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//
//  ECGLayoutConstraint.m
//  ECGLayoutConstraint
//
//  Created by tan on 2017/3/6.
//  Copyright © 2017年 tantan. All rights reserved.
//

#import "ECGLayoutConstraint.h"

@implementation ECGLayoutConstraint

+ (instancetype)shareInstance
{
    static ECGLayoutConstraint *_constraint;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        _constraint = [[ECGLayoutConstraint alloc] init];
        _constraint->_deviceType = [_constraint currentDeviceType];
    });
    return _constraint;
}

/**
 以 6p 的px像素值作为基础来计算其他屏幕的pt值-->约束

 @param value 6p 的px像素值
 @return 当前设备的pt值
 */
+ (CGFloat)getConstrainlWithValueFrom6P:(CGFloat)value
{
    ECGLayoutConstraint *layoutConstraint = [self shareInstance];
    CGFloat constraint = 0;
    switch (layoutConstraint.deviceType) {

        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6:
            constraint = (CGFloat)((value *0.60335196f)/2);
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6s:
            constraint = (CGFloat)((value *0.60335196f)/2);
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone7:
            constraint = (CGFloat)((value *0.60335196f)/2);
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6p:
            constraint = (CGFloat)(value/3);
            break;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone7p:
            constraint = (CGFloat)(value/3);
            break;
        default:
            constraint = (CGFloat)((value *0.51396649f)/2);
            break;
    }

    return constraint;
}

/**
 以 6 的px像素值作为基础来计算其他屏幕的pt值-->约束

 @param value 6 的px像素值
 @return 当前设备的pt值
 */
+ (CGFloat)getConstrainlWithValueFrom6:(CGFloat)value
{
    ECGLayoutConstraint *layoutConstraint = [self shareInstance];
    CGFloat constraint = 0;
    switch (layoutConstraint.deviceType) {

        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6:
            constraint = (CGFloat)(value/2);
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6s:
            constraint = (CGFloat)(value/2);
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone7:
            constraint = (CGFloat)(value/2);
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6p:
            constraint = (CGFloat)((value *1.656f)/3);
            break;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone7p:
            constraint = (CGFloat)((value *1.656f)/3);
            break;
        default:
            constraint = (CGFloat)((value *0.85333333f)/2);
            break;
    }

    return constraint;
}

/**
 以 6 为基准得到一个不同屏幕尺寸相对应的 font

 @param fontSize <#fontSize description#>
 @return 当前设备相对应的 font
 */
+ (UIFont * _Nullable)getAdjustsFont:(CGFloat)fontSize {
    return [UIFont systemFontOfSize:[self getAdjustFontSize:fontSize]];
}

/**
 以 6P 为基准得到一个不同屏幕尺寸相对应的 font

 @param fontSize <#fontSize description#>
 @return 当前设备相对应的 font
 */
+ (UIFont * _Nullable)getAdjustsFontFrom6P:(CGFloat)fontSize {
    return [UIFont systemFontOfSize:[self getAdjustFontSizeFrom6P:fontSize]];
}

/**
 以 6 为基准得到字体的字号大小

 @param fontSize <#fontSize description#>
 @return 当前设备字体的字号大小
 */
+ (CGFloat)getAdjustFontSize:(CGFloat)fontSize {

    ECGLayoutConstraint *layoutConstraint = [self shareInstance];
    CGFloat size = 0.0f;
    switch (layoutConstraint.deviceType) {
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6:
            size = fontSize;
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6p:
            size = (fontSize *1.009);
            //size = (fontSize *1.104);
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone7p:
            size = (fontSize *1.009);
            break ;
        default:
            size = (fontSize *0.95000);
            //size = (fontSize *0.85333333);
            break ;
    }
    return size;
}

/**
 以 6P 为基准得到字体的字号大小

 @param fontSize <#fontSize description#>
 @return 当前设备字体的字号大小
 */
+ (CGFloat)getAdjustFontSizeFrom6P:(CGFloat)fontSize {

    ECGLayoutConstraint *layoutConstraint = [self shareInstance];
    CGFloat size = 0.0f;
    switch (layoutConstraint.deviceType) {
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6:
            size = (fontSize *0.93);//适当调整的
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone6p:
            size = fontSize;
            break ;
        case CYDeviceTypeIphone7p:
            size = fontSize;
            break ;
        default:
            size = (fontSize *0.85);//适当调整的
            break ;
    }
    return size;
}

/**
 *  当前设备型号
 */
- (CYDeviceType)currentDeviceType {

    CGFloat screenHeight = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height;
    if (screenHeight == 480.0f) {
        return CYDeviceTypeIphone4s;
    }else if (screenHeight == 568.0f){
        return CYDeviceTypeIphone5;
    }else if (screenHeight == 568.0f){
        return CYDeviceTypeIphone5s;
    }else if (screenHeight == 667.0f) {
        return CYDeviceTypeIphone6;
    }else if (screenHeight == 667.0f) {
        return CYDeviceTypeIphone6s;
    }else if (screenHeight == 667.0f) {
        return CYDeviceTypeIphone7;
    }
    return CYDeviceTypeIphone6p;
}

@end

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Sleep on a pile of old German newspaper.
Eat green plants all day.
Wear a blue shirt like a night magnet.
Say happenstance is the child of illusion.
Build cities from the ground up.
Wend wire into Os for electricity.
that yellow string is Will-O-Wisp.
from a crab apple tree.
They make the sweetest music ever heard.
See more poetry from Charles tomorrow.


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Interest is very . . . interesting
Eli Lilly Co. v. Apotex Inc. 2009 FC 991, 80 C.P.R. (4th) 1, aff'd 2010 FCA 240.
Since I don't have any current cases to blog about, this post reflects on an aspect of one of last year's more interesting decisions. Interest was traditionally not awarded on damages at law, as it was thought to be punitive. A fortiori, compound interest was not permitted. This has been statutorily remedied in each province to the extent of permitting interest to be awarded, both pre- and post-judgment. The Federal Courts Act s 36-37 provides that if a cause of action arises solely in one province (i.e. infringement occurs entirely and only in one province), the laws of that province govern the award of interest, and otherwise the provisions of the Federal Courts Act are applicable. Section 36(2) gives the Court the discretion to award pre-judgment interest "at any rate that the Federal Court of Appeal or the Federal Court considers reasonable in the circumstances." The Court of Appeal in Wellcome / AZT [2001] 1 FC 495 at [123] has said that "the exercise of discretion in awarding interest "must be related to the task of putting the plaintiff in the same position, so far as money is concerned, as he would have been if he had not suffered the loss." However, the Federal Court not uncommonly specifies pre-judgment interest at the annual average Bank of Canada bank rate – the rate of interest the Bank of Canada charges on one-day loans to major financial institutions – without consideration of whether this rate would in fact provide full compensation: see Merck & Co., Inc. v. Apotex Inc. 2006 FC 524 [240] affm'd 2006 FCA 323; Laboratoires Servier v. Apotex Inc. 2008 FC 825, [513] affm'd 2009 FCA 222. If the successful plaintiff is not able to borrow at the bank rate, then such an award would arguably not put it in the position it would have been in had it not suffered the loss in the first place.
Another difficulty with the statutory scheme is that many of the Acts, including both the Federal Courts Act, and the Ontario Courts of Justice Act, which is substantially similar, prohibit compound interest pre-judgment. The Federal Courts Act, s 36(4)(b) provides that "[i]nterest shall not be awarded under subsection (1), (b) on interest accruing under this section." (The Onario Act, ss 128(4)(b) is in the same words.) It is clear that an award of simple interest will not provide full compensation to a successful party, particularly when the time between the infringement and judgment is long, or when prevailing interest rates are high.
That the traditional common law prohibition on interest, and the statutory prohibition on compound interest, fail to restore the plaintiff to the position it would have been in but for the wrong, was recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada in Bank of America Canada v. Mutual Trust Co. 2002 SCC 43. The Supreme Court recognized that interest is not punitive, but compensatory: "[t]o award the plaintiff damages equal to the value of the contract as if it had been performed on time, the court must . . .apply the appropriate interest rate and method of calculation to account for the time during which the plaintiff was not paid what was rightfully due." The Supreme Court noted that interest reflects the time-value of money and that compound interest is more appropriate in this regard: "[s]imple interest makes an artificial distinction between money owed as principal and money owed as interest. Compound interest treats a dollar as a dollar and is therefore a more precise measure of the value of possessing money for a period of time." Consequently, "[a]lthough not historically available, compound interest is well suited to compensate a plaintiff for the interval between when damages initially arise and when they are finally paid." [38] The Court concluded that "[i]t is for reasons such as these that the common law now incorporates the economic reality of compound interest. The restrictions of the past should not be used today to separate the legal system from the world at large." [44]. The Court held that the prohibition on compound interest under the Ontario Act, which was at issue in the case, was not applicable, because that prohibition applies only to interest awarded under the Act, and the interest was being awarded on the basis of common law, not on the basis of the statute [43]. The Federal Courts Act is the same as the Ontario Act in the relevant provisions, so it seems clear that this conclusion applies under the Federal Act as well.
However, the Court's decision in the Bank of America Canada case was limited in that the Court held that "[a]n award of compound pre- and post-judgment interest will generally be limited to breach of contract cases where there is evidence that the parties agreed, knew, or should have known, that the money which is the subject of the dispute would bear compound interest as damages." [55] On the facts, the contract in question was a contract to lend money, and compound interest was specified in the agreement itself. In other cases [compound interest] "may be awarded as consequential damages in other cases but there would be the usual requirement of proving that damage component." [55]
Thus it would appear that compound interest is available in an intellectual property case in the Federal Court, so long as it is proven as damages, rather than claimed under the Federal Courts Act. This result was to some extent anticipated by the FCA in holding Wellcome / AZT; as well as noting that the goal of damages is to place the injured party in the position it would have been in but for the wrong, the FCA remarked that " the parties will have the opportunity, to the extent they consider it relevant and necessary, of adducing evidence respecting interest in the assessment of damages stage of these proceedings" [125]. Nonetheless, to date the Bank of America Canada decision does not appear to have penetrated into Federal Court practice. A recent significant case is the decision of Gauthier J in Eli Lilly Co. v. Apotex Inc. / cefaclor, 2009 FC 991 affm'd 2010 FCA 240. In that case Gauthier J reviewed the jurisprudence, including the Supreme Court decision in Bank of America Canada case, and concluded that the successful patentee would be entitled to compound interest if it could be proven that this was necessary to achieve full compensation [674]. Because that proof was not available to her, she awarded only simple interest at the bank rate, but left it open to the patentee to establish a higher rate, including compound interest, on the reference. [674]. Gauthier J's holding on this point appears to be clearly consistent with the Bank of America Canada decision. It remains to be seen what kind of proof will be required to established an entitlement to compound interest. There not appear to many patent reported decisions on point, but it seems that in the absence of at least some proof, compound interest will be denied: see Elders Grain Co. v. The "M/V Ralph Misener" 2004 FC 1285 [10]. Would it be enough to prove that the plaintiff could have deposited money in an interest bearing account?
On a final point, the Acts typically distinguish between pre- and post-judgment interest. The Federal Courts Act, s 37(2), gives discretion to the court set post-judgment interest "at the rate that court considers reasonable in the circumstances," and there is no specific prohibition on compound interest. Curiously, however, Gauthier J held that "it is well established that the appropriate rate is 5%, not compounded" [675]. While it is true that this is the normal award, none of the authorities she cited considered the Bank of America Canada decision, and in that decision the Supreme Court expressly held "[t]his analysis applies equally to pre-judgment interest and post-judgment interest." It may be that in the current climate 5% is close enough to a realistic rate as to not be worth disputing one way or the other. With that said, there is no evident reason on the Act, or on in light of the Bank of America Canada decision, for treating post-judgment interest differently. Perhaps there is a functional reason to distinguish: a slightly higher than realistic rate on post-judgment interest encourages the defendant to pay promptly, whereas pre-judgment a rate that is too high would unduly encourage settlement despite a potentially meritorious defence.
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An outstanding work of the well known portrait miniaturist and porcelain painter Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois. It is signed and dated: "C Bourgeois /an 12", which means that this work was painted in the 12th year of French Revolution (i.e. in 1804/05).
Charles-Guillaume-Alexandre Bourgeois (1759 Amiens - 1832 Paris) was a physician, chemist, painter and engraver. He studied painting under Kimly, and engraving from Wille. He learned the composition of colors and succeeded in perfecting them. The artist left a legacy of works on perspective, among which is the "Mémoire sur les lois qui suivent dans leurs combinaisons les couleurs produites par la reflaction de la lumiere".
He exhibited at the Salon of Paris from 1800 to 1824, and lived successively at 530 Rue des Moulins and 24 Place Dauphine. Bourgeois painted a great number of miniatures, of which the majority was bust profiles on a dark blue or black background, which imitated wax relief - very much in fashion of that time.
Schidlof writes that "it would be a mistake, however, to think that Bourgeois only painted in this style. There are known a number of very good miniatures in which the personages are represented full or three quarter face". He also painted portraits in oils.
Schidlof adds: "Bourgeois was a first class miniaturist, who also probably painted on porcelain". He signed usually: Bourgeois or C. Bourgeois, often following by the date and quite frequently C.B.
The Louvre houses a series of miniatures by him. Many of Bourgeois' other works can be seen in Museums of Brussels, Caen, Nancy, etc.
Schidlof, as mentioned above, remarks that "Bourgeois...also probably (sic!) painted on porcelain...". It tells us that such Bourgeois' works are so rare that even esteemed Schidlof, who personally inspected tens of thousands of miniatures, never saw one of this kind. The prime quality of this small porcelain painting places it among the very few and absolutely best pieces of our portrait miniature collection of more than 4000.


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Panasonic's new budget, image-stabilized point-and-shoot
Panasonic just announced the Lumix DMC-LS80, a new budget compact digital camera.
Jan. 23, 2008 6:45 p.m. PT
Panasonic just unveiled its latest digital camera, the budget-priced compact Lumix DMC-LS80. On the surface, it appears to be your typical inexpensive point-and-shoot, though it includes one feature that belies its scant price tag. The camera uses an 8-megapixel sensor, a 2.5-inch LCD screen, and a 3x optical zoom lens. Slightly chunky at just over 1.2 inches thick, it takes two AA batteries for power. Besides the standard VGA (640 x 480) movie mode found on almost all snapshot cameras, the LS80 features a 30 fps WVGA (848 x 480) widescreen movie mode designed for 16:9 televisions.
The LS80's most surprising aspect rests in its lens. The camera's 33mm-to-100mm-equivalent, f/2.8-5.1 lens incorporates Panasonic's Mega O.I.S. image stabilization system. With a suggested price of $150, this is one of the least expensive digital cameras yet to include optical image stabilization and not simply ISO-boosting, shutter-quickening digital image stabilization.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS80 ships in February, and will be available in black, silver, and pink versions.


14633 Amritsar Pathankot Ravi Express train from Amritsar to Pathankot runs on daily basis, covering 107 kms in 2 hours & 35 minutes, running at a speed of 46.86 km/hr, making 5 stoppages of 18 minutes in total.
Returning train number 14634. Amritsar Pathankot Ravi Express commences from Pathankot at 09:15 and reaches Amritsar Jn at 11:50. It runs on daily.


I am so impressed with the colorful, Quechua-speaking, Andean women whom I see everywhere on the streets and in the markeplace of this lovely town of Cuenca (QUEN-ka). They work so hard and seem to be so dedicated to everything they do, that I figured out last night that they are truly Amazonian. First of all, it´s impossible to overlook them as their dress is so distinctive and colorful, particularly their most unusual skirts.
These are jewel-tones and the rather heavy wool is pleated into teeny, tiny pleats right at the waistline. As all women could figure out, this makes them very bulky around the tummy area. Then, the skirt hangs full but only to the knees, ending in a scalloped embroidered hemline. So, the whole skirt assembly bustles importantly, swinging from side to side as they briskly walk with a quick short series of steps. Their legs are often bare, revealing very muscular calves and their shoes are pretty no-nonsense. I was puzzled as to why many of their skirts rose so high in the back and dipped below (barely) the knee in front. Then, I realized that most of those women had fairly large bellies and preferred to pull the elastic waistline down a bit in front, rather than constrict their middle. It´s a perfectly acceptable adaptation. So much so, that I thought that was the standard fashion.
Above, they wear layers of blouses and sweaters, always topped off by a big woolen shawl, frequently holding a small child tightly pressed against their back. They like bright colors and big plaid patterns. Perched straight upright on their head is, most often, a white Panama hat with a dark band, covering their long black braid.
These women are busy and deliberate as they move purposefully about handling a great deal of the sales that go on in this city. Of course, there are regular shops and offices here as in every big city, but these women run the myriad booths on the streets and sidewalks and they are certainly in charge in the big indoor market which mostly caters to locals. Enormous piles of colorful fruit and vegetables can´t compete with all the dead, cut up animals and fish on opposite aisles. Nothing in moderation…everything in plenty. Aisles selling shoes just overflow with huge piles of pairs – womens´s, children´s, men´s….pick one up and find the mate.
What an education! I wandered about in this big market at lunch time and I think I´ll go eat there today just to get a taste. Seems like most of the cook´s customers are the women merchants who sometimes have a whole family squeezed into their narrow confines, sitting on the little floor space, eating bowls or rice, stew and vegetables. The little ones just patiently hang about, not making a fuss. This is surely how the trade is passed on from one generation to the next. That kid has been in on the business of the mother since way before birth and every day afterwards.
I wouldn´t be surprised to learn that theirs is a matriarchial society because these Mamas and Grandmamas certainly seem to run the show on every matter. Plus, their men don´t have a costume and just dress like any other man. They are there helping with the work, but you tend not to notice them because the women and children are so very interesting to watch. No one begs here and that´s quite a comment too.
Well, I´m off to find a few pairs of socks to replace the ones the sack-snatcher grabbed away last week in Quito. That left me with only two sets, both of which I have been wearing a whole lot in these cool days. Just now, theyre in the wash and won´t be ready till 4:30. This would explain why my backpack is sitting upon my sandal-clad feet in this internet where the door is left open. Life and laundry must go on, just like at home. So must haircutting and I took care of that yesterday at a very swishy salon.
But, the good news is that I´ve found a very comfortable, quiet hostel with a private room and a true hot water shower for $18 per night and I moved in yesterday. I have a free breakfast at the hostal and can eat my other meal hugely for about $6…or less at the marketplace. I think I´ll stay put here until next week and am now trying to figure out how I´ll get to Lima, Peru. I could fly for around $300 but I see that would require me to miss some of the sights in the northern part of that country. Must soon break out my Lonely Planet and do some studying.


The State Of The Union, In Your Words Just as president finished his State of the Union speech, we asked our listeners to describe his address in three words.
Update at 8:15 a.m. ET, Jan. 26: Why is "salmon" so big? As The Two-Way explains, NPR's Facebook followers were referring to one of the night's humorous moments — when the president joked about the complicated and convoluted way the government regulates salmon.
"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater," Obama said. "I hear it gets even more complicated once they're smoked." That last line drew big laughs from lawmakers in the Capitol.


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package com.cedric.game;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Created by Cedric Martens on 2016-08-26.
 */
public class SaveData implements Serializable {

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If you have a close friend who is a cat lover, this card is for you!
You don't get this fabulous overnight. In fact, fabulousness requires that you have a best friend to be fabulous with, like the two cats getting facials on this cute friendship card. The green masks are embellished with glitter accents.


Elliott Associates, the hedge fund, managed by Paul Singer acquired a 4 percent stake in Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) and became the largest independent shareholder in the company.
Yesterday, the hedge fund announced its intention to purchase more than $800 million shares of Hess Corp after the energy company revealed its plan to sell is oil storage terminal network and exit its refining business to redeploy additional capital to fund its future growth opportunities.
After purchasing its 4 percent stake in the energy company, Elliott Associates sent a letter to its fellow shareholders encouraging them to support its five nominees to serve as independent directors to the board of Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) during the 2013 annual meeting of the company.
According to the activist hedge fund, its nominees for the board of directors have substantial experience, and they were selected specially because of their capability to potentially unlock the enormous potential of Hess Corp.
In addition, Elliott Associates requested the company conduct a full strategic and operational review to consider all options to maximize shareholder value including the potential divestiture of its Bakken assets to refocus its portfolio, improve operations and accountability, as well as better allocation of capital.
Elliott Associates also emphasized that its initial equity investment in the energy company is the largest in the hedge fund's history, which reflects its confidence that Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) has a tremendous value with proper oversight and guidance from shareholder nominees.
The hedge fund believed that the stock price of Hess Corp should be more than $126 per share, a 150% increase. Elliott Associates estimated that the company's market should be approximately $26 billion.
Along with the disclosure of the Elliott position in the company's stock yesterday, Hess management initiated the sale of its refined products terminal network in the U.S. and the Caribbean. The company stated that it expects to recover approximately $1b of working capital through these initiatives, but did not provide an estimate of the value of the terminals. While making a valuation estimate is difficult, given the lack of financial transparency for those assets, many analysts believe the terminal assets will receive a high degree of interest from MLPs and others.
Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) note that given the strategic and financial uncertainty introduced by the actions of Elliott, they believe that it is hard to value the company's bonds at this point, but will work through a scenario analysis in coming days. It is also worth noting that Hess' existing bonds have minimal covenant protections, with a typical IG package including limits on secured debt, sale leaseback and mergers/ asset sales.
Analysts at Credit Suisse believe that the increased upstream focus should improve organic operational performance. However, (1) internationally, HES does not have enough acreage for critical mass in the emerging hotspots (nor historically the exploration track record) and hence "International Remainco" may trade on a low multiple (2) while the Bakken has value and pure plays like CLR have an equity bid, other US liquid shale plays are more efficient. (3) the acreage grab in North America is in its 7th innings, reducing longer term reserve replacement opportunities for a smaller US pure play other than via M&A. (4) NAV maths works on paper but many large cap E&P's trade at a discount to NAV (e.g. APC, MRO).
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Tyson Fury teased fans with a potential UFC bout. Here's why a Fury-UFC crossover is more likely than you'd think. | Source: David Becker / Getty Images / AFP
Will Tyson Fury Fight in The UFC? It's More Likely Than You'd Think
September 23, 2020 UTC: 1:20 PM. December 8, 2019 UTC: 11:59 PM. by Ryan Harkness
Tyson Fury is just the latest boxer to tease a potential UFC crossover.
But unlike most, Fury is willing to leave the boxing ring to test his skills in the UFC's Octagon.
There's a lot of evidence out there that this is more than just Fury chasing headlines.
Before Conor McGregor came along, the idea of UFC fighters competing in boxing was considered little more than a sideshow diversion.
No matter how good you may be in your chosen sport, crossing over into another seemed like a quick path to embarrassment. But McGregor proved that you could not only cross over and make a lot of money, but you could also walk away from a loss with your reputation intact.
So it should come as no surprise that since McGregor vs. Mayweather, there's a whole lot of MMA fighters asking UFC President Dana White to let them box… and a lot of boxers asking White to let his MMA fighters box them! But shockingly, not many boxers want to meet MMA fighters on their turf. Until now.
Tyson Fury Wants to Fight in the UFC, and He Sounds Pretty Serious
Some boxers have mentioned stepping into the cage, but wisely drop the talk lest someone take them up on the offer.
Fury has been toying publicly with the idea of an MMA bout as far back as 2011, but something seems to have happened recently that crystallized the idea in his mind. For the past two months, a UFC run has come up in most interviews he's had, even with a massive rematch against Deontay Wilder lined up for February 2020.
"We may see Tyson Fury have his MMA debut this year"@Tyson_Fury has announced he wants to make his MMA debut this year, and may even be trained by @TheNotoriousMMA. pic.twitter.com/QJnZf3Eiq0
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) October 27, 2019
"I've got something big coming up after this, even bigger than this," Fury told Sky Sports as he prepared for his WWE debut at 2019's Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. "We might see Tyson Fury have his MMA debut this year too. It's different, but like I say, Tyson Fury taking over!"
At first, few people took him seriously, but the idea gained steam as the weeks went on and Fury kept talking up a UFC bout.
Fury's management even released a video showing the heavyweight boxer training mixed martial arts with UFC middleweight contender Darren Till. The footage was enough to make Dana White sit up and take notice.
👀@darrentill2 @Tyson_Fury pic.twitter.com/jBHdiJlXMJ
— danawhite (@danawhite) November 9, 2019
So where does it all stand right now? Fury gave an update on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast show.
To be honest with you, I've got bigger fish to fry than going in an octagon at the moment and fighting some UFC fighters for peanuts. I'm fighting the biggest fights in the world. World boxing is the biggest fights. When I get my boxing career finished, I'm gonna go over there and set about all those UFC fighters.
That mirrors what he said a few days earlier on the True Geordie Podcast.
I've got three fights on my boxing contract, when they are up I'm coming for every UFC heavyweight there is.
Happiness Is All About Chasing the Next Challenge
With Fury's boxing contract with ESPN being worth over $100 million, there's no chance Fury is going to be compensated as well for cage fighting as he is with the sweet science. And he'd go from being one of the best fighters in his style to an inexperienced rookie.
There's little chance the UFC would treat Fury with a soft touch either. Even golden goose Brock Lesnar was served a murderer's row of opponents from Cain Velasquez to Alistair Overeem.
But for Fury, it's all about challenges and legacy. He's been very open about his bouts with depression, including a mental breakdown in 2015 that led to him vacating his heavyweight titles and contemplating suicide. According to Tyson, it was accomplishing his life's goal that sent him into a spiral, as strange as it sounds.
Here's how he explained it on Mike Tyson's Hot Box podcast:
I always had a goal of becoming heavyweight champion of the world. It always brought me back out of the darkness to achieve that goal and nothing else mattered. … When they said 'right, you're going to fight Klitschko for the world championship' I was like 'Hmm. When I win, I'm not going to have a goal anymore.' So I almost knew going into the fight that I was going to come down. That it was going to be a disaster.
Fury is on the verge of once again conquering the heavyweight boxing division. A win over Deontay Wilder in February would get him the WBC heavyweight title.
And the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles are currently held by one man, Andy Ruiz Jr., making it very possible that Fury could become undisputed heavyweight champion.
But what then? Without a bigger goal to look forward to, something to really tickle his sense of challenge and desire for an epic legacy, what's the point?
This is why when Tyson Fury talks about his desire to fight in the UFC, we take him at his word. Whether Fury could actually work out a deal with Dana White is still worth questioning, but he's made it clear that MMA is a part of his new over-arching life goal that's driving him forward on one of the most amazing comebacks in combat sports history.
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Q: window.open width ignored in Chrome I want to create a popup of a fixed size, however the width attribute is ignored in Chrome. But Works fine in FF.
Here's my code:
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The resultant popup is larger than the given width.
Any suggestions?

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and it correspond the exact height and width of the window.
to check, please use
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A: it would seem to be some bizarre quirk in Chrome, that you have to specify both a width and a height to get it to observe the dimensions set. If you only specify a height, or a width, then that single dimension is ignored. Hence why in the other answer it worked fine for Jeff.

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Local Stories May 9, 2022
Conversations with OsbornNash
Today we'd like to introduce you to OsbornNash.
Hello OsbornNash, we'd love for you to start by introducing yourself.
BOB: Being that we're a DUO, we decided to write this as a conversation… Now then, when we began, where we began, and how we began… can be an unbelievable story if you get it from me…
LIZ: Or if you get it from me, you'll hear the truth! Bob tends to exaggerate.
BOB: Hey! I was going to take this seriously & even put some real thought into the question. Let me take a crack at it & if you don't agree you can chime in… you always do anyway so why should this be any different.
It really all began about five years ago when a mutual friend brought us together. At the very same time, an opportunity to play a bunch of summer dates became available!
One of us, a guitarist, singer-songwriter, a bit more seasoned than the other; and the other, a complete newbie to the live gig & performance scene, but what might have been lacking in experience was completely made up for in a ton of talent, fearless perseverance & a captivating out of control love to sing! I mean, sing like ALL the time! In the car, at the gig, after the gig, breakfast, lunch, dinner, late nite snack singing… incredible!
So after running a few songs down, the dye was cast & we decided to do the summer shows. We approached our performances with a "let's see how it goes and take it from there if there's any place to take it."
LIZ: I can't help it, I've been singing for as long as I can remember. I remember sitting on the ground in our living room watching Shania Twain's "I Feel Like A Woman" on our family's giant tube TV thinking "I wanna sing & dance & be like her someday!" – She was always so fashionable & confident… I LOVED it!
But I had such stage fright. My parents luckily believed in me & would push me to do contests, karaoke, anything that would help me break free of my fear of singing in front of people. And guess what – It worked!
BOB: Woa, if we're going to dig that deep, I remember sitting on my dad's grandpa's lap as he was opening a pouch of chewing tobacco, some fell on his vest and I picked it up and popped it in my mouth awful taste for a 3-year-old! Thankfully, my mother's father's pastime was to play guitar and he taught me my first song… I was hooked!
I guess I've been playing as long as I can remember too. You can hear more about my story & guitar in the song "This Old Box" on our Album (we'll get to how to listen to it a bit later.)
BOB: I guess it's more like "The Challenge" – This was probably our biggest leap because neither of us knew what to expect from the other when it came time to perform. Challenge accepted!
We approached our performances with a "let's see how it goes and take it from there." However, to our surprise, this wasn't so bad. For some cosmic reason or a preordained intervention from above, we found we had contagious on-stage chemistry. We were having a good time and so was the audience!
It was important for us to feel connected to the audience and we were connecting & developing a performance style that brought the audience along for the ride.
LIZ: Also, growing up, I auditioned for lead roles in our school chorus concerts and was NEVER picked for one. But that goes to show that you never give up on your dreams cause you just might meet a great/multi-talented partner-in-crime like Bob here & end up creating your own success!
BOB: Oh boy this girl knows how to sell it! And this is also why she's in charge of our merch at shows!
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
LIZ: Don't you think we should mention being creative & writing songs & recording?
BOB: I was about to…
So as things progressed, we began working on original material and performing our songs at writers' rounds in Nashville. Most recently, we were invited to perform at The Listening Room in Nashville which was a real treat in that the writers are in an almost concert environment where you have the undivided attention of the audience.
AND during this time, we were able to complete writing & recording our first album! It's us & we love it! (Not to brag too much but it really is worth listening to, we'll show you how a little later!)
But a little more about the album: To take our songs to the next level, we were blessed to have the opportunity to record with some of Nashville's finest musicians. As writers, our objective was and still is to be genuine in the songs we create & to let the song dictate the style or genre.
As artists, ours is not an attempt to chase down any particular popular style. Our motivation is to write & present songs worthy of a listener & to seek the opportunity to share what we create.
LIZ: That's it! I can't hold back… I really want the readers to go to OsbornNashMusic.com so they can LISTEN to our songs, read our words, see our photos, check out our merch, how to be an OsbornNash Best Fan-Friend (ON BFF), & get to know us. We need to tell them how!
BOB: You just did!
LIZ: Well, one last thing. We should tell them our latest good news & what we're up to!
BOB: I love your enthusiasm. Why don't you do it…
LIZ: Ok I will! We have recently voted the 106.5 WYRK Taste of Country Riser for 2022! But that's not all! By being voted (or "crowned" as I like to say) the TOC winners, we get to open the biggest country concert in Buffalo, NY featuring Tim McGraw, Billy Currington, Walker Hayes, Thompson Square, & OsbornNash! (that's us!) on June 17th – Woohoo!
Oh! There's one more thing we forgot to mention! We were asked what are we most proud of, and what sets us apart from others?
BOB: That's easy… We're really proud of each other and grateful that we've come this far.
LIZ: I think what makes us unique is that we are an entertaining musical odd couple capturing the attention of audiences from WNY all the way to Nashville, TN! We LOVE having a good time performing together & taking the audience right along with us.
We love getting to know the audience, not as a performing-musical-jukebox, but as a friend sharing the night. As we would say "there are no walls between us!" Our live shows present a mixed bag of artists & genres from Patsy Cline to journey!
You can find our debut album on all streaming platforms TODAY. You can also order your physical CD or flash drive copy on our website or at one of our live shows as well. Don't miss the opportunity to check them out & become a fan!
We love new friends!
Any advice for finding a mentor or networking in general?
LIZ: I know Bob was a great mentor for me! As he mentioned earlier, being the "seasoned" musician, he taught me a lot & showed me the ropes in this crazy busy world of music & business.
All I can say is that I'm glad I took the business in college because it has helped me learn more on this musical journey, as well as help Bob with our social media pages. He's become more tech-savvy!
BOB: When it comes to social media, which by the way is extremely important, I know how to ask questions & Liz knows how to get it done… and she does! (I'm much better in the studio).
LIZ: Hey! What about you? Do you have anything to add on finding a mentor, networking, etc.?
BOB: Well, a mentor is always nice to have, but not always the easiest to find. I'd suggest checking out the available music organizations like NSAI in Nashville where you can join & meet other artists, and songwriters, do your best to network.
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Datical, a provider of agile database automation solutions, and XebiaLabs, a provider of DevOps and continuous delivery software tools, are forming a partnership to better handle application release cycles and more.
With this integration, joint customers can work within the XebiaLabs DevOps platform and leverage Datical to automate database deployments and enforce database security and compliance by treating the database as code.
"We find a lot of our clients are addressing the challenge, in an automated fashion, of moving applications from one environment to the next on production and they overlook the fact that the database automation is a requirement of that," said Derek Langone, CEO of XebiaLabs. "We can make customers much more efficient."
Developers, IT leadership, CIO's, DBA's and more will benefit the most from this partnership, according to Langone.
"I think it's a great opportunity for two best of breed technologies work hand in hand," Langone said.
Looking to the future both companies would like to expand on the depth of integration between the two products.
"At the end of the day, it's about helping customers and that's what's next," said Robert Reeves, CTO of Datical. "Helping put out better software faster, that's key for us."
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The media's unbalanced referendum
We now have a number of studies of how the media as a whole treated the EU referendum.
Levy, Aslan and Bironzo from The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
A short piece by Deacon et al from Loughborough in this volume.
Cushion and Lewis from Cardiff (full paper here)
Moore and Ramsay from King's College, London
The Reuters Institute study looked at the press, and after weighting for readership and visibility they found that pro-Leave articles outnumbered pro-Remain articles 68:32 (page 34). One interesting finding that I had not seen before is that voters generally split in a similar way to the balance of articles in the paper they read: the only notable exceptions were the Times (more pro-Leave articles but more pro-Remain voters) and the Mirror (more pro-Remain articles but roughly even voting split). Of course you can read this result two ways: voters were influenced by their paper or their paper reflected their reader's views.
The King's College study shows how the Leave campaign, through the newspapers that supported it, were able to reframe the debate on the economics of Brexit. An example that sticks in my memory was Obama's intervention. I remember seeing an interview with a random voter asking what she thought of this, and she responded by saying how dare Obama interfere with our referendum and blackmail us over trade. It struck me as a very odd reaction at the time (particularly as Obama is popular in the UK), but of course she was simply parroting what she had read in her newspaper. The King's study clearly reveals how the Leave press used the techniques of propaganda to support their side.
The Cardiff study focused on the main news broadcasts. In contrast with the press, there was no bias in favour of Leave or Remain. However what they did find was that broadcasters essentially acted as mirrors for the two campaigns. The Remain campaign focused on Tory politicians, so the broadcasters did as well. As a result, Conservatives received much more coverage than politicians from other political parties. As the Loughborough study noted, this made the coverage 'presidential' in character. Journalists normally did not question statistics themselves, preferring to let the other side do any challenging. This also meant that the broadcasters focused on the details of the two campaigns, rather than providing the background information and independent assessment that many viewers clearly wanted. Rather than focus on their duty to inform, they played it safe by just letting the two campaigns do all the talking.
A consequence of the broadcast media largely providing a showcase for the politicians running the campaigns is the marginalisation of other groups, and in particular those who actually knew something about the issues being talked about. I'm not just talking about economics, but also law and international relations. The Remain campaign prefered to use international institutions (IMF, OECD etc) rather than local experts. The Leave campaign did use one academic, Patrick Minford (who figured in 90 of the articles examined by the King's group), with the consequence that the academic economist that voters were most likely to have heard of during the campaign represented just 4% of the profession.
The danger of the broadcast media taking this approach is illustrated by the example of immigration and public services. The King's study noted the following:
"The most consistent economic argument made by the Leave campaign – that immigration placed unsustainable pressure on public services – was frequently repeated in the editorials of some news outlets without being subject to the skeptical or forensic analysis applied to Remain's economic arguments across the whole range of publications."
Economists assume, for sound reasons, that in fact immigration benefits the public finances, which is one reason why the OBR thinks the deficit will be around £15 billion higher each year as a result of Brexit. So why did the Remain campaign not say this more loudly? The answer could well be because the campaign was headed by a government that had used immigration as a scapegoat for poor public services. This absence of a critique mattered a lot: at least one poll showed that the reason voters most often gave for limiting immigration was pressure on public services. Therefore by relying on the political campaigns, the broadcast media misled the public.
It is for this reason that I have argued that broadcasters should treat what an overwhelming majority of experts think are facts as facts, whatever politicians say. But I see no sign that broadcasters see the problem (with the exception of climate change), let alone have any inclination to deal with it. As far as economics is concerned, I fear the bodies that represent academic economists also want to avoid any fights. Which means that we are stuck with the status quo for some time.
I think this has a major implication for those like me who see Brexit as a huge mistake which people must be given the chance to reverse. The next few years are going to show that the many claims the Leave side made are completely false. The EU will ensure the UK is worse off as a result of leaving. Trade deals with other countries will not come to the rescue. There will be less, not more, money for public services and so on. The government's response (unless May makes the most courageous U-turn ever) will be to wrap themselves in the flag and say that anyone who is critical is being unpatriotic, and with a large majority no effective opposition within the Conservative party will be possible. .
If Labour continues to support a Hard Brexit, all they can do is claim setbacks are the result of government incompetence. Here I disagree with Ian Dunt: criticism that takes Hard Brexit as given and just focuses on a claim that we could do the negotiation better will lose out to nationalist fervour. The reality is also that the LibDem voice is too weak, and will remain so even if they double their number of seats at the election. Given the way our media works, the only way you can constantly remind people that Brexit is a choice we could reverse is if Labour after the election adopts a much more critical position that involves support for a second referendum.
Labels: EU referendum, Hard Brexit, Ian Dunt, immigration, Labour, media, Obama, Patrick Minford
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Alex 16 May 2017 at 09:41
Typo: £15 should be £15 billion. If only it were a mere £15 (!)
Simon, I agree that the priority must be reducing Tory influence, but, given that Labour have been and are so lukewarm on Europe, isn't it time to reward the Lib Dems' long-term and unique Europeanism where we can?
you using the word "parroting" is exactly the kind of elitist thinking that causes problems. Just because they didn't think along the lines of what you think means that they are unthinking and are taken in by "propaganda". If you are supposed to be an example of "experts", then you can see why the ordinary citizen is very jaundiced towards the tribe of experts.
I strongly suggest you explore your conscious and unconscious bias frameworks, dear professor. There are training courses for that. You may find it improves your analytical skills.
"The King's study clearly reveals how the Remain press used the techniques of propaganda to support their side."
Did you mean the Leave side?
Robert Jones 16 May 2017 at 13:43
In all honesty there can be no truly unbiased process such as you imply here; any process of this sort has to have some sort of bias and to say that "we lost because of the media" really is a pretty weak argument at the end of the day. Searching for lack of bias in this sort of context is like looking for Plato's ideal bed.
Even if we reran the whole show on lines which you imply and the result was still leave I doubt if you would accept that, citing some other form of bias.
Considering all that has come out since the referendum I suspect this may be a surprise:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/15/two-thirds-voters-now-support-brexit/
You cannot seem to accept that this argument is far more widely drawn than you suppose. It is not merely about economics; it is about culture; it is about the future which no one can foresee with any degree of confidence and most "experts" would concede that and it is not just about the UK it is also about the direction that the EU is headed in and whether we should want that. To condense all this down to a combination of media bias and the disregard of experts is, ironically, to deny the issue the gravity that it merits.
In regards to your last paragraph, it seems like Labour has adopted a rhetorical message of "Brexit will happen; Labour will make it less bad." This seems like the cousin of pre-Corbynite Labour's (rightly derided by yourself and others) insistence on an electoral message of of "Austerity will happen; Labour will make it less bad." It also certainly looks like it will be similarly effective.
The King's study clearly reveals how the Remain press used the techniques of propaganda to support their side
Remain press or Leave press?
I have an issue with this sentence: "The EU will ensure the UK is worse off as a result of leaving."
It is as though it was somehow dependent on the goodwill of the EU how the UK fared outside it. Surely, the exact details of the deal matter and there is room for discretion to be more or less harsh on some particular matter but the general framework is defined by the UK's self-imposed red lines. And those signal a clear worsening in trading conditions with a big and geographically close market.
Moreover, the sentence sounds as an endorsement of the "if it goes wrong it's all EU's fault" narrative some Brexiteers have started to push.
Of course, if the benchmark is the "have cake and eat it" option, then it can be seen as the EU's fault. In some universe, the poor Romanians could even pay farming subsidies to Welsh farmers in order for their country to have the privilege to trade with the UK without having FoM rights, but in that mindset everything is a punishment by the EU.
Did you mean Leave press?
The Labour Party is led (and will almost certainly still be led after the election) by a life long Eurosceptic. Why would it change its position ?
RouterAl 17 May 2017 at 10:14
Field Marshal Montgomery was once asked what his military maxim was , "don't march your land army on Moscow" was his reply, he could also have also added never go into any kind of alliance or share a platform with the Tories, you will lose out big time.
The Liberals found this out after the first world war , Scottish Labour in 2014/15 after the indy ref1, the LibDems in 2015 after the coalition and Labour,Ukip, the LibDems after 2017 EU referendum.
There is even a chance of the Tories winning seats in Scotland on the back of Brexit which 70% of Scotland voted against, I presume the voters thinking goes along the lines of this. The Government were against Brexit , spend huge amounts of my tax dollars funding their position, to save their party from imploding , but they are now they are the people to negotiate this move from a position of strength with a huge majority which I will give them. We will ignore the fact we have no idea what we are voting for or what deal we will get but you can bet money I Joe Public will lose out across the board.
I'm lost and have yet to hear a decent explanation of what is going on here, but I can see in a few years a collection of PPE graduates getting PhDs on the back of this election.
Is there a type here:
"The King's study clearly reveals how the Remain press used the techniques of propaganda to support their side"
Given the context of the paragraph, shouldn't that be "Leave press"?
Richard Layman 17 May 2017 at 10:39
Corbyn had a real hard time separating out the "neoliberal" promotion elements of the EU (especially around opening up markets that before had nation-based protections, like fishing, and traditional government services like transit to for profit entrants) from the benefits, especially concerning the EU's place wrt trade.
As you assert that Labour supports a "hard Brexit", I assume you have not read the manifesto, so here are a few extracts from the section on "Negotiating Brexit":
"We will scrap the Conservatives' Brexit White Paper and replace it with fresh negotiating priorities that have a strong emphasis on retaining the benefits of the Single Market and the Customs Union – which are essential for maintaining industries, jobs and businesses in Britain. Labour will always put jobs and the economy first."
"A Labour government will immediately guarantee existing rights for all EU nationals living in Britain and secure reciprocal rights for UK citizens who have chosen to make their lives in EU countries."
"Labour recognises that leaving the EU with 'no deal' is the worst possible deal for Britain and that it would do damage to our economy and trade. We will reject 'no deal' as a viable option and if needs be negotiate transitional arrangements to avoid a 'cliff-edge' for the UK economy."
"Labour will continue to work constructively with the EU and other European nations on issues such as climate change, refugee crises and counter-terrorism."
"We will drop the Conservatives' Great Repeal Bill, replacing it with an EU Rights and Protections Bill that will ensure there is no detrimental change to workers' rights, equality law, consumer rights or environmental protections as a result of Brexit."
Additionally, Labour wants to stay in Horizon 2020, Euratom, the European Medicines Agency, the Erasmus scheme, Eurojust, Europol, etc.
Leave enthusiasts would not recognise this as a "hard Brexit". Why do you?
On the second referendum, I have been trying to find out from its advocates, ever since this was proposed, what exactly the alternatives in such a referendum would be, once article 50 had been triggered. I have never been given an answer. Perhaps you could explain.
YES is take the deal. NO could be leave with no deal ; don't leave at all ; or send Theresa back to try again. Who would choose which of them it would be? Of course, you could always have the alternative vote.
Nigel 17 May 2017 at 15:59
You may have evidence on this that you didn't have space to mention but how do you know that this randomly selected voter was "of course [...] simply parroting what she had read in her newspaper" rather than that she thought it independently herself.
Without some evidence, that bit of your piece reads as if you are assuming what you want to prove - and being rather condescending.
The Loughborough study also found that Tory papers made fewer favourable references to Jeremy Corbyn than Labour ones did. I thought it was Sybil Fawlty whose special subject was the bleeding obvious.
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Kadaga commissions paper processing plant
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Speaker Kadaga is taken on tour of some of the products made at the plant.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has launched a paper pilot processing plant at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI).
While speaking at the launch on Friday, September 22 2017, the Speaker said that she was impressed with the work and innovations the Institute had come up with over time.
"My last visit here was five years ago and I must say I'm impressed. Parliament will celebrate this by inviting you to come and talk about your work," she said, adding that "When I looked at the banana stems, I imagined how much money we can get from making paper from all the stems in the country. It is remarkable to see the use of various organic raw materials to process paper which we as a country have in plenty."
Kadaga said it is because of the need to spur innovations in the country that parliament made a resolution to have the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
"When I was in China, I noticed that every industry I visited had a research department. We need to inject more money and time in research in order to transform from a market-based to a producer-based nation," she noted.
The Speaker promised to arrange an exhibition at parliament to showcase to the general population what the researchers at UIRI are doing.
"Let us support these products, let us market more of our products because they are good," Kadaga said.
The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye, was grateful to parliament for ensuring that a sectorial committee responsible for science and technology was created because it will enable such important institutions.
"We appreciate staff of UIRI for all the work done under meagre resources. There is a lot of technology transfer and research and development. We thank them for their achievements," Tumwesigye said.
He also noted that government is committed to injecting more money into UIRI, adding that "We got Shs30billion of which Shs10 billion will come to the Institute."
"The President has asked us to work on existing innovations and convert them into commercial successes. The private sector can take on some of these technology innovations and build on them," Tumwesigye said.
He said that government is impressed with how UIRI is contributing to the production of products from the banana value chain.
Prof. Charles Kwesiga, the Executive Director, Uganda Industrial Research Institute, said "The Institute has piloted a number of projects and this is just one of them. We have projects in confectionary, machinery, agriculture, among others."
He expressed his gratitude towards the government for the support it has rendered to UIRI's projects and work.
The processing plant, which is a pilot project, uses waste paper and banana fibres from banana stems to make paper and various paper products using a handmade paper-processing machine.
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Nepali beauty, Lakpa Dolma Sherpa, is crowned the Miss Nepal Hong Kong 2011 in a program conducted on August 3, in Hong Kong. The event held in Hong Kong Academy of Performance in Vanchai selected Lakpa as the crown owner for this year.
The first runner up of Miss Nepal Hong Kong was Mamta Gurung and Ruthsha Rai was successful in winning the second runner up title. The beauty contest was organized by Multiple Arts and Cultural organization.
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Tetracycline is an antibiotic medication used for treating infections acne, gonorrhea, Chlamydia and other infections.
Tetracycline slows down the growth of the bacteria in the body. This allows the immune system to eliminate the bacteria completely from the system.
Tetracycline may be taken with or without a meal.
Antacids, iron supplements, multivitamins must be avoided for at least 2 hours before and after using Tetracycline.
Tetracycline must be consumed for the complete prescribed time duration. You may notice that your symptoms may improve before the prescribed duration is over or the infection is cleared. But do not alter the dose or the schedule without consulting your doctor.
Store Tetracycline in a cool and dark place at room temperature. Do not store it in a place where it can get exposed to direct sunlight or moisture.
Before using Tetracycline, you should consult a physician and discuss about your medical history. If you have allergies to antibiotics, then inform your doctor about it.
You may have to undergo frequent blood tests including your kidney and liver functioning while using Tetracycline.
It may also reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. So ensure that you use multiple birth control measures while using Tetracycline.
Tetracycline can cause permanent yellowing or graying of the teeth. The chances of this happening are more in children below 8 years of age.
Tetracycline can increase the sensitivity of the skin to sunlight. So exposure to the sun, UV lamps and tanning beds must be avoided. Ensure that you wear protective clothing and use sunscreen when you venture out into the sun.
Tetracycline may interact with some medications. So if you are using any prescription, non prescription, OTC medicines or dietary supplements, then inform your physician in advance before you use Tetracycline.
Inform your doctor if you plan to become pregnant or are pregnant during the time of treatment with Tetracycline.
Tetracycline may be passed on to the baby if you are breast feeding. Please speak to your doctor about the potential risks of breast feeding while using Tetracycline.
Nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, mild diarrhea, skin rash or itching, vaginal itching or discharge.
These side effects usually subside by themselves in sometime as the body gets used to Tetracycline.


This new form of ransomware named "WannaCrypt0r/WannaCry" has been confirmed Kaspersky Labs to already have recorded more than 45,000 attacks in at least 74 countries in the last few hours.
It's infecting Windows based operating systems at a rapid rate.
If a computer is infected with this virus, it will seek out connections to other computers on the same network, mapped drives, shared folders etc, and start encrypting data.
Microsoft has actually known about this vulnerability since before March 14th 2017 and released a security bulletin about it, however many system remain unsecured and as a result it is severely impacting schools, governments and healthcare institutions worldwide.
Reports indicate the the patch is not included for Windows XP systems and those operating systems should be retired immediately. Unfortunately some medical institutions are still using Windows XP and as a result services have had to be diverted to other neighboring medical service provider who were not infected.
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He brought up this WannaCry attack and how he does not want to mess around, having experience dealing with this before.
He brought up the time around three years ago when another version of ransomware (some version of Cryptolocker) was running rampant and infected this exact customer and everything was lost.
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Initial observations show Russia, Ukraine, India, Taiwan receiving the most attacks.
The ransomware screen is similar to others we've seen in the past, explaining you have been hacked and your data is being held hostage, with a time-limit to meet the demands, generally demanding between 300 – 600 dollars from its victims.
Kafeine told Forbes that it was unsure if the exploit was being used as the ransomware's primary method of infection, but was certain it was used in some capacity. Separately, UK-based researcher Kevin Beaumont tweeted that WannaCry was using the NSA attack, which exploited a now-patched Microsoft Windows vulnerability, also known as MS17-010. And a Spanish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) said the vulnerability was used by the ransomware crooks.
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On Friday the initial reports stated 45,000 hacked PC's, now Monday we are seeing over 200,000 hacked PC's across 99 countries.
That's a staggering 344% increase within 48 hours!
As stated previously the attack is exploiting a Windows SMB package called EternalBlue which is confirmed as one of the several leaked CIA tools reported in March from Wikileaks.
Former CIA employee Edward Snowden stated that the if the NSA had privately disclosed the flaw used to attack the hospitals when they "found" it, this tragedy could have been avoided. He also stated that Congress should be asking if the NSA knows of any other vulnerabilities in software used in our hospitals.
Despite earlier claims that Microsoft was not releasing a security patch for unsupported version of Windows like XP etc, to protect against this threat.
Microsoft has quickly changed its mind and has now officially released emergency security patches for all of its unsupported versions of Windows, including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 8, Server 2003, and 2008 Editions.
Another workaround has been shared to stop this threat.
On all Windows systems you can stop / disable SMB on your Operating System.
Here are the steps to stopping it.
Despite many security researchers working tirelessly to find a way to stop the infection like @MalwareTechBlog very skilled 22-years-old malware hunter who first discovered that here's a kill-switch, which if used could stop ongoing ransomware attack.who discovered the first Killswitch you can use to stop an ongoing ransomware attack.
A new strain has emerged and has been quickly dubbed version 2.0 that is not disabled by this killswitch.
The killswitch has slowed things down a bit, but has not stopped it. The curious part about this Killswitch is that it is believed to be built in by design. The script consistently checked for a fake obscure URL that was unregistered. The security researchers registered the fake URL and the virus immediately shut down.
Expert are confused why they built it this way, but believe it may have been a way to manually shut it down when they wanted to stop it.
Check out this video demonstration of WannaCry ransomware Windows SMB to compromise the system.
Neel Mehta a Google security researcher has identified identical patterns in the WannaCry ransomware code similar to that used by the hacking group called Lazarus, who has also been blamed for the Sony hack 2014 and the Bangladesh bank in 2016.
If this proves to be true, WannaCry would be the first ransomware attack launched powered by a nation, using leaked NSA tools.


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After leading officers on a chase, a 16-year-old driver and his 29-year-old passenger are arrested.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested in the early hours Thursday after leading officers on a high-speed chase on Highway 273.
Also arrested was the teen's passenger, Jesse A. Rodriguez, 29, of Redding. The Shasta County Sheriff's Office is not identifying the young driver because he is a minor.
Rodriguez was booked at Shasta County Jail on suspicion of obstructing and resisting a peace officer, while the teen was taken to Shasta County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of evading a peace officer and hit and run with injury.
The incident began at 1:32 a.m. when sheriff's deputy Justin Brewer, patrolling on Highway 273 at Canyon Road, saw a vehicle leaving the area around Win-River Casino without headlights.
Brewer tried to pull the car over as it traveled north. It stopped momentarily on the highway at Girvan Road and then sped away, the Sheriff's Office said.
Other law enforcement officers and a California Highway Patrol helicopter assisted in the five-mile chase. The vehicle reached speeds over 100 mph.
The chase ended when the teen driver lost control of the vehicle near 2165 Pine St. and crashed into a cement curb, a fire hydrant and street light. The crash caused the area to lose power.
Both driver and passenger ran away from the wreck after officers ordered them to stop, the Sheriff's Office said.
The teen was quickly found hiding in the bushes of a nearby business.
Sheriff's deputies brought K-9 "Hondo" to search for Rodriguez, who was then found hiding inside a camper shell that was lying on the ground in the back lot of West Coast Auto Sales.
Rodriguez was treated for dog bite injuries at Shasta Regional Medical Center and then released to officers. The teen was taken to a hospital for medical clearance before being taken to juvenile hall.


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The Greater Sin Revisited
by: JT
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Ten years ago I wrote on Archbishop* George Pell's claim that abortion is a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing young people.
Perhaps, in light of the Vatican's continued smoke and mirrors inaction on child abuse and, more importantly, its continued inaction on punishing those who covered up child abuse, we might look at what else besides abortion the Catholic Church regards as a worse moral scandal than priests abusing children.
Bishop Fernando Bargallo of the Argentine diocese of Merlo-Moreno was forced to hand in his resignation this week, less than a month after photographs emerged showing him frolicking and embracing a woman at a luxury resort in Mexico. He admitted to an affair with her.
Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala of the California diocese of Los Angeles was forced to hand in his resignation in January this year, less than a month after he admitted to fathering two children in a relationship with a woman.
This month the Vatican fired the two founders of an Italian Catholic Missionary organization, the Villaregia Missionary Community, shortly after it found out that Luigi Prandin had several sexual relationships with female members of the order, and that Maria Luigia Corona, the other founder, knew of these relationships and covered them up.
So what we can learn from these Vatican decisions (and such decisions are all made ultimately by the Pope) is that if a priest is caught breaking his vows of celibacy with a consenting woman, prompt action is taken to punish the offender. If someone covers-up a priest breaking his vows of celibacy with a consenting woman, prompt action is taken to punish the offender.
And if a priest is caught breaking his vows of celibacy with a non-consenting child? Cover-up is the order of the day. And those who cover up are rewarded with promotions.
By its actions and by its inaction, the Catholic Church under Pope Benedict XVI clearly has a clear policy that sex with a consenting woman is a much greater sin than sex with a non-consenting child.
* A year after his minimization of the crime of child abuse, Pell was rewarded by being promoted to Cardinal.


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Start /	In English /	Architecture /	Landscape /	Seven Springs Way
Seven Springs Way. Photo: Mikael Almehag.
At a length of 888 metres, the stunning Seven Springs Way runs straight from the meditation grove to the Chapel of Resurrection.
Running along an old boundary line that existed in 1915 when work started on Skogskyrkogården, the path is intended for mourners to follow when attending a funeral service at the Chapel of Resurrection. The path is lined with weeping birches, then ordinary birches, followed by pines and finally spruces. The idea behind the different trees is that the path becomes increasingly dark, the further along the mourners go, causing them to become more and more melancholy as they approach the chapel.
After the ceremony, the mourners are led out of the chapel's west door and take a different path back. This leads down into a dip, so that the mourners can be drawn into a different mood and return to their normal lives.
Gå till "Chapel of Resurrection"
Gå till "The Experience"


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Khawla Matar () is a Bahraini journalist. She is the first Bahraini woman to edit a daily newspaper, Al-Waqt, and has been the director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Cairo. Among other outlets, she has worked for the Associated Press, BBC News, and Asharq Al-Awsat.

Education
Matar earned her high school diploma at the Khawla Secondary Girls School in 1974. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Media and Journalism at the University of Arkansas in 1981. At Durham University in Britain, she earned a Master of Arts in Media Sociology in 1987 and a Ph.D. in the same discipline in 1992.

Career
 1981-83: Editor/Correspondent, Al Khaleej, United Arab Emirates
 1983-84: Editor/Correspondent, Editorial Page, Akhbar Al Khaleej, Bahrain
 1984-87: Correspondent/Director of Photography, Gulf Regional Office, Associated Press
 1987-89: Editor-in-Chief, Gulf Today Panorama Magazine, Bahrain
 1989-91: Foreign Correspondent, Yemen/Djibouti/Lebanon/Bosnia and Herzegovina etc., LBC News
 1991-93: Correspondent/Political Affairs Edictor, MBC
 1993-95: Media Officer, Arab Council for Childhood and Development
 1996-2005: Media Officer, Arab States Regional Office, International Labour Organization
 2005-06: Editor-in-Chief, Al-Waqt
 2006-09: Regional Expert on Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, International Labour Organization
 2009–Present: Director, UNIC Cairo; in 2011, she helped draft a report on human rights in Tunisia for a high-ranking committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council
 2012: Spokesperson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi

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Pastor Kurt Harman and his wife Tammy are native Houstonians and grew up in the North Side of Houston. They graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1977. They have been married since 1980 and have one daughter Paula, who Tammy home-schooled and later went on to graduate from Texas A& M University. Kurt and Tammy were members of Fairfield Baptist church for almost 18 years where they served as Sunday school teachers for various grades and Tammy served on the women's ministry team as well as the worship team. Kurt and Tammy have served side by side in the "Open Gym" ministry in North Houston since 1992 and are very excited about being a part of "The Church at Northside", a community centered church, which will love and serve the people in practical ways.
Rebecca and I were born and raised in the north side of Houston, Texas. Rebecca grew up in the suburbs and I grew up in "the hood", where this ministry is located. Jesus saved us both in our late teens and we have served Him ever since. We met each other at a church Kurt Harman got me involved with to help me in my new walk with Jesus since "The Church at Northside" didn't exist at the time, only the "Open Gym" ministry on Thursday evenings. A couple of years into my walk with Jesus I was doing the Youth Ministry there and Rebecca came alongside to help. When "The Church at Northside" was being developed Rebecca and I got involved with it more seriously and got married somewhere in the middle of it. I currently serve as the Associate Pastor for the church, partnering with Kurt to oversee and handle whatever needs may arise. Rebecca partners with Tammy in the oversight of certain aspects of service in the ministry, especially women's ministry.


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but when I use TangoGPS I don't see any positioning-data.
Track-logging in tangoGPS only produced empty logfiles.
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> > Does anyone know what action gets invoked upon selecting "Turn on GPS" ?
> > start script (dummy file) being invoked?
> "Turn on GPS" is necessary in order to power up the chip.
> should afterwards be "1".
> > > Does the gpsd have the right device in /etc/defaults/gpsd?
> > > then type 'r' and hit enter.
> > > gpsd uses 8-10% CPU here.
> > > > portscan of my freerunner showed port 2947 as open).
> > > > information. GPSD however used about 50 to 70 % of processor power.
> > > > I read through the mailing lists and checked the tangogps documents.
> > > > to a more detailed documentation or give advice?


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EU urges Turkey to 'deescalate' energy dispute with Greece
by: NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press
Posted: Aug 14, 2020 / 03:19 AM PDT / Updated: Aug 14, 2020 / 12:26 PM PDT
This photo provided Friday Aug.14, 2020 by the French Defense Ministry shows the French Tonnerre helicopter carrier, center, escorted by Greek and French military vessels during a maritime exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Greece's prime minister warmly thanked France Thursday for boosting its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own. (French Defense Ministry via AP)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union's foreign policy chief expressed "full solidarity" with Greece and Cyprus and urged a "immediate deescalation" by Turkey after EU foreign ministers held urgent talks Friday on high military tensions over offshore drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean.
For the past five days, the Greek and Turkish navies have been engaged in a game of brinkmanship in waters between the Greek island of Crete, Cyprus and Turkey over offshore drilling rights. That followed Ankara's deployment of a seismic research vessel to prospect for potential oil and gas reserves in waters that Athens claims are located over Greece's continental shelf.
Cyprus and Greece are EU members, while Turkey is not. Josep Borrell, the 27-nation bloc's foreign policy chief, tweeted after the end of the talks: "Eastern Med: Full solidarity (with) Greece&Cyprus. Calling for immediate deescalation by Turkey and reengaging in dialogue."
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, who also met in Vienna with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, said he was "pleased" with the solidarity expressed by his country's EU partners and their "condemnation of Turkey's illegal behavior."
"Turkey is the only (party) responsible for the escalation of tension in the eastern Mediterranean, and it must immediately leave the Greek continental shelf," Dendias said after Friday's talks. "That is a necessary precondition for deescalation."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would press ahead with its prospecting until Aug. 23 as planned. But following a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he signaled that Ankara and Berlin had agreed to a "softening" of positions after that date.
There was no indication from Athens whether it had been consulted, or had agreed, on the matter. Merkel had interceded to defuse a similar face-off between Greece and Turkey a few weeks ago.
Erdogan also warned that Turkey would strongly respond to any "harassment" of its vessels by Greece.
Dendias said Greece was open to talks with Turkey, "but obviously not while subject to pressure and blackmail."
Relations between the historic regional rivals — and nominal NATO allies — have hit a more than two-decade low over the prospecting mission launched Monday.
Greece placed its armed forces on high alert and sent warships to the spot, demanding the vessels' withdrawal. Turkey claims it has every right to prospect in the area, as well as in neighboring waters Cyprus considers its own, after the discovery of large offshore gas deposits in recent years off Israel, Egypt and Cyprus.
With the warships dancing about each other in a relatively small patch of sea, there's a real danger of rapid escalation in the case of an accidental collision or hostile act.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said before the talks that "the provocations" that are happening in the eastern Mediterranean "can't continue."
"Nor can the Turkish drilling," he said. "We are working toward a direct dialogue between the parties that would contribute to finding a solution for this issue." Maas added that there should be no drilling during any negotiations.
Apart from backing from its EU partners, Athens is also seeking a commitment for potential EU sanctions against Turkey. Dendias said a list of possible sanctions is being drafted and will be discussed at the next foreign ministers' meeting in Berlin later this month.
In a strong show of support this week, France pledged to boost its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean and sent two warships to the area Thursday for joint drills with the Greek navy. France also deployed two fighter planes to Crete.
French relations with Turkey, which is not an EU member, are already bad over Ankara's involvement in Libya's civil war.
French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted Friday that he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump about the situation in the eastern Mediterranean, Libya and Lebanon.
"We share the same views. Peace and security in the region is in our common interest, which we will uphold," Macron said.
Erdogan said that during his call with Merkel late Thursday, the German chancellor requested a "softening of the issue and to proceed in a more protective understanding."
"We agreed," Erdogan told reporters, adding that he hoped the Greek leadership would "reach the same point."
Erdogan added: "We will not leave unanswered the slightest attack against our civilian ships."
The Turkish leader also said his country had responded to an incident involving the Turkish research ship Oruc Reis.
Greek officials said they were unaware of any incident Thursday, and the Foreign Ministry said Dendias would brief his EU partners from Vienna on "the true events during recent days concerning operational incidents in the area."
In Switzerland meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey does not seek an escalation and called on the EU to convince Greece to act with "reason." He also accused France of engaging in "bullying" in the eastern Mediterranean.
"Instead of indulging Greece and giving unconditional support, the EU should invite (Athens) to act with reason," Cavusoglu told reporters during a news conference with his Swiss counterpart.
Suzan Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Frank Jordans in Berlin, Lorne Cook in Brussels and Matthew Lee in Vienna contributed.


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ITV1 GOOD MORNING BRITAIN FITNESS EXPERT
Good Morning Britain (GMB) is a British breakfast television programme that is broadcast on ITV. The show airs live on weekday mornings featuring news, topical items, showbiz, style and beauty, home and garden, food, health, real life and more similar features.
Richard was selected to feature on the show as their fitness expert for the start of 2017 and as the fitness face of the Fad Free GMB campaign. The aim was to showcase numerous faddy diets/lifestyles and compare them with a balanced approach to living a healthier life withour resorting to the extremes.
Richard filmed a series of free workouts to work alongside the dietary and lifestyle changes that viewers and studio participants experienced and these were available on the ITV Hub for the viewing public.