We want to be ourselves, Mediterranean, from Barcelona, with the passion that has made us internationally renowned for our products.
Over 150 years selecting the best materials with great care that pays off.
Love for the product and commitment to our clients, the true guiding force of our handkerchiefs, pyjamas, swimwear and boxers.
Our style is recognisable but also adaptable to changes in our clients' needs.
In processes, materials and markets, hiring and collaborating with the best professionals to create the collections.
A company open to the world and which understands the markets in which it operates.
Creating a unique world for each person.
The Guasch Pujol brothers, Isaac and Francisco, buy the land in Capellades where the first Guasch factory was built.
Matías Guasch Horts set up the first spinning workshop and the trade office in Barcelona in order to expand into Spain and abroad.
Under Matías Guasch's guidance, the factory is expanded, with new buildings allowing the business to grow alongside this generation of entrepreneurs' desire to innovate.
Reconstruction of the factory after having being exploded during the Spanish Civil war.
The limited company GUASCH HERMANOS, S.A. is founded.
Between the 60s and the 80s, under the leadership of Matías and José Guasch Julià the company modernises all of its large-scale productive processes in order to keep pace with its growth. This is possible thanks to the National Textile Reconversion Plan, which coincides with Spain's decision to open its borders and join the EEC.
The first advertisement for pocket handkerchiefs for blazers airs on TV.
The company sells over 20 million handkerchiefs around the world during the 70s.
A crisis in the textile sector affects the company, which undergoes a major restructuring operation that means the production processes that had been successful until that point have to be redesigned.
The first ecological handkerchiefs, 100% cotton and whitened without bleach, are sold.
In commemoration of 100 years of FC Barcelona, a handkerchief collection inspired by the works of Antoni Tàpies is launched.
The first GUASCH pyjama collection is born.
The first swimwear collection is created.
Guasch Hermanos, S.L. is formed in order to give the GUASCH brand a new business opportunities, allowing it to launch new products and collections.
Men's underwear and handkerchiefs continue to drive the company's sales.
Celebration of the company's 150th anniversary.
Josep Abril joins the company as Art Director, a collaboration which would last until 2012.
The company moves its offices to Terrassa, with the aim of establishing closer ties with the most economically influential area in the country. The logistics warehouse is located in Roca del Vallès.
The company consolidates its international expansion.
The first collection of Junior sizes is launched.
Guasch garments, which have formed part of the TV scene for various generations, are worn by the characters of very successful television series on Catalan television, such as "Kubala Moreno and Manchon" and "La Riera".
We continue to create new collections, consolidating our national and international presence, bringing the sensations of our clothes to our clients: feeling at home or travelling with the quality, comfort and style that has made the brand a leader.
Guasch has launched social initiatives in order to actively improve its employees' working conditions. In 1934, it created the first WORKERS' RETIREMENT, which guaranteed a pension for retired employees. This was replaced much later by what is now known as Social Security.
Guasch has always put into practice all of the recommendations and bylaws related to legal regulations for colourants and dyes during its production processes. It used to have a modern biological treatment plant, installed in Catalonia, for use by the textile industry.
Today it continues to promote employee training initiatives on an ongoing basis.
It meets the UNPAPER OFFICE standards by reducing the consumption and use of paper as an office material.


On Christmases past… (and houses past for that matter) I've decorated with deer.
I love adding deer themed embellishments to the Christmas decorating. We live in Wisconsin and have a lot of white tail deer… in fact I think that may be our state animal, no wait, that's a badger… Regardless, deer certainly fit in with Christmas so here are some deer themed Christmas decorating ideas to share with you.
You can see more detail about this tree and tips on decorating it here.
For the front door, I hung a triple wreath adorned with more deer, see that detail here.
You can see here how it looked before and how I embellished it.
In that 100 year old house, we had this wonderful built-in buffet. It was so much fun to decorate for the different seasons. This was the deer themed winter wonderland… see more of that here.
The battery operated candles really set them off nicely. Here you can see the details of how I made these… and why they are in the sink!
Every year when I set out the deer themed Christmas decorations, I think, "hmmm… this could be left up all winter, not just for Christmas." But then once Christmas is over, I'm just craving non-adorned, empty spaces again, and put it all away. Do you do that too?
If you'd like to see what all we've done so far on our new house, you can check it out here!
If you'd like to see more of our former house, a 100 year old charming house that we totally renovated, here's that page!
I love your pretty deer theme & the color of your door contrasting with the wreaths! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm–pinned!
Thanks for sharing at Creating Christmas, too!
One thing I learned about building a house was that it is gonna take longer and cost more than they originally told us! I'm sure renovating is just as bad! When you let go of your expectations, it becomes a little more bearable but contractor's don't seem to take that into consideration when you are hauling water, living at the laundry mat, and preparing 2 burner hot plate meals with sawdust in them! I hope the rennovations go well and the contractors do what YOU want and not what THEY want! Merry Christmas.
Ah, thanks so much Kathy! Yes, the contractors are doing a great job! It's more a matter of realizing that we just can't have everything… to get one thing, the other has to go… you know the basic concept of compromise I guess, right? 🙂 Thanks for stopping by… Hope you visit again.
Oh Donnamae… My husband keeps asking me that as well! I'm thinking it'll be around March when we are able to actually move in.


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Private Cygnus Cargo Ship Ends Mission with Fiery Death in Earth's Atmosphere
Northrop Grumman's "S.S. John Young" Cygnus cargo spacecraft leaves the International Space Station on Feb. 8, 2019. The robotic freighter burned up in Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 25.
(Image: © NASA)
The Cygnus cargo spacecraft completed its latest resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA today (Feb. 25) with a death dive into Earth's atmosphere.
The robotic Cygnus vessel — named "S.S. John Young" after the late commander of NASA's Apollo 16 moon mission — launched in November atop an Antares rocket and delivered about 7,400 lbs. (3,350 kilograms) of supplies and scientific gear to the orbiting lab.
The freighter, which is built by aerospace company Northrop Grumman, stayed docked to the station for 81 days. It departed on Feb. 8, loaded up with more than 5,500 lbs. (2,500 kg) of trash for fiery disposal upon re-entry. [Private Antares Rocket & Cygnus Spacecraft Explained (Infographic)]
But that plunge didn't occur immediately, because Cygnus had more work to do as a free flyer on a bonus commercial mission. The freighter deployed multiple tiny cubesats into Earth orbit for various customers, and it also operated an onboard commercial payload for a while.
"It was a flawless mission for Cygnus that further demonstrated its ability to operate as an in-orbit science platform and launch pad for deployment of commercial cubesats on extended missions," Frank DeMauro, vice president and general manager of space systems at Northrop Grumman, said in a statement.
Cygnus burned up over the Pacific Ocean, east of New Zealand, at 4:05 a.m. EST (0905 GMT) this morning, Northrop Grumman representatives said.
The just-completed resupply mission was the 10th flown by the Cygnus/Antares duo under a CRS-1 (Commercial Resupply Services, phase 1) contract with NASA. The next flight, in April, will be the final one under this deal; deliveries under the next contract, known as CRS-2, will begin this fall.
SpaceX also flies commercial resupply missions to the ISS for NASA, using its robotic Dragon cargo capsule and Falcon 9 rocket. Unlike Cygnus, Dragon is reusable; the latter craft makes parachute-aided ocean splashdowns, so it can bring scientific samples and other gear down to Earth for analysis.
SpaceX is also working on a crewed variant of Dragon under a separate commercial-crew contract with NASA. Crew Dragon is scheduled to launch on its maiden flight, an uncrewed trip to the ISS known as Demo-1, this Saturday (March 2). If all goes well with Demo-1, the capsule could carry its first astronauts to the orbiting lab in July.
Aerospace giant Boeing also holds a NASA commercial-crew contract. Boeing's CST-100 capsule will fly its first uncrewed mission to the station no earlier than April.
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You've spent your hard-earned money buying your car or truck, now the question arises, "How to best take care of it?" Proper washing is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood areas of auto care, and sadly improper washing damages and dulls your vehicle's finish over time.
While there are many causes for swirls & scratches, the biggest culprit is improper washing and drying techniques. They can be avoided for the most part once you learn how to properly wash and dry a vehicle, as well as which materials to use. One trip to the automatic car wash (also referred to as swirl-o-matics), or a quick wipe down with the wrong kind of towel can quickly destroy 15 hours of machine polishing. Even if the local car wash or dealership offers a hand-wash, it doesn't mean that they are using proper methods or materials, and in many cases can do more harm than good.
A Waffle Weave microfiber towel for drying, and a supply of various plush microfiber towels for final buffing.
Quick Detailer spray and/or spray wax.
Avoid washing a vehicle in the hot sun. To avoid water spots and streaking, you want to make sure that the surface of the vehicle is cool to the touch, and preferably in the shade.
Avoid wiping or dusting the exterior with a dry cloth:The tiny particles of dust and grit on the surface can scratch the paint.
Be sure the windows and sunroof are closed before washing.
Use gentle cleansers:Use a commercial car-washing product; never use household chemicals, which can strip the wax and other protective finishes from the paint surface.
Pre-rinse the vehicle to get rid of the surface dust.
Dip your microfiber mitt into the wash bucket, and then clean one small section at a time using little to no pressure. You're merely trying to float away dirt and debris from the surface. When washing the horizontal surfaces on top, use a straight arm motion from front to back. Its best to work on 1 section panel, and then thoroughly clean out the wash mitt in the rinse bucket before moving on. After washing each panel section, dip your dirty mitt into the rinse bucket and agitate against the Grit Guard at the bottom of the bucket. This will help to dislodge the dirt and debris from the mitt and keep it at the bottom of the bucket. After rinsing, then dip it back into the wash bucket (agitate against Grit Guard in wash bucket also) to start the process over again. Rinse the vehicle frequently and don't allow soap to dry on the surface.
Always wash the body of a vehicle from the top down.
Remember to get to all the corners where dirt and mold can collect.
Time to dry and shine! After washing vehicle use compressed air to blow off all of the standing water, and water that hides in all of the cracks and crevices. The less you have to touch the vehicle the better. If you don't have access to compressed air, you can still get it done the old fashioned way by wiping it down or using a clean leaf-blower. Now that you're ready to dry it off, first take your microfiber towel (lightly spritzed with your instant detailer for added lubrication to prevent marring) and gently drag it across the finish to remove the majority of the water. We use a Waffle Weave microfiber capable of absorbing up to 5 times its weight in water.


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Q: laravel Redirect solution, where to put code which has to be executed with each request in my app there is a row in a table that has to be filled before user can start to use the app. So he has to be redirected to 'create info page' from any place in the app. I tried to create a custom library for that so it redirects the user however it is acting weird when redirecting - so what is the best place to put the code which has to be executed with each request, global.php does not recognise the route I guess because it is called before the route.php
here is the code
if (MyinfoDB::find(1) == null && Route::currentRouteName() != 'get-myinfo-create') {
            return Redirect::route('get-myinfo-create')->with('fail', 'Your company information must be created before using the app');
        }

the ID is 1 because there has to be only one row in this table, its like settings for the app

A: The probably best place to put that sort of code is in a middleware.

HTTP middleware provide a convenient mechanism for filtering HTTP requests entering your application.

http://laravel.com/docs/master/middleware#introduction

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The Lavender Experiment: Meat-free Monday: Quesadillas are good for a Friday. Written on a Tuesday.
Meat-free Monday: Quesadillas are good for a Friday. Written on a Tuesday.
My own (read: bastardised) version of Sally's delicious vege quesadillas. So awesomely awesome for a Friday night spent drinking porter and watching Arrested Development. Rock and/or roll.
1. Grate up your vegies of choice. Or whatever remains in the fridge at the time of cooking. We used squash, zucchini, corn, carrot and sweet potato.
2. Olive oil and garlic in a pan. Let them do their thing for a second.
3. Throw in your vegies and give them a good ten minutes. Stir occasionally.
4. Add half a can of refried beans (I know! Really though.) A full can is pretty salty so we cut down on account of the little one. Give it another few minutes.
5. Take a tortilla (we use wholegrain - you feel virtuous while eating, it's great) and spread some of the vegie mix over half of it. Sprinkle with grated cheese and fold in half. Repeat for as many as you need.
6. Heat some oil in a frypan. Pop the tortillas in the pan one or two at a time. Fry on one side for 2-3 minutes and flip to the other side. Cook for another minute or two.
7. Serve with guacamole and sour cream.
** Quick guacamole: 1-2 avocadoes mashed up, 1-2 tomatoes diced up, a squeeze of lemon juice and some salt and pepper. Mix together. Deliciousness in a bowl. We have it on toast regularly.
We would have this at least once every three weeks. Its cheap because you can use up your left over vegies and it's healthy. Win-win.
Glad you guys liked them Al. Been thinking of you lots the past couple of weeks - how's life with the little man home?


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Homebuyers looking for posh, downtown condominiums will find Streeterville has a lot to offer, as high-rise condo and apartment buildings are the among most common real estate options in Streeterville. You'll also find a wide range of architectural styles among the high rise buildings, such as the iconic John Hancock Center, and Water Tower Residences. If you're searching for a townhome or single family home, Streeterville does have a handful of these to offer as well. However–be warned, as these come with a hefty price tag.
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Marcus Hamblett is an English musician and record producer. Music from his solo album, Concrete, has been played on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction shows by Mara Carlyle, Nick Luscombe and Max Reinhardt and on BBC 6 Music by Tom Robinson. The Quietus said his album, "could be called post-rock if it didn't also sound pre-rock, or maybe as if rock had never happened and folk, modern jazz and the classical avant-garde had merged into a stream of hip, innovative music to soundtrack the changes and discontents of the second half of the twentieth century instead, and Joe Meek had dug John Cage."

He is also a session musician, receiving credit for playing a variety of instruments (double bass, synthesizers, guitar, trumpet etc.) on albums by Laura Marling, The Staves, Lucy Rose, Villagers, Fear of Men, Peggy Sue, Bear's Den, Woodpecker Wooliams, Rachael Dadd, Landshapes and Rozi Plain. His live session work has involved touring with Sarah Blasko, Broken Social Scene, Olympia and James Holden. He is a member of the Willkommen Collective and the bands Sons of Noel and Adrian and Eyes & No Eyes.

In June 2015, Hamblett collaborated with modular synthesist James Holden and jazz drummer Mark Holub. The project was recorded at Maida Vale Studios for BBC Radio 3. Hamblett performed at Latitude Festival in July 2015 with drummer Thomas Heather, which was also recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

In February 2016, Hamblett announced a European tour in support of LNZNDRF, featuring Scott and Bryan Devendorf of The National and Ben Lanz of Beirut. Hamblett joined the band on stage for their lengthy improvised encores.  In April 2017, Hamblett toured Europe in support of Timber Timbre and joined them on cornet.

In a June 2017 interview with Record Collector magazine Hamblett revealed that his second solo LP features guest contributions from Colin Stetson, Mathieu Charbonneau (of Timber Timbre), Ben Lanz (of Beirut and The National), Kate Stables (of This Is The Kit), James Holden, Etienne Jaumet (of Zombie Zombie) and Colin Webster (of Sex Swing).

Selected discography
 Laura Marling – A Creature I Don't Know – electric guitar, tenor horn, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals
 Laura Marling – Live From York Minster – electric guitar, tenor horn, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals
 Bear's Den – Islands – synths
 Bear's Den – Red Earth & Pouring Rain – synths, drum machine, programming, tenor horn, flugelhorn, cornet
 Bear's Den – So That's You Might Hear Me – synths
 James Holden & The Animal Spirits – The Animal Spirits – cornet
 The Staves – Home Alone, Too – brass
 The Staves – Good Woman – brass
 Lucy Rose – No Words Left – synths
 Lucy Rose – Something's Changing – brass
 Villagers – Ada (extended version) – electronics
 Rachael Dadd – Flux – guitar, bass, brass, synths, produced

References

External links
 Official Website
 Discography at Discogs

1987 births
English rock guitarists
English male guitarists
English multi-instrumentalists
Living people
Musicians from Brighton and Hove
21st-century British guitarists
21st-century British male musicians
Alumni of the University of Sussex

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Espanola mill modernization will eliminate 70 jobs Northern Ontario BusinessUpcoming modernizations to streamline the pulp making side of Domtar's Espanola mill will result in 70 jobs being eliminated through attrition and retirement.
The Nouvel-Ontario Francophone Catholic board is getting ready to accept new kindergarten students from the Algoma and Sudbury Districts. The school board is holding several Welcome to Kindergarten events to prepare students for the start of school.


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[Review] Red Velvet returns to r&b with predictable "Psycho"
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Red Velvet's ReVe Festival series has seem them blitzing through a variety of styles with all the whiplash of a good carnival ride. Though I wasn't too hot on it in the moment, the polarizing Zimzalabim remains my favorite title track from the project. It encompassed their quirky "red" side, which has always been my preferred Red Velvet concept. With new single Psycho, the girls have returned to the mellow r&b sounds that made 2018's Bad Boy such a durable hit.
SM Entertainment has mined this restrained style for a number of comebacks over the past few months. Though different in energy and sound, Psycho almost feels like a continuation of EXO's Obsession from last month. The track unveils over a plodding, trap-assisted beat that reminds of the pop-r&b of the mid-00's. Unfortunately, I was never a fan of this vibe, and the production here does little for me. It's missing the kind of groove that makes songs of this genre so enjoyable. It needs more syncopation, or some additional musical flourish that would breathe renewed life into the track as it goes on. Apart from a rumbling burst of synth in the chorus, the instrumental feels somewhat inert.
Absent of interesting rhythmic shifts, the girls' vocals do much of Psycho's heavy lifting. Their harmonies are airtight as always, and give the track needed oomph. The pre-chorus falsetto is a great treat, even if I'm not as sold on the melody it's supporting. But when it comes down to it, I'm just not bowled over by Psycho's repetitive hook. Like too much of the track, it feels overly predictable. I kept waiting for some kind of modulation. Psycho delivers a welcome twist during its finale, offering a secondary hook that aims for anthemic in a Little Mix sort of way. Like the rest of the song, it's mildly effective. But, Red Velvet have mastered this sound with stronger material in the past.
IATFB says: As somebody who ended up thoroughly enjoying "Bad Boy", I don't see the same growth happening with "Psycho" as both the instrumental and the melodic offerings of the latter are inferior with the chorus in particular standing out in this regard. Still a perfectly fine song that should be enough for fans, but ultimately forgettable for me.
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Residents of Chichester District are being reminded to register to vote and ensure their voice is heard in this May's local elections. Voters will be able to have their say at the ballot box on Thursday 2 May and elect a councillor for every ward in the Chichester District. Parish council elections are also taking place. Following a boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, this year's elections will be the first with 36 seats, a reduction from 48 in the last election in 2015.
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Fans of Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull were hyped last month when they dropped their collab track titled Move to Miami. There's no denying the track is a serious jam and one of the biggest songs of the summer this year. When Enrique and Pitbull found out they were both going to be taking the stage at KTUPhoria, they knew they had to perform Move to Miami live for the first time ever together.
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Check out the Move to Miami music video below.


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Wilting of a bean plant due to infection by C. flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens.
Courtesy: Università di Bologna (IT).
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens infection of plant of Phaseolus vulgaris, showing typical lesions with irregular margins.
Primary bean leaves infected by C. flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens.
Symptoms on maturing pod of Phaseolus vulgaris.
Leaf symptoms on Phaseolus vulgaris.
Courtesy: D. Caffier - Lab. National de la Protection des Végétaux, Angers (FR).
Field symptoms of bacterial wilt on cowpea.
Symptoms of bacterial wilt disease on common bean.
Colony features of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens strains NA+5% sucrose.


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Crommelin è un cratere lunare di 93,48 km situato nella parte sud-orientale della faccia nascosta della Luna, nelle vicinanze del polo meridionale. Si trova a nord del grande cratere Zeeman ed a est-nord-est del cratere Numerov.

Questa formazione è stata fortemente erosa, fino al punto di diventare poco più di una depressione circolare costellata da piccoli crateri. Un impatto minore, ed ugualmente eroso, attraversa il margine settentrionale, ed il cratere satellite Crommelin X è adiacente al bordo esterno verso nord-ovest. I più grandi crateri del pianoro interno formano una coppia vicino al margine sud. Al centro vi sono i resti di un picco centrale, ridotti ad una modesta altura.

Il cratere è dedicato all'astronomo britannico Andrew Crommelin.

Crateri correlati
Alcuni crateri minori situati in prossimità di Crommelin sono convenzionalmente identificati, sulle mappe lunari, attraverso una lettera associata al nome.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Crommelin
Caratteristiche esogeologiche lunari con crateri correlati


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This is a [Google Cloud Deployment
Manager](https://cloud.google.com/deployment-manager/overview) template that
deploys a Cloud SQL Master instance and create a list of databases and users. I also use a DM `action` to
import structure to the instance from Google Storage bucket.

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> Note, CloudSQL does not allow parallel updates to the User table

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You need to grant

- [roles/cloudsql.admin](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles#sql_name_short_roles)  role
to the service account DM uses (```projectNumber@cloudservices.gserviceaccount.com```)

## Deploy the template

Use `cloudsql_example.yaml` to deploy this example template. When ready, deploy
with the following command:

```
gcloud deployment-manager deployments create my-database --config cloudsql_example.yaml
```

**`cloudsql_example.yaml`**

```
imports:
  - path: cloudsql.jinja

resources:
  - name: rebtel-mycloudsql-16
    type: cloudsql.jinja
    properties:
      region: us-central1
      zone: us-central1-a
      dataDiskSizeGb: 15
      sqlimportstructure: gs://mydeploymentmanager-repository-example/sqldump-export-v0.1.sql
      rootpass: myrootsupersafepas
      machinetype: db-f1-micro
      databases:
        - name: dbname1
        - name: dbname2
          charset: latin2
      users:
        - name: username1
          password: mysupersafepass1
          host: "44.33.22.11"
        - name: username2
          password: mysupersafepass2
      authorization:
        - name: ip-test-01
          network: 11.22.33.44/32
        - name: ip-test-02
          network: 55.66.77.88/24
```

### Deployment

```
# gcloud deployment-manager deployments create mydmsqlcloud16 --config cloudsql.yaml
The fingerprint of the deployment is iBtGCTEDiLeGZogkxehXkA==
Waiting for create [operation-1531767208303-5712258545998-5d41e537-f5b748d9]...done.
Create operation operation-1531767208303-5712258545998-5d41e537-f5b748d9 completed successfully.
NAME                                   TYPE                                             STATE      ERRORS  INTENT
rebtel-mycloudsql-16-db-dbname1        sqladmin.v1beta4.database                        COMPLETED  []
rebtel-mycloudsql-16-db-dbname2        sqladmin.v1beta4.database                        COMPLETED  []
rebtel-mycloudsql-16-import-structure  gcp-types/sqladmin-v1beta4:sql.instances.import  COMPLETED  []
rebtel-mycloudsql-16-master            sqladmin.v1beta4.instance                        COMPLETED  []
rebtel-mycloudsql-16-user-username1    sqladmin.v1beta4.user                            COMPLETED  []
rebtel-mycloudsql-16-user-username2    sqladmin.v1beta4.user                            COMPLETED  []
rebtel-mycloudsql-16-user-root         sqladmin.v1beta4.user                            COMPLETED  []
```

## References

* [Services > Cloud SQL Administration API v1beta4 > sql.instances.import](https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/sqladmin/v1beta4/sql.instances.import)
* [Cloud SQL Example](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/deploymentmanager-samples/tree/master/examples/v2/sqladmin)
* [Supported Resource Types](https://cloud.google.com/deployment-manager/docs/configuration/supported-resource-types)
* [Access control for Deployment Manager](https://cloud.google.com/deployment-manager/docs/access-control#access_control_for_deployment_manager)
* [Cloud storage objects Action to upload ](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/deploymentmanager-samples/issues/40)

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To understand chiropractic you need to understand three main concepts.
Chiropractors look at the structure of your body to assess how well it is functioning. When the body is functioning at its best, your quality of life will skyrocket!
Okay, so you are thinking that's too simple, right? In reality, that's what chiropractic is all about. As a chiropractor I am first and foremost worried about how well your body is functioning. Your nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and nerves) controls every aspect of life. Your nervous system is constantly making millions of decisions and adjusting to life. Right now, your eyes are adjusting to the amount of light coming from the screen you are reading, your stomach is digesting your lunch with the perfect amount of enzymes while sorting nutrients from waste, and your skin is sensing how warm or cool the air is in order to turn your internal thermostat to the right temperature. That's not even scratching the surface. All of this information, and more, is being processed and controlled by the brain.
As life happens and we are bombarded by negative thoughts, traumas, or toxins, our nervous system can become compromised. We work primarily with the spine (which protects your nervous system) to assess areas that are no longer positioned correctly. When not in the proper position, the spine can decrease the ability of the nervous system to communicate accurately. We call this problem a subluxation. Nobody wants a cell phone with bad reception, so why would you want a body with bad reception to the brain?! The body is a self-healing, self-regulating masterpiece. In order to work properly, it needs to be sending information to and from the brain as close to interference-free as possible. When chiropractors find areas not functioning and moving properly we adjust them.
When your body is subluxation free, moving properly, and adapting to life, you experience a better quality of life. That means less aches and pains, better natural immunity, more energy, and an overall better experience in life. What this really means is you are able to do things you want and love to do. Going for a hike, swimming with grandchildren, being able to take that road trip that previously would have been unbearable. Perhaps it is even underlying issues such as depression or infertility that can positively be affected by your body working more efficiently. You won't know until you try!


Last year, Google announced the launch of a new algorithm that will crack down the sites that uses Intrusive interstitial pop ups. The algorithm takes into effect from Jan – 10 – 2017. Google ads up a statement that, they are dropping "Mobile friendly label from their search results" as because 85% of sites were turned into Mobile Friendly.
Then, what is this new algorithm Mobile Intrusive Interstitials Penalty?
Google Says, "Where ever content is not easily accessible to the users in mobile views will not rank quickly".
But there are some exception for some pop ups such as asking for Legal notices, login dialogue boxes and banners that don't take more than 15% of the mobile screen and easily dismissible Pop ups were all unaffected in this Mobile Intrusive Interstitial Penalty.
What is Mobile Intrusive Interstitial Pop-ups?
Two Years ago, Google Introduced Mobile Friendly label for all the domains after then, domains that are responsive will get better rankings then.
On 21 April 2015, Google released a mobile friendly update in their algorithm where all webmasters asked to take action to make their site responsive so that their website contents can accommodate in all screen sizes without horizontal scroll bar.
They tend to bring bad user experience because most webmasters use to display Ad sense ads, call to action and other banner ads.
These types of Intrusive interstitial's make it frustrating because users won't able to access the exact content of the page what they are looking for.
Why Google announced Mobile Intrusive Interstitial Penalty?
This announcement were not decided by overnight but were planned some years ago.
Since Aug – 2015 Google first announced that they are working to ban pop up interstitials and consider it as a negative ranking factor. They also added, "WE don't have anything to announce at this moment, but its our future plan".
Mobile traffic in recent decades was growing enormous and Google continuously insist better user experience in their mobile traffic. They noted in a speech, that more than 78% of traffic to a website was coming from Mobile search.
With Pop ups and Modal windows, there proved to be an average 3.09% CTR with some high-performing pop ups reached 9% conversion rate, a recent study reported. It adds more value that Google focus on Mobile user experience.
How to identify Intrusive interstitial?
Google from their webmaster blog said, "Sites with intrusive interstitial ruining user experience will negatively impact their site ranking". So, as a webmaster you must need to check your site against those intrusive pop ups and fix them ASAP! to stay safe from Google Penalty.
There are three types of Intrusive pop ups Google declared as subject to penalize.
First one is a Regular Pop up or modal window blocking the entire content of the page. These pop ups were usually shown with dark semi-transparent background.
Second one is a standalone, full-screen interstitial that occupies entire screen. If you want to see the actual content you must scroll up to see the rest of the content. It is just like a regular pop up but there will no preview of the actual content and it hides entirely behind this popup.
Third one is a also a standalone, but it occupies the entire layout of the screen. This will block the actual content and there will be no preview at all. A best example I can say is, Live Chat Box that automatically appears over the screen when a web page is loaded.
As earlier in this post, I mentioned that there are some exceptions for the Intrusive pop up interstitials and not all the interstitial will be penalized, as Google says. Let's see what are those?
Legal notices such as Confirming Legal age, asking to accept terms and conditions, asking to accept cookies for better user experience. Google will not punish these interstitial.
Age verification Pop up blockers was required in age-sensitive content such as adult website or alcohol information sites.
Cookie consent notifications were required by EU and Google poses no penalty over this pop up.
Display Pop-ups such as Email subscription Forms will not be punished as long as they do not take reasonable amount of space.
Google hasn't mentioned the exact sizes, but assume that it will not occupy more than 15% of mobile screen sizes in both Landscape and portrait mode.
This further goes with how you approach this update by respecting users screen space and size will determine your penalty level. Re-designing pop up interstitial ads make them to occupy lesser space with proper A/B test could be a change and make you to stay away from penalty.
Google always wants to provide better user experience and it is our foremost duty to provide the same as a webmaster. Respect user screen size and provide them actual content.
Better stop displaying intrusive interstitials in mobile screens to stay safe from Google Penalty if you cannot able to make them to occupy very lesser screen space.
So far, no one knows what Pop ups be punishable and what not?
Only Google knows, as a webmaster respect user and work with responsibility. Watch your interstitials and take action to avoid penalty.
We do not know how strong this ranking factor would be, but Google shows a confirmative strong preference over this intrusive interstitial factor.
If you receive any warnings as Mobile intrusive Penalty from Google Search Console, follow this action immediately to recover.
Review your interstitial whether they are for Age verification or cookie notifications. If not so consider removing them entirely or stop showing in mobile screens.
Find interstitial that leads directly from Google Search Results, that acts Ads.
If an interstitial were of mandatory that you find not to remove, then redesign to take up a small screen of less than 15% on all mobile devices.
Still you have doubts about new Intrusive interstitial ranking factor, Ask here I will provide you with best solutions.


If it could be shown by statistical studies that violent crime rates in counties with Policy X were lower than violent crime rates in counties without Policy X, and further that counties switching to Policy X saw a drop in their violent crime rate, and all of those statistics were carefully controlled to isolate the effect of Policy X alone, then what would you conclude?
Now what if Policy X turned out to be "shall issue" concealed firearm permits?
12:10 PM Update: For those who are unfamiliar with the legal term "shall issue," read the Buckeye Firearms Association's excellent summary in layman's terms.
Did the Supreme Court limit the Commerce Clause?
In Part III-A of his published opinion on the Obamacare case, Chief Justice Roberts explained that he would forbid Congress from relying on the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution to pass legislation to force you to buy something. Plenty of conservatives — and even a few leftists — seem to think that his opinion on the Commerce Clause is also the formal opinion of the Supreme Court. Not so.
Here's the very first paragraph of the published ruling, taken from page 7 of the PDF file.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and III–C, an opinion with respect to Part IV, in which JUSTICE BREYER and JUSTICE KAGAN join, and an opinion with respect to Parts III–A, III–B, and III–D.
Go read the opinion, and look at the beginning of Part III-A and compare it to the beginning of Part III-C.
You have to pay attention to details when you read a Supreme Court opinion. The Obamacare case did not rein in Congress' use of the Commerce Clause. Chief Justice Roberts wrote his opinion about it, but not enough justices joined him to make it the official, binding opinion of the Court. They did join him in Part III-C, where he upheld the individual mandate by magically rewriting the law as a tax. Part III-C is indeed the opinion of the Court.
Want an even simpler explanation of what Chief Justice Roberts tried to achieve?
Always look for the opinion of the Court. Let Mark Levin explain it for you.
Ever wondered why Congress doesn't work? Think about this: when America was founded, the average Congressman represented 30,000 constituents. Today, it's roughly 700,000. To make the U.S. House as responsive to all 300+ million of us as it used to be, it would need to grow from its current size of 425 Representatives.
It would need to have roughly 10,000 members.
Elect conservative Republicans — and tractable RINOs — to the House and Senate, evict Barack Obama from the White House, and change this law. Increase the size of the Court to 11 or 13 justices, then fill the vacancies with constitutionalists (those who interpret a law by looking to the commonly-understood meaning of a law's text).
Why won't Sherrod Brown take credit for passing Obamacare?
Today should be a happy day for Ohio's senior U.S. Senator, Sherrod Brown, the Democrat whose vote pushed Obamacare over the finish line in March of 2010. After all, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld it today. There was a time way back in October 2010 ancient history when Sherrod Brown urged his fellow Democrats to run for election with the passage of Obamacare as their main campaign theme.
But a funny thing has happened in the 20 months since: Sherrod Brown doesn't talk about Obamacare anymore. Notice anything missing from these two screen shots (taken an hour ago) of his Twitter activity?
"Supreme Court Justices appointed by presidents of both parties today made an independent legal judgment to uphold the health law. I hope today's ruling will put an end to the partisan bickering so that we can continue our focus on jobs and improving the economy" Brown said.
C'mon, Senator, man up for once. Own it. Obamacare is your baby.
Text of the Supreme Court opinion here.
11:05 AM Update: How does the Executive Director of the DNC respond? With class, as always.
Is the Roberts Court really "activist" at all?
Gabne Malor breaks it down. Short answer: Hell, no.
Here's my prediction for tomorrow's ruling on Obamacare by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Based on reports of über-leftist Justice Ginsburg penning the dissent, and based on the way the conservative wing of the Court (plus perennial swing voter Justice Anthony Kennedy) grilled Obama's Solicitor General during oral argument over the severability issue earlier this year, I'm guardedly optimistic.
At any rate, that's what I'm praying for.


Beloved Malahide are holding chalk painting workshops on Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th August, teaching you the techniques of furniture painting to help you on the way to take on any project in your home. The workshops are 2 hours and will be run by the team at Wax and Patina. They are great value at only €20, which Wax and Patina are kindly donating to Focus Ireland.
It's going to be a great weekend with the help of the Wax And Patina team and Van Gogh fossil paints.
They are also bringing along some great donated pieces of furniture that they have already upcycled that will be available for sale in Beloved that weekend.
To book the workshops, call Beloved Malahide on 01-8061469 or call into the shop on 8 Townyard Lane, Malahide. Book early as places are going already!
Payment guarantees your place. Non-refundable.


Simon Carney is Professor of OHNS at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. He is also the immediate Past-President of the ANZ Rhinologic Society, Chair of the Education & Training sub-committee of ISIAN and Treasurer of the not-for-profit organisation, Asia-Pacific Otolaryngology Surgical Training. He is an Associate Editor of The American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy. He is also on the Editorial Boards of Rhinology and Clinical Otolaryngology.
He has an extensive research track record in chronic rhinosinusitis and has authored over 100 full publications and book chapters. He has received numerous awards for his contribution to ENT research and teaching.


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Kratom: What is the substance Vermont lawmakers want to decriminalize and who's using it?
Maleeha Syed
Burlington Free Press
The federal government almost banned a substance with both stimulant and sedative properties a few years ago. Now, some Vermonters are pushing to decriminalize kratom.
The leaves from kratom, a Southeast Asian tree, have compounds capable of "psychotropic (mind-altering) effects," according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The substance — which can be smoked, swallowed as a capsule and consumed in tea, among other forms — has effects mirroring stimulants and opioids, often depending on how much is consumed. Scientists estimate 10 to 15 million people use kratom in the United States, according to a WIRED article published Jan. 2020.
People report using kratom for a range of reasons, including pain and anxiety. Some also credit the substance with helping them taper off alcohol and opioids.
Kratom usage:Kratom touted as 'cure all' by users seeking alternative to opioids, despite DEA concerns
The jury's still out on whether it's safe or not, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urges the public to avoid using kratom. But a bill in the Vermont Legislature is calling for its decriminalization.
For starters, how legal is kratom in the Green Mountain State?
Nationwide, somewhat. Statewide? Not at all.
Vermont and five other states (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Rhode Island and Wisconsin) banned the substance, according to a report from the Connecticut General Assembly from Sept. 2019.
Two alkaloids in kratom were put on Vermont's regulated drugs list, according to an article by the Daily News Journal published in June 2019.
The federal government planned to list ingredients in kratom as Schedule 1 (drugs without "accepted medical use" or those with "the potential for abuse") in 2016, but decided in 2018 to withdraw the proposal.
There wasn't enough data indicating that kratom is safe, Bennett Truman, public health communication officer for Vermont's Department of Health, said in the Daily News Journal article.
"News reports from around the country at the time indicated that kratom was aggressively marketed as a replacement for banned bath salts and that emergency rooms were seeing increased visits due to kratom," he said in the piece.
Truman also cited "severe toxicity from Kratom... in several cases."
Is kratom dangerous?
Reported deaths involving kratom typically included other substances, according to the federal institute. Some reported health effects noted by the institute include sweating, seizures, hallucinations, itching, nausea and dry mouth.
Some people who used the substance said they experienced addiction, according to the institute. Irritability, runny nose, insomnia, muscle aches, aggression and emotional changes are a few withdrawal symptoms reportedly related to kratom.
"I'd rather see someone take kratom than stick a needle in their arm," Oren Levy, who runs Red Devil Kratom, a vendor in New York selling the substance, said.
Levy, who uses the name John Dee professionally, admitted he's seen people take more of the substance than they should, but he hasn't known anyone who died from kratom.
People use it across all ages and for a number of reasons, he said, ranging from focus to relaxation.
Levy, who used to be addicted to opioids, also considered the substance a tool in recovery and believes there's more than one method of going through the process.
"Everybody has their own way of recovery," he said.
Why decriminalize kratom in Vermont?
Bill H.878 is "an act relating to decriminalizing certain drugs commonly used for 11 medicinal, spiritual, religious, or entheogenic purposes." It calls for the decriminalization of kratom, in addition to peyote, ayahuasca and psilocybin.
"People shouldn't be criminalized for accessing these ancient treatments," Vermont State Representative Brian Cina (P/D-Burlington) said.
Cina, who sponsored the bill, doesn't want to see people punished for using the substance. He argued plants and fungi have powerful medicinal properties that humans have used for thousands of years.
"My belief is that substance use should be treated as a healthcare matter, not a crime," he said.
It's a waste of society's resources to criminalize behaviors that stretch to the roots of humanity, he said.
Other legislators who signed onto the bill include Reps. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Annmarie Christensen and Zachariah Ralph.
Just because Cina's pushing for decriminalization doesn't mean he's necessarily pushing for legalization. He isn't particularly interested in the government setting up a tax-and-regulate system for kratom, because he doesn't think medicine should be a for-profit venture.
Where does marijuana fit into Vermont's kratom debate?
"I think that the most dangerous part of a lot of drugs is the illegality of them," Eli Harrington, who started the Vermontijuana podcast and co-founded cannabis news outlet Heady Vermont, said.
Harrington considered decriminalization a smart step: Rather than claiming the effectiveness of kratom, people just won't be punished criminally for using the substance.
The public seems generally more informed about possible alternatives to pharmaceutical medications — which previously went unquestioned — he said. This could partly be due to the growing familiarity with cannabis as a medicinal and therapeutic form of treatment.
However, cannabis has been more deeply embedded in society in a way that psychedelics have not been, so it probably isn't fair to make a perfect comparison between the two, he argued.
But this bill gives Vermonters a chance to share their experiences, prompting research and investigation.
"That's really how it starts."
Contact Maleeha Syed at mzsyed@freepressmedia.com or 802-495-6595. Follow her on Twitter @MaleehaSyed89.
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We've embedded the video of the Rovin Pumpkin in action after the break. This is a wonderfully simple way to spice up your front porch decorations on All Hallows' Eve.
-and then they win my heart back with the cuteness.
Does it move forward too? Is it randomly timed or a sensor?
Why is 90% of the video the pumpkin being still?


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Welcome to Gulfport Montessori Elementary School!
As a "school within a school," we are home both to the Montessori Academy magnet program as well as traditional classes. This unique environment provides all of our students with excellent opportunities for success.
We are proud to announce that Gulfport Montessori is a Magnet Schools of America School of Distinction. This award shows our commitment to acadamic standards, the growth and diversity of our program, and our commitment to professional development and parent and community involvement.
The community of Gulfport has always embraced our school and we are very grateful for this community support.
"What is Montessori?" "How can my child get into the Montessori Academy magnet program?" To learn more, please see the Montessori section of our website.
Our hours are Monday - Friday from 8:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. Students are late if they are not seated in class by 8:45 a.m.
Gulfport Elementary is a mandatory uniform school.
Families are welcome to have breakfast with their children from 8:10-8:25, when the first bell rings.
If you wish to have breakfast with your child, or walk them to class, please arrive before 8:25.
Morning visitor passes will not be issued after 8:25.
Our goal is to have every child ready to learn and in their classroom by 8:45 when the tardy bell rings. Thank you for your support!
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After over a decade of war, do only the blast walls, concrete and sandbags hold the memories of those killed?
It is a quiet, wintry day in Herat, and the sons of Haji Sultan Hamidy are busy at work. There's banter and cups of tea, visitors popping into Hamidy's store to say hello, and a young helper is told to dust off the most familiar item in the store: hand blown glass.
There are piles of it, heaped up in boxes and on shelves, molded into cups and goblets, jars and tumblers. The aquamarine colors come to life as the dust is cleaned off. Khalid Hamidy, Haji Sultan Hamidy's son, is all smiles and hellos, as he tosses a box of hand blown glass items into the air to show off how well it's packed.
The elder Hamidy isn't in the store on this day, having traveled to India for medical treatment. But his sons are continuing the family trade in his absence, taking pride in the traditions associated with it that are now being forgotten.
For seventy years, Haji Sultan Hamidy and his family have been making hand blown glass objects. Generations of Hamidy's family, his son Khalid Hamidy says, have taken up the work. As an insurgency movement against the Communist government and Russian troops engulfed the country in the 1980s, Hamidy decided to dedicate the glasses to the memories of those fallen in war.
This quiet act of remembering the dead found its way to the bereaved families. "The major commanders would often come and they would take these glasses to the families whose sons had died," Hamidy's son, Khalid, told me when I visited the store in December.
"It is an amazing thing that this glass is all over Afghanistan now," he said, comparing it to a national tradition of sorts.
But he admits that this ritual no longer exists.
"That was the last big order," he says.
Hand-blown glass at the Hamidy's store in Herat. Photo by Saba Imtiaz. All rights reserved.
The Hamidy family's remembrances of an earlier conflict in Afghanistan stand in stark parallel to the lack of remembrances of the current battles in the country. While Afghanistan has been mired in conflict and war for several decades now, there is little now to remember those killed in the most recent war in Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Freedom, mounted by the U.S. and foreign troops after Sept. 11, 2001.
A transitional justice plan envisaged memorial sites and a war museum but these never came to fruition. So memories and remembrances exist in the form of anecdotes, but no one is buying the glass, as Khalid Hamidy tells me, to remember those who have been killed since 2001. As is the case in every city that has seen sustained bombings over the years, people in Kabul point out landmarks that have been bombed—once, twice, three times, more times than they can remember—and streets where it was once unsafe to travel.
Portraits of Ahmed Shah Massoud—the resistance fighter from the Northern Alliance who was killed in 2001—hang from fortified public buildings that glisten with new paint. But plans to build a memorial to Massoud have been scuttled. "I believe they got to the stage of commissioning a sculpture in the roundabout that now bears his name, a public space, but it absolutely couldn't get through," Michael Semple, former Deputy to the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan, told the Revealer by Skype.
Perhaps memorialization is easier when the battle lines were far clearer, as they were in the 1970s and 1980s: then it was the Communists and the Soviets against Afghan fighters, known as the mujahideen. It was a war supported by the U.S., a fight that was exalted in the foreign press. But the conflict that ensued—of former Afghan fighters battling with each other, the takeover by the Afghan Taliban and the post-9/11 war by the U.S. and allied forces to oust the Taliban government—doesn't have that same degree of clarity. This is, perhaps, reflected in the lack of memorials to those killed since 2001, while there are markers to the wars predating it.
The idea of memorialization may also emerge from the fact that the "war" has no clear winners. There is no 'Mission Accomplished' banner hanging on the streets of Afghanistan; many Afghans and foreigners question what the war achieved after all. That moment of clarity—as Ahmed puts it, the "perseverance" of the nation—has not arrived for Afghanistan as yet.
This may be why the only memories that exist in Afghanistan relate to the war that was clearer in its purpose and achievements: the war against the Soviets. That seems to be the driving theme behind the Jihad Museum in Herat.
The "Jihad Museum"—a brainchild of Ismail Khan, a former mujahideen commander and governor of Herat province—is hoping to preserve memories of the 1980s. But it doesn't just serve as a memorial site; it's also as a way to cement the reputation of men like Ismail Khan on the battlefield, and in Afghanistan's governance. Tanks rest innocuously on the lawn of the museum. The exterior is designed like a shrine, the walls inlaid with traditional blue tiles inscribed with poetry.
Diorama at Herat's Jihad Museum. Photo by Saba Imtiaz. All rights reserved.
It's a memorial to the war that plagued Afghanistan for a decade, a war that only springs to memory when it pops up in a Tom Hanks movie or a rerun of a Rambo installment. At the museum, glass cases hold meticulously labeled "artifacts": ".82 mm, anti-tank bullet, fire from shoulder, made in China", "mortar bullet, fire from cannon, made in Soviet Union", "P2 anti-tank mine, made in Pakistan". The curator and co-founder of the museum Syed Abdul Wahab Qatali leads visitors through the exhibits. The glass cases give way to a gallery of portraits of martyrs, painted from images and memory and lit with fluorescent bulbs.
Other rooms in the museum house stacks of images of mujahideen leaders, photos of those killed, and images of war commanders. Images of Russian soldiers presumed missing during the war hang on one wall. A visitor at the museum – a tall, bearded man wearing sunglasses – points to one of the black-and-white photos. "This is me," he says. The man is Bakhretdin Chakimov—now known as Sheikh Abdullah—presumed dead for 33 years until he was discovered living in Herat last year. Abdullah says he is advising the museum on the Soviet-era remnants exhibited there, and wanders off to look at more war memorabilia with a group of visitors. Chakimov's presence underscores why it is important to remember wars: it is not just for the sake of a country's history, but also for personal stories as it fits into the backdrop of the war in the 1980s.
But not everyone in Afghanistan has heard of the Jihad Museum's attempts to memorialize the war, including Akbar Agha, a veteran of the Afghan jihad in the 1980s who went on to become a key Afghan Taliban leader. Agha says he did not believe in the idea of recording these events for posterity in the past, and is still vacillating on it now, even though he has recently authored his memoirs.
The reluctance to record feats on the battlefield also came from the rank and file, Agha says. "A foreign journalist wanted to cover a mujahideen front and all of the mujahideen were very angry [at this]," he tells me, during an interview at his residence in Kabul. The commanders had to explain why the journalist was there.
"People didn't like it because they wanted to carry out pure jihad. If you start talking about it, you boast about it and take away from it [the spirit]," Agha said.
The Hamidy family's glass-blown tumblers and jars may be this evocative evidence. The traditions may have been muddled with the discourse on war, but Haji Sultan Hamidy's store continues to occupy a space in Herat; and for those who take the aquamarine objects home, they serve as a subtle reminder of a war that once killed hundreds.
Saba Imtiaz is a freelance journalist in Pakistan and the author of 'Karachi, You're Killing Me!' (Random House India, 2014) and No Team of Angels (First Draft Publishing, forthcoming). She reports on politics, culture, human rights and religion and is currently working on a book about the conflict in Karachi. Her work is available on her website, http://sabaimtiaz.com and she can be contacted at saba.imtiaz@gmail.com.


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Published December 6, 2022 by Jérémie Leroy
It is soon time for the end of year festivities. Many people around the world are celebrating the holidays by giving gifts, which means more and more people are organizing Secret Santa events. During these events, members of a group of friends, family, or colleagues will draw names to become someone's Secret Santa and then give them a holiday gift, usually something fun.
Secret Santa is known by different names around the world, such as "Amigo Invisible" in Spanish, "Amigo Secreto" in Portuguese, "Тайный Санта" in Russian.
I first made a desktop Secret Santa app back in 2015 for an event with friends. We were tired of drawing names out of a hat and having couples being paired together. The app I created solved that problem because couples were excluded from offering a gift to each other. And we didn't need a hat!
In November of 2018, I had the idea of making a Secret Santa iOS app so that anyone with an iPhone or iPad could benefit from the same features I had been enjoying for the past 3 years.
The app would need to be easy to use, avoid couples getting matched with each other, send notifications by email without letting the organizer know which pairs were matched, and of course make sure no name would be assigned twice.
After just 8 days of development, the app was ready to ship and sent to the App Store.
Within 5 days, the app had been downloaded from 35 different countries and was my fastest app to reach 1000 downloads!
Having the app translated to English, French, Italian, and Spanish in the initial release helped to reach more users.
Version 1.1 of the app was released a few days later with German and Portuguese translations.
That's when I realized that Secret Santa is something extremely common in Latin America. Many families draw names for Christmas so that they can give and receive one big gift instead of smaller trivial gifts for each family member.
Most updates of the app came with new localizations, which really helped in realizing more and more downloads. After 3 years of updates, the app is now available in 32 languages.
A high quantity of downloads also meant that I received a lot of feedback from users. Many users were happy with the current features, but I started getting feature requests to send the gift pairs by SMS or WhatsApp instead of by email. We all have a parent or grand-parent who isn't tech-savvy and doesn't have an email address.
Leveraging the biggest advantage of Xojo – Sharing code across platforms
From 2018 until 2022, I had become used to updating the Secret Santa app itself to add new features and new translations while also fixing bugs. This year, I received a message from an unhappy user stating that they really need a wishlist feature and downloaded my app thinking it already had one.
A valid wishlist feature needed to be accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, whether they used a computer, an iPhone, or an Android device.
Using Xojo Web and a coding language I already knew was the obvious choice for this task. Sharing important bits of code from my main iOS project to the web wishlist project was as easy as copy and paste.
As with any Xojo project, copying classes from one project to the other was a real time saver, especially for the API layer required to communicate between Xojo and the online database that holds all the Secret Santa data.
The main difficulty working on a web project came from the UI. Not that Xojo Web's UI is difficult, but I am so used to designing mobile apps that my brain didn't know where to start.
I knew I wanted to display two columns of data:
The user's wishlist
The wishlist from the person they are offering a gift to
The layout had to be responsive to be accessible on both mobile and desktop devices.
Graffitisuite from Anthony Cyphers came to mind, and within a few minutes of reviewing the online demo, I was convinced to use GraffitiKanban web control. I am a big fan of Trello for organizing my work, displaying cards in labeled columns. That's exactly what I needed for the wishlist feature.
GraffitiKanban is "responsive" (Web Design term), meaning the display changes to adapt to smaller screens such as mobile devices.
GraffitiSuite also offers a wide variety of UI elements that made me save a lot of time.
7 days after the initial feature request, the wishlist feature was available to all.
Wishlist on a desktop browser:
Wishlist on a mobile browser:
Deploying the app to Xojo Cloud was extremely easy.
A single button press in Xojo, a subdomain DNS record, 2 minutes of configuration in Cloudflare, and the web app was up, running, and accessible through HTTPS.
Customer use of the wishlist feature has blown-up more than I ever would have expected. So far 30,000 gift ideas have been added to the wishlist (and counting).
The next feature request
With an app that sees 60,000 new users per month, I receive a lot of feature requests. Most recently, I received a one star review on the app store because my app isn't accessible to the Visually Impared. When VoiceOver is activated, all it says is "button", "button", "button", with no explanation.
Adding voice-over capabilities in Xojo is simple. The MobileUIControl class has two String properties, AccessibilityHint and AccessibilityLabel.
But it actually is a lengthy task to check each control on each screen and make sure that the translations are correct.
VoiceOver support will soon be released in English and French, but all other localizations will be only ready next year. It is currently a bad time to get 30 different translators to work on the project under such short notice.
Xojo has enabled me to create a business out of developing iOS apps for the App Store. Including all of my apps, I have had over 6.5 million downloads and counting. Secret Santa is a prime example of what is possible and how you can leverage your Xojo skills to expand to other platforms when you need to. I look forward to what's to come and will be at XDC London to learn more about the future.
If you are organizing a Secret Santa event or just curious to see the app, download Secret Santa on the App Store.
Jérémie Leroy has been using Xojo since 2008, he won two Xojo Design Awards in the iOS App category and has released over 13 iOS apps made with Xojo on the App Store. He also released iOSDesignExtensions on Github to help style and polish your Xojo made iOS apps.
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Le Propithèque de Coquerel vit dans les forêts décidues sèches de Madagascar.

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Part-privatisation of probation 'irredeemably flawed'
Written by Beckie Smith on 1 April 2019 in News
Probation services would be 'safer' under public ownership, chief inspector says
Dame Glenys Stacey. Photo: PA
The Ministry of Justice's part-privatisation of probation services was "irredeemably flawed", its independent inspector has said, in a report that calls for core services to be brought back into public ownership.
In a damning report, chief inspector of probation Dame Glenys Stacey said the MoJ's 2014 reforms had led to probation being treated "largely as a transactional business".
The Transforming Rehabilitation programme split the probation system in two, with private contractors monitoring medium and low-risk offenders. The National Probation Service retained oversight of high-risk offenders.
Ministry of Justice 'set itself up to fail' on probation reform, says NAO [1]
Working Links, outsourcer with £1bn of public contracts, collapses [2]
Rehabilitation contractors 'still at risk despite MoJ's £342m lifeline' [3]
As of last September, more than 150,000 of the 248,146 offenders on probation in England and Wales were supervised by private Community Rehabilitation Companies. The MoJ has already announced that it will terminate the CRC contracts in 2020, ahead of their planned end date in 2021-22. The department has not yet set out its plans to replace the contracts.
The report found both the CRCs and the NPS were failing to meet some performance targets, but that the overall performance of private services was worse.
Eight out of the 10 CRCs inspected in the last year received the lowest possible rating, "inadequate". They included Dorset, Devon and Cornwall CRC, which was owned by the outsourcing giant Working Links. A damning report, which revealed concerns about staff safety and under-recording of riskier cases by probation officers to meet commercial targets, coincides with Workling Links' collapse [2] in February.
Problems highlighted in Stacey's report [4] included inadequate protection for victims of domestic abuse when offenders were released; caseworkers being overloaded; and offenders being supervised over the phone rather than in person.
"The probation model delivered by Transforming Rehabilitation is irredeemably flawed," Stacey told justice secretary David Gauke in a letter accompanying the report.
"Above all, it has proved well-nigh impossible to reduce probation services to a set of contractual requirements. Professional probation work is so much more than simply a series of transactions, and when treated in that way it is distorted and diminished."
Stacey commended Gauke's "bold decision" to cut the contracts short, but warned that re-contracting the services, even with better terms, would "leave serious design flaws unaddressed".
Instead, Stacey said, a national, cross-government strategy was needed to improve the quality of probation provision and ensure services are based on evidence.
She said that although some IT and support services could be supplied by private companies, public ownership would be the "safer option" for core services such as the supervision of offenders.
"There's no doubt about that but it's all in the detail of the model," she added. "Public ownership may not work if you don't get the detail of the model right."
This would entail services using and adding to the existing evidence base underpinning work to reduce reoffending. "Core probation supervision has been allowed to coast. This has undermined the place of evidence-based and evidence-led practice," the report said.
The report also called for a national workforce strategy to address a national shortage of probation professionals. It said the number of probation officers was at a "critical" level, and that companies were relying too heavily on unqualified or agency staff.
An independent professional body should be set up to regulate the profession, which is "not protected by the usual bulwarks of other established professions, and [have] little voice", Stacey said.
The report comes less than a month after the National Audit Office concluded the MoJ had "set itself up to fail" [5] with the Transforming Rehabilitation programme.
Justice minister Rory Stewart said: "Our reforms mean 40,000 more offenders are being supervised, which is a positive move for public safety, but it is clear the current model is not working and there is much more we need to do.
"We have already taken decisive action to end the current contracts early and have invested an extra £22m a year to support offenders on release – and we are carefully considering how best to deliver an effective probation service for the future."
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Academy of Careers and Technology
Alderson Broaddus College
B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Cabell County Career Technology Center
Fayette Institute of Technology
Fred W Eberle Technical Center
Garnet Career Center
John D Rockefeller IV Career Center
Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Monongalia County Technical Education Center
Mountain State University
Potomac State College of West Virginia University
Putnam Career and Technical Center
Roane-Jackson Technical Center
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
United Technical Center
West Virginia Northern Community College
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Wood County School of Practical Nursing
Like Virginia and other states in the surrounding area, West Virginia is feeling the crunch when it comes to the nursing shortage. Worldwide, it's estimated that there will be a shortage of 800,000 nurses by 2012, so schools all around the world are looking for ways to graduate as many qualified RNs, LPNs, and APRNs as possible, as quickly as possible.
West Virginia has some urban areas, as well as some very rural areas. This means that much of the state is underserved when it comes to medical personnel. This is bad news for hospitals in these areas, but great news for West Virginia nurses- there's absolutely no shortage of employment opportunities for qualified nursing professionals, whether they are Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, or Nurse Midwives.
Since schools and employers alike have worked hard to make nursing an attractive career option in the hopes of drawing new nursing students, a lot of prospective nursing students get stuck on waiting lists before being admitted to nursing programs.
Fortunately, West Virginia has largely been spared this problem. A lot of schools in the state don't have a waiting list for their nursing programs, and have branched out and begun to offer distance learning and online education programs, accelerated degree programs, and other measures that allow them to reach the greatest number of students that they can.
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For example, the median annual salary for a registered nurse in Charleston is around $59,000, which is a reflection of a range from $48,000 to $70,000. A registered nurse in Parkersburg, meanwhile, earns a median annual salary of around $62,000. All figures are from the BLS.
West Virginia's RN Board is the state's regulatory body for all nursing activities within West Virginia. This makes the Board a valuable resource for nurses and nursing students looking for information on approved nursing schools and programs, licensing and examinations, disciplinary actions, industry news, and more. Both The West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses and The West Virginia Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses can be reached via their websites, or at 101 Dee Drive, Charleston, WV, 25311.
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Nursing students enrolled in the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center's School of Nursing have multiple opportunities to receive nursing scholarships. Undergraduate and graduate nursing students can apply to more than 50 scholarship programs such as the Valley Health Nursing Scholarship or the Martha Hawkins Nursing Scholarship. All scholarships have individual eligibility and submission requirements. Award amounts vary depending on the scholarship. Interested students should contact the School of Nursing or the University's financial aid office for additional information.
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Children of employees of Wheeling National Bank, including nursing students who meet this criterion, may apply for scholarships. Scholarships are based on academic scores and financial need. Award amounts vary. For more information, write the Trust, c/o WesBanco Bank, Inc., 1 Bank Plaza, Wheeling, WV 26003.
Traders Bank Scholarship Foundation
The Foundation offers scholarships to seniors graduating from Calhoun High School and Roane County High School in West Virginia. Students who have been accepted to nursing schools in the state are eligible to apply. Award amounts vary. Interested students should contact the guidance office at their respective high school for current applications and guidelines.
Beckley Area Foundation, Inc.
Nursing students who are residents of Beckley, West Virginia or the surrounding area may be eligible for a variety of scholarship opportunities through the Foundation. Each scholarship has specific eligibility requirements students must meet. Award amounts vary. Applications are due to the Foundation by the end of March annually. For current applications and guidelines, contact the Foundation at 129 Main Street, Suite 203, Beckley, WV or by calling (304) 253-3806.
Carter Family Foundation
The Foundation offers scholarships to students who live in or graduated from high schools in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Nursing students who meet this criterion are eligible to apply for nursing scholarships from the Foundation. Award amounts vary. Interested students must apply for scholarships through their nursing school. Completed applications must be submitted to the Foundation, c/o Unizan Bank, N.A. Trust Department, P.O. Box 1269, Beckley, WV 25802.
390 Stanaford Rd
Beckley, West Virginia 25801
Website: wvact.net
Academy of Careers and Technology is a less than 2-year, public institution.
101 College Hill Drive
Philippi, West Virginia 26416-2035
Website: www.ab.edu
Alderson Broaddus College is a 4-year, private not-for, public institution.
800 Wheeling Ave
Glen Dale, West Virginia 26038
Website: www.reynoldsmemorial.com/programs.php
B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing is a less than 2-year, private not-for, public institution.
400 West Stephen Street
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401
Website: www.blueridgectc.edu
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a 2-year, public
219 Rock St
Bluefield, West Virginia 24701
Website: www.bluefieldstate.edu
Bluefield State College is a 4-year, public
1035 Norway Ave
Huntington, West Virginia 25705-2827
Website: boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/ctc
Cabell County Career Technology Center is a 2-year, public
Elkins, West Virginia 26241-3996
Website: www.dewv.edu
Davis & Elkins College is a 4-year, private not-for, public institution.
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Licensed Practical Nursing (Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN))
Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) to Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN to BSN Mobility)
1201 Locust Ave
Room 239, Education Building
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554-2470
Website: www.fairmontstate.edu
Fairmont State University is a 4-year, public
Accreditation:Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
300 West Oyler Avenue
Oak Hill, West Virginia 25901
Website: fit.faye.tec.wv.us
Fayette Institute of Technology is a less than 2-year, public
Rte 5 Box 2
Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201
Website: fetc.edu
Fred W Eberle Technical Center is a less than 2-year, public
422 Dickenson Street
Website: kcs.kana.k12.wv.us/garnet
Garnet Career Center is a 2-year, public
95 Rockyside Road
New Cumberland, West Virginia 26047
Website: www.jdrcc.org
John D Rockefeller IV Career Center is a less than 2-year, public
103 Cole Complex
Institute, West Virginia 25112-1000
Website: www.kvctc.edu
Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College is a 2-year, public
Nurse Midwifery
1 John Marshall Dr
Huntington, West Virginia 25755
Website: www.marshall.edu
Marshall University is a 4-year, public
1397 Stafford Dr
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
Website: mctec.merc.tec.wv.us
Mercer County Technical Education Center is a 2-year, public
1000 Mississippi Street
Morgantown, West Virginia 26501
Website: www.mtecwv.edu
Monongalia County Technical Education Center is a less than 2-year, public
609 S Kanawha St
Beckley, West Virginia 25801-9003
Website: www.mountainstate.edu
Mountain State University is a 4-year, private not-for, public institution.
101 Fort Ave
Keyser, West Virginia 26726
Website: www.potomacstatecollege.edu
Potomac State College of West Virginia University is a 4-year, primarily associate's, public
300 Roosevelt Boulevard
Eleanor, West Virginia 25070-0640
Website: www.pctc.edu
Putnam Career and Technical Center is a less than 2-year, public
9450 Spencer Rd
Leroy, West Virginia 25252
Website: www.roane-jacksontechnicalcenter.com
Roane-Jackson Technical Center is a less than 2-year, public
301 N. King St
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443-5000
Website: www.shepherd.edu
Shepherd University is a 4-year, public
Dempsey Branch Road
Mount Gay, West Virginia 25637
Website: www.southernwv.edu
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is a 2-year, public
Rt 3 Box 43C
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301-9524
Website:www.harcoboe.com/utc/index.cfm
United Technical Center is a less than 2-year, public
2300 MacCorkle Avenue, SE
Charleston, West Virginia 25304
Website: www.ucwv.edu
University of Charleston is a 4-year, private not-for, public institution.
101 Faculty Dr
West Liberty, West Virginia 26074
Website: www.westliberty.edu
West Liberty University is a 4-year, public
1704 Market St
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003-3699
Website: www.wvncc.edu
West Virginia Northern Community College is a 2-year, public
Nurse Leadership
Stewart Hall, University Avenue
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6201
Website: www.wvu.edu
West Virginia University is a 4-year, public
300 Campus Drive
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26104
Website: www.wvup.edu
West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a 4-year, primarily associate's, public
59 College Ave
Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201-2994
Website: www.wvwc.edu
West Virginia Wesleyan College is a 4-year, private not-for, public institution.
316 Washington Ave
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
Website: www.wju.edu
Wheeling Jesuit University is a 4-year, private not-for, public institution.
Website: wcvt.wood.tec.wv.us
Wood County School of Practical Nursing is a less than 2-year, public institution.


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