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AI as a way forward in judicial analytics
Imagine a scenario where a judge is armed with advanced analytics and artificial intelligence tools to handle each case on his/her docket. What if there is a method by which judges could be made aware of a potential delay in receiving police evidence in a murder case or the probability of a witness turning hostile on certain grounds? Vital information like this will help judges strategize and dispose cases faster. These scenarios are far from hypothetical – several countries are already using such technology in the judicial process. In order to carry out such predictions, a significant amount of data from various sources is required, stored in a centralized data warehouse that can communicate with each other.
Artificial Intelligence In Judicial Analytics :
In the context of the Indian judicial system, much has been said about judicial delays, pendency, and many ways to tackle these issues have been proposed. These include measures such as increasing judge strength, cutting down vacation time, and non-acceptance of frivolous cases. For a judiciary which has more than 3 crore pending cases, much more needs to be done.
There have been very few measures taken to assist judges in managing cases. Thousands of cases that are fairly similar in nature are being filed each year. There are very few attempts made to analyse how these cases are progressing at every stage. Judges need to be equipped with enough information about the possible paths that the case could take to help in faster disposal of the case. As mentioned above, data science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are capable of assisting judges by predicting vital information regarding an ongoing case based on past cases of a similar nature. Several case details such as number of accused in a case, date of filing of the charge sheet, number of witnesses examined during evidence stage, witness turning hostile, reasons for adjournments, First Information Report (FIR) details, quantum of punishment, compensation granted etc. which are recorded in the daily orders and the final judgment can be used for this analysis. Analysis of these variables can help judges make better strategic decisions which can help reducing delays in a case.
AI can be particularly useful at the evidence stage. Research suggests that evidence stage is vital in the life cycle of a case and takes up a large proportion of the court's time. Multiple adjournments are sought during the evidence stage for various reasons such as extra time sought by the advocates/parties, delay due to the Investigation Officer, absence of witnesses etc. Artificial intelligence tools would be helpful in predicting potential delays as judges would know before-hand the major causes for delay for a particular type of cases at a given stage and the judges will be able to list matters and handle their caseload accordingly. It can help judges predict factors that will delay the trial. For example, if the probability of witnesses turning hostile is higher in a certain type of case, the judge can proactively take steps to prevent witnesses from turning hostile, such as ordering for police protection.
However, despite the intelligence of such algorithms, there will be inaccuracies as is the case with all unstructured data sources. In order to build a robust algorithm, data needs to be structured. Unfortunately, most of the relevant data on the e-courts website (official website containing case related data from across India) is not in a structured format. Data which is in heavy text format e.g. order sheets & judgements needs to be recorded in a more structured manner.
The e-Courts portal has been one of the most significant steps taken for judicial reforms in the recent era. In the decade since its launch, it has made a vast trove of data available online, at no cost for users. Unfortunately, as mentioned earlier, a lot of important data points in the daily orders and judgments are in a text heavy format and are difficult to analyse. Despite the ordeal of working with unstructured data, we should start exploring ways to use it for judicial analytics. Although Artificial Intelligence could help us understand the present data, accuracy of such analyses can only be higher if we bring some change to the way this data is being recorded. Once the process of making this data available on e-Courts has been changed, it can be used for a variety of analyses that will be useful for judges and court managers. This will herald a new era in the field of judicial analytics in India.
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Married life can really get tough for some people, especially if they are not doing enough to keep the romance alive. In fact, one of the main reasons why marriages fail is the lack of romance or positive energy in the relationship. However, there are some feng shui tips that will certainly promote romance in a married couple's life.
Feng shui is all about promoting the positive vibes around a house, a structure or a person. When you are married to another person, there is an innate need for both of you to have positive energy around each other, because one person's negativity will certainly influence the other as well. Feng shui for love, especially for married couples, will let them find their grounding and certainly make them more capable of leading a happy life together. And knowing the amount of pressure that is being put on individuals and couples nowadays, they will certainly need all the help they can get.
How to make your house reflect feng shui for romance ?
The house that you share with your loved one is a sign of your love and is also the first place to start if you are looking towards using feng shui to improve love life. You can make your house reflect the status of your relationship and also the status of your marriage. The better your house is, the better the chi and this will certainly make your marriage much happier.
Clean out the clutter: A cluttered mind is always bad news in feng shui. It stands for disorder and chaos, which is exactly what we don't want if we are trying to promote feng shui in marriage here. Hence, if you want to start implementing feng shui, the first step would be to remove all the clutter from your house, so that the energy can flow right.
Cleaning out the clutter can come in handy for it will also help you get rid of your past, especially your romantic past, so that the house is purged of any influence other than that of you and your spouse.
Get the right bed: The right bed is an important aspect of any relationship. This is the place where you and your spouse connect on a deeper and more intimate level. In order to promote feng shui in marriage, you have to make sure you get the bed right.
So, what exactly do you have to do for this?
Make sure the bed is not pushed into a corner. The bed should be easily accessible from all directions. This promotes positive energy in the room.
Make sure that the bed is not put right under the ceiling fan, support beams etc. This will create ripples in the energy or the pressure level on you.
Make sure that the feet of the bed does not face the door that is you should not sleep with your feet pointing towards the door.
Make sure that there are no mirrors on the side areas of the bed.
Make sure it is at least 18 inches off the ground and do not store anything under the bed.
A king size bed might sound like a good idea, but that is bad feng shui for married couples. A king size bed can keep a couple far from each other, which is the kind of thing that one would like to avoid.
Always keep the doors shut: A bedroom is an intimate place and the reason why you are reading this is because you want to use feng shui to improve love life. Now, there are some small details that you have to keep in mind, especially when it comes to the bedroom. No door should be open in the bedroom, especially during the night time, when you and your spouse go to sleep.
The open door is a good sign of opportunity, but only in the business field. It is not a good sign in the personal world, for it provides invitation for external influences.
No water bodies: One of the most important tips for feng shui for romance would be to avoid water bodies in the room. This does not necessarily mean a water fall. Even a small fountain or even an aquarium would be a bad idea inside a bedroom. Having water bodies is really not a sign of good feng shui for love.
Remove the television: You should certainly not keep a television or a radio inside the bedroom. This is also a disruptive force and it can really draw attention away from the more important things. There are some feng shui theories that even state that having a television in your bedroom is like an invite for a third party to come into this relationship.
Greenery can be really handy as a tip for feng shui for love. Flowers have always been symbols of love, beauty and life and it would be beneficial for you to have flowers in the bedroom or even the house. Keep the flowers in the southwest corner as much as you can.
Greenery, especially flowers, is best when it is fresh, so keep real plants and flowers around in the house. But if you cannot really take care of plants that much, get plants or flowers that are made of artificial materials, like silk. You have to take care and remove all dead flowers and leaves as regularly as you can for this is certainly an unwelcome aspect of feng shui for love.
When buying a plant, buy a big plant with big leaves- they are the best kinds. However, you have to avoid cacti and other prickly plants, at all costs.
Have twos of everything: Most people have walked into houses of couples, seen things that are kept in twos and just think that it is precious. Well, it is quite romantic, but that is not the only reason why you should keep things in twos. Feng shui for romance dictates that you have things in pairs around the house. Have twos of everything, as much as you can (except for gadgets). For example, instead of having one side table, have two side tables. Instead of one frame on the wall, hang two. That is certainly feng shui to improve love life.
Choose the right colours for the house: When it comes to wearing clothes or painting the house, you have to choose the right colour. It has to be compatible with feng shui for married couples as well. Go for the romantic colours, for they will certainly enhance the romance aspect in the relationship. Pink, red, etc. are good options (pink is more of romance, whereas red is sensual energy). Avoid using black, brown and green in the decoration.


CHARLOTTE, NC -- U.S Airways is apologizing after a flight attendant refused to hang up an Army Ranger's blue dress coat.
Several passengers posted about the incident on social media. They claim First Sgt. Albert Marle asked the flight attendant if to hang up his uniform jacket so it wouldn't become wrinkled. The passengers say the flight attendant then told the Army Ranger that the closet was reserved for first-class passengers only.
"Her response wasn't that there's not space in the coat closet or 'I've hung too many jackets up.' It was just simply, 'Our airline policy says I'm not going to do it, so I'm not going to do it,'" first-class passenger Brian Kirby told ABC affiliate WSOC-TV. "I was really appalled at not only the way she looked at him but the way she spoke to him in an angry type of attitude."
Passengers say the soldier didn't argue with the flight attendant and quietly returned to his seat.
That's when other passengers began to take issue with the flight attendant's actions. Some even offered the soldier their seat in first class, but say the ranger refused to take their seats.
"He was more than willing to take his seat. He was not going to make an issue of it. It was us in first class that made an issue out of it," Kirby said. "It may not have seemed like a big deal and he certainly wouldn't have made a big deal about it but it's important someone stands up and says this is not correct it needs to be fixed."
"We apologize for the situation and are reviewing the incident internally. We have a long and proud history of serving our military members and hold the men and women who serve our country in the highest regard."
A U.S. Airways spokesperson said the airline is now trying to reach First Sgt. Marle to thank him for his service.


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T or F: The decision in Smith v. Allwright involved the internment of Japanese Americans?
no, that was Hirabayashi v. United States, In Smith v. Allwright (1944) Marshall convinced the Court to strike down a Texas practice, known as the "white primary," which excluded blacks from participating in primary elections.
Was Hitler the naughiest man ever?
Why did the great depression, which begain in the united states, spread through much of the world?
Why are wars not so extreme anymore?
Why people were generally happier decades ago than now?
Do you think many people suffered from depression and anxiety in the 18th century and before that era? Why do people suffer it now so much?
Did they think I was mixed? ?
Why didn't jews try to revolt during the Holocaust ?
Why did the Aztecs sacrifice people?
why did Caesar Augustus go to hell?
Why is General Ulysses S. Grant the only one without a hat in this painting?

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Ai Giochi paralimpici estivi di Londra 2012 ha vinto la sua prima medaglia. Ha fatto parte della squadra statunitense di sci nordico alle Paralimpiadi invernali 2014 e alle Paralimpiadi invernali 2018, vincendo due medaglie nel 2014 e cinque medaglie nel 2018, di cui due d'oro. Ha partecipato anche alle Paralimpiadi estive 2016 nel paraciclismo.

Biografia
Oksana è nata con diverse malattie congenite indotte da radiazioni, tra cui l'emimelia tibiale (con conseguente diversa lunghezza delle gambe), mancanza di tibie portanti nei polpacci, dita palmate senza pollice e sei dita dei piedi su ciascun piede. Abbandonata dai suoi genitori alla nascita in un orfanotrofio ucraino, ha vissuto lì fino all'età di 7 anni, quando è stata adottata da Gay Masters, una logopedista americana, non sposata e senza altri figli.

Dopo essersi trasferita negli Stati Uniti nel 1997, entrambe le gambe di Oksana sono state amputate sopra il ginocchio - la gamba sinistra a otto anni e la gamba destra a 13 anni - quando sono diventate sempre più doloranti e incapaci di sostenere il suo peso. Oksana ha anche sostenuto un intervento chirurgico per modificare le sue dita interne di ogni mano, in modo che potessero funzionare come pollici.

Arrivata negli Stati Uniti, dove sua madre lavorava come docente all'Università di Buffalo, si è trasferita a Louisville, nel Kentucky, nel 2001, quando la madre è stata assunto presso l'Università di Louisville, e si è laureata alla Atherton High School nella città nel 2008.

Carriera nel canottaggio

Masters ha iniziato il canottaggio adattivo nel 2002 all'età di 13 anni, poco prima dell'amputazione della gamba destra. Ha continuato poi a livello agonistico e nel 2010, ha gareggiato ai C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints, stabilendo un record mondiale nel processo. È stata la prima sculler adattivo a competere nella regata "Head of the Eagle" del club di canottaggio di Indianapolis, vincendo nel frattempo l'evento femminile singolo aperto. Nel 2011, Masters e il compagno di squadra Augusto Perez sono arrivati secondi alle prove del Adaptive World Championships.

In preparazione ai Giochi Paralimpici di Londra del 2012, Masters ha collaborato con Rob Jones, un veterano del Corpo dei Marines degli Stati Uniti che ha perso entrambe le gambe a causa di un'esplosione di uno IED in Afghanistan. Masters e Jones si sono autoproclamati "Team Bad Company" e hanno vinto entrambe le prove dei Campionati mondiali adattivi e la Regata di qualificazione paralimpica finale con margini considerevoli.

Il 2 settembre, alle Paralimpiadi di Londra del 2012, Masters e Jones sono arrivati terzi, vincendo la prima medaglia degli Stati Uniti (bronzo) nella sezione mista tronco/braccia doppio remo con un tempo finale di 4:05:56. Hanno finito dietro la Cina (oro) e la Francia (argento) sconfiggendo la Gran Bretagna.

A causa di un infortunio alla schiena, Masters ha rinunciato al canottaggio competitivo dopo aver vinto una medaglia di bronzo alle Paralimpiadi di Londra del 2012. Da allora ha iniziato a praticare il para-ciclismo e lo sci di fondo.

Carriera nello sci di fondo
Dopo aver vinto la medaglia nel canottaggio alle Paralimpiadi del 2012, Masters ha iniziato a praticare lo sci di fondo. Alle Paralimpiadi invernali 2014 a Sochi, in Russia, ha vinto una medaglia d'argento nel nordico  e una medaglia di bronzo nel nordico . Si è anche classificata quarta e ottava in due eventi di biathlon. Durante questo periodo, ha subito un infortunio alla schiena  e di conseguenza ha rinunciato al canottaggio. Ha iniziato a pedalare come parte integrante del processo di recupero.

Masters ha vinto la sua prima medaglia d'oro paralimpica alle Paralimpiadi invernali 2018, nell'evento classico di sprint di  femminile di sci di fondo, dopo molteplici battute d'arresto. Tre settimane prima dei Giochi si era ferita al gomito e il giorno prima si era anche ritirata da un evento dopo essere caduta durante la gara di biathlon . In quei giochi ha vinto cinque medaglie in totale: tre in sci di fondo e due in biathlon. Ha vinto la medaglia d'oro nell'evento di  dello sci di fondo da seduti, la medaglia di bronzo nell'evento di  dello sci di fondo da seduti, poi medaglie d'argento nell'evento di biathlon da  e nell'evento di biathlon da . Per due volte Masters è stata nominata per un ESPY nello sci nordico nella categoria di Miglior atleta femminile con disabilità.

Carriera ciclistica
Masters ha vinto due medaglie di Coppa del Mondo di bronzo e una medaglia di bronzo ai Mondi Para-Ciclismo dell'UCI. Ha partecipato inoltre ad eventi di handbike  ai Giochi Paralimpici del 2016 a Rio, dove si è classificata 4ª nella gara su strada e 5 ° nella prova a tempo. Ai XVI Giochi Paralimpici disputatisi a Tokio nel 2021 ha vinto la medaglia d'oro sia nella prova in linea (H5) che in quella a cronometro della gara su strada (H4-5).

Impatto mediatico
La sua storia di vita, ha suscitato parecchio interesse mediatico, tra cui Spirit, la rivista di bordo Southwest Airlines e Sports Illustrated. È stata nominata da The Guardian tra i dieci atleti statunitensi da seguire e ha posato nuda per l'edizione annuale di Body Issue della rivista ESPN. Apple l'ha ingaggiata in "Fare la differenza. Un'app alla volta", un video in cui spiega come è cambiata la sua vita con le app iOS

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Paraciclisti statunitensi
Vincitori di medaglia d'oro paralimpica per gli Stati Uniti d'America
Vincitori di medaglia d'argento paralimpica per gli Stati Uniti d'America
Vincitori di medaglia di bronzo paralimpica per gli Stati Uniti d'America
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How Disney Saved 'Star Wars' From Its Modernist Sins
Disney's additions to the 'Star Wars' universe, such as 'The Mandalorian,' are welcome returns to the religious underpinnings of the originals.
By Robert Hasler
Spoilers for the "Star Wars" universe ahead.
"Luke Skywalker? I thought he was a myth," exclaims Rey in the first half of "The Force Awakens," Disney's inaugural venture into the "Star Wars" universe. Disney acquired the franchise in 2012 and recently launched "The Mandalorian" on its new streaming service, Disney Plus. It is a defining moment for the space fantasy that has shaped American culture for the last 40 years.
Disney has the sacred duty of stewarding the "Star Wars" canon, maintaining all previous installments, and pushing the epic forward. They have promised more feature films after "The Rise of Skywalker" in December 2019 and released "The Mandalorian" as a serial show on Disney Plus this month.
Faithful fans of the original trilogy were skeptical of any additional movies when the prequels were announced. After the failures of "Episodes 1-3," their hostility was justified. The second trilogy has many problems, but most are the repercussions of turning to the dark side of modernity, of being seduced by the material. Either The Force holds divine authority or it does not. On this doctrine, right Disney is.
"Star Wars" may be a modern creation, but it has deep roots in the Western canon. Odysseus was overcoming challenges while discovering divine truth long before Luke Skywalker. Other myths that share "Star Wars's" ancient origins include "Lord of the Rings" and "The Chronicles of Narnia." Both are good, but these tales center around kings and queens, bows and arrows, elves and dwarves—imagery reminiscent of medieval Britain.
"Star Wars" is uniquely American. It speaks of republics, political revolution, and freedom. Its characters are like those of the American Western, our own contribution to humanity's tradition of myth telling. Heroes are unabashedly individualistic but committed to the common good. They prevail over their enemy through a combination of skill, grit, and luck. Villains seek absolute power through violence, intimidation, and conformity.
As in real life, mythical characters are faced with choices that have consequences. Should Han Solo leave with his reward or return to fight the Empire with his friends? Should Luke face his father, or submit to the dark side?
In a universe that so starkly contrasts good and evil, there must be something guiding these moral questions. It must be transcendent, surrounding us, penetrating us, and binding the galaxy together. The Force demands divine authority.
The originals introduced a robust religious tradition with believers and skeptics. It's mystical yet demonstrates real power in real moments, like lifting a sunken X-Wing or shooting an ion torpedo through a hole no bigger than a womp rat.
It is intimately connected to life and creation. It is personal enough that Yoda, a great master of The Force, calls it an ally. Access to its power doesn't depend on outwardly attributes like size or strength, but on virtue, devotion, discipleship—things of the soul. The Force is also noticeably connected to families, as a faith to pass down and train others in.
But in "The Phantom Menace," The Force is reduced to quantifiable units of midiclorians. This is the original sin of the prequels: stripping The Force of its spirituality. It can be measured on charts and graphs. The Jedi are nothing more than whitecoats, applying the scientific method as they observe, test, and analyze the potential uses of The Force. They do so in their modern academy where Jedi apparently spend far more time practicing the techniques of proper lightsaber wielding than reading the ancient religious texts.
Disney's additions to the "Star Wars" universe are welcome returns to the religious underpinnings of the originals. Luke's old lightsaber is passed between Rey and Finn, demonstrating that a Jedi's true power comes from The Force and not the weapon he uses. Rey's commitment to friendship, justice, and hope makes her stronger than the more experienced Kylo Ren, a sith consumed by hate and fear.
Luke's arc in "The Last Jedi" shows how faith waxes and wanes over the course of a lifetime, but ultimately perseveres. And for all the veiled criticism of conservative Christianity, The Force in "Episode 8″ is remarkably spiritual. Its primary purpose is that of communion, bridging Rey and Kylo Ren across time and space, and bridging Luke and Yoda between the living and the dead.
Disney's stories outside the regular trilogy also restore an orthodox belief in The Force. There isn't an avowed Jedi in "Rogue One," but Chirrut's blind faith in The Force produces fruit and inspires others. Most recently, the protagonist in "The Mandalorian" witnesses a simple, yet extraordinary act of The Force. For a man of few words, he is noticeably stunned silent.
Disney should continue to emphasize The Force's divine authority. It's what makes "Star Wars" a compelling myth. In a galaxy filled with alien species, super lasers, and interplanetary travel, The Force remains the most awesome thing, otherworldly both for the viewer and the characters themselves. It's also what makes "Star Wars" human. Our own universal longing for the Divine is the same one we recognize in heroes like Luke and Rey.
"It's true. All of it," an aged Han Solo told Rey, incredulous at the news about Skywalker. The same man who once rejected The Force entirely is now a disciple. Han Solo, who never witnessed Yoda lift a ship and only saw the destruction of the Death Star from his own, is now a believer. His isn't an assessment of lifeless data. It's a religious conversion.
Robert Hasler is a seminary student and C.S. Lewis Fellow living in Washington, D.C.
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>   >looked at it recently).
> practicable to change the compiler and tools by editing the C code.
> To compound the confusion, the developers have put it under the GPL!
> Should I move it to non-free?
Well, the question is, is smalleiffel capable of compiling itself ?
to bootstrap it, it should be ok.
an other C-compiler to compile it (at least the first time, for bootstrapping).


Organized research training activities at the McKnight Vision Research Center include group meetings, a weekly lunch-time laboratory conference featuring research-in-progress presentations and educational lectures. A distinguished scientist seminar series and special seminars, workshops, and retreats involve Bascom Palmer faculty members as well as many invited guests from around the country and the globe.
All research trainees are also encouraged to participate in Bascom Palmer Eye Institute's clinical training activities. This includes a daily morning lecture, weekly clinical subspecialty group meetings, the weekly clinical grand rounds and a visiting professor series. The yearly resident's day activities include research project presentations by all clinical trainees, clinical research overviews by faculty, and an endowed lecture from a distinguished outside speaker.
The Continuing Medical Education (CME) department at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute sponsors a variety of post-graduate programs to meet the needs of ophthalmologists in the region and beyond. A number of these involve areas of interest to researchers.


Madras PLAID, the preppy staple, will always conjure images of clambakes on the Cape and touch football on Martha's Vineyard. But this spring, the breezy fabric is having a fashion moment, turning up on everything from retro nerd, short sleeve men's shirts to string bikinis.
The dyed cotton originated in Madras, India (now called Chennai), in the 1800s, where it was inspired by the Scottish tartans of the regiments occupying the land.
Loosely woven cotton was transformed with vegetable dyes into plaids, checks and stripes that were instantly popular in the warm climate. When the British left India, they took madras with them, and it was soon embraced by the country club set on both sides of the Atlantic.
More recently, madras has been reinvented by avant-garde designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo. They used the fabric in their runway collections as commentary on the notion of empire.
Now, madras is all over the place, in chain stores as well as designer boutiques. Jean Touitou, designer of cult French label APC, was so inspired by a trip to India that he and another designer, Jessica Ogden, started a collection under the APC label named Madras. It includes madras plaid pieces as well as other lightweight summer essentials, all manufactured in India.
If you're not up for head-to-toe plaid, there are plenty of madras accessories too.
Italian shoe line Superga has casual sneakers in frayed pink and yellow madras. Or for a more dressed-up look, Mossimo for Target offers a sleek madras ballet flat.
For men, Jack Spade offers a spiffy yellow madras necktie, J. Crew has a madras plaid driving cap, and Sperry's classic Top-Sider is available in several madras color combinations.
Mall anchor American Eagle Outfitters has embraced the rainbow bright fabric too, splashing it on espadrilles, slouchy hobo bags and colorful bikinis. Old Navy has a button-down tank dress in an earthier, more worn-in madras. Wrinkles give the piece more character, so it packs easily and travels well.
That's the great thing about madras. It only gets better with age, faded by sun and sea -- or just the washing machine.


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import sys
import pycurl
from cStringIO import StringIO
from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
from urllib import urlencode

DEBUG = False

global CA_PATH
CA_PATH = None

http_bindaddr = None
user_agent = None
_pycurl_compression = 'zlib' in pycurl.version
use_compression = True
use_cert_authority = False
timeout = 30
connect_timeout = 30
max_connects = None # default for pycurllib is 5

class StringIO2(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.s = StringIO()
    def __getattr__(self, attr):
        return getattr(self.s, attr)

def set_use_cert_authority(use):
    global CA_PATH
    global use_cert_authority
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            cert = os.path.join(path, "ca-bundle.crt")
            if os.path.exists(cert):
                CA_PATH = cert
                break
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            if os.path.exists(cert):
                CA_PATH = cert
                break
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def set_user_agent(new_user_agent):
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def set_use_compression(use):
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def set_connect_timeout(t):
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def set_max_connects(t):
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    #print repr(response.getvalue())

    response.code = req.c.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE)
    response.code = int(response.code)
    try:
        response.msg = BaseHTTPRequestHandler.responses[response.code][0]
    except:
        response.msg = "No Reason"

    response.content_type = req.c.getinfo(pycurl.CONTENT_TYPE)

    if close:
        req.c.close()

    return response

class Request(object):
    def __init__(self, url):
        self.c = pycurl.Curl()
        self.headers = {}
        self.c.setopt(self.c.URL, url)

        if use_cert_authority:
            self.c.setopt(pycurl.CAINFO, CA_PATH)
            self.c.setopt(pycurl.CAPATH, CA_PATH)
            #self.c.setopt(pycurl.CA_BUNDLE, CA_PATH)
        else:
            self.c.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
            self.c.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)

        if http_bindaddr:
            self.c.setopt(self.c.INTERFACE, http_bindaddr)

        if user_agent:
            self.c.setopt(pycurl.USERAGENT, user_agent)

        if use_compression:
            if _pycurl_compression:
                # If a zero-length string is set, then an Accept-Encoding header
                # containing all supported encodings is sent.
                self.c.setopt(pycurl.ENCODING, "")
            # someday, gzip manually with GzipFile
            #else:
            #    self.add_header("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")

        if timeout:
            self.c.setopt(self.c.TIMEOUT, timeout)
        if connect_timeout:
            self.c.setopt(self.c.CONNECTTIMEOUT, timeout)
        if max_connects:
            self.c.setopt(self.c.MAXCONNECTS, max_connects)

    def set_url(self, url):
        self.c.setopt(self.c.URL, url)

    def set_timeout(self, timeout):
        self.c.setopt(self.c.TIMEOUT, timeout)

    def set_connect_timeout(self, timeout):
        self.c.setopt(self.c.CONNECTTIMEOUT, timeout)

    def set_max_connects(self, max_connects):
        self.c.setopt(self.c.MAXCONNECTS, max_connects)

    def add_header(self, var, val):
        self.headers[var] = val

    def _make_headers(self):
        headers = []

        for k,v in self.headers.iteritems():
            headers.append(("%s: %s" % (k, v)))
        # turn off nasty bad evil crap
        headers.append("Expect:")

        return headers

    def add_data(self, data):
        self.data = StringIO2()
        self.data.write(data)
        self.data.seek(-1)

        self.c.setopt(pycurl.POST, 1)
        self.c.setopt(self.c.READFUNCTION, self.data.read)
        self.c.setopt(self.c.POSTFIELDSIZE, len(data))

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You can enjoy the exclusive lounge menu or come to see sport events on the big screen TVs and in the evening you can get in the mood for some great live music.
The place is designed for relaxation and after a day on the beach this place is a perfect venue to end the day with your favourite cocktail and dinner while you see the sun go down. The Beach club is opened from morning until late night.
At Pabisa Beach Club in Playa de Palma they also offer mini golf with 54 holes distributed over three different courses surrounded by lush vegetation. Anyone can try it, from beginners to experts.


after creation of RFC,we have to release the RFC or not.
Hi, We need to activate the RFC module in SAP system once you create. Then come to XI and import the same RFC in XI and start creating the Message Type.
activation ok,i am asking rfc release.
Yes you have to release the RFC after compeltion of creation.
After creation of RFC first import it into XI system and then test it once.If everything is working fine then you have to create a request for transporting this RFC from Dev system to QUALITY system.After creatiing the transport request then you can release the RFC with that transport request.With out releasing the RFC you can't move from Dev system to Quality system.
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My teaching method is using books and white boards. Every student is different, so I try to understand the requirement of the student and teach accordingly, so that the student can avail maximum benefit from the time spent in learning.
Wsu engineering student shows easiest way to learn physics to high scool students at Bankstown area.
I always start from the basic. I try to make a strong base so that the the student can understand higher levels of physics easil.
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The teaching method is one to one and that too at the level of understanding of the student. The purpose is to make the student strong in communication and the subject he/she needs help.
I love teaching maths once I get involved with it. We will discovery something interesting.
Introduce the topic and give practical examples so the students can feel a part of it. Take the decision to do the best.
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I make the theory interesting with various resources. I always try to understand the student first. I have experience of 2.5 years of teaching in University in Bangladesh.
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I believe every student has different requirements. Thus, I first try to figure out their areas of weakness, and then focus more on those so that they can come out of their struggle and improve in overall. In addition, I am aware that every institution has different syllabuses and teaching methods.
I usually use interesting techniques in my lessons to clarify the information and make approaches by linking between the lessons and their applications in real life. I usually get very positive feedback from my students. I also prefer providing online interactive materials to enhance the information understanding.
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Aiming to make the concepts easier for students to grab them and use in their exams and practical lives.
My teaching is to make learning more easier for students, in order to make concepts for science and mathematics simple with tricks to solve them with understanding what could else be done with that.
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Use your creativity and imagination. Imagine something new. To be able to solve the problem first you have to be able to understand the problem. Never hesitate to ask: Why? How? Ask these questions whenever you go through anything you are studying.
I approach all mathematics tutoring (both hard and easy) by appreciating the concept of what is being learnt rather than the specific textbook chapter. I then develop the concept more specifically with an overruling understanding. this allows for an easier and quicker understanding of mathematics. If that was hard to follow, an example I have had tutoring is teaching linear equations.
Methodology can be set according to the students requirements. I m able to set my temprament easily.
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Minister for Energy, Alex White T.D., today announced a boost in the level of grants available to householders who want to undertake energy efficiency improvements. The cash value of every grant available to householders under the Better Energy Homes Scheme has been increased by between 25-50%. In addition, a bonus payment has been introduced which will see householders receive bonus payments if they complete three or more energy efficiency improvements.
The new grant levels are effective immediately and will apply to everyone who has applied for a grant that has not yet been paid. The previous minimum grant threshold of €400 has been abolished and a bonus payment of €300 for householders who undertake three efficiency measures has been introduced, with an additional bonus payment of €100 available to householders who undertake four measures. The bonus payments are available to new applicants and to householders who have already availed of the scheme who wish to undertake further upgrades.
The Better Energy Homes Scheme provides grants to homeowners to undertake energy efficiency measures such as insulating walls or attics and installing new heating systems. Since the scheme was launched in 2009 more than 165,000 homes have undertaken energy efficiency upgrades with a total Government investment of €172m.
Under the revised scheme, a family in a semi-detached house could benefit from a grant payment of up to €4700 for external wall insulation, a boiler and heating control upgrade, and cavity and attic insulation. A couple in an apartment could receive €3400 towards internal wall insulation, a boiler and heating control upgrade and the installation of solar thermal heating.
The Better Homes Scheme has supported an average of 2,120 jobs (direct and indirect) each year since the scheme was launched in 2009 and has delivered CO2 emissions savings of 214.7kt.
Undertake three measures and receive an additional bonus grant payment of €300. A further additional grant payment of €100 is available for householders who undertake four or more measures. In addition, the minimum grant threshold of €400 has been abolished.


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Communication is an essential element of any retail business as it is a means of informing the customer about the retailer and the products and services that they offer. The internet and the rapid advancements in technology have provided retailers with various methods of communicating with the customer such as real-time marketing. Real-time marketing, which allows retailers to interact with customers through various means in real time, has already been widely used in businesses around the world. Although many South African businesses are starting to adapt real-time marketing as a marketing tool in their businesses, the perception of consumers regarding real-time marketing has not been investigated in South Africa. The primary purpose of this study was therefore to determine consumers perceptions of real-time marketing used as a marketing tool by retailers in Gauteng, South Africa. A broad and in-depth literature review was conducted on the advent of real-time marketing as a marketing tool and the various tools used by retailers to execute real-time marketing campaigns of retailers. An empirical study was conducted, in which data was collected from consumers of retail stores in the Gauteng province of South Africa by means of a web-based (computer-assisted), self-administered questionnaire. A quantitative approach was followed in order to satisfy the research objectives of the study. The results of this research study indicated that consumers perceived real-time marketing campaigns as clutter. Customers only considered the real-time marketing campaigns that consisted of immediate discounts and that were personalised for the individual customer as valuable to them.


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Applied Marine Ecology and Modelling
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Lake and Stream Ecology
We focus on the biology and prevalence of marine mammals and other marine vertebrates as well as the factors that affect the animals' survival and population development. We study this by means of aerial surveys, telemetry data and data on the animals' health status, which enable us to quantify the effects of anthropogenic disturbances at both the individual and population level.
We are responsible for the national monitoring of marine mammals and underwater noise and contribute to the development of new management initiatives, both nationally and internationally. In addition, we conduct research to understand how the factors that affect the behaviour and health of individual animals interact and influence the distribution and dynamics of different populations. This becomes increasingly important as the marine environment becomes more affected by human activities such as fishing, noise from construction activities and ships, emissions of chemicals and climate change.
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Ecotoxicology, climate and health
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Monitoring populations
Collecting of dead marine mammals
Modelling population effects
Telemetry and tagging
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Through international projects, we uncover the relationship between climate change and the up-concentration of environmental contaminants including their impact on the health of fish, birds, mammals and humans. We particularly focus on predatory animals and birds in the Arctic and the Baltic Sea, where, among other things, we study diseases that can be transmitted from wild animals to humans (zoonoses). In addition, we specifically focus on understanding ecosystem dynamics, and in this context, we study food chains and climate change and how they affect the composition and exposure of environmental contaminants and diseases. Some of our core activities are to incorporate temporal and geographical trends into risk assessments in the circumpolar AMAP and BONUS programs.
Read more at Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
Rune Dietz, Professor, Department of Bioscience - Marine Mammal Research
Christian Sonne, Professor, Department of Bioscience - Marine Mammal Research
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Ever since diesel engines became common in ships about 100 years ago, there has been an increase in the human contribution to ambient noise in marine waters. However, ships are not the only source of the problem. Offshore activities, such as construction of offshore wind farms, oil and gas exploration and military activities, such as disposing of old ammunition and antisubmarine sonars also contribute to the noise. For these reasons, we monitor underwater noise in Danish marine areas for the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark and conduct research to quantify the effects of underwater noise on marine mammals and fish. As underwater noise knows no borders, we also participate in international research projects and expert groups that coordinate monitoring and regulation of underwater noise in the Baltic and the North Seas (within the framework of the regional seas conventions HELCOM and OSPAR, respectively).
Jakob Tougaard, Senior Researcher, Department of Bioscience - Marine Mammal Research
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The section for Marine Mammal Research is responsible for coordinating and conducting the national monitoring of the Danish marine mammals. We have many years of experience in tracking the population dynamics and prevalence of our three most common species: The harbour seal, the grey seal and the harbour porpoise. Seals are monitored throughout Denmark by plane at their haul-outs on land. Harbour porpoises are monitored by plane, from ship and by passive acoustic listening stations that detect their echolocation clicks under water. The surveillance of marine mammals is part of the NOVANA program (the national surveillance program of the aquatic environment and nature).
Anders Galatius, Senior Researcher, Department of Bioscience - Marine Mammal Research
Line Anker Kyhn, Special Consultant, Department of Bioscience - Marine Mammal Research
Signe Sveegaard, Senior Advisor, Department of Bioscience - Marine Mammal Research
Read more about marine mammals
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We collect dead, stranded marine mammals, regulated seals and bycaught porpoises and seals in order to measure their blubber thickness in connection with a project for the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. The f blubber layer is a measure of the animal's health and nutritional state: When the animal is healthy and receives the quality and quantity of food it needs, energy is stored in a subcutaneous layer around the animal. The thickness of the blubber layer varies over the year to regulate heat loss from the animal to the water. In addition, blubber thickness varies with gender, age and reproductive status, as well as there are differences between populations. Therefore, a large number of animals must be collected to describe the blubber thickness of Danish marine mammals quantitatively.
If you find a dead marine mammal
Take a picture of the animal and note the position/address. Please send information to:
Example of spatial modelling of the prevalence of porpoises using MAXENT–modelling*.
Marine mammals are influenced by anthropogenic disturbances, but it is usually not possible to observe these effects directly – both because the animals are difficult to observe and because we wish to understand the effects of the potential impacts before they actually happen. For this reason, we use different types of models to examine population effects. Among other things, we use spatial models to predict animal abundances in different areas at different times of the year and agent-based models that simulate the behavioral reaction of individual animals to disturbances. The population dynamics emerge through the interaction between the individual animals in the model.
DEPONS is an example of an agent-based model for harbour porpoises: http://depons.au.dk.
Jacob Nabe-Nielsen, Senior Researcher, Department of Bioscience - Marine Mammal Research
*MAXENT-modelling
From Sveegaard, S., Nabe-Nielsen, J., & Teilmann, J. (2018). The prevalence and status of porpoises in marine habitats in Danish waters.
Harbour seal equipped with an Argos satellite transmitter. The seal was tagged on Anholt as part of a large research project, the aim of which was to study the movement patterns and prevalence of harbour seals in the Kattegat area. Photo: Anders Galatius ©
The study of animal movement patterns enables us to monitor survival rates and reproduction of species and populations and to gain a solid understanding of the distribution and interactions among individuals, populations and species. By looking into these patterns and interactions, we can learn more about the animals' ecology, including foraging, reactions to disturbances, mating, distribution and migration. A broader and deeper understanding of movement patterns, behaviour and disturbances plays a key role in our research and has fundamental value for our work with managing and protecting each species.
We focus on tagging porpoises and seals in Danish waters. Among other things, we use the research results for consultancy tasks with public as well as private sector clients.
Jonas Teilmann, Senior Researcher, Department of Bioscience - Marine Mammal Research
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Home/Entertainment/Tom Parker was helping a woman who died six weeks earlier from joint brain cancer hell
Tom Parker was helping a woman who died six weeks earlier from joint brain cancer hell
Grieving parents of Amani Liaquat say The Wanted star Tom Parker, who died this week at the age of 33 from a brain tumor, has been helping their daughter in her tragic battle with the same illness
Tom Parker gives Yasmin Stannard an emotional interview
Grieving parents today share how singer Tom Parker helped their little girl through her darkest days as they both battled terminal brain cancer.
Amani Liaquat, 23, and The Wanted star Tom, 33, have bonded with the disease through their shared ordeal.
His texts and voice messages were a source of positivity and it was clear that she drew strength from their friendship.
One said last November: "I don't understand. Why do you think you're dying? you don't die we don't die We are young. We are fit enough."
Others lifted their spirits as the upbeat Tom explained, "I know it's scary but you'll be fine… you got this!"
Tragically, both succumbed to the disease. Amani, a first-class law graduate who was engaged, died on February 21 – her sister Ruqayyah's 21st birthday.
Dad-of-two Tom died last Wednesday – and Amani's parents said it felt like losing another family member.
Her father Khuram Liaquat and mother Yasmin Stannard – who also have 16-year-old daughter Maleehah, 16 – speak movingly about their beloved daughter and their bond with Tom.
They met while the singer was filming a television documentary about his illness – Tom Parker: Inside My Head.
The Bolton-born star visited and was interviewed for Amani Podcast Chat2Amani.
Khuram, 49, from Luton, Beds, says: "Their journey, seizure stories and such were almost identical so it clicked straight away. Keeping him in touch, almost having that lifeline from Tom, gave Amani some hope and excitement.
Amani was just 23 years old when she lost her life to a brain tumor
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"She was a trapped soul, completely isolated from not being able to go out during the pandemic when she was sick. Tom was one of the few people who struggled with the same illness that struck her personally. Their exchange almost became a small topic of conversation.
"She could say, 'Oh, me and Tom are friends.' It has brought her so much joy over the last year."
In September, Amani saw Tom and his band perform at London's Royal Albert Hall with hits like Chasing The Sun and, appropriately enough, Glad You Came.
The anxious Amani faced more trauma over the next month, but Tom was back to support her.
Yasmin, also 49, says: "She texted Tom the day before the brain surgery. His voice memo said, "I'd shit it! But you'll be fine. I am sure'.
The showbiz world was shocked by Tom's death at the age of 33
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"He also texted to say, 'Think of it this way, you could be in a position where you can't do anything. You got that!' That really helped her."
On the day Amani died, Tom posted on Instagram: "My thoughts and love are with her family. She was an incredible young lady. Bright, smart, funny and I had the greatest pleasure of meeting her."
He later sent Amani's family a ceramic angel in a box, a candle that read "In Loving Memory", a pack of forget-me-not seeds, and a silver picture frame. "We have this frame in our bedroom," Yasmin says affectionately. "We put a picture of Amani when she was young.
Tom Parker with Amani and her family
"It was just so generous of him and his wife Kelsey and they were – always a support and a joy even when he was ill himself and going through so much with his own family."
At the time, Tom was in Spain and was being treated in a private hospital.
Yasmin continues: "The day after Amani's death, Tom wrote to me that he and Kelsey were sending love.
"I said, 'The time you gave to Amani was the best gift. You gave her some of the best moments of 2021 and she was so excited.
"He said, 'Oh Yasmin, that really means a lot.' He was really good at putting us at ease. Just keep going, keep fighting." Another example came on February 6 when Yasmin found Amani clutching her phone.
She explains: "It was gibberish what she wrote as she had lost feeling in one side of her body and was very unwell. Your vision went.
"But she had texted Tom in a rush of energy and although he wouldn't have understood it he replied. Both of them persevered – Amani to get their masters and Tom for his concerts."
Tragically, Amani's struggle only lasted 22 months
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Amani was diagnosed with grade 4 glioblastoma multiforme, a rapidly growing brain tumor, on her 22nd birthday. Their fight lasted 22 months.
Tom – who leaves behind wife Kelsey and children Aurelia Rose, two, and Bodhi, one – lived 18 months after the same diagnosis in 2020. Attorney Khuram says: "It was like losing another family member – a family with a unique bond. "
Yasmin says: "We were totally blown away when we heard about his death. heartbreaking. But one lesson from Amani and Tom is that no matter what you're faced with, you can still make a difference.
"They could have curled up in a heap, but there was still so much Amani and Tom could accomplish after their diagnosis. We can all learn something from them."
Listen to the Chat2Amani podcast with Tom here
You can also follow Fight4Amani on Instagram here
Tom Parker's Pointless Celebrities episode airs early on BBC in honor of the late singer
The Chase's mother, Anne Hegerty, feared she would become a 'snob' over the family confession
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Who is Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs, 100-Meter Dash Champion?
Before Sunday, an Italian man had never won an Olympic medal in the 100-meter dash in the Game's 125-year history. Now, Lamont Marcell Jacobs is the first from Italy to hold the title of world's fastest man.
Jacobs set a European record in the men's 100-meter dash on Sunday, finishing in 9.80 seconds, to win the gold medal.
Jacobs, a 26-year-old sprinter and long jumper, was born in El Paso to an Italian mother and African-American father. When his father, a soldier in the United States Army, was transferred to South Korea, he and his mother moved to Italy.
His parents separated when he was an infant, but Jacobs reconnected with his father for the first time a year ago, according to The Associated Press. After his 100-meter-dash victory on Sunday, he said that finding his father was part of his mental preparation for the Games.
"I never saw my dad from that time," Jacobs said. "But I started to speak with him one year ago for the first time. This helped me arrive here with a good mentality."
Jacobs, whose Instagram handle is @crazylongjumper, a moniker he has inked on his body, along with the names of his three children and his partner, began competing in athletics at 9 years old, gravitating to sprinting and long jump, according to the Tokyo Olympics website.
He made his first impression at the national level while competing in long jump. In 2016, he won the Italian Athletics Championships in long jump with a distance of 7.89 meters.
In 2018, he claimed his first 100-meter dash title and began closing in on the event's difficult 10-second barrier. And in May 2021, he set the Italian record in the 100-meters with a time of 9.95 seconds and became the 150th person in history to finish the race in under 10 seconds.
With the Italian record secured, Jacobs set his sights on the Olympics. From the first time he stepped on the track, he told Corriere Della Sera, he dreamed of becoming an Olympian.
"On my bedroom wall I had the newspaper page of the famous Carl Lewis commercial with him wearing stiletto heels in the starting blocks," he said. "But my idol as a child was Andrew Howe who, like me, is mixed race and half-American. I could identify with him."
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Peralejos de Arriba es un municipio y localidad española de la provincia de Salamanca, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León. Se integra dentro de la comarca de Vitigudino y la subcomarca de la Tierra de Vitigudino. Pertenece al partido judicial de Vitigudino.

Su término municipal está formado por la localidad de Peralejos de Arriba y el núcleo de la finca de Gomeciego, ocupando una superficie total de 32,69 km² y según el padrón municipal, elaborado por el INE en el año , cuenta con una población de  habitantes.

Se encuentra situado a 60 kilómetros al oeste de la capital charra y a 10 kilómetros al este del municipio de Vitigudino.

Etimología
En el  se denominaba Perreleios de Suso, pasando posteriormente a llamarse Peralexos de Arriba, nombre que tenía en el  y del que derivaría el actual de Peralejos de Arriba, que ya aparece recogido así en documentación del , como en el inventario del Archivo del Cabildo Catedralicio de Salamanca de 1616.

Demografía

Según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Peralejos de Arriba tenía, a 31 de diciembre de 2018, una población total de 39 habitantes, de los cuales 25 eran hombres y 14 mujeres. Respecto al año 2000, el censo refleja 70 habitantes, de los cuales 39 eran hombres y 31 mujeres. Por lo tanto, la pérdida de población en el municipio para el periodo 2000-2018 ha sido de 31 habitantes, un 45% de descenso.

El municipio se divide en dos núcleos de población. De los 39 habitantes que poseía el municipio en 2018, Peralejos de Arriba contaba 36, de los cuales 24 eran hombres y 12 mujeres, y Gomeciego con 3, de los cuales 1 eran hombres y 2 mujeres.

Historia
Su fundación responde al proceso repoblador llevado a cabo por los reyes leoneses en el , cuando pasó a formar parte del alfoz y arcedianato de Ledesma. Con la creación de las actuales provincias en 1833, Peralejos de Arriba fue encuadrado en la provincia de Salamanca, dentro de la Región Leonesa.

Monumentos y lugares de interés
 Iglesia de San Julián.
 Ermita de Ntra. Sra. de los Villares.

Cultura

Fiestas
Actualmente sus fiestas patronales son el 21 de septiembre, en honor a San Mateo.

Administración y política

Elecciones municipales

Elecciones autonómicas

Véase también

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Índice de municipios de la Diputación de Salamanca

Localidades de la provincia de Salamanca
Municipios de la provincia de Salamanca


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Poetry Matters
What Gives Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" Its Power?
On the 100th anniversary of the poem's publication, a Smithsonian poet examines its message and how it encapsulates what its author was all about
David C. Ward
Robert Frost by Clara Sipprell, gelatin silver print, 1955. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Phyllis Fenner
It's a small irony in the career of Robert Frost that this most New England of poets published his first two books of poetry during the short period when he was living in Old England. Frost was very careful about how he managed the start of his career, wanting to make the strongest debut possible, and he diligently assembled the strongest lineup of poems possible for his books A Boy's Will and North of Boston. Frost had gone to England to add further polish to his writing skills and to make valuable contacts with the leading figures in Anglo-American literature, especially English writer Edward Thomas and expatriate American Ezra Pound; Pound would be a crucial early supporter of Frost.
While reviews of the first book, A Boy's Will, were generally favorable, but mixed, when it was published in 1913, North of Boston was immediately recognized as the work of a major poet. Frost's career was as well-launched as he could have hoped, and when he returned to the United States in early 1915, he had an American publisher and a dawning fame as his work appeared before the general public in journals like The New Republic and The Atlantic Monthly.
The years in England were crucial to Frost, but they have also caused confusion in straightening out his publishing history – the books appeared in reverse order in America and the poems that appeared in the magazines had in fact already appeared in print, albeit in England. What mattered to Frost was that his English trip had worked. 1915 became the year in which he became recognized as America's quintessential poet; in August, the Atlantic Monthly published what is perhaps Frost's most well-known work, "The Road Not Taken."
In North of Boston, Frost establishes himself as a close and careful observer of man in the natural world. The wonderful title evokes the rural hinterland of New England, away from the Boston society and economy. It is a region of isolated farms and lonely roads, and it is in writing about that landscape that Frost merges the traditional with the modern to become a writer who is simultaneously terrifying and comfortable. Frost's technique is to take a familiar, even homey scene – describing a wall, birch trees, two roads – and then undermine or fracture the sense of comfort that those scenes evoke by exposing the capriciousness of modern life. Frost always draws you in, and then reveals that where you are isn't at all what you expected.
"The Road Not Taken", which was collected in Mountain Interval (1916), seems to be a fairly simple homily about making choices:
And be one traveler ..."
The roads divide, but the self cannot be divided so the poet has to choose. Working through the problem of choice, by the end of the poem he makes his choice in a famous statement of flinty individualism, the very characteristics said to define the New Englander and Frost himself:
The decision again plays off against the title North of Boston as an apparent declaration of independence against cosmopolitanism, society and the opinion of others. Since everyone wants to consider themselves self-reliant and unique – we don't follow fashion or the crowd, no sir – the conclusion of the poem taps into and appeals to our self-regard.
Yet when you read through the description of the roads after Frost has set out the problem in the opening stanza about having to make a choice, one realizes that neither road is "less travelled by." The poet/traveler looks at one "as far as I could/To where it bent in the undergrowth;" and doesn't go that way but instead:
"Then took the other, as just as fair
In leaves no step had trodden black."
Again there is confusion about the condition of the roads. The traveler/poet avoids the one that disappears in the (slightly ominous) underbrush, but then describes the one that he does take as "just as fair" as the one he rejects. And then it becomes clear the neither road has been travelled much at all. In fact, do the roads even exist at all? It appears they don't.
Frost's gently presented point is not just that we are self-reliant or independent, but truly alone in the world. No one has cut a path through the woods. We are following no one. We have to choose, and most terrifyingly, the choice may not actually matter. One way is as good as the other and while we can console ourselves with wishful thinking – "I kept the first for another day!" – the poet knows that there's no turning back to start over: "Yet knowing how way leads on to way/I doubted if I should ever come back."
The conditional tense doesn't really apply here although Frost uses it to maintain the tone of regretfulness and nostalgia. Frost knows, as the reader gradually intuits, that you won't go back because you can't. The determinism of a choice, way leading on to way, in a string of events that becomes a life is unescapable. Frost's popular appeal is all here in the layers of the poem, from the deceptively simple (yet masterfully rhyming) iambic lines to the evocation of mild regret of having made a seemingly innocuous choice. And then, the existential rug is pulled out from under your comfortably situated feet with the revelation that you have to make your own road – and it may not be of your choosing.
It's the last stanza, though, that makes Frost into a genius, both poetically but also in his insight into human character, story telling and literature. The stanza is retrospective as the traveler/poet looks back on his decision – "ages and ages hence" – and comments how we create a life through the poetic fictions that we create about it to give it, and ourselves, meaning. The story that the poet will tell is that:
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
And that has made all the difference."
Notice the stuttering, repetitive "I" that Frost uses both to maintain the rhyme scheme ("I/by") but also to suggest the traveler/poet's uncertainty about who made the choice. The narrative drive is reestablished with the penultimate line "I took the one less traveled by," to conclude with a satisfying resolution that ties everything in a neat biographical lesson "And that has made all the difference." But it has made no difference at all. The difference, the life, is created in the telling, something that Frost does, of course, masterfully.
It is hard not to see the poem's conclusion as Frost's early commentary on his own career. The carefully crafted personae of the New England farmer, a seemingly artless concern for the doldrums of rural life, and an adherence to the traditional forms of poetry, even as those forms were breaking down under 20th-century Modernism. Frost was always rueful that he didn't win the Nobel Prize for literature, an honor denied to him possibly because the prize committee saw him as too popular, but also too provincial and maybe even reactionary. Frost perhaps succeeded too well in his pose of the apparently artless rube sitting on that wall. But where he succeeded was in being a truly great poet who also had widely popular appeal. Frost's poetry always engages us on several levels, from its sound to the seeming simplicity of its subject matter and to the depths that are revealed when his poems are given the close attention they deserve.
Robert Frost by Doris Ulmann, platinum print, 1929. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © Knight Library Special Collections, University of Oregon
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David C. Ward is senior historian emeritus at the National Portrait Gallery, and curator of the upcoming exhibition "The Sweat of their Face: Portraying American Workers."
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Born on 13th February, 1963, Sridevi enthralled Indian cinema viewers of all ages with her charm, innocuous acting and appealing screen presence.
Bollywood's own Hawa Hawai first women superstar of the silver screen Sridevi is no more. The legendary actress breathed her last in Dubai after suffering a heart attack.
Born on 13th February, 1963, Sridevi enthralled Indian cinema viewers of all ages with her charm, innocuous acting and appealing screen presence. She worked in a number of Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malyalam and Kannada movies.
Her immaculate performance on silver screen won her prestigious filmfare awards a number of times. Her performance in movie 'sadma', as a child-woman suffering from amnesia won her accolades even from her critics.
In later part of eighties, Sridevi became heart-throbe of the nation with movies such as Chaalbaaz and Chandani with roles of a girl with a cool and carefree girl. She instantly became a superstar and most sought-after bollywood actress overnight.
In nineties, her reputation as a guarantee for success at the box office grew with grand success of movies like 'nagina' and 'khuda Gawah'.
For her contribution to the Indian cinema, in many languages, Sridevi was honored with coveted Padma Shree award in 2013.
Sridevi made her come back to the silver screen with a movie 'english vinglish' and after that mom in 2017. Both the movies won hearts of millions of cine fans with her transformed performance as a senior actress in changed roles.
Today, Bollywood has lost one of its most entertaining and complete superstars, and the vacuum Sridevi's shocking and untimely demise has left, would be impossible to fill.
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed shock over death of the veteran actress and offered condolences over the demise.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani also expressed grief over the demise of the veteran actress.
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This week in Raiders history: 45 years later, the 'sea of hands' game
In one of the most underrated playoff games in NFL history, the Raiders shocked the three-time defending AFC Champion Miami Dolphins to head to the AFC Championship Game
By Will Osgood@willosgood116 Dec 19, 2019, 5:15pm PST
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The Dolphins and Raiders played a classic on Dec 21, 1974 in Oakland.
It's been 45 years since one of the best and most important wins of Raiders franchise history took place.
The year, 1974. The date, Dec. 21. The occasion, AFC Divisional Round playoff— with the winner advancing to the AFC Championship Game.
The Miami Dolphins had made a habit of being here, playing in the AFC Championship Game the prior three seasons in succession. It was just expected that they'd be there under Don Shula.
The Raiders, meanwhile, had plenty of success in that same time span under the legendary John Madden. But defeating the greatest team of the early '70s was quite a task.
Though the Raiders were hosting the game in Oakland, defeating the mighty Dolphins would still count as an upset. As such, team officials, and others in Oakland, had gotten the word out to fans who were attending the game to make it a "blackout".
Not only did the fans show up and give AC/DC inspiration for a future song (no idea if that's true or not), but they were loud. Some Raiders staffers and players said it was the loudest they had ever heard it in the stadium.
And that was during the pregame ceremonies.
Once the kickoff occurred, they were silenced for a bit. Nat Moore returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, forcing the fans to sit down and be quiet.
The Dolphins had done what every road team since the dawn of competition has aimed to do: take the crowd out of the game.
And it seemed that it was working awfully well for much of the first half. Though the Dolphins' three-headed monster at running back was mostly unsuccessful, Shula's defense stymied the Raiders' deep passing attack, by getting pressure on Kenny Stabler and playing physical with Fred Biletnikoff and Cliff Branch on the outside.
The score remained 7-0 at the end of the first quarter. As was the case with many of the classic Raiders games of this era, scoring and offensive momentum were hard to come by in the game's opening stanza.
The Raiders' physical and outstanding offensive line, though, began to impart their will on the game in the second quarter when fullback Marv Hubbard and halfback Clarence Davis alternated turns with the ball, moving it downfield, only for Charles Smith—he of the pass-catching running back variety—to knot up the score at seven on a deep pass that counted for 31 yards on the stat sheet.
But the Dolphins would answer back with a bevy of powerful runs by Larry Csonka and Co. to garner a field goal before the half's gun blew.
10-7. Well within reach for a Raiders team trying to slay a Goliath.
In the second half, after making some halftime adjustments, the Raiders were able to get their vaunted passing game working. On their first possession of the third quarter, Stabler hit Biletnikoff for 20 yards. On the next play, they thought they had a 40-yard completion, and possible touchdown.
The officials, though, ruled Biletnikoff out of bounds. No catch.
Seemingly undeterred, the Raiders kept moving the ball within range. Stabler would again hit Biletnikoff, this time in the end zone, inbounds. The officials had no choice but to call it a touchdown. Though he was held and likely interfered with, Biletnikoff held on and got both feet in bounds before his right foot glazed the flag "pylon".
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Yet again the champions answered with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Bob Griese to Paul Warfield. Garo Ypremian's extra point attempt, however, was blocked by the big paw of Bubba Smith.
The Dolphins had a two-point lead, which they would then extend to five just into the fourth quarter, as Ypremian hit from 46 yards out.
The defenses coincidentally settled down and got the stops they had in the first half. It was a tight contest, one the Raiders had battled hard in. Yet it looked as if it might not be enough. As well-coached as both teams were, the Dolphins had just out-executed them in the slightest.
When the Raiders got the ball back with 4:54 to go in the game, it was at their own 17-yard line. The situation the Raiders found themselves in was hardly one to be optimistic about. Having to go 83 yards against the two-time defending world champions with the Dolphins' winning culture and mindset.
But instead of allowing themselves to feel defeated, the Raiders remembered what got them to this moment: the explosive passing game, particularly between Stabler and his two outside receivers.
A first down throw to Biletnikoff netted the Raiders 11 yards and a first down. Certainly, it picked the team's emotions up. The next play, though, would get the crowd back into the game, in the same way they were prior to its commencement.
Stabler again threw deep to Cliff Branch. It wasn't a perfect throw, which worked into Branch's favor, as after sliding to the turf, he was untouched, but possessed the wherewithal to get up and roam from the Miami 27 to the goalline without being tackled. It was a 72-yard touchdown pass for Stabler.
'72 was the year Miami was a perfect 17-0. They, of course, remain the only team in NFL history to go an entire regular season and postseason without a loss. Just two seasons later, the Raiders, in almost a blink of an eye, looked poise to knock them out of the postseason.
Not so fast. Benny Malone, one of the Dolphins' trio of electric running backs, would elude a number of Raiders defenders on a 23-yard touchdown run with 2:08 left to play to again retake the lead.
Back-and-forth the teams went. The Dolphins showed the proverbial heart-of-a-champion moxie. The Raiders seemed unfazed, encouraged by fans who would only get louder and crazier as the years went along, but who earned their reputation on this day.
As the two-minute warning came and went, the Raiders again found themselves trailing by five points, 26-21. This time they had two minutes to work 68 yards.
It wasn't likely to be as easy as their last 17-second drive. Stabler would again rely on Biletnikoff and Branch, though the passing game got some help from tight end Bob Moore, who caught a pass for six yards, and reserve receiver Frank Pitts, who reeled in a key first down at the Miami 14 with just under a minute to go.
From that point, the Raiders used their final timeout. They were in goal-to-go attitude. They essentially had four plays to score and win, or be denied and lose.
Though it was only first down, it looked as if the clock and yardage were going to become a key factor, when Stabler found himself under pressure and had to escape to his left.
Thankfully he was left-handed, and a good enough scrambler and improviser to be able to throw on the run. With Vern den Herder wrapped around his legs trying to secure a key sack, Stabler was able to release a strong throw to the aforementioned Clarence Davis, who had tried to get open out of the backfield.
He kind of did. The combination of a strong throw from Stabler and "a sea of hands" all narrowly missing knocking the football away allowed Davis to pull the football in, in the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown for the Raiders.
The crowd erupted beyond what it had at any point on the day. And for good reason, the Raiders had come back twice in the final five minutes against the champs.
Griese's last ditch effort to maintain an AFC Championship spot was intercepted by Raiders linebacker Philip Vilapiano.
The Raiders had done it. For the first time in four years, the Dolphins would not be playing in the AFC Championship Game. Unfortunately for the Raiders, things didn't go as well the next week.
But John Madden and the Raiders had done what no team had done in quite some time. They had gone toe-to-toe with the champions, and won.
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February 11, 2011: Investment in infrastructure to meet the challenges posed by global climate change may spur economic growth and promote stability, a group of British engineering firms said recently. According to the BBC a new report found that communities will need "an infrastructure system that is more resilient to climate change. This will require Government, the public and private sectors and professional sectors such as engineers to come together and proactively meet the challenge of creating a climate resilient infrastructure system for the country."
Information technology specialist Will Stewart from Southampton University told the BBC, "Effective, reliable infrastructure underpins economic activity - and perception that infrastructure is not resilient does affect investment decisions." Stewart, who helped author the aforementioned report Infrastructure, Engineering and Climate Change Adaption - ensuring services in an uncertain future told the British news service, "If your services are more reliable [than your neighbors'], this is where they'll come. ... And there are also consultancy benefits - if we do this sooner and better than other countries, that's saleable."
"The government has established a national adaptation strategy and major infrastructure providers are having to set out their plans for keeping the country running in a future projected to be several Celsius hotter, with more extreme weather events and higher sea levels around the coast," the BBC continued. "Engineering the Future - an alliance of professional engineering bodies - says companies will be more likely to invest in nations with secure infrastructure."
To organize climate change response policies, the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (or DEFRA) has instituted a national framework. The framework would help to coordinate the public and private sectors to begin to change infrastructure policies like changing the makeup of asphalt on the highways to be able to handle higher air temperatures, and the possible movement of fisheries north when water temperatures are too high.
The Guardian reported, "Work must begin immediately to ensure that the UK's vital infrastructure can be protected against the worst effects of climate change, the engineers warned (in the report). To provide full protection could be expensive, but as this infrastructure is constantly maintained, providing protection against climate change can be built into the repair schedule."
As the recent flooding in Australia has shown, the implications of the damage caused by severe weather on the economy will cost the country billions in repairs and with the loss of economic activity as well as damage to the infrastructure and the health of the communities.
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We've financed apparel manufacturer Brandix for Personal Protective Equipment production
Colombo – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Standard Chartered Sri Lanka announced today that Brandix is the latest company to complete a drawdown from the Bank's global USD1 billion COVID-19 financing commitment, underscoring its ongoing efforts to support local businesses in the pandemic response.
Standard Chartered's extension of USD12 million funding will assist the production switch to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) across Brandix's plants in Sri Lanka and India at a time when there is a drastic impact on apparel demand globally. The Bank also supported Brandix with a factor-based receivable financing solution to support the full working capital requirement.
Commenting on the impact of COVID-19 on people and the need to support businesses combating the pandemic, Bingumal Thewarathanthri, CEO, Standard Chartered Sri Lanka said: " Standard Chartered has a global commitment to contribute locally to combat COVID-19 at a time when our clients need our support more than ever. Besides joining in the global pandemic fight, we are also committed to help businesses get through this tough period. Our financing support for Brandix does just that and together we can overcome this pandemic and bounce back stronger."
Sri Lanka's apparel sector is one of the primary foreign exchange earners for the country and has experienced a significant reduction in regular orders due to COVID-19. Production too slowed down as a nation-wide lockdown was imposed to keep the pandemic at bay.
Priyanke Perera, Head, Global Treasury, Brandix said: "Amidst the demand shift across our markets, Brandix remained focused on delivering solutions that consistently resonated with our value propositions. When the need of the hour became PPE production to contain the spread of COVID-19, we swiftly made the transition to utilise our capacity, resources and expertise to address the global demand. Standard Chartered's timely support helped us strengthen our funding to ensure that we continue undeterred in our production at this critical point. Despite the severe impact the pandemic has cast over our industry, we remain resilient and optimistic, and will work in collaboration with our financial partners towards its revival."
Standard Chartered set up the global financing commitment to extend not-for-profit financing to companies that provide goods and services to help combat the pandemic. Brandix is the second Sri Lankan apparel company to have successfully completed the drawdown thus far. The Bank has also supported businesses in Hong Kong, Uganda, and most recently Bahrain, Vietnam and Malaysia through its USD1 billion financing commitment.
Commenting on the facility extended to Brandix, Tamani Dias, Head, Commercial Banking, Standard Chartered Sri Lanka said:, "Access to funds is a key factor in business recovery following a crisis of this magnitude. At Standard Chartered Sri Lanka, and globally, our focus has been on supporting our long-standing and new partners to recover fully, and to contribute to the fight against the pandemic. We were the first in South Asia to extend a facility from the USD1 billion financing commitment and we are now delighted to be able to support Brandix in their business endeavour."
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There's another scene later in the movie, but all three are in bikini briefs then.
Actually, the first scene in the movie (LIFE 101) starts at 3:13, not 3:58.
Missed a tighty whitey flash in BLOOD TIES, so add this: 37:34 to 37:36. The first scene, from 1:10 to 1:17 is still the best.
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