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The Store of the Future Has Arrived (and No, It's Not Apple)
Eighty-five-year-old Chicagoan Martin Shafron, a self-described "computer illiterate," steps into the rotunda-like entrance of AT&T's flagship store in the city's high-end retail district known as the Magnificent Mile. Though Shafron doesn't realize it, he's also smack in the middle of a retail revolution showing off its gadgetry and pageantry from here to Beijing.
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Qorvo® Launches Broadest PAM4 Product Family for Data Centers
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New TIAs and drivers optimize performance in data centers and client-side operations
GREENSBORO, NC – March 16, 2017 – Qorvo® (Nasdaq:QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, has introduced five new low-power pulse amplitude modulation-4 (PAM4) optical solutions. The new products connect equipment inside data centers to efficiently process and deliver ever-increasing volumes of data. The family of transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) and drivers gives customers the broadest range of PAM4 options to support the needs of 100G to 400G optical networks.
"While the current ramp of 100G Ethernet in large data centers is dramatic, there is considerable interest in implementing the new Ethernet speeds, especially with PAM4 modulation," remarked Vladimir Kozlov, founder and CEO of LightCounting Market Research. "Qorvo's new linear drivers and TIAs will support all the new speeds from 25G, 50G, 200G and even 400G."
Gorden Cook, general manager of the Qorvo Transport Business Unit said, "We are excited to launch the industry's broadest PAM4 product line, including both drivers and TIAs. These products are designed to more efficiently connect equipment in data centers and client-side telecom applications. Our complete range of solutions will enable our optical customers to improve performance, reduce total cost and accelerate the implementation of 100G to 400G systems."
Built on high-performance gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) and silicon germanium (SiGe) technologies, the Qorvo PAM4 family includes three 28GBaud linear drivers and two linear TIAs. The units feature the industry's leading power efficiency within the range of 200 milliwatts per channel, high gain and high linearity, in a small footprint.
Qorvo's new linear drivers are now being built into optical network systems. The single-channel TIAs will be available for sampling in April. Additional quad-channel drivers and new TIAs will be available in late 2017.
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Qorvo has provided market-leading linear driver solutions to tier one OEMs since 2008, and has shipped more than 3 million transmit modulator driver amplifiers and receive transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) for use in high-performance optical equipment. These components are critical for long-haul, metro and data center applications. Qorvo's optical network products offer the size, power and performance needed to support higher-frequency signals and extremely low distortion to enable the next generations of fiber optic networks.
The Qorvo optical portfolio will be showcased at the Optical Networking and Communication Conference and Exposition (#OFC) in Los Angeles, California, March 21-23, in booths #2263 and #2533. To learn more about Qorvo's high-performance solutions at the core of optical transport, visit www.qorvo.com/optical.
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Qorvo (NASDAQ:QRVO) makes a better world possible by providing innovative RF solutions at the center of connectivity. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex technical challenges. Qorvo serves diverse high-growth segments of large global markets, including advanced wireless devices, wired and wireless networks and defense radar and communications. We also leverage our unique competitive strengths to advance 5G networks, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and other emerging applications that expand the global framework interconnecting people, places and things. Visit www.qorvo.com to learn how Qorvo connects the world.
Qorvo is a registered trademark of Qorvo, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries.
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Stewart's version is one I enjoy, and still have on the DVR to watch and help extend Christmas a bit. Thank you for continuing the project. I enjoy it immensely. Hope you and your family had a great Christmas and wishing you the best in 2016!
Thanks, Joe! Happy New Year to you and your family as well!


Hello everyone! I'm popping in today with a card using Swanky Snowdudes and pretty Snowflakes dies from Paper Smooches.
I first die-cut a strip of Post It tape using a Snow Drifts die. Once that was adhered across the bottom of my card front, I sponged a quick sky with Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink then adhered the die-cut snowflakes. In the center of each, I placed a Queen & Company Gem topping.
The snowman was stamping onto X-Press It Blending Card, colored with Copic markers (listed above) then cut out and adhered with foam tape.


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Kozak's Classic Cinema
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The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
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The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941). 92 minutes. Directed by William Keighley. Starring James Cagney (as Steve Collins), Bette Davis (as Joan Winfield), Eugene Pallette (as Lucius Winfield), and Harry Davenport (as "Pop" Tolliver).
The Bride Came C.O.D. is reminiscent of two other films that I have reviewed recently. Like von Stroheim's Greed, it was filmed in Death Valley when temperatures were high. Like It Happened One Night, it features a wealthy heiress who wants to marry a dashing celebrity of whom her father disapproves, and the plot involves her displacement and an elaborate hunt to locate her.
By the early 1940s, Bette Davis and James Cagney were looking for new material. Cagney had flourished playing gangster characters in movies such as The Public Enemy, and Davis had had great success in melodramas such as Jezebel and Of Human Bondage, but both actors thought a comedy was necessary to move their careers in fresh directions. What they ended up with in The Bride Came C.O.D. is a movie that is deeply reminiscent of earlier screwball comedies, and of It Happened One Night in particular. Davis plays heiress Joan Winfield, and Cagney plays Steve Collins, the pilot whom Joan's father Lucius (played by Eugene Pallette) hires to deceive her and to fly her away from her fiancé and the site of her impending nuptials. Collins agrees to the father's schemes because Collins's plane is in danger of being repossessed, and Lucius has agreed to pay Collins ten dollars for every pound that Joan weighs upon her arrival at an airfield in Texas–if he can get her there. They never make it there, however: Collins crash-lands the plane in the desert on his way out of California, and the two are stuck sleeping on the desert sands with the threat of predatory animals in a scene that recalls Peter and Ellie's night alone in the hay as they travel the countryside in It Happened One Night.
In the latter movie, Ellie was a willing passenger alongside reporter Peter Warne: she consented to travel with him to New York to reach her beau, and she also consented to grant Warne the rights to cover her story. Davis's Joan is at the mercy of Cagney's Collins in The Bride Came C.O.D. She is at first a prisoner in his plane, then later when they arrive at the ghost town owned by "Pop" Tolliver (played by Harry Davenport), she is locked in the jail for a time by Collins, and then she is kept in a mine that Collins convinces her is completely sealed, although as it turns out there is an exit into Tolliver's basement larder. But she is feisty, and there is a great deal of squabbling between Collins and Joan, which we, as diligent movie watchers, know of course will lead to love.
It is a difficult task for any filmmaker to take a tale of kidnapping and bring forth a romance from it. The film was successful upon its initial release although it was somewhat criticized by members of the press, who were perhaps uncomfortable with Cagney and Davis in screwball roles. I think that in recent years the film has also suffered in the eyes of critics, in part because the romance is only barely kindled in those scenes in the mines, and Cagney and Davis never achieve the kind of playful chemistry that Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert did in It Happened One Night. Additionally, perhaps the fact that the film plays on the 1934 It Happened One Night resulted in its appearing out of touch in 1941, and has presumably also resulted in its being labeled as derivative, especially in the contemporary era, in which we value the Gable-Colbert film so highly.
But in spite of these criticisms, there were so many times when I laughed at this movie, especially at the humiliations involving cactus that poor Bette Davis's bottom is often subjected to. She is quoted as having remarked about the film, with which she was dissatisfied, that "all she got out of [it] was a derriere full of cactus quills." There are also many humorous jokes about the diminutive Joan's appetite, her weight being a crucial factor (unbeknownst to her) in Collins's calculation of his fee for the kidnapping. And of course, there is the marvelous Eugene Pallette, that large bullfrog of an actor with the trademark low voice, playing yet another of his exacerbated fathers. I Love Lucy fans will get a kick out of seeing William Frawley (who played Fred Mertz) as an ornery, fast-talking detective who does not like to be confused with movie policemen.
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Clintons 2015 tax return reveals over $ 1 million donation to Clinton Family Foundation i.e. they donated to themselves and their cronies, Donna E. Shalala President, Bill Chelsea and Cheryl Mills on Board of Directors
"the Democratic Party overlooked the ethical red flags and made a pact with Mr. Clinton that was the equivalent of a pact with the devil. And he delivered. With Mr. Clinton at the controls, the party won the White House twice. But in the process it lost its bearings and maybe even its soul."…Bob Herbert, NY Times February 26, 2001
"I think that it was Hillary all the way. I think that she's the mean-spirited one. She's the ideologue, she's the flaming left-wing socialist liberal. She's a bad person with a criminal mind."…Jerry Falwell
"My Next Leak Will Ensure Hillary's Arrest"…Julian Assange
From Zero Hedge August 12, 2016.
"96% Of Clinton Donations Went To The Clinton Foundation"
"Moments ago, when we showed the newly released Clinton 2015 tax return, we posted a rhetorical question: "how much of the Clinton charity donations went to the Clinton Foundation? Taking a deduction for contributing to the employer of your daughter and expense payer of your husband is awesome."
We now know the answer: as page 29 of the tax return reveals, of the $1,042,000 in charitable cash contributions, exactly $1 million went to, you guessed it, the Clinton Family Foundation, whose expenses pay among others those Clinton family members and friends employed by the foundation, like Chelsea Clinton who happens to be the foundation's Vice Chair. Is this the ultimate Clinton reacharound?
Here is a list of some of the other key employees at the foundation:
Donna E. Shalala, President
Philip A. Berry, Chief Human Resources Officer
Tom Borchard, Director of Operations & Security
Ricardo Castro, General Counsel
Amitabh Desai, Foreign Policy Director
Mark Gunton, Chief Executive Officer, Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership
Robert Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, Clinton Global Initiative
Rain Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, Clinton Health Matters Initiative
Andrew Kessel, Chief Financial Officer
Bari Lurie, Chief Of Staff, Office Of Chelsea Clinton
Terri McCullough, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project
Patti Miller, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Too Small to Fail
Gregory Milne, Chief Metrics and Impact Officer
Craig Minassian, Chief Communications Officer
Walker Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Clinton Development Initiative
Maura Pally, Senior Vice President of Programs
Lauren Pruneski, Chief Marketing Officer
Daniel Schaefer, Chief Technology Officer
Stephanie S. Streett, Executive Director
Danielle Stilz, Chief Development Officer
Kevin Thurm, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Dymphna van der Lans, Chief Executive Officer, Clinton Climate Initiative"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-12/96-clinton-donations-went-clinton-foundation
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"The Clinton Foundation was put on Charity Navigator's "watch list" last month, The New York Post reported on Sunday.
The foundation has come under intense scrutiny of late amid revelations it received millions of dollars in donations from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state. Money also flowed to the foundation from companies and businessmen who benefited from their relationship to the Clintons.
Furthermore, analysis of the foundation's tax forms showed it spends a relatively small percentage of its income on charitable activity."
http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/26/clinton-foundation-put-on-charity-watch-list-along-with-al-sharptons-shady-nonprofit/
…….HAIL,HAILTHE GANGS ALL THERE……….WHAT THE DEUCE DO WE CARE,WHAT THE DEUCE DO WE CARE NOW?
oldsoldier80 | August 12, 2016 at 4:05 pm |
LORD….Ain't this the TRUTH !!!!!
From NewsMax February 9, 2001
""The William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation, which reportedly expects to raise $200 million to build a library to help memorialize the ex-president's legacy, is nothing more than a 'slush fund,'" says one-time Clinton confidant Dick Morris.
"First, let's understand what the word 'library' means," Morris told Fox News Channel's Paula Zahn Thursday night.
"This is not a fund that will go for brick and mortar to build a building – and the contractors will spend the money and that's it. It's been rumored and reported that the amount that they have raised substantially, if not vastly, exceeds the amount needed to build the building."
"This is a fund – in effect, a foundation, a kind of slush fund that Clinton will have for the rest of his life," Morris charged.
"He'll use [the money] for staff, he'll use it for transportation, he'll use it for all kinds of things that could be loosely identified as foundation business," Morris explained.
"And basically, when you're paying money to this foundation, you're not just paying it for brick and mortar, you're paying it for Bill Clinton's upkeep.""
http://citizenwells.net/2015/04/20/morris-clinton-library-foundation-is-a-slush-fund-newsmax-article-february-9-2001-dick-morris-hell-use-it-for-all-kinds-of-things-that-could-be-loosely-identified-as-foundation-business/
AND ANOTHER DIZZY LIBERAL FEMALE……..
…………has told the world how twisted her mind is. She just made the statement that since American corporations are enjoying the LOWEST CORPORATE TAXES EVER, they can well afford a $15.00 per hour pay for unskilled help. It is plain to see that she is really UNINFORMED, and a total NITWIT……..Obviously she is a Hillary supporter……..and more importantly clearly demonstrates how badly uninformed she is,and more than likely all the rest of the Hillary supporters are as well.
………..My last comment says it all………YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID. Gruber is RIGHT!
ONE FOR THE ROAD……..
………..a lard A$$ female decided to start hitting a law enforcement officer, so he defended himself against the LARD ASS by taking her to the deck with a HARD LANDING, and cuffing her. She has subsequently filed a civil lawsuit. har har SHE WII LOSE HER CASE IN COURT. ……….the officer had no way to know that she was a mental case, HE ISN'T A MIND READER……..HE IS A POLICEMAN………..SHE GOT EXACTLY WHAT SHE ASKED FOR………Had I been in his shoes I would have done exactly the same thing.
SueK | August 12, 2016 at 8:33 pm |
Linked from Drudge:
http://thesmokinggun.com/buster/democratic-national-committee/guccifer-dccc-hack-645891
I recall something about chickens coming home to roost (with the help of Guccifer 2.0)…
Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours……..
Will Loretta stop the train for Hillary? You Bet !
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is considering keeping Attorney Gen. Loretta Lynch in her current position, The New York Times reports.
The report comes amid speculation of Clinton's plans at the start of her presidency if she wins the November election.
One of the expectations is that she would want to balance a desire for bipartisan cooperation at the start of her presidency without losing the support of the progressive branch of her party, which would likely want her to capitalize on a decisive victory over an unraveling Republican Party and not be so compromising.
truefreedom | August 13, 2016 at 1:40 am |
Does money get funny, like humans, when it's repeatedly inbred like this? /sarc
Ken Layton | August 13, 2016 at 2:15 am |
I'm sure the Clintons also used the foundation money to pay off the hitmen.
Ken Layton…….
………..you are probably right…….money that CANNOT BE TRACED! But sooner or later ONE of the hit persons is going to wake up to the fact that what he /she knows is worth a fortune to somebody, and he /she will CUT A DEAL to collect the potential fortune. Sellouts happen to the best of the BASTARDS.
………money either gets DIRTY, and TATTERED , or WEARS OUT, OR BOTH, and ends up being taken out of circulation and INCINERATED. As for worn out coinage, it too is removed from circulation and is eventually melted down to ingots. NOTHING,OR NOBODY EXISTS PERMANENTLY………NOR DOES ANYTHING BUILT BY MAN LAST FOREVER. MAINTENANCE ONLY EXTENDS THE USEFUL LIFE OF AN OBJECT,OR ENTITY.
AND NOW……….
…..SLICK WILLY once again tries to lie to the world…….saying Hillary's private email use for state department business is a LOAD OF BULL. It appears that SLICK WILLY didn't learn a damn thing from his BLUE DRESS CONVICTION, AND SUBSEQUENT CENSURE. Rightfully he should have been removed from office………he done the absolute CARDINAL SIN that a POTUS CAN DO……..HE LIED WHILE UNDER OATH TO THE COURT……..WHICH IS ALSO THE ABSOLUTE CARDINAL SIN WITH RESPECT TO HIS OATH OF OFFICE. HE WAS SAVED FROM BEING REMOVED BY A FEW OF THE TWISTED LIBERAL SENATORS WITH THE HELP OF A FEDERAL JUDGE, AND ENDED UP ONLY RECEIVING CENSURE BY BOTH HOUSES………WHICH WAS A BLATANT FINGER IN THE EYE OF JUSTICE.
THE HABITUAL LIAR SLICK WILLY IS IN TRUTH A ZERO, AND AS SUCH IS LESS THAT A POS. HE SURRENDERED ANY RESPECTABILITY WHICH HE MIGHT HAVE COMMANDED WHEN HE LIED TO THE CONGRESSIONAL GRAND JURY.IN TRUTH HE IS A BASTARD, AND REPRESENTS EVERYTHING THAT THE RADICAL LIBERAL MINDSET IS ABOUT.
Trudy | August 13, 2016 at 11:27 am |
I say keep them coming, and maybe some of these people that are on the fence will know what the Dems are all about.
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STAR WARS CELEBRATION's Episode 9 panel saw JJ Abrams speaking out about using previously unused Carrie Fisher footage.
Fisher passed away in 2016 after filming The Last Jedi, the previous movie in the saga.
But her character, Leia, will still be seen in Episode IX thanks to scenes that were filmed but not used previously.
Speaking at Star Wars Celebration, Abrams said: "Carrie was the best, she was glorious, she was amazing.
"It was impossible - what are you gonna do? You don't recast that part, and you don't have her disappear.
"The weird miracle of having a number of scenes that had gone unused… looking at those scenes and understanding there was a way to use those scenes and continue her story.
"The idea of having a CG character was off the table, we'd never want to try.
The plot continues to be kept secretive, but C-3PO star Anthony Daniels appeared on Good Morning America today - and appeared to hint that a major rumour about Episode 9 is true.
It has long been speculated that the droid plays a key part of the story; with some leaks alleging that his lost memories are the initial MacGuffin (plot device).
Daniels appeared to be caught off-guard when speaking about being kept on the sidelines in Episode 7, when the interviewer asked if he has a main part in Episode 9.
The movie will wrap up the nine-part Skywalker saga and the three-chapter sequel trilogy.
Abrams is returning to the directors' chair after helming 2015's The Force Awakens.


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The Fraunhofer Society, as the leading organization for applied research in Europe, conducts its research activities by 72 institutes and research units at locations throughout Germany. The Fraunhofer Digital project, a part of the Fraunhofer 2022 Agenda, introduces the vision, that research and administrative data will be linked, aggregated and analyzed in order to optimize the research and development processes and support management decisions. As a part of this vision, the Research Data in the Fraunhofer Data Space project develops methods to reuse the research data in a broader sense, and integrate research data silos in various institutes into Fraunhofer Data Space. In this work we present the concept, early outcomes, and a FAIRness assessment of the research data repository approach. In our assessment we used the FAIR metrics, and as a result developed a set of recommendations. These recommendations will be utilized to establish a digital research data infrastructure as well as a research data reuse culture in Fraunhofer. They can be also useful for other large scale institutions with heterogeneous research communities.


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Q: Prefixing string from Android Database I am trying to display information from a database in my android app. However, I would like it prefixed with the character €. Is that possible?
My Current code:
String[] from = new String[]{savingDB.KEY_DATE};

int[] to = new int[]{R.id.date};

What I tried:
String[] from = new String[]{"€" + savingDB.KEY_DATE};

int[] to = new int[]{R.id.date};

A: You're gonna have to do something custom. There are at least a couple of alternatives. If you're using a SimpleCursorAdapter the simplest is to just override the bindView() method and forcefully set the value on the view that you want. You can look at the SimpleCursorAdapter code to get an idea of what you have to do. Boils down to retrieving your column from the Cursor, finding the view you want to set and calling view.setText("$" + stringFromCursor);
Alternatively, you can roll your own Cursor and instead of getting just the savingDB.KEY_DATE column from the database, you query the database using a concatenation, like: `"select '€' || " + savingDB.KEY_DATE + " from yourtable". Something like that.

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Fraud Report: ACFE 2020 RTTN
Chartered Accountant Found Guilty Of Fraud
Office Coordinator Found Guilty Of Fraud
Office Manager found Guilty of Fraud!
Nick Dorogavtsev on Employee Fraud – An interview with Steven Ponsonby
Steven on Fraud Awareness Week 2016
Steven Ponsonby on Bookkeeper Found Guilty of Occupational Fraud
2016 ACFE Report on Occupational Fraud
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/2016 ACFE Report on Occupational Fraud
Occupational Fraud continues to remain a universal problem faced by all business and government entities against dishonest individuals who have been hired to carry out the organisation's operations.
Steven Ponsonby, Founding Director of Forensic Accounting QLD advises that fraud is ubiquitous; it does not discriminate in its occurrence and while anti-fraud controls can effectively reduce the likelihood and potential impact of fraud, the truth is that no entity is immune to this threat. Unfortunately, many organisations still suffer from an "it can't happen here" mindset. To help combat this misconception, to raise public awareness about the cost and universal nature of fraud and to support anti-fraud professionals around the globe, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners ("ACFE") undertakes extensive research into the costs and trends related to Occupational Fraud in the form of a survey which is released every two years.
The first "Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse" was published in 1996 to explore the impact of Occupational Fraud and twenty years since the inaugural report was released, the continuing research on these topics now represents the largest collection of occupational fraud cases ever analysed.
Occupational Fraud is defined as:
"the use of one's occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organization's resources or assets."
The 2016 report contains an analysis of 2,410 cases of occupational fraud that were investigated between January 2014 and October 2015 across the globe (including 26 cases in Australia) as set out in a table extracted from the report below,
Please note: the Australian cases referred to above included 2 cases (i.e. 8%) that were investigated by Forensic Accounting, refer to our Blogs on Woltmann and Ransley for further details.
The frauds occurred in 114 countries on six continents, (including Australia) and offer readers an interesting insight into the global nature of occupational fraud.1
Whilst, the full report can be accessed here, we have set out a summary of the report's major findings below for your information:
Organisations lose an estimated 5% of total revenue to fraud each year.
The median loss caused by occupational fraud is $150,000, ($ ⇑ on the 2014 survey).
More than 23.2% of the reported losses exceeded $1 million, (% ⇑ on the 2014 survey).
The frauds had been undertaken for an average of 18 months before being detected, (no change on the 2014 survey).
Frauds that had lasted more than 5 years had a medium loss of $850,000.
In 94.5% of the cases in our study, the perpetrator took some efforts to conceal the fraud. The most common concealment methods were creating and altering physical documents.
Asset misappropriation schemes were by far the most common type of occupational fraud, comprising 85% of the cases reported with a medium loss of $130,000).
Financial statement fraud schemes represented 10% of the cases in the study, but caused the greatest median loss at $975,000.
Occupational fraud is more likely to be detected by a tip off than by any other method.
Occupational fraud is a significant threat to small businesses (i.e. those with < 100 employees)– suffering a similar percentage to an organisations with greater than 10,000 employees, however the economic impact on a small business will be disproportionally larger.
Fraud perpetrators tended to display behavioral warning signs when they were engaged in their crimes.
56.8% of matters were referred to the authorities and a total of 85.4% either plead guilty and/or were convicted at trial, which represents a slight improvement over 2014.
The ACFE is the world's largest anti-fraud organization and premier provider of anti-fraud training and education. Together with nearly 75,000 members, the ACFE is reducing business fraud world-wide and inspiring public confidence in the integrity and objectivity within the profession. Please refer to www.acfe.com for further information on the ACFE.
1 Note: the number of cases in each region largely reflects the demographics of ACFE membership, as that is the source of our data which should not be interpreted to mean that occupational fraud is necessarily more or less likely to occur in any particular region.
2018 ACFE Report to The Nations on Occupational Fraud
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Employee Fraud – An interview with Steven Ponsonby
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The desired result was achieved, at a cost which the clients felt represented a good investment in protecting their ability to continue to trade as builders.
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"Our Daily Bread" Food Pantry at Crossroads Family Center is open to all East Boston residents who are urgently in need of food. The Food Pantry is located at 56 Havre Street in East Boston. Food is distributed through the white door on the side of the building.
The Pantry is open every Sunday and Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:00 PM.
Crossroads is working closely with The Greater Boston Food Bank, Project Bread and The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center to ensure that the bags we distribute are stuffed with fresh, nutritious food.
Please click here for complete guidelines for participation.
If you know someone who may be in need of food, we encourage you to share this information with them.
If you have any questions related to the pantry or are interested in making a donation of non-perishable food items, contact us at info@ebcrossroads.org.


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Corpus Christi woman found dead in Crews Street home identified; man arrested
Ashlee Burns
A man was arrested and charged with murder after police found the body of a 46-year-old woman inside of her central Corpus Christi home on Friday.
Police arrested 62-year-old Hector Davila on suspicion of murder and violation of parole. His bond was set at $1 million.
Around 9:20 p.m. on Dec. 2, police were dispatched to a residence at the 2400 block of Crews Street for a welfare concern, according to a news release. Family members of 46-year-old Melissa Hernandez told police they had not heard from her in several days and attempts to contact her were unsuccessful.
Officers communicated with family members and the suspect, who allegedly would not allow officers to conduct a welfare check.
Police believed Hernandez was in danger and obtained a search warrant for the home. When they entered, the discovered the body of a woman, whom the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office identified as Hernandez. Her cause of death was not released.
More:Corpus Christi police: 16-year-old hospitalized after 'gunfight' with officer
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I have read about the US company SageGlass who are showing their new electronically tinting glass at The FIT Show. So determined are they that we Brits should adopt what is admittedly an impressive product, they are replacing the whole of one end of one of the exhibition halls with their glass, to provide a real live permanent demo.
The product is called Lightzone™ and no less 314 metres2 of the product will be installed which can be tinted electronically using a smartphone app, which I think is pretty cool. Apparently you can create up to three variable tint zones within a single pane of glass, which the US website says is 'ideal for windows, skylights and curtain walls' whereas I think it would be a corker for connie roofs…and actually all of the glass in a conservatory. Now that would get the juices going.
Of course, it all depends upon the cost: Tintable glass is not new as such – Saint-Gobain (SageGlass is a member of the Saint-Gobain Group) had something like this in their London showroom some time ago. Apparently they had it installed in the loo door and one of their jolly japes was to make it transparent when an oppo was in there relieving themselves. I also remember someone telling me about an Arab prince who had such a product – not sure if it was the same – installed in the windows of his pool house at his pad in The Bishops Avenue in Hampstead to protect the dignity of the ladyfolk in his family. He was obviously concerned enough to shell out around a grand a metre for the stuff so I hope he thought it worthwhile.
The new stuff promises to be substantially cheaper than that and I hope so because the opportunities for sticking some of that into conservatories is exciting to say the least; I look forward to seeing it in action.
I waxed lyrical back in the day about 'central locking' for houses, something that that has been available for some time but which has, to the best of my knowledge, been met with a lukewarm response, despite several attempts to bring it into the market. I find that odd, bearing in mind that the concept of pushing a button to unlock the doors of cars is hardly earthshattering and actually, is regarded as a necessity these days.
I was intrigued to hear something about the by possibility of windows that generate electricity through the incorporation of solar panels and whist there have been murmurings I have seen nothing concrete. So I looked and actually a company called 'SolarWindow' is waxing lyrical about being close to making a breakthrough, though it is difficult to pin down anything about a date for the launch.
Products for all types of glazing are being developed with some exorbitant claims made, including a 12-month payback for a tall building glazed throughout with the product. But why not? We do know that we are close to this product or others like it coming to market but there is nothing concrete that I can put my mouse finger on. But imagine how this would revolutionise the window and especially conservatory market?
Solar PV put a lot of money into purveyor's pockets before the disgraceful debacle of the feed in tariffs pretty much killed it overnight. Solar remains a good prospect with interest rates remaining so low but the faith has been shattered so that particular gravy train has come to an end. But imagine for a moment if – when? – Solar PV windows become a reality, that they are reasonably priced and effective…well, I am having to do my deep breathing exercises to calm myself just at the thought!
As one that has been heavily involved with commercial solar and continuing to make my way in the sometimes weary world of windows, doors and connies, the prospect of combining the two causes me to come over all tingly.
But let's calm ourselves for now…perhaps my enthusiastic reader knows something that I don't. Please don't keep it to yourself: I will happily pass on any information you may have after, of course, I have had first dibs at it myself.
Do I Need Social Media in the Window Industry?
MD Viewpoint – Conservatories back in the mix?


Don't miss a new drawing I have this week for a devotional for young girls: Brave Beauty. Scroll to the end to find out how you can enter to win one free copy.
This week I read a post by a woman I met at the Declare Conference, Cara Price: "Three Reasons to Have Gratitude When You Feel Ungrateful" (read it here). She wrote about gratitude, as it is Thanksgiving week, after all. She described how she has not always headed into Thanksgiving feeling thankful. It seems everyone is asking for an example of something for which you're giving thanks, but when you're dealing with anxiety, mourning, or other major difficulties, it can be hard to summon it up. Truly, it can feel more like faking to come up with anything.
I first started learning this lesson in a very simple way when I was a moody teenager. I remember sitting in a class like Algebra I, suddenly overcome by a heavy, inexplicable gloom (or maybe not so inexplicable–it was a math class, after all). As I have a fairly cheerful personality naturally, I was upset by these moods and wanted rid of them as soon as possible, but when they struck, I couldn't seem to get out from under them easily.
I'm not sure if someone suggested this to me, or if I somehow came up with the idea on my own, but one day during one of these dark spells, I decided to start listing everything that made me happy in my life, no matter how small. I would slowly spell something like cats, maybe following it with flowers in my small, all-upper-case handwriting of the time. I might add cds, memories, cross country, and even pencils. I started slow, but as I added to the list and my "happinesses" grew, the thoughts came faster. The first words were choices–I forced myself to write each on the paper. By the end, I couldn't help but write them. They flowed easily. I always ended up writing until the page was filled to the utter edges. With the words came the joy. My sadness lifted, and I would end up fairly dancing in my seat with my secret happiness as my teacher droned on about x's and y's.
This practice of choosing to think about all that made me happy when I dealt with small sad moods served me well when I had to suffer the much more difficult grief reaching me by the end of my college years. By that time, it was easier for me to choose gratitude when all else failed around me, when I lost running for a time, my longtime boyfriend, and ultimately my sister due to cancer.
This Thanksgiving, you might feel you don't have much for which to be thankful. I want to encourage you to choose the gratitude to God anyway. Start small, and you might be surprised to find how it grows, how the joy begins to edge its way into your heart.
I have another drawing going on this week! This week, I'm giving away a book I reviewed a little while back, Brave Beauty: Finding the Fearless You, a devotional for 8-13 year-old girls, by Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker Lynn Cowell. This book, which has 100 mini-chapters, is all about teaching girls how to be courageous and confident through the Bible. My own 8 year-old daughter has been reading and enjoying hers every morning!
If you know any girls (daughters, nieces, friends) who could benefit by this devotional (Christmas present, maybe?), you'll want to enter this drawing.
I will announce the winner on Wednesday, November 29, so look for it! If I don't hear from the winner within a week, I will draw another name. Thank you!
I'm not the only one who thought the Illuminated Bible, Art Journaling Edition was beautiful! Thank you to all those who entered my giveaway. The winner is a group, actually: The Rogue Millennials! Congratulations! Please contact me at heather.bock@glimpsesofjesus.com by November 29 with an address, and I will have FlyBy Promotions send you the Bible. If I do not hear from you by then, I will have to redo the drawing. Looking forward to hearing from you!
By the way, if you didn't win, although the Bible itself says it retails at $44.99, I saw it in a Lifeway catalog for $20 yesterday, so you should still go find it and get it for a loved one (or yourself).
Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising"): Many thanks to BlogAbout for providing two free copies of Brave Beauty (already given) in exchange for my honest review.
It makes me feel better too when I remember all the things I am thankful for. I know God wants us to look at the good and not the evil and it certainly makes a difference.
I was feeling especially sad this morning. My grandson is not well and then knowing a man was coming to my apartment to change the smoke detector kept me from sleeping well. Men frighten me, and knowing this guy had a key to get in scared me. I prayed about it and finally fell asleep at 3am and woke at 7.
So, anyway, I was feeling sad, but I've learned from Joyce Meyer to go to God first before telling anyone else you feel bad. I told him I felt like telling people how I was feeling, but I didn't want to upset anyone. I asked God that if he wanted me to keep it to myself, I would talk with him about all my feelings and then see if I needed to confide in a family member. When we were finished talking, I felt so much better I didn't need to phone anyone and share my grief. I felt happy and at peace.
I'm glad you went to God first! He is kind to take our troubles off our minds when we go to Him. I remember when I was very upset and tried to call several people, so they could make me feel better. I couldn't reach anyone. It was like God was leaving me no choice but to go to Him first. I needed Him, and He did comfort me. I'm glad He did comfort you, too.
I love this idea, Heather! What a beautiful way to change your perspective!
Thanks, Jamie! It's really simple, but it helped me.
Love this idea! I've been wanting to start a Thankful journal, but like this idea better. Maybe I'll find a journal with blank pages so all my thankful collages are in one place. Shared your post via facebook!
I'm glad you like the idea! It's really simple! I've entered you in the drawing.
What a lovely idea! I've done similar exercises with counseling clients and it's so helpful!
I'm excited about you giveaway! I signed up to follow you by email and will share it on my blog's facebook page!
Well, that's affirming that you've used a similar idea for your clients! It definitely has been helpful for me. Thank you for following my blog! You are entered in the drawing twice!
This is great Heather! And so true! It is amazing how being grateful for what we have can make such a shift in our perspective. And it reminds me of Ann Voscamp's book about this very thing.
I love Ann's book about thankfulness–it made such a difference in my life!


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Skidmore womens basketball falls to Lord Jeffs
By Paul Gangarossa |
PUBLISHED: December 10, 2006 at 4:55 a.m. | UPDATED: July 22, 2021 at 7:13 a.m.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — When one team is shooting the lights out, the other is usually left in the dark. The Skidmore women's basketball team was the one searching for the light switch by the time its game ended against Amherst on Saturday as they fell to the visiting Lord Jeffs, 73-59. Amherst shot a sizzling 54 percent from the field, including 58 percent from behind the 3-point arc. In a game that was in doubt until the final five minutes, it came down to Amherst's shooting touch. 'It was really frustrating,' Skidmore senior point guard Shardae Gonsalves said. 'In practice, we'd mostly been working on, as soon as the post comes out, then the guard has to bump down and we had a lot of trouble doing that. It was really hard to see that happen over and over.' Skidmore battled back and forth with Amherst from the early goings of the contest as the two teams exchanged leads five times in the first half. In that opening stanza, the difference was the play of Stefanie Reiff. The Amherst forward was 4-of-5 from the floor and a perfect 4-of-4 from the free-throw line to finish the half with 12 points. Shots fell from inside and outside for Amherst throughout the game, utilizing an effective swing offense to compliment a potent transition game. Skidmore guards Gonsalves, Amber Kinsey and Sharlyn Harper were stretched thin running from one side of the court to the other to try and keep up. 'Because of our size, we thought that shooting would have to be good coming in to the season,' Amherst coach Billy McBride said. 'Tonight, we got results. Some nights you're off and the fact we're on the road, it's impressive and a testament to the hard work we do in the week.' With the score 38-33 at the break, Skidmore coach Darren Bennett preached effort in the second half. As hard as Amherst tried to pull away, Skidmore kept pace early on. Down six, Bennett decided to go with experience on the court with Gonsalves, Krystal Coke, Kellye Cauffield, Danielle Gil and Laura Michel — not a single freshman in the group for a team that normally plays a number of them. That group took the Thoroughbreds on a 7-2 run to pull within one point before Amherst coach Billy McBride called time out to settle his team down. The strategy worked as the Lord Jeffs went on a tear from there, distancing themselves from Skidmore nearly every trip down the floor. 'They had a lot more runs than we had, which, at times, is going to make the game look a lot more lopsided,' Skidmore coach Darren Bennett said. 'Their runs were a little bigger than ours. We were able to get good shots, but I think our close-range shooting was off.' Skidmore's Sharlyn Harper nailed a pair of 3-pointers trying to pull the team back into it, but Amherst answered each of those with buckets from Jenny Muller, Samantha Swenson and Kerry O'Laughlin. Reiff and Swensen each finished with 18 points for Amherst and were complimented by O'Laughlin's 15 and 14 more from Muller. In the end, there were too many hot hands for the Thoroughbreds to defend. 'The thing that hurt us the most was getting out to the wing and the other post coming over,' Skidmore forward Krystal Coke said. 'I don't take any credit away from them, they were solid post players.' Amherst 73, Skidmore 59 AMHERST (5-3): Shaina Pollack 0-2, 0-0, 0, Swenson 8-11, 2-3, 18, O'Laughlin 4-7, 4-4, 15, Reiff 7-11, 4-4, 18, Roesch 2-7, 0-1, 4, Ludwig 0-1, 0-0, 0, Johnston 0-1, 0-0, 0, Harik 0-1, 0-0, 0, Muller 5-8, 4-7, 14, Otieno 1-1, 0-0, 2. Totals 27-50, 12-14, 73. SKIDMORE (4-3): Gonsalves 4-11, 8-8, 17, Harper 3-7, 0-0, 9, Michel 3-4, 1-2, 7, Kinsey 4-8, 0-0, 8, Coke 1-6, 1-3, 3, Brown 1-2, 0-0, 3, Fox 3-7, 0-0, 6, Caufield 2-8, 2-2, 6, Leonard 0-2, 0-2, 0. Totals 21-55, 12-17, 59. Halftime: Amherst 38-33. 3-Point Goals: Amherst 7-12 (O'Laughlin 3-4, Muller 4-7, Roesch 0-1), Skidmore 5-18 (Gonsalves 1-4, Harper 3-6, Kinsey 0-1, Brown 1-2, Fox 0-2, Caufield 0-2, Leonard 0-1). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Amherst 39 (Swensen 12), Skidmore 24 (Michel 7). Assists: Amherst 22 (Reiff 8), Skidmore 19 (Michel 5). Total Fouls: Amherst 12, Skidmore 13.
Paul Gangarossa


Let's start the new year in April!
I'll just be honest here- I hate winter. This is no secret to anyone who knows me. Particularly in the city, I find it a real challenge to be inspired by the season. For the most part, everything is brown, slushy and messy. Those lovely white snowfalls with the huge, fluffy flakes are too few, far between, and fleeting. And, even if I am inspired, getting out and braving the cold, wet, uncomfortable outside is just not fun.
On top of all that, this calendar year has had a busy start. There's been a wonderful abundance of house guests visiting our cozy little downtown apartment, an exotic work trip coupled with some changing responsibilities in my job, and then a surgery in early March that has left me couch-ridden and exhausted for far longer than I would have liked. The overly optimistic pre-surgery Megan imagined that she would have a lovely relaxing time recovering, doing silly little crafts while watching endless marathons on Netflix … but the truth is I've been too tired to do anything (except the Netflix marathoning. That happened. A lot). It's like my brain has been so focused on knitting me back together that it can't focus on anything cool. I suppose I can't fault it, but it has put a serious crimp in my artistic plans.
But spring is a time of new life. Of fresh starts and the re-birth of colour. Spring seems like a much better time to start a new year. So, I'm just going to call it as such: my creative year is starting in April. And with that declaration, here's my (no longer belated) review of the art that I did 'last year', and what I'm looking forward to starting this year.
2014 was the year I caught up on my editing backlog. I've had more than a few photos in my 'to edit' pile for an embarrassingly long time, and it sure feels awesome to have things nearly up-to-date. Of course, since catching up, I've managed to put a few sets of digital negatives back onto that 'to edit' pile, but this time, I have a plan to ensure that the process doesn't get too overwhelming. I've always said that allowing time between when the images are shot and when they are edited is helpful in determining an image's true value, and I've noticed it has been a lot simpler to pick the good images from the bad when I'm no longer all bright-eyed and excited about the actual nature that I was seeing and can focus on the actual technical worth of the images. So, in light of this, I'm setting up a collection in Lightroom so that I can go through my images once a year and add the really worthy ones to my portfolio. Prior to that, I'll edit images and add them to my 500px account, but we'll save the big important portfolio culling for a time far removed from the shooting date.
2014 was also the year that I started making some good progress on my toy photography (and not all the progress was in just buying more toys - although I did that as well!). After ages of looking at toy photos and just being amazed by them, I've finally pulled my own little creations out and just started playing. I'm not quite sure where these projects are going yet, but it feels pretty great to just be shooting.
Spend time seeking out and gathering beautiful things.
In any case, it will be quite fascinating to see if kicking off my creative year in the spring instead of along with the calendar year actually helps to energize my projects. I guess only time will tell!


Police posted on the Nextdoor website to ask for help to quell the paintball activity, which has mostly been reported near the intersection of South Street and West Enterprise Street.
Police spokesman Wil Glenn said the culprits were probably children who use paintball guns for fun, and he asked parents to talk to their kids about it.
"'Paintball Wars' have been increasing recently and the trend is not only illegal, but a dangerous one that can cause serious harm to residents and property," he wrote.
Glenn said people might confuse paintball guns or paintball pellets for real weapons. He said "it's not always immediately apparent that the projectiles are only paintballs and someone could react as if it were a real firearm. That same potential for confusion is possible during any police encounter."
A "paintball wars" fad swept through Atlanta earlier this month, apparently after rapper 21 Savage posted videos of himself shooting cars around the city with paint.
Atlanta's paintball wars were reportedly intended to discourage the use of real firearms.
Glenn said it is possible that the recent paintball activity in Durham could have been sparked by copycats. "We're aware of some activity in other areas, including Charlotte," he said.
A recent paintball shoot-out in Charlotte led to the arrest of six people. The men behind the shooting told Charlotte media that paintball guns are a way to vent aggressive feelings without resorting to actual firearms.
Under a Durham city ordinance, "It shall be unlawful for any person other than an officer authorized by law, or upon a range legally permitted by the chief of police, to discharge or shoot any firearm, pump gun, air rifle, air pistol, BB gun, crossbow, bow and arrow, slingshot, or any other weapon of like kind within the city."
Violators of the ordinance could face a misdemeanor charge with a maximum fine of $500.
Glenn said paintball users could also be charged with discharging a dangerous weapon in the city limits or injury to real property.
Paintball pellets can cause serious injuries to someone who is not wearing proper protective gear, Glenn wrote on the website.
"We don't want anyone hurt, either by being struck by a paintball or because they got scared and shot back, and we don't want anyone to have to spend money to repair something that someone broke for fun," he wrote.
If you have information, call Durham police at 919-560-4600 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases, and callers can remain anonymous.


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Japri is a smart home web application. It helps you control your connected home appliances, gives you information about your home's surroundings, and communicate between users.
Japri provides critical data, like camera pictures, and sensors in real-time.
Japri requires a server that is hosted by a low cost computer, Raspberry Pi 3 ($35). It will handle requests from mobile phones / computers that are connected to your home network where your Raspberry Pi is connected at.

DEMO / Article that explains a high level view of this project:
https://medium.com/@kelvien/japri-7a43cf7f0cdc

Features:
- JWT (JSON Web Token): Using token to validate per user's request
- SPA (Single Page Application): Allows seamless transition between pages
- Get quick information about time / weather / bus schedule / verse of the day
- Chat between connected users
- Stream live pictures taken by a camera
- Control lights (RGB Light bulb & Light strip), including its brightness and color
- Monitor sensors data (Motion & Light sensitivity)
- Control servo (In my case, I use it to open my door)
- Validate NFC Tags
- Use voice to perform some commands for the connected home appliances

Hardware:
- Raspberry Pi 3
- Adafruit 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo HAT
- Servo (Towerpro MG996r) (180 degree rotation Servo)
- MiLight Light bulbs
- MiLight Wifi controller
- WS2812b LED Light strip (5M)
- NFC Breakout (PN532)
- PiCamera NoIR
- PIR sensor (Motion sensor)
- Photoresistor (Light sensor)

Software:
- Back-end: Node.js, Express, Grunt.js, Socket.io, MongoDB
- Front-end: Angular.js, Bootstrap
- External API: Weather, Bible, NextBus, News

Future work:
- TTS (Talk-to-speech)
- Music
- Twilio API
- AVS (Amazon Voice Service)

#Install##
`sudo npm install --unsafe-perm`

*--unsafe-perm: due to several dependencies that needs root permission and some that does not

##Notes:##
- This app requires MongoDB to run before it is able to run

It is also recommended to run mongod with --auth parameter
Example usage:
`mongod --auth --dbpath /Applications/mongodb/data/db`

And here is how you create the authorized users to access the database:
v2.6
`db.createUser(
    {
      user: "",
        pwd: "",
        roles: [
            { role: "readWrite", db: "japri" }
        ]
    }
)`
v2.4
`db.addUser(
  {
    user: "",
    pwd: "",
    roles: ["readWrite"]
  }
)`

MongoDB quick reference:
https://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/mongo-shell/

- Grunt's LiveReload does not work for server that is run in HTTPS (There should be a workaround, but my code does not handle that right now)

- Setting up  Raspberry PI:
I use 'Raspbian Jessie' as my OS
Follow: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images
to install image into the SD Card.

- Initial Steps:
`sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade`

- Changing keyboard settings:
open /etc/default/keyboard, and edit to:
`XKBLAYOUT="US"`

- Connection:
Wifi/Ethernet
open /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf, and change its settings

- Install Node.js and MongoDB:
http://blog.wia.io/installing-node-js-v4-0-0-on-a-raspberry-pi
`sudo apt-get mongodb`

- SSL Setup in Node.js:
https://matoski.com/article/node-express-generate-ssl/

- Setup RPi 3 UART (This is needed for components that uses UART connection, such as the NFC breakout):
https://frillip.com/raspberry-pi-3-uart-baud-rate-workaround/

- Screen Rotation (This is only if you are using a screen that you are connecting to the Raspberry Pi from DSI:
open /boot/config.txt, and add:
`lcd_rotate=2`

- Setup RPi 3 Kiosk:
open /etc/rc.local, and add:
`sh /home/pi/prog/japri/start.sh`
open ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart, and add:
`@chromium-browser --kiosk --incognito https://localhost
@unclutter &`

- If it fails installing serialport:
sudo npm install --unsafe-perm serialport

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


As the whole State of Florida prepares for Hurricane Irma's approach and landfall, we ask you all to keep the people of the Sunshine State in your prayers. The southwest coast of Florida seems to be in for the worst of it. Tampa and Tampa Bay region will also feel the full brunt of the storm. May God watch over us all and keep us safe.
For local followers of this blog, you can keep posted on parish events via our website.
We hear this parable differently that the first century listener. We know how the parable ends and we also know how Luke has been describing the Pharisees, thus even at the words one was a Pharisee we know how this will end. Won't it be that the Pharisee will represent the one who trusts himself and his own righteousness rather than God and the one who judges others and holds them in contempt? But lets consider how the first century listener might have heard this narrative.
I am partial to the Gospel according to Luke. I think his writing is good at telling the story and leaving room for the hearer to work though the implications of it all. Some of the most memorable parables – the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, Lazarus and the Rich Man, and more are all unique to Luke's gospel. Also, Luke is particular about his choice of words and phrases – the small nuances of language find their place in his telling of Jesus' story.


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Milk and its products -Erakina
Drinks and Juices
Millions of people all over the world rely on a variety of dairy products and dishes to keep their diets balanced and enjoyable. There are endless ways to enjoy dairy in your everyday life, whether it's in your overnight oats with milk or yogurt, or on your tacos with cheese.
Various fresh dairy products on a wooden shelf
Milk and its products
Milk is a widely used beverage that is necessary in the diets of many millions of people throughout the world because it contains critical macro- and micronutrients. Dairy products are a diverse group of nutrient-dense meals and beverages prepared from or containing milk.
Sometimes called dairy goods or milk products, they are food products derived from (or containing) milk.The cow, water buffalo, nanny goat, and ewe are the most frequent dairy animals. Dairy products are consumed to varying degrees around the world. Lactose intolerance, veganism, or other health reasons or beliefs may force some people to forgo some or all dairy products.
Milk is manufactured in many grades after homogenization or pasteurisation, standardisation of the lipid content, and probable addition of the bacteria Streptococcus lactis and Leuconostoc citrovorum. Based on the type of product generated, milk can be divided into numerous categories, including cream, butter, cheese, newborn formula, and yogurt.
The fat content of milk varies. Whole milk products contain fat, but skim milk contains none.
Milk is used in a variety of confectioneries. Condensed milk is milk that has been concentrated by evaporation and sweetened to speed up the process and extend the shelf life of an opened can.
The cream is a dairy product made from the higher-fat layer of milk that is skimmed off before homogenization.The cream is used in a variety of cuisines, including ice cream, a variety of sauces, soups, stews, puddings, and various custard bases, as well as cakes. Ice cream sundaes, milkshakes, lassis, eggnog, sweet pies, strawberries, blueberries, and peaches all have whipped cream as a topping. In Indian curries, such as masala dishes, the cream is also added.
Black coffee with whipped cream in glass cups and spilled coffee beans
Churned cream's fat and protein components are converted into butter.
Yogurt is a dairy product made from the fermentation of milk by bacteria. The most common milk used to produce yogurt is cow's milk.
High angle view of three glasses of homemade yogurt with granola, berry fruits and chocolate shot on a rustic wooden table;
Cheese is a dairy product formed by coagulating casein, a milk protein, into various flavours, textures, and shapes. It is made out of proteins and fat from milk, commonly from cows, buffaloes, goats, or sheep.
Ice cream is a sweetened frozen treat that is frequently consumed as a snack or dessert. It's made with milk or cream and flavoured with a sweetener, such as sugar or a substitute, as well as a spice, such as chocolate or vanilla, or fruit, such as strawberries or peaches.
An ice cream composition of various flavours
Milk and its products have numerous health benefits:
Milk and its derivatives play a vital role in overall health and well-being. Milk is a must-have food since milk is plentiful, affordable, and nutrient-dense, with high levels of protein, vitamins, and minerals.
Products derived from milk Nutrition are complete in the sense that it contains all of the required amino acids and fatty acids that promote muscle growth in youngsters.
Milk protein is particularly high in the amino acid lysine, making it an excellent addition to cereal grains, nuts, and seeds.
Lactose makes up nearly all of the carbs in milk. However, following fermentation, much of it is transformed into easily digestible lactic acid, as in yogurt, cheeses, and buttermilk.
Dairy products, which are made from milk, are a natural source of calcium. Calcium enables normal tooth formation; influences the function of cardiac cells, neurons, and muscles; promotes bone growth; and may help to avoid osteoporosis, colorectal cancer, and hypercholesterolemia.
All B-complex vitamins like riboflavin, pyridoxine, thiamin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B12, magnesium, and zinc are found in abundance in all dairy products.
Dairy products are high in magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium, in addition to calcium.
Vitamins A and beta-carotene are abundant in natural grass-fed cow's milk. The pigment that gives milk its yellow colour, which is more evident in butter, is beta-carotene.
Simran Jain


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Sailing Escapism – Editor's Letter January 2022
Theo Stocker
Take time to slow down and really enjoy your cruising - it is the best gift you can give yourself. Theo Stocker introduces the January 2022 issue of Yachting Monthly
Scotland's west coast has many stunning cruising grounds, such as Loch Leven. Credit: Derek Croucher/Alamy Stock Photo
TAGS: AnchoragesCoastal sailingRiverscotland
One of the joys of sailing is the ability to escape the stresses and strains of everyday life, set your sails in favourable wind and sail away to new or well-loved cruising grounds to decompress.
Being anchored, surrounded by the sea as waves gently rock your boat from side to side always nourishes and nurtures, as well as doing wonders for the soul.
It is no surprise then that cruiser Hayley Kirkby and her husband Steve felt drawn to the west coast of Scotland (page 16), having caught a glimpse of this popular coastline while doing an earlier circumnavigation of Britain.
Like many other sailors before them, Hayley and Steve have been exploring the Sound of Arisaig, discovering the wonders that can be found in the area's remote inlets and secluded anchorages.
They've adjusted their pace of life (for some weeks anyway), slowing down to really take the time to absorb the landscape, watch for wildlife and walk around the lochs.
How to sail round Britain
Your first sail round Britain will probably become simply a maritime reconaissance mission for the many magical places that you…
Sailing Scotland: the best routes
Whether you've just got a few days to explore the West Coast, or the open North Atlantic is calling, Scotland's…
Tricky rivers: Tactics to get upstream and back again
The UK's wealth of quiet rivers provide peaceful sailing conditions and unique challenges, as Ken Endean discovered
Sailing wildlife: 10 best British spots to see various species
One of the great pleasures of cruising the waters of the British Isles are sailing wildlife encounters. The diversity of…
The result has been a new appreciation for the beauty of this part of the UK.
Conrad Humphreys has been rediscovering the pleasures of cruising closer to home, returning to his roots to sail up the River Exe in his lugger, Bounty's End (page 58).
It is a reminder that there are plenty of adventures on your own doorstep, as he finds out about the history of the river and its role in shaping the local area.
Working boats played a key role in the prosperity of both river and coastal communities.
Many can still be seen sailing today and we reveal the best cruises to see them in action in the UK and Ireland (page 44).
Wherever you sail to, take your time to appreciate the experience.
It will be the best gift you can give yourself.


Last week we continued to look at chapter five and the so called "negative passages". Today we will finish off the addressing of these texts. We'll conclude with some closing remarks on how effective Mr Gentry was.
The whole book of Galatians is a minefield for advocates of theonomy. I personally believe that Mr Gentry did not spend enough time explaining this section though the content of the section is sound. In short, the book of Galatians is never about the law and its use for Sanctification. Instead it is primarily about the law for Justification and ceremonial worship.
While some see "breaks" in Galatians that allow them to interpret Paul's statements in a non-theonomic (and even against the "third use of the law") way, I agree with Mr Gentry that even Galatians 5:1-6 is still returning to justification themes and arguments. The whole of the book "has no bearing on the continuing validity of God's law...it simply counters the Judaizers' use of the law."
This verse is usual read to develop an antithesis view of this two groups. Law is set apart from grace and truth. Grace and truth contain no law. And while these groups are certainly distinct in many ways, there is not reason to think John is disparaging one of the groups to the promotion of the other. Further, to say that the law is the negative of grace and truth and thus does not contain them would go against Scripture (Exo 33:16; Psa 119:142, 151).
So then what is going on in this passage? Well Mr Gentry argues that the placement of the verbs indicates that they are in fact the things being contrasted. While Moses gave what was "not his own", Jesus Christ is on "his own" the realization of grace and truth. This lines up with the whole first chapter of the book in helping explain the fullness of the incarnation.
I am almost as satisfied with Mr Gentry's chapter as he himself is. I'm granting some allowances because of the purpose and scope of the book. For those interested in more reflection on these "problem passages", the writing/lectures of Greg Bahnsen are readily available for future study.


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The Group organizes the "Shanghai International Marathon" series races on a yearly basis, actively builds the "Shanghai International Marathon" brand.


Hope you don't have to deal with this mess.
Grant a FILE permissions to the user. Basically GRANT *.* usage.
Is the GNU project unsuccessful?
Recently over a conversation, my tech lead mentioned that he thinks the GNU project is a failure. His point of view is that after two decades they have never released a complete GNU operating system suitable for production use. He also mentioned that apart from Richard Stallman, no one else thinks of Linux as GNU/Linux. [He was glad to meet the second person].
I almost freaked out hearing this. Since then, I spoke to a few other people who felt the same. I was thinking to myself, this is what I call, "missing the forest for a tree".
I think Free Software Foundation [FSF] is one of the most successful movements in the history of humanity. And I consider the GNU project as a big success. To justify this, we need to look at the history of the GNU project and the FSF in general.
In 1983, Richard Stallman quit this job at MIT to begin developing a free software operating system. His hope was that a free operating system would open a path to escape forever from the system of subjugation which is proprietary software. He had then experienced the ugliness of the way of life that non-free software imposes on its users, and he was determined to escape and give others a way to escape.
The word "free" in "free software" pertains to freedom, not price. Once you have the software you have three specific freedoms in using it.
3. The freedom to distribute an improved version and thus help build the community.
The GNU Project was conceived in 1983 as a way of bringing back the cooperative spirit that prevailed in the computing community in earlier days. To make cooperation possible once again it was important to remove the obstacles imposed by the owners of proprietary software.
FSF decided to make the operating system compatible with UNIX. A Unix-like operating system is much more than a kernel; it also includes compilers, editors, text formatters, mail software and many other things. Unfortunately many people think that an operating system means a kernel and everything else is secondary.
By 1990 FSF had either found or written all the major components except the kernel. By then Linux was developed by Linus Torvalds and made free software in 1992. Since Linus decided to release the Linux kernel under the GNU public license [GPL], FSF thought combining Linux with the almost-complete GNU system would be the right thing to do. Today we have a huge number of people who are using this operating system and are experiencing the freedom which Richard Stallman had dreamt of.
Another important point to consider is would Linux be possible without GCC and the other libraries which Linus used? Again I'm not saying it would be impossible, but it's all about helping each other to solve a common problem.
Who cares if it is called Linux or GNU/Linux? GNU's intension was to come up with a free operating system. This does not mean they have to write everything from scratch. Their idea was to reuse whatever is available and write software which was not available or not free.
So today we do have a free operating system, which is been used and relished by countless users. The good news is for FSF the ultimate goal is to provide free software to do all of the jobs computer users want to do and thus make proprietary software obsolete.
Please remember, its freedom of software in the spirit of community building and not satisfying personal egos.
Recently I was interviewed by a Journal. Following is a section of it.
Linux has always been a hacker's paradise. Linux started as a college project and slowly came to the limelight with the Internet & open source wave. Linus Torvalds started branding LINUX as 'Just for FUN' OS. In mid 1990's, Linux started replacing lot of Unix, Solaris & Windows servers. Its performance, stability and cost factors proved Linux to be best suited on the server side. By late1990's Linux had captures almost 30% of the Server market share. This proved to be a great boost to the Linux community and Open Source Community in general. At this point, seeing the performance, stability, cost factor and n other benefits, the Linux community started considering Linux as a good option for desktops.
At this point most of the Linux distros(Flavors) started concentrating on the GUI part of Linux. KDE, GNOME, Ximian (now Novel) and many others came up with excellent X-windows support for Linux. In fact, I remember, KDE 2.0 was release and then Microsoft came with their Windows XP and lots of end users started saying, "What happened to Microsoft, why are they copying Linux desktop style+" Listening to this statement alone makes one feel that Linux is sure to make a breakthrough in the desktop world.
Looking at the various options & the level of customization available in Linux, I'm sure there is no other desktop OS in this category. It's worth noting that Linux not only runs on workstations, mid- and high-end servers, but also on "gadgets" like PDA's, PCs, mobiles, a shipload of embedded applications and even on experimental wristwatches. The Linux kernel gives you the flexibility to run a decent desktop on a 486 machines with 4 MB RAM.
The number of projects running in big companies like SUN (Mad Hatter project), Novel, Red Hat, HP, etc is valid enough for one to conclude that Linux has already made a breakthrough in the desktop world.
With such great advantages its too tempting for any one to resist. But as I pointed out earlier, Linux is still under the R&D phase. Lot of financial institutions have started replacing their Windows & UNIX boxes with Linux boxes. But as of now, in most of the big places this is done only on few workstations and servers running non-critical business apps. Mostly the internal apps have been moved to Linux mainly to cut costs.
The biggest disadvantage that the end users see (rather, used to see) in Linux is lack of big software service companies backing Linux. This lack of backing is usually perceived as lack of support. This is the key for the service companies. Most of the financial service companies (in general all the service companies) are pitching themselves as ?Support Providers' and gradually moving to app developers on Linux platform. (Note that usually I refer to Linux as a platform rather than an OS). This is the beginning of a new era where custom applications are developed on Linux, for Linux.
Well, future is uncertain, but there are surely some things about Linux that can be predicted. We have seen Linux capture the hacker's world, then moved to capture the server world & now to the desktop world. There are huge efforts going on to move Linux from this R&D phase to a full-fledged implementation phase. We have seen some banks & financial institutions move there non-critical business apps to Linux boxes. On successful implementation of these, I'm sure they would move all their business apps to Linux servers. As this would happens, we would also see a lot of desktops & workstations being migrated to Linux. The service companies have a lot to gain in this move, if they are well equipped.
Even in service companies, all the source control servers, mail servers, domain servers, test labs, etc have been migrated to Linux platform. Slowly we'll see all the developer and QA machines also move to Linux. I cannot think of any place where Linux cannot work. It's evolving at such a great pace and is so customizable that it will soon fit all the requirements. Nonetheless, Linux is not the ultimate in the OS world; it's still evolving and has a pretty steep learning curve.
How to move CVS repository without losing history?
tar the whole cvs root dir using the following command tar -zcvf tarfileName .


Fishbowl Go™ is an app that helps warehouse workers quickly cycle count inventory, receive and pick orders, and perform many other essential warehouse management tasks. It runs on any device running the Android® OS, and it integrates with the main Fishbowl software via a built-in Fishbowl Plugin.
Cycle Count: As you go through your warehouse and update product quantities, they will be instantly revised in your records, thanks to Fishbowl Go.
Receive Inventory: Fishbowl Go has a Receiving module to scan product barcodes and mark incoming inventory as received.
Pick Orders: Scan products out with the Picking module, which lets you quickly navigate your warehouse and pick multiple orders at the same time.
Retrieve Part Information: Get detailed part information by scanning its UPC or entering its SKU, serial number, lot number, or expiration date.
Move Inventory: Record product movements within a warehouse or between warehouses to ensure nothing gets lost or moved out of its designated place.
Update Work Orders: As work orders get completed, you can update their progress in your manufacturing records through Fishbowl Go.


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Annabel Johnson is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Johnson was recruited by Geelong with the 15th pick in the 2021 AFL Women's draft.

AFL Women's career
Johnson debuted for Geelong in the opening round of the 2021 AFL Women's season. On debut, Johnson collected 6 disposals and 3 marks. After stringing together 4 games, Johnson suffered a foot fracture in the team's round 5 win against , keeping her out of the team for the remainder of the season.

Her AFL Women's season seven was a much more successful year. Playing every game, she became an important part of Geelong's backline, making the initial 44 player squad of the 22under22 team at the conclusion of the season.

Statistics
Updated to the end of S7, 2022.

|-
| 2022 ||  || 30
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 27 || 5 || 32 || 12 || 12 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.8 || 1.3 || 8.0 || 3.0 || 3.0 || 0
|-
| S7 (2022) ||  || 2
| 11 || 0 || 0 || 82 || 36 || 118 || 36 || 23 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.5 || 3.3 || 10.7 || 3.3 || 2.1 ||
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan=3 | Career
! 15 !! 0 !! 0 !! 109 !! 41 !! 150 !! 48 !! 35 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 7.3 !! 2.7 !! 10.0 !! 3.2 !! 2.3 !! 0
|}

References

External links
 Annabel Johnson at AustralianFootball.com

2000 births
Living people
Geelong Football Club (AFLW) players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)

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Joe Hockey on President Trump: '..
Joe Hockey on President Trump: 'When did you last have a president like that?'
Joe Hockey
Ambassador of Australia to the United States Joe hockey says he "completely underestimated America" before moving to Washington with his family in 2016.
Speaking with Alan Jones, the former Liberal MP shed light on his role and the significance of the relationship between the two nations.
"20 years in politics and in the Cabinet in the national security committee, I underestimated how significant the relationship is to Australia and to the security of Australians," he says.
"They are our closest allies in the world."
At an intelligence level, Mr Hockey says Australia is "arguably their closest partner".
On controversial President Donald Trump, Mr Hockey says "the thing about Donald Trump is that he is authentic, in private… and publicly people see him as authentic".
"He said he would cut taxes. He cut taxes. He said he would strengthen the American economy. He strengthened the American economy… He said he would pull out of Paris. He did that.
"He is someone who can go back to the American people and say emphatically say, 'Here is what I promised. Here is what I have delivered' and when did you last have a president like that?"
AustraliaNewsPoliticsWorld


The Qurʾānic text occupies a central place in the Islamic intellectual and faith tradition. Revered by more than one billion people, it is considered by Muslims as the unmitigated utterance of God, revealed to the prophet Muhammad. As Scripture, the text and its exegesis have prompted numerous works of theology, jurisprudence, philosophy, linguistics and politics in the Muslim world and beyond, spanning back fourteen centuries.
• The first section will explore the quranic structure, its major themes, its narratives, its discourse strategies.
• The second section will examine the history of the text, its compilation, its collection and redaction.
and problems associated with it.
• The final section will be devoted to the influence of the Qurʾān on literary and material culture.


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Yodok Stories
Andrzej Fidyk
Today, more than 200,000 men, women and children are locked up in North Korea's concentration camps. Systematic torture, starvation and murder is what faces the inmates. Few survive many years in the camps, but the population is kept stable by a steady influx of new persons considered to be 'class enemies.' Yodok Stories follows a 36-year-old North Korean defector, Jung Sung San, who has managed to escape through China to South Korea. He is one out of nine people who have escaped the camps and managed to flee to "safety" in Seoul. Here he organizes a controversial theatre play about his experiences as prisoner in the concentration camp Yodok in North Korea. He inspires eight other refugees to recreate the past, and together they work to develop a musical about the concentration camps. The film follows the characters through this difficult process. There are many who would like to stop them, and Jung receives several death threats. The film leads us close to the refugees, we participate in their private lives, and we listen to their dramatic stories.
Their lives in Seoul are affected by financial difficulties and hostile South Koreans with a negative view on North Korea after years of propaganda. Despite death treats and many obstacles the musical becomes a tour de force for this ensemble of refugees and for them a possibility opens to talk about their experiences and inspire others to protest the existence of the camps.
Andrzej Fidyk was originally educated as an economist, majoring in international trade at Warsaw University and worked at the Foreign Trade Bureau for two years. However, in 1979, he won a competition for production managers announced by Polish Television, and his career in television began. He has directed more than 40 documentary films for Polish and British television, and has been awarded a number of prizes for his work. Many regard him as one of Poland's best documentary film directors. Yodok Stories (2008) Belarusian Waltz (2007) Reed Dance (2001) Battu's Bioscope (1998) East of Eastenders (1996)
ProducerTorstein Grude
Cinematography Tore Vollan, Torstein Grude
Editor Jan Mikolaj Mironowicz
Music Kyung Chan Cha, Bartlomiej Wozniak
Sound Bartlomiej Wozniak, Michal Wróblewski
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package org.slc.sli.test.exportTool;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class SampleXMLToConfig {
    Pattern placeHolderPattern1 = Pattern.compile("<(\\w*)>(.*)<");
    Pattern placeHolderPattern2 = Pattern.compile("(\\w*)=\"([\\w|\\s]*)\"");
    List<String> ignoredTag = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "id", "ref" });

    Pattern rootPattern = Pattern.compile("<(\\w*) xsi:schemaLocation");

    List<String> content = new ArrayList<String>();
    List<Integer> contentCount = new ArrayList<Integer>();

    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        if (args.length != 2) {
            System.out
                    .println("Usage:\njava -classpath . org.slc.sli.test.exportTool.SampleXMLToConfig ../entity-configurations/course.sample course.config");
            return;
        }

        String input = args[0];
        String output = args[1];

        SampleXMLToConfig sxtt = new SampleXMLToConfig();
        sxtt.replacePlaceHolder(input, output);
    }

    public void replacePlaceHolder(String input, String output) {
        try {
            FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream(input);
            DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fstream);
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));

            PrintWriter templateOut = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(output));

            String line = null;

            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                if (line.trim().isEmpty()) continue;

                Matcher lineMatcher = placeHolderPattern1.matcher(line);
                while (lineMatcher.find()) {
                    line = line.replace(">" + lineMatcher.group(2) + "<", ">--" + lineMatcher.group(1) + "--<");
                }

                lineMatcher = placeHolderPattern2.matcher(line);
                while (lineMatcher.find()) {
                    if (!ignoredTag.contains(lineMatcher.group(1))) {
                        line = line.replace("\"" + lineMatcher.group(2) + "\"", "\"--" + lineMatcher.group(1) + "--\"");
                    }
                }

                content.add(line);
            }

            int beginIndex = 0;
            templateOut.println("##############begin###############");
            for (String tempLine : content) {
                Matcher lineMatcher = rootPattern.matcher(tempLine);
                templateOut.println(tempLine);
                beginIndex++;
                if (lineMatcher.find()) break;
            }

            templateOut.println("\n############end############");
            templateOut.println(content.get(content.size() - 1));

            templateOut.println("\n##########mainTemplate#########");
            for (int i = beginIndex; i < content.size() - 1; i++) {
                templateOut.println(content.get(i));
            }

            templateOut.println("\n##########mainQuery##############\n");

            br.close();
            templateOut.close();

        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

}