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Q: Using MongoDB for a more traditional many to many use case I am really new to Mongo DB after spending a few years in the relational DB camp. I understand the idea of NoSQL, but somehow, I can't make myself envision anything more than using it for caching and fast retrieval of data.
I have a typical many-to-many situation to solve. Items get added to collections,  where multiple items can fit in one collection,  and vice versa. How can I solve this using Mongo DB, without duplicating the data? On the other hand, I would also like to avoid creating a collection full of ids only,  because afterwards I'd have to fetch the items one by one. If that's the case,  I'd even drop Mongo and go back to a more relational solution.
Is there anything that I'm missing with Mongo? If that's the case,  please let me know. I'd be glad to learn.

A: I think it will make sense if you could add concrete example ("documents" or "tables"). The basic rule when you work with documents is really to focus on the the way you will manipulate the data. (query vs write/update, ...)
And based on this you will or will not duplicate the data, but for me I do not see any issue to duplicate the data, in many documents/collections, especially if you do not update them often. It makes the life of the developer a lot easier
I am inviting you to look to the following links:

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*Data Modeling :

*MongoDB Applied Design Patterns (book)
When you start your design you should try to "forget" your relational background to start with a fresh mind.
Also depending of the programming language you use you may find some ODM (Object Document Mapping) tools that help you, for example Mongoose in Node.js, Morphia in Java, ...

A: You might have missed DBrefs, but as WiredPrairie suggested in the comments below, it shouldn't be used. It might also be that you just aren't thinking very NoSQL - like, but still more in the relational world.
The reason why NoSQL DBs are so fast is limiting the functionality as well as handling denormalized data sets, this way you spare the joins.
So while DBrefs should work for you, it will be much slower than SQL's Joins. Instead you could also ask yourself - when you have a Many-to-Many relationship between A and B, which data of B do you really need when you use A and vice versa. But this depends entyrely on your use case.
Just an example of a many-to-many relationship which could be easily resolved in MongoDB:
Users <-> Permissions (one user has multiple permissions, and one permission is used by multiple users) - however in 99% of the cases you want to see which permission a user has, therefore you'd save the permissions, or some description of it, … in the user object. And only in the 1% of the cases (or even less) when you really want to know which user has a permission, you can run a very slow query, but it won't matter, since it's almost never used.

A: You really don't have to shift to NoSQL if everything is fine for you in Relational DB. If there is some issue in Relational DB, try fixing it within the domain of relational DB only.
But if the issue is that data which you are storing in relational DB doesn't always have the same form OR you simply want to try NoSQL for the heck of it, then go ahead with NoSQL DBMS.
Since NoSQL DB's have no preset design therefore the best way to design your your database (and the collections within it) is by looking at the queries which you are going to perform on the DB. The best learning source for designing the database is the MongoDB docs on data modeling which are available on the MongoDB's page of Data Models.
You will find a lot of tutorials online for using MongoDB for querying an existing database but very few tutorials on designing the database in MongoDB. Reason:
1) 'No'SQL - i.e. there is no rule at all for designing. The best approach is probably 'query-driven', which means that you identify the queries you will run on DB and then design the DB so that those queries can run in the most efficient manner.
2) MongoDB is in its nascent stage. I see it adding new features pretty soon. Maybe then we will be able to freeze some guidelines for designing the MongoDB database.
Coming back to your question of designing many-to-many relations. In relational DBMS we create a table in the middle of the tables of that many-to-many relation. In MongoDB, we embed one table within another for this scene. It is same as de-normalizing a relational database. Information duplication is inevitable unless you decide to only embed the id's and leave the other table in a separate collection. Again, knowing your query in advance is the best guide.
A lot of questions have been asked on stackoverflow where people try to get their NoSQL design validated from people in the community. You can see those questions and get a feel of how you should approach designing your NoSQL DB in MongoDB. One sample question is here. It simply recites again what I am saying to you.


a) The customer will allow packets to enter from the ISP (or the internet) to its networks.
We can say that the customer downloads packets from the ISP (and reciprocally we can say that the ISP uploads packets to the customer).
b) By advertising its prefixes, a customer controls its inbound/ingress/download traffic IP-packets.
2. This command helps to check if the traffic engineering has been designed rightly on how the customer wants to download its traffic from the Internet.
Unfortunately, this command will not show us the community number applied to each network; we need to use another command and looking-glass for it.
a) to see how many prefixes you advertise to your Ebgp speakers. In our case, it should list all the /24 ip blocks and the two aggregated blocks.
b) to see if you advertise your networks, which originate from your as-number and no other routes received from your other Ebgp peers.
In the case, you advertise other routes that are received from your peers (which can happen by accident through a bad setup of the Ibgp session); you are in the risk to provoke BGP black holes, if your neighbor did not put some filter protections.
c) to see if you do not advertise ip blocks higher than /24. It is common to advertise the /30 to /32 blocks, mainly because of the redistributed connect command under the router bgp session.
Even if your ISP filters it, it happens that an ISP tolerates a certain number of received prefixes. This accident can higher the number and so resets or stops the BGP session.
d) To check if your boggon list is applied and working.
4. The information about the next hop indicates, where the packet will be sent, once it comes in the router.
a) The origin of the network indicates also from where the route advertised is learned.
b) In our case, the next-hop 11.11.224.3 shows that packets will be sent to Customer-G's router directly. The Ibgp next-hop, show that packets will be sent to the Ibgp peer, but also that this network is advertised from the Ibgp peer and not this router originally.
5. In the case of RT-B, the following outputs show that we advertise to ISP-B and ISP-C Ebgp speaker 38 /24 ip blocks which originate from our as-number, and 1 /19 and 1 /20 blocks.
Sadly we cannot see which communities values are applied, for this information you will need to check your config and the looking glass of ISP-B.
11.11.224.3 which is the router connected directly, managing Zone_G customers ingress traffic.
Remember that all network statements are not originated from this router but also from RT-A. For these networks, 11.11.226.27 is the next-hop and Ibgp peer address of RT-A. LocalPref is set up to 90, since we tag all prefixes coming from the Ibgp neighbor to 90. When the traffic comes into RT-A, it is sent to the router 11.11.224.3 which manages in addition the inbound traffic of Zone-G customers.
11.11.226.241 which is the ip address of the router managing the traffic for Zone-B customers.
Null0, in order to force the advertisement of the aggregated blocks.
6. Now let's give a look to the following output which displays what RT-B advertises to its Ibgp neighbor RT-A.
We can note that it broadcasts the full main routing table, including all prefixes of ISP-A originated from this router. This is correctly expected according to our configuration. The route-map sends all routes to the Ibgp peers. This has been discussed previously, if all Ebgp speakers of RT-A are down, customers from RT-A need to upload their traffic though RT-B.
You can notice that for external prefixes, paths are originated with as-number of ISP-B its BGP table is the best by default (localpref100).
7. One last information but not least, concerns for RT-A, the Zone_C customer's ingress traffic. As told before, ISP-C shares an Ebgp session with ISP-A, and its ingress traffic is going exclusively through ISP-D-Link2 Ebgp speaker. The output below displays clearly that prefixes received from ISP-C, are advertised to ISP-D-Link2 Ebgp speaker. Configuration details about this result can be found above.


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The major attractions in Jaipur includes the Hawa Mahal, Jal Mahal, City Palace, Albert Hall, Amer Fort, Jantar Mantar, Nahargarh Fort, Jaigarh Fort, Galtaji Temple, Govind Dev Ji Temple, Garh Ganesh Temple, Moti Dungri Ganesh Temple, Sri Kali Temple, Birla Mandir and the Jaipur Zoo. Sisodiya Rani Bagh, Kanak Vrindavan and Central Park are the major parks in Jaipur. With changing times city has added various shopping malls. Nahargarh Fort is the main tourist spot and you can see whole Jaipur from the peak of a hill. For people who like to shop for ethnic wear and jewellery may like to visit Bapu Bazaar, Johri Bazaar, Badi Chaupad, MI Road, and some handicraft showrooms. Jaipur Exhibition & Convention Centre (JECC) is Rajasthan's biggest convention and exhibition centre. It is famous for organising events such as Vastara, Jaipur Jewellery Show, Stonemart etc.


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> Could not resolve org.xwalk:xwalk_core_library:23+.
> Failed to list versions for org.xwalk:xwalk_core_library.
Anyone else experiencing these connection issues?
I am getting the same error. It looks like the server is down.
@kujim, @d62remi Thanks for the confirmation that this is not on my side. And thanks for the hint to the work-around.


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Body Found In Coeymans Is That Of Missing Student
By Dave Lucas • Nov 20, 2014
Authorities have determined the identity of a man's body that was found along the Hudson River outside Albany.
Credit Trapatsos Family
The body was found on the river's west bank Wednesday afternoon by CSX railroad employees working on a bridge near the Thruway in the town of Coeymans , just south of Albany.
The College of Saint Rose reports that the body has been identified as missing first-year student, Connor Trapatsos. The freshman from Fairport, a Rochester suburb, was last seen on the afternoon of October 15 in nearby Selkirk.
The University at Albany Police Department will provide details concerning Connor's death as they are confirmed by investigators.
College of Saint Rose
Family To Missing College Student: "Come home!"
By Dave Lucas • Oct 22, 2014
Trapatsos Family
The family of a missing College of St. Rose student is making a new appeal for his safe return.
At 3:30 p.m. on October 17th, University Police were notified by the College of St. Rose that one of its students was missing. The student, 17-year-old Connor Trapatsos, was last seen leaving Brubacher Hall in downtown Albany a week ago. His family wants him to call home.
" Connor we love you so much. We miss you. We just want you to come home. We don't care about school or grades."
Connor left his prescription medication behind and may require medical attention.
College Community Shaken By Student Death
The University at Albany is mourning the death of Trevor Duffy, a 19-year-old sophomore who died after a drinking binge that may be the result of a fraternity hazing incident.
Thousands of college students a year drink so much they are hospitalized or even die.


Mice have been cured of anaemia by an injection of genetically engineered cells that, when injected underneath the skin, formed blood vessels that secreted a hormone called erythropoietin. Erythropoietin stimulates the production of red-blood cells.
Many medicines are currently produced using genetically engineered bacteria or fungi that synthesise the medicine in giant bioreactors, from which it must be purified. This is an expensive process that can take years to optimise and isn't suitable for all medicines. Erythropoietin can be man-made in bioreactors by bacteria and is used to treat anaemia but the treatment requires frequent, even daily injections.
Scientists have now shown that they can genetically engineer human cells to produce erythropoietin. These cells are injected into the body where they form blood vessels that secrete the erythropoietin. Essentially they have put the factory inside the patient.
The researchers purified specialised cells from human blood that normally repair the lining of blood vessels. They genetically engineered these cells to express erythropoietin. The cells were then mixed with mesenchymal stem cells, which are able to form blood vessels.
This mixture was then injected underneath the skin of mice that had been made anaemic either by radiation (as often occurs in chemotherapy patients) or by loss of kidney tissue. The cell mixture spontaneously formed networks of blood vessels underneath the skin. The vessel lining secreted erythropoietin and cured anaemia in both types of mice.


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Books 06 January, 2023
The Best Kids Books That Were Turned Into Films
Pinocchio – 1940
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (1883)
A wooden puppet who turns into a real boy and is most famous for having a growing nose when he lies and a tiny insect mate.
Any differences?
The book Pinocchio is a bit of a bastard. He kills Jiminy Cricket when he gives him some advice that the boy didn't care for. Bit much.
The BFG – 1989 and 2016
The BFG by Roald Dahl (1982)
A big friendly giant rescues (definitely not kidnaps) a young girl from an orphanage whilst he's out blowing dreams into everyone's heads. Together, they hang out in his cave house and hide from other giants. Normal Friday night.
The '89 film was one of the few to get any praise from Dahl, who was famously unhappy with many of his book adaptations, but that's because it is cartoon perfection. There are very few differences between both films and the original story.
Willy Wonka/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – 1971 and 2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)
A poor boy who has lived on cabbage soup for most of his life finds one of only five golden tickets in existence that permit him and his previously bedridden grandfather (so shady, Grandpa Joe…) to enter Willy Wonka's secret chocolate factory.
Dahl straight-up hated the '71 adaptation because of its wild differences which included huge emphasis on Wonka and turning Slugworth, a minor character, into the film's baddie. The '05 film is truer to the book but slathered with a little extra Tim Burton-ness.
Matilda – 1996
Matilda by Roald Dahl (1988)
A schoolgirl finds out that she has telekinesis and uses it to punish her selfish parents and her cruel headmistress until her sweet teacher adopts her.
In the book, Matilda never goes into Miss Trunchbull's house, but in the film, she breaks in twice. Can't make a kid's film without a little breaking and entering. Also in the book, her brother is a normal boy whereas the film shows him as a bully.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – 2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
The children travel through a wardrobe and find themselves in the mysterious world of Narnia. There they must fight an evil queen and her army of mythical creatures to save a talking lion and his worshippers. Let's have some Turkish Delights first, though.
The bit with the frozen river where the icy waterfall melts and the kids and the beavers sail on a chunk of ice was made up for the film. Seriously, who comes up with this stuff? Let's be besties.
Coraline – 2009
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2002)
A young girl finds a mirrored world behind a door in her new house where her Other Parents live. They appear to be an even better version of her real parents until the Other Mother reveals her desires to sew buttons on Coraline's eyes.
Coraline's friend, Wybie, only exists in the film. He was invented so that Coraline wouldn't have to talk to herself all the time like she does in the book.
Harry Potter – from 2001 – 2011
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (from 1997 – 2007)
A boy finds out from a giant that he's a wizard. He then goes to a magical school where him and his mates spend most of the term fighting a dark lord who, for some reason, doesn't have a nose.
J.K. Rowling was hugely involved in the creation of the films but there are still differences that fans have NOT taken lightly to. Harry's eyes in the book are green, as are his mother's, whereas in the film, they're blue and brown respectively. Not such a big deal if people didn't keep bloody going on about how he has his mother's eyes throughout the entire film.
One Hundred and One/101 Dalmatians – 1961 and 1996
The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith (1956)
There's these dalmatians, 101 of 'em, and this evil woman wants them to make a coat from.
Pongo the dog is with another female dog, Missis, in the book. They have puppies but can't care for them so they get another female, Perdita, to help. In the film, there is no Missis.
The Wizard of Oz – 1939
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)
Dorothy finds herself in the technicolour world of Oz, inhabited by munchkins, witches and horses of a different colour. She makes friends with a brainless Scarecrow, a heartless Tin Man and a cowardly Lion on her way to visit the wizard who she hopes will help her get home.
In the film, Dorothy's trip to Oz was just a dream, but the book shows it as a real adventure. Also in the book, her ruby slippers are silver and the reasons why the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion are without brains, hearts and courage are revealed.
Mrs. Doubtfire – 1993
Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine (1987)
A dad is restricted from seeing his children so he does what every normal person would do: dresses up as an old woman and applies to be the kids' nanny.
Not loads, the main one probably being that the kids, Lydia and Chris, know from the beginning that Madame Doubtfire is their dad in drag. Y'know, like literally every other person probably would too.
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11 Subtle Signs You Might Be About To Lose Your Job
By Carolyn Steber
If you've ever been laid off or fired, then you likely picked up on some of the subtle signs you were about to lose your job. Or, maybe you didn't. In hindsight it certainly seems like it should have been obvious — your boss was standoffish, your coworkers were being overly sweet. But it all went right over your head in the weeks leading up to that fateful day.
Of course, all the signs come rushing into focus once you've been given the axe. It sucks (a lot) and can leave you wondering if things might have been different had you caught on. Could you have taken steps to prevent it?
Well, it depends on the reason you were let go. Sometimes layoffs happen, and there's nothing you can do. But that doesn't mean you have to sit around and give up. If you start to get the sense your job is in jeopardy, take some action ASAP.
"While it can be difficult to feel motivated when your job is in danger, this is the time when you truly need to do your best work," says Amanda Augustine, TopResume's career advice expert, in an email to Bustle. "If you've been putting off certain tasks, bite the bullet and get them done. Be a model employee. Don't give management a reason to hand you your pink slip."
You should also have a backup plan in place, should your hard work not pay off. Get on LinkedIn and update your resume. Start networking and asking friends if they have open positions in their company. Basically, do what you can to plan ahead so you aren't left high and dry. Make sense? Then read on for some signs it may be time to do just that.
1. Someone Else Is Getting All Your Work
If you're usually busy beyond measure, take note if there's a sudden dip in your workload. "If you find that tasks that were formerly assigned to you have been reassigned to another employee, it could be a sign that management plans to lay you off," says certified career coach Cheryl E. Palmer, M.Ed., CECC, CPRW, in an email to Bustle. (Insert grimace face emoji.)
2. Your Coworkers Are Avoiding You
You used to gather with coworkers in the break room to talk and commiserate over coffee. But now everyone is MIA, and the mood at work feels a bit... strange. "If you get the feeling that your colleagues are keeping their distance, they may know something you don't," says Augustine.
3. You're No Longer Copied On Emails
Is your inbox looking a bit barren? It could be because your boss is no longer copying you on emails, career counselor Bruce A. Hurwitz, Ph.D. tells me. While it's not a guaranteed sign that you'll be fired, a lack of emails does fall under the same umbrella as the aforementioned shrinking workload.
4. There Were Changes To The Budget
Have you heard murmurings about budget problems? Then it may be time to brace yourself. "A lack of revenue can soon translate into a lack of a job for you," Palmer says. "Pay attention to the company's bottom line to find out if [they are] likely to implement layoffs soon." If so, take things into your own hands and start sending out those job apps.
5. Your Boss Is Constantly Checking Up On You
If you're usually given a fair amount of autonomy, it can come as quite the shock when your boss begins peering over your shoulder 24/7. For whatever reason, this could be a sign she no longer trusts you. And that, as consultant Jacqueline Smith tells me, could mean you'll be fired in the near future.
6. Or, She Suddenly Doesn't Care About You
On the flip side is the boss who suddenly forgets you exist, Smith tells me. If you go days without him even so much as looking in your direction, then you have every right to feel a bit worried.
7. You're Getting A Lot Of Negative Feedback (Via Email)
If your boss is unhappy with your job performance, it's likely she'll start to chat about the issue via email. That's because "HR encourages managers to document an employee's poor performance to support their case for termination," Augustine says. Do yourself a favor, and save these emails for yourself, too.
8. Your Twin Has Been Hired
If you walk into work to find someone has been hired into your exact position, go ahead and be alarmed. Oftentimes companies will ask you to train your own replacement in an effort to retain as much transitional knowledge as possible, career coach Bianca Jackson tells me. It's so rude, but it does happen.
9. You Have A New Boss
Sometimes it's great to get a new boss. While your old one made life a bit stale, this new person promises to get your company back on track — all while being way nicer than old what's his name. While it can be fun, do keep in mind that new management can affect your standing as an employee. "It's not uncommon for a new manager to come in and make changes to their team," Augustine says. "If your new manager is spending a lot time behind closed doors with HR, consider it a red flag."
10. Your Hours Are Slowly Decreasing
While it may come as a welcome surprise for a minute or two, it's not exactly the best sign if your work hours are slowly decreasing. "This is a subtle phasing out process used by employers to find a new resource schedule to take over your shifts," Jackson says. In other words, it's not good.
11. You're Being Passed Over For Some Major Projects
If you used to be the go-to gal for meetings, take note if you're now being overlooked. "If you've been passed over for a few assignments that seemed right up your alley, it's time to speak with your boss and voice your concerns," Augustine says. "If nothing changes after that conversation, it's in your best interest to explore other opportunities."
And really, that's all you can do. Apart speaking with your boss about any concerns — and being the best employee possible — it's often best to take your future into your own hands. Keep an eye out for these subtle signs, and don't let yourself be blindsided.
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Guillermo Alberto García Ramírez (born 4 August 1969) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer.
García played the majority of his career for Luis Ángel Firpo.
García was a relative newcomer to the national team set-up, he only made his debut for El Salvador aged 27, in an April 1997 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 38 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1997,1999 and 2001 UNCAF Nations Cups, as well as at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international game was a January 2002 UNCAF Nations Cup match against the United States.
Guillermo García (born November 17, 1955) is a 2-time Olympic distance swimmer from Mexico. He swam for Mexico at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
He won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500m Freestyle at the 1971 Pan American Games, and was a finalist in the same event at the 1972 Olympics.
Plot: Fact-based (?) drama about the rise of Fidel Castro from a respected lawyer in Cuba to rabble-rousing dissident to power-hungry ruler of his nation. One wonders about the facts in this very homogenized presentation though. The story goes something like this: Fidel meets future wife, gets married, has a child, political aspirations get in way of family, Fidel has a politically-motivated affair, gets thrown in jail, gets expelled from the country, comes back and fights out of the jungle for a few years, casts then leader Baptistsa out of power and seizes leadership. Once seizing power, he kills everyone who opposes him or disagrees with him - although once again this aspect is very watered down. The promised idea of a free election is also quickly dismissed as not in the people's best interests. Fidel's immense popularity with the people at the time of his coming into power is depicted, but the anti-Castro thought is only briefly touched upon in a discussion with a former restaurant worker with whom Castro comes in contact and in follow-up notes at the film's end. The film may have been more successful if it ended at his rise to power as there are way too many unanswered questions about the years that follow. The Cuban missile crisis is only briefly touched upon and Castro's belief that he will be able to work with President Kennedy appears totally naive.
Taglines: He fought for freedom. He settled for power.


Falkirk ( or ; Scots: The Fawkirk; Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Bhreac) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, 23.3 miles (37.5 km) north-west of Edinburgh and 20.5 miles (33.0 km) north-east of Glasgow.
The town is at the junction of the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals, a location which proved key to its growth as a centre of heavy industry during the Industrial Revolution. In the 18th and 19th centuries Falkirk was at the centre of the iron and steel industry, underpinned by the Carron Company in nearby Carron. The company was responsible for making carronades for the Royal Navy and later manufactured pillar boxes. In the last 50 years heavy industry has waned, and the economy relies increasingly on retail and tourism. Despite this, Falkirk remains the home of many international companies like Alexander Dennis, the largest bus production company in the United Kingdom.
Attractions in and around Falkirk include the Falkirk Wheel, The Helix, Callendar House and Park and remnants of the Antonine Wall. In a 2011 poll conducted by STV, it was voted as Scotland's most beautiful town, ahead of Perth and Stirling in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.. Falkirk is home to the Kelpies, which can be found at The Helix Park.
The Antonine Wall, which stretches across the centre of Scotland, passed through the town and remnants of it can be seen at Callendar Park. Similar to Hadrian's Wall but built of turf rather than stone so less of it has survived, it marked the northern frontier of the Roman Empire between the Firth of Forth and Firth of Clyde during the AD 140s. Much of the best evidence of Roman occupation in Scotland has been found in Falkirk, including a large hoard of Roman coins and a cloth of tartan, thought to be the oldest ever recorded.
Today, like all towns in Scotland, Falkirk has a well-defined structure of governance from local government down to representation at European Union (EU) level.
In terms of local government the town sits at the heart of Falkirk Council area, one of the 32 Unitary Authorities of Scotland formed by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. The headquarters of the council are located in the Municipal Buildings, adjacent to Falkirk Town Hall, on West Bridge Street in the centre of town. The Council has been a Labour Party (UK) (LAB), independent and Conservative alliance since 2007. The current Leader of the Council is Cllr Craig Martin.
Today, the economy of Falkirk is focused on retail and services, in contrast to the heavy industries and manufacturing sectors which contributed to the growth of the town over the last 300 years. Falkirk is a large retail centre catering to the town itself and a wide surrounding area, stretching from Cumbernauld in the west to Bo'ness in the east. The flagship retailer Marks and Spencer opened a store in Falkirk in 1936. The High Street was pedestrianised in the late 1980s and the Howgate Shopping Centre opened in 1989. A number of supermarkets including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Scottish Co-op have developed on peripheral sites surrounding the town centre in recent years.
Falkirk Grahamston lies on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line. Trains from Glasgow Queen Street on the Cumbernauld Line terminate at Falkirk Grahamston. There is also a daily direct service to/from London (King's Cross) provided by Virgin Trains East Coast, and the Caledonian Sleeper to London Euston in the southbound direction only also calls here. The main station building was opened in 1985 and serves over 950,000 passenger journeys each year.
Falkirk bus station lies in the town centre and has many bus routes providing frequent links to the cities of Stirling, Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as local routes around the Falkirk area.
The 2001 census showed the majority of the population claim to belong to one of the Christian denominations with 48% of these being Church of Scotland, 12% being Roman Catholic, and 5% belonging to Other Christian denominations. A significant percentage of people (29%) belong to no religion, about 1% above the national figure.
Falkirk currently has two football teams, Falkirk Football Club and East Stirlingshire Football Club.
The town's other club, East Stirlingshire F.C., was founded in 1881 originally as Bainsford Britannia and has competed in the Scottish Football League since 1900. The club has predominantly played in the lower leagues of Scottish football, spending only two whole seasons in the top division after being promoted from Division Two in 1931–32 and 1962–63. The club currently competes in the Lowland Football League and plays their home games at Ochilview Park, the home ground of local rivals Stenhousemuir F.C.. Firs Park was the home of the club for the majority of the club's existence but was vacated at the end of the 2007/08 season.
Falkirk Rugby Club can trace their roots to 1906 when F.R.F.C. was first formed. This was disbanded at the start of World War 1. In 1972 the club was resurrected when the works team from ICI Grangemouth decided to become "open" and looked for a new home. They initially played at Stirling Road playing fields before building their clubhouse at the present site at Sunnyside in 1981. The club has risen through the ranks of rugby winning six consecutive promotions, five of them as league champions, a Scottish record. The club now boasts two new pitches and a floodlit training area, the pitches being considered amongst the best turf rugby pitches in Scotland. For the last two seasons Falkirk have finished in the top four the Scottish National Division 2 with aspirations to be promoted to National 1. As well as putting out two senior teams the club boasts one of the most thriving junior set ups in Scotland with just under 200 children playing the sport providing rugby for all ages from primary 1 to Under 18. The Club has also just opened an Academy of Rugby this season, one of only four club academies in Scotland.
Falkirk Fury Basketball Club, currently called Clark Eriksson Fury Basketball Club in a sponsorship deal with local firm Clark Eriksson, represents the town in the sport. The team was established in 1992 and originally consisted of players from Falkirk High School and sports development players. Today the team competes in all 6 Scottish National Age Groups. The men's side currently competes in the Scottish Men's National League, the top league in Scottish basketball and is considered the second tier of British basketball below the BBL and in line with the English Basketball League. The club plays home games at the Mariner Centre in Camelon. Or sometimes at the Grangemouth sports complex.
William Forbes of Callendar - the proprietor of Carron Iron Works, was the largest landowner in Stirlingshire, and was seated in the centre of Falkirk at Callendar House.
Robert Barr - founder of Barr's which makes Irn Bru started his business at Burnfoot Lane, Falkirk.
Walter Alexander - millionaire founder of Walter Alexander Coachbuilders in Falkirk, later to become the world's largest builder of coaches and buses, Alexander Dennis.
Captain Robert Dollar - the Scottish-American businessman, was born in Falkirk and maintained a house there, which is now the centre of Dollar Park.
Sir John Wilson, 1st Baronet - made a fortune as a coal-master and built Bantaskine House on the South Bantaskine Estate, Falkirk. He was Unionist MP for Falkirk and was made a baronet.
Adam Crozier - chief executive of ITV plc and former chief executive of the Football Association.
James Walker (engineer) - influential civil engineer of the first half of the 19th century.
Bob McGregor - Swimmer who won silver in the 100m Freestyle at the 1964 Olympic Games.
Steve Frew - Grangemouth Gymnast who has represented Scotland and Great Britain over 100 times at various International Gymnastics Competitions.
Brian McNeill - Founding member of the Battlefield Band, Scottish folk singer.
Michael Absalom - children's TV presenter.
Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat of the post-folk band Arab Strap.
Elizabeth Fraser - Founding member and lead singer of the band from Grangemouth Cocteau Twins.
Robin Guthrie - Founding member and guitarist of the band from Grangemouth Cocteau Twins, music producer.
David Paisley - Actor and Singer.
Forbes Masson - Actor and Writer.
Euan Morton - Actor and Singer, known for his role as Boy George in the musical Taboo.
Janet Paisley - poet, playwright, author.
Alan Bissett - a Scottish novelist.
Dame Elizabeth Blackadder - famous artist.
Alan Davie - artist (born Grangemouth).
Nicola Laing - Co-writer of the novel A Knights Tale.
Sheena Walker - 1983 Royal National Mòd Gold Medal Winner.
Tommy Douglas - Scottish-Canadian social democratic politician, who is often cited as "father" of Canada's single-payer public health insurance system. Voted the "greatest Canadian of all time" in a nationwide poll.
David Muir - former Director of Political Strategy to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Thomas W. Howie - Former Falkirk councillor.
Sheila McKechnie - Scottish trade unionist, housing campaigner and consumer activist.
Robert D. Wilson - American politician and farmer; served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was born in Falkirk.


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How Congress Censored the Internet
By Elliot Harmon
In Passing SESTA/FOSTA, Lawmakers Failed to Separate Their Good Intentions from Bad Law
Today was a dark day for the Internet.
The U.S. Senate just voted 97-2 to pass the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA, H.R. 1865), a bill that silences online speech by forcing Internet platforms to censor their users. As lobbyists and members of Congress applaud themselves for enacting a law tackling the problem of trafficking, let's be clear: Congress just made trafficking victims less safe, not more.
The version of FOSTA that just passed the Senate combined an earlier version of FOSTA (what we call FOSTA 2.0) with the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA, S. 1693). The history of SESTA/FOSTA—a bad bill that turned into a worse bill and then was rushed through votes in both houses of Congress—is a story about Congress' failure to see that its good intentions can result in bad law. It's a story of Congress' failure to listen to the constituents who'd be most affected by the laws it passed. It's also the story of some players in the tech sector choosing to settle for compromises and half-wins that will put ordinary people in danger.
Silencing Internet Users Doesn't Make Us Safer
SESTA/FOSTA undermines Section 230, the most important law protecting free speech online. Section 230 protects online platforms from liability for some types of speech by their users. Without Section 230, the Internet would look very different. It's likely that many of today's online platforms would never have formed or received the investment they needed to grow and scale—the risk of litigation would have simply been too high. Similarly, in absence of Section 230 protections, noncommercial platforms like Wikipedia and the Internet Archive likely wouldn't have been founded given the high level of legal risk involved with hosting third-party content.
The bill is worded so broadly that it could even be used against platform owners that don't know that their sites are being used for trafficking.
Importantly, Section 230 does not shield platforms from liability under federal criminal law. Section 230 also doesn't shield platforms across-the-board from liability under civil law: courts have allowed civil claims against online platforms when a platform directly contributed to unlawful speech. Section 230 strikes a careful balance between enabling the pursuit of justice and promoting free speech and innovation online: platforms can be held responsible for their own actions, and can still host user-generated content without fear of broad legal liability.
SESTA/FOSTA upends that balance, opening platforms to new criminal and civil liability at the state and federal levels for their users' sex trafficking activities. The platform liability created by new Section 230 carve outs applies retroactively—meaning the increased liability applies to trafficking that took place before the law passed. The Department of Justice has raised concerns [.pdf] about this violating the Constitution's Ex Post Facto Clause, at least for the criminal provisions.
The bill also expands existing federal criminal law to target online platforms where sex trafficking content appears. The bill is worded so broadly that it could even be used against platform owners that don't know that their sites are being used for trafficking.
Finally, SESTA/FOSTA expands federal prostitution law to cover those who use the Internet to "promote or facilitate prostitution."
The Internet will become a less inclusive place, something that hurts all of us.
It's easy to see the impact that this ramp-up in liability will have on online speech: facing the risk of ruinous litigation, online platforms will have little choice but to become much more restrictive in what sorts of discussion—and what sorts of users—they allow, censoring innocent people in the process.
What forms that erasure takes will vary from platform to platform. For some, it will mean increasingly restrictive terms of service—banning sexual content, for example, or advertisements for legal escort services. For others, it will mean over-reliance on automated filters to delete borderline posts. No matter what methods platforms use to mitigate their risk, one thing is certain: when platforms choose to err on the side of censorship, marginalized voices are censored disproportionately. The Internet will become a less inclusive place, something that hurts all of us.
Big Tech Companies Don't Speak for Users
SESTA/FOSTA supporters boast that their bill has the support of the technology community, but it's worth considering what they mean by "technology." IBM and Oracle—companies whose business models don't heavily rely on Section 230—were quick to jump onboard. Next came the Internet Association, a trade association representing the world's largest Internet companies, companies that will certainly be able to survive SESTA while their smaller competitors struggle to comply with it.
Those tech companies simply don't speak for the Internet users who will be silenced under the law. And tragically, the people likely to be censored the most are trafficking victims themselves.
SESTA/FOSTA Will Put Trafficking Victims in More Danger
Throughout the SESTA/FOSTA debate, the bills' proponents provided little to no evidence that increased platform liability would do anything to reduce trafficking. On the other hand, the bills' opponents have presented a great deal of evidence that shutting down platforms where sexual services are advertised exposes trafficking victims to more danger.
Freedom Network USA—the largest national network of organizations working to reduce trafficking in their communities—spoke out early to express grave concerns [.pdf] that removing sexual ads from the Internet would also remove the best chance trafficking victims had of being found and helped by organizations like theirs as well as law enforcement agencies.
Reforming [Section 230] to include the threat of civil litigation could deter responsible website administrators from trying to identify and report trafficking.
It is important to note that responsible website administration can make trafficking more visible—which can lead to increased identification. There are many cases of victims being identified online—and little doubt that without this platform, they would have not been identified. Internet sites provide a digital footprint that law enforcement can use to investigate trafficking into the sex trade, and to locate trafficking victims. When websites are shut down, the sex trade is pushed underground and sex trafficking victims are forced into even more dangerous circumstances.
Freedom Network was far from alone. Since SESTA was introduced, many experts have chimed in to point out the danger that SESTA would put all sex workers in, including those who are being trafficked. Sex workers themselves have spoken out too, explaining how online platforms have literally saved their lives. Why didn't Congress bring those experts to its deliberations on SESTA/FOSTA over the past year?
While we can't speculate on the agendas of the groups behind SESTA, we can study those same groups' past advocacy work. Given that history, one could be forgiven for thinking that some of these groups see SESTA as a mere stepping stone to banning pornography from the Internet or blurring the legal distinctions between sex work and trafficking.
In all of Congress' deliberations on SESTA, no one spoke to the experiences of the sex workers that the bill will push off of the Internet and onto the dangerous streets. It wasn't surprising, then, when the House of Representatives presented its "alternative" bill, one that targeted those communities more directly.
"Compromise" Bill Raises New Civil Liberties Concerns
In December, the House Judiciary Committee unveiled its new revision of FOSTA. FOSTA 2.0 had the same inherent flaw that its predecessor had—attaching more liability to platforms for their users' speech does nothing to fight the underlying criminal behavior of traffickers.
In a way, FOSTA 2.0 was an improvement: the bill was targeted only at platforms that intentionally facilitated prostitution, and so would affect a narrower swath of the Internet. But the damage it would do was much more blunt: it would expand federal prostitution law such that online platforms would have to take down any posts that could potentially be in support of any sex work, regardless of whether there's an indication of force or coercion, or whether minors were involved.
FOSTA 2.0 didn't stop there. It criminalized using the Internet to "promote or facilitate" prostitution. Activists who work to reduce harm in the sex work community—by providing health information, for example, or sharing lists of dangerous clients—were rightly worried that prosecutors would attempt to use this law to put their work in jeopardy.
Regardless, a few holdouts in the tech world believed that their best hope of stopping SESTA was to endorse a censorship bill that would do slightly less damage to the tech industry.
They should have known it was a trap.
SESTA/FOSTA: The Worst of Both Worlds
That brings us to last month, when a new bill combining SESTA and FOSTA was rushed through congressional procedure and overwhelmingly passed the House.
When the Department of Justice is the group urging Congress not to expand criminal law and Congress does it anyway, something is very wrong.
Thousands of you picked up your phone and called your senators, urging them to oppose the new Frankenstein bill. And you weren't alone: EFF, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and many other experts pleaded with Congress to recognize the dangers to free speech and online communities that the bill presented.
Even the Department of Justice wrote a letter urging Congress not to go forward with the hybrid bill [.pdf]. The DOJ said that the expansion of federal criminal law in SESTA/FOSTA was simply unnecessary, and could possibly undermine criminal investigations. When the Department of Justice is the group urging Congress not to expand criminal law and Congress does it anyway, something is very wrong.
Assuming that the president signs it into law, SESTA/FOSTA is the most significant rollback to date of the protections for online speech in Section 230. We hope that it's the last, but it may not be. Over the past year, we've seen more calls than ever to create new exceptions to Section 230.
In any case, we will continue to fight back against proposals that undermine our right to speak and gather online. We hope you'll stand with us.
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Contents: U.S. Intelligence Org. Profiles: (1) Program Managers: Office of the Dir. of National Intelligence; Central Intelligence Agency; Defense Intelligence Agency; Fed. Bureau of Invest.; Nat. Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Nat. Reconnaissance Office; Nat. Security Agency; (2) Departmental Components: DoJ Drug Enforcement Admin. (DEA), Office of Nat. Security Intelligence; Dept. of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence; Dept. of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis; Dept. of State Bur. of Intelligence and Research; Dept. of the Treasury Office of Intelligence and Analysis; (3) Service Components: Army; Navy; Air Force; Marine Corps; Coast Guard; (4) IC Legislative Affairs Offices.
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GMA Courses| Global Maritime Academy Academic Programmes.
This is the official list of courses (programs) offered at Global Maritime Academy GMA for admission.
Short Courses which leads to the award of Certificates, are available for professionals in the Industry.
The full time morning programme is a two (2) years programme. Lectures starts from 8am – 4pm, Monday through Friday, throughout the four (4) semester period of the programme.
The part time evening programme is a three (3) years programme. Lectures starts on Friday from 4pm – 7pm, Saturday from 8am – 4pm and on Sunday from 1pm – 6pm , throughout the six (6) semester period, of the programme.
Industrial Attachment is compulsory in all ND programmes.
These courses are meant to enhance professionalism, and lead to the award of Certificates or Diplomas.
They are meant for professionals who want to upgrade, new entrants in to the Maritime Industry, Cooperate Organizations who wants to retrain their personnel.
It is also meant for the Shipping Companies, Maritime Administrators, Government Agencies, School Leavers, Undergraduates, Graduates, Manufacturers, Bankers and Businessmen, etc.
On completion of each course, the participant should be able to undertake direct or supportive role in the operations or problem solving in the Shipping/Maritime Industry.


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More than half of heart scans abnormal in hospitalised COVID-19 patients
Half of COVID-19 patients who received a heart scan in hospital showed abnormalities in heart function, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
The study, published in the European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, found that around one in seven showed severe abnormalities likely to have a major effect on their survival and recovery. It also showed that one in three patients who received an echocardiography scan had their treatment changed as a result.
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The findings suggest that heart scans could prove crucial for identifying patients who may benefit from additional treatments to improve their COVID-19 recovery and prevent potential long-term damage to their heart.
Researchers from the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence at the University of Edinburgh looked at echocardiogram results of 1216 patients from 69 countries with COVID-19. An echocardiogram is a type of ultrasound scan used to look at the heart in real-time at a patient's bedside. The scan results were sourced from many COVID-19 hotspots around the world, allowing researchers to urgently understand the impact of COVID-19 on the heart while the pandemic was at its peak.
In the study, over half (55 per cent) of all patients, including those with pre-existing heart disease, showed abnormal changes to the way their heart was pumping, with around one in seven showing evidence of severe dysfunction. The majority (901) had no known heart disease before the study and showed similar changes. Almost half (46 per cent) and one in eight (13 per cent) showed abnormal changes and severe dysfunction respectively. These changes were observed for the first time during the patients' COVID-19 illness and the researchers believe they could be due to the effects of the virus.
Severe COVID-19 illness can result in damage to the heart and circulatory system. We urgently need to understand more about why this is happening so we can provide appropriate care – both short and long term
Sonya Babu-Narayan
In the study, one third of patients had their treatment changed as a result of the echocardiogram. This included being given medicines for heart failure, or more careful control of fluids and therapy designed to support heart function – treatments which could help save lives. The researchers point out several limitations to their study given its observational design. During the pandemic the number of scans being carried out would have been carefully balanced with the risk of exposing staff, patients and equipment to the virus. Patients who received the scans were in hospital and had suspected heart complications, usually because they had abnormal blood markers reflecting heart damage. This study does not tell us how common heart changes are in people who did not receive a scan.
Professor Marc Dweck, British Heart Foundation Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiologist at the University of Edinburgh, said: "COVID-19 is a complex, multisystem disease which can have profound effects on many parts of the body, including the heart. Many doctors have been hesitant to order echocardiograms for patients with COVID-19 because it's an added procedure which involves close contact with patients. Our work shows that these scans are important – they improved the treatment for a third of patients who received them. Damage to the heart is known to occur in severe flu, but we were surprised to see so many patients with damage to their heart with COVID-19 and so many patients with severe dysfunction. We now need to understand the exact mechanism of this damage, whether it is reversible and what the long-term consequences of COVID-19 infection are on the heart."
Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan, Associate Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation and Consultant Cardiologist, said: "Severe COVID-19 illness can result in damage to the heart and circulatory system. We urgently need to understand more about why this is happening so we can provide appropriate care – both short and long term. This global study – carried out at the height of the pandemic – shows that we must be on the lookout for heart complications in people with COVID-19 so that we can adapt their treatment, if needed. BHF funded researchers across the UK are working tirelessly to help us answer many urgent questions about COVID-19. These include understanding why people with heart and circulatory disease are at increased risk, how the heart and circulation are impacted by COVID-19 and the indirect effects of the pandemic on people with heart and circulatory diseases. Their work, along with other scientists across the UK will be crucial for finding new treatments and determining the optimal way to care for people with COVID-19."
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A new church year begins on the Sunday closest to November 30, which is the Feast of Saint Andrew. We sometimes do not celebrate Saint Andrew on November 30 itself, when that date falls on a Sunday, as it does in 2014, in which November 30 is the First Sunday of Advent and we celebrate Saint Andrew on Monday, December 1 instead.
It is interesting that it is Saint Andrew that corresponds to the start of a new church year. Why Andrew?
Perhaps it is because, according to Saint John, Andrew was one of two disciples who followed Jesus after John the Baptist pointed Jesus out by saying, "Behold the Lamb of God." Andrew went and told his brother and brought him to Jesus. This makes Andrew among the first to recongnize that the man named Jesus was not only the Messiah, but, quite shockingly, a Messiah who would be sacrificed for his people.
Perhaps it is because, according to Saint Matthew, Andrew and his brother Peter, both fisherman, were the first to become disciples of Jesus, when he called them to make them "fishers of men." This makes them the first disciples, as well as the first evangelists.
Perhaps it is because, according to Saint John, Andrew was the one who brought the boy with the loaves and fishes to Jesus for the feelding of the multitude. This act not only marks Andrew as a faithful servant, but also, along with his recognition of Jesus as the Lamb of God, gives Andrew a central role in the development of what would become the Eucharist.
Andrew is very much at the beginning of discipleship and evangelism. And so as we celebrate his feast day, we also celebrate the beginning of a new church year.
Almighty God, who didst give such grace to thine apostle Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of thy Son Jesus Christ, and brought his brother with him: Give unto us, who are called by thy Word, grace to follow him without delay, and to bring those near to us into his gracious presence; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Halo Top fans, hold onto your hats!
Three new flavours of guilt-free ice cream Halo Top are hitting supermarket shelves, and there's a way to get a FREE sample!
The yummy new flavours are Birthday Cake, Oatmeal Cookie, and Red Velvet.
Halo Top is only 400 calories for the whole tub, and the new flavours are just 360 calories!
If these new flavours have taken your fancy, there's actually a way to try them for free.
The details are unfortunately pretty vague, and only Londoners will be able to claim the freebie.
One undisclosed day next week, Halo Top is hosting a pop-up location at Tower Bridge.
The pop-up will take place between 12pm and 8pm. Even though there's no day confirmed just yet, the ice cream company are raising 2,700 balloons into the air to let people know when the event starts.
If you can't make it to the pop-up, then the new flavours are available in Tesco now as part of a 2 for £7.00 deal.


1. Adverbial phrases containing all are open; adjectival phrases are usually hyphenated both before and after a noun.
2. Phrases formed with borne are always closed.
3. Nouns formed with century are always open; adjectival compounds are hyphenated before but not after a noun.
4. Compounds formed with cross are styled per Merriam-Webster's; if not listed, noun forms are open.
5. E terms are hyphenated except for email (a departure from previous editions of CMOS) and certain proper nouns.
6. Compounds with elect are hyphenated.
7. Ever is usually hyphenated before but not after a noun.
8. Compounds formed with free as the second element are open both before and after a noun.
9. Compounds with full are hyphenated before a noun, otherwise open.
10. Grand compounds are closed; great compounds are hyphenated.


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Hands On Art Studio is a "Do-It-Yourself" Door County, Wis. destination, offering visitors of any age the ability to play with art in a four studio, 8,000 square foot walk-in art experience, no reservations needed.
Since opening the Studio in the spring of 1999, owner Cy Turnbladh's mission has been to make art fun in a beautiful DIY setting that allows creativity to unfold from artists and the artistically-challenged alike. In fact, approximately 25,000 pass through the facility annually.
Each "artist" pays a low studio fee of $7 and can choose from a variety of art projects including fused glass, jewelry, mosaics, spin art and a wide selection of wood, metal and ceramic pieces to paint.
Unique to the space is the metal studio buffet, where visitors can pick items from an interesting selection of metal shapes, rods, balls, and gears to conceptualize their own metal art design. Not feeling so creative? That's okay, too. Hands On Art Studio offers a selection of pre-cut steel shapes and designs that visitors can quickly MIG weld together into and indoor or outdoor functional or decorational sculpture using one of six Millermatic® 140 Auto-Set™ MIG welders.
The studio provides the necessary welding equipment, materials and safety apparel to assist attendees in creating a one-of-a-kind project. Welding and plasma cutting time is charged at $10 per 15 minutes whether or not a staffer is completing the project on behalf of the visitor, or is teaching the artist to weld it up themselves.
Co-owner Karon Ohm (and wife of Cy Turnbladh) depend on the ease-of –use offered by Miller products as many, if not most visitors, have never welded before.
Several Hands On employees, also known as "art helpers," are experienced welders and enjoy teaching youth and adults the process.
The average range of projects prices are $10 - $40. All projects are fired, grouted, welded or finished for pick-up the following day after 2 p.m. and shipping is available.
In addition to the shop's daily hours (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), Hands-On Art Studio offers a summer Art Camp for Kids and an "Adult Night" weekly on Friday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. where patrons 21 years and older can bring in their own food and beverages, utilize the studio spaces and listen to live music in a casual atmosphere.


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Deadpool is one of the most amazing thriller based movie that is about a fictional superhero. The role of the superhero is played by the great actor Ryan Reynolds the Deadpool himself disguise himself in the stunning that is made of genuine or faux leather or high quality. The Deadpool Jacket has four pockets letting you keep your personal belongings and gadgets.
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The color of the jacket is slightly different in person but the shine is just like shown in the picture. It's mostly going on maroon in the picture but in person it's more close to red. Happily I got much similar color mask from Amazon to wear with this Deadpool Jacket that is good. I ordered this in Large size here same I use to when purchasing shirts. It fits perfectly and has room a bit too. More than that, it's actually the best and accurate costume image I can get. If you're planning for your next costume party or going to wear Deadpool on Halloween then this one is must purchase.
As the hip youngsters say these days, the jacket is "on fleek". Ample room in elbows to allow agile manipulation of most weapons. Great fit, making me look slimmer while accentuating my manly parts. Looks so authentic that ladies keep mistaking me for Ryan Reynolds. Clearly manufactured with maximum effort. 10/10 would bang again.
The shoulders fits good but the sleeves were little long, otherwise it fits amazing. It was nicely folded in a plastic bag. It has been a month to me wearing this jacket and still there are no signs of crease coming on it. The color is similar to the image. The detailing is as accurate as the costume. I got the delivery within a week which was nothing that I expected from them. So best purchase and got a killer jacket.


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YUCA, an acronym for Young Urban Cuban-Americans, is widely known as being South Florida's original upscale Cuban restaurant featuring Innovative Nuevo Latino Cuisine or as the locals call it "Nuevo Latino." This style of cooking includes traditional Latin ingredients such as a plethora of textures, colors, and flavors that when combined, creates a cuisine that is unique to anything offered outside of the Caribbean and Latin America.
Yuca opened for business in 1989 and is now located on Lincoln Road in the heart of South Beach. We attract a wide variety of diners, including many Europeans and other visitors to South Beach along with residents looking for a gastronomic adventure.
Yuca's continuous efforts had grown throughout the years, which is reflected not only in our popularity and great reputation but also in our future plans to expand our culinary delights within the U.S. and abroad.
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Please come and share questions, answers, there will be people from different horizons, we keep it only West for a first but it will be perhaps possible to make an international monthly meeting in the futur !
Where is the discord link for the channel?
Check out the International Decentralized Elastos Alliance [ IDEA ] Monthly Meetup community on Discord - hang out with 33 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
Intervention of anyone is more than welcome ( we prefer to use voice channels but you could write too!),I will write global questions and you can answers them or write others questions too. The "game" is to find news ideas from the ping-pong of dialogue.
Please have a drink and come to listen to us!
EDIT of 8 April : 33 peoples participating as now !
This is a good thing. I hope the nodes can work together to promote the ecological prosperity of Elastos.


We're making great strides towards diversity in the tech industry, and while it's clear that we're not quite there yet, the future is increasingly female. As we explore the next few years of tech innovation, it's important that women are part of the conversation – so that it's a future we'll all be proud of.
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The Nied's Hotel Band Present 'Take That Train'
Seven-piece Blues-Rock powerhouses The Nied's Hotel Band have released their latest single; Take That Train to much fanfare and anticipation. This melting pot of instrumentation and musical concepts allow Take That Train to explore many different musical themes while returning to a blues root melody and subtle rock nuances. Based on the typical archetype of finding oneself and taking personal journeys of enlightenment, The Nied's Hotel Band utilize the trusty train theme to symbolize this journey, as the grearts have done before them. I do not think it is fair to draw too many connections to the greats Buddy Guy and Johnny Lang, however, I do hear the classic Midnight Train used as the main influence for this interpretation of this narrative. All comparisons aside, Take That Train is a complete piece of work that has lyrical metaphor and imagery which helps capture the audience and thoroughly entertains them throughout. Musically, Take That Train is a sonic experience, to say the least. From saxophone solos, piano interludes, and a down-tempo guitar solo, each player seems to want to fill their allotted time slot with as many variations of the main theme as possible. The chorus section has vocal harmonies over full instrumentation bringing out the sheer volume of a stacked accompaniment. Utilizing this dynamic allows Take That Train to sound very full and captures the live-feel performance we mostly miss out on from a studio recording. Contrasting the rough indie, garage-band style vocals with a falsetto, up-key vocal harmonizations also highlight the potential The Nied's Hotel Band possess to play songs in many sub-genres in their style.
Reviewed by: Lee Callaghan
Evolution Music Press
Take That Train is a great party track, designed to get audiences up and moving. Coupled with intricate themes of love and expression, this jam sets out to please audiences in a live atmosphere. With a complete roster of seasoned players, and songwriters, The Nied's Hotel Band really does know how to put on a show. Take That Train would be an excellent addition to any Rock, Middle-Of-The-Road, Adult Contemporary commercial radio playlist. The overly catchy chorus, mixed with all that instrumentation is sure to please musical-minded audiences while attracting new listeners to the contemporary blues genre. I found that even with the feeling that The Nied's Hotel Band pushed way too much into one song, they have created a very enjoyable piece that is easy to listen to again and again. As an already established fan of this band, Take That Train fits beautifully into their already attractive catalog of Rock-Blues hits.
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Jalil Mutran (Baalbek, Líbano, 1 de julio de 1872 - El Cairo, Egipto 30 de junio de 1949), (en árabe: خليل مطران , transliterado en otros idiomas como Khalil Mutran o Khalil Motran), apodado "El Poeta de los dos países" (Sha'ir al Qutrayn شاعر القطرين), fue un reconocido poeta en lengua árabe, de nacionalidad libanesa y egipcia. El profundo sentido de su poesía es una mezcla entre la tradición de la poesía árabe y los conceptos y estructuras de la poesía occidental, considerándosele estéticamente cercano al modernismo. También escribió libros de historia y tradujo obras literarias internacionales.

Motran defendió la modernización de la literatura y poesía árabe, y fue un pionero en la creación de nuevas tendencias de la poesía fuera de los patrones beduinos tradicionales. Reflejó los tiempos modernos sin comprometer la fuerza de la lengua ni sus expresiones. Fue políticamente nacionalista y participó en los movimientos que se orientaban hacia la independencia de los países árabes (panarabismo), primero frente al Imperio otomano y luego frente al colonialismo francés y británico.

Biografía
Era hijo de Jalil Abdu Yusuf Mutran (pariente del pachá de Baalbek) y de Malaka Sabbag (procedente de una importante familia palestina de Haifa, su padre había sido consejero del pachá de San Juan de Acre durante el asedio napoleónico).

Estudió en la Escuela del Patriarcado de Beirut (una institución greco-católica). Sus profesores de lengua árabe y literatura árabes fueron los famosos hermanos Khalil Yazigi e Ibrahim Yazigi (Nasif al-Yaziji). En 1890 Mutran emigró a París, donde se influenció por la literatura francesa.

En 1892 se trasladó a Egipto, donde trabajó como periodista en el diario Al Ahram por muchos años. En 1900 publicó su propia revista Al Majalah Al Masriah (La revista de Egipto) y en 1903 el diario Al Jawaneb Al Masriah (Las fronteras de Egipto), desde los que defendió firmemente el movimiento nacionalista de Mustafa Kamil. Además de sus propios poemas, también publicó los de Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi, importante poeta y político (rab alseif wel qalam رب السيف و القلم , "el señor de la espada y de la pluma"). Durante este período tradujo al árabe mucha literatura internacional, especialmente francesa (Corneille, Racine, Victor Hugo, Paul Bourget) además de varias obras de Shakespeare (no directamente del inglés, sino desde el francés). En 1924 realizó un largo viaje por Siria y Palestina, tras el cual se definió a sí mismo como "un poeta de los países árabes" (شاعر الأقطار العربية).

Intervino de una manera destacada en la vida económica egipcia, ocupando la secretaría de la patronal agraria y contribuyendo en 1920 a la fundación del Banco de Egipto (Banco Misr بنك مصر ). Tras la muerte de Ahmed Shawqi en 1932, lideró el grupo literario "Apolo". Tuvo gran influencia en la creación del Teatro Nacional de Egipto (Al-Firqa al-Qawmiyya), que dirigió desde 1935. Su papel en la cultura egipcia fue reconocido por el gobierno de ese país al incluirlo en las celebraciones de los grandes pensadores de Egipto junto a literatos como Taha Hussein y Hafez Ibrahim.

Obra y estilo

Una antología de sus poemas, el Diwan-al-Khalil fue publicada en cuatro volúmenes durante su vida (el primer volumen en 1908).

Su estilo influyó sobre otros poetas de su época, como Ibrahim Al Yazigi, Abo Shadi y los poetas árabes en el oeste.

Mutran fue un pionero de la modernización de la poesía y la prosa árabes. Sus poemas se caracterizan por una genuina expresión intrapersonal y una sensitiva resonancia musical. Su prosa se alejó de la composición tradicional para crear un nuevo tipo de cuentos árabes con el estilo de los tiempos modernos.

Después de iniciarse bajo el estilo de la poesía tradicional, con el que abarcó gran variedad de temas, sus poemas se centraron posteriormente en temas románticos llenos de imaginación. Además de los temas románticos, Motran aplicó su creatividad a la descripción de la naturaleza, mezclando sus sentimientos y su sensibilidad humanista en sus poemas.

Albert Hourani percibe en sus poemas cómo "las formas y el lenguaje tradicionales no se usan por sí mismos, sino para dar una precisa expresión a la realidad, sea en el mundo externo o en los sentimientos del autor".

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Escritores del Líbano del siglo XX
Escritores de Egipto del siglo XX
Árabes cristianos
Poetas de Egipto
Poetas del Líbano
Fallecidos en El Cairo

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Within the Honeynet Project we have used a custom publish/subscribe protocol called "hpfeeds" for sharing live data feeds from honeypots within the group. In 2012 we worked on a new backend with a new sharing and authorization model called "hpfriends". This combines the hpfeeds protocol with social trust relations to grant people access to feeds. This talk presents the protocol and system, which in our vision could enable simple and natural data sharing for the whole security community.