February 1810 Captain Tucker commanded a small squadron comprising Dover, the frigate , and the sloop Samarang. Their objective was the island of Amboyna. On their way, on 6 February Dover captured the Dutch brig-of-war Rambang.

The British launched their attack on 16 February, capturing one battery that overlooked the port, the city of Ambon, and Fort Victoria. They then took another battery. During the night, Samarang landed forty men, who were joined by two field pieces from Dover. These joined in the bombardment of Fort Victoria from the two captured batteries. On 18 February the town capitulated. British casualties were extremely light, with only three dead, one of whom was a marine from Samarang.

During the campaign the British captured several Dutch vessels. One was the Dutch brig Mandurese, Captain Guasteranus. She had 12 guns. She was one of three vessels sunk in the inner harbor of Amboyna. However, the British raised her after the island surrendered. They took her into service as . From Amboyna, the squadron went on to capture the islands of Saparua, Harouka, Nasso-Laut, Buru, and Manipa.

After the attack on Amboyna, Samarang captured the Dutch brig Recruiter on 28 March. Samarang shared the prize money by agreement with Dover and Cornwallis.

Between 29 April and 18 May, Dover, Cornwallis, and Samarang captured Engelina and Koukiko.

On 26 June Dover captured the island of Manado.

Fate
Dover was at Madras Roads on 1 May 1811 undergoing a refit when a major gale struck. She was at anchor, with topmasts struck and foreyard lowered. Tucker had gone ashore and so she was under the command of Lieutenant Charles Jeffries. Although Jeffries dropped a second anchor and later a bower anchor after her anchor cable parted, a sudden squall drove her into the northeast corner of Fort Saint George during the night of 2 May. Despite attempts to save her, the storm battered her against the fort's walls until she foundered. Two men drowned.

The violent gale also claimed the transport Chichester, several merchant vessels, and some 70 small craft.

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1792 ships
Ships built in Bombay
Ships of the British East India Company
Age of Sail merchant ships
Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
Frigates of the Royal Navy
Maritime incidents in 1811
Shipwrecks of India
Shipwrecks in the Bay of Bengal


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Q: Is "propped up" an adjective or a past participle? I am analyzing the past tense of "simple past" and I do not know if the form "were propped up" indicated in the sentence is composed of a verb conjugated in "simple past" and followed by an adjective, or on the contrary, it is part of a clause in passive.
Her flat cloth slippers were propped up on a foot-warmer, and a cat reposed on her lap.

A: If a participle merely describes a state, then it should be parsed as an adjective if alone, or you may view a whole participial phrase as adverbial if it describes manner or location.

She is wearing a pink sleepsuit with the word 'Itsy' printed on the front, and she is propped up against a darker pink cushion on the sofabed in the room we call the study. — Charles Fernyhough, The Baby In The Mirror, 2010.

The participial phrase describes where and how this baby is sitting. Perhaps one of her parents propped her up in that position or she somehow managed to do it herself, but there is no agent, implied or explicit, and how she got into this position is not the least bit topical.
If the participle describes an action:

Provide a rationale for why an infant's bottle should not be propped up during a feeding.  — Lynn R Marotz, Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child, 2011.

then the participle is a constituent part of a verb phrase in the passive voice. The embedded question here is asking why a particular action — propping up a baby bottle during feeding — should not be performed. The agent is implied: "you" or any person bottle feeding an infant.
Your sentence is identical to the first example: the slippers were propped up just as the baby girl on the pink cushion. It describes a state, not a completed action.
There is far less ambiguity when the agent is explicit:

He was surprised. adjective
  He was surprised by the man at the front door. passive


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Lexus 'tattoo car' on display at London artisan festival
By Lawrence Butcher June 10, 2021 No Comments
Though not strictly interior related, Lexus has continued its recent run of unique design collaborations with the creation of its 'tattoo car', a Lexus UX SUV decorated by London tattoo artist Claudia De Sabe, which will be on display at Hampton Court Palace Artisan Festival in London. The tattoo car was conceived as a tribute to the takumi craftsmanship and traditional Japanese artistry that Lexus says is applied to each of its cars.
Using a pure white car as a 'canvas' and a Dremel rotary tool in place of a fine tattooing needle, De Sabe produced a sweeping design featuring koi carp, a traditional motif in Japanese art, along the entire length of the vehicle. The tattooed UX doesn't have a price tag, but it's estimated the one-off artwork would cost upwards of £120,000 (US$169,000).
De Sabe will demonstrate her techniques at the festival, which starts on June 18, by 'tattooing' a UX bonnet with three new bespoke designs each day at the Lexus Art Studio. She will also participate in a live on-stage Q&A to talk about her craft and the influences and inspirations behind her art.
Lawrence Butcher, web editor
Lawrence has been covering engineering subjects – with a focus on motorsport technology – since 2007 and has edited and contributed to a variety of international titles. Currently, he is responsible for content across UKI Media & Events' portfolio of websites while also writing for the company's print titles.
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Years Racing: 7
Education: Lees-McRae College
2015 PA U23 Road BAR champion
Finished 4th in the 2013 Collegiate Nationals points race
2013 Junior Track National Champion in team sprint
Young talent with high potential in endurance races or sprints
Scrappy and hard working
Opportunistic and not afraid to take risks for his team
Tyler Nothstein is a true product of T-Town and gets his cycling pedigree from his father Marty, who was Olympic Sprint Champion at the Sydney Games. Although "Bones" is one of the WCL's youngest competitors, he showed emerging talent at T-Town this past summer and, by the end of the season, had joined the ranks of the most elite up and coming track racing prospects in the country. From the WCL Premiere, he will stick with the PA Lightning for a busy summer racing at T-Town and on the Eastern criterium and road circuit. Watch for surprises from this lad!