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BACKGROUND Stroke is characterized by an asymmetrical gait pattern that causes poor stability and reduces overall activity levels. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of whole-body vibration combined with treadmill training (WBV-TT) on walking performance in patients with chronic stroke. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty ambulatory chronic stroke patients were randomly allocated to the WBV-TT group or the treadmill training (TT) group. The participants in the WBV-TT group performed 6 types of exercises on a vibrating platform for 4.5 minutes and then walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes. The participants in the TT group conducted the same exercise on a platform without vibration and then walked on the treadmill in the same manner. The vibration lasted for 45 seconds in each exercise, and the intervention was performed 3 times weekly for 6 weeks. The treadmill walking speed was gradually increased by 5% in both groups. The outcome measures included the temporospatial parameter of gait (GAITRite(R)) and 6-minute walk test. RESULTS The WBV-TT group showed significant improvements in walking performance with respect to walking speed, cadence, step length, stride length, single-limb support, double-limb support, and 6-minute walk test compared with baseline (p<0.05). Significant improvements were also seen in walking speed, step length, stride length, and double-limb support compared with the TT group (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that WBV-TT is more effective than TT for improving walking performance of patients with chronic stroke.


ברכות חמות לד׳׳ר אורן גולן על זכייתו במענק מחקר מכובד מהקרן הלאומית למדע ISF. המענק ניתן לד"ר גולן למשך שלוש שנים, על מחקרו בנושא: שערים דיגיטליים לארץ הקודש: אתגור המרחב הדתי באמצעות ייצור סרטוני רשת על־ידי נזירים קתולים.
In the information age - what are the new fields for religious education? Does it conform with traditional religious learning or offer new sources of authority? Are religious media outlets in fact new forms of informal Moocs?
From online lectures to live-streaming sermons, well-established religious authorities and charismatic movements are increasingly turning to online video as a medium through which they share their doctrine, struggle for users' attention, and communicate much of today's religious experience. In the last decade, video-sharing platforms have become a battlefield for prominence and conversion. In these arenas, believers are constantly confronted with a vast array of easily accessible sources of religious information. These informal sources may complement, substitute or antagonize traditional forms of spiritual learning and experience (e.g. catechism and youth programs). In opposition to structured, face-to-face and text-based forms of religious education, web platforms allow users to independently choose and assemble different pieces of information from an ever-expanding wealth of online possibilities.
The study's research design is centered on two Catholic-monastic communities, the Canção Nova and the Franciscan Order, that are currently joining forces to produce online religious videos focused on key Christian holy sites in Israel.
This study is designed to reveal how religious groups' long-standing conflicts over centrality and legitimacy are being played out in the arena of new media operations. It also illustrates the tensions that the internet generates for the various faiths and denominations. Groups that are attempting to maintain traditional hierarchies and boundaries while presenting their institutional identities online. The central argument is that the nascent video production within the Catholic world, particularly concerning the Holy Land, highlights an intensifying dynamic between traditional and new sources of religious authority in today's information society. Through online video-sharing platforms, believers from different cultural backgrounds converge on specific representations of virtuosity and spirituality: they watch peers and clergy performing virtuous activities and, through this media experience, learn the spiritual meaning of pilgrimage and the holy sites of Israel.


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Breaking News: APC National Secretariat On Lockdown As Angry Youths Protest Over FCT Primary
Some angry youths have invaded the All Progressive Congress secretariat over the FCT senatorial primary.
Vanguard reports that the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC is practically on a security lockdown following a violent protest by youths protesting against the adoption of direct primaries for the APC senatorial ticket in the Federal Capital Territory FCT.
The protesting youths who said they are FCT natives said the use of direct primaries would mean that a non-FCT native could clinch the ruling party's ticket for the sole senatorial seat in the territory.
While they chased security operatives at the gate away, no party official was on ground to address them. They said since all contestants for the various positions in the FCT agreed on the use of indirect primaries, they were at a loss as to why the National Working Committee would impose the direct method on them.
They claimed that the party was planning to impose a particular aspirant on them, pointing out that through the indirect mode, they are sure that an indigene of the FCT will emerge as the candidate of the party.
The youths who became violent, pulled down the security wire around the Secretariat and destroyed the billboard in front of the Secretariat while locking up the entrance into the Secretariat and daring the police to shoot them.
However, the arrival of the Commissioner of Police in the FCT prevented what would have turned into a brutal confrontation between the police and the irate you who chanted anti-Oshiomhole slogans. Some of the protesting youths who were later dispersed by the police, promised to launch a more vicious attack on the secretariat should the NWC decision not be reversed.
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George Rochberg (July 5, 1918May 29, 2005) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. Long a serial composer, Rochberg abandoned the practice following the death of his teenage son in 1964; he claimed this compositional technique had proved inadequate to express his grief and had found it empty of expressive intent. By the 1970s, Rochberg's use of tonal passages in his music had provoked controversy among critics and fellow composers. A professor at the University of Pennsylvania until 1983, Rochberg also served as chairman of its music department until 1968. He became the first Annenberg Professor of the Humanities in 1978.

Life
Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Rochberg attended first the Mannes College of Music, where his teachers included George Szell and Hans Weisse, then the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Rosario Scalero and Gian Carlo Menotti. He served in the United States Army in the infantry during World War II. He was Jewish.

Rochberg served as chairman of the music department at the University of Pennsylvania until 1968 and continued to teach there until 1983. In 1978, he was named the first Annenberg Professor of the Humanities.

He married Gene Rosenfeld in 1941, and had two children, Paul and Francesca. In 1964, his son died of a brain tumor.

Rochberg died in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 2005, aged 86. Most of his works are held in the archive of the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel, Switzerland. Some can also be found in the Music Division of the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., the Lincoln Center in New York City, the University of Pennsylvania, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, and the City University of New York.

Music

A longtime exponent of serialism, Rochberg abandoned this compositional technique upon the death of his teenage son in 1964. He said he had found serialism expressively empty and that it had proved an inadequate means for him to express his grief and rage. By the 1970s, Rochberg had become controversial for the use of tonal passages in his music. His use of tonality first became widely known through the String Quartet No. 3 (1972), which includes an entire set of variations that are in the style of late Beethoven. Another movement of the quartet contains passages reminiscent of the music of Gustav Mahler. This use of tonality caused critics to classify him as a neoromantic composer. He compared atonality to abstract art and tonality to concrete art and compared his artistic evolution with the painter Philip Guston's, saying "the tension between concreteness and abstraction" is a fundamental issue for both of them. His music has also been described as neoconservative postmodernism

Of the works Rochberg composed early in his career, his Symphony No. 2 (1955–56) stands out as one of the most accomplished serial compositions by an American composer. He is perhaps best known for his String Quartets Nos. 3–6 (1972–78). Rochberg conceived Nos. 4–6 as a set and named them the "Concord Quartets" after the Concord String Quartet, which premiered and recorded the works. The String Quartet No. 6 includes a set of variations on Pachelbel's Canon in D.

A few of his works were musical collages of quotations from other composers. "Contra Mortem et Tempus", for example, contains passages from Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Edgard Varèse and Charles Ives.

Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, and 5, and the Violin Concerto were recorded in 2001–2002 by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken and conductor Christopher Lyndon-Gee and released on the Naxos label.

Legacy
For notable students

James Freeman, musician and teacher at Swarthmore College, said this about Rochberg and serialism: "If George Rochberg can do something like that, there's nothing that I can't do and get away with it. I don't have to write 12-tone music; I can if I want to. I can write stuff that sounds like Brahms. I can do anything I want. I'm free. And that was an extraordinary feeling in the late 1960s for young composers, I think, many of whom felt really constrained to write serial music."

Writings
Rochberg's collected essays were published by the University of Michigan Press in 1984 as The Aesthetics of Survival. A revised and expanded edition, published shortly before his death, was awarded an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award in 2006..Selections from his correspondence with the Canadian composer István Anhalt were published in 2007 by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. His memoirs, Five Lines, Four Spaces, were published by the University of Illinois Press in May 2009.

Works

Stage
The Confidence Man, an opera in two parts (1982); libretto by Gene Rochberg, based on the novel of the same name by Herman Melville

Orchestral
Symphonies
Symphony No. 1 (1948–49; revised 1977; 2003)
Symphony No. 2 (1955–56)
Symphony No. 3, for double chorus, chamber chorus, soloists, and large orchestra (1966–69)
Symphony No. 4 (1976)
Symphony No. 5 (1984)
Symphony No. 6 (1986–87)
Canto Sacra, for small orchestra (1954)
Cheltenham Concerto, for small orchestra (1958)
Imago Mundi, for large orchestra (1973)
Night Music, for orchestra with cello solo (1948) (based on 2nd movement of Symphony No. 1)
Music for the Magic Theater, for small orchestra (1965–69)
Time-Span I (1960)
Time-Span II (1965)
Transcendental Variations, for string orchestra (based on 3rd movement of String Quartet No. 3) (1975)
Zodiac (A Circle of 12 Pieces), (1964–65) (orchestration of the piano work Twelve Bagatelles)

Concerti
Clarinet Concerto (1996)
Oboe Concerto (1983), written for and premiered by Joe Robinson
Violin Concerto (1974; rev. 2001), written for and premiered by Isaac Stern with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Donald Johanos conducting. The concerto was commissioned by the Steinfirst family in memory of Donald Steinfirst, the music critic for over 35 years of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette which participated in the commission. Long a friend of Mr. Steinfirst, Isaac Stern consulted with the family. He premiered and recorded the concerto in Pittsburgh, and included it in his repertoire for several years.
Eden: Out of Time and Out of Space, for guitar and ensemble (1998)

Wind ensemble
Black Sounds, for winds and percussion (1965)
Apocalyptica, for large wind ensemble (1964)

Chamber

2 players
Duo for Oboe and Bassoon (1946; rev. 1969)
Duo Concertante, for violin and cello (1955–59)
Dialogues, for clarinet and piano (1957–58)
La bocca della verita, for oboe and piano (1958–59); version for violin and piano (1964)
Ricordanza Soliloquy, for cello and piano (1972)
Slow Fires of Autumn (Ukiyo II), for flute and harp (1978–79)
Viola Sonata (1979)
Between Two Worlds (Ukiyo III), for flute and piano (1982)
Violin Sonata (1988)
Muse of Fire, for flute and guitar (1989–90)
Ora pro nobis, for flute and guitar (1989)
Rhapsody and Prayer, for violin and piano (1989)

3 players
Piano trios
Piano Trio No. 1 (1963)
Piano Trio No. 2 (1985)
Piano Trio No. 3 Summer (1990)
Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano (1980) see recording below

4 players
String quartets
String Quartet No. 1 (1952)
String Quartet No. 2, with soprano (1959–61)
String Quartet No. 3 (1972)
String Quartet No. 4 (1977)
String Quartet No. 5 (1978)
String Quartet No. 6 (1978)
String Quartet No. 7, with baritone (1979)
Contra Mortem et Tempus, for violin, flute, clarinet, and piano (1965)
Piano Quartet (1983)

5 or more players
Chamber Symphony for Nine Instruments (1953)
Serenata d'estate, for six instruments (1955)
Electrikaleidoscope, for an amplified ensemble of flute, clarinet, cello, piano, and electric piano (1972)
Quintet for piano and string quartet (1975)
Octet: A Grand Fantasia, for flute, clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (1980)
String Quintet (1982)
To the Dark Wood, for wind quintet (1985)

Instrumental
50 Caprice Variations, for violin (1970)
American Bouquet, for guitar (1991)

Keyboard
Arioso (1959)
Bartokiana (1959)
Book of Contrapuntal Pieces for Keyboard Instruments (1979)
Carnival Music, for piano (1971)
Circles of Fire, for two pianos (1996–1997)
Four Short Sonatas, for piano (1984)
Nach Bach: Fantasia, for harpsichord or piano (1966)
Partita-Variations, for piano (1976)
Sonata Seria, for piano (1948/98)
Sonata-Fantasia, for piano (1956)
Three Elegiac Pieces, for piano (1945/48/98)
Twelve Bagatelles, for piano (1952)
Variations on an Original Theme, for piano (1941)

Vocal/Choral
Behold, My Servant, for mixed chorus, a capella (1973)
Blake Songs, for soprano and chamber ensemble (1957; rev. 1962)
David, the Psalmist, for tenor and orchestra (1954)
Eleven Songs to Poems of Paul Rochberg, for mezzo-soprano and piano (1969)
Fantasies, for voice and piano (1971)
Four Songs of Solomon, for voice and piano (1946)
Music for The Alchemist, for soprano and eleven players (1966; rev. 1968)Passions [According to the Twentieth Century], for singers, jazz quintet, brass ensemble, percussion, piano, and tape (1967)Phaedra, monodrama for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1973–74)Sacred Song of Reconciliation (Mizmor L'piyus), for baritone and orchestra (1970)Seven Early Love Songs, for voice and piano (1991)Songs in Praise of Krishna, for soprano and piano (1970)Songs of Inanna and Dumuzi, for alto and piano (1977)Tableaux, for soprano, two speakers, small men's chorus, and twelve players (1968)Three Cantes Flamencos, for high baritone (1969)Three Psalms, for mixed chorus, a capella (1954)

Awards and recognitions
1950–1951 – Fulbright Fellow
1950–52 – Fellow of American Academy in Rome
1952 – George Gershwin Memorial Award for Night Music1956 – Society for the Publication of American Music award for String Quartet No. 11956 – Guggenheim Fellowship
1959 – First prize in Italian ISCM International Music Competition for Cheltenham Concerto1961 – Naumburg Recording Award for Symphony No. 21962 – Honorary degree from Montclair State University
1964 – Honorary degree from University of the Arts
1966 – Prix Italia for Black Sounds1966 – Guggenheim Fellowship
1972 – Naumburg Chamber Composition Award for String Quartet No. 31972–74 – National Endowment for the Arts Grants
1979 – Kennedy Center Friedhelm Award for String Quartet No. 41980 – Honorary degree from University of Michigan
1985 – Honorary degree from University of Pennsylvania
1985 – Gold Medal at Brandeis Creative Arts Awards
1986 – Lancaster Symphony Composers Award
1987 – University of Bridgeport's Andre and Clara Mertens Contemporary Composer Award
1987 – Alfred I. duPont Composer's Award
1991 – Bellagio artist in residence
1994 – Honorary degree from Miami University
1997 – Longy School of Music Distinguished Achievement Award
1998 – Grammy Award (nominated) "String Quartet No. 3"
1999 – ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award
2004 – Grammy Award (nominated) "String Quartet No. 5"
2006 – Deems Taylor Award for The Aesthetics of Survival: A Composer's View of Twentieth-Century MusicReferences

Sources

Further reading

External links

George Rochberg's page at Theodore Presser Company
George Rochberg's Revolution by Michael Linton, Copyright (c) 1998 First Things 84 (June/July 1998): 18–20.
Horsley, Paul J. "George Rochberg: Volume One". Liner note essay. New World Records.
Interview with George Rochberg, March 11, 1986
Art of the States: George Rochberg, sound files: Circles of Fire, Duo Concertante, Nach Bach''
 George Rochberg: Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano: Liberamente e molto espressivo; allegro con moto; Adagio; Adagio/Allegro giocosamente. Nobuko Igarashi (clarinet), Robert Patterson (horn), Adam Bowles (piano) of the Luna Nova Ensemble

1918 births
2005 deaths
20th-century classical composers
Twelve-tone and serial composers
Curtis Institute of Music alumni
Jewish classical composers
Musicians from Paterson, New Jersey
Pupils of Rosario Scalero
United States Army soldiers
University of Pennsylvania faculty
Male classical composers
20th-century American male musicians
Mannes School of Music alumni

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Описание и возможности
MindDecider предназначен для использования как в научных исследованиях, так и для принятия решений при управлении проектами, отдельными задачами и управлении временем. В своих проектах пользователь может использовать уже подготовленные объекты с их свойствами из различных предметных областей (химические элементы, физические постоянные, математические константы, акции фондовых бирж и пр.) или же создавать свои. Для того, чтобы установить свойства (критерии и ресурсы) любых  объектов и их поведения, можно использовать числовые оценки, простые функции, скрипты на языке программирования C#, текст, время и многое другое. При обработке данных в проектах могут применяться методы многокритериального анализа  (MCDA англ.) и анализа иерархий (МАИ)    , а также различные методы принятия решений:  SMART, PAPRIKA, MAUT, PROMETHEE, MACBETH и т.д.

В MindDecider имеется возможность каждый проект для удобства восприятия представить в виде так называемых  «карт памяти», хронологии, электронных таблиц или же текстового документа.

В версии PRO доступна коллективная (сетевая) работа над проектом с разграничением прав доступа, проведением «мозгового штурма» среди соавторов проекта, экзамена, коллективной оценки и др., использование инструмента для анализа e-mail, парсера и пр, а также WEB-доступа, с помощью которого можно (в том числе и удалённо) получить или изменить данные в проекте.

Формат файлов
MindDecider использует для хранения своих данных открытый формат файлов на основе XML: mdp – для проектов и mda – для предметных областей.
Импорт данных возможен из буфера обмена, фалов формата TXT, CSV, TSV, DBF и SQL и графических форматов JPG, PNG и BMP. Экспорт - в TXT, CSV, XML,  HTML, DBF, PPT (формат Microsoft PowerPoint), PNG и JPG.

История
Программа MindDecider создана компанией LLC "MindX2" в 2008 году. В 2014 году журналом "PC Magazine/RE" системе MindDecider PRO была присвоена премия "Best SOFT 2014".
Последняя версия программы (v.15.12.22) вышла осенью 2016. В настоящий момент разработка системы продолжается.

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Ссылки
 Официальный сайт MindDecider

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If you are a Scala developer for some time you are probably familiar with the concept of Lenses. It got a lot of traction in community as it resolves very common problem of modifying deeply nested case classes. But what is not that universally known is that there are more similar abstractions. They are usually referred to as Optics.


Born in 1966 in Chicago, Illinois, Nicholas Triandafyllidis spent his childhood in the US. After high school, he studied sociology in Athens, Greece. Shortly after that, he went to London to study the art of film making at the London International Film School.
In 1993, his first short film "Dogs Licking My Heart", a b&w neo noir starring Blaine L. Reininger from the music group Tuxedomoon, won the first price at the Greek Short Film Festival. After a stream of visually stunning films such as "Radio Moscow" (1995), "The Overcoat" (1996) and "Black Milk" (1999).
Triandafyllidis directed the legendary documentary "I Put A Spell On Me" (2001) about Screamin Jay Hawkins with the help of Jim Jarmusch. He has worked, amongst others, as a radio producer, journalist, book keeper, DJ, music promoter and venue owner.
Over the years, Nicholas Triandafyllidis has gained the reputation of one of the foremost auteurs in the Greek filmmaking industry, and one of the pioneers of the Greek New Wave.
After several years in self exile, "The Sentimentalists" marks his long awaited return to film.


Enrollment in primary or secondary level and providing quality education is challenging in Tanzania. Primary education has increased from 89% to 97% in 2013 but later it declined to 85% in 2016 (UNICEF). Early marriage, poverty and pregnancy play vital role behind less enrollment rate at primary and secondary level. Adolescence pregnancy led 3,700 girls out of school from primary and secondary level in 2016 (UNICEF). Moreover, qualified teacher to student ratio is lower in public sector than private sector and most children enrolled primary education in village area cannot avail sufficient equipments and support.
BRAC's education programme has been implemented to help the Tanzanian government provide quality education at all levels. Since launching there, we have become the largest secular and private education system in Tanzania, spreading across a number of regions. Our interventions are targeted towards the pre-primary, primary and secondary levels.
At the pre-primary school level, we support the government by improving the learning infrastructures in Tanga region.
Our basic education model is designed to give a second chance at learning to children who have been left out of the formal education system due to extreme poverty, violence, displacement or discrimination. The non-formal schools complement the mainstream school system with innovative teaching methods and materials.
At the secondary level, we provide need-based training and student mentoring to improve mainstream education.


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Q: Another way to declare an imageview in Objective-C I found an objective C project that I try to modify, As you can see, I get a function that create an UIImageView:
- (UIImageView*)homePage:(YouzikHomePageView*)homePageView imageDataForImageView:(UIImageView*)imageView;
{
    [imageView setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"background"]];

    return imageView;
}

Problem is that I want to modify the image displayed each 10 seconds, this require to get the UIImageView declared in ViewDidLoad method, is it possible ? I tried this:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self setupNa...

    [self.homePa...

    [self hid...

    [self setuphomePag...

    UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"background"]];

    [self.homePageView addSubview:imageView];

}

But it's not dispaying anything, thanks for all, please excuse my crappy english.

A: What your code is doing is creating and adding imageViews to a subview.
That's probably not what you intended to do, and you don't want to keep creating and adding more imageViews, every 10 seconds, as you'll eventually run out of memory.
You generally would have an imageView property on your view controller, and change its image, by setting its image property.
In HomeViewController.h
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIImageView *myImageView;

In HomeViewController.m
self.myImageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"background"];

As for changing the image every ten seconds, you would setup a timer
myTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:10.0 target:self selector:@selector(changeImage) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];

and set a new image in your changeImage method
- (void)changeImage
{
    self.myImageView.image = ...;
}

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Team Stiggy signs Anthony West for 2009
West is to move to World Supersport for 2009
Team Stiggy Motorsport Honda have signed Australian rider Anthony West for 2009. The 27-year old will leave MotoGP at the end of the season to compete in the World Supersport Championship.
Anthony is no stranger to World Supersports. He made his mark in the 600 class, as a replacement rider in 2007, taking two wins and one third during his short spell in the series.
Johan Stigefelt, team owner, said: "I'm very pleased to have Anthony onboard. We both come from MotoGP and the 250cc class and know each other well, having been team mates in 2003. I know he is a talented rider, a fighter and a winner and he will be the perfect match for us next year.
"Ever since his 'wild-card' ride in Supersport 2007, I have wanted him in our team. Now it's a reality and we will have to put all our efforts into a successful relationship. With four years experience in World Supersports, I believe we'll be able to give him a winning Honda. Our aim is high - we will be fighting for the title next year."
Anthony West seems very excited about the prospect of working with the Stiggy team: "Im very happy to be joining the Stiggy team. Stiggy is a friend an old team-mate from 2003 in 250GP.
"I remember saying to him one day that he should start his own team because none of the other teams knew how to do it right, and to my surprise he did! Over the last couple of years I heard from everybody in the industry that the Stiggy team it's one of the better ones in the championship.
"To have a team boss that knows what it's like to race and knows what racing is all about is just great! After a difficult year in MotoGP I need to race on a bike that can win, and in Supersport together with team Stiggy I can. For 2009 I have only one goal - To win! "
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Census Parade emphasizes the need to Be Counted
Sep 17, 2020 North Channel Star Featured, Front Page 0
Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia speaks about the need for everyone to register in the Census which is soon drawing to a conclusion. Garcia was talking at the BakerRipley center in East Aldine, along with others including East Aldine's Richard Cantu, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Pct. 2 Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia, Pct. 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis, State Representative Armando Walle, and BakerRipley president Claudia Aguirre.
Sylvia Garcia, County and City leaders join in effort
HARRIS COUNTY – U.S. Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia has organized an intense public effort to count as many residents of the area as possible, stating that federal dollars that are sent to the state, county, and city are dependent upon the number of people counted and living in the area.
To draw attention to the need to sign up in the Census, Garcia and other community leaders have organized "Census Caravans" that drive through neighborhoods and urge residents to complete their census forms. Garcia says it only takes 5 minutes to complete the questionnaire, and can be done in several different ways.
Last Saturday the Census Caravan drove through the streets of East Aldine. Authorities have noted that this is one of the areas where only a small percentage of the residents have registered.
Prior to the Caravan leaving on its neighborhood tour, community leaders spoke on the importance of a complete census count.
Mayor Turner noted in his remarks that only 40% of the eligible residents in the city have been counted so far. Only a few weeks remain until September 30, when the Census Bureau stops its field activities of counting. This includes door-knocking, online responses, over the phone, and by mail. After that the bureau will make adjustments and assumptions, and deliver a final count by December 31.
Sylvia Garcia had this to say in her remarks:
The Census will determine how billions of federal dollars will be allocated to communities like the Houston region and all across the country for education, school meals, healthcare, transportation, senior services, community centers, and much more.
YOU CAN HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE in our community by filling out the 2020 Census today! Remember to count every person in your household. If you are a parent, make sure to count your child. And if you have a roommate, please make sure to count him or her too.
You have three ways to fill out the Census:
— You can go to my2020census.gov to fill out the Census online;
— You can call 844- 330-2020 (English) or 844- 468-2020 (Spanish) to complete by phone; or
— You can mail in your completed Census.
Have you and your family already completed the 2020 Census?
Do your part today and get counted in the 2020 Census! It will make a big difference for everyone in the Houston region. If you have any questions, feel free to call my office at 832- 325-3150.
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Australian Camp Services (ACS) provides catering services, accommodation management and associated support services for remote mining, construction, civil and oil and gas sites across Australia.
The company also has extensive experience in facilities management and offers a range of associated services in urban areas to clients such as councils, national maintenance firms and state and local governments.
Clients in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region
Employs between 50 and 70 staff
Has had 17 sites operating over the past 6 years
Rapid product in use: Rapid Incident Reporting Software
With many sites in remote locations across Australia, ACS was looking for a web-based solution that streamlined incident reporting. They were also looking for a simplified method that provided performance monitoring of injury data. ACS approached Rapid Global with the aim of resolving their biggest issue, which was the time delay in reporting of incidents and the lack of associated information related to the incident. With the company's large focus on servicing the resources sector for camp management and active interaction with current and upcoming clients, ACS needed a proactive solution which would enable risks to be effectively reported and managed as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Rapid Incident Reporting software was implemented 6 years ago to streamline the process and improve the timeliness of reporting incidents and injuries across the many worksites at ACS. The company used the incident reporting system in a unique way by embedding their existing risk tables into the Rapid system. This meant that there could be continuity between the old manual reporting system and the new web-based system, which had the added benefit of enabling past data to be analysed.
"One of the strong aspects of Rapid Incident Reporting software was that we were able to use our existing methodology, forms and risk tables by having existing data imported. This gave us an immediate reporting functionality, allowing us to analyse three years of back data as soon as the software was switched on."
– QHSE Manager, Australian Camp Services
ACS keeps a close watch on statistics within the company and has found that after implementation of Rapid Incident Reporting there has been an overall reduction in injuries and a reduced rate of incidents. The QHSE manager at ACS attributes this to the higher awareness of workplace incidents and injuries as the result of the use of Rapid Incident Reporting software throughout the department.
"Rapid Incident Reporting has enabled the notification and provision of incident details to be streamlined into one operation. It has also streamlined the production of performance information that is included in project tenders."
Australian Camp Services has become dedicated to ensuring that incident data is analysed and communicated to staff and management throughout the company, thus aiding risk reduction and helping to keep more people safe on the job. Additionally, implementing Rapid Incident Reporting has enabled cost and time savings to be made by freeing up time and resources previously spent on writing out and filing incident reports, as well as a reduction in work related injury claims being submitted. The system has provided the added benefit of making the production of project tenders more streamlined as ACS is now able to instantly access important performance data. Those using the software have found it to be an easy system to use which requires minimal instruction for effective use in incident reporting and is simple to customise.
Looking to the future, ACS is exploring how Rapid Service Alert and Rapid Contractor Management can be implemented to further aid the company in their continual aim to expand their facilities management operations to provide cost effective solutions for managers.
"Having had experience with other web-based reporting products and by comparison, Rapid Incident Reporting has been an easy system to establish and maintain. The support team at Rapid have been exceptional in helping us to set up and maintain the system and customise elements of it to how we operate. Local support was one of the key deciders in using Rapid Global's software."
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Are you tired of everyone comparing every card game that comes out on PC to Hearthstone? That "blah blah blah, this is so Hearthstone", et cetera. I was worried that this would be the case when I accepted Duelyst, knowing very little about it. But Duelyst is part card game, part "Dungeon Dice Monsters" or perhaps Chess. You have a deck of cards, a series of factions, and a board. The goal, as in all CCGs, is to defeat the opponent. It's not about "play these cards, win the game with this combo" like it might be with Infinity Wars, MTG, Hearthstone, or any other card game I've ever played. It's not pay-to-win, it's genuinely fun, and even without having all of the best cards in the game I was able to compete [and win!] on the ladder.
The concept is simple, but the execution becomes quite complex.
With over 300 cards in the game, you might think it would be frustrating and expensive to acquire them. Such is not the case! You receive gold every two wins, there's a first win of the day bonus, and quest/challenges that also give gold. Not to mention, that in September it received its first expansion, Denizens of Shim'zar which added 94 cards to the collection. 100 gold means one pack of cards. I easily can get a pack or two a day with no effort, provided I'm winning. I win far more than I lose I feel. You can also disenchant cards you don't want/use for Spirit to craft new cards, a'la most other card games. However, it's awful, like in every card game that's ever existed. You have to sacrifice your current collection to craft new cards. And the exchange ratio never seems fair.
With all the heroes and various factions to level up your standing with, Duelyst can be a serious time sink.
In addition, winning matches with a faction levels them up, which gives powerful cards, and even new Generals! Each faction appears to have two generals, a starting General, and an alternate option at level 11. At 49/50 you get Prismatic versions of those Generals. And if you're asking "How do they make money then!?" it's through cosmetics and going faster. There are alternate skins for the Generals, and buying more packs of the cards is definitely faster. But you certainly do not need any of that to be competitive as far as I've seen. Skill makes the real difference.
Let's spend a little time explaining what each faction does, which will help you determine what you want to play! Each one plays different, and it's not really explained in-game quite so much. The tutorial shows you kind of what the Lyonar does, but that's about it.
Each faction feels solid thematically.
Lyonar: Lyonar entails high health and lots of Provoke, which means enemies must attack them first. Lots of heal spells keep these sturdy units around to provide the beating your foe richly deserves.
Interesting Cards: Divine Bond [+Attack based on Health], Lightchaser [When any minion/General is healed, get +1/+1], Sunriser [When any minion/General is healed, deal 2 damage to all nearby enemies], Sunstone Templar [When this unit attacks/counterattacks, dispel that unit].
Songhai: Quick, agile, strong [but low-health] units define Songhai. Lots of combos, synergy and ludicrous burst damage. This is probably the most combo-intensive faction, but they suffer greatly if you wreck their combo before they can initiate, which tends to be possible when factoring in their low health and few defensive options.
Interesting Cards: Tusk Boar [Rush, Return to your hand at the beginning of your turn], Celestial Minion [Whenever it deals damage to a creature, destroy it], Chakri Avatar [Whenever you cast a spell, it gains +1/+1], Inner Focus [Reactivate a friendly creature with 3 or less attack], Artifact Defiler [Destroy all artifacts on a general].
Vetruvian: Low physical attributes, but insanely powerful spell effects. A host of small creatures and lots of card draw! You control the field of battle, where your opponent goes or does not go, or you lose! Dispelling is also your bane, making those powerful magical beings just a pile of chumps to be slapped around. You can create Dervish tokens, but if you don't buff them with Dunecaster, they just go away. Your foe can also outposition you, ruining well-laid plans.
Abyssian: Evil hordes of vile shadow creatures, removing big threats by annihilating them outright, big late game damage, and the Deathwatch specialty is incredibly powerful with a good army. You'll want to play the Deathwatch minions before the attack phase, and enemy deaths count towards Deathwatch. As long as something dies… Dispel, and boardwipe can mean the end of Abyssian though. They tend to rely heavily on Deathwatch.
Magmar: Big, mean, powerful hulking behemoths! That's the name of the game with Magmar. It takes a while to get moving, but when you do, you throw absolutely insane damage around the field. While it's amazing to behold, the spell cost can be very very high. Some of your spells can also damage your own creatures and general, so be very careful.
Vanar: Vanar probably have the best creature removal in the game. While you have very little in the way of card draw, what you have is solid. Using Infiltrate/Avalanche zones on the field, you can make some intense overwhelming moments of victory. But those Area of Effect spells can be avoided and waste your mana/time. While they have cool Walls, they mostly have no attack, and are weak to AOE counterplay.
Playing a variety of factions is the best way to learn how to counter them.
Now that you know a bit about the factions, let's look at the gameplay! Player 1 is on the left, Player 2 is on the right. It's a 5×9 tiles board, and there are a few weird orbs on the map towards the middle. These are Mana Orbs; grab them to gain a bonus to your overall Mana Pool, which normally generates at one mana per turn. Much like in other card games, you can replace 2 of your cards out of the 5 you begin with before the game gets going [You can only have 3 of each card in your deck as an aside]. You play creatures and cast spells only during your turn. If you attack a creature, it will attack back and the same goes for generals. Unlike other games, this only seems to have one way to win and that's to pummel your opponent's general into submission. Creatures for the most part can only move two spaces, as can your General, and you can only summon creatures near you, unless they have an ability that states otherwise.
Having cheap rush cards to collect mana orbs can be vital to success.
So what do you do? Move close to the Mana gems as fast as possible and play a cheap creature or a creature with Rush that can move onto them. You have artifact cards that can only be equipped to the General which can have a variety of interesting effects on the game as a whole. The end-game is to kill the other General before they can kill you, and it's not just a matter of spamming creatures to swing blades at each other until one falls. That would be boring. It's a digital, collectible game of chess. Each general has their own innate ability that recharges every few turns, and they all synergize with their deck, as well they should. One of the definite downsides for most decks is that if you lose your board presence it can be incredibly hard to come back. Luckily I play Abyssian, and I almost always have a creature answer while I wait out a better move on the board. There are crazy powers though, like being able to attack a whole row/column, ranged combat, provoke [guard], creatures that return after death and so much more. There's literally a way to play this for everyone. But you can't dual-class/cross-faction. However there are neutral cards which are probably far more powerful than they need to be. The Neutral cards are very flexible and incredibly powerful.
There are a small handful of gameplay modes, but it's just enough to keep me interested. The lack of a Casual Mode doesn't bother me, because all I want to do is compete and be as good as I possibly can be. You can either play against the AI, play against people on the Ladder to climb as high as you can, or work on solo challenges to learn the game mechanics of Duelyst to understand just how to get better. There is also the Gauntlet, a typical Draft Mode where you pick a Faction [out of three random ones] and draft a deck together. Much like other games, 150 gold is the cost to get in. The gauntlet ends at 12 wins or 3 losses, and the higher you go, the better the rewards are. Though, the randomness does not appeal to me; I'll stick to the Ladder if that's all the same to you.
Games can play out a bit slowly compared to most CCGs.
It's not a downside, but it's a lot slower than say, Hearthstone or Magic: the Gathering. The turns are strategic, and quite a few things happen during them. It's not like say Hearthstone where you can make an explosive game-changing move in one turn that just obliterates the other persons' will to live. But there are some other things that make this card game special, different. There's the Replace function, which lets you replace a card with your hand, once a turn with the top card on your deck. This is an amazing feature because it can either save you in your darkest hour or be a humongous disappointment. The gameplay is really quite simple. Creatures that come into play can't act unless they have an ability that says so, and every attack in melee range has a counter attack. Ranged units can also counterattack blast characters I do believe. I also like that the Ladder Seasons are pretty short, and it's yet another way to get rewards. This is not a game where if you don't spend a ton of money you aren't going to do well. Not to mention they are constantly putting out new cards and working on expansions. It's still new, but it's growing and showing that you don't have to be Hearthstone to be successful.
Sure, this game doesn't have trap spells, counterspells, or things of that nature. But that in no way makes this a bad card game. From the outset, you might think "Hurr, let's capitalize on Hearthstone" but that is in no way the case. Normally I say you don't need to reinvent the wheel, but this game did it, and did it in a wonderful way. The graphics are simple, 8/16 bit style art, with cool little explosions and spell effects. That isn't a detriment even by a little. You don't need a billion-dollar art budget or copy what's popular to make a stellar card game! The 2D board feature is the best thing about it. I can sit down, play a few matches and go back to what I was doing. Or, more likely, I sit down, start playing, and suddenly it's Monday morning and I have ten hours' worth of backlog to make up for because all I did over the weekend was watch it rain and play a card game.
The long and the short of Duelyst is it's refreshing and new while using just enough of familiar game mechanics to keep people focused on it. It's easy to learn, and you will only be as good as your chess game is. If you can't outthink or predict what your enemy is going to do, you're going to have a bad time.
+ Duality: It's a board game with a card game! It's unique, refreshing and a lot of fun!
+ Cards: The cards don't feel like they are all just ripoffs of other games. There's overlap, but each faction feels special.
+ Decks: You don't have to buy decks. You unlock them all quite easily.
Damn Neutral cards are ridiculous/Can replace your main faction cards.
Lack of "Casual" Mode might turn off some players.
The card crafting system is awful, much like in every game ever.
I didn't forget to mention it, because I found success and wins without resulting to buying packs even once. My decks were just fine. I don't feel like it's pay to win at all.


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Anonymous asked in Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality · 1 decade ago
What is this Jewish related object i can't identify?
I've seen it a few times as a symbol of Judaism, its a wooden acorn shaped object with four sides(i think) and a pointy tip, it has Hebrew letters on each side, and there is a small stick (handle?) attached from its the top? does any of that sound familiar? what is it called and what is it used for?
Gary D
It is a dreidel. It was used at the time of the oppression by Antiochus, by Jewish children who were forbidden to study the Torah (Old Testament). They would play with the dreidel whenever the Roman soldiers were near. When the soldiers went away, they could go back to reading the Torah.
The game is simple to play and it is played with chocolate coins today at the time of Chanukkah (Usually December).
Playing the dreidel, a gambling game played with a square top: Most people play for matchsticks, pennies, M&Ms or chocolate coins. The traditional explanation of this game is that during the time of Antiochus' oppression, those who wanted to study Torah (an illegal activity) would conceal their activity by playing gambling games with a top (a common and legal activity) whenever an official or inspector was within sight.
A dreidel is marked with four Hebrew letters: Nun, Gimmel, Heh and Shin. These letters stand for the Hebrew phrase "Nes Gadol Hayah Sham", a great miracle happened there, referring to the miracle of the oil.
The letters also stand for the Yiddish words nit (nothing), gantz (all), halb (half) and shtell (put), which are the rules of the game! There are some variations in the way people play the game, but the way I learned it, everyone puts in one coin. A person spins the dreidel. If it lands n Nun, nothing happens; on Gimmel (or, as we called it as kids, "gimme!"), you get the whole pot; on Heh, you get half of the pot; and on Shin, you put one in. When the pot is empty, everybody puts one in. Keep playing until one person has everything. Then redivide it, because nobody likes a poor winner.
Source(s): I am Jewish.
LadySuri
A dreidel (sivivon in Hebrew) is used as a game during Hanukkah. You spin the dreidel and depending on what side it lands on, you either add pieces to the pot, take half the pot, take all the pot, or do nothing.
To add to Gary's very good answer, in the Diaspora the words are "a great miracle happened there" while in Israel the words are "a great miracle happened here" with the shin substituted for pey.
God stated to Moses that his call is 'i'm' written in Hebrew as YHWH. The Jews have faith that this call is in basic terms too holy to be spoken so they say 'HaShem' (the call) or 'Adonai' (Lord) as a replace whilst examining scripture. As written Hebrew has no vowels, the unique pronunciation of YHWH became into lost. It became into transliterated into German as 'Jehovah' using the vowels from 'Adonai', in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, cutting-side scholars have faith it would in all probability have been reported 'Yahweh' as there are cases in the Hebrew scriptures the place it relatively is been shortened to 'Yah' and this has additionally been used for components of names. As no person knew a thank you to pronounce the call, and for this reason did no longer be attentive to a thank you to jot down it with English characters, we copied the Jewish custom of substituting it with Adonai/Lord, in spite of the incontrovertible fact that it relatively is capitalised in the Bible so which you would be able to tell that it relatively is the place the call seems in Hebrew, simply by fact the notice 'Adonai' seems in some places in the Hebrew scriptures.
Do you mean the driedel which is a symbol of Hanukkah? That is the only thing that comes to my mind from your description.
The World Ends with You
Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, with dreidel I shall play.
It's a Hanukkah toy used in a game.
It sounds like a dreidel, which is a toy Jewish kids play with during the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah).
Here's a link showing a pic of one. I hope it's what you're looking for.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?...
♥ Zoey ♥
it's a dreidel .some sort of toy like a top or something.
A dradel? (Not sure i got the spelling) The thing to play that game with?
Here is a picture at wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreidel
grace2u
night_fox51
lol sounds like a dradle to me... i know its used as part of game but idr
WHY are there some fools that think almighty Jehovah GOD wasn't telling the truth in the Adam and Eve story, when it says he was surprised,?
can anyone tell me about the 'early church'?
Would you say Jesus Christ was the ultimate example of Male Masculinity?
Does asking Jesus into your heart really save you?
Signs you should of gone into care?


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Journal of Global Mobility
The JGM BitBlog: Beyond man-made crises - an insight into expatriates' experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic
Chhaya Mani Tripathi, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India
Tripti Singh, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India
The Great Covid-19 Pandemic! What else grabbed the world's attention more in the past two and a half years than this life-threatening coronavirus? Schools, colleges, offices, children, adults, social gatherings, shopping, entertainment, travel, or we say breathing in the fresh air- nothing remained unclasped from the hands of this gruesome virus. With the grey skies of the pandemic hovering over humankind, how could expatriates have remained untouched by this gloom?
In our quest to understand how expatriates were affected during the pandemic, this article goes beyond what has already been discussed in the literature about expatriation and man-made crises. Taking inspiration from the terrorism-related two-stage stress emergence and outcomes model of Bader and Berg, we proposed a conceptual model showing how the stressors emanating from psychological and situational factors influence expatriates' psychological well-being and performance during the pandemic. The psychological and situational stressors have been discussed in the form of fear of health and economic consequences, uncertainty accompanying the pandemic, perceived geographical distance due to travel bans, and living conditions of the host country in terms of severity of COVID-19 infection rate and death tolls.
Now, since management of any crisis is necessary, we proposed some moderating variables that, we believe, can alter the adverse consequences of Covid-19 stressors on the psychological well-being and performance of expatriates. In this regard, we discussed how resilience, social network, and support from the organization, supervisor, and family could help expatriates manage the stress and maintain their well-being in distressing times. We also emphasized the inevitability of virtual collaborations in this "new normal" and argued that it reduces the adverse effects of poor psychological well-being on the performance of expatriates.
The postulated relationships among stressors, outcomes and the moderators of this novel context have been explained through propositions. Thus, building upon the work of Bader and Berg, this study extends the expatriation literature to the events of the natural crises. Finally, the study discusses the implications and outlines the avenues for future research.
To read the full article, please see the Journal of Global Mobility publication:
Tripathi, C.M. and Singh, T. (2022), "Sailing through the COVID-19 pandemic: managing expatriates' psychological well-being and performance during natural crises", Journal of Global Mobility, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 192-208. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-03-2021-0034


The board has been very slow lately. Hanging on positing etc. It's quite an old board and there are problems updating it. I turned some features off yesterday to see if it speeded things up. The jury is still out.
Posting is still hanging when i tried today. Still gets posted just hangs on the page.
When posting it still hangs. Have noticed though that depending on what device I use sometimes it doesn't. e.g. computer / Laptop and occasionally my phone.
Is there any chance of reactivating the "Unread post search"?
It was the primary way to keep up to date across all areas of the Forum instead of now having to enter each area and start checking last post dates.
Turning this feature off doesnt appear to have resolved the "post hangng" issue.


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Politics|Immigration Resurfaces in Tough Talk by Speaker
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Immigration Resurfaces in Tough Talk by Speaker
By Ashley Parker and Michael D. Shear
Speaker John A. Boehner may be ready to move on immigration reform, some are speculating.Credit...Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency
WASHINGTON — Speculation about Speaker John A. Boehner's intentions in overhauling the nation's immigration laws intensified Friday after he mocked the most conservative House members for thwarting his attempts to fix the system, shore up the borders and address the legal status of the country's 11 million illegal immigrants.
For Mr. Boehner of Ohio, who expressed his frustrations at a Rotary Club luncheon in Ohio on Thursday, it was the latest in a series of bracing comments that White House officials and activists said could be an indication that he was willing to buck opposition in his own party and move ahead on immigration.
Steven C. LaTourette, a Republican former congressman from Ohio who is close to Mr. Boehner, said the speaker's comments meant he was ready to either push forward on immigration or was preparing for retirement.
Mr. Boehner may have become "finally unchained and has basically had enough of this stuff and is going to be John Boehner again, which would be great for the party and great for the country," Mr. LaTourette said. "Or this condo he bought down in Florida is going to be occupied sooner than anyone thought."
The Senate, with bipartisan support, passed a broad immigration bill last June, which included a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country. But the measure stalled in the Republican-controlled House, where many conservatives dismissed the bill as providing "amnesty."
Mr. Boehner and his leadership team released a one-page set of guiding principles on immigration in January, which also included a lengthy path to legal status for such immigrants, but he was forced to abandon the guidelines just a week later in the face of conservative opposition.
But in recent weeks, Mr. Boehner's exasperation has become increasingly pronounced. At a recent fund-raiser in Las Vegas, in comments first reported by The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Boehner told guests that he was "hellbent" on dealing with the issue this year. And on Thursday, back in his home district, Mr. Boehner allowed what seemed to be his private sentiments to spill into public view as he poked fun at some of his most conservative members.
"Here's the attitude: 'Oooh, don't make me do this. Oooh, this is too hard,' " Mr. Boehner said in a high-pitched voice, his faced scrunched up like a child's.
"We get elected to make choices," he added, in comments first reported by The Cincinnati Enquirer. "We get elected to solve problems, and it's remarkable to me how many of my colleagues just don't want to."
His aides were quick to reject the idea that Mr. Boehner was ready to change strategies. He still opposed, they said, a broad overhaul embraced by President Obama and a bipartisan group in the Senate.
"The speaker continues to believe we need step-by-step efforts to fix our broken immigration system, but given the American people and Congress's lack of trust that the president will enforce the law, it's difficult to see how we make progress," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for Mr. Boehner. As for the mockery, he added, "The speaker often says you only tease the ones you love."
House Republicans, including Mr. Boehner, hoped to pass a series of narrow but related bills. But they also said that Mr. Obama's repeated changes to the Affordable Care Act, as well as his State of the Union promise to use executive actions to circumvent Congress, have eroded trust and made any immigration deal with Republicans increasingly difficult.
Privately, Republicans also said that a broad immigration deal was unlikely in a midterm election year, and that the issue was too big and unwieldy to push through in the lame duck session after the November elections. Democrats pointed to a small window of opportunity — in June and July — when a deal could be reached, but they warned that it was rapidly closing, and that Republicans had not made any serious effort to work with them on a compromise.
Mr. Boehner's comments did nothing to endear him to his party's conservative wing, which he has battled on a number of other fronts, including the "fiscal cliff" deal and the government shutdown last year. Representative Raúl R. Labrador, an Idaho Republican who frequently criticizes Mr. Boehner, said in a statement that he was "disappointed" in Mr. Boehner's remarks.
"The problem is Obama, not House Republicans," he said. "Speaker Boehner should have made that point instead of criticizing the people he is supposed to be leading."
Representative Steve King, Republican of Iowa, said Mr. Boehner's recent actions have offered a "drip, drip, drip" of signals to his party's conservative base, and "each one of these weakens his hand."
Immigration advocates said they needed to see action from the speaker, not just tough talk. "He's acting like he's not the speaker of the House of Representatives," said Lynn Tramonte, deputy director of America's Voice, a pro-immigration group. "There's nobody higher than him in that body who can decide what bills get put on the floor and what votes to take."
White House officials declined to comment on the speaker's remarks. In recent months, Mr. Obama and his aides have been careful to give Mr. Boehner — who they believe is personally committed to overhauling the immigration system — a wide berth in dealing with his members.
But even as he waits for Mr. Boehner to act, the president is under increasing pressure to slow the steady stream of deportations. Last month, Mr. Obama promised that Jeh C. Johnson, the secretary of Homeland Security, would review the deportation policy to make it more humane.
That review could be finished within weeks, several administration officials said. Mr. Johnson is considered likely to focus on ways to minimize the deportation of immigrants who have settled in the nation's interior and have committed no other crimes. Such a proposal could reduce the likelihood of deportation for tens of thousands.
Any recommendation like that could anger House conservatives and make the speaker's job more difficult.
But a proposal to change enforcement priorities is not likely to satisfy most immigration activists either; they want the president to end most deportations until a legislative overhaul is enacted.
Kevin Madden, a Republican strategist who once served as Mr. Boehner's spokesman, said his comments in Ohio this week reinforced the speaker's difficult position.
"It isn't a secret about what John's personal policy views are on this," Mr. Madden said. "He believes this is an important issue that he'd like to get done."


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Home / News / City steps up efforts to prevent home foreclosures – OnMilwaukee.com
City steps up efforts to prevent home foreclosures – OnMilwaukee.com
When Charmion Herron's mother died in 2010, she – along with her three sisters and brother – thought the family home was gone for good. There was no will, major repairs were needed and the house eventually became the property of the city following a tax foreclosure hearing. Through a city program, Herron was able to prevent foreclosure.
Now, relaxing comfortably in the living room as the owner of the home where she spent her teenage years, it all seems surreal, she said.
"I always wanted to own my own home, but it got to the point where I thought it was never going to happen," she said. "Especially not this with house."
Herron, 50, bought the home in the McGovern Park neighborhood on the North Side through the city's Strong Neighborhoods Plan, with assistance from ACTS Housing. Prior to last month's closing, more than $17,000 in renovations were made to repair the roof, plumbing, electrical system and other parts of the house. Through the city program, and because Herron met all the requirements, the home only cost $1 and rehabilitation expenses are part of a forgivable loan.
One of the requirements was for Herron to receive homeownership counseling, which was provided by ACTS Housing.
"I learned a lot going through all this," she said.
As it turns out, the city also has learned a lot about working with tax foreclosed properties in the aftermath of the financial downturn and foreclosure crisis that began in 2008. Programs such as Strong Neighborhoods match responsible, qualified buyers with city-owned tax foreclosed homes. This year, the city is spending $10.3 million on housing rehabilitation and reconstruction, including home loan programs, code compliance loans and a program to encourage development of city-owned commercial property.
Now, the city is working to avoid foreclosures before they can happen.
"One of our focuses today is in helping people prevent tax foreclosures, and that's not something we emphasized in the past," said Aaron Szopinski, City of Milwaukee housing policy director.
It usually takes three years of property tax delinquency before the city initiates the foreclosure process that results in taking over ownership of a home. Although due dates are fixed and state law prevents the city from negotiating tax amounts owed or waiving interest and penalty charges, three years is enough time for homeowners to seek the help of qualified financial counselors and prevent the loss of their home.
"We know from experience that people who lose their homes usually have lots going on in their lives that complicates their financial picture, like employment issues or medical bills," Szopinski said. "They get behind (in their property taxes) and it feels like there's no way out."
The city has established partnerships with several qualified nonprofit credit counseling agencies. In February, the city mailed delinquency notices to about 14,000 homeowners which, in addition to warning them about potential foreclosure, also included a letter with contact information for nonprofit credit counseling agencies.
"Credit counselors like GreenPath and Aurora Family Services provide financial advice and can help homeowners work out agreements with banks and creditors," Szopinski said.
Take Root Milwaukee partners with the city and acts as a clearinghouse to connect financially troubled homeowners with the appropriate counseling organization.
"The best time to talk to someone if you're getting into trouble is early," said Kristi Luzar, deputy director of programs for the Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin, which manages Take Root.
In January, Take Root coordinated placing an insert into the water bill of every homeowner in the city. It offered free financial counseling to property owners who have fallen delinquent on their taxes. Take Root also runs ads on radio and TV, and participates in community fairs and events for potential home buyers. As a result of its recent activities, Take Root has seen calls to its hotline for tax delinquent homeowners increase by 52 percent this year.
While many legitimate organizations stand ready to help homeowners resolve their financial troubles, Luzar says there has been an uptick recently in foreclosure rescue scams. "The scammers make promises and ask for money upfront, but do little or nothing to help homeowners facing foreclosure," said Luzar.
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council recommends working with nonprofit housing counselors and being wary of any organization promising guaranteed results. According to the council, if an offer to help sounds too good to be true, it probably is.


The Great Awakening that is taking place at this historic time is revealing a vast potential for our world, as timely advances, inventions, and cures heal the many conditions we are faced with on earth. A host of wondrous endeavors have begun flooding the planet, up-leveling our way of life. As the citizens of earth align with their Authentic Self, the Light of the Heaven Worlds is illuminating a pathway for humanity. The Authentic Self holds a Code of Light that connects us with a Divine Matrix that is presently illuminating the planet. This link-up between the heaven and human worlds is transforming the earth. It is birthing the global renaissance that is presently flooding the world with mystical imprints and a new archetypal patterning.
The time has come to allow the full radiance of our Authentic Self to be magnified in the world. To be swift in our self-counseling each time issues arise, so we are living more often in our True Nature. Each one of us who rises into this conscious state can touch the world in a profound way, affecting millions of lives by being a vessel of light to the world. It is from this state of being that an outpouring of timely creative endeavors can flow forth.
Major consciousness shifts are taking place on the planet. We are in the midst of a worldwide awakening that could end the reign of suffering. We have entered the Time of the Great Alliance. Dedicated to a common vision and purpose, men and women are coming together to fulfill a Spiritual Destiny. We are uniting throughout the world and our alliance is powerful. Our mission to bring humanity into an Age of Enlightenment and Peace is being fulfilled.
Every one of us is important to this equation. We each have an important role to play. Special and unique, we have come to earth to lend our talents, gifts, insights, and vision to a world in transition. Humanity, the earth, and our beautiful children are receiving this Heritage of Light. Like a time capsule set on a powerful course, this inner equation is birthing a new world.
Each day we have the opportunity to rise up from our busy lives and take our place as participants in this 'Restoration Earth Project.' We can join the 'Grand Alliance,' lending our conscious awareness and manifold gifts to a greater purpose. We are being called to heal the imbalances and schisms within our psyches so that the outer reflection of our inner wholeness can be made manifest as a transformed world. We are being drawn back to Love. We are being encoded with a reverence for Peace. We are being shown that to truly love others we must first love ourselves. When we love, honor, and respect ourselves enough, we will give ourselves a life of harmony, abundance, and peace. We will cease to allow wars. We will tend to our inner turmoil. We will take timely actions to heal and transform the wounded parts of self that have risen from our subconscious for healing. We will change our relationships by changing ourselves.
We will learn to create harmony in all our relationships by being conscious and by relinquishing the need to be right and to blame. We will take responsibility for the emotions and upsets that rise up within us and turn our attention to healing the parts of us that are calling for change. We will finally understand that our little wars are but a microcosmic view of the larger plays on earth and that when we cease fighting amongst ourselves, there will be no more war on earth. It is then we will allow Heaven to know its glory once again in the human world. It is then we will have stepped into the glorious future that is a signature of this new age and its promise to the souls of humanity.
Our planet hangs in the balance. Which way it will go is directly dependent upon what choices are made collectively by individuals and societies throughout the world in these next crucial years. It is imperative that strategic plans be implemented that will create the positive future scenario that is now within our reach. One of the most powerful ways we can implement change is to have a vision of where we are going. To perceive a grander potential allows us to work towards a higher purpose.
We are encoded with new Archetypes for the New Millennium. We hold the key to birth this vision in the world. Riding on the wave of a new planetary momentum, it is the awakening ones who are bringing forth new models in every area of life. It is this vision that is presently manifesting its glory on earth. When we understand the power of this time and our role within it, we can more consciously lend our vision and heart to the work at hand. We can transform a world that seems like it is spinning out of control by lending our allegiance to a higher vision and working to bring forth our individual Divine Plan.


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Le nombre d'accessoires conçus et sortis sur la Family Computer est considérable.

Accessoires officiels
En voici une liste :
FamiCoin - Des pièces colorées sous licence qui peuvent être placées dans le D-pad de la manette. (Nintendo)
Famicom Data Recorder - Un appareil pour enregistrer et charger, à partir de cassettes audio, les programmes faits avec Family BASIC. (Nintendo)
Famicom Cleaning Kit - Une cartouche spéciale qui nettoie l'intérieur de la console. Existe en quatre versions. (Nintendo)
Famicom Controller - La manette originale de la Famicom. (Nintendo)
Famicom Disk System - Un appareil révolutionnaire qui se branche sur le port cartouche, afin d'utiliser des disquettes , effaçables et ré-inscriptibles. (Nintendo)
Famicom Four-way Adaptor - Un adaptateur permettant à quatre joueurs de jouer simultanément. (Nintendo)
Famicom Keyboard - Un clavier utilisé uniquement pour programmer avec Family BASIC. (Nintendo)
Famicom Light Gun - Un pistolet optique réagissant aux couleurs émises par la télévision. (Nintendo)
Holster pour le Light Gun - Un étui et sa ceinture faits pour porter le gun japonais à la ceinture. Il était vendu en pack avec le pistolet et le jeu Wild Gunman. (Nintendo)
Famicom MODEM - Un modem servant à se connecter au serveur de Nintendo, sur lequel se trouvait des blagues, des news, des astuces de jeu, des bulletins météo pour le Japon et quelques jeux téléchargeables. (Nintendo)
Famicom Robot - Un petit robot à piles qui se dirigeait en fonction de la lumière émise par la télévision. (Nintendo)
Famicom 3D System - Lunettes 3D sous forme de casque, servant à voir en 3 dimensions certains jeux spécifiques sur Disk System, comme Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally ou encore Falsion. (Nintendo)

Accessoires non officiels
En voici une liste :
Arkanoid Controller - Manette spécifique aux jeux Arkanoid. (Taito)
ASCII Stick L5 - Pad Famicom à une main. (ASCII)
Bandai Karaoke Studio - Micro et enregistreur. (Bandai)
Family Converter - Adaptateur NES/Famicom. Il y en a deux versions (NES vers Famicom, et Famicom vers NES). (Honey Bee)
Famicom RF Booster - Prise RF. (Hori)
Family Trainer - Tapis permettant de contrôler la console avec ses pieds. Fourni avec le jeu Athletic World. (Bandai)
Gun Sight - Sorte de Light Gun fourni avec le jeu Laser Invasion. Il s'agit d'un casque muni d'écouteurs et d'un micro. (Konami)
Joystick-7 - Joystick de type arcade style avec fonction turbo.
Joycard Sanusui SSS - Manette avec prise pour écouteurs. (Hudson Soft)
Micro Genius - Cartouche adaptateur de jeux NES pour Famicom. (Micro Genius)
Party Room 21 Controller - Un buzzer pour les quiz. Prévu jusqu'à six joueurs.
Power Glove - Manette sous forme de gant, censé reproduire les mouvements de la main. (PAX)
Reggie's Joystick - Manette Famicom avec fonction turbo.
Spica T89 - Adaptateur de jeux NES pour Famicom. (Spica)
Super Controller - Coque pour la manette, changeant la croix directionnelle en joystick. (Bandai)
Toyo Stick - Manette d'arcade pour Famicom. (Toyo)
Wu Ho Cassette Adaptor - Adaptateur de jeux NES pour Famicom. (Wu Ho)

Voir aussi

Annexes
 Nintendo
 Manette de jeu

Liens externes
 Famicom/NES Hardware List
 NES/Famicom Peripherals

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Decatur Required IN Starting a Business Permits and Tax IDs.
First, if you name your food business "Whole Food That Will Make You Skinny," you will need to register the name with an assumed fictitious business name DBA filing.
In addition, to start your own Food Truck business, the first step is to apply for a IN Home Occupation Business License Decatur County Occupational Business License , Greensburg Business Permits IN Counties Business Tax Registration Sitemap, but IN Incorporation is at state level registration. The business license may be required from just one government level, such as the state, or any two or all levels of government may require you to get a permit or license.47240 . Starting a business in Greensburg, Indiana Food Mobile Services 47240 zip code, Stop N Go Grub Hub DiBob Robertsesch.
Writing a business plan helps others will evaluate your Decatur business. When seeking looking for investors or lenders will want to read your plan before funding.
A written guide to starting and running your Decatur business successfully is essential. This plan will encourage loans, promote growth, and provide a map for you to follow.
Where are you going to run your business? Is it going to be home-based? or a commercial location? Hire and train employees to help you run the business. Get a Decatur merchant account to accept credit cards and you are ready to go!


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Art Guide Australia is a print and online magazine exploring contemporary Australian art. Our editors and our team of writers and contributors know the local art scene and keep you informed through engaging and thoughtful articles. We speak with artists, curators and gallerists to learn more about their ideas and share them with an audience who want to know more about Australian art and what to see. We're here to support a vibrant and diverse arts community and our aim is to provide independent, considered editorial coverage alongside a comprehensive picture of what's happening in the visual arts across Australia.


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Ventura Criminal Defense Lawyer for Gang Crimes
The number of private-practice attorneys who are presented with the opportunity to handle a high-level gang case is low. Mr. Welch is one of the few practicing lawyers who handles these types of cases, and he is one of the leading gang crime defense attorneys in all of Southern California.
The mark of a great criminal defense lawyer is his ability to yield successful results for difficult cases. Mr. Welch has done exactly this time and time again. His case results speak to his commitment to excellence.
Highlights of Mr. Welch's victories include:
Described as one of the greatest trial victories in all of Ventura County, Mr. Welch defended a Lemonwood Chique gang member who was accused of the attempted murder of a rival gang member. Facing life in prison, the defendant was taken to trial under Mr. Welch's representation and the case was won in the defendant's favor.
Mr. Welch defended a member of the Los Angeles Crips who was accused of gang robbery at gunpoint. The defendant, who faced a lifetime term of imprisonment upon conviction, was in good hands with Mr. Welch. The attorney's skillful negotiation methods with the District Attorney resulted in dismissal of the charges.
About Gang Crime Charges
In California, gang crime charges are punishable under Penal Code section 186.22. These types of offenses are categorized as two separate crimes. The first penalizes any type of participation in a criminal street gang, while the second penalizes any type of crime committed for the benefit of the gang.
Gang-related cases that the Law Office of Christopher P. Welch handles:
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Proven defense against your gang crime charges is only a phone call away. At the Law Office of Christopher P. Welch, Mr. Welch is available to meet you free of charge. Mr. Welch is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to meet the needs of his clients.
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I have learned most of what I know in photography by observing others that are better at some aspect of it than I am. I recently learned some great portrait techniques from Indonesian photographer Rarindra Prakarsa, who shoots beautiful and compelling environmental portraits. I really enjoyed shooting these pictures and was happy with the results.
First, the subject and background must both be compelling. Notice in the shot below how excellent the subject is and how well the background complements him. This was a very friendly guy who works in a shipyard in Jakarta, Indonesia and who just happens to really know how to pose. You have to be really talented to get a bad picture of this guy… I had a number of keepers and it was difficult deciding on my favorite. What makes this image is his great expression and the interesting background which complements him so well.
Dock worker in a Jakarta shipyard poses for the camera.
Second, use a wide-angle lens and shoot from below eye level. Wide-angle lenses aren't normally thought of as portrait lenses and don't work for everyone. But, for certain subjects, shooting in the 20mm-30mm range can really work well. Shooting from below eye level makes your subject look larger than life. In the image below, I shot from significantly below eye-level and the result was…. well, very cool.
Third, carefully position the hands to be part of the composition. When a wide-angle lens is used, hands in the foreground will look much bigger than normal (as in the picture below). However, this looks good in these images in my opinion.
Fourth, use a mix of natural light and flash. These pictures were generally shot using just one off-camera flash at a 45-degree angle to the subject. Don't overpower your subject with flash. You want to make it look like no flash was used. You'll want to set your camera to "manual", expose for the background (I generally underexposed a bit for these shots) and then bring in the flash.
Fifth, shoot either early or late in the day (when the sun is low in the sky) or in overcast conditions. Bright sunlight on your subject will generally ruin the picture… especially if he or she is squinting from the sun.
What I like about these images is that the wide-angle lens creates a perspective that doesn't look quite "real". Because of that, these techniques are entirely inappropriate for many or even most portraits. You will want to use different techniques if you are shooting a wedding or senior portrait, for example.
Posted in Tips and Tricks on April 26, 2014 by Ken Koskela.


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Q: Tableau - Data Source Connection Information of Published Data sources I have a twb file which uses a published data source. I want to check the connection details of the data source. The twb file gives me only the published data source(tableau server details) details. The rest API to get data source connection details gives only the server details of the local data source. All other information like DB, schema and table information are missing.
If I have a twb connecting directly to my local data sources, the XML has all the connection information including server, schema, DB and table names.
How do I check the DB, schema and tables the twb file is using when it uses a published data source?
Thanks

A: Thanks Sam. Looks like the tds file also points to the tableau server published data source. I need information about the local data sources i.e., underlying connection details of the published data sources.
I tried the postgresSQL. I still do not have the schema information :(


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Lt. Col. Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter (August 29, 1912 – March 22, 1966) was a United States Army officer and army observation pilot who served in World War II.  He is best remembered for destroying several enemy armored vehicles in his bazooka-equipped L-4 Grasshopper light observation aircraft.

Early life and career
Carpenter was born and raised in the town of Edgington, Illinois.  He graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.

World War II service
Upon arriving in France in 1944, Carpenter was assigned an L-4 Grasshopper for artillery spotter role and reconnaissance missions.  Assuming a  pilot and no radio aboard, the L-4H had a remaining cargo or passenger weight capacity of approximately . The additional weight of radio and radio operator often exceeded this limit.
Inspired by other L-4 pilots who had installed bazookas as anti-tank armament on their planes, Carpenter added bazooka launchers to his plane as well.

Within a few weeks, on September 20, 1944, during the Battle of Arracourt, Carpenter was credited with knocking out a German armored car and four tanks.  Carpenter's plane, bearing USAAF serial number 43-30426, was known as Rosie the Rocketer (a play on Rosie the Riveter), and his exploits were soon featured in numerous press accounts, including Stars and Stripes, the Associated Press, Popular Science, the New York Sun, and Liberty magazine. Carpenter once told a reporter that his idea of fighting a war was to "attack, attack and then attack again."

After destroying his fifth enemy tank, Carpenter told a Stars and Stripes correspondent that the "word must be getting around to watch out for Cubs with bazookas on them. Every time I show up now they shoot with everything they have. They never used to bother Cubs. Bazookas must be bothering them a bit."

By war's end, Major Carpenter had destroyed or disabled several German armored cars and tanks (he was officially credited with six tanks destroyed).

Postwar service
In 1945, Carpenter became seriously ill and he was diagnosed with Hodgkin disease, and doctors gave him 2 years to live. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army service in 1946.  He returned to work as a history teacher at Urbana High School in Urbana, Illinois, where he worked and remained until his death in 1966 at the age of 53.

Rosie the Rocketer
In October 2017, the same L-4H that then-Major Carpenter had flown in World War II was located at the Austrian Aviation Museum (german: Österreichisches Luftfahrtmuseum) at Graz Airport, and was acquired by the Collings Foundation for restoration to its WWII appearance by a restorer in La Pine, Oregon, with the restoration reported as complete on July 4, 2020. The aircraft is now on public display at the Collings Foundation's American Heritage Museum.

References

External links
 YouTube video detailing the history of "Bazooka Charlie's" anti-tank endeavors

1912 births
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Burials in Illinois
Centre College alumni
People from Rock Island County, Illinois
Recipients of the Air Medal
Recipients of the Silver Star
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Scientific Programming and Computer Architecture By Divakar Viswanath
Computer & Internet, Computer & Internet English, Computer Programming, English
Scientific Programming and Computer Architecture By Divakar Viswanath Pdf download and online read. Hardcover/Paperback 434 pages, eBook HTML and PDF.
A variety of programming models relevant to scientists were explained, with an emphasis on how programming constructs are assigned to parts of the computer.
What makes computer programs fast or slow? To answer this question, we have to be behind the abstractions of programming languages and see how a computer really works. This book examines different types of scientific programming models and explains how programming maps different parts of computer architecture. Two themes emerge program speed and program modularity. Throughout this book, the premise is "get under the hood," and the discussion is tied to specific programs.
The book distributes books to linkers, compilers, operating systems, and computer architectures to understand how different parts of a computer interact with programs. It begins with a review of C / C ++ and explanations of how libraries, linkers, and makefiles work. Covered programming models include Pthreads, OpenMP, MPI, TCP / IP, and CUDA. The emphasis on how computers work leads the reader to the architecture of the computer and occasionally to the core of the operating system. The studied operating system is Linux, the preferred platform for scientific computing. Linux is also open-source, allowing users to observe its inner workings. The brief appendix provides a useful table of machines used for time programs. The book's website (https://github.com/divakarvi/bk-spca) has all the programs described in the book, as well as a link to the HTML text.
Name: Scientific Programming and Computer Architecture
Writer: Divakar Viswanath
Publisher: The MIT Press (July 28, 2017)
Hardcover/Paperback 434 pages
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ISBN-10/ASIN: 0262036290
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